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BOSTON -- The Northeastern men's hockey team knocked off defending national champion and No. 1-ranked Boston College, 3-1, in front of a sold out Matthews Arena on Saturday night. The Huskies (2-0-0, 2-0-0 Hockey East) not only curbed a five-game losing skid to the Eagles (0-1-0, 0-1-0 Hockey East) with the victory, but Northeastern also ended Boston College's 19-game winning streak.

Dating back to last year, Northeastern has topped three straight ranked opponents. Including the No. 19 Merrimack and No. 1 BC wins, the Huskies beat No. 4 Boston University in the last game of 2011-12.

Freshman phenom Kevin Roy has accounted for both of Northeastern's game-winners to anchor NU's 2-0 start. The Lac-Beauport, Quebec, native tallied the second goal of the game at 8:06 (first period) to stand as the winning marker. Classmate Ryan Belonger set the precedent by drawing first blood at 5:03 of the first and newcomer Colton Saucerman added the third in unorthodox fashion at 3:42 of the first.

Senior backstopper Chris Rawlings won his second-straight outing with 31 saves in his second career victory over Boston College. BC netminder Parker Milner stopped 26 in his first loss of the season.

First-year forward Cam Darcy continued the sturdy play of newcomers with a pair of assists while sophomore Joe Manno assisted on Belonger's goal to put together a two-game point streak.

Belonger brought the capacity crowd to its feet five minutes into the contest after chipping in a Darcy dish at 5:03.

Manno worked the puck off the near post around the corner out to Darcy on the left dot. Darcy made the aware play by tossing the puck on Milner, and after the puck caromed off the poke check, Belonger was in perfect position to lift the rebound over Milner's blocker for the quick 1-0 strike.

Two exchanges later, the Huskies channeled the crowd's energy to make it a 2-0 game on a cross-ice feed from junior Cody Ferriero to Roy at 8:06.

Junior Braden Pimm raced the puck out of the neutral zone out to Ferriero at the top of the right circle. Ferriero juked an Eagle and shifted down to the goal line extended where he connected with a streaking Roy on the far post. Roy clank it off the top corner of the net and put away the Huskies' second goal on five shots.

Boston College cut the deficit in half as the first period drew out by converting on a sophomore Dan Cornell charging infraction at 14:46. Off the first draw in BC's power play, Pat Mullane won the puck back to Johnny Gaudreau on the left dot. Gaudreau quickly shifted to Steven Whitney at the top of the right circle who then buried the low one-timer through Rawlings' five-hole to make it a 2-1 game.

The end of the first and beginning of second yielded its fair share of penalties and caused moments of 4-on-4 action.

Roy offset Bill Arnold's hook with 46 seconds remaining in the first frame, but neither team could convert. Patch Alber was whistled for cross-checking at 00:46 of the second stanza and Roy hit the pipe on a patient feed from senior captain Vinny Saponari, but that was the only look NU had with the extra skater. After a sophomore Colton Saucerman holding call at 2:02, Rawlings rose to the occasion and stoned Danny Linnell on the goalmouth after a fine Gaudreau feed, but the game remained 2-1 despite all the infractions.

The majority of second period play belonged to both goaltenders. The Huskies peppered Milner in the early goings of the middle session but BC's backstopper thwarted NU's advances. Rawlings matched Milner in the back part of the second period, highlighted by a huge save on Whitney at the 16:30 mark.

The third period started off with another big save by Rawlings on Gaudreau and the Huskies feasted off that momentum with a Saucerman tally at 3:42.

Boston College attempted to clear the puck, but the disc bounced off of Darcy's skate and Saucerman collected it in the neutral zone, just a few feet before the blue line. Milner was out of position and Saucerman knuckled a slap shot to the right side of the net to give Northeastern the two-goal cushion, 3-1.

Northeastern's defense was stable down the stretch and forced the Eagles to call timeout with just 1:01 remaining on the clock. Head coach Jerry York pulled Milner but the extra skater was not enough as Northeastern clung onto the lead for the triumph.

The Huskies have just one game next weekend, but it will be against the same opponent as Northeastern goes across town to reconnect with Boston College at Conte Forum on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. The game in Chestnut Hill, Mass., will be Boston College's home opener.

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Game Notes
• Northeastern has started this season 2-0. The last time the Huskies won their first two games of the season was the 1999-2000 ledger.  NU defeated both Bowling Green and Massachusetts by 4-1 scores on Oct. 16 and Oct. 22, 1999, respectively.

• The Huskies stopped Boston College's 19-game winning streak dating back to last season with tonight's 3-1 triumph. Dating back to last season, Northeastern now owns the longest winning streak in the country (3-0).

• The last time Northeastern defeated Boston College was on Feb. 19, 2011. The Huskies topped BC, 2-1, at Matthews Arena in front of a sold out crowd. Northeastern's victory over the Eagles tonight also marks the last time NU knocked off the No. 1 ranked team in the country.

• This is the third time in the last five years Northeastern has defeated Boston College as the No. 1-ranked team in the country at Matthews Arena. NU defeated BC on Oct. 18, 2008 (4-3) and Feb. 19, 2011 (2-1) in similar situations to tonight's win.

• Saturday's sellout against Boston College marks the fifth-consecutive capacity crowd at Matthews Arena when the Eagles pay a visit.

• Northeastern owns the most home victories over Boston College since the start of the 2008-09 season. The Huskies have defeated the Eagles on five occasions, including Oct. 18, 2008 (4-3), March 6, 2009 (2-1 OT), Feb. 19, 2010 (3-2), Feb. 19, 2011 (2-1) and Oct. 13, 2012 (3-1).

• Northeastern's last three wins have all been against ranked opponents: Boston College (No. 1), Merrimack (No. 19) and Boston University (No. 4).

• Rookie Kevin Roy is leading the charge for this 2012-13 class. So far the freshmen class, including sophomore transfer Dax Lauwers, have accounted for nine points. Roy has potted both game winners and has an assist (2-1-3). Ryan Belonger and Colton Saucerman have scored a goal and an assist (1-1-2). Darcy added a pair of assists tonight while Lauwers had a helper against Merrimack.

• Overall, the Huskies have compiled an overall record of 14-26-2 when opposing the national champion from the previous season. Below is a list of how NU has fared against those teams:
• Boston College (1949 champs - L, 4-9 (1/3/50), L, 3-7 (2/7/50)
• RPI (1954 champs - L, 1-4 (2/1/55)
• Michigan (1964 champs - L, 2-7 (12/29/64)
• Michigan Tech (1965 champs - L, 5-8 (12/27/65)
• Boston University (1971 champs - L, 1-4 (12/21/71)
• Boston University (1972 champs - L, 4-9 (1/17/73), L, 2-3 (1/23/73)
• Boston University (1978 champs - W, 6-4 (1/10/79) L, 0-6 (2/21/79)
• North Dakota (1987 champs - W, 5-4 (OT) (11/27/87)
• Harvard (1989 champs - L, 4-5 (Beanpot) (2/5/90)
• Maine (1993 champs - W, 6-3 (12/3/93), L, 3-6 (12/4/93), W, 5-2 (1/28/94), W, 4-1 (1/29/94)
• Lake Superior State (1994 champs - L, 4-5 (12/28/94)
• Boston University (1995 champs - L, 4-6 (11/3/95), L, 2-10 (11/4/95), L, 4-11(2/12/96), L, 1-5 (3/1/96)
• Maine (1999 champs - T, 2-2 (11/5/99), W, 3-1 (12/3/99), W, 6-3 (12/4/99)
• Boston College (2001 champs - W, 4-3 (10/20/01), L, 2-7 (2/22/02), L, 1-3 (2/24/02)
• Denver (2004 champs - L, 2-4 (10/16/04), L, 0-4 (1/2/05)
• Boston College (2008 champs - W, 4-3 (10/18/08), W, 6-1 (Beanpot) (2/2/09), W, 2-1 (OT) (3/6/09), L, 1-4 (3/7/09)
• Boston University (2009 champs – W, 1-0 (11/6/09), L, 1-2 (Beanpot) (2/1/10), L, 4-5 (3/5/10), L, 3-4 (3/6/10)
• Boston College (2010 champs – L, 0-2 (10/9/10), L, 6-7 (2/14/11), T, 7-7 (2/18/11), W, 2-1 (2/19/11)
• Boston College (2012 champs – W, 3-1 (10/13/12)