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Northeastern vs. Alabama-Huntsville
Northeastern takes a break from regularly-schedule Hockey East action to welcome in first-time opponent Alabama-Huntsville to Matthews Arena this weekend. The Huskies have never met the Chargers in competition, marking the first time Northeastern has combatted a first-time opponent since Niagara University on November 5, 2010 (NIA, 4-1). Saturday's contest will mark the sixth opponent the Huskies have played just once in program history. The last five seasons Northeastern has started non-conference play, only one of those occasions occurred at Matthews Arena. That episode took place when the Huskies tied Rensselaer, 2-2, on Oct. 15, 2010. Northeastern is 1-2-2 in its opening non-conference tilts the last five years. NU's lone win during that stretch came last season when the Huskies stormed Yost Ice Arena and throttled No. 11 Michigan, 4-1, on Nov. 25, 2011.
Chillin' with the Chargers
Alabama-Huntsville skates into Boston in search of its first varsity victory of 2012-13. The Chargers started off their season with a trouncing of the University of Alabama's club team with respective victories of 12-1 and 10-0, but those wins do not count towards their Division I record. UAH lost to and tied Minnesota State, 1-4 and 2-2, in that order before losing its last six games on the road. Including the two contests against the Crimson Tide, Jack Prince is UAH's leading scorer with nine points (5-4-9) followed by Doug Reid (2-4-6) and Curtis deBruyn (2-4-6). Graeme Strukoff is tied for 44th in the NCAA amongst defensemen in scoring (1-4-5). Averaging 1.38 goals per game, UAH ranks 55th in scoring offense. The Chargers have surrendered 4.75 goals per game, ranking second to last in the NCAA. UAH has a formidable special teams unit, ranking 37th on the power play (5-for-32) with a 39th-ranked PK squad (29-for-36).
First time for everything
After Saturday's contest, Alabama-Huntsville will join the ranks of a team Northeastern has skated against only one time. The Huskies have played Ferris State (Dec. 28, 1999), Quinnipiac (Nov. 23, 2002), St. Cloud State (Nov. 24, 2000), Miami (Ohio) (Oct. 9, 2004) and Niagara (Nov. 5, 2010) once in the Huskies' 2,102 games played. Northeastern is 1-4 in those contests with the lone triumph coming over Quinnipiac.
Yellowhammer state ties
While this might be the first time the Northeastern hockey program has faced off against a team hailing from Alabama, it is not the first time a Huskies' team competed against this southern foe. On Aug. 24, 2012, the Huskies volleyball team started off their season with a five-set win over the University of Alabama.
Making it McHappen
Freshman forward
Mike McMurtry burst onto the offensive scene on Nov. 3 at Merrimack, recording his first-career multi-point game thanks to scoring his first collegiate goal on the power play and assisting on
Vinny Saponari's first goal of the year. The Greely, Ontario, native earned his first point in an NU sweater at New Hampshire on Oct. 27 with an assist on
Ben Oskroba's first-career goal.
Call on Karlsson
Sophomore assistant captain
Ludwig Karlsson curbed his scoreless draught on Friday, Nov. 2, and scored his first goal since the outing at Boston University last season on March 2, 2012. Karlsson also secured an assist, marking his first multi-point game since playing at Vermont on Jan. 27, 2012.
Streakers
Rookies
Kevin Roy and
Colton Saucerman along with captain
Vinny Saponari are all riding two-game point streaks into Saturday's contest. For both Roy and Saucerman, these are their second of the season while Saponari is on his first point streak after netting his first goal of the season at Merrimack on Nov. 3.
Back-to-Back blankings
Northeastern shutout New Hampshire in a scoreless shootout on Oct. 27, 2012. The last time the Wildcats paid a visit to Matthews Arena, Northeastern came away with a 4-0 blanking on Oct. 14, 2011, marking back-to-back shutouts of the same opponent. That phenomenon has occurred only three other times in program history. The last time NU shutout an opponent at home in back-to-back instances occurred against Merrimack on Feb. 2, 2007 (1-0 ot) and Jan. 12, 2008 (3-0). Northeastern also shutout Princeton consecutively at home on Nov. 27, 1999 (3-0) and four years later on Dec. 12, 2003 (4-0). The first time the occurrence took place was on Jan. 7, 1930, when NU blanked MIT (2-0) followed by a 3-0 shutout on Jan. 6, 1931.
Scoreless skating
The 0-0 overtime decision between Northeastern and New Hampshire marks just the fourth time in program history the Huskies and their opponent have gone the distance without scoring a goal. The last scoreless affair occurred at Boston University on Jan. 6, 2007. The last time it happened at Matthews Arena was on Feb. 14, 2004, against Maine. The first ever 0-0 tie in program history happened on Dec. 6, 2000, against Boston College at Matthews Arena. NU's shutout of New Hampshire marked the fourth whitewashing over the Wildcats in program history.
Equally blanked
For the first time in Northeastern's combined hockey history, the men's and women's programs shut out their opponents on the same day. Before the men's team shutout New Hampshire on Oct. 27, 2012, the women's squad set the precedent with a 3-0 triumph over Maine.
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Veterans' Day Weekend |
• There will be aregame moment of silence for our veterans and we will recognize NU student veterans
• Before the starting introductions, representative from the “Home Base Program” along with NU student veterans will present Coach Madigan with a token of appreciation |
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