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Northeastern vs. Maine
Northeastern welcomes Maine to Matthews Arena for the first time since the Huskies and Black Bears skated in a Hockey East weekend series on Feb. 24, 2012. Despite the weekend split, Maine left a bad taste in Northeastern's mouth after skating past NU, 7-1, on the backend. Dating back to Northeastern's four-game winning streak against Maine from Jan. 4 to Dec. 5, 2008, the Black Bears have dominated in recent history, owning a 6-2-1 mark in the last nine meetings. Friday night's game proves extremely crucial for both clubs as the Huskies and Black Bears sit ninth and 10th, respectively in the Hockey East standings. With two points on the line Friday night, the Huskies look for their first league win since Nov. 30 (UMass, 1-0) while Maine goes for its first Hockey East victory since Nov. 10 (UMass Lowell, 4-3). Maine leads the overall series against Northeastern, 54-38-16. Jim Madigan is 1-2-0 against UM while Maine head coach Tim Whitehead is 34-14-5 against the Huskies.

Down on Maine Street
Maine is going through one of its tougher stretches in recent history, but the Black Bears have recently rebounded as winners in three of their last four games. UM is 5-12-2 and 1-7-2 in Hockey East action, owning the fourth lowest winning percentage (.316) in the country.  The Black Bears recently won their annual Florida Everblades Classic tournament with triumphs against Minnesota Duluth (1-0) and Cornell (6-4) before enduring a 1-9-2 stretch. Connor Leen leads Maine's in both overall points (5-5-10) and goals scored (5) while Devin Shore sits atop the assists column (7). The Black Bears have also split time between three netminders with Martin Ouellette earning the most starts (10). Maine's offense has struggled, averaging 1.63 goals per game (58th in NCAA), but the defense has stood tall after giving up just 2.74 goals per game (32nd in NCAA). The Black Bears rank high on the nation's penalty minutes list, committing 15.4 per game, which ranks seventh in the NCAA. Luckily, Maine's penalty kill is slotted in 26th, staving off 83.7 percent on the kill. UM's has converted 9-of-88 power play opportunities (52nd in NCAA).

Four for Ferriero
Cody Ferriero turned in a historic night for Northeastern in a 5-1 win at Harvard on Dec. 29. The Essex, Mass., native scored four goals in all, including three power play tallies in the second period. Ferriero's four-goal outburst is the first in NU history since Ken Manchurek turned the trick on March 6, 1982 (vs. Boston Univesity), a gap of 11,256 days or almost 31 years. Ferriero's incredible benchmark stands as just the third four-goal game in the NCAA this season.

Hats off on the power play
Cody Ferriero's four-goal performance on Dec. 29 was highlighted by three consecutive power play tallies, all in the second period, in a span of 8:59. He is the first player in modern Northeastern history to score three-straight power play goals in a single period. The last time a Husky scored consecutive power play goals was when Wade MacLeod turned the trick in a 7-7 tie at Boston College on Feb. 18, 2011. Only one other skater in college hockey has scored three power play goals in a game (Minnesota State's Chase Grant vs. Alabama-Huntsville on Oct. 12, 2012).

Three the hard way
Cody Ferriero's three power play goal outburst was the first for Northeastern in almost 26 years. Dan McGillis scored three power play goals in a game on Jan. 27, 1996 against Brown. Ferriero's trifecta also came all in one period. The last time a Husky scored three goals in a period was Ryan Ginand on Nov. 4, 2005 against UNH.

Six pack of history
Cody Ferriero backed up his four-goal performance (Dec. 29, 2012) with two more tallies in his following outing against Bentley on Jan. 5, 2013. Ferriero is the first player in modern history to record six goals over the span of two games. Rod Isbister (1982-86) scored six goals over the course of three games from Jan. 30 to Feb. 6, 1986, but no Husky in the modern era has netted an average of three goals in two games.

Save me
Senior goaltender Chris Rawlins is six saves away from moving past Brad Thiessen (2006-09) as second all-time in Northeastern's career saves category. Rawlings has totaled 3,161 saves as a Husky and will most likely eclipse Thiessen's mark of 3,166 saves in his next start. Bruce Racine (1984-88) is the Huskies' all-time career saves leader with 3,557. Rawlings is just the third NU goaltender in history to surpass the 3,000 saves mark.

Trick-eration
Cody Ferriero has now accounted for two hat tricks in his career, with his first taking place at Vermont on Jan. 27, 2012. Ryan Ginand is the last Husky to collect two hat tricks in a career. Ginand scored three goals in a game against UNH on Nov. 4, 2005 and against Providence on Jan. 24, 2009.

Take five
Freshman phenom Kevin Roy tallied five points (1-4-5) in the Huskies' 5-1 win at Harvard on Dec. 29, marking the first time a Northeastern player has scored five points in a game since both Mike Morris (2-4-6) and Jason Guerriero (2-3-5) turned the trick against Massachusetts on March 5, 2005. Roy's five-point performance stands as the NCAA's third occurrence up to this point in the season.

Help me help you
Kevin Roy became the first player to record four assists in a game since Ludwig Karlsson in a 9-2 win at Notre Dame on Dec. 2, 2011. Roy assisted on all four of Ferriero's goals at Harvard on Dec. 29.

It's been an honor
Following their offensive explosion at Harvard on Dec. 29, Cody Ferriero and Kevin Roy were honored as the Hockey East Athletic Republic Co-Player of the Week and Pro Ambitions Co-Rookie of the Week, respectively, on Jan. 2. On Jan. 3, Roy was named Pro Ambitions Hockey East Rookie of the Month in December after averaging 2.33 points per game (3-4-7).
Roy becomes Northeastern's first Rookie of the Month since Brad Thiessen took the honor in January 2007. Northeastern has gathered six Hockey East weekly awards this season, including Roy's Rookie of the Week and NU's Team of the Week awards on Oct. 15 and Bryan Mountain's Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 29.

Seeing red
Northeastern's 5-1 win over the Crimson on Dec. 29 marked the Huskies' first win in six trips to Harvard and its first since Jan. 12, 1978, when the Huskies won, 14-5. The game also marked NU's first journey to the Bright Hockey Center since Dec. 19, 1999.

Success after two
This season, NU is 6-0-0 when possessing the lead after two periods of play.

Playing catch up
Northeastern surrendered the first goal in a 5-1 triumph at Harvard on Dec. 29, marking just the second time the Huskies recovered after giving up the first tally of the game. The first game in which NU gave up the first goal and won came against Alabama-Huntsville on Nov. 11 (3-1).

Power play resurrection
Northeastern went 3-for-4 on the power play in a 5-1 win at Harvard on Dec. 29, with all three goals coming from the stick of Cody Ferriero. Before that game, the Huskies' power play was ranked eighth in Hockey East, but has since risen to fourth in the conference. Northeastern is now 11-for-68 (.162) with the extra man.

Roy-t more can you ask for?
Through 16 games, Kevin Roy leads Hockey East in power play points. The Lac-Beauport, Quebec, native has tallied nine points (2-7-9) on the power play, averaging 0.56 power play points per game.

Rawlings rising in the rankings
Goaltender Chris Rawlings has slowly ascended up the categorical rankings in Hockey East. The North Delta, B.C., native is second in save percentage (.929) and fourth in goals against average (2.23). Nationally speaking, Rawlings is in the top 25 in both save percentage (15th) and goals against average (23rd).

Machine Gunn
Freshman defenseman Mike Gunn made his debut as a Husky on Dec. 29 at Harvard and assisted on Cody Ferriero's fourth goal in his first-career game.

Finding a rest stop
Northeastern's 1-0 victory at Massachusetts on Dec. 1 snapped a seven-game road-losing streak dating back to the 2011-12 season.

A nice, easy short Reid
Adam Reid scored his first goal this season since netting the game winner against Maine on Feb. 24, 2012. Reid also put away his first-career short-handed goal, counting as NU's second short-handed goal of the season. The last time Northeastern scored short-handed was when Robbie Vrolyk did it in the season opener against Merrimack, Oct. 10. Reid's goal also stands as his third-career game-winning tally. The Chino Hills, Calif., native has scored seven goals in his tenure at Northeastern.

Short-handed winners
It's not often a short-handed goal stands as the game-winner, but Adam Reid's short-handed winner at UMass on Dec. 1 marks the second-straight season Northeastern has scored a goal of that variety. The last time Northeastern scored a game-winning goal short handed was when Steve Quailer tallied an unassisted, empty-net goal against UMass Lowell on Dec. 10, 2011.

Freaky Friday
Northeastern's win at the Mullins Center on Dec. 1 marked the Huskies' first victory on a Friday night of the 2012-13 season. Previously, NU was 0-4-0.

P-Adding to his legacy
Senior backstopper Chris Rawlings already Northeastern's career leader in shutouts, added another to his resume with a 1-0 victory at Massachusetts on Dec 1. Rawlings is now two clear of the former Huskies' leader, Brad Thiessen, with 11 total shutouts in 108 career games. Thiessen totaled nine shutouts in his tenure and originally set the record on Feb. 27, 2009 in his 103rd-career start. Rawlings' notched his 10th-career shutout in his 102nd-career start as a Husky with a 3-0 victory over Alabama-Huntsville on Nov. 10. As a sophomore, Rawlings tied Keni Gibson's (2003-04) single-season shutouts record in 2010-11 with a total of five. Rawlings' 1-0 blanking at UMass marks just the second time he has gotten one goal of support when pitching a shutout (Boston University, Nov. 6, 2009).

Roy-t a start
Rookie sensation Kevin Roy posted his second two-goal outing of the season with a pair against Massachusetts on Dec. 1. The Lac-Beauport, Quebec, native leads Northeastern in points (18) and goals (8) and his multi-goal performance against UMass marked his fifth multi-point game of the season. Nationally speaking, Roy leads all freshmen in Hockey East scoring with 1.12 points per game. That figure ranks second across the entire country amongst first-year skaters. Roy's points per game average is 24th-best in all of college hockey. His 0.47 goals and 0.65 assists per game are tied for 45th and 50th in the NCAA, respectively.


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