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LOWELL, Mass. – Torin Snydeman and Mike Szmatula each recorded a goal and an assist, and the Northeastern men's ice hockey team (6-3-0, 1-2-0) received 32 saves from Clay Witt to top No. 12/11 UMass Lowell on Saturday night at Tsongas Center.

The River Hawks outshot NU 34-23 in the game and went 2-of-7 on the power play. The Huskies went 1-of-6 on the man advantage en route to their first conference victory of the season.

UML controlled the flow of the game early on, sending shots on Witt from all angles. The River Hawks outshot NU 11-9 in the first 20 minutes, and also hit three posts. UMass Lowell went up 1-0 with 13:06 left in the first period when Adam Chapie buried his fourth goal of the season with UML on the power play. After taking a pass from Scott Wilson, Christian Folin fired a shot on goal that rang off the right post. The rebound popped right out to Chapie waiting on the opposite side, and he pounded it home before Witt could recover.

The Huskies would level the score at one during their third of four first period power plays as Roy notched his team-leading eighth goal of the season, taking a pass from Szmatula and firing a wrister through traffic that got over the shoulder of Hellebuyck for the score with 6:10 to play in the frame.

Northeastern went up 2-1 just 2:04 after the Roy tally when Szmatula finished off a strong play from the NU attack. Dax Lauwers began the play for the Huskies when he fired a pass up to Torin Snydeman entering the UMass Lowell zone. Snydeman then sped past a UML defender before tossing a backhand over to Szmatula crashing the net, who sent it past Hellebuyck for his fourth goal of the season.

Szmatula and Snydeman nearly connected for their second straight goal early in the second period when Snydeman fed Szmatula in the slot, but the shot was steered aside by Hellebuyck. At the other end of the ice, the River Hawks rang their fourth shot off the post, prompting a video review to see if the puck had crossed the goal line, but the call was upheld.

The Huskies were assessed five straight penalties during the middle frame, and UML cashed in with its second power play of the night when Derek Arnold knocked home a rebound off an initial shot from Joseph Pendenza for his second of the season to tie the game at two.

Roy went to work looking to retake the lead for Northeastern moments after the UMass Lowell goal when he took a pass, toe-dragged and spun around a defender before tossing a low backhand on goal that Hellebuyck just got a piece.

The Huskies would strike with 7:36 left in the period when Hedges scored his second goal of the season when he finished off a shot from Colton Saucerman, beating Hellebuyck from in tight to make it 3-2 Huskies.

The Northeastern defense was pressured in the opening minutes of the third period, but was able to weather the storm during a flurry early in the frame. UML almost tied the score at three five minutes in when Ryan McGrath pounced on a turnover in the NU zone, but his shot went just wide.

Northeastern had a chance to extend the lead to two when the Huskies went on the power play midway through the stanza, and Mike McMurtry almost potted his third of the year when he skated into the slot before tossing a backhand that went just over the crossbar.

Witt came up big for NU with less than 10 minutes to play in regulation when he made a pair of stops, including a rebound bid from Josh Holmstrom atop the crease.

The River Hawks went on the power play with 4:49 left in regulation, pulled Hellebuyck late in the man advantage, and thought they had tied the score at three with 2:50 left when a shot from the point rang off the cross bar and straight down into the crease before a slew of bodies froze the puck. The goal was reviewed and stood as called.

UML would continue to bring pressure in the game's final minutes, but Snydeman would pot an empty netter with 36.1 seconds remaining to ice the game.

The Huskies will be back in action next weekend when Northeastern battles New Hampshire in a home-and-home set, beginning on Friday night at Matthews Arena at 7 p.m.

Game Notes:
• Northeastern is now 41-57-8 all-time against the River Hawks, and defeats UML for the first time since Dec. 10, 2011.

• NU improved to 10-29-8 against the defending Hockey East champion since 2000, and is 5-3-0 in the last two seasons against teams that reached the Frozen Four the previous season.

• Szmatula extended his point streak to nine games on Friday. No Husky had a point streak longer than seven games last season. He leads the team with four goals and 11 assists, and has three goals in his last three games.

• Saucerman's second period assist gave him a point in each of his last three games, his second three-game point streak of the season, tying a career-long. He also tied a career-high with two assists.

• Mike Jamieson appeared in his first collegiate game.