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ORONO, Maine – Sparked by two goals from
Kendall Coyne, the No. 10/10 Northeastern women's ice hockey (18-10-2, 10-7-1) skated to a 7-2 win at Maine (5-22-3, 2-15-2) on Sunday afternoon at Alfond Arena.
Coyne became the 22nd player in program history to record 100 career points on Sunday, and just the third player to accomplish the feat in less than two seasons.
The Huskies controlled the game from start to finish, outshooting the Black Bears 40-19 for the game.
Chloe Desjardins made 17 stops for the Huskies to earn her 16th win of the season, while Brittany Ott had 33 saves for Maine.
Northeastern came out of the gates in the first period looking to set the tone early, and did just that by outshooting Maine 14-3 and netting two goals to take a 2-0 lead through 20 minutes of play.
The Huskies, who maintained puck possession in the Black Bear zone for a majority of the frame, jumped out to a 1-0 lead eight minutes into the contest as
Sonia St. Martin scored her first goal of the season when she crept in from the blue line, took a pass from
Rachel Llanes, and beat a sprawling Ott for a 1-0 NU lead.
Less than three minutes later, Northeastern made it 2-0 as
Colleen Murphy took the puck from below the goal line and fired a shot on goal that Ott got a piece of. Murphy, however, crashed the net in search of her own rebound, and buried the loose puck for her third goal of the season.
At the other end, the Husky defense limited Maine's chances with several blocked shots in the first, while Desjardins handled all three Black Bear shots she faced in the stanza.
NU continued to dictate the style of play in the second period, adding two more goals and holding a 17-7 edge in shots on goal during the frame. The Huskies made it 3-0 just 1:09 into the frame when Coyne took a pass from
Paige Savage in the neutral, split the defense and snuck a low shot under Ott on a breakaway for her 32nd goal of the season.
With Northeastern on the power play midway through the stanza, Llanes added her 11th goal of the year when she took a feed from
Casey Pickett, did a quick toe-drag in front of the crease and snapped a shot past Ott for the score.
Coyne would add her second goal of the game, and fourth of the weekend, midway through the third period when she sent a rocket from the right faceoff dot over the shoulder of Ott for her 100 career point.
Maine would spoil the shutout bid 15 seconds after the Coyne tally when Rachel Bellio knocked home a rebound off a shot from Kelly McDonald for her second goal of the season.
The Huskies regained its five-goal advantage with 9:05 left in regulation when
Kelly Wallace sent a backhand past Ott from in between the hashmarks.
Maine took advantage of its lone power play of the afternoon with 5:14 left in regulation when she buried a loose puck off a blocked shot from the point to record her second goal of the season to make it 6-2.
Esposito would close out the scoring for the Huskies with 1:14 left in the third period when she redirected a centering pass from
Claire Santostefano for her 10th goal of the season.
The Huskies will be back in action on Tuesday as Northeastern continues its four-game road trip at Connecticut. Faceoff at the Freitas Ice Forum is slated for 7 p.m.
Game Notes:
• Northeastern is now 24-15-5 all-time against the Black Bears, and extends its unbeaten streak to 10 games (8-0-2) dating back to Nov. 15, 2009.
• NU has not lost at Alfond Arena since Jan. 30, 2009, going 4-0-3 since.
• Sunday's win marks the second time in program history that the Huskies have won on the road at Maine on consecutive days (Jan. 12-13, 2002).
• Coyne extended her point streak to 10 games (17 goals, seven assists), a new career-high.
• Coyne's 33 goals this season are second on the NU record list for single-season goals while her 59 career goals are 13th on the all-time list.
• Llanes' two points moved her to within four points of 100 for her career.
• Santostefano played in her 100th career game on Sunday, the third Husky to reach the mark this season (
Casie Fields,
Brittany Esposito).
• St. Martin scored her first goal since Feb. 7, 2012 in the Beanpot championship game against Boston University.
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Tori Hickel has an assist in each of her last three games.
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Kelly Wallace is riding a three-game point streak (one goal, four assists).
• Savage has five points (one goal, four assists) in her last three games.
• Murphy recorded her second multi-point game of the season.
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