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BELFAST – A five-goal second period, along with a pair of goals from both Brendan Collier and Zach Aston-Reese set the tone for the Northeastern men's ice hockey team, which blew past Colgate in the consolation game of the Friendship Four on Saturday in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 7-1.
 
With the score tied at one through 20 minutes, NU came out and dominated play during the second period to take control of the game. Mike McMurtry had a strong night for the Huskies, tallying one goal and two assists, while Derick Roy made 11 saves in his first action since Oct. 31.
 
NU outshot Colgate 30-12 in the game and won 19-of-48 faceoffs. Ryan Rosenthal and Nolan Stevens also scored for the Huskies, whose seven goals are a season-high. 

Goal descriptions:
• Northeastern jumped out to a 1-0 lead with 11:36 to play in the first period as Aston-Reese, positioned atop the crease, was able to deflect a shot from Nolan Stevens that beat Finn five-hole.
 
• Colgate struck back on its lone power play of the first period as Willie Brooks fired a low one-timer from the point off the right post and in off a feed from Tyson Spink.
 
• Collier got the Huskies started during a wild second period, scoring the first of five goals in the middle frame when he took a pass from Mike McMurtry in the neutral zone, sped through a couple of Raider defenders before tucking a shot past Finn five-hole.
 
• Ryan Rosenthal gave Northeastern a 3-1 advantage just 29 seconds later, finishing off a strong play from NU before Rosenthal knocked the puck off a Colgate defenseman and past Finn for Rosenthal's second of the year.
 
• Collier buried his second of the afternoon with 12:33 to play in the second period following some tic-tac-toe passing from the Huskies. McMurtry began the play by finding Rosenthal between the hashmarks before Rosenthal took a big hit to make a play down to Collier near the crease, and Collier did the rest to best Finn low for a 4-1 Northeastern lead.
 
• Not to be outdone, Aston-Reese tacked on his second of the game with 2:40 left in the stanza as he banged home a rebound off a shot from Patrick Schule, giving NU a commanding 5-1 advantage.
 
• The Huskies then capitalized on a Colgate turnover in the final minute of the second period as John Stevens pounced on a clearing attempt before finding his brother Nolan in the slot, and Nolan went bar down on Finn for his fifth of the year.
 
• McMurtry would get one of his own with 5:56 remaining in regulation, burying his first of the season off a pass from Rosenthal, beating Bruce Racine top shelf.
  
The road ahead:
• Northeastern will be back in action on Saturday when the Huskies travel to No. 2/2 Boston College for a 7 p.m. puck drop at Conte Forum. The teams will then travel across town to Matthews Arena for a Sunday matinee at 4 p.m.