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BOSTON – Sophomore McKenna Brand scored two goals to lift the No. 6/5 Northeastern women's hockey team (23-4-1, 18-2-0 WHEA) to its 12th consecutive win in a 5-2 victory over New Hampshire (10-17-1, 7-11-0 WHEA) on Friday night at Matthews Arena. 

Five Huskies recorded multi-point performances, including two-assist efforts from redshirt junior Paige Savage and senior Jordan Krause, and a goal and an assist apiece for senior Kendall Coyne and sophomore Lauren Kelly.

Freshman netminder Brittany Bugalski won her sixth straight decision with 19 saves as Northeastern completed a perfect month of January (10-0-0) for the fourth time in program history.

Goal Recaps
• Brand put the Huskies in front just 32 seconds into the contest when she picked up a pass from Savage between the circles and fired a wrister over the blocker of UNH netminder Kyra Smith (29 saves).
• The Wildcats tied the score on a two-man advantage when Amy Boucher's shot deflected between the pads of Bugalski from the right of the net at the 12-minute mark of the first period. 
• Northeastern pulled back ahead at 2-1 when Coyne picked up the puck along the boards and cut to the middle of the ice, before lifting a backhand over the glove of Smith with 2:29 left in the opening frame. 
• UNH again tied the score 11 minutes into the second period when Jonna Curtis finished a centering pass from Amy Schlagel on the power play.
• Just 1:14 later, NU was back in front. Off a faceoff win by Shelby Herrington, Kelly scooped up the puck, drifted to her left, and wristed a shot off the right post and in to make it 3-2.
• The Huskies padded the lead to 4-2 at 5:41 of the third when sophomore Denisa Krizova crashed the net following a Coyne shot and tucked the rebound off the right post and in. 
• Northeastern made it 5-2 just 1:29 later when Savage found Brand on the rush for a one-timer that beat Smith from the high slot. 

Stats of the Game
• The Huskies won their 12th straight game–the longest streak for NU since the 1988-89 squad won 15 straight contests.
• At 12 games, this is NU's longest winning streak heading into the Beanpot in program history. 
• Northeastern completed the month of January unbeaten (10-0-0) for the fourth time in program history.
• NU tied a program record for its most wins before the Beanpot with 23 (2001-02).
• Brand scored for the third straight game and notched her third career two-goal game.
• After not scoring in the first 25 games this season, Kelly scored her third goal in the last two games.
• Junior Heather Mottau extended her point streak to four games with an assist. 
• The Huskies scored at least five goals for the 18th time this season.

Up Next
The Huskies will take their 12-game winning streak into the Women's Beanpot on Tuesday against rival Boston University. Puck drop from Walter Brown Arena is set for 8 p.m.