BOSTON – Riding a six-game unbeaten streak, the Northeastern women's hockey team (5-2-1, 1-0-0 WHEA) will look to tame the Terriers (3-2-1, 2-2-0 WHEA) once again on Tuesday evening at Walter Brown Arena. The teams last met one week ago at Matthews Arena in a 6-2 Northeastern victory as senior
Paige Savage racked up a goal and three assists.
LAST TIME OUT
Northeastern capped a perfect week with a 3-0 victory at Dartmouth on Oct. 21 at Thompson Arena. Sophomore
Kasidy Anderson, junior
Halle Silva and junior
Denisa Krizova scored for NU, while sophomore
Brittany Bugalski pitched her third shutout in the last six games with 19 saves. Northeastern outshot Dartmouth, 34-19, including a 15-1 mark in the second period.
LAST TIME VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Senior
Paige Savage racked up four points and junior
Shelby Herrington added two goals and an assist as the Huskies opened Hockey East play with a 6-2 victory over BU on Oct. 18 at Matthews Arena. Junior
Denisa Krizova, junior
Ainsley MacMillan and freshman
Paige Capistran also scored for Northeastern, while sophomore
Brittany Bugalski made a season-high 33 saves. Bugalski was especially sharp on the penalty kill as the Huskies were able to negate all seven BU power plays on the night.
BUGALSKI REPEATS AS WHEA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sophomore goaltender
Brittany Bugalski repeated as the WHEA Defensive Player of the Week after backstopping Northeastern to a pair of wins last week. On Oct. 18 against BU, Bugalski turned aside 33 of 35 shots as the Huskies skated to a 6-2 triumph. The Boynton Beach, Florida native then shutout Dartmouth on Oct. 21 with 19 saves to finish the week with a .963 save percentage and a 1.00 GAA in 120 minutes played. Bugalski has now earned WHEA Defensive Player of the Week honors three times in her career.
BRITTANY THE BRICK WALL
Over her last six games, sophomore netminder
Brittany Bugalski has stopped 142 of 147 shots (.966 save percentage) and has posted a sparkling 0.82 goals against average. Bugalski has three shutouts over that span, blanking Lindenwood with 10 saves on Oct. 7, denying Syracuse with 27 stops on Oct. 15, and silencing Dartmouth with 19 saves on Oct. 21. Bugalski ranks 12th in the NCAA and second in WHEA with a 1.41 GAA this season.
NORTHEASTERN GARNERS VOTES IN LATEST USCHO.COM POLL
The Huskies are receiving votes in the latest USCHO.com national poll, released Monday, Oct. 24. Northeastern has garnered votes in the poll in three of the first six weeks to open the season, peaking at No. 9 in the nation in the Sept. 19 preseason poll.
DYNAMIC DUO
Linemates
Denisa Krizova (11 points) and
McKenna Brand (8 points) have found an instant chemistry this season as the Huskies' top two leading scorers. The leading scorer in Hockey East, Krizova enters Tuesday's contest on a seven-game point streak, including a two-game goal streak, while Brand has recorded points in six of her last seven contests.
