WHEA Semifinals: No. 2 Northeastern (28-7-1) vs. No. 3 Boston University (22-13-2)
When	Saturday, March 5  |  4:30 p.m.
Where	Lawler Rink  |  North Andover, Mass.  |  Directions
Tickets	Buy Tickets  |  *Students from WHEA schools are free with valid ID
Broadcast and Stats	Live Video  |  Live Stats
Game Notes	Northeastern  |  BU
Pre-Game Event	RSVP to the alumni and friends pre-game event
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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – For the fourth straight season, Northeastern and Boston University will do battle in the WHEA playoffs as the two rivals square off in the league semifinals on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Merrimack's J. Thom Lawler Rink. The Huskies (28-7-1) have won three of four meetings against the Terriers (22-13-2) this season, including a 3-2 decision in the semifinal round of the Women's Beanpot on Feb. 2, and a pair of decisive home wins, 7-1 and 6-2, during WHEA play.

RSVP TO THE PRE-GAME ALUMNI AND FRIENDS EVENT
Northeastern Women's Ice Hockey Alumnae and Friends will host a pre-game event on Saturday from 2-4 p.m. at the Ninety-Nine Restaurant and Pub in North Andover. All Husky fans are invited to attend and are encouraged to wear red and black. To RSVP for the event, click here. 

HUSKIES MAKING HISTORY IN 2015-16
With 28 wins so far this season, Northeastern is in the midst of its winningest campaign in program history. The Huskies set the single-season program record for wins in a year with a 6-2 victory over Providence on Feb. 27, surpassing the previous record of 27 wins set by both the 1996-97 and 2001-02 squads. In addition, NU has secured its largest season-to-season improvement in program history with 14 more wins in 2015-16 than in 2014-15 (14-17-5). The previous program record for the largest season-to-season turnaround (+13) was also held by the 1996-97 team, which went 27-9-0 following a 14-15-5 campaign in 1995-96. NU's 14-win improvement this season ranks second in the NCAA to Colgate, which has won 15 more games than a season ago. 

HUSKIES HISTORY IN THE WHEA TOURNAMENT
Northeastern is 9-9 all-time in WHEA postseason play, including a 1-4 mark against Boston University. The Huskies' lone playoff win over the Terriers came in the 2011 semifinals when fifth-seeded Northeastern upset No. 1 seed BU, 4-2. Boston University avenged the defeat with a 5-2 triumph over Northeastern in the 2013 WHEA title game, before eliminating the Huskies in the semifinals in both 2014 and 2015.

KENDALL COYNE NAMED A PATTY KAZ TOP-3 FINALIST
Senior Kendall Coyne was named a top-three finalist for the prestigious Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, as announced Thursday by USA Hockey. Coyne joins Boston College forward Alex Carpenter and Wisconsin goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens as the finalists for the award, given annually to the top player in Division I women's ice hockey. Coyne is the fourth player in program history to be named a top-three finalist, joining Florence Schelling (2012), Chanda Gunn (2004) and Brooke Whitney (2002). Whitney is the lone player in program history to win the Patty Kazmaier Award after posting 56 points and helping the 2001-02 Huskies to a 27-7-1 record and an appearance in the ECAC Eastern Final. The 2016 Patty Kazmaier Award winner will be unveiled on March 19 as part of the Frozen Four festivities in New Castle, New Hampshire.

BUGALSKI, HARTMAN EARN ALL-ROOKIE HONORS
Freshmen Brittany Bugalski and Maddie Hartman were named to the WHEA All-Rookie Team, headlining five NU honorees in the league's initial postseason awards release on Wednesday. Senior Kendall Coyne was also honored as the Army ROTC Three Stars Award winner as well as the WHEA Scoring Champion, while junior Hayley Scamurra and senior Jordan Krause were named runner-ups for the Best Defensive Forward and Best Defenseman in WHEA, respectively. Northeastern has placed at least one freshman on the WHEA All-Rookie Team in each of the last three seasons.

BRITTANY, THE BRICK WALL
Freshman Brittany Bugalski has assembled one of the most impressive rookie seasons for a goaltender in program history. With a 20-6-1 record, Bugalski is the first freshman netminder in program history to win 20 games in a year, and is the seventh goaltender overall in the NU record books to win at least 20 games in a season. In addition, Bugalski is only the sixth freshman shot-stopper in WHEA history to win 20 or more games in a season, joining BC's Molly Schaus (2006-07), BC's Katie Burt (2014-15), BU's Kerrin Sperry (2010-11), UNH's Kayley Herman (2007-08) and Providence's Jana Bugden (2002-03).

COYNE CLOSING IN ON ANOTHER RECORD
Having already broken the Northeastern program records for most points in a season (82), most goals in a career (140) and most points in a career (247), senior Kendall Coyne is setting her sights on yet another benchmark this weekend. With three more goals, Coyne will surpass Vicky Sunohara's single-season program record for goals (51) set during the 1988-89 season. Sunohara's record is especially impressive considering that the former Olympic gold medalist potted 51 goals and 78 points in only 25 games in helping the 1988-89 Huskies to a 22-3-0 record and an ECAC championship.

BLUE CHIP ON THE BLUE LINE
Senior defenseman Jordan Krause ranks fourth among NCAA blueliners with 24 assists in 34 games. With 29 total points (5-24-29), Krause ranks sixth in the nation in defenseman scoring and has been named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week three times this season. The Minnesota-Duluth transfer had registered just 17 total points in 104 games over her first three seasons, before this year's 29-in-34 outburst.

SHORTHANDED SPECIALIST
Senior Kendall Coyne is tied for the national lead with five shorthanded goals this season. In her career, Coyne has racked up 14 shorthanded tallies, which ranks as the third-most all-time in the NCAA Division I history. Mercyhurst's Meghan Agosta tallied 20 shorthanded goals between 2007-11, and Minnesota's Krissy Wendell potted 16 shorthanded tallies from 2003-05. 

SOPHOMORE SENSATIONS
Northeastern owns the highest-scoring sophomore class in the nation with 160 of the team's 416 total points (38 percent). Second-year forward Denisa Krizova leads the nation in scoring among NCAA sophomores with 57 points, two points ahead of Wisconsin's Annie Pankowski. Krizova is the first Husky not named Kendall Coyne to reach the 50-point plateau in a season since Brooke Whitney and Brooke White in 2001-02.

GOALS GALORE
With 159 goals in 36 games, Northeastern has posted its third-highest scoring season in program history. The NU record for most goals in a season is held by the 1997-98 squad, who lit the lamp 173 times en route to a 26-6-5 overall record. This season's team is averaging 4.42 goals per game (good for the third best mark in the nation), compared to the 4.68 goals-per-game clip posted by the 97-98 squad. 

HUSKIES RANKED FOR 18th STRAIGHT WEEK
Northeastern was ranked No. 6 in the latest national polls released on Feb. 29-March 1. The Huskies have now been ranked in both polls for 18 straight weeks, and have not dropped below No. 8 since Oct. 26. NU climbed as high as No. 4 in both national polls on Nov. 23.

CZECH OUT NUMBER 41
Sophomore sensation Denisa Krizova ranks third in the nation with 37 assists this season. The total is also good for the third-most assists in a season in program history, trailing only Fiona Rice's 42 assists in 1988-89 and Tina Cardinale's 41 assists in 1987-88. In less than two full collegiate seasons, Krizova already ranks 22nd in program history in career helpers with 59. 

SPREADING THE LOVE
Fourteen different Northeastern players have scored game-winning goals this season, which ranks as the most in the NCAA. Boston College, Wisconsin and Minnesota each rank second with 13 different game-winning goal scorers.