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ORONO, Maine – With rookie sensations Alina Mueller and Chloe Aurard leading the offensive charge, the fifth-ranked Northeastern women's hockey team won its 10th consecutive game, 3-1, over Maine on Friday evening at Alfond Arena.
 
Aurard opened the scoring for Northeastern (11-1-1, 10-0-1 WHEA) at 12:04 during the first period, cleaning up the rebound from Kasidy Anderson and Veronika Pettey's previous tries that had both been saved by Carly Jackson. The goal – Aurard's fifth of the season – justified the Huskies' 14-8 edge in shots on goal during the opening stanza while also extending the freshman's point streak to six straight games.
 
Mueller proceeded to double Aurard's production during the second period, cashing in on a pair of goals to give NU a 3-0 lead and extend her point-streak to 12 straight games. 
 
The Swiss native scored first during four-on-four play at 5:56 into the period before finding the net again on the power play at 19:19. Aurard and Brooke Hobson were credited with the assists on Mueller's second goal - her first collegiate two-goal game. 
 
Maine (7-6-0, 3-6-0 WHEA) spoiled Aerin Frankel's shutout bid at 11:12 during the third period, when Celine Tedenby put the Black Bears on the scoreboard. Frankel finished the night having made 23 saves – two of which were recorded after Maine had brought on an extra attacker with 56 seconds remaining in regulation.
 
Penalties stole the show throughout the contest, particularly during the opening minutes of the first and second periods. Northeastern tied its season highs for penalties (six) and penalty minutes (12), but went six-for-six during kills, improving its 2018-19 penalty kill percentage to 96.2 percent (51-for-53).
 
UP NEXT
 
The Huskies and the Black Bears will close their weekend set at Alfond Arena on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m.
 
NOTEWORTHY
• Friday's win marked Northeastern's first at Alfond Arena since Nov. 6, 2015.
• Alina Mueller and Chloé Aurard entered the night leading all Division I rookies in scoring, exiting the evening with respective point totals of 20 and 17.