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BOSTON – For the second consecutive year and third time overall, a Northeastern Husky is the Hockey East Player of the Year. Junior Adam Gaudette was named the conference's top player at the annual banquet on Thursday night.
 
Gaudette is second straight Northeastern student-athlete to be named the Hockey East Player of the Year, after Zach Aston-Reese received the honor last season. Northeastern is the first program to have back-to-back players of the year since Boston College in 2013 and 2014.
 
The Braintree, Mass. native was named to the top-10 finalist list for the prestigious Hobey Baker Award, with teammate Dylan Sikura, given annually to the nation's top collegiate men's hockey player.  
 
The two upperclassmen are just the fifth and sixth in program history to be named a top-10 finalist, while Northeastern is the only school in Hockey East to have at least one representative and the only program to have two players make the top ten.
 
Together, Gaudette (59 points), Sikura (52 points) and captain Nolan Stevens (41 points) make up one of the best offensive lines in the country this season. Northeastern's Big 3 makes NU the only team in the NCAA to have three players with 40-plus points and 20-plus goals apiece. They have also given the Huskies three 20-goal scorers for the second-straight season.
 
Gaudette leads the country in both points (59) and goals (30), becoming just the 11th player in program history to score 30 goals in a season and the seventh in the NCAA since the 2012-13 season.
 
His performance this season is tied for 10th in single-season scoring at Northeastern and tied for ninth in single-season goals. Not yet finished with his third season in Red and Black, Gaudette sits in 11th in career goals (68) and is tied for 18th in career points (141) as a Husky.
 
He is also third in career scoring among active players with 141 points, while leading all-active players with 68 career goals and 32 power play goals. Gaudette has recorded point in 19 out of his last 22 games (22 goals, 19 assists).
 
The junior was one of four NU players to be named to Hockey East's First Team All-Stars, while capturing the conference regular season scoring title with 33 points (19 goals, 14 assists) in conference play. He is the first NU athlete to win the title since Jason Guerriero in 2004-05.
 
Along with being a contender for the Hobey Baker Award, Gaudette is a semifinalist for the Walter Brown Award, given annually to the top American born player in New England. He was named the Hockey East Player of the Month and the HCA National Player of the Month in January and February, as well as being a three-time Hockey East Player of the Week this season.
 
Northeastern brought the Beanpot back to Huntington Avenue this year, for the first time since 1988. Gaudette led the way for the Huskies, being named the Beanpot MVP, after a goal and two assists in the semifinal and a hat trick in the Beanpot championship game against Boston University.
 
Gaudette and the Huskies will battle No. 9 Providence in the Hockey East semifinals tomorrow night at 8 p.m. The game will be aired live on NESNplus, Watch ESPN and TSN GO.