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BOSTON – Northeastern University graduate student
Maddie Mills notched two goals for the no. 3-ranked Northeastern women's ice hockey team (16-2-1) as they defeated Cornell (4-7-1) at Matthews Arena on Sunday afternoon.
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- Northeastern struck first early in the contest as Mills (8) notched a power play goal against her alma mater 3:38 into the first period, assisted by Alina Mueller (13) and Skylar Fontaine (18).
- Mueller was at it again with her 2nd assist of the afternoon, as she found Katy Knoll (4) rushing into the offensive zone just after her penalty expired. Knoll got a one-on-one chance with the goalie and dragged the puck through the crease before burying the backhand attempt for the 2-0 lead.
- In a penalty-laden second period, neither team was able to capitalize until late in the period when Mills netted her second of the game, ninth of the season, on a feed from Murphy. With a similar motion to Knoll's goal she pulled the puck through the crease and backhanded it in for the 3-0 lead.
- Just under six minutes into the third period Cornell broke through and scored their only goal of the afternoon on a power play.
- Junior netminder Gwyneth Philips made her fourth start of the season for the Huskies stopping 29 of 30 Cornell shots on net in the contest. She's now 3-1-0 in net this season.
- The Huskies ended the first semester with an eight-game win streak, and a 15-game unbeaten run spanning back to early October.
- With her two assists in the contest, Alina Mueller extended her team-best points streak to eight games. She has 12 points on one goal and 11 assists in that stretch.
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The Huskies will not see another official NCAA contest until January 7, when they return to Hockey East action at 2 pm against Merrimack. They then travel to North Andover the following Saturday, January 8, to face off again at 2pm.
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