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No. 3 Northeastern takes on Holy Cross in Home-and-Home series

Game Information: No. 3 Northeastern (11-1-1 Hockey East) vs. Holy Cross (3-10-0 Hockey East)
Games Game 14: Friday, February 5 | 6:00 p.m. 
Game 15: Saturday, February 6 | 3:30 p.m. 
Where Game 14: Worcester, Mass. | Hart Center
Game 15: Boston, Mass. | Matthews Arena
Broadcast & Statistics Game 14: Watch (College Sports Live) | Listen (WRBB Radio) | Live Stats
Game 15: Watch (NESN) | Watch (College Sports Live) | Listen (WRBB Radio) | Live Stats
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  BOSTON -  The No. 3 Northeastern women's hockey team (11-1-1, 11-1-1 HEA) takes on Holy Cross (3-10-0, 3-10-0 HEA) in a conference home-and-home series. Puck drop Friday will be at 6:00 p.m. at Hart Center Ice Rink and Saturday at 3:30 p.m. inside Matthews Arena aired live on NESN.

GOAL SCORING HUSKIES
The Huskies have played 13 games this season with junior Alina Mueller leading the team with 17 points (6 goals, 11 assists). Skylar Fontaine has notched five goals and eight helpers while Chloe Aurard has tallied five goals and five helpers for the Huskies this season. No. 3 Northeastern enters this series after coming off a shutout series sweep against Merrimack, (5-0), (6-0). 

THE GOALTENDER
Senior Aerin Frankel leads the nation in shutouts (6), save percentage (.973) and goals against average (0.63), and ranks second in winning percentage at 9-1-1 (.864); She holds the all-time school record with 25 shutouts, and her 23 shutouts in Hockey East play is just one shy of the conference record.

MONEY MUELLER
Junior Alina Mueller leads the nation with 11 assists and is No. 11 with six goals; Mueller had a season-best four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in a win over No. 7 Providence (1/23) and has recorded a point in seven of her last eight games

SCOUTING HOLY CROSS
The Crusaders come into this series after being swept by Boston College in a home-and-home series (2-3), (1-5). Bryn Saarela leads the team in points with 10 (five goals, five assists) while Millie Sirum adds five goals and four assists to the books. Defending the net for the Crusaders, Jada Brenon holds a 3.34 GAA and a .901 save pct. as they head into their 14th and 15th games. The Huskies hold a 5-1-0 record against the Warriors and are currently playing on a four-game winning streak.

MATTHEWS ARENA
Fans are currently not permitted inside Matthews Arena, but there's still a chance for you to be part of the action this year at Matthews Arena! For a newly discounted price of only $30, you can support our hockey teams, and all of our athletes by purchasing a cardboard cutout today! So what are you waiting for? Put on your Red & Black and snap a pic! Proceeds from the cutouts will support all Northeastern University student-athletes through the Howlin' Huskies Fund. For more information on how to reserve your cutout, please visit NUHuskies.com/cutout.


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