Hear from the new record holder for Hockey East wins, Aerin Frankel, after today's record-setting win!#HowlinHuskies pic.twitter.com/sBUTDzy78g

— Northeastern Women's Hockey (@GoNUwhockey) February 13, 2022

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BOSTON—The No. 5 Northeastern women's hockey team defeated Maine, 2-0, on Saturday evening at Matthews Arena. With results around the league over the weekend, including two Northeastern wins over Maine, the Huskies officially claimed the 2021-22 Hockey East Regular Season title for the third year in a row and the fourth time overall.

The Huskies now have home ice advantage as the No. 1 seed for the Hockey East playoffs. Additionally with the victory, goaltender Aerin Frankel became the winningest goaltender of all-time in Hockey East play. Frankel passed Boston College's Katie Burt and now has 71 Hockey East wins on her resume.

• A quiet first period passed by with no goals for either side, however the Huskies outshot the Black Bears 19-3.
• Skylar Fontaine broke the scoring deadlock with the eventual game-winner on the power play at the 15:35 mark to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead. Skylar Irving and Mia Brown assisted the goal.
• Maddie Mills added on an insurance goal in the third, also on the power play to push the final score to 2-0. Fontaine claimed her second point of the night with an assist and Brooke Hobson had the secondary.
• Frankel tallied 14 saves in her ninth shutout of the season.

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