WORCESTER, Mass. — Anchored by a two-goal effort from freshman
Dawson Sharkey, the Northeastern men's hockey team defeated the Holy Cross Crusaders 5-1 at the Hart Center on Saturday night.
The Huskies (4-2-0, 1-1-0 HEA) took a two-goal lead after one period and kept the pressure on in the third, scoring three more to defeat the Crusaders (4-8-0, 2-4-0 AHA).
Along with Sharkey, sophomore
Jacob Mathieu, senior
Tyler Fukakusa and sophomore
Noah Jones all added goals. Sophomore
Giacomo Martino and freshman
Jordan Tourigny both had two-assist nights and senior
Lawton Zacher stopped 22 shots in his second consecutive win. 11 Huskies recorded at least a point in the win.
Sophomore
Miguel Marques won the puck back on the forecheck at center ice before dumping it into the offensive zone. Classmate
Amine Hajibi dug it out and flung it across the crease to a wide-open Mathieu, who tucked it home to give Northeastern a 1-0 lead just 1:21 into the contest.
Northeastern would go on successive power plays late in the first and cashed in on the second one. After failing to beat Crusaders goaltender Connor Towle in 3:26 of power-play time, Hajibi connected with Sharkey on a pass from behind the Crusader goal line. Sharkey found the sliver of space between Towle's left shoulder and the top of the goal, pushing the Huskies' lead to 2-0.
With 4:22 remaining in the second, Sharkey almost doubled his tally off a faceoff, ringing the left post. Zacher had to make just one save in the second frame and the Huskies took the 2-0 lead to the third.
Just 2:41 into the final frame, senior
Matthew Perkins centered a puck in the neutral zone for Sharkey. Coming with speed, Sharkey split both defensemen and found himself alone with Towle. He decided to beat Towle over his other shoulder this time, picking his spot with a sharp wrist shot and extending the lead.
The Crusaders scored a goal of their own at 4:35 in the frame, finding the net on the power play. At 16:32, the Huskies would strike again, as Fukakusa found the puck on his stick in the slot and slapped it past Towle. Jones added the cherry on top with 21 seconds left on a 5-on-3 opportunity, taking the puck off a faceoff won by sophomore
Jack Pechar and scoring.
Fukakusa and Marques extended their season-long points streaks to six games each.
The Huskies will next travel to UConn for a two-game road series with the other Huskies beginning Friday, Nov. 13 in Storrs, Connecticut and concluding Saturday, Nov. 14 in Hartford, Connecticut.
