Mercedes Espina m.espina@northeastern.edu.
BOSTON –
The No. 11 Northeastern men’s hockey team (3-0-1, 1-0-0 Hockey East) heads to
the Midwest for a two-game series against the No. 14 St. Cloud State Huskies
(0-0-2, 0-0-0 NCHC) this weekend. Northeastern is set to open the series on
Friday, Oct. 25 at 8:30 p.m. ET, before returning to the ice on Saturday, Oct.
26 at 7 p.m. ET.
THREE
THINGS TO KNOW
Battle
for Top Dog – The
Huskies head to Minnesota this weekend for a two-game series against the St.
Cloud State Huskies. Last season, the Huskies met on the ice for just the
second time in program history, when Northeastern pulled off the 3-2 upset over
St. Cloud State in Matthews Arena.
Heading into the weekend, St. Cloud State is
looking for their first win of the season after opening up the 2019-20 slate
with back-to-back ties against Bemidji State. Returning Huskies Sam Hentges and
Jack Poehling lead St. Cloud State in points to start the season, with each
posting three points across two games.
Top of
the Leaderboard – Zach
Solow and Jordan
Harris have kicked off the 2019-20 campaign on a
hot streak, posting points in each of the Huskies’ first four games this
season. Solow has recorded one goal and three assists so far. Most recently,
the Naples, Fla.-native recorded an assist on Tyler Madden’s power-play goal
on Saturday night against Holy Cross. Harris, a sophomore defenseman, has
posted two goals and two assists thus far, including one goal off a penalty
shot against No. 3 Massachusetts last week.
Ty-ed
Up – In last Saturday’s
contest against the Holy Cross Crusaders, sophomore Tyler
Madden led the scoring charge for the Huskies with
two goals. After the Crusaders took the 1-0 lead in the second period, Madden
struck on the power play opportunity, marking his first goal of the season.
Just over a minute into the third, the Deerfield Beach, Fla.-native struck once
more off the pass from Matt
Filipe. Despite the sophomore’s scoring efforts,
however, the Huskies finished in a 2-2 deadlock with the Crusaders.