UNH faces #4 Northeastern in Home and Home (Fri, 6 P.M. | Sat, 3 P.M.)

Friday, November 15

Boston, Mass.

6 PM

University of New Hampshire

Northeastern

Meghara McManus (Photo by Joey Walker)

Photo by: Joey Walker

UNH faces #4 Northeastern in Home and Home (Fri, 6 P.M. | Sat, 3 P.M.)

11/14/2019 11:38:00 AM | Women's Ice Hockey

The Huskies and Wildcats wrap up regular season series.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE
NEW HAMPSHIRE (6-5-2, 5-4-1) vs. #4 NORTHEASTERN (8-1-0, 5-1-0)
Friday, Nov. 15 – 6 P.M. – Matthews Arena, Boston, Mass. – CBS College Sports
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NEW HAMPSHIRE (6-5-2, 5-4-1) vs. #4 NORTHEASTERN (8-1-0, 5-1-0)
Saturday, Nov. 16 – 3 P.M. – Whittemore Center Arena, Durham, N.H. – CBS College Sports

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DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team faces a tough weekend slate with long-time ECAC and Hockey East rival #4 Northeastern with a home and home series this Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16.

The Wildcats travel to Boston to face the Huskies Friday evening at 6 P.M. in Matthews Arena, and return home to host the Huskies in the Whittemore Center Saturday afternoon at 3 P.M. For tickets to Saturday's contest, visit UNHWildcats.com/tickets or call (603)862-4000.

LAST TIME OUT

New Hampshire split the weekend series with Vermont with a Friday night victory and a Saturday afternoon loss to notch up the season series completely even at 1-1-1.
Friday's win came on two Wildcat power play goals tallied by sophomore Emily Rickwood (Brantford, Ontario) and senior Meghara McManus (Milton, Mass.) in overtime for a 2-1 victory.
Rickwood tallied two points on the contest, also assisting on the overtime game-winner to McManus which came on a shot from Carlee Turner (Scottsdale, Ariz.) that bounced off a Vermont stick, off the shoulder of McManus, and over the goaltender's head.
Saturday the Wildcats had a better shooting performance, but the Catamounts clung to a 1-0 lead in the second period and were able to escape Durham with two points on the weekend.
The Wildcats held the Catamounts without a power play goal the entire weekend; UVM had six power play opportunities, three in each game.

DOWN BUT NOT OUT
The Wildcats have faced 63 opponent power play opportunities, allowing only six goals; that's good for a .905 penalty kill percentage, ranked #8 in the country.

ABOUT NORTHEASTERN
- The Huskies (Boston, Mass.) come into the weekend as the #4 team in the nation in both major polls.
- Northeastern holds a 5-1-0 conference record and is 8-1-0 overall. The only NU so far this season came at Providence (1-0).
- UNH and NU faced off earlier this season in October; a strong first period for New Hampshire fell short as the Huskies defeated the Wildcats 4-1 at Matthews Arena.
- The Huskies have won seven straight meetings with the Wildcats; New Hampshire's last win against Northeastern came in 2017 at home in overtime.
- The two teams will play a home and home series this weekend; Northeastern is 3-0-0 at home this season and 2-1-0 on the road.

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