Your Northeastern Huskies traveled to the College of Connecticut to face the (different) Huskies for the primary time because the 2024 Hockey East Championship recreation. This time round, there was no missed boarding name (yeah I’m nonetheless not over that), and NU bought the W 1-0 at Toscana Household Ice Middle.
This was a goalie duel from the opening draw to the ultimate horn. Tia Chan (1.67GAA .940%) was in internet for UConn, and on the different finish of the sheet stood Lisa Jönsson (1.34GAA .942%) manning the pipes for Northeastern. The tempo was up tempo from the beginning and each squads had possibilities within the opening body however neither group might remedy the ‘tendies. NU had the sting statically on the finish of the primary with a 11-6 edge in SOG and a 10-5 benefit on the dot.
Within the center body the physicality ramped up because the frustration mounted. NU had the sting in zone time and puck possession however none of it translated to the scoresheet. The groups headed to the 2nd intermission nonetheless knotted at gooses.
Within the third Lily Shannon referred to as recreation. The junior from Andover had the perfect possibilities all through the sport and it lastly paid off as she potted a rebound from the slot. Tuva Kandell wired a shot from the highest of the zone and Chan kicked the rebound again into visitors. The bouncing puck eluded Jaden Bogden however Shannon was proper there driving down Essential Road to tuck this within the open cage. Maintain the change and be secure driving house.
UConn pulled Chan to attempt to get again into this one however Jönsson stored the (different) Huskies at bay and earned her first shutout on the NCAA stage. Oh and it was towards a top-10 group? Not a giant deal. I’ll say that I believe Taze Thompson owes Shannon a burrito for being offsides and wiping Shannon’s ENG off the board.
The Huskies welcome within the (different) Huskies to Historic Matthews Enviornment tomorrow afternoon for the again half of the house and residential sequence. I anticipate extra of the identical from these two squads as that is shaping up as a pleasant preview of the Hockey East playoffs. And since I need to encourage the video group to publish extra defensive performs on the timeline, right here’s a great thing about a play in entrance of the NU internet.
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