Your Northeastern Huskies welcomed the Merrimack Warriors to Historic Matthews Enviornment tonight for the primary leg of a house and residential collection that may conclude tomorrow evening at Lawler Enviornment. The Huskies opened this one up caught in first gear, however they received it going as the sport progressed, and ended the evening on the suitable facet of a 4-0 thumping.
In internet for the Huskies, contemporary off her Bertagna Award and Beanpot MVP was Lisa Jönsson. The Swedish Sensation was on the lookout for her twelfth dub and seventh shutout of the season (spoiler alert: she received each), only a few days after her first Beanpot expertise.(In case you’ve been residing beneath a rock, the Beanpot Championship was Tuesday evening and you may examine it right here). In internet for the Warriors was Calli Hogarth, making her fifth straight begin.
Jönsson was dialed in for this recreation. I believed her greatest sequence of saves was late within the 2nd when she made 2 fast saves shifting R to L to snuff out a bid on the publish, however this denial within the third additionally makes the spotlight reel. For these maintaining rating at residence, that’s a proper pad save – poke-check – left pad save. The large cat was toying with the mouse Merrimack ahead. Up to date stats on Jönsson: tied for NCAA lead in shutouts, main the nation in GAA (1.07), and save proportion (.958%) and she or he’s a freshman. As Coach Flint mentioned after the Beanpot, GAGG.
As soon as the Huskies received their ft beneath them, (at concerning the 15:00 min mark of the primary) the ice tilted towards the Merrimack finish because the Huskies began to pile up probabilities earlier than cashing in. Jules Constantinople dropped down the LW and located Ella Blackmore on the prime of the blue paint. The Honeybadger couldn’t put it residence, however she did draw the penalty. That kind of play gained’t present up on the scoresheet, but it surely impacts the sport nonetheless.
On the following energy play, Allie Lalonde put residence the game-winner. Lily Shannon labored the puck to Tory Mariano on the prime of the MC zone and she or he dished a 10ft cross to Lalonde who was shifting laterally from the highest of the RW circle. Lalonde wound up and put a depraved wrister on internet that beat Hogarth prime nook over the blocker.
Lalonde on the bench to Coach Carp (in all probability)….
That rating held into the 2nd and the Huskies got here out with visibly extra soar of their recreation. Possibly they had been watching Beanpot highlights throughout intermission, maybe they had been studying my weblog, we will’t say for certain. No matter it was, it labored. With simply over a minute gone within the center body, Éloïse Caron received on the board. Morgan Jackson dug the puck out behind the MC internet (and received away with a crosscheck and a visit if I’m being sincere – however I do like the way in which Stripes reffed this one) and located Caron cross-crease for the drop-knee-one-tee over the glove. Nice play throughout by this line. Lalonde drove the web within the slot, Caron received dumped on the proper publish however received up and located the mushy spot within the Merrimack D protection and Jackson? She’s formally again to Ms. Jackson standing trigger that sequence of hers was nasty.
And within the third it was extra of the identical. First let me ask the Merrimack teaching employees: Why would you permit Lily Shannon all by herself on the prime of your blue paint? Just like the caption says, that is what she does. You may wish to replace your pre-scout as that’s the Huskies main aim scorer all by her lonesome in entrance of Hogarth. Mariano drove the RW nook and from under GLE discovered Shannon in entrance. Lily’s not lacking from there. 3-0 and may we go to operating time?
But it surely was Holly Abela who slid the dagger into the hardly beating coronary heart of the Merrimack workforce. Let me set the stage for you. Down 3-0 with about half of the third interval to go, Merrimack will get their first energy play of the evening. At this level, they’re nonetheless in it. They will take a look at the reside stats and suppose “Hey, we’re hanging with the Huskies in each statistical class (besides objectives), we put one residence on the PP and we’ve received an opportunity”. Abela sees your plans, hopes and desires and she or he laughs as she dashes them within the blink of an eye fixed. Mariano despatched the puck out of the zone with simply the correct quantity of sauce for it sit excessive within the MC zone for Abela to corral after which it was off to the races. Abela broke down the RW with just one defender in digital camera body and stashed the puck 5-hole on Hogarth. Preserve the change ya filthy animal.
That was all she wrote and the Huskies rode out the clock for the dub.
Coach Carp got here on the podcast final evening and we had an ideal recap of the Beanpot that you will discover right here (if you wish to watch video of our smiling faces), and it’s additionally out now on all of your favourite podcast platforms. Actually good time speaking about that particular evening on the TD Backyard.
Some observations from the sofa:
- The Munchkin Line represented once more tonight. Katie Davis, Ellie Mabardy and Abela are all around the ice and it was nice to see Abela get rewarded. Mabardy nearly had her personal late within the recreation, however her try was denied. Nonetheless, nice consciousness and hustle from this line.
- Congrats to Constantinople for enjoying in her a centesimal recreation
- Mariano (3A tonight) is now tied for essentially the most assists in Hockey East this season.
Up subsequent is the again half at Merrimack tomorrow evening. I hope to be within the rink for this one assuming the MC employees doesn’t learn this.
Bonus Abela:
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