Freshman forward Alina Mueller had a goal and two assists for the Huskies
Northeastern Uses Three-Goal Second Period To Skate Past UConn, 5-2
Freshman forward Alina Mueller had a goal and two assists for the Huskies

BOSTON - Freshman Alina Mueller extended her point streak to 21 straight games with a three-point effort to help the No. 3 Northeastern women's hockey team to a 5-2 victory over UConn on Friday afternoon at Matthews Arena.

Trailing 2-1 after the first period, Northeastern (16-3-3, 14-2-2 WHEA) scored three times in the middle frame - including twice in the final two minutes - to take control of the contest.

Mueller led the charge with an assist on Veronika Pettey's game-tying power-play goal at 6:36 of the frame, before giving the Huskies the lead for good at 18:00 with a redirection goal off a Maddie Hartman point shot.

Senior Kasidy Anderson then scored for the sixth straight game at 19:55 of the second stanza, finishing a beautiful tic-tac-toe passing sequence from Tori Sullivan and Mueller to make it 4-2 Northeastern.

Junior Matti Hartman and senior Maddie Hartman also lit the lamp for the Huskies, who improved to 8-0-0 against Hockey East opponents at Matthews Arena this season. Northeastern also improved to 3-0-0 this season following a loss.

Sophomore Aerin Frankel earned the win with 21 saves to move to 10-0-0 in league games this season.

The Huskies will look for the weekend sweep on Saturday at UConn at 3 p.m.

Game Summary

Friday, January 18, 2019

2
5
Game statistics
23 Shots 30
1 / 4 Power Plays 1 / 2
3 / 6 PIM 4 / 8
13-10-1 Records 16-3-3
GOAL SCORERS
UConn Northeastern
Matti Hartman (4)
1st/3:43
Jaime Fox (5)
1st/5:52 PP
Catherine Crawley (9)
1st/8:36
Veronika Pettey (9)
2nd/6:36 PP
Alina Mueller (14)
2nd/18:00  GW
Kasidy Anderson (15)
2nd/19:55
Maddie Hartman (4)
3rd/19:50
GOALTENDERS
UConn Northeastern
Morgan Fisher
58:07, 25 Saves, 5 GA
(L, 10-9-1)

Empty Net
1:53, 0 GA
Aerin Frankel
60:00, 21 Saves, 2 GA
(W, 11-1-1)