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2020–21 Northeastern Huskies
women's ice hockey season
Hockey East Regular Season Champions
Hockey East Tournament Champions
ConferenceWHEA
Home iceMatthews Arena
Rankings
USCHO.com2
Record
Overall22–2–1
Conference17-1-1
Home13–1–0
Road7–0–1
Neutral2–1–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachDave Flint
Assistant coachesNick Carpenito
Lindsay Berman
Todd Lampert
Captain(s)Brooke Hobson
Alternate captain(s)
Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey seasons
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The Northeastern Huskies represented Northeastern University in the Women's Hockey East Association during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. In addition to capturing the regular season title, the Huskies defeated the Providence Friars by a 6–2 mark to win the Hockey East postseason tournament.

Qualifying for the 2021 NCAA National Collegiate women's ice hockey tournament, the program ranked as the #1 seed.[1] The Huskies lost to Wisconsin 1–2 in overtime in the national championship game.[2]

On February 9, 2021, it was announced that the Northeastern men's and women's hockey programs will represent the United States of America at the FISU World University Games in Lucerne, Switzerland, from December 11 to 21, 2021.[3]

Off-season

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Recruiting

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Player Position Nationality Notes
Ani Fitzgerald Forward  United
States 		Led Gilmour Academy to first-ever USA Hockey Nationals.
Played one season in the Provincial Women's Hockey League for Toronto Jr. Aeros.
Molly Griffin Forward  United
States 		Five-year letterwinner in ice hockey and softball at Buckingham Browne & Nichols.
Abbey Marohn Defense  United
States 		Three-year letterwinner at Culver Academy in ice hockey, where she was the 2019 Defensive Player of the Year.
Lily Yovetich Defense  Canada,  United
States 		Won USA Hockey Nationals in 2017 with Anaheim Lady Ducks 16U AAA.
Played in the Provincial Women's Hockey League with the Barrie Sharks and Ottawa Lady Senators.

Regular season

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Standings

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2020–21 WHEA standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 Northeastern † * 19 17 1 1 51 80 13 25 22 2 1 104 21
#7 Boston College 18 14 4 0 40 56 32 20 14 6 0 58 40
#8 Providence 17 10 6 1 32 43 34 21 12 8 1 50 46
Vermont 10 6 4 0 17 26 18 11 6 5 0 27 21
#7 Boston University 11 6 5 0 18 22 20 12 6 6 0 25 24
UConn 18 8 9 1 28 38 34 20 9 10 1 44 37
Maine 16 7 8 1 24 24 27 18 8 9 1 27 29
New Hampshire 20 6 13 1 20 39 55 22 7 14 1 42 62
Holy Cross 19 4 14 1 13 29 73 20 4 15 1 29 76
Merrimack 16 1 15 0 3 13 64 16 1 15 0 13 64
Championship: March 8, 2021
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 25, 2021

Schedule

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Date Opponent# Rank# Site Decision Result Record

Source:[4]

Regular season
December 11 at Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA Aerin Frankel W, 1 W 4–1  1–0–0 (1–0–0)
December 13 Boston College Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel, L, 1 L 1–2  1–1–0 (1–1–0)
January 3 Maine Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel, W, 2 W 3–0  2–1–0 (2–1–0)
January 4 Maine Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel, W, 3 W 1–0  3–1–0 (3–1–0)
January 8 New Hampshire Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel, W, 4 W 3–1  4–1–0 (4–1–0)
January 9 New Hampshire Durham, NH Aerin Frankel, T, 1 T 2–2 OT 4–1–1 (4–1–1)
January 12 #7 Providence Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel, W, 5 W 4–0  5–1–1 (5–1–1)
January 17 Maine Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Gwyneth Philips, W, 1 W 3–2 OT 6–1–1 (6–1–1)
January 22 Providence #7 Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel, W, 6 W 4–1  7–1–1 (7–1–1)
January 23 Providence #7 Providence, RI Aerin Frankel, W, 7 W 5–0  8–1–1 (8–1–1)
January 26 Connecticut Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel, W, 8 W 2–0  9–1–1 (9–1–1)
January 29 Merrimack College Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel, W, 9 W 5–0  10–1–1 (10–1–1)
January 30 Merrimack College Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Gwyneth Phillips, W, 2 W 6–0  11–1–1 (11–1–1)
February 5 at Holy Cross Hart Center • Worcester, MA Aerin Frankel, W, 10 W 8–0  12–1–1 (12–1–1)
February 6 Holy Cross Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel, W, 11 W 12–0  13–1–1 (13–1–1)
February 13 at New Hampshire Durham, NH Gwyneth Philips W 6–1  14–1–1 (14–1–1)
February 14 New Hampshire Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel W 4–1  15–1–1 (15–1–1)
February 19 at Vermont Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, VT Aerin Frankel W 3–1  16–1–1 (16–1–1)
February 20 at Vermont Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, VT Aerin Frankel W 4–1  17–1–1 (17–1–1)
Hockey East tournament
February 28 New Hampshire Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel W 7–0  18–1–1 (18–1–1)
March 3 Connecticut Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel W 2–1  19–1–1 (19–1–1)
March 6 Providence Matthews Arena • Boston, MA Aerin Frankel W 6–2  20–1–1 (20–1–1)
NCAA tournament
March 15 vs. Robert Morris #10 Erie Insurance Arena • Erie, PA Aerin Frankel W 5–1  21–1–1 (20–1–1)
March 18 vs. Minnesota Duluth Erie Insurance Arena • Erie, PA Aerin Frankel (NU) W 3–2 OT 22–1–1 (20–1–1)
March 20 vs. Wisconsin #2 Erie Insurance Arena • Erie, PA Aerin Frankel, L, 2 L 1–2 OT 22–2–1 (20–1–1)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll.

Roster

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2020–21 Huskies

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No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height DoB Hometown Previous team
1 Massachusetts Alexa Matses Sophomore G 5' 8" (1.73 m) Boxford, Massachusetts Boston Shamrocks (JWHL)
2 Missouri Lauren MacInnis Senior D 5' 8" (1.73 m) 1998-10-19 St. Louis, Missouri Madison Capitols (19U AAA)
3 Ontario Gillian Foote Junior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 2000-02-03 London, Ontario Bluewater Jr. Hawks (Prov. WHL)
4 Massachusetts Molly Griffin Freshman F 5' 4" (1.63 m) 2001-06-25 Arlington, Massachusetts East Coast Wizards (EWHC)
5 Massachusetts Miceala Sindoris Junior F 5' 5" (1.65 m) 2000-07-26 Charlestown, Massachusetts Worcester Academy (NEPSAC)
6 New York (state) Katy Knoll Sophomore F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 2001-01-16 Amherst, New York Toronto Aeros (Prov. WHL)
7 Minnesota Brooke Tucker Junior D 5' 8" (1.73 m) 1999-12-01 Edina, Minnesota Edina High School (MSHSL)
8 Illinois Andrea Renner (A) Senior (RS) F 5' 4" (1.63 m) Arlington Heights, Illinois Chicago Young Americans (16U AAA)
9 Illinois Emma Jurusik Junior F 5' 3" (1.6 m) 1999-09-22 Western Springs, Illinois Chicago Mission (T1EHL)
10 Saskatchewan Brooke Hobson (C) Senior D 5' 6" (1.68 m) 1999-05-27 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Prince Albert Northern Bears (SFMAAAHL)
11 Switzerland Alina Müller (A) Junior F 5' 5" (1.65 m) 1998-03-12 Winterthur, Switzerland ZSC Lions (SWHL A)
12 France Chloé Aurard Junior F 5' 6" (1.68 m) 1999-03-15 Villard-de-Lans, France Vermont Academy (NEPSAC)
13 Illinois Katie Cipra Senior F 5' 5" (1.65 m) 1999-06-25 Western Springs, Illinois Chicago Mission (T1EHL)
14 New Hampshire Sydney Herrington Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) Bow, New Hampshire Bishop Brady High School (NHIAA)
15 Vermont Mia Brown Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) South Woodstock, Vermont Kimball Union Academy (NEPSAC)
16 California Lily Yovetich Freshman D 5' 4" (1.63 m) 2001-08-02 Los Angeles, California Ottawa Lady Senators (Prov. WHL)
18 Maryland Veronika Pettey Senior F 5' 4" (1.63 m) 1999-02-18 Potomac, Maryland Washington Pride (JWHL)
19 Michigan Abbey Marohn Freshman D 5' 7" (1.7 m) 2002-05-05 Saint Joseph, Michigan Culver Academy (IHSAA)
21 New York (state) Maureen Murphy Junior F 5' 4" (1.63 m) 1999-12-15 Buffalo, New York Providence Friars (HEA)
22 Rhode Island Skylar Fontaine Senior D 5' 4" (1.63 m) 1998-06-08 East Greenwich, Rhode Island Belle Tire (T1EHL)
24 Massachusetts Kate Holms Sophomore F 5' 2" (1.57 m) 2000-10-06 Norfolk, Massachusetts East Coast Wizards (EWHC)
25 Ohio Ani FitzGerald Freshman F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 2001-08-23 Shaker Heights, Ohio Toronto Aeros (Prov. WHL)
26 Minnesota Peyton Cullaton Sophomore F 5' 7" (1.7 m) 2000-10-23 Lakeville, Minnesota Lakeville North High School (MSHSL)
27 Ontario Megan Carter Sophomore D 5' 8" (1.73 m) 2001-05-23 Milton, Ontario Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres (Prov. WHL)
33 New York (state) Aerin Frankel (A) Senior G 5' 5" (1.65 m) 2000-05-24 Briarcliff Manor, New York Shattuck-Saint Mary's (MSHSL)
37 Ohio Gwyneth Philips Sophomore G 5' 7" (1.7 m) 2000-09-17 Athens, Ohio Pittsburgh Penguins Elite (T1EHL)
42 Michigan Tessa Ward Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 1999-03-23 Galesburg, Michigan Lansing Spartans
91 Colorado Peyton Anderson Sophomore F 5' 5" (1.65 m) 2001-04-18 Arvada, Colorado Team Colorado (19U AAA)
Coaching staff and program personnel
  • Head coach: Dave Flint
  • Assistant coach: Lindsay Berman
  • Assistant coach: Nicholas Carpenito
  • Goaltending coach: Todd Lampert (volunteer)
  • Head athletic trainer: Katie Delude
  • Operations coordinator: Melissa Piacentini
  • Equipment manager: Eric Anastasi

Sources: [5][6]

Awards and honors

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  • Skylar Fontaine, Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week (awarded March 8, 2021)
  • Skylar Fontaine, Northeastern, 2021 Hockey East Best Defenseman Award[7]
  • Aerin Frankel, 2021 Patty Kazmaier Award[8]
  • Aerin Frankel, ARMY ROTC Hockey East Player of the Week (awarded March 8, 2021)[9]
  • Aerin Frankel and Alina Mueller, Co-Recipients, 2020–21 Hockey East Player of the Year
  • Aerin Frankel, Hockey East Goaltending Champion
  • Aerin Frankel, Northeastern, 2021 Hockey East PNC Bank Three Stars Award
  • Molly Griffin, Pro Ambitions Hockey East Rookie of the Week (awarded March 8, 2021)
  • Alina Mueller, Hockey East Scoring Champion (31 points)

All-America honors

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HCA awards

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  • Aerin Frankel, Hockey Commissioners Association Women’s National Goaltender of the Month, January 2021
  • Aerin Frankel, Hockey Commissioners Association Women’s National Goaltender of the Month, February 2021[11]
  • Aerin Frankel, SR Goalie, Northeastern, Hockey Commissioners Association Women’s Goaltender of the Month (March 2021)[12]
  • Aerin Frankel, Hockey Commissioners Association Women's Goalie of the Year 2021[13]
  • Alina Mueller, Hockey Commissioners Association Women’s Player of the Month (February 2021)[11]

References

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  1. ^ "2021 NC Women's Ice Hockey Championship Official Bracket". ncaa.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "N.S. player captains Wisconsin to NCAA women's hockey title". cbc.ca. March 20, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  3. ^ "Northeastern Hockey Programs Selected to Represent USA in World University Winter Games in Switzerland". nuhuskies.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "2020–21 Northeastern Huskies Women's Ice Hockey Schedule". Northeastern University. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  5. ^ "2020-21 Women's Ice Hockey Roster". Northeastern University Athletics. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "Northeastern Univ., NCAA (W) – 2020-2021 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  7. ^ "HOCKEY EAST NAMES WOMEN'S PRO AMBITIONS ALL-ROOKIE TEAM: Five Other Award Winners Announced for 2020-21 Season". hockeyastonline.com. February 26, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "Aerin Frankel Named 2021 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Winner". pattykaz.com. March 27, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  9. ^ "Women's Weekly Release: Northeastern Wins Fourth Straight Bertagna Trophy". hockeyeastonline.com. March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d "Five Hockey East Players Players Named CCM/AHCA Women's All-Americans - NCAA #1 seed Northeastern boasts four players on the two teams". hockeyeastonline.com. March 19, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Northeastern's Mueller, Frankel, Wisconsin's Eden tabbed HCA women's hockey award winners for February". uscho.com. March 3, 2021. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  12. ^ "LINDBERG, TRIVIGNO AND FRANKEL RECEIVE HCA NATIONAL MONTHLY HONORS". hockeyeastonline.com. April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  13. ^ "Aerin Frankel Named Women's College Hockey Goalie of the Year". nuhuskies.com. March 17, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
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