Gaudette Hat Trick Sends Northeastern Past UMass Lowell, 3-1
Junior forward Adam Gaudette scores hat trick for Huskies

Junior forward Adam Gaudette scored a hat trick for the Huskies
Prd Time  Team Score Type Scored By Assists
1st 4:56  NOE1-0 PP Adam Gaudette (3)Garret Cockerill/6, Jeremy Davies/6
2nd 2:07  NOE2-0 PP GW Adam Gaudette (4)Jeremy Davies/7, Dylan Sikura/7
2nd 19:55  NOE3-0 EV Adam Gaudette (5)Dylan Sikura/8, Jeremy Davies/8
3rd 7:31  UML1-3 EV Connor Sodergren (1)Ryan Dmowski/2
Scoring 1st 2nd 3rd Final
Northeastern  1203
UMass Lowell  0011
Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd SOG
Northeastern  88319
UMass Lowell  861024
Team Stats and Records  PP PIM SHGF
Northeastern (3-2-1)  2/3 4/8 0
UMass Lowell (3-4-0)  0/4 3/6 0
Northeastern Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves
Ryan Ruck (W, 2-1-0)60:001 86923
UMass Lowell Goaltending MIN GA 1 2 3 Saves
Christoffer Hernberg (L, 3-1-0)58:313 76316
Empty Net1:290     

LOWELL, Mass. -- The UMass Lowell Hockey team fell to Northeastern, 3-1 in Hockey East play on Friday night at the Tsongas Center in front 4,583 fans.

With the loss, the River Hawks drop to 3-4-0 overall (0-3-0 HEA), while Northeastern improve to 3-2-1 overall (1-0-0 HEA).

Freshman forward Connor Sodergren (Tewksbury, Mass.) scored his first career goal for the River Hawks in the losing effort just 7:31 into the third period.

Adam Gaudette notched a hat trick in the game with a power-play goal in the first period and two goals in the middle stanza to pace the offense for Northeastern. NU's Jeremy Davies also assisted on all three of Gaudette's tallies.

Junior goaltender Christoffer Hernberg (Espoo, Finland) totaled 16 saves in his fourth start of the season, while Ryan Ruck notched 23 saves in his second win of the season.

Junior forward Nick Master (Broomall, Pa.) won 16 of 25 faceoffs to pace the River Hawks from the circle. Senior forward Jake Kamrass (Atlanta, Ga.) registered a game-high five shots on goal.

UMass Lowell outshot Northeastern, 10-3 in the third frame.

The River Hawks finish the two-game series tomorrow night at Northeastern. Game time is set for 7 p.m. from Matthews Arena in Boston.