BOSTON-The No. 5 Northeastern women's hockey team defeated Maine, 2-0, on Saturday evening at Matthews Arena. With results around the league over the weekend, including two Northeastern wins over Maine, the Huskies officially claimed the 2021-22 Hockey East Regular Season title for the third year in a row and the fourth time overall.
The Huskies now have home ice advantage as the No. 1 seed for the Hockey East playoffs. Additionally with the victory, goaltender Aerin Frankel became the winningest goaltender of all-time in Hockey East play. Frankel passed Boston College's Katie Burt and now has 71 Hockey East wins on her resume.
- A quiet first period passed by with no goals for either side, however the Huskies outshot the Black Bears 19-3.
- Skylar Fontaine broke the scoring deadlock with the eventual game-winner on the power play at the 15:35 mark to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead. Skylar Irving and Mia Brown assisted the goal.
- Maddie Mills added on an insurance goal in the third, also on the power play to push the final score to 2-0. Fontaine claimed her second point of the night with an assist and Brooke Hobson had the secondary.
- Frankel tallied 14 saves in her ninth shutout of the season.
