2020–21 Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey season

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2020–21 Northeastern Huskies
men's ice hockey season
Conference6th Hockey East
Home iceMatthews Arena
Rankings
USCHO.comNR
USA Today/
US Hockey Magazine		NR
Record
Overall9–9–3
Conference9–8–3
Home4–5–1
Road5–4–2
Neutral0–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coachJim Madigan
Assistant coachesJerry Keefe
Mike McLaughlin
Ed Walsh
Captain(s)Zach Solow
Alternate captain(s)Jordan Harris
Collin Murphy
Austin Goldstein
Grant Jozefek
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The 2020–21 Northeastern Huskies Men's ice hockey season was the 89th season of play for the program and the 37th season in the Hockey East conference. The Huskies represented Northeastern University and were coached by Jim Madigan, in his 10th season.

Season[edit]

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Northeastern's players would lose a season of play.[1] However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.[2]

The Huskies' season began even later than most of their contemporaries, with the first game coming in mid-December. Northeastern was unable to establish any kind of consistency all season with one exception; when NEU played a ranked team, they wouldn't win. The Huskies went 0–7–2 against top-20 opponents during the season and 9–2–1 versus all others. The team's lack of success in such games would lead them to be dropped from the rankings for the first time all season after their early exit from the Hockey East Tournament. With no ranking, a .500 record and a low PairWise score, Northeastern had no real chance to be selected for the NCAA Tournament.

Billy Carrabino, Devon Levi and Nick Scarpa sat out the season.

Departures[edit]

Player Position Nationality Cause
Matt Filipe Forward  United States Graduation (Signed with Boston Bruins)
Biagio Lerario Forward  United States Graduation (Signed with Manitoba Moose)
Tyler Madden Forward  United States Signed Professional Contract (Los Angeles Kings)
Craig Pantano Goaltender  United States Graduation (Signed with South Carolina Stingrays)
John Picking Forward  United States Graduation
Ryan Shea Defenseman  United States Graduation (Signed with Dallas Stars)
Matt Thomson Forward  United States Left program
Brendan van Riemsdyk Forward  United States Graduation (Signed with Knoxville Ice Bears)
A. J. Villella Defenseman  United States Transferred to Bentley

Recruiting[edit]

Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Steven Agriogianis Forward  United States 21 East Hanover, NJ
Marco Bozzo Forward  Canada 23 Woodbridge, ON; transfer from Massachusetts
Sam Colangelo Forward  United States 18 Stoneham, MA; 36th selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
James Davenport Defenseman  United States 20 Natick, MA
Johnny DeRoche Forward  United States 22 Lynnfield, MA; transfer from Vermont
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine Forward  United States 20 Providence, RI; 202nd selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
Dylan Jackson Forward  Canada 19 Oakville, ON
Ty Jackson Forward  Canada 19 Oakville, ON
Devon Levi Goaltender  Canada 22 Montréal, QC; 212th selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
Michael Outzen Forward  United States 21 Lone Tree, CO

Roster[edit]

As of September 2, 2020.[3]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 Massachusetts Nick Scarpa Junior G 5' 7" (1.7 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1997-01-23 Andover, Massachusetts Valley (EHL) —
2 Massachusetts Jordan Harris (A) Junior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-07-07 Haverhill, Massachusetts Kimball Union (USHS–NH) MTL, 71st overall 2018
3 Rhode Island Jayden Struble Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2001-09-08 Cumberland, Rhode Island St. Sebastian's (USHS–MA) MTL, 46th overall 2019
4 Quebec Jérémie Bucheler Sophomore D 6' 4" (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2000-03-31 Saint-Laurent, Quebec Victoria (BCHL) —
6 Massachusetts Collin Murphy (A) Senior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1998-11-27 Wilmington, Massachusetts Muskegon (USHL) —
7 Colorado Michael Outzen Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-07-29 Lone Tree, Colorado New Jersey (NAHL) —
8 New Jersey Julian Kislin Junior D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1999-05-24 Manalapan, New Jersey Youngstown (USHL) —
9 Massachusetts Johnny DeRoche Junior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-06-23 Lynnfield, Massachusetts Vermont (HEA) —
10 Ontario Dylan Jackson Freshman D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-09-06 Oakville, Ontario Dubuque (USHL) —
11 Rhode Island Gunnarwolfe Fontaine Freshman F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2000-09-16 East Greenwich, Rhode Island Chicago (USHL) NSH, 202nd overall 2020
12 Massachusetts Austin Goldstein (A) Junior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1997-02-05 Reading, Massachusetts Islanders (USPHL) —
13 Massachusetts T. J. Walsh Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 2000-04-29 Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Des Moines (USHL) —
14 Ontario Ty Jackson Freshman F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 2001-09-06 Oakville, Ontario Dubuque (USHL) —
15 New Jersey Grant Jozefek (A) Senior (RS) F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1997-10-25 Chester, New Jersey Lincoln (USHL) —
16 Massachusetts Sam Colangelo Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 2001-12-26 Stoneham, Massachusetts Chicago (USHL) ANA, 36th overall 2020
17 Ontario Marco Bozzo Junior F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1996-11-22 Woodbridge, Ontario UMass (HEA) —
18 Ontario Tyler Spott Sophomore D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 2000-06-17 Toronto, Ontario Green Bay (USHL) —
19 Massachusetts Riley Hughes Sophomore F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2000-06-27 Westwood, Massachusetts Victoria (BCHL) NYR, 216th overall 2018
20 Connecticut Alex Mella Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1999-02-21 Stamford, Connecticut Madison (USHL) —
21 Massachusetts Matt DeMelis Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1999-06-02 Hingham, Massachusetts Youngstown (USHL) —
22 Arizona Billy Carrabino Senior D 6' 1" (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997-03-20 Scottsdale, Arizona Boston Jr. Bruins (USPHL) —
23 New Hampshire Mike Kesselring Sophomore D 6' 4" (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2000-01-13 New Hampton, New Hampshire Fargo (USHL) EDM, 164th overall 2018
24 New Jersey Steven Agriogianis Freshman F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1999-01-07 East Hanover, New Jersey Nanaimo (BCHL) —
25 Massachusetts Aidan McDonough Sophomore F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1999-11-06 Milton, Massachusetts Cedar Rapids (USHL) VAN, 195th overall 2019
26 Massachusetts James Davenport Freshman D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-05-01 Natick, Massachusetts Victoria (BCHL) —
27 Massachusetts Neil Shea Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1999-07-29 Marshfield, Massachusetts Chicago (USHL) —
28 Florida Zach Solow (C) Senior F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1998-11-06 Naples, Florida Dubuque (USHL) —
30 New Hampshire Curtis Frye Senior (RS) G 6' 3" (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1995-07-25 Northwood, New Hampshire Philadelphia (USPHL) —
31 New York (state) Connor Murphy Sophomore G 6' 4" (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-09-01 Hudson Falls, New York Carleton Place (CCHL) —
33 Quebec Devon Levi Freshman G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-12-27 Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec Carleton Place (CCHL) FLA, 212nd overall 2020

Standings[edit]

2020–21 Hockey East Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SOW HEPI GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#6 Boston College 21 16 4 1 3 2 0 58.61 82 46 24 17 6 1 91 58
#11 Boston University 14 10 3 1 3 1 1 56.36 49 37 16 10 5 1 52 45
#1 Massachusetts * 22 13 5 4 1 1 1 55.44 76 42 29 20 5 4 103 48
Connecticut 22 10 10 2 1 4 2 52.01 69 63 23 10 11 2 70 69
#16 Providence 23 10 8 5 0 0 2 50.80 63 61 25 11 9 5 71 67
Northeastern 20 9 8 3 1 0 3 49.94 68 60 21 9 9 3 69 64
#19 Massachusetts–Lowell 16 7 8 1 1 1 0 48.00 46 53 20 10 9 1 59 63
Maine 15 3 10 2 0 1 2 46.66 41 61 16 3 11 2 43 68
Merrimack 18 5 11 2 0 1 0 45.38 47 66 18 5 11 2 47 66
New Hampshire 21 5 13 3 3 2 2 43.66 51 83 23 6 14 3 60 88
Vermont 12 1 9 2 0 0 0 38.02 17 37 13 1 10 2 20 42
Championship: March 20, 2021[4]
No Regular Season Champion Awarded[5]
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and Results[edit]

[6]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Regular Season
December 12 6:05 PM vs. Merrimack #17 Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts NESN Murphy W 8–2  0 1–0–0 (1–0–0)
December 13 4:05 PM at Merrimack #17 J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts   Murphy W 6–3  0 2–0–0 (2–0–0)
December 19 1:05 PM vs. #19 Providence #12 Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts NESN Murphy T 3–3 SOW 0 2–0–1 (2–0–1)
December 20 3:30 PM at #19 Providence #12 Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island NESN Murphy L 0–5  0 2–1–1 (2–1–1)
December 26 7:00 PM at Vermont #12 Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont   Murphy W 4–1  0 3–1–1 (3–1–1)
December 27 7:00 PM at Vermont #12 Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont   Murphy T 2–2 SOW 0 3–1–2 (3–1–2)
January 1 7:05 PM vs. #9 Massachusetts #13 Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts NESN Murphy L 3–4  0 3–2–2 (3–2–2)
January 2 6:00 PM at #9 Massachusetts #13 Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts NESN+ Murphy L 3–5  0 3–3–2 (3–3–2)
January 9 7:05 PM at Merrimack #14 Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts   Murphy W 3–2 OT 0 4–3–2 (4–3–2)
January 10 3:05 PM at Merrimack #14 J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts NESN Murphy W 3–2  0 5–3–2 (5–3–2)
January 13 6:05 PM vs. New Hampshire #14 Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts NESN Murphy W 7–0  0 6–3–2 (6–3–2)
February 2 7:05 PM vs. #1 Boston College #14 Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts NESN+ Murphy L 2–6  0 6–4–2 (6–4–2)
February 5 5:05 PM vs. Connecticut #14 Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts   Murphy L 1–4  0 6–5–2 (6–5–2)
February 12 7:00 PM at New Hampshire #18 Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire   Murphy W 6–2  0 7–5–2 (7–5–2)
February 13 6:05 PM vs. New Hampshire #18 Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts NESN+ Murphy W 5–4  0 8–5–2 (8–5–2)
February 19 7:05 PM vs. Massachusetts–Lowell #16 Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts NESN Murphy L 1–4  0 8–6–2 (8–6–2)
February 20 6:00 PM at Massachusetts–Lowell #16 Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts   Murphy W 4–0  0 9–6–2 (9–6–2)
February 27 4:35 PM vs. #14 Providence #17 Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts NESN Murphy L 2–4  0 9–7–2 (9–7–2)
February 28 7:00 PM at #14 Providence #17 Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island   Murphy T 3–3 SOW 0 9–7–3 (9–7–3)
March 5 5:00 PM at #2 Boston College #18 Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts   Murphy L 2–4  0 9–8–3 (9–8–3)
Hockey East Tournament
March 14 4:30 PM at #7 Massachusetts #20 Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts (Quarterfinal) NESN+ Murphy L 1–4  0 9–9–3
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Scoring statistics[edit]

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Zach Solow C 21 11 13 24 30
Aiden McDonough LW 21 10 10 20 4
Jordan Harris D 19 6 13 19 8
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine LW 21 6 9 15 29
Grant Jozefek RW 21 3 12 15 16
Dylan Jackson RW 21 5 9 14 8
Ty Jackson C 21 7 5 12 16
Jayden Struble F 18 2 10 12 33
Riley Hughes RW 21 6 4 10 4
Mike Kesselring D 20 5 3 8 23
Tyler Spott D 18 2 6 8 2
Matt Demelis F 21 2 5 7 6
Steven Agriogianis RW 11 2 4 6 14
Julian Kislin D 21 0 5 5 10
Sam Colangelo C/RW 8 0 3 3 2
T. J. Walsh LW 15 0 3 3 2
Jérémie Bucheler D 14 1 1 2 4
Johnny DeRoche F 10 0 2 2 0
Marco Bozzo C 16 0 2 2 2
Connor Murphy G 21 0 2 2 0
Neil Shea F 16 1 0 1 2
James Davenport D 12 0 1 1 4
Austin Goldstein F 20 0 1 1 12
Curtis Frye G 1 0 0 0 0
Alex Mella LW 1 0 0 0 2
Collin Murphy D 4 0 0 0 0
Michael Outzen F 8 0 0 0 4
Bench - - - - - 10
Total 69 123 192 243

[7]

Goaltending statistics[edit]

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Connor Murphy 21 1255 9 9 3 57 632 2 .910 2.72
Curtis Frye 1 15 0 0 0 2 7 0 .778 7.83
Empty Net - 6 - - - 5 - - - -
Total 21 1277 9 9 3 64 582 2 .901 3.01

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 2020-21 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings
Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 (Final)
USCHO.com 19 18 16 15 17 12 12 13 14 14 13 14 14 18 16 17 18 20 NR NR - NR
USA Today NR NR NR 15 14 10 11 10 15 13 13 12 14 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.[8]

Awards and honors[edit]

Player Award Ref
Aidan McDonough Hockey East Three-Stars Award
Jordan Harris Hockey East Second Team [9]
Zach Solow
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine Hockey East Rookie Team [10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NCAA approves blanket waiver for 2020 fall sports athletes to retain year of eligibility". CBS Sports. August 21, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "DI Council grants waiver to allow transfer student-athletes to compete immediately". NCAA. December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020–21 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". Northeastern Huskies. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Hockey East Unveils 2021 Tournament and Seeding Format - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 Hockey East Women's Tournament Field Set". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Northeastern Huskies (Men) 2020-2021 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  7. ^ "Northeastern Univ. 2020-2021 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  9. ^ "Hockey East Names 2020-21 Men's All-Star Teams - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  10. ^ "Hockey East Names Men's Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
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