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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Women’s hockey wins 15th Beanpot title

February 9, 2012
For the first time in 14 years, the Northeastern Huskies took home the Beanpot title after defeating Boston University 4-3 in overtime. The scoring lead changed sides on multiple occasions and sent the game into overtime, but in the end it was the duo of freshman forward Kendall Coyne and junior forward Casey Pickett who clutched the win for the Huskies, 4-3.
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Men’s hoops on three-game losing streak

February 9, 2012
Coming off of two straight losses, the men’s basketball team needed a win at Georgia State University (GSU) to bring its season record to .500. Despite a hard-fought second half for the Huskies, they fell just short of a victory last night, losing 62-59.
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NU competes at Battle of Beantown

February 9, 2012
The Northeastern men’s track and field team finished second at Battle of the Beantown, the track and field Beanpot, last Friday at the Gordon Indoor Track in Cambridge. The women’s team came in fourth.
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Men’s hockey falls to BC in Beanpot

February 9, 2012
United States College Hockey Online (USCHO) No. 5 Boston College quickly eliminated any thought of revenge for the Huskies, winning handily, 7-1, at TD Garden Monday night. Northeastern remains without a championship in the tournament since 1988. Northeastern and BC have met in 41 Beanpot games, and with this year’s loss, the Huskies fall to 9-32 overall.
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Well, now what?

February 9, 2012
It’s clear to anyone who saw the Beanpot game that this team seemed to feel like it was missing something. They took too many chances and tried to make too much happen to convince fans they have was clicking on all cylinders.
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Women’s hoops can’t overcome woes

February 9, 2012
The women’s basketball team dropped conference games to Georgia State last Thursday and Drexel University Sunday, falling to 2-9 in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).
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Huskies win streak ends with Beanpot blow-out

February 7, 2012
The men’s hockey team will not be competing for its fifth Beanpot championship next week, after falling 7-1 to United States College Hockey Organization (USCHO) No. 5 Boston College in front of 17,565 at TD Garden Monday night.
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Huskies pull off overtime win at home

February 5, 2012
The thrilling 4-3 overtime victory for the Huskies in front of a crowd of 1,785 reordered the Hockey East standings as Northeastern now sits at 7-11-2 (11-11-3 overall), good for 16 points and sole possession of the eighth and final playoff spot with seven league games remaining.
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Huskies come-from-behind against UConn

February 5, 2012
Northeastern was victorious over their namesake Huskies of the University of Connecticut, 3-2, completing the season sweep and improving to an 18-6-3 record on the season.
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Quailer, Ferriero out against UMass-Amherst

February 3, 2012
According to tweets, junior forward Steve Quailer will miss the next three weeks with an ACL/MCL strain, and sophomore winger Cody Ferriero will sit out the rest of the season after undergoing season-ending knee surgery.
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Three-pointers can’t lift Huskies

February 2, 2012
When the men’s basketball team last met Drexel University Jan. 21 in Philadelphia, a vast disparity in three point shooting between the Dragons and Huskies allowed Drexel to cruise to a 71-53 victory. Northeastern managed to shoot only two of 10 beyond the arc in that game while Drexel was a scorching nine of 14.
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NU advances to Beanpot final after shootout

February 2, 2012
Tuesday night’s semifinal round of the 34th Annual Women’s Beanpot between the United States College Hockey Organization (USCHO) No. 7 Huskies and the No. 4 Boston College Eagles had to be decided by a shootout, after 1-1 tie at Walter Brown Arena.
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