Behind five different goal scorers, Northeastern got it’s first home win of the season, defeating Providence 5-0 at Matthews Arena Saturday night.
The Huskies came out and established their presence early on and they were rewarded when senior assistant captain Wade MacLeod scored his fifth goal of the season to put his team up 1-0.
Ian O’Connor took a slashing penalty late in the opening period that carried over into the second the NU capitalized 31 seconds into the frame as Steve Silva put home a loose rebound in the crease.
In the third period, the Huskies got goals from three freshman in Anthony Bitteto, Braeden Pimm, and Jamie Oleksiak. The game quickly turned into a rout and Northeastern cruised for the final 10 minutes.
12 different members of the team registered points and Chris Rawlings got his fourth career shutout, making 29 saves.
“It’s about time I’ll tell you that much,” said Bitetto who discussed his first home win after the game.
MacLeod, who scored his 100th point in Friday night’s tie, said that he thinks the team is headed in the right direction.
“Yeah I think just the last couple weeks we’ve been working on the offensive zone, cutting back and I think we’re generating a lot of speed down low and it’s tough to match us when all four lines are going,” MacLeod said.
The Huskies next game will be the day after Thanksgiving in Burlington against the Vermont Catamounts. The Friars will have an out of conference battle at Holy Cross next Saturday.
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