Northeastern 2025-26: After Hours at the Old Barn

[Split-N]

Assuming the boys don't fall into the classic trap setup, wouldn't be surprised to see Q get some PT this weekend, Maybe D'R too.

 

[Split-N]

FUGLY! Hopefully a wake-up call.

 

[PullTheGoalie]

I'll take the W and another just like it tomorrow night.

 

[RossiRules]

That wasn't pretty. I'm going tomorrow. Hopefully, they play better, cuz that was a bit of a hot mess. I too will take the W because this is the kind of trap game teams of Huntington Avenue generally lose. Outshot by a margain of nearly 2 to 1 but our goalie pulls a much needed shutout.

 

[Ryecheers]

That wasn't pretty. I'm going tomorrow. Hopefully, they play better, cuz that was a bit of a hot mess. I too will take the W because this is the kind of trap game teams of Huntington Avenue generally lose. Outshot by a margain of nearly 2 to 1 but our goalie pulls a much needed shutout.

if we had played that poorly against a HEA opponent, we would have lost badly. Stonehill was able to beat us anll over the ice- except score. This was a classic “trap game”, and Stonehill won -2 to 0.
Our first goal deflected off of their goalie’s stick, hit Fukakusa’s skate in the crease and went in. We didn’t come close to scoring until Borgesi’s shot late in P3. Lost most board battles. The team rarely controlled the puck long enough in the O. Zone to sustain any real offensive pressure. In fact, the game was mostly played in our defensive zone.
If this team plays a similar listless game tomorrow, even if they win, the respect earned from their 4 wins against ranked teams will be nothing more than a pleasant memory.

 

[navy44]

Thoughts: I hope they win ugly again tonight, the pollsters lose all respect for them after a 2-0 weekend, and they slide down in the polls. They will be top 4 ish in the NPI, (the only number that matters), and top 8 in the defunct PWR, so we can in fact see how skewed the polls are toward who is better "on paper" instead of the ice.

It has been at roughly this point each of the last few seasons that it was easy to project that NU was going to be a 10 or 11 win team. And i realize this is getting a bit ahead, but with a win tonight, and playing only .500 remainder of the season, the team would finish with a 20-14 record going into the HEA playoffs.

 

[RossiRules]

Here tonight, better than last night but all tied up after 2 against a squad they should be likely be beating. Sorry, I've seen 4 games, Harvard, Army, BC and now Stonehill. I can see why they weren't ranked for 5 weeks. This is a good squad that has some tremendous offensive spurts but plays somewhat undisciplined. They are subject to odd man rushes and not occasionally I might add. When our goalie is standing on his head he is the differentiator, tonight he's slightly better than average and we could easily lose. I wouldn't buy any flights to Phoenix just yet. When they turn up the heat they can look offensively powerful but...then they hit after the whistle or some other thing that kills young teams. They will need to play better in the neutral zone against the ranked teams coming up on the schedule. Still they are far better than me or likely anyone else anticipated. Also noteworthy Stonehill, is much improved and better than their 1 and 10 record suggests

 

[Split-N]

Stonehill might be among the best one-win teams ever at this point in the season. Or one of the unluckiest. Now I can understand how they hung with Penn State for two games. Happy for NU that they'll get to ruin someone else's weekend.

Lawton Zacher deserves all the plaudits he's been getting, and then some. Hoping his teammates can take some pressure off with more O-zone time.

 

[McBain75]

I was in town for the two games. Game one - the Huskies controlled the puck so well in the first period it seemed like they were always on a power play. I think Stonehill didn't have more than one shot until their own power play at the end of the period. The Dogs must have thought, well we don't need to try anymore, and proceeded to play two periods where they didn't connect many passes. That seemed to be the reason for the lack of offensive zone time the rest of the game. As another poster said, the combination of Zacher in goal and Stonehill's inability to play good hockey themselves meant a Husky win in the end (and a nice snipe by Borgesi to put it away). I thought the Huskies would show up more seriously on Saturday, but quickly went down 1-0 under a minute in. Eventually talent won out. But it wasn't pretty. Maybe this was part of the learning process - okay, don't believe the hype, you still have to show up every game.
Zacher does a great job of directing shots well away from the net. He doesn't seem to leave rebounds sitting around.
It seemed like the Huskies did a good job putting shots on net, they just weren't getting the right bounce around there for rebounds. One time they did, Dylan put it away before the goalie could react.
The team still looks very much like a work in progress, but they're better than I expected them to be so far.
Martino is definitely one for the future, I can't wait to see how he progresses.