Northeastern 4, at Minnesota 2

MINNEAPOLIS (Interstat) — The Northeastern Huskies built an early four-goal lead and withstood a late surge from Abbey Murphy and the Minnesota Golden Gophers to secure a 4-2 victory in a nonconference women’s college hockey game Saturday afternoon at Mariucci Arena. A crowd of 2,266 watched the Huskies, ranked in the latest national polls, improve to 29-8-1 overall. The Golden Gophers fell to 26-12-1. The result defied pregame projections from Interstat, which gave Minnesota a 55.4% probability to win and simulated a 5-4 victory for the home team. Northeastern’s offense was relentless from the opening faceoff, scoring three times in… Read more...