ORONO, Maine—The University of Maine women's ice hockey team hosts the Hockey East leading Northeastern Huskies for a weekend series at Alfond Arena.

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Game No. 13: Maine Black Bears vs. Northeastern Huskies
Date: Friday, Nov. 16, 2018
Time: 6 p.m.
Site: Alfond Arena | Orono, Maine
2018-19 Record: Maine 7-5-0, 3-5-0 WHEA, Northeastern 10-1-1, 9-0-1 WHEA

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Game No. 14: Maine Black Bears vs. Northeastern Huskies
Date: Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018
Time: 2 p.m.
Event: Skating Strides Against Breast Cancer

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About the Huskies
•  Northeastern swept last weekend's home-and-home series with the University of New Hampshire, winning at UNH 3-0 before taking a 5-3 victory at home.
• The Huskies are undefeated in conference play, defeating Boston University, UNH, Providence, Holy Cross and Vermont this year.
• Northeastern comes to Maine on a nine game winning streak, with eight consecutive Hockey East wins.
• Chloe Aurard was named this week's Women's Hockey East Player of the Week, with a six point (1 G, 5 A) series against UNH last weekend.
• Alina Mueller also had a five point weekend against New Hampshire. She had the game-winning short handed goal on Friday, continuing her point streak to 11 games this season. Aurard leads all first year players with 18 points (7 G, 11 A) in 12 games.
• Frankel was named the Hockey East Player of the Month for October, while Mueller was awarded the October Rookie of the Month honors.
• Northeastern was ranked No. 4 in the USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Poll this week, rising from No. 5 last week.

The Series with Northeastern
• Friday's meeting between Maine and Northeastern is the 62nd all-time meeting between the two Hockey East competitors, with Northeastern holding the series lead at 35-20-6.
• These two have already played once this season at Northeastern, with Maine falling 3-0. Both teams had 25 shots on goal, with the Huskie's power play going 1-for-3.
• Maine took the season series last year with a 2-1-0 record.
• The squads first met on Jan. 23, 1999 in Boston, with the Huskies taking a 6-1 win.

Last Weekend
• The Black Bears travelled to Providence Friday, Nov. 9, where they fell 3-1 at Schneider Arena
• Carly Jackson made 30 saves and earned third star honors for her stellar night in net.
• On Saturday, Nov. 10, the Black Bears fell in their second Hockey East contest of the weekend at UConn's Freitas Ice Forum, 4-1.
• Lydia Murray scored her fourth goal of the season against UConn, as the Black Bears outshot the Huskies 33-23.

On the Leaderboard
• Maine's offense is No. 2 in WHEA goals per game, posting 3.33 goals per game after tallying 38 goals in 10 games
• The Black Bears defense is also on the leaderboards, holding opponents to 2.00 goals per game, good for fourteenth-best nationally.
• Tereza Vanisova is tied for No. 3 in the conference in goal scoring with eight tallies through 12 games this season.
• Alyson Matteau leads Hockey East in blocked shots with 35 through 12 games.
• Ida Press is tied for third in scoring by defenders with one goal and seven assists this year.
• Celine Tedenby is second in Hockey East in faceoff win percentage, winning 67% or 41 of 61 of all draws.
• Loryn Porter is No. 5 for Hockey East goals against average with a 1.64 average, behind her at No. 11 is Carly Jackson with a 2.45 GAA.

Conference
• Hockey East proves to be as tight as ever in 2018, as only four points separate the third and seventh place teams.
• First place Northeastern is still undefeated in conference play, holding a 9-0-1 record. Merrimack has taken over second place, now at 6-1-1 in conference play.
• Maine currently sits at seventh in WHEA. The Black Bears have a 3-5-0 conference record, good for six points.