The Northeastern women's ice hockey team represents Northeastern University. The Huskies play in the Hockey East conference.
History
The women's varsity hockey program started in 1980, and under Don MacLeod, who was named the coach the following season and led the program for ten season. Northeastern became the first national power in collegiate women's hockey under his direction. MacLeod was a former Massachusetts High School hockey coach at both Georgetown Junior-Senior High School and Saugus High School. Starting in the 1982–83 season, the lady Huskies had thirteen consecutive winning seasons, including six straight seasons of twenty or more wins between 1986–87 and 1991–92.
The program's best record was in 1987–88, when the undefeated squad finished 26–0–1, winning its first of three ECAC titles (the others coming in 1989 and 1997), at the time the effective national women's college championship. Northeastern has also been the ECAC finalist seven times, as well as winning eighteen women's Beanpot tournaments, including nine straight between 1984 and 1991–92. The Huskies' all-time best mark for wins was in 2022-23 with 34 so far.
The program's career scoring leader is Alina Müller, currently with 98 goals and 156 assists for 254 points, while Kendall Coyne is the career goals leader with 141. Coyne also holds the single season goal and points record with 50 goals and 84 points in the 2015-2016 season. The previous single-season goal and points leader was Vicky Sunohara, with 51 goals and 78 points in 1988-89.
From 2017-2023, the Huskies played in seven consecutive Hockey East championships, winning six in a row from 2018-2023. Alina Müller (2019–2020, 2021-2022, 2022-2023) and Aerin Frankel (2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2020-2021) won the tournament MVP honors. The Huskies set a record for most goals in a women's Hockey East championship game with their 9-1 win over the University of Connecticut Huskies in 2020.
Roster
As of September 9, 2022.
Year by year
Beanpot
The Northeastern women have historically found success in the Beanpot, winning 18 of 44 tournaments and compiling a 50-30-5 record through 2020. The Huskies appeared in 16 straight finals, from 1983 to 1998, winning 13 of those tournaments, including 9 straight. The Huskies have qualified for the Beanpot finals 28 times through 2023: March 17, 1979: Northeastern 3, Boston College 1 February 24, 1980: Northeastern 7, Harvard 1 February 18, 1983: Northeastern 7, Harvard 1 February 17, 1984: Northeastern 7, Harvard 1 February 12, 1985: Northeastern 7, Boston College 0 February 11, 1986: Northeastern 7, Harvard 0 February 10, 1987: Northeastern 7, Harvard 1 February 9, 1988: Northeastern 5, Harvard 1 February 14, 1989: Northeastern 9, Harvard 0 February 13, 1990: Northeastern 3, Harvard 2 February 12, 1991: Northeastern 2, Harvard 1 February 11, 1992: Harvard 3, Northeastern 0 February 9, 1993: Brown 3, Northeastern 0 February 15, 1994: Northeastern 6, Harvard 2 February 14, 1995: Harvard 3, Northeastern 2 February 13, 1996: Northeastern 4, Boston College 3 (OT) February 11, 1997: Northeastern 8, Harvard 1 February 10, 1998: Northeastern 5, Harvard 4 February 15, 2000: Harvard 4, Northeastern 3 (OT) February 13, 2001: Harvard 4, Northeastern 3 (OT) February 10, 2004, Harvard 5, Northeastern 1 February 9, 2010: Harvard 1, Northeastern 0 February 7, 2012: Northeastern 4, Boston University 3 (OT) February 12, 2013: Northeastern 4, Boston College 3 February 11, 2014: Boston College 3, Northeastern 0 February 9, 2016: Boston College 7, Northeastern 0 February 7, 2017: Boston College 2, Northeastern 1 February 11, 2020: Northeastern 4, Boston University 3 (2-OT) 2021- Cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic February 14, 2023: Northeastern 2, Boston College 1
Notable alums
Among notable players for Northeastern have been former Canadian national team captain Vicky Sunohara, United States national team goaltender Kelly Dyer who was also notably the second woman to play professional ice hockey in North America, United States national team goaltender Chanda Gunn, ten-time United States national team member Shelley Looney, 2002 collegiate women's player of the year Brooke Whitney, and long time Canadian national team member and Olympic medalist Laura Schuler. Chelsey Goldberg is now a professional ice hockey player.
In addition, the following Huskies have played on the United States national team: Tina Cardinale (1990, 1992), Kendall Coyne (2010–12), Kim Haman (1992), Erika Silva (2004), Jeanine Sobek (1990, 1992, 1994–96), Brooke White (2001, 2004), Hillary Witt (2001). Additionally, Florence Schelling was the goaltender of the Switzerland national team (2004-2018).