Huskies upend Crimson in Beanpot
In the opening period of the annual Beanpot men’s hockey tournament at TD BankNorth Garden on Monday (Feb. 7), Northeastern consistently showed its mettle as one of the nation’s most effective defensive squads. Withstanding a barrage of shots from a wily Harvard squad — 32 attempts in the first period alone — Northeastern killed a Crimson power-play opportunity and then suddenly flexed its offensive muscles, on its way to an eventual 4-0 win. At the 10:48 mark of the initial stanza, just five seconds after Northeastern’s Garrett Vermeersch rejoined his team following a two-minute penalty for tripping, a surging Mike McLaughlin split a pair of Harvard defenders before chipping the puck past senior Crimson goaltender Ryan Carroll to set up the go-ahead goal. Unfortunately for Harvard, the efficient Huskies offense (as well as a stingy Huskies defense that allows just over two goals per game) was beginning to roll into what amounted...