The 2020–21 Northeastern Huskies Men's ice hockey season was the 89th season of play for the program and the 37th season in the Hockey East conference. The Huskies represented Northeastern University and were coached by Jim Madigan, in his 10th season.

Season As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Northeastern's players would lose a season of play. However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.

The Huskies' season began even later than most of their contemporaries, with the first game coming in mid-December. Northeastern was unable to establish any kind of consistency all season with one exception; when NEU played a ranked team, they wouldn't win. The Huskies went 0–7–2 against top-20 opponents during the season and 9–2–1 versus all others. The team's lack of success in such games would lead them to be dropped from the rankings for the first time all season after their early exit from the Hockey East Tournament. With no ranking, a .500 record and a low PairWise score, Northeastern had no real chance to be selected for the NCAA Tournament.

Billy Carrabino, Devon Levi and Nick Scarpa sat out the season.

Departures Matt Filipe Forward Graduation (Signed with Boston Bruins) Biagio Lerario Forward Graduation (Signed with Manitoba Moose) Tyler Madden Forward Signed Professional Contract (Los Angeles Kings) Craig Pantano Goaltender Graduation (Signed with South Carolina Stingrays) John Picking Forward Graduation Ryan Shea Defenseman Graduation (Signed with Dallas Stars) Matt Thomson Forward Left program Brendan van Riemsdyk Forward Graduation (Signed with Knoxville Ice Bears) A. J. Villella Defenseman Transferred to Bentley

Recruiting Steven Agriogianis Forward 21 East Hanover, NJ Marco Bozzo Forward 23 Woodbridge, ON; transfer from Massachusetts Sam Colangelo Forward 18 Stoneham, MA; 36th selection in the 2020 NHL entry draft James Davenport Defenseman 20 Natick, MA Johnny DeRoche Forward 22 Lynnfield, MA; transfer from Vermont Gunnarwolfe Fontaine Forward 20 Providence, RI; 202nd selection in the 2020 NHL entry draft Dylan Jackson Forward 19 Oakville, ON Ty Jackson Forward 19 Oakville, ON Devon Levi Goaltender 22 Montréal, QC; 212th selection in the 2020 NHL entry draft Michael Outzen Forward 21 Lone Tree, CO

Roster As of September 2, 2020.

Standings

Schedule and results

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Scoring statistics C 21 11 13 24 30 LW 21 10 10 20 4 D 19 6 13 19 8 LW 21 6 9 15 29 RW 21 3 12 15 16 RW 21 5 9 14 8 C 21 7 5 12 16 F 18 2 10 12 33 RW 21 6 4 10 4 D 20 5 3 8 23 D 18 2 6 8 2 F 21 2 5 7 6 RW 11 2 4 6 14 D 21 0 5 5 10 C/RW 8 0 3 3 2 LW 15 0 3 3 2 D 14 1 1 2 4 F 10 0 2 2 0 C 16 0 2 2 2 G 21 0 2 2 0 F 16 1 0 1 2 D 12 0 1 1 4 F 20 0 1 1 12 G 1 0 0 0 0 LW 1 0 0 0 2 D 4 0 0 0 0 F 8 0 0 0 4 Bench - - - - - 10 Total 69 123 192 243

Goaltending statistics 21 1255 9 9 3 57 632 2 .910 2.72 1 15 0 0 0 2 7 0 .778 7.83 Empty Net - 6 - - - 5 - - - - Total 21 1277 9 9 3 64 582 2 .901 3.01

Rankings

PollWeekPre123456789101112131415161718192021 (Final) USCHO.com191816151712121314141314141816171820NRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNR15141011101513131214NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.

Awards and honors Aidan McDonough Hockey East Three-Stars Award Jordan Harris Hockey East Second Team Zach Solow Gunnarwolfe Fontaine Hockey East Rookie Team

References