FINAL SCORE: #2 Northeastern 4, Vermont 1
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Chloé Aurard and Katy Knoll each had a goal and an assist Saturday afternoon leading second-ranked Northeastern to a 4-1 win on the final day of the regular season from Gutterson Fieldhouse. With the win, the Huskies are now 17-1-1 this season while the Catamounts fall to 6-4-0.
 
Saturday was Senior Day presented by the UVM Alumni Association and the Catamounts annual Cancer Awareness Game presented by SD Ireland.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"We gave it everything we had this weekend and I'm proud of the effort," said Head Coach Jim Plumer. "Northeastern is a complete team and we simply have little margin for error against a team like that. Still we put a lot of pressure on them at times and we can build on that heading into the playoffs."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Knoll opened the scoring Saturday with a great individual effort. Northeastern goaltender Aerin Frankel left the puck for Knoll and she went end-to-end and cut between two UVM defenders before firing a quick wrist shot past Vermont's Jessie McPherson. The Huskies power play tally came with 5:56 left in the first.
• The Huskies appeared to take control of the game with two goals 2:11 apart late in the second period. Alina Mueller scored her ninth of the season with 3:15 left in the period and Mia Brown added her third of the year with 1:04 left in the middle frame.
• Sara Levesque brought the Catamounts back in it early in the final frame. Hailey Burns won a faceoff back to Levesque and through traffic she fired a shot past Frankel for her second goal of the season.
• The Catamounts dominated the next few minutes, hemming Northeastern in their zone but with nine minutes left in regulation Aurard reestablished the Huskies three-goal edge with their first shot of the third period. Aurard caused a turnover at the NU blueline and broke in alone on McPherson. She deked backhand to forehand to put home her 12th goal of the season. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• After just three shots in the first period the Catamounts had 22 shots in the final 40 minutes.
• With today's score of 4-1 Community Bank, N.A. will be adding a donation of $75 to Special Olympics Vermont. Cheer on our Catamounts as they go for the win while creating a special bond with community members! Thank you, Community Bank, N.A. for your support of our UVM and Special Olympics athletes!

WHO'S NEXT
The Catamounts finished fourth in the Hockey East Power Index and will host a Hockey East Quarterfinal matchup on Sunday, February 28. The matchup at Gutterson Fieldhouse is tentatively slated for 2 p.m.
 
It will be the first time Vermont hosts a home playoff game since defeating Maine in triple overtime on March 1, 2014 in the Hockey East Quarterfinals.