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Huskies in the NCAA Tournament
 Gerry Cowie |
In arguably the finest year in Husky hockey history, Northeastern earned a third-place trophy in the 1982 NCAA Tournament. Entry into the Big Dance came via ECAC regular season and tournament domination and the intrepid play of junior goaltender Mark Davidner, senior defenseman Jeff Hiltz, and senior forwards Paul MacDougall and Gerry Cowie. The Huskies defeated Bowling Green in an exciting two-game playoff to reach college ice hockey's version of the final four, but were eliminated by eventual national champion North Dakota, 6-2, on March 25. NU claimed the third-place trophy via a 10-4 win over New Hampshire in the prelude to the national championship game.
1982 RESULTS |
 Kevin Heffernan |
The 1988 season ended prematurely for the Huntington Hounds who were felled in the first round of NCAA action by perennial underdogs-turned-spoilers Merrimack. After a season in which the Huskies won 20 games in Hockey East, earned the Hockey East Tournament title and garnered their fourth Beanpot championship, Coach Fern Flaman's team was eliminated by the Warriors in a two-game total goal series. The loss concluded the college careers of two-time All-American goalie Bruce Racine and NU's ninth all-time leading scorer Kevin Heffernan.
1988 RESULTS |
 Dan Lupo |
The 1994 championship bracket held a plethora of familiar teams for Northeastern fans. Hockey East opponents UMass-Lowell (coached by present Husky bench boss Bruce Crowder) and New Hampshire as well as Beanpot foes BU and Harvard joined the Huskies in the field of 12. NU's hopes were short-lived, however, as the Huskies were ousted in the first round. Lake Superior State, led by goalie Blaine Lacher, dispatched the Dan McGillis-led Huskies 6-5 in an exciting, high-scoring game, which ended 15 seconds into sudden death overtime. Replays showed that a Dan Lupo shot crossed the goal line in the third period, but the apparent go-ahead tally for NU was ruled a Lacher save. Lake State went on to the national title.
1994 RESULTS |
