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Freshman goalie Lisa Jönsson led the way for the Huskies with a 30-save shutout.
The Huskies are still the team to beat on TD Garden’s ice.
The No. 15 Northeastern women’s hockey team defeated No. 14 Boston University, 4-0, in the title game of the 46th Women’s Beanpot tournament on Tuesday.
The Terriers — looking to win their first Beanpot since 2019 — had no answer for Huskies goaltender Lisa Jönsson, with the freshman netminder stopping all 30 shots that came her way to secure Northeastern’s 20th Beanpot title and third in a row.
Jaden Bogden led the way up front for Northeastern with a goal and a pair of assists, while Skylar Irving added a goal and an assist while landing six shots on goal and winning 17 of her 25 faceoff opportunities. Lily Shannon and Lily Yovetich also scored for the Huskies.
Northeastern’s victory marks the second year in a row that the Beanpot’s title game was held at TD Garden. After 10,633 fans attended last year’s championship bout between Northeastern and BU, 13,279 was the announced attendance for Tuesday’s game.
According to The Boston Globe’s Katie McInerney, Tuesday’s game stands as the fifth-largest crowd for a women’s Division I hockey game in NCAA history.
For a majority of the first 40 minutes of play, both Jönsson and BU netminder Callie Shanahan (27 saves) turned aside several Grade-A stops. Northeastern broke through 8:31 into the opening frame, with Yovetich’s shot from the blue line deflecting off a Terrier stick and into twine.
Both Jönsson and Shanahan traded several highlight-reel stops throughout the first two periods until the Huskies finally broke through with a barrage just before the second intermission.
A Terrier turnover led to Shannon cleaning up a rebound bid off a Bogden shot with 2:21 remaining the second — doubling Northeastern’s lead. Just 43 seconds after Shannon’s goal, Bogden tipped home a shot from the blue line that made it a 3-0 game.
Despite another sustained push from the Terriers over the final 20 minutes, Jönsson didn’t budge between the pipes — while Irving added some insurance with an empty-netter with 2:44 left on the clock.
Jönsson took home the Joe Bertagna Award as the tournament’s top goaltender, while also earning tournament MVP honors.
Hours ahead of the Huskies victory, the No. 12 Boston College Eagles bested Harvard, 4-1, in the tournament’s consolation game on Causeway Street.
The Crimson (2-16-2) were staring at an uphill climb against the Eagles, who lit the lamp three times over the first 7:04 of Tuesday’s game to put the game away.
Julia Pellerin, Molly Jordan, and Katie Pyne all scored during BC’s opening salvo, with Alanna Devlin adding a shorthanded goal in the third period to cap the scoring for the 16-7-1 Eagles.
Grace Campbell finished with 25 saves for BC.
Maria Pape scored Harvard’s lone goal on the power play in the third period, while both Ainsley Tuffy and Emily Davidson earned reps in net for the Crimson. Davidson allowed just one goal over the final 40 minutes of play, giving her team a chance to try and right the ship.
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