The Huntington News March 19, 2021
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WOMEN’S HOCKEY WINS FOURTH STRAIGHT HOCKEY EAST CHAMPIONSHIP By George Barker | News Staff
Photos by Ethan Wayne
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Hockey East First-Team All Star Chloé Aurard and the Huskies skated their way to a 6-2 victory March 6. Senior goaltender Aerin Frankel was named Cammi Granato Hockey East Co-Player of the Year Award. The Huskies lifted their fourth-straight Hockey East trophy after their win over Providence in the championship game.
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History has become routine for the Northeastern women’s hockey team, and once again tonight, the Huskies set a new standard for greatness at the historic Matthews Arena. In a 6-2 win over the Providence Friars, Northeastern claimed their fourth straight Hockey East Championship and cemented their senior group as undefeated in the Hockey East playoffs in their four-year careers at Northeastern. “I told [the seniors] some people go through their whole career and never win one championship, so winning a championship is pretty remarkable, but to win four in a row is usually unheard of. For them to never have lost a Hockey East playoff game is a credit to them as people and as student-athletes,”
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said head coach Dave Flint. Northeastern (20-1-1, 20-1-1 HEA), who is ranked number one in the nation, is now the third program in Hockey East history to win four consecutive championships, joining UNH and Boston University in the prestigious club. NU took control early in a contest where they outshot the No. 3 seed Friars (12-7-1, 12-7-1 HEA) 47-31 and got goals from six different skaters to extend their unbeaten streak to 20 games, the longest such streak since the 1988-89 season. The scoring from up and down the lineup comes as a great encouragement to Flint with the national tournament looming. “That’s what we’ve been doing most of the year, and that’s what we need going down the stretch here into the NCAAs. We’re going to face tough opponents and we’re going to need that depth,” Flint said. Senior goaltender Aerin Frankel secured tournament MVP honors, an award bolstered by her strong 29 save performance in the championship game, including 13 saves in the first period. CHAMPIONSHIP, on Page 3
Buttke - Galinkin, running uncontested, want to tranfrom SGA from the inside By Isaac Stephens News Staff For three years in a row, Student Government Association elections have presented Northeastern students with a binary choice: a single slate of candidates or a vote of no confidence. This year is no different. But Casey Buttke and Izzy Galinkin, nominated for student body president and executive vice president respectively, say they have a pitch for students who are considering a no-confidence vote. Buttke directed her campaign volunteers to give a simple answer when faced with students who say they don’t like Student Government Association, or SGA: “We don’t either.” The pair hope to catch students’ attention in the
election, held March 14 to 18 on the Student Hub, with a platform that focuses on collaboration with existing student advocacy groups, responsiveness to student feedback and facilitation of dialogue between students and university administrators. Buttke is a third-year criminal justice and political science major from Toronto, Canada, who currently serves as SGA’s chief of staff. She’s also part of Northeastern’s peer tutoring program, a member of Sigma Kappa Omega and a peer mentor for first-year students in the NU Start program. Galinkin, now SGA’s vice president Photo Courtesy Casey Buttke for academic affairs, is a second-year business administration major from Casey Buttke and Izzy Galinkin are running for SGA president and vice Morristown, N.J. president, respectively. The News spoke to each can-
didate this weekend about why they’re running, what students can expect from them and how they think SGA leaders should be held accountable. The transcript below has been edited for length, clarity and organization. Each candidate’s answers have been tagged with their initials. Why are you running? What made you want to do this? CB: I’ve been chief of staff for two years, and I really missed the advocacy side of SGA. That’s why I got involved in student government to begin with. Chief of staff is definitely very administrative and more process-focused, and I wanted to get back to doing the work that motivated me to join student government in the first place. Beyond that, I have gotten very used to the procedures within SGA, and I’ve developed a lot of problems with the procedures within SGA. I think that there are a lot of things that could be done better Q&A, on Page 2