Northeastern Huskies women ' s ice hockey The women ' s varsity hockey program started in 1980 , and under former World Hockey Association all - star goaltender Don McLeod , who was named the coach the following season and led the program for ten seasons , became the first national power in collegiate women ' s hockey . Starting in the 1982 season , the lady Huskies had thirteen consecutive winning seasons , including six straight seasons of twenty or more wins between 1987 and 1992 . The program ' s best record was in 1988 , when the undefeated squad finished 26 - 0 - 1 , winning its first of three ECAC women ' s ice hockey titles ( the others coming in 1989 and 1997 ) , at the time the effective national women ' s college championship . Northeastern has also been the ECAC finalist seven times , as well as winning fourteen women ' s Beanpot tournaments , including eight straight between 1984 and 1991 . The Huskies ' all - time best mark for wins was in 1997 with 27 , a total equaled in 1992 . The program ' s career scoring leader is Hillary Witt with 113 goals and 95 assists for 208 points , while Fiona Rice is the career assists leader with 118 . The single - season goal and points leader is Vicky Sunohara , with 51 goals and 78 points in 1989 . History . In the 2003 - 04 season , Chanda Gunn was in her senior season led the Huskies to eight wins . In doing so , she broke two school records : registering 56 saves in a game and twice recording 23 saves in one period . In addition , she finished the season ranked first nationally in save percentage , with a . 940 mark , and tenth in the nation with a 1 . 94 goals - against average . During the season , she was recognized twice as Hockey East Player of the Month . She ranked first in the conference in save percentage ( . 937 ) and third in goals - against average with a 2 . 01 GAA . During her career , Gunn was a finalists for College Hockey ' s Humanitarian Award , presented annually to college hockey ' s finest citizen , in 2003 and 2004 . Boston University ’ s first ever goal was scored in a game against Northeastern . It was scored by Caroline Boudreau on Oct . 7 , 2005 . On January 8 , 2010 , the Huskies fell to New Hampshire by a score of 5 - 3 in the opening game of the Sun Life Frozen Fenway doubleheader , the first - ever outdoor women ' s college hockey game . The Huskies held a 3 - 1 lead into the third period , but a four goal rally by the Wildcats earned them the win . Freshman Brittany Esposito scored two goals and senior Annie Hogan added two assists . The game was played at Fenway Park . Beanpot . The Huskies have qualified for the Beanpot finals on several occasions : Hilary Witt . Witt came to Northeastern University in 1996 with a strong athletic resume from Canton High School in Canton , Massachusetts . In hockey she played on the Assabet Valley Club team for four years while they won two National Championships . In her freshman year , she helped the Huskies to a 27 - 9 season and the 1997 ECAC Championship . Witt scored two goals , including the game winner , in the 3 - 2 title win over New Hampshire and as a rookie was named the tournament MVP . She led the team in scoring that season with 24 goals . In Witt ' s sophomore season she led the team in scoring once again with 32 goals , and her 58 points ( ranked in the nation ' s top 10 ) . She was a nominee for the Patty Kazmaier Award . She was also voted All - ECAC . The team went 26 - 6 - 5 and qualified for the ECAC Tournament and the semifinals of the first ever women ' s hockey National Championship . As a junior , Witt led NU with 27 goals , and was in the nation ' s top 10 in scoring . Once again , she was a Kazmaier nominee . The team went 25 - 7 - 3 and went onto the ECAC Tournament . Witt captained Northeastern ' s 1999 - 2000 team to a 22 - 9 - 3 season and another post - season appearance . She led NU in scoring with 30 goals for the fourth consecutive year . In terms of scoring , was in the nation ' s top 10 , and was voted All - ECAC . Also , for the third year in a row she was a Kazmaier candidate . On February 10 , 2010 , she was inducted into the Women ' s Beanpot Hall of Fame . The induction honors her performance as a player for Northeastern in the annual tournament featuring the four Boston - area women ' s hockey teams . The ceremony was held prior to the Beanpot Championship game at Harvard ' s Bright Center . Notable alums . Among notable players for Northeastern have been current Canadian national team captain Vicky Sunohara ; goaltender Kelly Dyer , the second woman to play professional ice hockey in North America ; starting United States national team goaltender Chanda Gunn , ten - time United States national team member and Olympic gold medalist Shelley Looney , 2002 collegiate women ' s player of the year Brooke Whitney and multiple Olympic medalist Laura Schuler . In addition , the following Huskies have played on the United States national team : Tina Cardinale , Jeanine Sobek , Brooke White , Kim Haman , Hillary Witt and Erika Silva . Current sophomore Florence Schelling has been the goaltender of the Switzerland national team for the past five seasons .