1987–88 Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey season

The 1987-88 Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey season was Northeastern's 8th as a varsity team. They hold the distinction as one of six teams in DI women's collegiate hockey to play an undefeated season, the first since UNH's 1980-81 season, and the last before the 2012-13 Minnesota Golden Gophers. The lone blemish on their record came against the defending champion UNH Wildcats in game 1 of the Providence tournament, where they skated to a 4-4 tie. The Huskies won the Concordia Tournament, Beanpot Tournament, and Providence Tournament en route to an ECAC Championship, the de facto national championship at the time. 
This was Don MacLeod's 7th Season as head coach, and the second season Tina Cardinale and Marge Sanford served as team captains. Cardinale also led the Huskies in scoring with 59 points, while Susie Perkins led the team in goals with 30. In net they were led by Kelly Dyer, who posted a .921 save percentage and a 2.16 GAA with a 20-0-1 record. 
The 1987-88 Northeastern Huskies were inducted to the Northeastern Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023. 
== Beanpot ==
Northeastern hosted the 10th Women's Beanpot Tournament as heavy favorites, sporting a 15-0-1 record, with 7-2-0 Harvard viewed as the largest challenge. In their first matchup against a middling BU squad, Northeastern posted their seventh shutout of the season for a 2-0 win. After Harvard demolished BC with an 11-0 shutout of their own, the two teams met for the title game. Hot off a Concordia tournament win two days prior, Northeastern clinched their 5th-straight Beanpot Championship, beating Harvard 5-1. Huskies captain Tina Cardinale was named tournament MVP.
== ECAC Tournament ==
Sitting at an impressive 24-0-1 record, Northeastern were favored to win their first conference championship. They were slated to face Harvard in the semifinals in a Beanpot championship rematch. In a similar result, Northeastern defeated Harvard 6-2, while the only team to tie Northeastern, UNH, fell to Providence. The Championship game was a much closer affair, with Northeastern winning 5-3. It was their first of three ECAC titles.
== Schedule and Results ==
Schedule
Date 	Opponent 	Score 	Result
11/4 	New Brunswick 	9-1 	W
11/15	Hudson 	5-0 	W
11/15	Ottawa 	4-1 	W
11/21	St. Lawrence 	5-1 	W
11/22	Toronto 	4-0 	W
11/28	Concordia 	5-3 	W
11/29	Princeton 	6-4 	W
12/2 	Boston College 	8-0 	W
12/8 	@ New Hampshire 	5-4 (OT)	W
12/19	RIT 	5-0 	W
1/13 	Dartmouth 	3-2 	W
1/15 	New Hampshire* 	4-4 (OT)	T
1/16 	Providence* 	4-3 	W
1/17 	Concordia* 	3-0 	W
1/18 	@ Boston University	4-1 	W
1/27 	@ Brown 	5-0 	W
1/30 	Providence 	2-1 	W
1/31 	@ Providence 	5-2 	W
2/2 	Boston University**	2-0 	W
2/5 	New Brunswick*** 	9-4 	W
2/6 	Ottawa*** 	6-2 	W
2/7 	Concordia*** 	5-4 	W
2/9 	Harvard** 	5-1 	W
2/13 	@ Colby 	8-0 	W
2/16 	New Hampshire 	7-5 	W
3/3 	Harvard 	6-2 	W
3/4 	Providence 	5-3 	W
* - Providence Tournament, ** - Beanpot Tournament, *** - Concordia Tournament, ECAC Tournament, Non-Conference Games
ECAC	ECAC	ECAC	ECAC	ECAC	ECAC	ECAC	ECAC 	ECAC 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
15 	14 	0 	1 	71 	26 	29 	1st 	W, SF 6-2 (Harvard) W, F 5-3 (Providence)	27 	26 	0 	1 	139 	47
== Team Statistics ==
=== Scoring ===
Scoring Statistics
Name 	GP	G 	A 	P
Cardinale, Tina 	27	18	41	59
Perkins, Susie 	27	30	16	46
Rice, Fiona 	27	15	31	46
Rosa, Donna-Lynn 	27	22	21	43
Goodwin, Lucy 	27	14	19	33
FitzGerald, Christine	27	11	14	25
Piacentini, Julie 	26	5 	17	22
Woolley, Joy 	27	7 	12	19
Sanford, Marge 	27	2 	10	12
Gaffey, Linda 	25	5 	3 	8
Koyama, Nina 	26	1 	7 	8
Mulvaney, Karen 	27	1 	6 	7
Hall, Charlotte 	24	2 	4 	6
Manning, Leiann 	20	2 	4 	6
Hamilton, Marianne 	18	0 	4 	4
Fritz, Karen 	20	3 	0 	3
Cohen, Gabrielle 	23	1 	2 	3
Rosenthal, Ruth 	22	0 	2 	2
Dyer, Kelly 	21	0 	1 	1
Schmitz, Michelle 	9 	0 	0 	0
Lydon, Deidre 	10	0 	0 	0
Guay, Sue 	7 	0 	0 	0
=== Goaltending ===
Goaltending Statistics
Name 	GP	Min 	GA	GAA 	Saves	PCT 	SH	W 	L	T
Dyer, Kelly	21	1222	44	2.16	511 	.921	3 	20	0	1
Guay, Sue 	7 	400 	3 	0.45	85 	.966	5 	6 	0	0
Totals 	27	1622	47	1.74	596 	.927	8 	26	0	1
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