2020–21 Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey season

The 2020–21 Northeastern Huskies Men's ice hockey season was the 89th season of play for the program and the 37th season in the Hockey East conference. The Huskies represented Northeastern University and were coached by Jim Madigan, in his 10th season.
==Season==
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Northeastern's players would lose a season of play. However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.
The Huskies' season began even later than most of their contemporaries, with the first game coming in mid-December. Northeastern was unable to establish any kind of consistency all season with one exception; when NEU played a ranked team, they wouldn't win. The Huskies went 0–7–2 against top-20 opponents during the season and 9–2–1 versus all others. The team's lack of success in such games would lead them to be dropped from the rankings for the first time all season after their early exit from the Hockey East Tournament. With no ranking, a .500 record and a low PairWise score, Northeastern had no real chance to be selected for the NCAA Tournament.
Billy Carrabino, Devon Levi and Nick Scarpa sat out the season.
==Departures==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Cause
Matt Filipe 	Forward 	 	Graduation (Signed with Boston Bruins)
Biagio Lerario 	Forward 	 	Graduation (Signed with Manitoba Moose)
Tyler Madden 	Forward 	 	Signed Professional Contract (Los Angeles Kings)
Craig Pantano 	Goaltender	 	Graduation (Signed with South Carolina Stingrays)
John Picking 	Forward 	 	Graduation
Ryan Shea 	Defenseman	 	Graduation (Signed with Dallas Stars)
Matt Thomson 	Forward 	 	Left program
Brendan van Riemsdyk	Forward 	 	Graduation (Signed with Knoxville Ice Bears)
A. J. Villella 	Defenseman	 	Transferred to Bentley
==Recruiting==
Player 	Position 	Nationality	Age	Notes
Steven Agriogianis 	Forward 	 	21 	East Hanover, NJ
Marco Bozzo 	Forward 	 	23 	Woodbridge, ON; transfer from Massachusetts
Sam Colangelo 	Forward 	 	18 	Stoneham, MA; 36th selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
James Davenport 	Defenseman	 	20 	Natick, MA
Johnny DeRoche 	Forward 	 	22 	Lynnfield, MA; transfer from Vermont
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine	Forward 	 	20 	Providence, RI; 202nd selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
Dylan Jackson 	Forward 	 	19 	Oakville, ON
Ty Jackson 	Forward 	 	19 	Oakville, ON
Devon Levi 	Goaltender	 	22 	Montréal, QC; 212th selection in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
Michael Outzen 	Forward 	 	21 	Lone Tree, CO
==Roster==
As of September 2, 2020.
==Standings==
==Schedule and Results==
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==Scoring Statistics==
Name 	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	
 	C 	21 	11 	13 	24 	30
 	LW 	21 	10 	10 	20 	4
 	D 	19 	6 	13 	19 	8
 	LW 	21 	6 	9 	15 	29
 	RW 	21 	3 	12 	15 	16
 	RW 	21 	5 	9 	14 	8
 	C 	21 	7 	5 	12 	16
 	F 	18 	2 	10 	12 	33
 	RW 	21 	6 	4 	10 	4
 	D 	20 	5 	3 	8 	23
 	D 	18 	2 	6 	8 	2
 	F 	21 	2 	5 	7 	6
 	RW 	11 	2 	4 	6 	14
 	D 	21 	0 	5 	5 	10
 	C/RW 	8 	0 	3 	3 	2
 	LW 	15 	0 	3 	3 	2
 	D 	14 	1 	1 	2 	4
 	F 	10 	0 	2 	2 	0
 	C 	16 	0 	2 	2 	2
 	G 	21 	0 	2 	2 	0
 	F 	16 	1 	0 	1 	2
 	D 	12 	0 	1 	1 	4
 	F 	20 	0 	1 	1 	12
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	F 	8 	0 	0 	0 	4
Bench	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	10
Total	 	 	69 	123 	192 	243
==Goaltending statistics==
Name 	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	 	
 	21 	1255 	9 	9 	3 	57 	632 	2 	.910	2.72
 	1 	15 	0 	0 	0 	2 	7 	0 	.778	7.83
Empty Net	- 	6 	- 	- 	- 	5 	- 	- 	- 	-
Total 	21 	1277 	9 	9 	3 	64 	582 	2 	.901	3.01
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week 	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 (Final)	 	 	
USCHO.com	19 	18 	16 	15 	17 	12 	12 	13 	14 	14 	13 	14 	14 	18 	16 	17 	18 	20 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR 	 	 	
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	15 	14 	10 	11 	10 	15 	13 	13 	12 	14 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	 	 	
USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.
==Awards and honors==
Player 	Award 	Ref
Aidan McDonough 	Hockey East Three-Stars Award	
Jordan Harris 	Hockey East Second Team 	
Zach Solow 	Hockey East Second Team 	
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine	Hockey East Rookie Team 	
==References==
2019–20
Category:2020–21 Hockey East men's ice hockey season
Category:2020–21 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by team
Category:2020–21 in American ice hockey by team