Freshman Cameron Whitehead stepped in between the pipes and looked good against weak opposition in the first few weeks, however, once the team began their conference schedule everything seemed to fall apart.
Team captain Justin Hryckowian missed over a month after getting hurt in the first game of the season while his brother Dylan along with Matt DeMelis and Jack Williams were in and out of the lineup with bumps and bruises.
By Thanksgiving, the team had lost seven games in a row, the worst start to the conference schedule in the history of the program.
Cam Lund, who had been very quiet during the losing streak, completed a hat-trick in the final frame to lead the Huskies to a massive upset to give Northeastern its first conference win of the year.
Northeastern was fortunate by being set against Harvard in the first game but still had a tough time beating a down Crimson squad.
The championship match pitted the Huskies against Boston University but Northeastern didn't show any fear towards the #3 team.
[2] The win streak put Northeastern above .500 for the first time in months and gave the team an outside chance to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
After a scoreless first period, BU took a 3-goal lead in the second to put Northeastern's season on the edge of a cliff.