D1 Hockey Split Weekend Series Away At Northern Illinois

OVERVIEW – Northern Illinois  

SCORE: Northwood Timberwolves 3, Northern Illinois Huskies 4 / Northwood 5, Northern Illinois 2 

RECORDS: Northwood (5-8-0-1, 0-0-0-0 GLCHL), Northern Illinois (14-7-0-0, 0-0-0-0 Independent)  

LOCATION: Canlan Sports – West Dundee, Illinois 

RECAP: The Division 1 hockey team split away games over the weekend against Northern Illinois University, with a 4-3 overtime loss on Friday (October 31) and a 5-2 win on Saturday (November 1). 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS  

• Northern Illinois started strong, scoring twice within the first ten minutes to take a 2–0 lead. The Huskies' goaltender faced twenty shots from the Timberwolves but managed to keep his net clean through the opening period. 

• Northwood responded early in the second period, pulling one back through Nathan Ayuyu, assisted by Angelo Massaro, to make it 2–1. Later in the period, Leo Crawford set up Teagan Scheurer for the equalizer, tying the game at 2–2. 

• Donald Gooley put Northwood ahead 3–2 early in the third period with an assist from Collin Baker. However, Northern Illinois answered just four minutes later to level the score again at 3–3. 

• The game went to overtime, where Northern Illinois netted the winner three and a half minutes in, securing a 4–3 victory. 

GAME ONE STATS  

• Shots: Northwood 50, Northern Illinois 29 

• Saves: Northwood 25 (Mason Matthew), Northern Illinois 47 

• Power Plays: Northwood 0/3, Northern Illinois 0/0 

TOP NU PERFORMERS 

• Ayuyu: Goal (1) 

• Scheurer: Goal (1) 

• Gooley: Goal (1) 

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS  

• Northwood opened the game strong, as Colin Baker scored within the first five minutes to give the Timberwolves a 1–0 lead. 

• Early in the second period, Chase Temple set up Cameron Duffany to double the advantage and make it 2–0. Northern Illinois pulled one back, but Temple restored the two-goal lead off an assist from Bryce Garber, putting Northwood ahead 3–1. 

• Duffany netted his second of the night early in the third period, assisted by Baker and Owen Croston, extending the lead to 4–1. The Huskies added another midway through the period, but Donald Gooley sealed the 5–2 victory for the Timberwolves, with Colin March and Adam Moule providing the assists. 

GAME TWO STATS  

• Shots: Northwood 40, Northern Illinois 26 

• Saves: Northwood 24 (Peter Baldwin), Northern Illinois 35 

• Power Plays: Northwood 0/6, Northern Illinois 1/3 

TOP NU PERFORMERS 

• Duffany: Goals (2) 

• Temple: Goal (1), Assist (1) 

UP NEXT  

Northwood will host Western Michigan at the Midland Civic Center on Friday (November 7) at 7:45 p.m. before heading to the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan to face the Broncos on Saturday (November 8) at 7:30 p.m.