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Northeastern celebrated its first-ever Hockey East regular season title, scoring the clinching goal with 9.6 seconds remaining for a 1-0 victory over Merrimack (photo: Jim Pierce)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the weekend began, the hopes of Northeastern earning its first-ever Hockey East regular-season title were slim.<\/p>\n

They needed a minimum of five point against Merrimack and also needed Boston College to beat first-place Massachusetts twice in regulation.<\/p>\n

That dream nearly ended on Friday when UMass, trailing 2-1, appeared to score the tying goal as regulation expired, but the goal was ruled to have entered the net a fraction of a second too late. Northeastern beat Merrimack, 6-1, to keep the slim hopes alive.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, after UMass lost, 4-3, Northeastern was embroiled in a scoreless tie with Merrimack and seemed headed to overtime. UMass and UMass Lowell each had 46 points; Northeastern 44. An overtime or shootout win would give the Huskies a three-way share of the regular-season title, but the third seed in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

And then Aidan McDonough changed everything.<\/p>\n

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AT THE DEATH. THE SNIPER.#HowlinHuskies<\/a> | #HockeyEast<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mqXIJdpqDe<\/a><\/p>\n

— Northeastern Men\u2019s Hockey (@GoNUmhockey) March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n