10 straight. The Huskies have not lost a game since playing at #18 Notheastern on Oct. 27 and they made sure that continued against the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks to bring the first half of the season to an end.

Friday night the Huskies dominated the shots category 38-18, which included a 18-5 lead after the first. SCSU shut down the Mavericks on their own end to pick up the victory 2-0. The goals came from junior Jack Poehling and senior Jimmy Schuldt.

Saturday was a different story on the offensive end and the flood gates opened wide. The Huskies were in command of this game the whole way winning handily at a score of 7-1.

The Huskies wasted no time netting their first goal when sophomore Blake Lizotte scored just 1:19 in. The Mavericks tied the game up in the second period, but it wasn’t for long because senior Robby Jackson scored 35 seconds later.

The Huskies never looked back as the scoring continued with senior Patrick Newell, junior Jack Ahcan and sophomores Easton Brodzinski, Blake Lizotte and Kevin Fitzgerald.

Sophomore David Hrenak got the wins for both games over the weekend, picked up his second shut out of the season and is now 10-0-1.

Lizotte was awarded NCHC Offensive Player of the Week and Hrenak was awarded NCHC Goaltender of the Week for their play against Omaha-Nebraska.

This is the sixth weekend sweep of the season for the Huskies to pair with their 10-game unbeaten streak.

The Huskies have outscored their opponents 66-29 on the season and are averaging 10 more shots a game than opponents. The Huskies also own their opponents in the face off dot 515-393.

The team leader in goals and points so far is Newell with 10 and 20 respectively and the leader in assists is junior Ryan Poehling with 14. Newell’s numbers are good for first in the NCHC in both categories and Poehling is second in the conference.

The Huskies climb back to the #1 spot in the nation in both USCHO.com and USA Today polls owning 27 first place votes in one and 40 in the other.

The second half starts out strong for the Huskies as they will travel to Duluth on Jan.11 and 12 to play the Bulldogs in a matchup of teams that have held the #1 spot for portions of this season.

The Huskies return to action on Dec. 27 in an exhibition game against the U.S. National Team Development Program U18 squad.