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Huskies Hit the Road To Kick off Home and Home Against Merrimack

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Ice Chips...

» The Huskies turn their attention to a two game series vs. Merrimack College beginning

Friday November 8 at Merrimack. The Huskies will then welcome the Warriors to the

Toscano Family Ice Forum on Nov.9.

» The Huskies are coming off a 1-1 weekend against the Unviersity of Vermont. Both

games went into overtime with the Huskies winning game two by a final of 6-5.

» In the Huskies 6-5 win over Vermont, the freshman fueled the Huskies. Ethan Gardual

scored 2 goals and one assist, while Kaden Shahan and Ethan Whitcomb both pitched in

a goal. While Kai Janviriya and Trey Scott both added assists.

» The Jake's: Junior Jake Percival and sophomore Jake Richard have made their presence

felt early in the season. The Jake's currently lead the team with a combined 17 points.

Jake Percival has 6 goals and 2 assists for 8 points, while Jake Richard has 4 goals and 5

assists for 9 points.

» The Huskies have received a point from 20 total skaters. Of the 20, 8 are new members

of the Ice Bus.

» Five on Five Hockey has been a strength for the Huskies as they have scored 22 of their

30 total goals.

» GOALIE OF THE WEEK: Junior Tyler Muszelik was named Hockey East Goalie of

the Week following his performance against no.15 Massachusetts. Muszelik finished the

weekend 1-0-1 making 57 total saves.

» PLAYER OF THE MONTH: For his efforts and success in October, Junior Jake Per-

cival was araded Hockey East Player of the Month. Percival finished the month with

6 goals and 2 assists for 8 points. Of Percival's 6 goals, two of them have come short

handed.

» Despite adding 14 new faces, in that group comes 4 transfers from NCAA D1 schools.

Hugh Larkin joins UConn from Western Michigan, Nick Carabin joins the Huskies from

Princeton, Tyler Muszelik from New Hampshire, and Viking Gustafsson Nyberg comes

from Northern Michigan.

» Huskies in the NHL: Ruslan Iskhakov and Yan Kuznetsov became the 6th and 7th

Huskies to reach the pros, having most recently been called up by the New York Island-

ers and Calgary Flames. They join, Todd Krygier, Cole Schneider, Max Letunov, Adam

Huska, and Tage Thompson as former Huskies to make it to the league.

Players Mentioned

Jake Percival

Forward
5' 10"
Junior

Jake Richard

Forward
6' 1"
Sophomore

Tyler  Muszelik

Goaltender
6' 3"
Junior

Nick Carabin

Defenseman
5' 10"
Graduate Student

Hugh Larkin

Forward
6' 2"
Graduate Student

Viking Gustafsson Nyberg

Defenseman
6' 6"
Sophomore

Kai Janviriya

Defenseman
5' 9"
Freshman

Trey Scott

Defenseman
5' 10"
Freshman

Kaden Shahan

Forward
5' 11"
Freshman

Ethan Whitcomb

Forward
6' 4"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jake Percival

5' 10"
Junior
Forward

Jake Richard

6' 1"
Sophomore
Forward

Tyler  Muszelik

6' 3"
Junior
Goaltender

Nick Carabin

5' 10"
Graduate Student
Defenseman

Hugh Larkin

6' 2"
Graduate Student
Forward

Viking Gustafsson Nyberg

6' 6"
Sophomore
Defenseman

Kai Janviriya

5' 9"
Freshman
Defenseman

Trey Scott

5' 10"
Freshman
Defenseman

Kaden Shahan

5' 11"
Freshman
Forward

Ethan Whitcomb

6' 4"
Freshman
Forward