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Huskies Set for Hockey East Battle Against Minutemen

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ICE CHIPS

» The Huskies are set to begin their first two game Hockey East weekend series with a

matchup against the Massachusetts Minutemen. The Huskies will travel to Amherst for

Friday Oct. 18 before welcoming the Minutemen to Storrs Oct.19.

» The Huskies offense continues to produce. The Huskies have scored 18 total goals in the

five game span.

» The Huskies have already had a taste of Hockey East action, facing off against no.3

Boston University Friday Oct. 18. The Huskies fell to BU by a final of 4-2.

» Freshman Tommy Heaney made his first career start against no.3 BU. Heaney finished

with 25 total saves.

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

felt early in the season. Both Jake's are leading the team with 4 goals and 2 assists for 6

total points.

» The Huskies have received a point from 19 total skaters. Of the 19, 7 are new members

of the Ice Bus.

» The Huskies new skaters continue to make an impact. Freshman Trey Scott scored the

game winning goal Saturday in his first career appearance against Holy Cross.

» Five on Five Hockey has been a strength for the Huskies as they have scored 13 of their

18 total goals.

» Despite the number of new skaters joining this year's team, the Huskies returned experienced players, including Hudson Schandor, John Spetz, Tom Messineo, Jake Richard

and Jake Percival

» 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 Islanders 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

Hudson Schandor

Forward
5' 8"
Sophomore

John Spetz

Defenseman
5' 10"
Sophomore

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

Trey Scott

Defenseman
5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Hudson Schandor

5' 8"
Sophomore
Forward

John Spetz

5' 10"
Sophomore
Defenseman

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

Trey Scott

5' 10"
Freshman
Defenseman