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Ice Chips...

» The Huskies are back on the ice as they open the Kiwk Trip Holiday Face Off with a

matchup against Alaska Fairbanks. This will be the Huskies first game since December

4.

» The Huskies closed the first half of the season strong, taking 4 of 6 points in a season

series vs. #3 Boston College, and splitting a weekend series against Top 15 ranked

UMass Lowell.

» This is the first time the Huskies have played in the Holiday Face Off Tournamnet, and

will be the first time the Huskies have matchuped against Alaska Fairbanks.

» Junior Ryan Tattle has had an impressive start to the season and an impressive first hald.

He has a career high six goals, and as is currently leading the team with 11 points. Join-

ing Tattle at the top of the stat sheet is sophomore Joey Muldowney who has four goals

and six assists for 10 points.

» Short Handed Strengths: The Huskies are currently tied for first in the country with 5

short handed goals scored.

» Defense putting their bodies on the line: The Huskies blue liners have sacrificed their

bodies multiple times to stop a puck. John Spetz, Tom Messineo, Viking Gustafsson

Nyberg and Nick Carabin have combined for 75 blocked shots.

» Alaska Fairbanks currently sits at 5-8-3 overall and is also playing in their first Holiday

Face Off tournament. The Nanooks wrapped up the first half of the season with a series

split against Augustana.

» The Huskies have received a point from 23 total skaters. Of the 20, 11 are new members

of the Ice Bus.

» 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: Chhase Bradley has become the 8th Husky to reach the pros, hav-

ing most recently been called up by the Colorado Avalanche. He joins, Rulsan Iskha-

kov, Yan Kuznetsov, Todd Krygier, Cole Schneider, Max Letunov, Adam Huska, and

Tage Thompson as former Huskies to make it to the league.