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Huskies Set to Host Vermont

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» The Huskies are back home to welcome Vermont to Connecticut for a two game

matchup. The Huskies will open the first game of the weekend series at the XL Center

on Saturday, before playing at the Toscano Family Ice Forum on Sunday.

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

Boston University and no.15 Massachusetts. The Huskies fell to BU by a final of 4-2.

while the Huskies finished the weekend 1-0-1 against no.15 Massachusetts

» 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 16 points.

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

assists for 8 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 18 of their

24 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 Percival was awarded 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 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

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

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