Huskies Open Hockey East Action against No.3 BU
MEDIA COVERAGE
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ICE CHIPS
» The Huskies are set to begin Hockey East action on the road with a one game matchup
against Boston University.
» The Huskies offense continues to produce. The Huskies have scored 16 total goals in the
four game span and are averaging 4 goals per game.
» Junior Tyler Muszelik continues to be strong in goal, bouncing back from allowing 4
goals in game 1 against Holy Cross, to only allowing 1 goal in Saturdays 3-1 win.
» 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.
» Sophomore Jake Richard has been on a tear to open the season, scoring four goals and
dishing out two assists to open the season.
» Five on Five Hockey has been a strength for the Huskies as they have scored 12 of their
16 total goals.
» Physical play: Last season when these two teams faced off Feb. 23/24, the teams combined for 32 penalties.
» New Faces: The Huskies have 14 new athletes to this year's team. The group consists of
3 goalies, 5 defenseman, and 6 forwards
» 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 after spending time at Western Michigan, Nick Carabin joins
the Huskies from Princeton, Tyler Muszelik from New Hampshire, and then Viking
Gustafsson Nyberg comes to the huskies after spending one year at Northern Michigan.
» Of the Huskies first 8 games of the season, UConn will spend 6 at home. The two road
games being a non-conference matchup against Holy Cross and a matchup against
Boston University to open Hockey East Action on October 18.
» 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.