University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
3-9-2, 2-5-1HEA
UMass Lowell
7-6-0, 4-5-0HEA
UConn Falls at UMass Lowell, 5-2
11/17/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
LOWELL, Mass. - UMass Lowell got two goals apiece from John Edwardh and Ryan Dmowski on the way to a 5-2 win over the UConn Huskies Friday night at the Tsongas Center in a Hockey East match-up. The Huskies and River Hawks finish their weekend series on Saturday afternoon from the XL Center in downtown Hartford.
The Huskies fall to 3-9-2 overall and 2-5-1 in Hockey East with the loss while UMass Lowell moves to 7-6-0 and 4-5-0 in the league with the win.
The River Hawks built a 2-0 first period lead and never trailed Friday night. Dmowski added an assist to his two goals for a three point night. Senior Tyler Mueller dished out three assists for the River Hawks. Freshman Charlie Levesque scored the other UML goal, his first collegiate goal.
For UConn, senior Spencer Naas (Minnetonka, Minn.) scored his fifth of the season while junior Max Kalter (Highland Park, Ill.) added a shorthanded goal in the third period, his fourth on the season.
In goal, UML junior Christoffer Hernberg stopped 23 shots to record the win. UConn's Adam Huska (Zvolen, Slovakia) made 19 saves. The Huskies held a 25-24 edge on shots but were 0-for-4 on the power play.
1st:
The River Hawks struck twice in the first period, with back-to-back goals coming just 32 seconds apart. UML got their second power play of the night at 4:34 on a David Drake (Naperville, Ill.) cross-check. The River Hawks capitalized at 5:01 as Edwardh took a feed from Chris Forney on the left circle and snapped a shot past Huska stick side for his fourth of the season.
UMass Lowell made it 2-0 just 32 seconds later as Ryan Dmowski carried into the zone up the left wing and dished to Levesque in the slot who wristed home the first goal of his collegiate career.
2nd:
The Huskies cut the lead in half just 1:23 into the second. Junior Maxim Letunov (Moscow, Russia) swept in on goal and put the puck on Hernberg. Naas jammed the puck out of a scrum in front and stuffed it past the goaltender at the right post for his fifth of the season.
UML answered at 6:00 as Edwardh notched his second of the night. The senior chipped a puck out of the UConn zone and broke up ice for a two-on-one chance. The Huskies took away the pass but Edwardh buried it top-shelf, stick side for a 3-1 lead.
The Huskies got a power play at 12:38 and midway through were awarded a penalty shot as Benjamin Freeman (Falmouth, Maine) was held up on a break-away. Freeman had his shot to pull UConn to within 3-2 but was denied Hernberg.
The River Hawks killed off the remaining 56 seconds of the power play and then tacked on a late goal at 18:33. Dmowski pulled the puck off the half boards and skated through the right circle, snapping one past Huska for his third on the year and a 4-1 lead.
3rd:
UConn threatened a comeback with an early strike in the third as Kalter gathered a loose puck in the neutral zone and skated in on Hernberg along for a shorthanded goal at 2:40, cutting the deficit to 4-2.
The River Hawks put the game away late in the third as Dmowski notched his second of the night, breaking out of the zone and taking a defender one-on-one before beating Huska with a wrist shot from the slot at 17:20 to go up 5-2.
Notes:
The River Hawks snapped a five-game unbeaten streak by the Huskies in the series with Friday's win. UML leads the all-time series 21-10-2.
UConn's Freeman was awarded his second penalty shot on the season. He got one in last weekend's series with Ohio State, but was also stopped on that attempt.
Naas has five goals and five assists for a team-leading 10 points. Kalter scored the Huskies third shorthanded goal of the season.
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