University of Connecticut Athletics
Pair of Huskies Earn Hockey East Honors
2/11/2019 2:49:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
STORRS, Conn. - The UConn Huskies are coming off a 2-0 week with wins over No. 13 Northeastern and Merrimack and pair of Huskies took home Hockey East weekly honors on Monday. Freshman Ruslan Iskhakov (Moscow, Russia) was named the Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week and classmate Tomas Vomacka (Truntov, Czech Republic) was named the Co-Defensive Player of the Week.
Iskhakov is currently riding a three-game point streak (3g, 4a) after helping the Huskies to wins over #13 Northeastern and Merrimack. In Thursday's victory over the Huskies, he set up the tying goal with 1:09 left in the third period to force overtime. He went on to score the game-winning goal in Saturday's win over Merrimack just 1:55 into the contest. On the weekend, he had one goal and three assists.
Vomacka started each game for the Huskies last week, earning his first Hockey East win and his first shutout in a two-win weekend. He tied his season-high with 31 saves to help UConn to a 3-2 overtime win over #13 Northeastern on Thursday before kicking out all 29 in a 5-0 win over Merrimack on Saturday.
The duo and the rest of the Huskies have a big weekend on tap with a home-and-home with Boston University on deck. The Terriers come to the XL Center on Friday night and the Huskies will head to Agganis Arena on Saturday.
