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Huskies Head to No. 12 Providence Saturday
1/10/2020 4:24:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
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UConn is on the road on Saturday night as they head to Schneider Arena to take on the No. 12 nationally ranked Providence Friars.
The Huskies and Friars will wrap-up their three-game Hockey East season series on Saturday. In November, the two teams skated to a 3-3 tie in Hartford and the Friars posted a 5-2 win over the Huskies at home. PC owns a 10-2-3 record against UConn all-time and is 9-1-2 against the Huskies since they joined Hockey East in 2014-15.
UConn is winless in their last four and is looking to snap a three-game losing streak heading into Saturday's match-up. The Huskies are coming off a 6-2 loss at home on Tuesday night to Merrimack.Â
UConn enters the weekend tied for seventh place in the Hockey East standings with Maine, sitting at 4-6-2 with 10 points. Providence is coming off a 5-0 win over AIC on Thursday night and they are currently in third place in the league standings at 6-4-2 and 14 points, just a point behind UMass Lowell and Northeastern for first place.
In Tuesday's loss to Merrimack, the Huskies got goals from senior Justin Howell, his second on the season, and sophomore Marc Gatcomb, his fifth.
Senior defenseman Wyatt Newpower had two assists in the loss, his third multi-point game this season. Newpower leads all UConn defensemen with 10 points (2g/8a) on the year and leads the team with a +6 rating. He is currently fifth in Hockey East in blocked shots, averaging 1.35 pg.
Freshman Vladislav shares the team lead in scoring with 13 points on the season, on six goals and seven assists. He also shares the team lead in goals scored (6) with sophomores Jachym Kondelik and Carter Turnbull. Firstov is tied for eighth among Hockey East rookies in scoring.
Senior Benjamin Freeman is tied for the team lead with 13 points (3g/10a). Freeman is also one of the top face-off men in Hockey East, ranking fifth with a .592 win percentage (174-120).
Junior defenseman Adam Karashik is third in Hockey East in blocked shots. Karashik has 29 blocks, an average 1.53 per game.Â
Sophomore Jonny Evans missed six games with injury during November. Since returning for the Vermont series, he has six points over the past six games, coming on four goals and two assists.
This Season vs. Providence
November 22, 2019 - T, 3-3 - At XL Center
UConn sophomore Carter Turnbull scored a pair of goals and classmate Tomas Vomacka made 36 saves as the Huskies battled their way to a 3-3 tie with No. 12 ranked Providence at the XL Center. UConn twice battle back to pull the game even with senior Benjamin Freeman adding a goal to Turnbull's pair. UConn did come up empty on six power play chances, including one in overtime but did an excellent job of staying out of the penalty box, killing off both PC chances. Providence got a goal and an assist from Tyce Thompson as well as goals by Jason O'Neil and Jack Dugan. Goaltender Michael Lackey made 28 saves for the Friars. Vomacka turned in 15 of his 36 saves in the third period to keep the game knotted up and added two more in the extra session.
November 23, 2019 - L, 5-2 - At Schneider Arena
The Providence Friars got goals from five different players to post a 5-2 Hockey East win over the Huskies at Schneider Arena. UConn got goals from seniors Alexander Payusov and Benjamin Freeman in the loss. Providence took a 2-0 lead after the first on goal from Parker Ford and Patrick Moynihan. UConn cut it to 2-1 on a Payusov power play goal to open the second but the Friars answered with three-straight to seize control. For PC, both Moynihan and Craig Needham both scored a goal and had an assist while Jack Dugan chipped in a pair of assists. Tyce Thompson and Michael Callahan were the other goal scorers for the Friars. Sophomore Tomas Vomacka made 37 saves before departing in the third period. Freshman Ryan Keane made his collegiate debut and made three stops.
Last Time Out...
- The UConn men's hockey team dropped their third-straight game, falling to Merrimack on Tuesday night at the XL Center, 6-2. Six different Warriors scored for Merrimack in the win.
- UConn got goals from senior Justin Howell and sophomore Marc Gatcomb in the loss.Â
- Merrimack wins the season series with the Huskies, 2-1, winning twice at the XL Center.
- Merrimack got a first period goal from Hugo Esselin to take a 1-0 lead into the first break. Howell and Gatcomb found the back of the net in the second for UConn but goals by Logan Drevitch, Mac Welsher and Tyler Irvine gave the Warriors a 4-2 lead into the third.
- MC finished it off in the final period, tacking on two more from Ben Brar and Patrick Holway. Goaltender Jere Huhtamaa made 26 saves to earn the win.Â
- Merrimack held a 31-28 edge on shots. UConn sophomore Tomas Vomacka stopped 25 shots in taking the loss.
