University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
UMass Lowell
Huskies Face No. 15 UMass Lowell This Weekend
11/19/2021 9:35:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Media Coverage
TV:Â (Sat.) NESN | Tim Neverett (pxp), Jim Connelly (color) Kendra Middleton (sideline) | (Sun.) CW20 | Randy Brochu (pxp), Bob Crawford (color)
Video Stream: (Sat.) NESN.com (Outside New England) CBS Sports App | (Sun.) CollegeSportsLive.com/Hockey East
Radio: (Sun.) UConn Sports Network from Learfield ESPN 97.9 / The Varsity Network App | Adam Giardino (pxp)
Live Stats: (Sat.) GoRiverHawks.com | (Sun) UConnHuskies.com
Twitter: @UConnMHOC
Game Notes: UConn UMass Lowell
Ice Chips
The UConn Huskies are in action this weekend for a home-and-home Hockey East series with the No. 15 UMass Lowell River Hawks. Saturday's match-up in Lowell will be live on NESN and Sunday's return meeting at XL Center will be available in Connecticut on CW20.
The Huskies saw their four-game win streak snapped last weekend with a home lost to No. 16 Boston College, 2-1, and a 6-4 loss on the road at No. 12 Providence. UConn and UMass Lowell enter the weekend tied with Merrimack for fifth in the Hockey East standings, all with 11 points.
The River Hawks enter the weekend unbeaten in Hockey East play at 4-0-0 and haven't lost since their season-opening game at Arizona State, a 6-0-2 stretch.
UMass Lowell leads the all-time series with the Huskies at 27-11-3 and own a 9-5-2 mark since the Huskies joined Hockey East in 2014-15. UConn is 2-3-2 at home and 3-4-0 at Tsongas Arena. The River Hawks have won three-straight over the Huskies and are 8-1-2 in the last 10 meetings.
Sophomore Ryan Tverberg comes into the weekend riding a career-best six-game point streak and a streak of five-straight games with a goal. He leads the team and is second in Hockey East with 15 points coming on nine goals and six assists. His nine goals leads the conference and is tied for third nationally. His 1.36 points per game average also leads the league.
Tverberg's 15 points through 11 games marks the best offensive start by a Husky since Maxim Letunov scored 13 points (6g/7a) in 11 games to start 2015-16.
Senior Jachym Kondelik has registered a point in nine of the 11 games this season and has 11 points on three goals and eight assists. He is tied for seventh in scoring in Hockey East and he is a team-best +8 for the season. His eight assists are tied for fourth in Hockey East.
Kondelik is coming off his third-straight season of 20-plus points, finishing with four goals and a team-best 18 assists last year. He is the Huskies leading active career point leader at 81 points (19g/62a).
Graduate student Jarrod Gourley, who eclipsed the 100 games played mark last weekend, scored his first goal as a Husky in Saturday's loss to Providence, and had his first assist of the season in the loss to Boston College.
Senior Jonny Evans snapped a seven-game scoring drought with his second goal of the year at Providence. Sophomore Nick Capone scored his third of the year at PC, and eclipsed his rookie year point total (1g/4a) moving to six points on the season (3g/3a).
UConn grad student goaltender Darion Hanson transferred in this season from Union, and has started all 11 games and played every minute for the Huskies. On the season, he owns a 2.51 goals against average and a .915 save percentage  He has played the third most minutes in Hockey East and ranks ninth in goals against and sixth in save percentage.
Senior alternate captain Marc Gatcomb (99gp) enters the weekend set to become the second Husky to hit 100 games played at UConn, joining Kondelik who is at 101 games played. Both Gourley and fellow grad transfer Kevin O'Neil have both hit 100 career games played this season as well. Gourley at 101 and O'Neil at 105.
Last Season vs. UML
Dec. 21, 2020 - L, 2-1 - @ Freitas Ice Forum
- UConn lost a hard fought 2-1 Hockey East match-up with the No. 17 UMass Lowell River Hawks in their first meeting last seasonfrom the Freitas Ice Forum in Storrs.
- UMass Lowell's Zach Kaiser scored the game-winning goal at 17:10 in the third period to secure their first win on the season.
- The two teams traded power play goals, with UML's Carl Berglund scoring in the first period and UConn's Carter Turnbull finding the back of the net in the second period before Berglund delivered the game-winner in the closing minutes of the third.
- Junior Tomas Vomacka stopped 24 shots while UML freshman goaltender Henry Welsch made 31 saves to record his first collegiate win in net.
Feb. 9, 2021 - L, 3-2 OT - @ Tsongas Arena
- The UConn men's hockey team tied the game up in the third period but fell in overtime as UMass Lowell's Andre Lee scored the game-winner at 3:57 to give the River Hawks a 3-2 win.
- The River Hawks used a strong offensive first period and took a 1-0 lead on a power play goal from Brian Chambers. The Huskies tied it up in the second on Kale Howarth's fifth goal on the season. UML would get a late goal in the second with Reid Stefanson scoring with just 15 seconds left in the period to send his team to the locker room up 2-1.
- UConn freshman Ryan Tverberg came up with the game-tying goal at the 10:42 mark of the third period. In the overtime session, Lee snapped a shot off a UConn stick to beat goaltender Tomas Vomacka to send the River Hawks home with the win.
- Vomacka stopped 29 shots on the night while UML freshman goaltender Henry Welsch made a career-high 31 saves to earn the win.
