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Huskies Travel To LIU Thursday
12/28/2022 9:37:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
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- The UConn Huskies wrap up 2022 with a Home and Home series against LIU.
- UConn is coming off a 3-2 loss to Boston University while LIU is coming off a 4-3 OT loss to Northeastern.
- The UConn Huskies enther the matchup with LIU ranked 10 in the national polls.Â
- This is the Huskies 12th consecutive week in the national polls.
- The Huskies enter the matchup having lost their last two games. The first time all season the Huskies have lost back to back games.
- This home and home series will be the first ever matchup between LIU and UConn.
- UConn has outscored their opponents this season 59-49. 16 different Huskies have registered a Goal to start the season while 19 Huskies have registered at least one point.
- The Huskies special teams continues to be a focus as they have only let in eight power play goals all season out of 85 attempts. The Huskies currently rank 2nd in the country in penalty kill % with a 90.8% kill trailing only Harvard (90.9%)
- UConn has played in 6 series this season against a ranked oppenent. The Huskeis are currently 4-4-3 vs Ranked opponents this season.
- The Huskies currently sit second amongst Hockey East Teams in goals scored with 59, trailing only Boston University (63)
- Junior Ryan Tverberg currently tied for 1st in Hockey East with 10 goals scored on the season.Â
- The Huskies continue to receive contributions from all four lines. The Huskies line of Jake Percival, Hudson Schandor and Ryan Tverberg was one of the Huskies most succesfull lines this season.
- Junior Ryan Tverberg currently leads the Huskies with 10 goals on the season.Followed by Chase Bradley with 7 and Matthew Wood with 5 goals.
- Defenseman Andrew Lucas continues to be a force on both ends of the ice which includes dishing out 12 assists and sitting third on the team in points with 13.
- LIU is coming off a 4-3 OT loss against Northeastern University
- LIU offense has been strong this season has they have scored 3 or more goals in 9 games this season.
- Leading the way for the sharks is Anthony Vincent who has 12 goals with 10 assists in 18 games played.
- The Sharks are not afraid to put their body on the line as they have blocked 285 total shots as a team.
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