University of Connecticut Athletics
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Huskies Set To Face Yale To Kick off CT Ice
1/27/2023 10:47:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
Media Coverage
SNY will broadcast all games over the weekendÂ
ESPN+ for Out of Market ViewingÂ
Radio: : UConn Sports Network from Learfield ESPN 97.9 FM / The Varsity NetworkApp Bob Joyce (pxp),Adam Giardino (color)
Video: gobobcats.com; StretchInternet.com (Interanational) Live Stats: gobobcats.com
Ice Chips
» The UConn Huskies will head down to Peoples United Center in Hamden CT as Quinnipiac University is set to host Connecticut's four Division I teams for state bragging rights. The Huskies will open the tournament Friday afternoon as they take on the Yale Bulldogs at 4pm. Defending Champion Quinnipiac will take on Sacred Heart in the night cap. Saturdays consolation game will take place at 4pm while the championship will follow at 7pm.
 » The UConn Huskies enter the weekend ranked 12 in the national polls following a weekend sweep of UMass » This is the Huskies 14th consecutive week in the national polls.
» The back to back losses to Northeastern to begin January was the first time all season the Huskies lost a series and the second time UConn has lost back to back games this season (Merrimack + BU).
» UConn has outscored their opponents this season 77-65. 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 13 power play goals all season out of 103 attempts. The Huskies currently rank 5th in the country in penalty kill % with a 87.6% kill trailing Dartmouth (90.9), Ohio State (88.5), Sacred Heart (88.2), Michigan Tech (87.9)
» UConn has played in 6 series this season against a ranked opponent. The Huskies are currently 4-4-3 vs Ranked opponents this season.
» UConn goaltenders, Logan Terness and Arsenii Sergeev have both been named to the Richter Award Watchlist for National Goaltender of the year. Currently Terness is posting a 2.40 GAA and .912 Save% while Sergeev is posting a 2.57 GAA and .918 SV%
» Junior Forward Ryan Tverberg has recently been announced as a Hobey Baker Award nominee. On the season Tverberg has 11 goals and 11 assists for 22 points.
 » The Huskies continue to receive contributions from all four lines. The Huskies line of Chase Bradley, Ryan Tverberg and Nick Capone was one of the Huskies most succesfull lines in the weekend sweep against UMass.
 » The Huskies will have a tough test to open the tournament as they will face Luke Pear[1]son in goal for the Bulldogs. On the year Pearson is leading the nation with a 1.69 GAA and .941 save%
» In last year's tournament the Huskies opened with a win vs. the Yale Bulldogs but fell to Quinnipiac in the Championship game by a final of 2-0.
