UConn Set To Face Northeastern at Fenway

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The UConn Huskies will kick off Hockey East Action for the 2nd half against Northeastern Saturday at Fenway Park
UConn is coming off two wins to open the 2nd half of the season vs. LIU. A 2-1 OT victory and a 5-3 victory on New Years Eve.
The UConn Huskies enther the matchup with Northeastern ranked 9 in the national polls.
The last time the Huskies faced off was in the Hockey East Semi-Finals which ended with a 4-1 UConn victory.
This is the Huskies 13th consecutive week in the national polls.
The Huskies bounced back following back-to-back loses against LIU sweeping the series. The Huskies have only lost back to back games one time all season.
UConn has outscored their opponents this season 66-54. 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 ten power play goals all season out of 92 attempts. The Huskies currently rank 4th in the country in penalty kill % with a 89.4% kill trailing Cornell (89.6), Dartmouth (90.0), and Ohio State(90.5)
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 66, trailing only Providence (67)
The matchup with Northeastern will feature some of the conferences top goal scorers in Aidan McDonough(12), Ryan Tverberg(10), Justin Hryckowian (10), Chase Bradley(8) and Matthew Wood(7)
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 in the first half of the season.
Junior Ryan Tverberg currently leads the Huskies with 10 goals on the season.Followed by Chase Bradley with 8 and Matthew Wood with 7 goals.
Defenseman Andrew Lucas continues to be a force on both ends of the ice which includes dishing out 16 assists and sitting second on the team in points with 18.
The Huskies Freshman have combined for 20 total goals on the season and 22 assists
Northeastersn is coming off an 8-4 loss at #9 Harvard. Northeastern has 3 players with 20 or more points on the season, led by Aidan McDonough with 25 total points.

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Players Mentioned

Chase Bradley

Andrew Lucas

Jake Percival

Hudson Schandor

Ryan Tverberg

Matthew Wood

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