2018-19 Hockey Game Notes
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2018-19 Hockey Game Notes UConn Athletic Communications Men’s Hockey Contact - Bill Peterson [email protected] HOCKEY Office: 860-486-9109 Cell: 860-465-7539 / 203-558-2215 Game 21 UConn Huskies vs. Merrimack Warriors 2018-19 Schedule (7-12-1, 2-9-1 HEA) (6-15-1, 3-9-0 HEA) October (3-2-1, 1-1-1 HEA) January 12, 2019 | 7:00 pm EST | North Andover, Mass. | Lawler Rink 12 Fri. at Army West Point W, 5-2 16 Tue. at Quinnipiac (TV: ESPN+) L, 4-2 Radio Coverage: None Website: UConnHuskies.com 19 Fri. at No. 5/5 Providence * L, 7-2 Video: MerrimackAthletics.com Twitter: @UConnMHOC 20 Sat. at Rensselaer W, 3-1 Live Stats: MerrimackAthletics.com Hashtags: #IceBus #UConnNation 26 Fri. vs. Maine * W, 5-2 Instagram: UConnMHOC 27 Sat. vs. Maine * T, 2-2 (ot) Facebook: facebook.com/UConnMHOC November (2-7-0, 1-6-0 HEA) 2 Fri. at Vermont * W, 1-0 Ice Chips... 3 Sat. at Vermont * L, 2-1 (ot) 9 Fri. at No. 15/RV Northeastern * (TV: NESN) L, 3-2 » The UConn Huskies jump back into Hockey East play on Saturday night with a trip to Lawler Rink 13 Tue. vs. Brown W, 3-1 to take on the Merrimack Warriors. Heading into the second half, the Huskies sit in 10th place in the conference standings with five points through 12 league games. The Warriors are right in front of 16 Fri. vs. UMass Lowell * L, 5-2 the Huskies in ninth with six points. 17 Sat. at UMass Lowell * L, 3-0 » This is the 10th meeting between UConn and Merrimack since the Huskies joined Hockey East in 23 Fri. vs. Boston University * ^ (TV: NESN) L, 3-2 2014-15. The Warriors hold a 3-1-5 record over the Huskies and swept last year’s season series, win- 24 Sat. vs. Yale ^ (TV: NESNPLUS) L, 6-3 ning 3-2 in overtime in Hartford and 3-0 at home. 30 Fri. at No. 3/3 UMass * (TV: NESNPLUS) L, 7-4 » The Huskies are coming off an appearance in the 2019 Ice Vegas Invitational last weekend in Las Vegas where they fell to the No. 17 nationally ranked Western Michigan Broncos, 5-1, but rebounded to knock off St. Lawrence, 6-3. December (1-2-0, 0-2-0 HEA) » After Saturday’s trip to Merrimack, the Huskies can look forward to plenty of home cooking down 6 Thu. vs. Boston College * (TV: CW20) L, 4-0 the stretch. UConn will play 10 of their final 13 games at the XL Center to close out the regular 7 Fri. at Boston College * (TV: ESPN3) L, 3-2 season. 31 Mon. at No. 18/15 Yale W, 3-1 » In the win over St. Lawrence last time out, UConn scored six goals on 44 shots, both season-high marks for the Huskies. Six different Huskies found the back of the net with junior Alexander Payusov notching his team-leading 11th on the season and freshman Marc Gatcomb scoring his first January (1-1-0, 0-0-0 HEA) collegiate goal. Payusov is tied for second among Hockey East goal scorers. 4 Fri. vs. No. 17/RV Western Michigan # L, 5-1 » Freshman Kale Howarth earned a spot on the Ice Vegas All-Tournament team after scoring a goal 5 Sat. vs. St. Lawrence # W, 6-3 with an assist against St. Lawrence while also winning 29 of 37 face-offs. Howarth has come on of 12 Sat. at Merrimack * 7 pm late, posting five points (3g/2a) in his last six games. » Senior Karl El-Mir rides a career-best four-game point streak (2g/2a) into Saturday’s game. El-Mir 16 Wed. vs. Rensselaer 7:05 pm has taken over the team lead with 18 points on 10 goals and eight assists. He is tied for eighth in the 25 Fri. vs. New Hampshire * (TV: CW20) 7:05 pm league in scoring and tied for fifth in goals. He has scored five goals on the power play this season, 26 Sat. at New Hampshire * 7 pm tied for tops in Hockey East. 29 Tue. vs. Sacred Heart 7:05 pm » Freshman Jachym Kondelik returned to the Huskies in Las Vegas after missing just the Yale game thanks to his stint with Team Czech Republic at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship. Kon- delik picked-up right where he left off, recording a goal and an assist over the weekend to raise his February (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) season total to 16 points (2g/14a) 1 Fri. vs. Boston College * (TV: CW20) 7:05 pm » Kondelik is second among Hockey East rookies and tied for seventh in the NCAA in scoring. The 7 Thu. vs. Northeastern * 7:05 pm UConn freshmen class as a whole leads the team with 49 points (14g/35a) this season. 9 Sat. vs. Merrimack * (TV: CW20) 5:05 pm 15 Fri. vs. Boston University * 7:05 pm 16 Sat. at Boston University * 7 pm UCONN VS. MERRIMACK - TALE OF THE TAPE 21 Thu. at UMass * 7 pm 26 Tue. vs. Providence * 7:05 pm Husky Leaders On Ice Match-Up Warrior Leaders Scoring UConn MC Scoring March (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) Points Karl El-Mir 18 Goals/Gm 2.5 1.9 Points Tyler Irvine 14 (TV: CW20) Goals Alexander Payusov 11 Goals Allowed/Gm 3.2 3.7 Goals Irvine/Gresock/Kramer 5 1 Fri. vs. Vermont * 7:05 pm Assists Jachym Kondelik 14 Shots/Gm 30.6 26.0 Assists Tyler Irvine 9 8 Fri. vs. UMass * (TV: CW20) 7:05 pm PPG Karl El-Mir 5 Shots Allowed/Gm 32.1 30.7 PPG Irvine/Kovacevic 3 15-17 Fri-Sun. Hockey East Quarterfinals TBA GWG Karl El-Mir 2 PPG-Opp. 14/93 14/102 GWG Irvine/Gresock 2 22-23 Fri-Sat. Hockey East Championship TBA .151 .137 PIM Kale Howarth 25 Power Play % PIM Ryan Cook 43 29-31 Fri-Sat. NCAA Regional TBA 65/81 81/105 +/- Miles Gendron +4 Penalty Kills-Opp. +/- Patrick Kramer +1 Penalty Kill % .802 .771 Goaltending Goaltending Shorthanded Goals 4 1 April (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) GP Adam Huska 15 GP Craig Pantano 18 Penalties 98-226 127-317 11-13 Thu-Sat. NCAA Frozen Four TBA GAA Adam Huska 3.00 GAA Craig Pantano 3.26 PIM/Gm 11.3 14.4 SV% Adam Huska .910 SV% Craig Pantano .893 Times listed are EST / Home games in bold / played at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. Faceoffs (W-L) 604-640 638-764 * - Hockey East game Wins Adam Huska 5 Wins Craig Pantano 5 ^ - Northern Irish Connections Friendship Four at The SSE Arena in Belfast, Faceoff % .486 .455 Northern Ireland SO Adam Huska 1 Craig Pantano 4 Blkd Shots/Game 10.7 10.8 SO # - Ice Vegas Invitational at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. 2018-19 Men’s Hockey Game Notes 2018-19 Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht/Wt Hometown/Last Team ALPHABETICAL 2 Corson Green Fr. D 6-2/200 Potsdam, N.Y. / Central Illinois Flying Aces (USHL) 16 Karl EL-MIR Sr. F 3 Adam Karashik So. D 6-0/200 Ridgefield, Conn. / Chicago Steel (USHL) 4 Roman Kinal Fr. D 6-2/190 Waterford, Mich. / Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 7 Jonny EVANS Fr. F 6 Ryan Wheeler Fr. D 5-10/175 Lancaster, N.Y. / New Jersey Junior Titans (NAHL) 24 Benjamin FREEMAN Jr. F 7 Jonny Evans Fr. F 5-8/164 North Delta, British Columbia / Powell River Kings (BCHL) 17 Marc GATCOMB Fr. F 8 Carter Turnbull Fr. F 5-7/180 Nanaimo, British Columbia / Powell River Kings (BCHL) 10 Miles GENDRON Sr. D 9 Alexander Payusov Jr. F 5-11/190 Montreal, Quebec / Madison Capitols (USHL) 2 Corson GREEN Fr. D 10 Miles Gendron Sr. D 6-3/195 Shrewsbury, Mass. / Penticton Vees (BCHL) 29 Kale HOWARTH Fr. F 11 Jáchym Kondelík Fr. F 6-5/230 Budějovice, Czech Republic / Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) 12 Evan Wisocky So. F 5-10/195 Hoboken, N.J. / Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) 22 Justin HOWELL Jr. F 13 John Wojciechowski Fr. D/F 6-3/230 Mamaroneck, N.Y. / Langley Rivermen (BCHL) 30 Adam HUSKA Jr. G 14 Zac Robbins So. F 5-8/175 Glenview, Ill. / Cedar Rapids Roughriders (USHL) 34 Ruslan ISKHAKOV Fr. F 15 Jordan Timmons Fr. F 6-2/215 South Fayette, Pa. / Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) 18 Max KALTER Sr. F 16 Karl El-Mir Sr. F 6-0/185 Montreal, Quebec / Grande Prairie Storm (AJHL) 3 Adam KARASHIK So. D 17 Marc Gatcomb Fr. F 6-2/195 Woburn, Mass. / The Gunnery (Prep) 4 Roman KINAL Fr. D 18 Max Kalter Sr. F 5-8/165 Highland Park, Ill. / Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) 19 Brian Rigali So. F 5-8/185 Libertyville, Ill. / Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) 11 Jáchym KONDELÍK Fr. F 20 Wyatt Newpower Jr. D 6-4/205 Hugo, Minn. / White Bear Lake Area (HS) 20 Wyatt NEWPOWER Jr. D 22 Justin Howell Jr. F 5-10/200 Saint Paul, Minn. / Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) 26 Philip NYBERG Jr. D 24 Benjamin Freeman Jr. F 6-5/210 Falmouth, Maine / Connecticut Jr. Rangers (USPHL-Pr) 9 Alexander PAYUSOV Jr. F 26 Philip Nyberg Jr. D 6-4/205 Linköping, Sweden / Madison Capitols (USHL) 19 Brian RIGALI So. F 29 Kale Howarth Fr. F 6-4/205 Red Deer, Alberta / Trail Smoke Eaters (BCHL) 14 Zac ROBBINS So.