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UConn huskies 2020-21 Hockey Game Notes Men's Hockey Contact: Bill Peterson GAME 19&20 [email protected] Office: 860-486-9109 Cell: 860-465-7539 / 203-558-3215 2020-21 Schedule UConn Huskies (8-8-2 HEA/1-3 OW-OL/2 SW) vs. No. 11/12 Boston University Terriers (8-2-0 HEA/2-1 OW-OL/0 SW) November (0-1-1 HEA/0-0 OW-OL/1 SW) February 19, 2021 | 4 pm | Boston, Mass. | Walter Brown Arena 20 at No. 7/7 UMass * (TV: NESN+) L, 5-1 February 20, 2021 | 4 pm | Storrs, Conn. | Freitas Ice Forum 21 vs. No. 7/7 UMass * T, 2-2 ot (Won shootout, 2-1) Media Coverage... TV: CW20 (Saturday) Live Stats: GoTerriers.com (Fri.) December (2-3-0 HEA/0-1 OW-OL/0 SW) (pxp) Randy Brochu (color) Bob Crawford UConnHuskies.com (Sat.) 11 at No. 2/2 Boston College * (TV: NESN) L, 4-3 ot Video Stream: CollegeSportsLive.com/Hockey East Twitter: @UConnMHOC 12 vs. No. 2/2 Boston College * (TV: CW20) W, 3-1 Radio: UConn Sports Network from Learfield IMG Hashtags: #IceBus #BleedBlue 21 vs. No. 15/15 UMass Lowell * L, 2-1 College - ESPN 97-9 FM (Friday) Instagram: UConnMHOC (pxp) Bob Joyce; (color) Adam Giardino 23 at No. 10/10 UMass * (TV: NESN) L, 6-2 Audio Stream: TuneIn.com 28 vs. No. 15/RV Providence * W, 2-0 January (5-2-1 HEA/1-1 OW-OL/1 SW) Ice Chips... 1 at New Hampshire * (TV: NESN) W, 2-1 » The UConn Huskies will take on the No. 11 Boston University Terriers in a home-and-home this weekend. 2 vs. New Hampshire * L, 2-1 ot The Huskies head to BU for a match-up at Walter Brown Arena and then will host the Terriers on Saturday in 15 vs. New Hampshire * W, 6-5 ot Storrs for a 4 pm face-off televised locally in Connecticut on the CW20. » 16 at New Hampshire * W, 8-3 The Huskies are coming off a pair of losses last week as they saw a three-game winning streak come to an end with a 3-2 overtime loss at UMass Lowell and then got shutout for the first time this season, falling 4-0 at No. 22 at No. 1/1 Boston College * T, 3-3 ot 16 Providence. With the two losses the Huskies fell out of the top-20 after making the program's debut on (Won shootout, 2-0) Feb. 8 at No. 20 in the USCHO.com Top-20 and No. 15 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top-15. 23 vs. No. 1/1 Boston College * (TV: CW20) L, 4-2 » The Huskies and Friars split their two games this season, each earning a home shutout. UConn and PC was 29 at Merrimack * W, 6-1 scheduled for a game in Storrs last Saturday but the game was cancelled due to Covid-19 protocols with the 30 vs. Merrimack * W, 6-2 Friars. » In the overtime loss at UMass Lowell, the Huskies were down 2-1 heading into the third period and freshman Ryan Tverberg tied the game up with his third goal of the season to send the game to overtime, giving the February (1-2-0 HEA/0-1 OW-OL/0 SW) Huskies a point. Junior Kale Howarth picked-up a goal for the second-straight game. 5 at No. 14/14 Northeastern * W, 4-1 » Entering this weekend's games, the Huskies sit in fourth place in the most up to date Hockey East Power 9 at UMass Lowell * (TV: NESN) L, 3-2 ot Index standings. UConn is fourth at 52.26, ahead of Providence in fifth (51.80) and Northeastern in sixth (51.24). BU sits in second place at 58.34 and is just behind rival Boston College for the top spot at 58.46. 12 at No. 16/RV Providence * (TV: NESN+) L, 4-0 » Junior Jonny Evans has been named a candidate for the 2021 Hobey Baker Award, given annually to college 12 at No. 11/12 Boston University * 4 pm hockey's top player. Fan-voting online is now open thru March 7 at HobeyBaker.com/vote. Evans has a pair 13 vs. No. 11/12 Boston University * (TV: CW20) 4 pm of Hockey East Player of the Week awards this year and his 22 points (12g/10a) is tops in the league and 11th in the nation. His 12 goals is leading the conference and is tied for fourth nationally. March (0-0-0) » Junior goaltender Tomas Vomacka has played every minute for the Huskies as well as the most minutes by 10 Hockey East Opening Round any Hockey East goaltender this season. He has made 515 saves, the most by any goalie in the league and ranks fourth in save percentage at .916 percent. His 2.58 goals against average is fourth among league lead- 14 Hockey East Quarterfinals ers. Vomacka was named to the 2021 Mike Richter Award Watch List last week. This year's list consists of 17 Hockey East Semifinals 35 goalies from across college hockey. The Mike Richter Award is given annually to the top goalie in men's 20 Hockey East Championship NCAA Division I hockey since 2014. » Junior Jachym Kondelik has 16 assists on the year to lead Hockey East and is tied for sixth nationally, averag- Times listed are EST ing 0.89 assists per game. Home games in bold / will be played at Mark Edward Freitas Ice » Rookie defenseman John Spetz was the runner-up for Hockey East Rookie of the Month in January. Spetz Forum, Storrs, Conn. in 2020-21 had seven points in January on two goals and five assists. He also had 24 blocked shots during the month. On * - Hockey East game the season, he is tied for ninth in the league in rookie scoring (3g/6a) along with classmates Hudson Schandor HEA Tournament is single elimination and will be played at (4g/5a) and Artem Shlaine (1g/8a). He is tied for 10th among all the league's defensemen in scoring. His 44 higher seeds blocked shots leads Hockey East. He is averaging 2.59 per game, ranking sixth nationally. » Freshman Artem Shlaine saw his season-long point streak end at seven games (1g/7a) in the 4-0 loss at Provi- Hockey East is partnered with NESN and ViacomCBS dence. Shlaine's streak was the longest by a Husky this season. Digital to provide fans across » The UConn power play opened the season just 3-for-42 (.071) through the season's first nine games but has the world the opportunity to view every single Hockey East scored a goal in six of the last 10 games (12-42/.286), second in Hockey East during that stretch. Junior game in 2020-21. Carter Turnbull is fourth in Hockey East with four power play goals and tied for eighth in power play points Each game will be streamed live online for free on one with seven (4g/3a). of several ViacomCBS Digital properties. All games will be made available across the U.S. and internationally on SportsLive, while all games televised on NESN and NESN+ and other select matchups will also be made available on CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports app outside of New England. Full How to Watch details and direct links to each game will be updated every week in the Watch tab of the league's website, HockeyEastOnline.com. 2020-21 Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht/Wt Hometown/Last Team Alphabetical Roster 1 Ryan Keane So. G 5-9/160 Coppell, Texas / Jamestown Rebels (NAHL) 2 Yan Kuznetsov So. D 6-4/215 Murmansk, Russia / Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 23 Carter BERGER So. D 3 Adam Karashik (C) Sr. D 6-0/200 Ridgefield, Conn. / Chicago Steel (USHL) 9 Cassidy BOWES Fr. F 4 Roman Kinal So. D 6-2/190 Waterford, Mich. / Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 21 Nick CAPONE Fr. F 5 Eric Linell So. F 5-8/165 Great Neck, N.Y. / Penticton Vees (BCHL) 6 Ryan Wheeler Jr. D 5-10/180 Lancaster, N.Y. / New Jersey Junior Titans (NAHL) 7 Jonny EVANS Jr. F 7 Jonny Evans Jr. F 5-9/170 North Delta, British Columbia / Powell River Kings (BCHL) 10 Vladislav FIRSTOV So. F 8 Carter Turnbull (A) Jr. F 5-8/180 Nanaimo, British Columbia / Powell River Kings (BCHL) 16 Jake FLYNN So. D 9 Cassidy Bowes Fr. F 5-10/185 Sturgeon County, Alberta / Whitecourt Wolves (AJHL) 10 Vladislav Firstov So. F 6-1/185 Yarolavl, Russia / Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) 17 Marc GATCOMB Jr. F 11 Jáchym Kondelík Jr. F 6-6/225 Budějovice, Czech Republic / Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) 29 Kale HOWARTH Jr. F 12 Gavin Puskar Fr. F 6-2/180 Farmington, Conn. / The Hotchkiss School (USHS-Prep) 3 Adam KARASHIK Sr. D 13 John Wojciechowski Jr. F 6-3/210 Mamaroneck, N.Y. / Langley Rivermen (BCHL) 14 Zac Robbins (A) Sr. F 5-10/180 Glenview, Ill. / Cedar Rapids Roughriders (USHL) 1 Ryan KEANE So. G 16 Jake Flynn So. D 6-0/180 Bridgewater, Mass. / Thayer Academy (USHS-Prep) 4 Roman KINAL So. D 17 Marc Gatcomb Jr. F 6-2/195 Woburn, Mass. / The Gunnery (USHS-Prep) 18 John Spetz Fr. D 5-10/200 Oak Ridge, N.J. / Chicago Steel (USHL) 11 Jáchym KONDELÍK Jr. F 19 Brian Rigali (A) Sr. F 5-8/185 Libertyville, Ill. / Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) 2 Yan KUZNETSOV So.