2017-18 UConn Game Notes UConn Athletic Communications Men’s Hockey Contact - Bill Peterson [email protected] Office: 860-486-9109 HOCKEY Cell: 860-465-7539 / 203-558-2215 2017-18 Schedule Game 1 & 2 UConn Huskies at Maine Black Bears (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) October (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) October 6, 2017 | 7:30 pm EST | Orono, Maine | Alfond Arena 6 Fri. at Maine* 7:30 pm October 7, 2017 | 4:00 pm EST | Orono, Maine | Alfond Arena 7 Sat. at Maine* 4 pm 13 Fri. at AIC 7:05 pm 14 Sat. at Sacred Heart 7 pm TV: FOX College Sports (Friday) Website: UConnHuskies.com 20 Fri. at Boston University* 7:30 pm Radio: WHUS 91.7 FM Twitter: UConnMHOC 21 Sat. vs. Boston University* TBA Audio Stream: http://fm.whus.org/ Hashtags: #IceBus #UConnNation 27 Fri. at Miami 7:30 pm Video: Maine All-Access on GoBlackBears.com Instagram: UConnMHOC 28 Sat. at Miami 7:00 pm Live Stats: GoBlackBears.com Facebook: facebook.com/UConnMHOC November (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) 3 Fri. vs. Vermont* 7:05 pm Ice Chips... 4 Sat. vs. Vermont* 3:35 pm 7 Tues. at Boston College* 7 pm » The Huskies begin their fourth season of play in Hockey East and for the first time will 10 Fri. vs. Ohio State 7:05 pm open the season with a pair of league games when they head to the University of Maine 11 Sat. vs. Ohio State 3:35 pm this weekend. 17 Fri. at UMass Lowell* 7:15 pm » Under fifth-year head coach Mike Cavanaugh, the Huskies are 3-4-1 in season-opening 18 Sat. vs. UMass Lowell* 3:35 pm series. The Huskies are 1-2-0 in Hockey East openers. 21 Tues. at Vermont* 7 pm » UConn was picked to finish seventh in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll while the Maine Black Bears were tabbed 10th, tied with UMass. 25 Sat. vs. RIT 3:05 pm » UConn senior Derek Pratt will once again captain the Huskies this season. Pratt has worn 28 Tues. vs. Northeastern* 7:05 pm a letter on his jersey for the past three seasons in Storrs and is the fifth player in school history to serve as a two-time captain of the program. For the second-consecutive season, December (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) senior Spencer Naas will serve as an alternate captain for the Huskies. 1 Fri. at UMass* 7 pm » UConn’s nine-player senior class is tied with Robert Morris as the second-largest in the na- 5 Tues. vs. UMass* 7:05 pm tion, trailing just Mercyhurst’s 11-player senior class. 8 Fri. vs. Colgate 7:05 pm » Offensively, UConn returns 72.7 percent of their points (189), third highest in Hockey 30 Sat. at Boston College* 3 pm East, and 66.7 percent of their goal scoring (64). » Junior Maxim Letunov is the Huskies top-returning point producer after a 27-point season January (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) last year. Letunov led the club with 20 assists and was the team’s top scorer on the power 2 Tues. vs. Quinnipiac 7:05 pm play for the second-straight year, finishing with 14 points on three goals and 11 assists. 5 Fri. vs. Merrimack* 7:05 pm » Senior Spencer Naas is the team’s top-returning goal scorer after putting 15 in the back of 13 Sat. at Merrimack* 7 pm the net last season. Naas’ 37 career goals is tops among UConn scorers and is tied for the 18 Thurs. vs. Providence* 7:05 pm sixth highest career-total in the country heading into the season. 20 Sat. at Providence* 7 pm » Junior Max Kalter is coming off a career-high 20-point season where he scored four times 26 Fri. at New Hampshire* 7 pm and collected 16 assists. 27 Sat. vs. New Hampshire* 3:35 pm » On the blue line, eight defensemen return to the line-up this season. UConn allowed 2.89 goals per game a year ago and on the offensive end, got 57 points (15g/42a) from their February (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) defensemen. 2 Fri. vs. Boston College* 7:05 pm » Sophomore Adam Huska played in 21 games last year and ranked fifth in Hockey East in 3 Sat. at Brown 7 pm save percentage (.916). In just HEA games, Huska was 7-4-3 with a 2.40 goals against and 9 Fri. at Northeastern* 7 pm a .928 save percentage. 16 Fri. vs. Boston University* 7:05 pm 22 Thurs. vs. UMass* 7:05 pm UCONN VS. MAINE- TALE OF THE TAPE March (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) Husky Returning Leaders On Ice Match-Up ‘16-17 Black Bear Returning Leaders 2-4 Hockey East Opening Round# Scoring UConn Maine Scoring 9-11 Hockey East Quarterfinals# Points Maxim Letunov 27 Goals/Gm 2.7 2.8 Points Nolan Vesey 23 16 Hockey East Semifinals^ Goals Spencer Naas 15 Goals Allowed/Gm 2.9 3.5 Goals Chase Pearson 14 17 Hockey East Championship^ Assists Maxim Letunov 20 Shots/Gm 29.2 29.3 Assists Brendan Robbins 13 PPG Letunov/Naas 3 Shots Allowed/Gm 32.7 34.9 PPG Nolan Vesey 7 * - Hockey East game GWG Karl El-Mir 2 PPG-Opp. 24-147 31-166 GWG Mitchell Foster 3 All home games in bold / played at XL Center in Hartford, Conn. .163 .187 # - at high seeds PIM Joseph Masonius 47 Power Play % PIM Chase Pearson 56 126-154 152-193 ^ - at TD Garden - Boston, Mass. +/- Derek Pratt +10 Penalty Kills-Opp. +/- Mitchell Fossier +3 Penalty Kill % .818 .788 Goaltending Goaltending Shorthanded Goals 2 4 GP Adam Huska 21 GP Rob McGovern 29 Penalties 170-392 225-502 GAA Adam Huska 2.87 GAA Rob McGovern 2.99 PIM/Gm 10.9 13.9 SV% Adam Huska .916 SV% Rob McGovern .912 Faceoffs (W-L) 1081-1169 1195-1229 Wins Adam Huska 7 Rob McGovern 9 Faceoff % .480 .493 Wins SO Adam Huska 1 Rob McGovern 1 Blkd Shots/Game 14.5 15.7 SO HOCKEY #ICEBUS 2017-18 Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht/Wt Hometown/Last Team ALPHABETICAL 1 Tanner Creel Sr. G 5-10/165 Arlington Heights, Ill. / Odessa Jackalopes (NAHL) 6 Johnny AUSTIN Sr. D 2 Derek Pratt Sr. D 6-2/190 Mount Hermon, Mass. / Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) 3 Adam Karashik Fr. D 6-0/197 Ridgefield, Conn. / Chicago Steel (USHL) 1 Tanner CREEL Sr. G 4 Bryan Nelson So. D 6-3/225 Upton, Mass. / Connecticut Jr. Rangers (USPHL-Pr) 5 David DRAKE Sr. D 5 David Drake Sr. D 6-6/195 Naperville, Ill. / Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) 16 Karl EL-MIR Jr. F 6 Johnny Austin Sr. D 5-11/195 St. Louis Park, Minn. / Benilde St. Margaret (HS) 24 Benjamin FREEMAN So. F 8 Spencer Naas Sr. F 5-11/185 Minnetonka, Minn. / Benilde St. Margaret (HS) 10 Miles GENDRON Jr. D 9 Alexander Payusov So. F 5-11/180 Montreal, Quebec / Madison Capitols (USHL) 22 Justin HOWELL So. F 10 Miles Gendron Jr. D 6-3/190 Shrewsbury, Mass. / Penticton Vees (BCHL) 11 Corey Ronan Sr. F 5-8/190 Franklin, Mass. / St. Sebastian’s (Prep) 30 Adam HUSKA So. G 12 Evan Wisocky Fr. F 5-11/190 Hoboken, N.J. / Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) 18 Max KALTER Jr. F 13 Joseph Masonius Jr. D 6-2/200 Spring Lake, N.J. / U.S. National U18 (NTDP) 3 Adam KARASHIK Fr. D 14 Zac Robbins Fr. F 5-10/185 Glenview, Ill. / Cedar Rapids Roughriders (USHL) 27 Maxim LETUNOV Jr. F 16 Karl El-Mir Jr. F 6-0/185 Montreal, Quebec / Grande Prairie Storm (AJHL) 13 Joseph MASONIUS Jr. D 17 Jesse Schwartz Sr. F 6-0/180 Toronto, Ontario / Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL) 8 Spencer NAAS Sr. D 18 Max Kalter Jr. F 5-8/160 Highland Park, Ill. / Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) 19 Brian Rigali Fr. F 5-8/180 Libertyville, Ill. / Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) 4 Bryan NELSON So. D 20 Wyatt Newpower So. D 6-4/200 Hugo, Minn. / White Bear Lake Area (HS) 20 Wyatt NEWPOWER So. D 21 Jeff Wight Sr. F 6-3/200 Coquitlam, British Columbia / Merritt Centennials (BCHL) 26 Philip NYBERG So. D 22 Justin Howell So. F 5-10/200 Saint Paul, Minn. / Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) 23 Kasperi OJANTAKANEN Sr. F 23 Kasperi Ojantakanen Sr. F 6-0/170 Helsinki, Finland / Jokerit U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga) 9 Alexander PAYUSOV So. F 24 Benjamin Freeman So. F 6-5/205 Falmouth, Maine / Connecticut Jr. Rangers (USPHL-Pr) 2 Derek PRATT Sr. D 26 Philip Nyberg So. D 6-4/200 Linköping, Sweden / Madison Capitols (USHL) 27 Maxim Letunov Jr. F 6-3/185 Moscow, Russia / Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) 19 Brian RIGALI Fr. F 30 Adam Huska So. G 6-4/205 Zvolen, Slovakia / Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) 14 Zac ROBBINS Fr. F 35 Bradley Stone Fr. G 6-2/185 London, England / Boston Jr. Bruins (USPHL-Pr) 11 Corey RONAN Sr. F 17 Jesse SCHWARTZ Sr. F PRONUCIATIONS 35 Bradley STONE Fr. G 3 Karashik Kara-sh-ick 23 Ojantakanen oh-yen-TEK-ih-nen 9 Payusov PIE-you-sahv 27 Letunov luh-TOON-ahv 21 Jeff WIGHT Sr. F 10 Gendron JENN-drin 30 Huska HOO-skuh 12 Evan WISOCKY Fr. 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