{"id":1544,"date":"2015-02-17T01:04:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T01:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sabafamily.net\/joshua\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2015-02-17T01:04:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T01:04:35","slug":"a-recap-of-the-month-of-january-in-uconn-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabafamily.net\/joshua\/2015\/02\/a-recap-of-the-month-of-january-in-uconn-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"A Recap Of The Month Of January In UConn Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rob Nichols Picked Up 3 Wins, 1 Shutout, And Made 236 Saves In The Month Of January<\/p><\/div>\n

The month of January, when the playoff race begins for college hockey.\u00a0 January was yet again another month that saw UConn greatly improve, become more competitive in Hockey East, and become a stronger hockey program.\u00a0 January also showed that although they are Hockey East’s newest member, they are going to be active in the playoff race, and not the dead-last team they were expected to be.<\/p>\n

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UConn’s first game in the month of January was a conference match-up on the road, at the UMass Minutemen.\u00a0 UConn struck first, 10:45 into the game.\u00a0 Brent Norris dumped the puck into the UMass zone and Jesse Schwartz collected the puck along the right boards.\u00a0 He fed a pass back to Brent Norris behind the net, who then centered a pass in front of the net to Spencer Naas who fired the puck past UMass goaltender Steve Masteralez to make it 1-0 Huskies.\u00a0 Just over four minutes later, the Huskies built on to their lead.\u00a0 Shawn Pauly skated in on goal and fired a shot to which Masteralez gave up a big rebound.\u00a0 Trevor Gerling was there at the left post waiting for the rebound where he shot the puck twice before chipping it in to give UConn the 2-0 lead, the score that it would be at the end of the period.\u00a0 The Huskies led the shot clock in the period 14-12 despite UMass getting two power-plays in teh period while the Huskies only got one man-advantage.<\/p>\n

The second period was, unlike the first, wasn’t all UConn.\u00a0 The shot clock was even at eleven shots apiece, and the Minutemen got the only goal of the period to cut the Huskies lead to 2-1, when Minuteman Shane Walsh got a backhanded shot by Rob Nichols.\u00a0 The only the same in this period as the first period was UMass had two power-plays while the Huskies again only had one.\u00a0 The Huskies were able to draw a UMass penalty with just four seconds remaining though as Trevor Gerling drew a high-sticking penalty after a short-handed breakway.\u00a0 He made UMass pay, as he scored his goal of the game with a goal with one second left on the power-play and not even two minutes into the third.\u00a0 This put UConn into a comfortable 3-1 lead over the last-place Minutemen.<\/p>\n

The Minutemen weren’t going to be beaten so easily though.\u00a0 The Minutemen made it a 3-2 game just over two minutes later, scoring off a rebound.\u00a0 Then 9:01 into the third period, they tied the game up at 3-3.\u00a0 The Minutemen got their fifth power-play of the night and fired a shot from the blue-line that went top-shelf by Nichols.\u00a0 The Huskies were now in a good position to panic they had just blown a two-goal lead against the last place team in the third, in a game that was necessary to win and now it looked like they might lose it.<\/p>\n

The Huskies didn’t panic though and that was the difference-maker, as they found the go-ahead goal at the 13:55 mark to back the lead making it 4-3.\u00a0 Spencer Naas took a pass from Jacob Poe off the boards and sped into the Minutemen zone, and fired a shot from a sharp angle that somehow got by Masteralez for a goal.\u00a0 The Huskies killed off another UMass power-play in the closing minutes to hang on for the 4-3 victory over UMass.\u00a0 Trevor Gerling and Spencer Naas each scored two goals in the game and Shawn Pauly got two assists.\u00a0 For the game, UConn out-shot UMass 39-36, firing a season-high in shots on goal.\u00a0 The win was big for the standings, as the Huskies pulled back in front of Northeastern by a point to reclaim eighth place in Hockey East.<\/p>\n

Only four days later, on January 6, the Huskies played a home game at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, against non-conference foe the Collorado College Tigers.\u00a0 These two teams had never played each other before.\u00a0 The Tigers would be the ones to strike first.\u00a0 The Tigers earned a power-play after Cody Sharib was called for high-sticking.\u00a0 Rob Nichols tried to clear the puck, but the Tigers kept the puck in.\u00a0 Zach Aman recieved a pass and fired a shot on goal and the rebound came right ot Charlie Taft who buried it in the empty side by the left post, to put the Tigers up 1-0 late in the period.\u00a0 But it took the Huskies just 18 seconds after the ensuing faceoff to return the favor.\u00a0 Kasperi Ojankaten cleared the puck into neutral ice to Corey Ronan after UConn won the center ice faceoff.\u00a0 Ronan laid a pass up to Spencer Naas who beat his defender, walked in on goal and beat Tiger goalie Tyler Marble on the backhand to knot the game up 1-1 to head into the first intermission.\u00a0 The Huskies were out-shot 13-9 in the first 20 minutes of play.<\/p>\n

In the second, the Tigers once again carried play out-shooting the Huskies 12-5.\u00a0 This strong play resulted in another goal for Colorado College, yet again on the power-play.\u00a0 A slap-shot from the blue-line got tipped home by Rob Nichols to put the Tigers up 2-1, 8:43 into the second period.\u00a0 In the third, play was even with the shot clock even at 10-10.\u00a0 It was a physical period, with UConn getting three power-plays and the Tigers getting two.\u00a0 This was the Huskies downfall though.\u00a0 The Tigers got their third power-play goal of the night, blasting home a slap-shot from the blue-line that got by Nichols through traffic to make it 3-1, with three seconds left on the power-play.\u00a0 The Tigers added insurance, banging home a rebound in front with just under three minutes left in the game to make the final score 4-1.\u00a0 The Huskies were out-shot in the game 35-24.\u00a0 Rob Nichols had 30 or more saves for the 10th time this season with 31.\u00a0 Ultimately, it was the special teams that made UConn fall 4-1 in front of a crowd of 3417 at the Webster Bank Arena, as they went 0-for-6 on the power-play while giving up three power-play goals.<\/p>\n

Three days later the Huskies traveled to West Point, New York, to play their former AHA rival, the Army Black Nights.\u00a0 The game was to be UConn’s last non-conference game of the season.\u00a0 The Huskies were only 1-for-16 in their last four games on the power-play but they capitalized on their first man-advantage of the game.\u00a0 Evan Richardson took a pass from Shawn Pauly, and made a nice deke around an Army defender, and fired a shot past Army goalie Cole Bruns to put UConn up 1-0 early in the first.\u00a0 UConn again scored on the power-play, this time late in the first with under three minutes remaining in the period.\u00a0 Kasperi Ojankaten blasted a shot on goal that was padded away by Burns only for Jesse Schwartz to tap home the rebound to put UConn up 2-0 after one period.\u00a0 The Huskies out-shot Army 12-6 in the frame.<\/p>\n

In the second period, the Huskies continued to pepper Army with both goals and shots.\u00a0 Ryan Segella took a pass at the blue-line and blasted a shot through traffic, putting the Huskies up 3-0, 5:38 into the period.\u00a0 It was Segella’s first goal of the year.\u00a0 The Huskies then extended their lead to 4-0 just 39 seconds later.\u00a0 Brent Norris fed a pass up to Jesse Schwartz who then fed it back to Brent Norris who blasted the puck by Bruns for the four-goal lead.\u00a0 Army, with that goal, pulled Bruns and replaced with Parker Gahagen who kept the Huskies from scoring the rest of the period.\u00a0 The wild second peirod continued with Army getting their first goal of the night just 43 seconds after UConn made it 4-0.\u00a0 A Black Knights player picked up a loose puck off a blocked shot by a Husky player a fired a shot by the Husky netminder to make it 4-1.\u00a0 The Black Knights capitalized again late in the period, this time on the power-play.\u00a0 A wrap-around attempt was denied by UConn, but the rebound squirted out to the left circle, where Army player Joe Kozlak collected the puck, spun and fired it home to make it a 4-2 Husky lead heading into the third.\u00a0 The Huskies dominated the shot clock in the second period leading Army in shots 20-10.<\/p>\n

Nearly half-way through the third, Army scored yet again.\u00a0 An Army player found a loose puck behind the UConn net and sent a pass in front to Black Knight player Tyler Pham to cut the Husky lead to 4-3.\u00a0 Now the Huskies were in trouble.\u00a0 They had a 4-0 lead reduced to 4-3, now in the third, after a Army rally of three straight goals.\u00a0 But the Huskies would have no more of Army.\u00a0 Kasperi Ojankatanen carried the puck behind the Army net and fed a pass in front to Corey Ronan who buried a one-timer top shelf to make it 5-3 and end the Army rally.\u00a0 Army then pulled the goalie with just over two minutes to go but Ryan Tyson cleared the zone to Joey Ferriss and Ferriss got the puck up to Spencer Naas who shot a backhanded shot off from inside the blue-line for the enpty-net goal to make the final score 6-3.\u00a0 Naas’ goal was his team-leading eighth on the season and extended his scoring streak to five games.\u00a0 Senior Tom Communale got his first career start in goal, making 26 saves for his first career win.\u00a0 On the night the Huskies out-shot Army 44-29.<\/p>\n

The next day the Huskies returned home for the first time in nearly two months, as they took on the #6 ranked UMass Lowell Riverhawks at home at the XL Center in a crucial Hockey East conference game for the Huskies.\u00a0 The first was fast-paced but no goals were scored.\u00a0 Both teams had a power-play but both failed to score on their man-advantage.\u00a0 UConn’s power-play was five minutes long off a boarding call against the River Hawks, but the Huskies couldn’t even get a shot on goal.\u00a0 Still, UConn came out flying and out-shot UMass Lowell in the first, 11-4.\u00a0 In the second period, at the 9:18 mark of the period, the Huskies got their second power-play of the game, and this time they capitalized on their chance.\u00a0 Shawn Pauly passed the puck to Jacob Poe at the blue-line who fired a shot through traffic and past River Hawk goalie Kevin Boyle to put the Huskies up 1-0.\u00a0 Play stayed even the rest of the period as the shot-clock was tied at 7-7 in the period, and the Huskies retained the 1-0 lead heading into the third.\u00a0 In the third, the River Hawks maintained strong offensive pressure but couldn’t crack Nichols.\u00a0 Then the Huskies sealed it.\u00a0 With under two minutes to go, Trevor Gerling shot the puck along the boards to Spencer Naas.\u00a0 Naas fired a shot from a tough angle and saw the puck bounce off a UMass Lowell defender and in for the 2-0 lead.\u00a0 UMass Lowell pulled their goalie but UConn got a pair of clears and hung on for the 2-0 win, which was huge for UConn in the Hockey East standings.\u00a0 It was also big since UMass Lowell hadn’t suffered a conference loss until this game, and UConn was the first to do it.\u00a0 The Huskies out-shot the River Hawks for the game 27-21; Rob Nichols picked up his second shutout of the season and fourth of young career.\u00a0 The game was played in front of a crowd of 6855 fans.<\/p>\n

Their next game was at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.\u00a0 The game was to be nationally televised at NBCSN and it was the first meeting ever between the two teams.\u00a0 The first six minutes of the game were uneventful, until at the 6:23 mark of the first period, when UConn’s Ryan Segella was handed a five minute penalty for hitting from behind was kicked out of the game.\u00a0 Notre Dame also received a penalty, but only two minutes for elbowing, to set up two minutes of 4-on-4 hockey before the Irish would have a power-play for three minutes.\u00a0 Only four seconds after these two penalties though Notre Dame would get the game’s first goal.\u00a0 The Fighting Irish won the ensuing faceoff, and Robbie Russo received a pass at the blue-line where he would blast a slap-shot through traffic into the top of the net for the 1-0 lead.\u00a0 Just a little over five seven minutes later the Huskies tied the game back up.\u00a0 Corey Ronan won a puck battle behind the net, and fed a pass to Kasperi Ojantakanen who centered the puck to Spencer Naas in front of the net who buried it top shelf to even the score up at 1-1.\u00a0 It was Naas’ team-leading 10th goal of the season, and the goal extended his goal-scoring streak to five games.\u00a0 The score would stay tied at one at the end of the 1st intermission.\u00a0 Notre Dame dominated the play in the period leading in shots 15-7.<\/p>\n

In the second period, Notre Dame took the lead back at the 8:45 mark of the period.\u00a0 Irish player Jordan Gross fed a pass down to Austin Wuthrich who backhanded a pass to Mario Lucia who backhanded it home into the wide-open side of the net, to give Notre Dame the 2-1 lead.\u00a0 Notre Dame controlled play for the next few minutes after this goal and looked to be taking control of the Huskies.\u00a0 However, at the 14:35 mark, the Huskies snapped out of their funk with the tying goal.\u00a0 Evan Richardson and Shawn Pauly collected the puck at the Huskies’ blue-line and sped in on a two-on-one.\u00a0 Evan Richardson held the puck all the way down the ice but then passed the puck at the last possible moment to Shawn Pauly who lifted the puck past Fighting Irish goalie Peterson to knot the game up at 2-2.\u00a0 The Huskies miraculously continued the momentum when they scored again to take the lead not even two minutes later.\u00a0 Ryan Tyson blocked a shot inside the Husky blue-line, where Joey Ferriss found the loose puck and chipped it to Cody Sharib who streaked in on a break-away, who snapped a shot past Peterson glove-side, to make it 3-2 Huskies.\u00a0 Sharib then turned in the most unique celebration I’ve ever seen, which was hilarious, so look for it in one of the videos below.\u00a0 The Huskies retained the 3-2 lead at the end of two periods; the shot-clock was much closer in the second period, with Notre Dame barely leading in shots 10-9.<\/p>\n

The third period though was all Notre Dame and the Huskies fell apart.\u00a0 Notre Dame led the Huskies 14-3 in shots in the period, peppering Nichols and the Huskies defense with shots.\u00a0 The Huskies were able to hold on though until at the 11:37 mark the Fighting Irish tied the game up, 3-3, with a power-play goal.\u00a0 Robbie Russo blasted a shot into traffic from the blue-line, which created a scrum in front for the puck, which eventually got poked home for the goal.\u00a0 The Huskies managed to hold on and force overtime, where neither team scored , despite the Irish out-shooting the Huskies in overtime 5-1, to result in the 3-3 draw.\u00a0 Rob Nichols made 41 saves on the night to tie, a career high, and Notre Dame out-shot the Huskies in the game 44-20.\u00a0 The Husky defense blocked 22 shots on the night.<\/p>\n

The two teams met again two days later at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport.\u00a0 Unlike the first game of the home-and-home series, the second game was a disaster for UConn.\u00a0 The game started promising with UConn getting the first goal.\u00a0 Brent Norris sent the puck over to Kasperi Ojantakanen who blasted a wrist shot off the post and in for the power-play goal putting the Huskies up 1-0 with less than four minutes left in the period.\u00a0 The Irish were able to tie it though with just 48 seconds left in the period.\u00a0 Irish player Robbie Russo unleashed a huge slap-shot from the blue-line that found a way past Rob Nichols through traffic and in to send the teams into the first intermission tied up, 1-1.\u00a0 The Huskies were better in the shots category then in the previous game, with Notre Dame barely leading in shots in the frame, 13-12.<\/p>\n

It was the second period though that changed the game in favor of Notre Dame.\u00a0 At the 12:33 mark of the third period, the Irish took their first lead.\u00a0 The Irish forced a turnover in the Husky end leading to a Irish breakout and Irish player Joe Aiken collected a loose puck and got a shot by Rob Nichols.\u00a0 The Irish then made it 3-1 before the period was out as Mario Lucia banged in a rebound off his own shot with just 1:01 remaining in the period.\u00a0 The Irish led 12-10 in shots in the period.\u00a0 In the third, the Irish kept pouring it on.\u00a0 Robbie Russo blasted a shot home just under the cross-bar for the 4-1 lead at the 2:55 mark of the third.\u00a0 The Huskies bad game and luck continued as Evan Richardson tipped home a goal but the goal was waved off for high sticking.\u00a0 The Huskies then pulled Rob Nichols in desperation with just over seven minutes to go but Robbie Russo scored in the empty-net to get a hat trick with his third goal of the day.\u00a0 The Irish got one more at the 17:05 mark to make it a 6-1 lead, which was the final score.\u00a0 The Irish out-shot the Huskies for the game 41-29; Rob Nichols made 35 saves in the loss, in front of 4597 fans in their last game at the Webster Bank Arena of the season.\u00a0 This game ended Spencer Naas’ scoring streak at five games with six goals in that span.<\/p>\n

Six days later, the Huskies returned to action to play the Boston College Eagles on the road.\u00a0 This was a long awaited game for both sides for after the Huskies beat Boston College 1-0 at the XL Center in their historic home opener back in November, the Eagles had been hungry for revenge and the Huskies were eager to play them again.\u00a0 It was the Huskies however that, in an unfriendly environment, struck first.\u00a0 Johnny Austin collected a loose puck off a missed shot by Trevor Gerling, passed it to Ryan Segella who let a wrist shot rip into the top shelf for a 1-0 lead, and a power-play goal, which the Huskies would hold heading into the second period.\u00a0 BC owned the shot-clock in the period as they out-shot the Huskies in the first 15-6.\u00a0 In the second period, the Eagles pressed for the tying goal with their best chance being a break-away chance by Chris Calnan that was stopped by Rob Nichols.<\/p>\n

The Eagles would break through finally with the tying goal though.\u00a0 Eagles’ player Michael Matheson fed a pass to teammate Ryan Fitzgerald who crashed the net and used some nifty stick work to eventually sneak the puck past Rob Nichols to knot the game up 1-1.\u00a0 The Huskies made quick work of the tie as just 23 seconds later the Huskies responded to retake the lead.\u00a0 Brent Norris took a pass from Johnny Austin and fired a shot on goal that was stopped by Demko but Joona Kunnas was at the left post to knock in the rebound to put UConn back in front, 2-1.\u00a0 The lead wouldn’t last long though as with 54 seconds remaining in the second period Boston College tied the game back up.\u00a0 The Eagles created a scrum in front of the net, and Ryan Fitzgerald found the loose puck and banged it home to knot the game up, 2-2 heading into the third period.\u00a0 The Eagles outshot the Huskies in the second 11-7.<\/p>\n

In the third, UConn had more offensive chances then they had all night, but it was the Eagles who would score.\u00a0 Michael Matheson once again set up Ryan Fitzgerald who ripped a shot from the right circle by Rob Nichols under the bar, to put the Eagles up 3-2.\u00a0 The Huskies would have a great chance to tie, but a close-range shot from Joona Kunnas with seconds left in the game was gloved point-blank by Thatcher Demko, and the Eagles held on for the 3-2 win, to split the season series.\u00a0 The Eagles out-shot UConn 11-8 in the third, and 37-21 for the game.\u00a0 Rob Nichols made 34 saves; Johnny Austin recorded a career-high two assists for two points on the night, and Ryan Segella got his first career power-play goal.<\/p>\n

The Huskies next traveled to Orono, Maine, to play the Maine Black Bears at Alfond Arena in their last game in the month of January.\u00a0 The game had crucial standings implications, as Maine and UConn were tied with Merrimack for eighth place, all with 12 points in the Hockey East standings.\u00a0 The first period was scoreless with Maine holding a 12-11 lead in shots.\u00a0 The Black Bears were 0-for-2 on the power-play in the period, and the Huskies went 0-for-1 on the power-play in the period.\u00a0 The Huskies had a power-play to start the second but came up empty on their chances.\u00a0 But only a few minutes later, the Huskies would be the first to strike the back of the net.\u00a0 Patrick Kirtland dug the puck out from behind the net and threw a shot on goal.\u00a0 A scrum resulted in front of the net as Maine goalie Matt Morris failed to find the puck to cover and Cody Sharib found the loose puck and tapped it in to put the Huskies up 1-0.\u00a0 The Huskies defense would keep them in front by that score heading into the third period.\u00a0 The shot-clock was even at 12 shots from each team\u00a0 in the second period.<\/p>\n

In the third period, the Black Bears put on the offensive pressure, out-shooting the Huskies 13-8 in the period, and would find the tying goal.\u00a0 The Black Bears won the face-off and Maine player Steven Swavely threw a shot on goal that was saved by Rob Nichols but Devin Shore buried the rebound, top-shelf, from the left circle.\u00a0 The game would stay tied, and would go to overtime.\u00a0 The game looked like it would end in a tie until the Huskies aid otherwise.\u00a0 David Drake created a turnover in the neutral zone and chipped the puck up to Corey Ronan who fed Spencer Naas on a 2-on-1.\u00a0 Spencer Naas then ripped a wrist-shot on goal that trickled through Morris’ pads and barely crossed the goal-line for the overtime gamewinner with 20 seconds left in overtime.\u00a0 Maine out-shot UConn 42-35 in the game.\u00a0 Rob Nichols tied a career high in saves with 41; Spencer Naas scored his team-leading 11th goal with his gamewinner which was his fourth gamewinner of the season.\u00a0 The win was also UConn’s first overtime win of the year.\u00a0 With the win the Huskies pulled two points ahead of Maine but stayed tied with Merrimack who also claimed two points, by beating UMass Lowell.<\/p>\n

Two days later, the Huskies finished out their weekend series against Maine back at home at the XL Center in Hartford.\u00a0 In the first period, Maine controlled most of the play leading in shots in the period 14-11, despite UConn getting the only power-play in the period which they failed to convert on.\u00a0 The period appeared that it would end scoreless until with 48 seconds to go in the period, the Black Bears got the game’s first goal.\u00a0 The Black Bears threw the puck on goal, and the shot was saved by Rob Nichols but a scrum resulted in front and Maine’s Conor Riley picked the puck out of the pile and passed it to Cam Brown who buried his shot into the twine to put the Black Bears up 1-0 heading into the first intermission.<\/p>\n

The second period ended up being a wild period with UConn controlling most of the play and led the shot-clock 13-11.\u00a0 Maine got their first power-play but it only lasted eight seconds before two Black Bears were whistled for penalties just 27 seconds apart to give UConn a 4-on-3.\u00a0 The Black Bears killed off both penalties and scored a short-handed goal during the waning seconds of their second penalty.\u00a0 Maine player Blaine Byron got free on a break-away but Rob Nichols denied him with a sprawling save.\u00a0 Byron collected the rebound went behind the net and centered a pass in front to Jake Rutt who buried a one-timer to put the Black Bears up 2-0.\u00a0 Just when the Black Bears appeared to be taking control the Huskies rallied back.\u00a0 Joona Kunnas carried the puck deep into the zone before centering it to Senior captain Ryan Tyson who chippe dthe puck by Maine goalie Sean Romeo before hitting the ice to give UConn their first goal.\u00a0 It was his first goal of the year and first in 32 games, dating back to last February.\u00a0 Just 34 seconds later the Huskies scored yet again to tie it.\u00a0 Shawn Pauly fired a shot on goal that was saved but the rebound came right to Trevor Gerling who buried it top-shelf to tie it.\u00a0 Gerling also end a scoring-drought, except his was only a seven game scoreless streak.\u00a0 In the third the Huskies controlled play leading in shots 7-6 in the period and had some great chances but failed to score to take the lead.\u00a0 With 21 seconds left in the game Maine appeared to have scored for a dramatic win but the goal was waved off for goalie interference on the part of Maine for they intentionally pushed Rob Nichols back into the goal before they scored.\u00a0 The game went to overtime where both teams got a shot off but neither scored and the game ended in a 2-2 draw in front of a crowd of 5211 fans.\u00a0 Rob Nichols made 29 saves on the night and both teams got 31 shots on goal during the game.<\/p>\n

The Huskies went 4-3-1 overall in the month of January and finished with a 3-2-1 Hockey East Conference record in the month as well.\u00a0 The Huskies were able to pull back into home playoff contention by sitting in eighth place all by themselves.\u00a0 They finished out their non-conference portion of the season with a home loss to Colorado College and a road win at Army to settle for a 3-6-3 non-conference record.\u00a0 The Huskies continued great play at the XL Center finishing the month 1-0-1 with a win over UMass Lowell and a tie with Maine.\u00a0 The Huskies, lastly, played their last two games at the Webster Bank Arena, both losses, to finish with 2-3 record this season in their five games at their secondary home.\u00a0 After their last game in Bridgeport the Huskies decided that they would move all home games to XL Center (thankfully!) next year, making it their true home.\u00a0 The decision was based on the fact that large crowds come to support the Huskies in Hartford compared to in Bridgeport where they averaged only a little over 2000 people a game.\u00a0 Also, the Huskies have a better home-ice advantage at the XL Center as a 3-1-2 record shows, compared to at the Webster Bank Arena where they were only 2-3.\u00a0 The month of January saw UConn become a very strong hockey team, improve their record, and move up in the Hockey East standings to be in\u00a0 better position for the playoffs.<\/p>\n

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Sophomore Forward Evan Richardson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Senior Assistant Captain Trevor Gerling<\/p><\/div>\n

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Trevor Gerling Celebrates<\/p><\/div>\n

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Senior Captain Ryan Tyson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Robby Nichols and Senior Defenseman Jacob Poe<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jacob Poe Skates With The Puck<\/p><\/div>\n

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UConn Celebrates Jacob Poe’s Gamewinner Vs. UMass Lowell!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Freshman Forward Kasperi Ojantakanen<\/p><\/div>\n

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Freshman Forward Spencer Naas<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ryan Tyson Takes The Faceoff<\/p><\/div>\n

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Freshman Forward Corey Ronan<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kasperi Ojantakanen Celebrates His Goal Vs. Notre Dame At The Webster Bank Arena<\/p><\/div>\n

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Robby Nichols Sprawling Save<\/p><\/div>\n

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UConn Celebrates Tyson’s Goal Vs. Maine<\/p><\/div>\n

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Goal!!!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Robby Nichols Making A Save Vs. Maine<\/p><\/div>\n

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Trevor Gerling Takes A Shot<\/p><\/div>\n

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UConn’s 2nd Goal Vs. UMass Lowell At The XL Center<\/p>\n