{"id":812,"date":"2014-02-08T18:30:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sabafamily.net\/joshua\/?p=812"},"modified":"2014-02-11T19:49:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T19:49:54","slug":"25-games-down-9-games-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabafamily.net\/joshua\/2014\/02\/25-games-down-9-games-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Games Down, 9 Games To Go…"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"UConn's<\/a>

UConn’s First Home Goal Of The Season<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bouchard<\/a>

Bouchard Ties The game!<\/p><\/div>\n

In UConn’s last season in the AHA, before they move to Hockey East and the XL Center, the head coach changed from Marshall and Berard to Mike Cavanaugh.\u00a0 It was very disappointing that they changed coaches, but it happened.\u00a0 UConn started their season at No. 18 Minnesota State, but was swept in the series, with 2-1 and 6-1 losses. They then went home to play their home opener against Union.\u00a0 After falling behind 2-0 after one period, they rallied to tie the game up in the second period.\u00a0 The Huskies got on the board with a break-away goal by Billy Latta, and he went to the backhand to beat the goalie to the right.\u00a0 The huskies then tied the game when Tyler Bouchard fired home the rebound off a wrap-around try, and the game end in a 2-2 draw.\u00a0 The next game was the Huskies AHA Opener versus Army.\u00a0 They scored two goals early in the first period, only 16 seconds apart, to go up 2-0 after one period.\u00a0 In the second, Army would get on the board, but Trevor Gerling would respond to give UConn a 3-1 lead.\u00a0 Army would close the gap to 3-2 with another goal, but a power-play goal by Billy Latta would seal the 4-2 win.\u00a0 This was Mike Cavanaugh’s first win as head coach.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The next day, UConn played Sacred Heart in non-confrence action.\u00a0 UConn scored early when Patrick Kirtland stole the puck in front of the net and fired it home; UConn made it 2-0 with power-play goal not too long after, and the first period ended with the Huskies leading 2-1.\u00a0 The Huksies then went up 3-1 in the second with a goal by Latta.\u00a0 After the Pioneer goalie saved a Husky shot, the rebound came to Latta who shot the puck over the goalie’s pad, and into the net.\u00a0 Sacred Heart responded to make it 3-2, but Latta scored again, this time by means of a slap-shot to seal the 4-2 win.\u00a0 The next game was up against Holy Cross.\u00a0 After a scoreless first period, the Huskies took a 2-1 lead out of the second period, with goals from Joey Ferris and Joonas Kuunas.\u00a0 This however, didn’t stop Holy Cross from taking a 3-2 lead early in the third.\u00a0 However, the Hukies rallied and escaped the night with a 4-3 win.\u00a0 The Huskies tied the game when Cody Sharib collected his own rebound and scored.\u00a0 The Huskies then took the lead when Shawn Pauly collected the rebound and put it in the wide open net, after the Holy Cross goalie had been knocked out of the way.<\/p>\n

The next game, I went to with my dad and friend Alex, to see UConn play Bentley.\u00a0 As luck would have it, the Huskies played terrible, and were shutout 3-0.\u00a0 The Huskies hit the post 5 times but were unable to score in the disappointing loss.\u00a0 The Huksies suffered another defeat the very next game, this time at Boston University, losing 4-1.\u00a0 After this game the Huskies stopped their brief losing streak, exploding for an 8-1 win over AIC!\u00a0 After the first period ended tied at 1 apiece, the Huskies scored four second-period goals, and finished with three in the third.\u00a0 The next weekend the Huskies once again suffered a loss, this time losing to Canisius 3-1.\u00a0 In the second game of the weekend set though, UConn rallied form two third period deficits, to force the 2-2 draw.\u00a0 After the Huskies tied the game at one early in the third, Canisius went right back on top.\u00a0 Then with under two minutes to go, Brant Harris scored the extra-attacker goal to seal the tie.<\/p>\n

The next weekend was the final weekend before the break, and UConn was playing Niagara.\u00a0 In game one, UConn scored an early first period goal to go up 1-0 after one period.\u00a0 The next period would end seeing the Huskies up 2-1, and Trevor Gerling would make it 3-1 with an early third period goal.\u00a0 The Purple Eagles would make it interesting, with a shorthanded goal with less than two minutes to go, but UConn would hang on for the win.\u00a0 In game two, Niagara would put up more of a fight.\u00a0 Niagara would score half-way through the first, and would hang on for the 1-0 lead after\u00a0 one period.\u00a0 Then, just under two minutes into the next period, UConn would tie the game; Shawn Pauly skated into the Niagara zone, got around two Purple Eagle players, and shot the puck into the top corner of the net.\u00a0 In the third, the Huskies scored the game-winner.\u00a0 The puck was passed to Jacob Poe on the blue line who fired a shot through traffic that would go in, for the 2-1 win.\u00a0 UConn ended the first half of the season at 6-5-1, and at 5-2-1 in the AHA.<\/p>\n

The UConn Hockey Classic was very disappointingly in Hartford at the XL Center this year, as my dad and I always go to these games, and I was looking forward to this final classic at home.\u00a0 Except, we didn’t go because it was in Hartford.\u00a0 UMass faced off against Quinnipiac in the first game, and surprisingly battled to a 2-2 draw, but Quinnipiac advanced in the shootout.\u00a0 The next game was UConn versus Sacred Heart.\u00a0 After a scoreless first period, UConn embarrassingly allowed three second period goals, and were handed a 3-0 loss!\u00a0 The next day, UConn played UMass for the consolation game.\u00a0 Robby Nichols, UConn’s freshman goalie, made his third start of the year.\u00a0 After two scoreless periods, Ryan Tyson scored an early third period goal for the 1-0 lead.\u00a0 Soon after, UMass would tie the game though, breaking up Nichols’ shutout hopes.\u00a0 However, with 5:04 remaining, UMass was called for a penalty.\u00a0 UConn took advantage of the power-play, and Latta blasted home a goal.\u00a0 UConn won 2-1, to take third place, in front of a record crowd.<\/p>\n

The next weekend, UConn welcomed the new year with a series against RIT.\u00a0 After a scoreless first period, Trevor Gerling gave UConn the 1-0 lead after two periods with a 2-on-1 goal.\u00a0 UConn\u00a0 then added insurance when Harris centered the puck to Shawn Pauly who fired the puck home for a 2-0 lead, and UConn held on for the 2-1 win.\u00a0 The next day, UConn did even better.\u00a0 Early in the first, Ryan Segalla scored his first career goal to give UConn a 1-0 lead; Brant Harris then made it 2-0 when he backhanded home a rebound.\u00a0 The Huskies then made it 3-0 in the second when Brett Skibba scored his first collegiate goal.\u00a0 Later on, Harris scored his second of the night on a 4-on-4, putting a rebound in the wide open net.\u00a0 In the third UConn kept piling it on, making it 5-0 with Harris netting a Hat Trick off a rebound he put home.\u00a0 UConn would net one more goal, with Trevor Gerling scoring on a 2-on-1, to seal the 6-2 win.\u00a0 Only five days later, the Huskies hosted Robert Morris.\u00a0 The Huskies took a 1-0 lead when Billy Latta backhanded home a rebound in front.\u00a0 Only 49 seconds later, Brant Harris tipped home a Trevor Gerling shot to go up 2-0.\u00a0 Harris would score one more time before the period wa sout for the 3-0 lead.\u00a0 The second period was almost scoreless until Billy Latta scored a goal from a weird angle with only seconds left to go up 4-0.\u00a0 In the third, Billy Latta net a hat trick of his own, scoring apower-play goal on a slap-shot, putting UConn up 5-0;\u00a0 the Huskies won 5-1.\u00a0 For the second night in a row, a Husky player had a hat trick.\u00a0 The next night, I went to the game with my dad and my sister.\u00a0 For the second time all season, we saw UConn play terribly, as they lost 6-1.\u00a0 The only goal they scored was when Kyle Huson scored on a rebound, to make it 2-1 in the first.\u00a0 We were all very disappointed.<\/p>\n

UConn then played a series against first-place Mercyhurst, in a series they couldn’t afford to lose.\u00a0 In game one, the Huskies and Lakers were tied at one, until Mercyhurst took the lead with just under two minutes to go in the period.\u00a0 However, in the third, freshman Brent Norris score his second of the game, to force a 2-2 draw, that was big for UConn.\u00a0 In game two, Mercyhurst painted UConn into the corner, building a 3-0 lead early into the second.\u00a0 The Huskies replaced Matt Grogan with Robby Nichols.\u00a0 After this, UConn unbelievably battled all the way back to tie the game at 3-3, with Brant Harris collecting two assists to amass 100 points.\u00a0 The following weekend, UConn played AIC.\u00a0 In the first game at AIC, UConn fell behind early 1-0, but would score three straight goals, and would hang on for the 3-2 win.\u00a0 The next night UConn hosted AIC.\u00a0 Once again UConn fell behind 1-0.\u00a0 Uconn responded again, as with under two minutes left in the period, Jordan Sims put home a Kyle Huson rebound to tie it.\u00a0 With under a minute left in the period, Billy Latta skated into the AIC zone, fed a pass across the zone to Jacob Poe, who buried the puck in the top left corner for a 2-1 lead.\u00a0 Thanks to Matt Grogan, Uconn would make the lead last and would win by this score, to extend their unbeaten streak to four games and would sweep the series.<\/p>\n

The next weekend UConn played a crucial series at Air Force.\u00a0 The Huskies needed at least one win stay ahead of Air Force in the standings.\u00a0 In game one, Air Force took the 1-0 lead after one period.\u00a0 In the second, the Huskies chased the Falcon goalie from the game when they scored three goals in under three minutes for a 3-1 lead.\u00a0 Air Force would cut the deficit to 3-2 before the end of the period.\u00a0 The Huskies would go back up 4-2, only for Air Force to keep battling, making it 4-3.\u00a0 However, the Huskies would seal the win with an empty net goal.\u00a0 Robby Nichols got his fourth win in his fifth start.\u00a0 The next game, I watched live on the computer.\u00a0 After one period, Air Force led 2-0.\u00a0 The Huskies had their fair share of chances in the second, and despite playing well, they couldn’t score.\u00a0 These chances were hitting the post, and getting a five minute power-play.\u00a0 In the third, the Huskies almost got on the board, but a goal they scored was discounted as the puck crossed the goal line only seconds after the whistle was blown.\u00a0 With under eight minutes to go in the game, the Huskies finally broke through.\u00a0 After a face-off win, Poe blasted a shot from the blue-line, and it was tipped in by Ryan Tyson.\u00a0 However, Air Force sealed the win with a power-play goal with under three minutes to go, suffering a 3-1 loss.<\/p>\n

The Huskies are doing great so far, and are in third going into the match-up with Bentley.\u00a0 If the Huskies stay in the top four, they can host the AHA Quarterfinals!\u00a0 I hope UConn continues to do as awseome as they have been doing, and I hope they sweep Bentley!<\/p>\n

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\"Latta<\/a>

Latta Power Play Goal<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Latta<\/a>

Latta Scores!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Team<\/a>

Team Celebration<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Koonas's<\/a>

Koonas’s 1st Career Goal<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Ferris<\/a>

Ferris Vs. Holy Cross<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Sharib<\/a>

Sharib Ties The Game!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pauly<\/a>

Pauly Scores Gamewinner Vs. Holy Cross!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Goalllll!!!!!!!!!!!!\"<\/a>

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

\"Pauly<\/a>

Pauly Vs. Canisius<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tyson's<\/a>

Tyson’s First Goal Of The Year<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Harris<\/a>

Harris Ties The Game Vs. Canisius!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pauly<\/a>

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

\"Poe<\/a>

Poe Scores Gamewinner Vs. Niagara!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Harris<\/a>

Harris Scores Vs. RIT!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Harris<\/a>

Harris Hat Trick Vs. RIT<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Sims<\/a>

Sims Ties The Game Vs. AIC!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Poe<\/a>

Poe Gamewinner Vs. AIC<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Celebration!\"<\/a>

Celebration!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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