UConn men’s hockey blasts Vermont, 4-1

UConn males’s hockey opened the 2022-23 season with a decisive 4-1 win at Vermont on Saturday night time. The Huskies out-shot the hosts 32-16 and scored two energy play targets whereas killing off each penalties they confronted.

Matthew Wooden scored the primary objective of the season and his profession whereas Ryan Tverberg, Tristan Fraser and Nick Capone all discovered the again of the web as nicely. Andrew Lucas recorded two assists in opposition to his former workforce whereas freshman Tabor Heaslip impressed with 5 pictures on objective in his debut.

Between the pipes, Logan Terness earned the primary win of his profession by stopping 15 of the 16 pictures he confronted.

UConn killed a penalty on Justin Pearson lower than 90 seconds in with out permitting a shot and Vermont rapidly returned the favor courtesy of Joel Maatta. On the Huskies’ first energy play, they discovered Tverberg thrice in entrance of web however every of his makes an attempt have been kicked away.

Maatta picked up two extra penalties within the opening interval and on UConn’s third benefit of the day, it lastly capitalized. After successful the draw, Andrew Lucas despatched a move to Wooden on the backpost, who buried a one-timer to place the Huskies forward.

The lead didn’t final lengthy, although. Slightly over a minute later, Pearson turned the puck over subsequent to the objective and Vermont’s Simon Jellus ripped a shot via visitors to even the sport at 1-1. That may be the extent of the Catamounts’ offense, although.

Within the second interval, particular groups once more got here up large for the Huskies. After being denied in entrance of web on UConn’s first energy play, Tverberg lastly transformed by slipping the puck five-hole via UVM goalie Gabe Carriere.

The Huskies took that one-goal lead into the third interval however rapidly put the sport away as soon as the ultimate 20 minutes started. Fraser notched his first collegiate objective due to a wild bounce from the puck that slipped previous Carriere undetected. Twenty-seven seconds later, Capone added one other with a top-left snipe from his knee to place UConn up 4-1.

With a snug lead in hand, the Huskies managed the ultimate 18 minutes with out a lot bother exterior of 1 penalty within the ultimate minutes, which it killed with out a lot bother.

UConn strikes to 1-0-0 on the season and in Hockey East play with the win. It’ll return to motion on Saturday at 4 p.m. to complete up the collection at Vermont. ESPN+ will broadcast the motion from Gutterson Fieldhouse.