Storrs, Connecticut – The UW men’s hockey team scored three points in the third period, scored two goals on the power play and trailed the Vermont Catamounts by four in the Hockey East Tournament opener Wednesday night at the Toscano Family Ice Forum. We won 1-1. .
UW (15-18-2) and Vermont (13-19-3) headed into the third period up 1-1, but the Huskies had their second power play of the night against the senior defenseman. I took advantage of the opportunity. andrew lucas (Alexandria, Virginia) started a three-goal stanza for the game winner.
Lucas and second graders matthew wood (Nanaimo, British Columbia) Each player contributed to the victory with a goal and an assist despite being freshmen. jake richard (Jacksonville, Fla.) had two assists.
The Huskies tied the game's first power play at 14:51 of the first game, then scored the first goal of the night. Richard fed Wood from the left corner, and the sophomore fired a shot from the top of the circle over the glove side of Gabe Carriere for his 14th point of the season and a 1-0 lead.
The Catamounts tied the score early in the second period on Thomas Sinclair's fifth goal of the season. Defenseman Jeremy Bucherer stopped the Huskies from entering the zone, and Sinclair picked up the lost puck deep in his own half and carried it to the edge of the ice, scoring Arsenyi Sergeyev (Yaroslavl, Russia) just two points from the top slot. I pulled it out. The period starts from the 19th.
College's second power-play chance came at 12:32 of the third, when Lucas weaved through traffic for his fifth goal of the season at 13:53, giving the Huskies the lead for good.graduate student Harrison Reese (Oakville, Ont.) made his third shot of the year at 15:53, sending a backhander into the net on a 4-on-4 spread to push the lead to 3-1.
The Huskies were then forced to kill the UVM power play 16:24 before the freshman Joey Muldany (Lakeview, NY) He put the finishing touches on a 4-1 victory with an empty net goal with 49 seconds left.
They had 27 shots apiece and the Huskies finished 2-for-2 with the extra skaters. Sergeyev made 26 saves that night for his eighth win of the season.
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The No. 8 seeded Huskies will play No. 1 seed Boston College on Saturday night, March 16, in the Hockey East quarterfinals. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. from Kelly Rink and will be broadcast live. NESN+ and ESPN+.
