University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
Boston College
Huskies Face No. 19 Boston College This Weekend
11/7/2019 2:06:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
| TV | NESN (Sat.) |
| WATCH | CBS All Access (Fri. & Sat.) |
| LIVE STATS | BCEagles.com (Fri.) Statbroadcast (Sat.) |
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| GAME NOTES | UConn Boston College |
Ice Chips…
UConn will take on No. 19 nationally ranked Boston College this weekend in a home-and-home Hockey East series. The Huskies will head to BC on Friday night and return home to the XL Center to host the Eagles on Saturday. Saturday's game will be broadcast live on NESN.
The Huskies are coming of a Hockey East split last weekend with Merrimack. UConn went on the road and grabbed a 3-2 win at Lawler Rink but dropped the return match-up on their home ice, 3-2. UConn was held to season-low totals in shots in both games, getting 18 on Friday night and 17 on Saturday.
The Huskies scored their first power play goal of the season in Saturday's loss, ending an 0-for-11 streak that started the season. Sophomore Kale Howarth scored on UConn's first power play chance of the game in the first period but the Huskies went 0-for-5 the rest of the way in the 3-2 loss.
Friday night's match-up will mark the 13th meeting between UConn and Boston College on the ice. The Eagles won all three meetings with the Huskies last season and now hold a 9-2-1 edge in the series. The Huskies are looking for their first win at BC's Conte Forum (0-5-1)
The Huskies are in the midst of a 10-game run through November, their busiest month of the season. Of the 10 games on the slate, six are against teams currently ranked in the national polls and six are schedule for their home ice at the XL Center.
The Huskies have a plenty of youth on their roster in 2019-20 with 18 combined sophomores and freshmen, and that youth has powered the offense in the early going. Of the 10 goal scorers thus far, nine are either a freshmen or sophomores, and the two classes have combined for 31 of the team's 41 total points (13/19a) through five games.
Sophomore Jachym Kondelik had a pair of goals in last Friday night's win, his first career multi-goal game. His first goal of the night came shorthanded, the Huskies first shorty on the season and the first of his career. Kondelik has four goals on the season, matching his season total from his rookie campaign. His six points (4g/2a) leads the Huskies. He was the team's top-returning point producer after finishing his rookie season with 26 points (4g/22a), second on the club.
Sophomore goaltender Tomas Vomacka has played every minute this season and sports a 2.83 goals against and a .911 save percentage. In the season opener at Sacred Heart, Vomacka made a career-high 45 saves, 20 in the second period alone, including stopping a penalty shot.
Last Season vs. Boston College
Dec. 6, 2018 - XL Center - L, 4-0
Boston College's Julius Mattila finished with a hat trick and goaltender Joseph Woll stopped all 30 UConn shots as the Huskies were shutout at the XL Center, 4-0. Mattila scored what proved to be the game-winner at 14:53 in the first period. His second came in the second period as part of the Eagles going 2-for-2 on the power play in the period. The junior capped off his hat trick late in the third, scoring on the empty net, shorthanded, to seal a 4-0 BC win. UConn held a 30-27 edge on shots but came up empty on their two power play chances. Junior goaltender Adam Huska stopped 23 shots in taking the loss. BC's Logan Hutsko scored the other Boston College goal.
Dec. 7, 2018 - Conte Forum - L, 3-2
UConn seniors Karl El-Mir and Max Kalter each scored but the Huskies came-up short in a late comeback bid falling at Boston College, 3-2. UConn grabbed the early first period lead as El-Mir scored shorthanded at 6:14 in the first. The Eagles tied it on a David Cotton goal with 15.2 seconds left in the opening stanza and then took a 2-1 lead just 1:26 into the second period on goal from Jack McBain. BC's Oliver Wahlstrom scored at 3:40 in the third to give the Eagles a 3-1 lead before the Huskies looked to mount a comeback. Kalter pulled UConn to within 3-2 with a power play goal and the Huskies got a final crack on the power play with seven to play to try and tie the game but came up short. UConn goaltender Tomas Vomacka finished with 29 saves in taking the loss. BC junior goaltender Joseph Woll stopped 28 shots to earn the win.
Feb. 1, 2019 - XL Center - L, 5-3
UConn freshman Ruslan Iskhakov scored a pair of goals and added an assist but a third period rally came up short for the Huskies, falling 5-3 to Boston College at the XL Center. The Eagles won the battle on special teams with a pair of power play goals and built a 4-1 lead into the third period. The Huskies began to rally with Iskhakov's second on the night just 1:06 in the third to cut the lead in half. UConn junior Wyatt Newpower pulled the Huskies to within 4-3 at the 6:14 mark. The Huskies outshot the Eagles 14-6 in the third period but couldn't find the tying goal with BC taking on an empty netter in the closing minute. The Eagles got a goal and two assists from both Ben Finkelstein and Jack McBain in the win while BC goaltender Joe Woll stopped 27 shots to collect the win.
Last Time out...
- The Huskies split a home-and-home series with Merrimack last weekend in their first Hockey East action of the season.
- On Friday at Merrimack, the Huskies scored three times in the second period, two from sophomore Jachym Kondelik, to come away with their first win at Lawler Rink since the 2012-13 season, 3-2.
- In the rematch on Saturday at XL Center, Merrimack held the Huskies to a season-low 17 shots on the way to a 3-2 win. UConn scored their first power play goal of the season, coming from sophomore Kale Howarth, but finished just 1-for-6 in the game.
