Huskies Take Down #12 Merrimack Improve to 11-3-3

Tuesday, November 29

North Andover, MA

7:00 PM

University of Connecticut

11-3-3, 8-2-2

#12 Merrimack

10-4-0, 6-2-0

UConn

Merrimack

Photo by: Ian Bethune/The UConn Blog

11/29/2022 10:28:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

North Andover, Mass. - The UConn Huskies took down No.12 Merrimack College Tuesday night by a final of 3-1. Freshman Samu Salminen, Jake Percival and junior Nick Capone were the goal scorers for the Huskies.

UConn did not wait long to find the equalizer as Hudson Schandor would find Samu Salminen on a broken play who fired the puck past Hugo Ollas for the goal. UConn and Merrimack would battle the rest of the period as both netminders made key saves to prevent the other team from taking the lead. UConn and Merrimack entered the period break tied up at 1, with the Huskies having one minute remaining on a power play.

UConn took the lead six minutes into the start of the third period as freshman Jake Percival crashed the net and found the loose puck netting the goal and giving UConn the 2-1 lead. Nick Capone added insurance late in the third period for the Huskies, as he would take the puck in the slot and spin and fire it past the netminder for the goal. The two-goal lead was enough, as UConn came away with the victory.

Up Next

The Huskies will have three days off before they welcome Merrimack to Hartford, Friday December 2.