University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
#12 Merrimack
Huskies Travel To #12 Merrimack For Tuesday Night Hockey East Battle
11/29/2022 9:56:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
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» The UConn Huskies are on the road Tuesday night to face Merrimack in a Hockey East match-up.
» UConn topped the Warriors in both matchups last year, winning 3-2 at the XL center and 6-2 at Lawler Rink in a make up game on a Tuesday night.
 » The UConn Huskies enther the matchup with the Warriors ranked 8 in the national polls. This is the highest ranking in program history for the Huskies.
» This is the Huskies 9th consecutive week in the national polls. This is the first time all season the Huskies have fallen in the rankings
 » The Huskies currently sit 11th in the Pairwise Rankings, while Merrimack sits at 8th in the rankings.
 » UConn is currently in 1st in Hockey East Standings with 24, while Merrimack sits in 4th place with 18 total points.
» UConn has outscored their opponents this season 51-38. 16 different Huskies have registered a Goal to start the season while 19 Huskies have registered at least one point.
» The Huskies special teams continues to be a focus as they have only let in five power play goals all season out of 66 attempts. The Huskies currently rank 3rd in the country in penalty kill % with a 91.4% kill trailing only Harvard (96.4%) and Ohio State(92.1%)
 » The matchup vs. the No.12 ranked Warriors will be UConn's 5th ranked series this season. The Huskeis are currently 3-2-1 vs Ranked opponents this season.
 » Sophomore goaltender Logan Terness is currenlty tenth in the nation with a .930%
 » The Huskies currently sit second amongst Hockey East Teams in goals scored with 51, only trailing Providence(53)
 » Junior Ryan Tverberg currently sits 7th in the nation and tied for 1st in Hockey East with 10 goals scored on the season
. » The Huskies continue to receive contributions from all four lines. The Huskies line of Jake Percival, Hudson Schandor and Ryan Tverberg was one of the Huskies most succesfull lines this season.
» Freshman made a huge impact over the weekend with Samu Salminen, Matthew Wood, and Tristan Fraser registering an assist while Jake Percival scored a goal.
 » Junior Ryan Tverberg currently leads the Huskies with 10 goals on the season.Followed by Chase Bradley with 6 and Matthew Wood with 5 goals.
 » Defenseman Andrew Lucas continues to be a force on both ends of the ice which includes sitting second on the team in points with 12 tied with freshman Matthew Wood.
