University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
Boston University
Huskies Kick Off Hockey East Action with Home and Home vs. #4 BU
10/23/2025 12:55:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
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Ice Chips...
» The Huskies are set for their first Hockey East action of the 2025-26 season as they kick
off a home and home series with no.4 Boston university beginning Friday Oct. 24 in
Boston.
» The Huskies are coming off a 1-1 weekend against no.16 Ohio State in which they won
3-2 Friday before dropping game two by a final of 4-2.
» These two teams faced off against each other 3 times last season with BU winning game
one and a shootout in game 2 before the Huskies won game 3 in the Hockey East semi-
finals.
» The Huskies have an experienced group returning, including top scorers Joey Muldowney, Jake Richard, Ryan Tattle and Tabor Heaslip
» The Huskies leadership group consists of Tabor Heaslip (Captain), with Joey Muld-
owney, Ryan Tattle and Viking Gustafsson Nyberg serving as Assistant Captains.
» Despite returning an experienced group, the Huskies welcome 7 talented newcomers
including 3 NHL Draft picks (Brendan Dunphy, Anthony Allain-Samake, Alex Blais)
» Entering last season, the Huskies only had one 40-point scorer in the Hockey east Era.
They finished with 3 (Joey Muldowney, Hudson Schandor and Jake Richard) following
the Hockey East Tournament.
» The Huskies added experience to their coaching staff this offseason, as they welcomed
Alex Westlund as the team's new Goaltender coach following the departure of Vince
Staletti. Westlund has a plethora of experience most recently working with the Detroit
Red Wings (NHL).
» Huskies in the NHL: Marc Gatcomb has become the 9th Husky to reach the pros, having most recently been called up by the New York Islanders. Gatcomb joins, Chase
Bradley, Ruslan Iskhakov, Yan Kuznetsov, Todd Krygier, Cole Schneider, Max Letunov,
Adam Huska, and Tage Thompson as former Huskies to make it to the league.
