University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
Colorado College
Huskies Set to Host #12 Colorado College Tigers
10/15/2026 3:57:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
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Ice Chips...
» The Huskies are set for their second ranked matchup of the season as they are set to host no.12
Colorado College for a two-game series in Storrs.
» The Huskies are coming off a 1-1 weekend to open the 26-27 season. UConn co-hosted the Ice
Breaker tournament with Sacred heart where the Huskies took down #17 Penn State to open the
season before falling to Bowling Green by a final of 5-2.
» The Huskies newcomers stood out in the opening weekend as Will McIsaac and Carter Sproule
scored their first career goals for the Huskies, and Charlie Morrison added an assist. The Huskies
veterans also pitched in as Joey Muldowney and Mike Murtagh scored, and Ethan Gardula,
Alexandre Blais, Carlin Dezainde all pitched in assists.
» These two teams faced off to open the 25-26 season which resulted in a weekend split for the
Huskies. UConn dropped game one to the Tigers by a final of 4-2 before winning game 2 by a
final of 5-1.
» UConn's incoming class features five draft picks, highlighted by Charlie Morrison who was most
recently selected in the 3rd round of the 2026 NHL Draft by the New York Rangers. Other drafted
players include, Will McIsaac, Jeremy Loranger, Lirim Amidovski, and Veeti Louhivaara.
» Voted by the players, Joey Muldowney, Mike Murtagh and Trey Scott have been named the
captains for the 2026-27 season. Muldowney will wear the "C" while both Murtagh and Scott will
wear the "A"
» Huskies in the NHL: Viking Gustafsson Nyberg and Ryan Tverberg have become the 10th and
11th Husky to reach the pros. Both had their NHL debuts on the same night as Gustafsson Nyberg
appeared with the Minnesota Wild and Tverberg was called up by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Gustafsson Nyberg and Tverberg join Marc Gatcomb, 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.
