University of Connecticut Athletics
University of Connecticut
Penn State University
Huskies Ready for Season Opener vs. #17 Penn State
10/8/2026 10:49:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
Media Coverage...
TV: ESPN+
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Ice Chips...
» The Huskies are set for the 2026-27 season as they host College Hockey inc. Ice Breaker Tournament vs. #17 Penn State and Bowling Green
» The Huskies are coming off back-to-back trips to the Hockey East Championship game and
NCAA Tournament suffering losses in both games to Merrimack and Michigan State.
» The Huskies will look to rely on experience as they return 16 skaters from last season while adding 10 newcomers (9 freshman and one transfer).
» UConn's incoming class features five draft picks, highlighted by Charlie Morrison who was most
recently selected in the 2nd 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"
» The Huskies most recently faced off against Penn State in the 2024-25 NCAA Tournament with a
trip to the Frozen Four on the line. Penn State eventually defeated the Huskies 3-2 in OT. While
the last time the Huskies faced off against Bowling Green was the 2011-2012 season which featured a tie and loss for UConn.
» The Huskies lost 10 skaters from last season most noticeably, Tabor Heaslip, Ryan Tattle, Tom
Messineo and Tyler Muszelik. Heaslip and Messineo never missed a game in their 4 years, while
Ryan Tattle led the Huskies with 32 points and Tyler Muszelik was UConn's number 1 goaltender.
» 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 Leaf's.
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.
