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CANTLON: HUSKA LEADS UCONN PAST YALE, 3-1

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings NEW HAVEN, CT - UConn goaltender Adam Huska’s spectacular 39 save performance helped the Huskies defeat Yale Univesity 3-1 at Ingalls Rink in New Haven in a New Year's Eve matinee. It's not understating it to say that Huska won the game for UCONN. Huska stopped the Yale offense in every way a goalie could make a save in helping the Huskies snap a seven-game losing streak. His performance matched his remarkable WJC performance for Slovakia two years ago against Canada at the Bell Centre in Montreal when he made 46 saves. His numbers do not put him at the top of the statistical Hockey East chart, but Huska is clearly one of the top goalies in the nation. Huska won his first game since November 2nd and was intent on ending 2018 on a winning note. “He was great. When you see this in hockey, the New York Rangers have a good record because they have a good goalie (Henrik Lundqvist) and it's no different when you have a Connor McDavid (of Edmonton). He’s a difference maker. The goalie is a part of the team. Adam was terrific, but it was a great team effort,” UCONN head coach, Mike Cavanaugh. UCONN’s record now stands at 6-11-1 overall and 2-9-1 in the HEA. It was the first win against Yale, (7-4-2 overall, and 6-2-1 in the ECAC) in 13 games spanning a 47 year period. It was UConn's first visit to Ingalls since 2011-12. “It’s great that Miles Gendron (the team captain) came up with a slogan for our team, “Be the First,” to be a UCONN team to accomplish a lot of first things... milestones. So, that’s another first for us. We just beat an established program that won national championships,” Cavanaugh said. The Bulldogs made every bid to tie the game and among the many highlight-reel saves Huska made was stopping Yale’s primary sniper, Joe Snively, on a breakaway with 3:25 remaining. “That Snively line might be the best line we'll see all year. Yale is an explosive team,” Cavanaugh said. Huska effectively came out to challenge shooters at the top of the crease. “I try to come out on top of the crease all the time because they are fast and really like to make some plays. I was patient waiting for him to make the move,” Huska said. Among his 30 saves he stopped Luke Stevens, the son of former NHL’er, Kevin Stevens, five times. he also denied Justin Pearson, and Kevin O’Neil, three times each, as well as, Dante Palecco’s high re-direct midway in the third. UCONN’s game-winning goal came from nitty, gritty work down low in the Yale end of the ice. Brian Freeman used all of his 6‘5 frame to wheel around in front of the Yale crease and despite a rolling puck still managed to control it and slipped a backhander around the outstretched right pad of Yale’s Sam Tucker at 9:52. “It was a real good cycle by Karl El-Mir. I was taking it to the net and some space opened up. I held on to it as long as I could. I was trying to shoot it earlier and was just able to gather the puck. It was rolling, but I was able to get it in,” Freeman said with a big smile. Freeman had just two goals in the first half of the season and had a wonderful self-deprecating sense of humor. “I had two. Nothing flashy, not a lot of clips to choose from.“ Finishing games was a first half area of concern which Freeman acknowledged they had to address. “We were in a lot of close games. If we really start to finish games off, I think we can get get a good streak going here and get some wins going forward.” UCONN broke a scoreless tie in one of their few solid offensive entrances as El-Mir sprung Sasha Payusov and the righthanded shooting sophomore slipped his team leading tenth goal through Tucker's five-hole at 7:17 of the second period. “It was a great goal. He beat him with a backhander as well. When Sasha plays on his inside edges he’s hard to handle. He skates well and has great stick skills and leaning into the kid to beat him, great play.” The whole ability to score all came about because of Huska’s sensational net play. Any and all superlative adjectives including spectacular, scintillating, sensational all apply. Just prior to the goal, Philip Nyberg, on his second defensive zone turnover, this one to the Bulldogs' Mitchell Smith, who went to the net on a quick forming two-on-one and Huska used all of his 6'4 frame and acrobatically stacked his pads and moved his right leg in the air and deflected the puck with his skate blade to deny the Yale winger. “It was a street hockey mentality to do whatever it takes,“ Huska said with a laugh. "He was coming hard. I just reacted.” Cavanaugh shook his head in wonderment of his own goalie. “That has to be a Sportscenter save (of the day). That was one of the best saves I’ve ever seen.” Incredibly, the save even eclipsed one he made on Northeastern’s Lincoln Griffin earlier in the season. Yale’s Ted Hart was stopped at 2:25 and then Dante Palecco was frustrated and banged their sticks on the ice after thinking they had a goal coming off their stick. After Payusov’s goal, Snively was open on the right-wing side and took a cross ice pass down to one knee. Huska calmly moved laterally across to smite yet another quality chance. Huska collected a few others earlier in the period that kept Yale off the scoring sheet. Yale finally found a way to beat Huska when Anthony Walsh let a blast go from 35 feet out, but the green light was on and the scoreboard read zero - Period over. The referees' video review revealed that the goal was scored with five-tenths of a second left in the period knotting the game at one. Each team showed rust after not playing for two weeks. Yale had the finer quality chances, but Huska started his tour-de-force and didn't allow many second chances and stymied the Bulldogs. NOTES: The Huskies head to Las Vegas this coming weekend to play at the T-Mobile Arena, the home of NHL's Las Vegas Golden Knights. They open against Western Michigan (NC), whose assistant coach is former Division II UCONN Husky, Hartford Whaler, and New Haven Nighthawk, Todd Krygier. The winner plays the either Air Force or St. Lawrence. The Huskies then start the Hockey East portion of the schedule in two weeks. 10 of their final 14 games at home. The Huskies John Wojciechowski made his UCONN debut playing left-wing on the fourth line. Yale has four CT prep school players on their roster, Andrew Gaus (Taft), Tucker (Choate/ Wilton), and Evan and Mitchel Smith (Salisbury Prep). Each school has players at the WJC tournament in Vancouver and Victoria, BC. The Bulldogs have two defensemen, Phil Kemp (Greenwich) and Jack St. Ivany. The Huskies have just one representing them there. Jachym Kondelik is with the Czech Republic squad. He “scored” the only goal against Russia in a well-played contest using his 6’6 frame screening a right point shot that went off his face and in for the lone Czech goal in a 2-1 loss. Kondelik was injured however against Canada in a 5-1 loss on hit to the head by Jared McIsaac at 8:08 of the third period. The hit sent his helmet flying. He was suspended for the last night of the preliminary round against Russia by the IIHF. Kondelik picked up an assist in 4-0 shutout of Denmark. College and junior hockey have their trade deadlines and movement periods respectively. Adam Samuelsson of Boston College (HE), the youngest of the Ulf Samuelsson clan, as reported a few weeks ago, was heading to juniors. He will play the rest of the year with the Sioux City (IA) Musketeers (USHL) allowing him to preserve his NCAA eligibility. In seven games with the Eagles, the 18-year-old was scoreless and had no penalties. The 6’6 240lb. rearguard’s Canadian major junior rights are held by the Sudbury Wolves (OHL). Joining him in Sioux City, from Hockey East and Beantown rival, Boston University, is Dominic Vidoli who was scoreless in six games with the Terriers. The last newcomer for Sioux City is Matt Steinburg, the son of former Nighthawk, Trevor Steinburg, currently in his 17th season as head coach at St. Mary’s University (AUAA) in Halifax. The younger Steinburg is a Colgate (ECACHL) commit. He will play for a short period in Sioux City. He's currently at St. Andrews College, a Canadian prep school in Aurora, Ontario. In six games he has two goals and eight points. The latest potential move is Shane Bowers of Boston University (HE). He is presently playing for Canada at the WJC and is a first-round pick of Colorado. He is rumored to be going to the Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL). His QMJHL rights were just traded from the Saint John Sea Dogs to Drummondville where his advisor/agent, Andre Ruel, of the CAA Group is located. Ran into former Beast of New Haven and New Haven Knights (UHL) forward, Chad Cabana, who was in town to visit family and friends from Bonnyville, Alberta. He was with his wife and children for the holidays. Cabana's eldest son Caden is 16 years old and playing hockey in Alberta for the Lakeland Panthers (NAMHL) at the Double AA level. He has had a couple of games at the AAA level with the Lloydminster Bobcats (AMHL). His nephew Jeremy Germain, is the son of ex-Nighthawk/New Haven Knights (UHL), Eric Germain. He currently plays with Princeton (ECACHL). Read the full article

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CANTLON: (SAT) UCONN RALLIES LATE TO BEAT OR BU

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The hockey gods were in Hartford Friday night. The Huskies were outplayed in the final 39 of the game's 40 minutes. They made the last 1:19 of play count and won 4-3 in overtime on Sasha’s Payusov’s game-winner 19 seconds into overtime. BU’s Patrick Curry turnover went to Brian Freeman on the left-wing and he sent the pass across to Payusov and he put his 12th of the season and second game-winner into the net for the victory and sending the crowd of 5,653 into a frenzy. “Freezie made a great play. He got the puck, made the pass and it was an easy tap in goal,” Payusov said with a wide grin of his second game-winner of the season. For Freeman, he knew exactly what he wanted to do the minute he got the puck. “That was some of the chemistry Sasha and I have developed over the years. I knew he was going to be crashing the net. He was right behind the goalie and put it in for us.” For head coach Mike Cavanaugh, it's nice when the hockey gods shine on you. “Hockey gods reward teams that play the right way. I think we're a team that plays the right way. We continually put pucks in deep and Ben went to the net and we got a shot and that’s how you have to play the game. Look at all the goals scored tonight, except the first one by BU, everything else was from within three feet of the net, that’s where you have to play the game.” The Huskies knew that crashing the net for the tying goal would be required as they got a six-on-five when UCONN pulled starter Tomas Vomacka, and during a previous timeout assistant coach, Joe Periera, a West Haven-native drew it up and it worked. The Terriers had the Huskies hemmed in with a victory within their grasp, but UCONN snatched it away. UCONN’s got it down to the right-wing half wall to Jachym Kondelik and he snapped a shot from on top of the right-wing circle that Sam Tucker stopped, but Freeman was lurking behind the goal line and hid his 6’5 frame and was able to use his reach and batted the rebound behind Tucker with 56 seconds left in the regulation. “Coach Periera drew up the play and we put the puck on Jachym. (He) got a great shot on the play. I really wasn’t supposed to be there, but I was glad I was,“ Freeman laughed as he thought of the turn of events on the game-tying play. “I was just trying to get into it. I just waited for Jachym to shoot the puck and it was just laying there. I was in a soft spot just fortunate enough to put it home.” For Mike Cavanaugh, the sense of escaping with two precious points was there as he was decompressing from the wild turn of events. “Clearly, I was happy with the win in kind of a unique game. We came out and played very well in the first. Tomas played well, made some saves. The second was completely the opposite. In the third, not a lot was happening as BU they’re a good team, kept us from getting to the blue paint area. We lost a tough game in OT last week (in Maine) because we sat back and I told the kids this week if we get to overtime and we will let not sit back. Incredibly, that happened tonight and when we tied it up that’s all the kids talked about on the bench,” remarked Cavanaugh. His counterpart, Albie O’ Connell was composed, but clearly trying to process what had just happened to the Terriers, who despite playing an excellent road game, came out on the short end of the stick. “When you play good and you feel you played a good game, and you get that in the last minute and then they score again, it really gets to you. It shows you gotta play the full-60 and overall, we played a good game. You can’t take away what they did. We had four guys around the puck (on the game-tying goal) counting the goalie, we had five. At some point, you gotta protect your goal. That’s something we have to work on and get better from,” remarked O’Connell, who was coming off the heels of a loss to Northeastern in the Beanpot final in OT. Doubt was not in UCONN’s mind despite what seemed like dire circumstances. “We were down, but we never thought about losing. We wanted to win and we got it. We have a lot of guys who can score goals here. We never doubted,” remarked Payusov, who spoke with a degree of certitude when battling for a playoff spot. For Ben Freeman, he was certain of the outcome despite what the scoreboard said. “We never wavered. There were ebbs and flows in the second period we were very resilient tonight." A TV timeout aided the Huskies as well. “We had a little meeting and got that TV timeout. We got back to the bench and said we need to calm down and stick to our game plan and we came right out afterward,” Payusov, a senior, stated. It was also after BU had kept them pinned in their own end of the ice and came close to getting the insurance goal. UCONN has an early chance at the left side of the net to tie the game as Payusov put a shot on net that the grad transfer from Yale, goalie, Sam Tucker, (Wilton) stuck out his right pad and stopped at 2:45. The first period belonged to UCONN. The second belonged to BU as they scored three times to take the lead. Case McCarthy launched a shot from the right point. It went off the top of Vomacka’s glove and into the net at 4:26 to cut the lead to one. The Terriers persistently broke the Huskies down, dumping the puck and being physical on the forecheck and got their second goal halfway through the period. BU freshmen, Robert Mastrosomine, went around a stick check from Harrison Rees waited for the last second and sent a perfect net-front short pass to Jack DeBoer who easily smacked home his third goal of the season. Then late in the period BU’s Patrick Curry, behind the net unchecked, fished a backhand pass through the box to Cam Crotty at the right point. He beat an open right side that was left by Vomacka as he came out to challenge the shot at 17:35 for his third of the season. The first period was all UCONN. The Huskies took a 1-0 and no surprise Carter Turnbull scored it. In the left-wing corner, he out-muscled two Terriers, went to the net and slipped the puck between the legs of a third Terrier, retrieved and jammed it in on the forehand at 11:12 for his 11th goal and the 1-0 lead. UCONN tallied a second on the powerplay. The red-hot Wyatt Newpower from the right point drilled a low shot. Tucker made the save despite a screen of Kale Howarth, but he had a solid position in front and swept the puck into the net for his fourth goal of the year. UCONN had a decided edge in shots at 15-9, but Vomacka made the saves that kept BU off the board. Early in the game, he stopped an open Logan Cockerill took a pass from Jeff Wise who was behind the Huskies net, but Vomacka glove hand snatched away a sure goal at.5:32 Then late in the period he twice stymied Curry had hit the side of the net and in a net-front scramble, he found the puck with 20.9 seconds to go. Then with 3.9 seconds left New Canaan’s Patrick Harper was on the right-wing as a lefty shot took a cross-ice from Trevor Zegras, a fellow Avon Old Farms alum, but Vomacka again had the glove hand low to the ice and scooped up the shot. NOTES: The UCONN Huskies record is now at the .500 mark at 13-13-4, 10-8-2 HEA. Boston University drops to 12-10-8, 9-6-5 HEA. UCONN is in sixth place, one point behind the Terriers, with 22 points and are two behind Maine in fourth place who beat Vermont 6-1. Boston College destroyed Northeastern 10-1 last night. The Huskies and Terriers travel to Boston for a rematch at 7 PM at the Agganis Arena at BU on NESN. Terriers' Ethan Phillips from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. His parents have been the billet for two NHL first-rounders with the Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL), Swiss-born Nico Hirschier (Devils) and Czech native, Filip Zadina (Red Wings). Terriers have several sons of former players skating on their team. Jamie Armstrong is the son of Bill Armstrong, who played for the Bruins. Gabriel Chabot, his father Frederic Chabot, Jack DeBoer's father is Peter DeBoer is the head coach of the NHL Las Vegas Golden Knights. Former Husky, Max Letunov, in his second NHL game scored his first NHL goal against Edmonton on a three-on-two rush winding up with the puck and turning and firing it into the net on ex-Sound Tiger Mikko Koskinen. He was returned to the AHL San Jose Barracuda where he is having a breakout season on the last-place team. Read the full article