#9 UConn v. Northeastern (Fri. 3/28/25 @Toscano Family Ice Forum @7p & Sat. 3/1/25 @Matthews Arena @7:30p). Both games on ESPN+ & Fox Sports 97-9

[huskymedic]

UConn handles Northeastern, 5-2

The Huskies notch their first regulation win in Hockey East play since Jan. 17.

www.uconnhockeyhub.com

 

[Sea Goat]

Two more regulation wins and the only team that can jump us in the standings is PC. Two more regulation wins would guarantee us no worse than 5th and a first round bye.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Maybe next year the Pep Band can play the Brass Bonanza

Or, even better, stick with UConn tunes.

 

[The Viking]

Two more regulation wins and the only team that can jump us in the standings is PC. Two more regulation wins would guarantee us no worse than 5th and a first round bye.

Up 1 point on Providence but they have a game at hand. Remaining games:

UConn:
@Northeastern
@Vermont

Providence:
@Merrimack
@BU
@Northeastern

If we win our final two games, Providence would have to get 7 out of 9 points to tie us.
If we win tomorrow and Merrimack beats Providence in regulation, we would only need to beat Vermont to secure the 4 and home ice advantage in the 4v5 game.

 

[businesslawyer]

Anyone know if we win out and Providence gets 7 points from their last 3 and tie us, who wins the tiebreaker?

 

[Viet Vet]

I believe Providence. They own the head-to-head, with a win and a tie (shootout loss).

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Sea Goat]

Anyone know if we win out and Providence gets 7 points from their last 3 and tie us, who wins the tiebreaker?

I think they have the the tiebreaker with a regulation win against us vs our SO win over them. Head to head they got 4 of 6 points vs us.

 

[freescooter]

I am amazed at how good we looked for large parts of the game last night. Crisp well coordinated passes. Played team hockey. The freshmen d-men played well together. And we play fast and quick. I’ve thought the last few years that we always looked a step slower than the rest of the league both in basic speed and in terms of decision making. Not this year. We might not have 2 lines of 1st rounders, but we compete on every lose puck. Totally different vibe that was really on display last night.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Bomber36]

Ugggh, these announcers. She pronounced every first liners name wrong. That quite a feat.

 

[Bomber36]

Viking! That may be his 1st of the year.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Bomber36]

Way to passive on the penalty kill.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Bomber36]

Spetz PP goal!

 

[huskymedic]

Spetz PP goal!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Bomber36]

UMass beats UML 5-3 to move into 5th place. Currently 1 point behind UConn with a game in hand.

 

[huskymedic]

4-1 UConn courtesy of Nick Carabin from Jake Richard.

 

[Bomber36]

Carabin! 4-1.

 

[Bomber36]

UConn fans well represented. Heard a pretty good UConn cheer after that goal.

 

[huskymedic]

4-1 UConn courtesy of Nick Carabin from Jake Richard.

 

[JeannoCT]

UConn fans well represented. Heard a pretty good UConn cheer after that goal.

It’s probably Shandor’s friends who are here from home. They were pretty boisterous last night!!

 

[huskymedic]

Ethan Whitcomb w/ #2 on the night.

5-1 good Huskies

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CL82]

Or, even better, stick with UConn tunes.

I'm kind of OK with Brass Bonanza, though, I completely get your point. I think having the band play it makes a lot of sense and would give it more of a college feel. To be honest, I've been thinking the same thing for a while now.