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From the Hartford Courant and deserving of its own post: UCONN Senior Matt Grogan of Gilbert, Arizona ... "the Huskies' goalie, spent three-plus years on the bench before taking over as the team's top goalie near the midway point of 2012-13 and becoming one of the top players at his position in the region."
"Matt has stepped up at the best times for us," said senior captain Billy Latta, a forward who is second on the team with nine points, behind Shawn Pauly's 10. "For the team to have the amount of confidence we have in Matt, in some ways it allows us to be a little more creative, not as conservative. Knowing you have a really good goalie, it allows you to take chances. At the same time, we don't want to put him in position of having to make a really big save more than necessary, but there's many times he's done that for us."
The Huskies (6-5-2, 5-2-1 Atlantic Hockey) head into the 21st annual UConn Hockey Classic, being held at the XL Center for the first time, in a really good place. UConn, off to its best conference start in history, begins Sunday with a conference game against Sacred Heart (4-12, 3-7) at 7:05 p.m. The event opens with a matchup between Quinnipiac (13-3-3, 6-2-2 ECAC) and UMass (6-12-2, 2-7-2 Hockey East) at 4:05 p.m. The consolation game is Monday at 4:05, followed by the championship game at 7:05.
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"Matt has stepped up at the best times for us," said senior captain Billy Latta, a forward who is second on the team with nine points, behind Shawn Pauly's 10. "For the team to have the amount of confidence we have in Matt, in some ways it allows us to be a little more creative, not as conservative. Knowing you have a really good goalie, it allows you to take chances. At the same time, we don't want to put him in position of having to make a really big save more than necessary, but there's many times he's done that for us."
The Huskies (6-5-2, 5-2-1 Atlantic Hockey) head into the 21st annual UConn Hockey Classic, being held at the XL Center for the first time, in a really good place. UConn, off to its best conference start in history, begins Sunday with a conference game against Sacred Heart (4-12, 3-7) at 7:05 p.m. The event opens with a matchup between Quinnipiac (13-3-3, 6-2-2 ECAC) and UMass (6-12-2, 2-7-2 Hockey East) at 4:05 p.m. The consolation game is Monday at 4:05, followed by the championship game at 7:05.
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