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Message: [QUOTE="mac2351, post: 4763772, member: 2708"] Mike McMahon’s UConn preview: Has UConn ranked 16th Roster Analysis With so much first-round talent centralized in Hockey East, and with UConn south of the major Boston media market, it’s easy to forget that the Huskies have Matthew Wood leading their team after a 34-point freshman season (much of which he played while 17 years old). Wood was one of several freshmen who emerged for the Huskies last season. Arsenii Sergeev established himself as the No. 1 goalie, which led Logan Terness to transfer. The Huskies brought Clarkson goalie Ethan Haider to push Sergeev for playing time. UConn also has Samu Salminen, who had 17 points (9g-8a) while limited to 27 games last season. That youth is added to an established senior core. Even with Ryan Tverberg’s departure to the NHL, the Huskies bring back Hudson Schandor (11g-21a), Nick Capone (9g-9a), defenseman Andrew Lucas (2g-22a), and John Spetz (2g-10a). It’s a well-balanced group. New Recruits Buffalo Sabres’ pick Jake Richard (★★★★¼) is the top player in the class. He had 27 points (13g-14a) in 27 games for Tri-City (USHL) last season and was a key player for Team USA at the World Jr. A Challenge. San Jose pick Joe Muldowney (★★★★) joins him. UConn’s class is buried down the national rankings list, but that doesn’t mean it lacks top players. They’re hurt in the rankings because the overall size of the class is small (just 5 players), which limits the impact the group can have on an overall roster. Bottom Line Losing Tverberg and Justin Pearson (13g-14a) is significant. But the Huskies return nearly all of their other impact players. Richard should be able to make up for a chunk of the production lost, and the Huskies have to hope to see some development from guys like Salminen and Jake Percival (6g-6a). [/QUOTE]

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