Английская Википедия:2022–23 UConn Huskies men's ice hockey season

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The 2022–23 UConn Huskies men's ice hockey season was the 63rd season of play for the program, the 25th at the Division I level, and the 9th in Hockey East. The Huskies represented the University of Connecticut and were coached by Mike Cavanaugh, in his 10th season.

Season

After one of the best seasons in the history of the program, Mike Cavanaugh knew he would have a difficult time getting Connecticut to match the same level of success in 2023. With nearly half of the roster changing, UConn would need to replace not only its starting goaltender but three of its top four scorers as well. Logan Terness, who had played in just a single last year, would have to battle with freshman Arsenii Sergeev for the starting job. Both played well enough to make coach Cavanaugh's decision difficult and, in the end, he couldn't choose. The two netminders ended up sharing the goal crease and posted nearly identical numbers for the year.

On offense, several transfers were brought in but the team would see the biggest benefit from the freshman class. While returning All-American Ryan Tverberg led the team in goals, newcomer Matthew Wood was the Huskies' top scorer. The defense was a little more settled with four players returning, but did receive a boon with the addition of Andrew Lucas.

Despite the lack of familiarity between the players, Connecticut got off to the best start in program history, going undefeated through its first 7 games. The goaltending rotation seemed to work perfectly and staked the program to a huge lead in both the rankings and the conference standings. UConn's streak was ended by Boston University in late November but the Huskies then went another 5 games without a loss to raise their record to 9–1–3.

Around mid-November, Connecticut had risen up to #3 in the national rankings and were firing on all cylinders. The team appeared destined to make the first NCAA tournament in program history and were averaging 3.5 goals for per game while allowing slightly more than 2 against. However, after Thanksgiving, the teams fortunes began to change. Heading into the winter break, the team's goal differential reversed and the Huskies backed into their vacation with a 2–4 stretch. Their postseason chances weren't impacted too badly, since all of their opponents in those games were ranked in or just outside the top-20, but the Huskied would have to play better in the second half if they wanted to keep their head above water.

In the meantime, the University had finished building the first on-campus facility for the program and team was able debut their new rink early in January. While they weren't able to provide the home crowd with a win, the match at the Toscano Family Ice Forum was played before a sellout crowd, as were the rest of the home games that year.

Unfortunately, inconsistent play continued to plague the team in the second half of the season. UConn began alternating wins and losses and, though they finished the second half above .500, several factor caused their playoff hopes to diminish. UConn's schedule in the balk half of their season was far less arduous that the first part, playing just 1 game against a ranked opponent. Any losses to unranked teams were harmful to the Huskies' ranking but being swept by New Hampshire, who was in the bottom third nationally, was particularly damaging. Worse, Hockey East as a whole saw its ranking decrease as the season went on. This caused several teams to fall out of contention for the postseason and hurt Connecticut by lowering the quality of their early-season victories.

The end result was that, by the end of the regular season, UConn was outside of the NCAA tournament picture despite being 9 games above .500. While the new wasn't good, Connecticut was close enough to the cutoff line that they could win their way back into contention. The Huskies entered postseason play at #18 in the PairWise rankings. They were within striking distance of the lowest possible at-large position (#15), and could conceivably make the NCAA tournament without winning a Hockey East championship. UConn received a bye into the quarterfinal round which was both a blessing and a curse. Because they didn't play in the opening round, the team wouldn't receive credit for a potential win there, however, they also didn't risk the possibility of losing early. In any event, Connecticut served as host to Massachusetts Lowell in the quarterfinals and found themselves down early. UConn allowed two goals in the first and entered the second trailing by a pair. The team attacked the Lowell cage for the rest of the game, outshooting the River Hawks 28–5 over the final 40 minutes, but they couldn't solve Grigals. It wasn't until the Huskies pulled Sergeev that they were finally able to get on the board. Unfortunately, UConn was unable to get the tying goal in the final 89 seconds and saw their once bright hopes extinguished.

Departures

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Carter Berger	Defenseman	Шаблон:CAN	Transferred to Western Michigan
Cassidy Bowes	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	Left program (retired)
Jonny Evans	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	Graduation (signed with South Carolina Stingrays)
Vladislav Firstov	Forward	Шаблон:RUS	Signed professional contract (Minnesota Wild)
Marc Gatcomb	Forward	Шаблон:USA	Graduation (signed with Abbotsford Canucks)
Jarrod Gourley	Defenseman	Шаблон:CAN	Graduation (signed with Adirondack Thunder)
Darion Hanson	Goaltender	Шаблон:USA	Graduation (signed with Reading Royals)
Jáchym Kondelík	Forward	Шаблон:GER	Graduation (signed with Nashville Predators)
Kevin O'Neil	Forward	Шаблон:USA	Graduation (signed with South Carolina Stingrays)
Gavin Puskar	Forward	Шаблон:USA	Transferred to Brown
Artem Shlaine	Forward	Шаблон:RUS	Transferred to Northern Michigan
Sasha Teleguine	Forward	Шаблон:USA	Returned to juniors (Chilliwack Chiefs)
Carter Turnbull	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	Graduation (signed with South Carolina Stingrays)
Ryan Wheeler	Defenseman	Шаблон:USA	Graduation (signed with Iowa Heartlanders)
John Wojciechowski	Forward	Шаблон:USA	Graduation (retired)

Recruiting

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Ty Amonte	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	24	Norwell, MA; graduate transfer from Boston University
Jake Black	Forward	Шаблон:USA	20	Pomfret, CT
Mark D'Agostino	Forward	Шаблон:USA	21	North Branford, CT
Adam Dawe	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	23	Gander, NL; graduate transfer from Maine
Tristan Fraser	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	20	West Vancouver, BC
Tabor Heaslip	Forward	Шаблон:USA	20	Fort Worth, TX
Huston Karpman	Forward	Шаблон:USA	21	Manhattan Beach, CA
Andrew Lucas	Forward/Defenseman	Шаблон:USA	23	Alexandria, VA; transfer from Vermont
Thomas Messineo	Defenseman	Шаблон:USA	20	Westwood, MA
Jack Pascucci	Defenseman	Шаблон:USA	20	North Andover, MA
Justin Pearson	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	24	Nashua, NH; graduate transfer from Yale
Jake Percival	Forward	Шаблон:USA	20	Avon, CT
Samu Salminen	Forward	Шаблон:FIN	19	Helsinki, FIN; selected 68th overall in 2021
Arsenii Sergeev	Goaltender	Шаблон:RUS	19	Yaroslavl, RUS; selected 205th overall in 2021
Ryan Tattle	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	21	Port Moody, BC
Matthew Wood	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	17	Lethbridge, AB

Roster

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Schedule and results

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Scoring statistics

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Шаблон:Sortname	C//LW	35	11	23	34	4
Шаблон:Sortname	C	35	11	21	32	8
Шаблон:Sortname	C/RW	35	15	15	30	34
Шаблон:Sortname	F	35	13	14	27	29
Шаблон:Sortname	D/F	35	2	22	24	6
Шаблон:Sortname	C/LW	35	10	10	20	61
Шаблон:Sortname	RW	35	9	9	18	34
Шаблон:Sortname	C/LW	27	9	8	17	14
Шаблон:Sortname	D	35	4	10	14	12
Шаблон:Sortname	F	34	6	6	12	9
Шаблон:Sortname	D	35	2	10	12	12
Шаблон:Sortname	RW	30	6	5	11	10
Шаблон:Sortname	F	34	4	5	9	16
Шаблон:Sortname	D	35	2	7	9	14
Шаблон:Sortname	D	35	2	5	7	42
Шаблон:Sortname	D	35	0	7	7	6
Шаблон:Sortname	F	35	2	4	6	4
Шаблон:Sortname	D/F	32	3	2	5	2
Шаблон:Sortname	F	9	1	2	3	0
Шаблон:Sortname	C/RW	16	1	0	1	8
Шаблон:Sortname	F	13	0	1	1	10
Шаблон:Sortname	F	6	0	0	0	17
Шаблон:Sortname	D	7	0	0	0	4
Шаблон:Sortname	G	18	0	0	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	G	19	0	0	0	2
Total			113	185	298	358

Goaltending statistics

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Шаблон:Sortname	18	1018:45	9	6	1	43	451	1	.913	2.53
Шаблон:Sortname	19	1104:18	11	6	1	48	498	0	.912	2.61
Empty Net	-	14:59	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
Total	35	2138:02	20	16	0	96	949	1	.908	2.69

Rankings

Poll	Week
	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR	-	20	17	14	10	8 Шаблон:Small	7 Шаблон:Small	7	6	8	8	10	-	9	11	13	12	14	13	14	16	17	19	NR	NR	-	NR
USA Today	NR	NR	NR	17	13	10	8	8	8	6	8	8	10	10	10	11	16	12	14	14	17	17	18	19	NR	NR	NR	NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.

Awards and honors

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Hudson Schandor	Len Ceglarski Award
Ryan Tverberg	Hockey East First Team
Matthew Wood	Hockey East Rookie Team

Players drafted into the NHL

2023 NHL Entry Draft

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1

15

Matthew Wood

Nashville Predators

† incoming freshman