Senior Spencer Naas scored two in the Huskies' 5-1 victory over UVM

on Friday night. The Catamounts bounced back on Saturday to even

the score.

After splitting a two-game weekend series with the University of Vermont at the XL Center, the





Over the weekend, the Huskies won 5-1 on Friday night, then dropped the finale on Saturday by 4-2.





On Friday night, four different Huskies scored goals as UConn snapped their five-game winless streak. UConn was led by senior Spencer Naas who potted two in the series opening win. The Huskies used a solid defensive effort, allowing Vermont just 22 shots, matching their season-low for an opponent.





Junior forward Max Kalter opened up the scoring for the Huskies at 11:33 in the first period. After Vermont tied the game 1-1 early in the second, UConn answered with three-straight tallies to take command of the contest.





After giving up a goal on Vermont’s first power play chance, the Huskies killed off the last five chances of the night. Naas made it 5-1 at 15:19 in the third, scoring his second marker of the game.





On Saturday, the Huskies held a 2-0 lead early in the second period but Vermont would rattle off four unanswered goals, win the game 4-2 and earn a split in the series. UConn got goals from juniors Miles Gendron in the first period and Maxim Letunov early in the second. Following the Letunov goal, the Huskies got a five-minute major power play chance, but it was Vermont who capitalized and swung the momentum. UVM’s Colton drew a penalty on a breakaway during the kill and was awarded a penalty shot, which he converted to start the Catamounts’ comeback. Senior Jarrid Privitera and sophomore Matt Alvaro scored late in the middle period.





The Huskies outshot UVM 12-2 in the final period but the Catamounts’ sophomore netminder Stefanos Lekkas stopped everything the Huskies threw at him. When UVM tacked on a fourth goal for added insurance, the deal was done and the Catamounts took away a road victory. Lekkas finished the night with 31 saves to earn the win while Vermont killed off all four UConn power play chances.





Eagles on the Rebound





After dropping four-straight games, BC righted the ship over the weekend by sweeping Merrimack in a Hockey East home-and-home series. The Eagles won 3-1 on their home ice, and tripped up the Warriors on the road, 2-1.





BC has struggled offensively in the early going, coming into Tuesday night averaging just 1.89 goals per game, last in Hockey East. Junior defenseman Casey Fitzgerald has three goals and three assists on the season while classmate Christopher Brown also has three goal. Freshman Christopher Grando shares the team lead with three tallies as well. In goal, sophomore Joseph Woll has played the majority of minutes, starting eight of their nine games, and has a 2.62 goals against average with a .905 save percentage.





The Eagles entered the season picked to finish fourth in the Hockey East Preseason Poll.

—Staff Reports

University of Connecticut Huskies head to Chestnut Hill, Mass., where they will take on the Boston College Eagles tonight.