Men's Ice Hockey Drops Season Opener to UConn 6-3

Saturday, October 2

Hartford, Conn. / XL Center

4:05 PM

Sacred Heart

0-1-0

Connecticut

1-0-0

Sacred Heart

UConn

Men's Ice Hockey Drops Season Opener to UConn 6-3

10/2/2021 8:58:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Logan Britt Tallied His First Goal in a Pioneer Uniform

STORRS, Conn.- A late third period rush by UConn was too much for the Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey as they fell to the Huskies 6-3 on Saturday afternoon.

Records

Sacred Heart University (L, 0-1-0)
UConn (W, 1-0-0)

Top Performers

Vladislav Firstov (UConn)- 2 goals
Ryan Tverberg (UConn)- 1 goal, 2 assists
Logan Britt (SHU)- 1 goal, 1 assist

Of Note

SHU and UConn were neck and neck throughout the first period as an early Husky goal by Firstov would put UConn ahead 1-0. SHU answered back just four minutes later with a goal off the stick of Logan Britt for his first goal in a SHU uniform.
UConn attacked first in the second period at 9:30 with a goal from Firstov to take a 3-1 lead.
Kevin Lombardi responded with a goal a little over two minutes later off feeds from Britt and senior Ryan Steele to narrow the score to 3-2.
Eight minutes later, Steele would score his first goal of the season off feeds from Lombadi and Dakota Raabe to make the game even at 3-3 heading into the final period.
At 6:05 in the period, Jachym Kondelik would find the back of the net for the Huskies and eventually give the Huskies the 6-3 victory after a pair of empty net goals were scored after.

Up Next

SHU returns to action on Saturday, October 9 when they travel to face another Hockey East conference opponent Merrimack. Puck-drop is set for 7:00 p.m.