OT: Uconn Hockey 2022-23
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Ranked #9, MATTHEW WOOD, the 6-3/ 194lb, forward out of British Columbia, CAN, who is planning to come to UCONN as a 17 year old FR this year, could be the highest drafted Husky ever.
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UConn men’s hockey’s best-ever recruit to join team this fall
Matthew Wood at eliteprospects.com
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Matthew Wood, 2005-02-06 Lethbridge, AB, CAN Canada. Most recently in the NCAA with Univ. of Connecticut. Complete player biography and stats.
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Uconn also flipped a FR forward who was headed to 2022 National Champ Denver. He was a 3rd round pick of the Jersey Devils last year.
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Samu Salminen at eliteprospects.com
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Samu Salminen, 2003-04-09 Helsinki, FIN Finland. Most recently in the NCAA with Univ. of Connecticut. Complete player biography and stats.
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Nice season opening win and Hockey East start for the Huskies with 16 new players. Lead by Wood who got his first goal and Uconn's of the 2022-23 season. Game #2 up in Burlington will be today at 4:00pm on ESPN+, who will be the TV home ( along with NESN) for Hockey East this season.
Huskies Open 2022-23 Season With 4-1 Victory At Vermont - University of Connecticut Athletics
Burlington, VT. – The University of Connecticut men's hockey team scored two power play goals, and two goals in the third period Saturday night to open the 2022-23
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Also the new on campus arena is coming along nicely. Plan is to move the team into the facility in DEC, with the first game on Jan 14 vs. Northeastern, a week after both teams play in Fenway Park. ( the last XL Center game is planed for DEC 31st vs. LIU )
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Blades, FYI, the Hockey News actually has Wood ranked #5 among NHL 2023 Draft prospects:
Flo Hockey discussed Wood as one of the the 3 best NHL prospects in NCAA:
www.flohockey.tv
Unlike Fantilli and Stramel, Wood is not a late 2004 birth date but rather a first-year eligible who was born in 2005. Wood should be a high school senior this year, but instead managed to finish early and has enrolled at UConn, set for his freshman campaign. Wood is a 6-foot-3, 190-pound forward who seems to always find himself in the right spots and has a goal-scorer’s instinct.
He led the entire BCHL in scoring last season with 85 points and a staggering 45 goals in 46 games. In the last 25 years, only one player had a better draft-minus-one season and that was Kent Johnson, who was drafted fifth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2021. Johnson scored at 1.94 points per game his last season in the BCHL, while Wood scored at a 1.85 clip. Wood also had the higher goal total in fewer games and is bigger and stronger. Notably, Johnson was a late birthdate, so was a bit older than Wood was in his draft-minus-one season.
Wood also made Team Canada as an underager at last year’s U18 World Championship, scoring two goals in the tournament. This summer, he played for Canada at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup, posting five points in five games as Canada won the tournament.
A native of Nanaimo, B.C., Wood is a long way from home playing at UConn and he actually turned down the opportunity to play in the WHL alongside Connor Bedard with the Regina Pats. The fact that Wood has decided to challenge himself by attending college a year early and not simply going to one of the blueblood programs that has dozens of NHL alumni is going to speak to NHL teams. This is a player with the confidence to bet on himself and the skill to give himself a chance to go very high in this draft.
Adam Fantilli Leads 2023 NHL Draft Prospects To Watch In NCAA - FloHockey
NHL Draft analyst Chris Peters breaks down four 2023 draft-eligible players in the NCAA that could hear their names called early next summer.
Matthew Wood, C/W, UConn
The last time UConn had a high-profile draft-eligible player on their roster was Tage Thompson, who ended up going 26th overall to St. Louis in 2016. Just last season, Thompson had his NHL breakout with 38 goals and 68 points for the Buffalo Sabres, securing a long-term contract extension this summer. Matthew Wood may have a chance to go even higher in the draft than Thompson did and gives the Huskies another true blue-chipper.Unlike Fantilli and Stramel, Wood is not a late 2004 birth date but rather a first-year eligible who was born in 2005. Wood should be a high school senior this year, but instead managed to finish early and has enrolled at UConn, set for his freshman campaign. Wood is a 6-foot-3, 190-pound forward who seems to always find himself in the right spots and has a goal-scorer’s instinct.
He led the entire BCHL in scoring last season with 85 points and a staggering 45 goals in 46 games. In the last 25 years, only one player had a better draft-minus-one season and that was Kent Johnson, who was drafted fifth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2021. Johnson scored at 1.94 points per game his last season in the BCHL, while Wood scored at a 1.85 clip. Wood also had the higher goal total in fewer games and is bigger and stronger. Notably, Johnson was a late birthdate, so was a bit older than Wood was in his draft-minus-one season.
Wood also made Team Canada as an underager at last year’s U18 World Championship, scoring two goals in the tournament. This summer, he played for Canada at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup, posting five points in five games as Canada won the tournament.
A native of Nanaimo, B.C., Wood is a long way from home playing at UConn and he actually turned down the opportunity to play in the WHL alongside Connor Bedard with the Regina Pats. The fact that Wood has decided to challenge himself by attending college a year early and not simply going to one of the blueblood programs that has dozens of NHL alumni is going to speak to NHL teams. This is a player with the confidence to bet on himself and the skill to give himself a chance to go very high in this draft.
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Good find(s) and probably a good thing Uconn got him here a year early because he might not be around long until he turns pro. ( he doesn't turn 18 until next year ^^^)
Huskies Secure Weekend Sweep With 3-1 Victory Over Vermont - University of Connecticut Athletics
BURLINGTON, VT. – The University of Connecticut men's hockey team used a two goal second period to take home the victory over Vermont Sunday afternoon. With the
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Weekend double header ( tomorrow at 4 pm) on ESPN+ at the XL Center vs. the 2014 NCAA champ Union (Schenectady, NY )
Huskies WIn Home Opener - University of Connecticut Athletics
STORRS, Conn. - The UConn Huskies beat Union College 4-1 in their Home Opener to improve to 3-0-0 on the season. UConn sophomore Chase Bradley finished with one
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Uconn will face Ohio St in a Top 20 match-up this FRI and SAT @ the XL Center........
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FRI-SAT ( 7:00 PM-- on ESPN+) @ Boston U.
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Huskies Set For Top 15 Showdown Vs. Boston University - University of Connecticut Athletics
STORRS, Conn. - The UConn men's ice hockey team is set for a two game road series with No. 9 Boston University Friday October 21 and Saturday October 22. Both games
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Andrew Lucas ( Vermont transfer) who played prep for Loomis Chaffee in Windsor, sends BU and their fans home with the loss in OT !
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Things are getting serious with UConn hockey. 6-0-1 starts are uncharted territory in this program's history. It's gotten to the point that I even checked where the Frozen 4 is being played in 2023 because if UConn makes it I wanna go. FYI it's being played in Tampa, a city I know fairly well. It's also the city where the UConn men won their first basketball championship in 1999 (actually St. Petersburgh which is just south of Tampa and you can see that Tropicana Dome from I-75). I am guessing the Frozen 4 will be played where the TB Lightning play which I think is in downtown Tampa.
Yeah Frozen 4 is in the Amalie Arena in Tampa capacity 21,500:
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Amalie Arena - Wikipedia
It's still early and I can't get crazy about this stuff, yet, but that thought seems to have me thinking about another Uconn team having a "Dream season". Kinda like when the hoops team playing in the BE opened a new building vs. St John's in January (1990).
In this case it would be a nice way to christen Uconn's new hockey arena this January, with a first time run into the NCAA's playing in Hockey East.
Also more talent is on the way via Finland. The NHL pick (NJ Devils) has been taking online classes while waiting to get cleared into the US. Guess he should have taken the southern border route like any "normal" immigrant would...SMH !......and he could be playing already .....
Uconn and Boston College get set for a doubleheader in CT this week................tonight the #10 ranked Huskies take on BC in Hockey East action (ESPN+) at the XL Center, then Saturday the former Big East member heads to the RENT for a 12 noon ( TV- CBS Sports Net) football contest.
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Link- UConn Football Game Notes for Boston College
#10 Huskies Set to Host Boston College - University of Connecticut Athletics
STORRS, Conn. - The UConn men's ice hockey team returns home for a one game matchup against Boston College, Thursday October 27. Puck drop is set for 7:05pm and
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Link- UConn Football Game Notes for Boston College
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Does anyone know where the 2023 Hockey East Tournament is being played? I went on their website and couldn't get any info. The 2022 tournament was played in TD Garden in Boston, but it was the first time they had played there in a while. Will it be there this year or maybe in Hartford?
Nope...It's always been at the Garden/Fleet etc. since 1991 ( except for 1 year -covid concerns ? )
HUSKIES sweep the Double Header !!!
Football vs Boston College on 10/29/2022 - Box Score - University of Connecticut Athletics
The official box score of Football vs Boston College on 10/29/2022
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Uconn up to #8 in both polls with 1 first place vote in the USA Today....
( w/ 6 HE teams in the top 20)
( w/ 6 HE teams in the top 20)
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It's impressive that there are many players contributing right now. We can probably say Ryan Tverberg is the main man player, but there have been different heroes every game.
Yep another late game hero (a YALE grad transfer) get's it done....
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Uconn now up to #5 in the Pairwise Rankings (similar to the NET in NCAA hoops)...polls will be out later.
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Men's Division I PairWise Rankings - College Hockey | USCHO.com
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I read that UConn won in a shootout, but the game ended in a 6-6 tie so the teams were "awarded" ties. What's the point of having a shootout if nobody wins the game? If I were the coaches I would huddle up and agree to end the game in a tie and waive the shootout. It's pointless.
First and foremost, yesterday was probably the best comeback for Uconn ever in HE, down 3-0..... come back to tie.... go down 4-3 and tie it again. Then having to play (#4 ranked going the week-end) PC shorthanded for 5 minutes strait on some BS refereeing and PC getting 2 more gift goals to go up 6-4. Which made Uconn's 2 goals to come back in the last few minutes ( one with 5 secs left )and "win" the shoot out that more enjoyable.
Now regarding your question, it's wrong..... Uconn gains plenty on the shoot out. They end up with 4 points in the HE standing, to only 2 PC had this week-end since Uconn beat them both FRI and SAT in shoot outs.
All conference games are worth three points. The points are awarded as follows:
3 for a regulation win
2 for an overtime win or shootout "win"
1 for an overtime or shootout "loss"
0 for a regulation loss
Further explanation at the bottom in the standings link:
2023-24 Hockey East Men's Standings - Hockey East Association
Hockey East Standings
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Blades,
I appreciate the point about the Hockey East standing points. However, in the immortal words of Herm Edwards, you play the game- any game, in any sport- to win the game. If you have a shootout and a winner of the game is determined, the team winning the shootout should get the win. You play to win the game- not to tie the game, which is what's in UConn season record.
I appreciate the point about the Hockey East standing points. However, in the immortal words of Herm Edwards, you play the game- any game, in any sport- to win the game. If you have a shootout and a winner of the game is determined, the team winning the shootout should get the win. You play to win the game- not to tie the game, which is what's in UConn season record.
