# 2022–23 UConn Huskies men's ice hockey season

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 team's 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

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

## Recruiting

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

## Roster

As of September 12, 2022.

## Standings

2022–23 Hockey East Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #4 Boston University †* | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 99 | 62 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 154 | 106 |
| #14 Merrimack | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 72 | 52 | 38 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 106 | 89 |
| #16 Northeastern | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 78 | 45 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 107 | 82 |
| Connecticut | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 78 | 71 | 35 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 113 | 96 |
| Massachusetts Lowell | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 56 | 54 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 89 | 82 |
| Maine | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 62 | 65 | 36 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 92 | 94 |
| Providence | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 64 | 60 | 37 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 103 | 87 |
| Boston College | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 70 | 73 | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 104 | 104 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 55 | 80 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 94 | 103 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 44 | 76 | 35 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 74 | 105 |
| Vermont | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 36 | 76 | 36 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 69 | 103 |
| Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ||||||||||||||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Rank$^#$ | Site | TV | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||||||
| October 1 | 7:00 PM | at Vermont | | Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont | ESPN+ | Terness | W 4–1 | 3,095 | 1–0–0 (1–0–0) |
| October 2 | 4:00 PM | at Vermont | | Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont | ESPN+ | Sergeev | W 3–1 | 1,918 | 2–0–0 (2–0–0) |
| October 7 | 7:05 PM | Union* | #20 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Terness | W 4–1 | 2,584 | 3–0–0 |
| October 8 | 4:05 PM | Union* | #20 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Sergeev | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 2,442 | 4–0–0 |
| October 14 | 7:05 PM | #11 Ohio State* | #17 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Terness | T 0–0 $^{OT}$ | 2,850 | 4–0–1 |
| October 15 | 4:05 PM | #11 Ohio State* | #17 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Sergeev | W 6–1 | 2,735 | 5–0–1 |
| October 21 | 7:00 PM | at #9 Boston University | #14 | Agganis Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Terness | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 2,735 | 6–0–1 (3–0–0) |
| October 22 | 7:00 PM | at #9 Boston University | #14 | Agganis Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Sergeev | L 2–5 | 4,864 | 6–1–1 (3–1–0) |
| October 27 | 7:05 PM | Boston College | #10 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Terness | W 5–1 | 3,031 | 7–1–1 (4–1–0) |
| November 4 | 7:05 PM | Maine | #8 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Terness | W 3–2 $^{OT}$ | 3,020 | 8–1–1 (5–1–0) |
| November 5 | 4:05 PM | Maine | #8 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Sergeev | W 3–2 | 2,993 | 9–1–1 (6–1–0) |
| November 11 | 7:00 PM | at #9 Providence | #7 | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | ESPN+ | Terness | T 1–1 $^{SOW}$ | 3,310 | 9–1–2 (6–1–1) |
| November 12 | 3:05 PM | #9 Providence | #7 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Sergeev | T 6–6 $^{SOW}$ | - | 9–1–3 (6–1–2) |
| November 18 | 7:15 PM | at #13 Massachusetts Lowell | #7 | Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Terness | L 2–3 $^{OT}$ | 4,806 | 9–2–3 (6–2–2) |
| November 19 | 3:35 PM | #13 Massachusetts Lowell | #7 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Sergeev | W 4–2 | 3,665 | 10–2–3 (7–2–2) |
| November 26 | 8:00 PM | vs. Cornell* | #6 | Madison Square Garden • Manhattan, New York (The Frozen Apple) | ESPN+ | Terness | L 0–6 | 12,247 | 10–3–3 |
| November 29 | 7:00 PM | at #12 Merrimack | #8 | J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Sergeev | W 3–1 | 2,857 | 11–3–3 (8–2–2) |
| December 2 | 7:05 PM | #12 Merrimack | #8 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Terness | L 3–7 | 3,846 | 11–4–3 (8–3–2) |
| December 11 | 2:05 PM | #7 Boston University | #8 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Sergeev | L 2–3 | 4,560 | 11–5–3 (8–4–2) |
| December 29 | 7:00 PM | at Long Island* | #10 | Northwell Health Ice Center • East Meadow, New York | ESPN+ | Sergeev | W 2–1 $^{OT}$ | 707 | 12–5–3 |
| December 31 | 1:05 PM | Long Island* | #10 | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Terness | W 5–3 | 4,647 | 13–5–3 |
| January 7 | 2:30 PM | vs. Northeastern | #9 | Fenway Park • Boston, Massachusetts (Frozen Fenway) | NESN, ESPN+ | Sergeev | L 1–4 | - | 13–6–3 (8–5–2) |
| January 14 | 7:05 PM | Northeastern | #11 | Toscano Family Ice Forum • Storrs, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Terness | L 3–4 | 2,691 | 13–7–3 (8–6–2) |
| January 20 | 7:00 PM | at Massachusetts | #13 | Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts | NESN+, ESPN+ | Sergeev | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 3,411 | 14–7–3 (9–6–2) |
| January 21 | 4:35 PM | Massachusetts | #13 | Toscano Family Ice Forum • Storrs, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Terness | W 3–1 | 2,691 | 15–7–3 (10–6–2) |
| Connecticut Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| January 27 | 4:00 PM | vs. Yale* | #12 | M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut (Connecticut Ice Semifinal) | | Sergeev | W 6–1 | 3,625 | 16–7–3 |
| January 28 | 7:30 PM | at #3 Quinnipiac* | #12 | M&T Bank Arena • Hamden, Connecticut (Connecticut Ice Championship) | | Sergeev | L 3–4 | - | 16–8–3 |
| February 3 | 7:00 PM | Northeastern | #14 | Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | ESPN+ | Terness | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 3,021 | 17–8–3 (11–6–2) |
| February 10 | 7:00 PM | at New Hampshire | #13 | Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire | ESPN+ | Terness | L 1–4 | 4,528 | 17–9–3 (11–7–2) |
| February 11 | 4:00 PM | at New Hampshire | #13 | Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire | NESN, ESPN+ | Sergeev | L 2–3 $^{OT}$ | 4,845 | 17–10–3 (11–8–2) |
| February 23 | 7:05 PM | Alaska Anchorage* | #16 | Toscano Family Ice Forum • Storrs, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Terness | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 2,691 | 18–10–3 |
| February 25 | 7:05 PM | New Hampshire | #16 | Toscano Family Ice Forum • Storrs, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Sergeev | W 6–1 | 2,691 | 19–10–3 (12–8–2) |
| March 3 | 7:00 PM | at Boston College | #17 | Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | NESN, ESPN+ | Terness | L 3–5 | 4,559 | 19–11–3 (12–9–2) |
| March 4 | 4:05 PM | Boston College | #17 | Toscano Family Ice Forum • Storrs, Connecticut | ESPN+ | Sergeev | W 6–5 | 2,691 | 20–11–3 (13–9–2) |
| Hockey East Tournament ||||||||||
| March 11 | 4:00 PM | Massachusetts Lowell* | #19 | Toscano Family Ice Forum • Storrs, Connecticut (Quarterfinal) | NESN+, ESPN+ | Sergeev | L 1–2 | 2,691 | 20–12–3 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. Source: ||||||||||

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Matthew Wood | C//LW | 35 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 4 |
| Hudson Schandor | C | 35 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 8 |
| Ryan Tverberg | C/RW | 35 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 34 |
| Justin Pearson | F | 35 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 29 |
| Andrew Lucas | D/F | 35 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 6 |
| Chase Bradley | C/LW | 35 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 61 |
| Nick Capone | RW | 35 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 34 |
| Samu Salminen | C/LW | 27 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 14 |
| Jake Flynn | D | 35 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 |
| Jake Percival | F | 34 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
| John Spetz | D | 35 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
| Ty Amonte | RW | 30 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 |
| Tristan Fraser | F | 34 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| Harrison Rees | D | 35 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
| Roman Kinal | D | 35 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 42 |
| Tom Messineo | D | 35 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Tabor Heaslip | F | 35 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Jake Veilleux | D/F | 32 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Jake Black | F | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Adam Dawe | C/RW | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Ryan Tattle | F | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Huston Karpman | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Jack Pascucci | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Logan Terness | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arsenii Sergeev | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | | | 113 | 185 | 298 | 358 |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Logan Terness | 18 | 1018:45 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 451 | 1 | .913 | 2.53 |
| Arsenii Sergeev | 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 | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | 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 (1) | 7 (2) | 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

| Player | Award |
| 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

| Round | Pick | Player | NHL team |
| 1 | 15 | Matthew Wood | Nashville Predators |
† incoming freshman