Saturday Roundup: UConn wins the CT Ice Tournament
Plus: Western, North Dakota, Penn State, Providence, Michigan State all sweep, and Denver bounces back
It was a loaded Saturday across college hockey.
The Connecticut Ice Tournament crowned a champion as UConn closed out the tournament against Quinnipiac. Penn State and Michigan State had big sweeps in the Big Ten, Providence blanked BU, North Dakota swept Arizona State, and Denver bounced back with a win over St. Cloud.
Here’s a complete recap of Saturday’s action, with notes from every game played across the college hockey world.
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Saturday’s Three Stars
(1) Will Vote, Boston College: Scored the only three goals of the game in a 3-0 win over UNH
(2) Sutter Muzzatti, Notre Dame: A four-point night (2g, 2a) leading Notre Dame to its first Big Ten win of the year.
(3) Jack Parsons, Providence: Another big weekend for the Providence goalie, stopping all 33 shots in a shutout over BU and sweeping the Terriers.
Connecticut Ice Tournament
Championship
UConn 4, Quinnipiac 2: Trailing 2-1 entering the third period, Carlin Dezainde and Jake Percival scored to tie the game and give UConn the lead. Joey Muldowney sealed it with an empty-netter as the Huskies closed out the championship.
“It’s a great time of year for this (event),” UConn coach Mike Cavanaugh said. “Besides the teams in the Beanpot, we are the only four teams in the country that get a dress rehearsal for what’s to come. In five or six weeks, we are playing for the Hockey East Championship and we’ve gone through this. You have to win your first night to get to the second. We’d be foolish not to continue this [tournament].”
Consolation Game
Sacred Heart 3, Yale 2: Felix Trudeau scored his 20th goal of the season, tying him for the national lead with Hayden Stavroff (Dartmouth) and Max Plante (Minnesota Duluth).
Big Ten
Penn State 3, Wisconsin 1: The Nittany Lions completed the road sweep, but the lasting image came late. Gavin McKenna and Blake Montgomery both received game misconducts for facemasking, part of an end-of-game sequence that saw 11 misconducts handed out with 10 seconds remaining. Kevin Reidler was excellent, stopping 40 shots.
