Later this week, the University of Connecticut Huskies will open their Hockey East Tournament play as the conference’s fourth seed, having tied 2021 NCAA champion UMass with 14 conference wins.
After five straight sub-0.500 seasons from 2014 to 2019, senior forward Jáchym Kondelik is a big reason why the Huskies are winning again, going 18-15-0 overall so far this season.
Although he’s scored more than 20 points in each of his four college seasons, Kondelik has taken a big step forward in 2021-22. In 33 games, he’s scored double-digit goals for the first time (12), leads the team in points (32), hit the 100-point mark on his career, and is now the all-time leading assist-getter in program history.