UConn men’s hockey’s postseason curse is over. On Saturday, the 4-seed Huskies defeated the 5-seed Boston University Terriers in the quarterfinals of the Hockey East Playoff to earn their first trip to semifinals at the TD Garden in Boston.
It is UConn’s first win in the postseason since joining Hockey East after dropping its previous nine playoff games.
Vladislav Firstov got the Huskies on the board first with a tip-in goal 16 minutes in and Jonny Evans doubled the lead in the second period. BU pulled one back on the power play in the third period but Chase Bradley sealed it with an empty-netter with 10.