No. 20 UConn men’s hockey couldn’t overcome a slow start as it fell to the UMass Lowell River Hawks in overtime, 3-2. The Huskies drop to 8-7-2 but end up with a point from the loss.
“Besides the first period, I was really happy with the way we competed and the effort we had tonight,” head coach Mike Cavanaugh said.
UMass Lowell struck less than four minutes in on the power play when a shot deflected off a skate and found the back of the net. UConn responded in the second period during a long stretch of zone time after Kale Howarth cleaned up a rebound from a Jonny Evans shot to make it 1-1.