UConn’s Nick Capone might only have five points this season (one goal, five assists) but opposing teams always need to know where he is on the ice. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound freshman forward is one of the Huskies’ biggest hitters, a “throwback power forward” type player, as head coach Mike Cavanaugh once described him.
While it’s easy to conflate players that check hard with being dirty, Cavanaugh highlighted Capone as one of the most fundamentally sound hitters on the team.
“Nick hits hard but he hits clean,” the coach said. “His stick is always on the ice and he hits with his shoulder.