UMass and UConn played two of their three contests this season in an interesting deviation from the Friday and Saturday format. Instead, they took the ice on Friday as well as the following Tuesday.
The Huskies emerged with a split, falling on Friday on the road before rebounding in tremendous fashion on Tuesday, scoring their most goals in the Hockey East era in an 8-2 victory on Tuesday. Here are some takeaways from the two-game set.
Alexander Payusov is important.
Payusov missed nine games after having knee surgery on Nov.