UConn men’s hockey’s incoming class is finally official. On Monday, the Huskies’ introduced 16 new players, made up of four transfers and 12 freshmen. It’s an offense-heavy group with 12 forwards, three defensemen, and one goaltender.
“We’ve got a lot of numbers coming in but we also have quality players too,” head coach Mike Cavanaugh told The UConn Blog. “I think we have a lot of guys who are going to compete for playing time up front.”
After reaching the Hockey East championship game last season, UConn lost 15 players in total — Jonny Evans, Marc Gatcomb, Jarrod Gourley, Darion Hanson, Jachym Kondelik, Kevin O’Neil, Carter Turnbull, Ryan Wheeler, and John Wojciechowski to graduation; Carter Berger, Cassidy Bowes, Gavin Puskar, Artem Shlaine, and Sasha Teleguine to the transfer portal; and Vlad Firstov to the Minnesota Wild.