UConn men’s hockey will kick off the postseason at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday against the Boston University Terriers at the XL Center in Hartford. The Huskies are coming off a regular season in which they compiled an 18-15-0 overall record and 14-10-0 mark in Hockey East play, setting a record for both total wins and league wins under head coach Mike Cavanaugh.
UConn finished tied with the Terriers and Merrimack for fourth place in the Hockey East standings with 41 points but earned the No. 4 seed in the playoffs by owning the three-way tiebreaker over the other two schools.