UConn men’s hockey’s 2022-23 season came to an end on Saturday with a 2-1 loss to the UMass Lowell River Hawks in the quarterfinals of the Hockey East Playoffs at Toscano Family Ice Forum.
The Huskies out-shot the visitors 41-17 — their fourth-most shots and second-widest shot differential of the season — but Lowell goalie Gustavs Davis Grigals stood on his head and stole the game. The River Hawks managed just five shots over the final two periods.
UMass Lowell scored the game’s first two goals in the opening period and UConn never recovered. The Huskies found the back of the net with 1:24 left after pulling the goalie for the extra skater but ran out of time in search of the second.