FINAL SCORE: UConn 7, Vermont 4
HARTFORD, Conn. – William Lemay and Vlad Dzhioshvili tallied back-to-back third period goals to pull Vermont within a goal, but two final tallies from Jonny Evans pushed the UConn Huskies (7-6-3, 4-4-2 HEA) past the Vermont Catamounts (1-11-2, 0-8-1 HEA) Saturday afternoon at the XL Center.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Marc Gatcomb put the Huskies up 1-0 at 4:41 of the first period on the power play.
• Jacques Bouquot scored his first career goal off a Matt O'Donnell rebound at 11:21 of the first period to tie the game at 1-1. Bouquot crashed the net for the goal and a video review confirmed the call on the ice.
• Carter Turnbull made it 2-1 UConn at 10:51 of the opening period with an assist from Yan Kuznetsov. Turnbull fired a puck from below the goal line and received a fortuitous bounce for the go-ahead goal.
• Matt Alvaro brought the Catamounts even with the Huskies just 1:14 after Turnbull's tally. Derek Lodermeier won the draw at the right dot to Alvaro, who walked across the slot before shooting against the grain to beat Tomas Vomacka (21 saves).
• Carter Berger and Brian Regali tallied UConn goals at 5:30 and 6:15 of the second to push the Husky lead to 4-2. Berger's tally came on the power play and Regali's goal came from a Zac Robbins rebound. Jonny Evans added another Husky goal at 9:51 of the frame to make it 5-2.
• Lemay scored his first career goal on the power play at 4:54 of the third period to pull Vermont within two. Ace Cowans found the freshman across the slot on the right post for the goal.
• Dzhioshvili made it a one-goal game just over two minutes later as he found an Cowans rebound in the left circle and fired a shot past a diving Vomacka.
• Evans tallied his second of the game at 9:01 of the third on a breakaway. He moved to his right before slotting a shot over Lekkas' right shoulder. He completed the hat trick with an empty net goal at 19:45 of the third.

GAME NOTES

• Bouquot and Lemay are the second and third members of the Class of 2022 to record his first career goal this season, joining classmate Andrew Lucas.
• Johnny DeRoche picked up secondary assists on both of Vermont's goals in the third period.
• Cowans and DeRoche matched career-highs with two assists apiece.

UP NEXT | Tickets - Dec. 28 | Dec. 29
Vermont defends its title in the 2019 Catamount Cup on Saturday (Dec. 28) and Sunday (Dec. 29). Vermont takes on Union at 7:05 p.m. Saturday before facing Lake Superior State at the same time Sunday. Providence faces Lake Superior on Saturday and Union on Sunday, both scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
 
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