BURLINGTON, Vt. – UConn used two third period goals to hold off Vermont 4-1 Saturday night in Hockey East action from Gutterson Fieldhouse. Saturday night was the Catamounts Home Opener presented by TD Bank. Four different Huskies scored for Connecticut as both teams opened up league play.

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COACH'S QUOTE
"First period was a good period five-on-five," Head Coach Todd Woodcroft said. "As the game progressed we looked like a team that had not played in seven months and similar to last year, we got into penalty trouble early. They capitalized on two penalties and we couldn't recover. Roster decisions are always influenced by lazy or costly penalties. Tomorrow will see a different lineup."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• UConn opened the scoring with 4:20 left in the first period on their third power play opportunity of the game. From the point Andrew Lucas fed a cross-ice feed to Matthew Wood who one-timed it home for his first career goal.
• The Catamounts answered right back with Simon Jellus' first tally of the season 55 seconds later. William Lemay forced a turnover behind the UConn net and fed a feed to Jellus in the slot. Jellus one-timed it past UConn's Logan Terness.
• The Huskies reestablished their lead on the power play early in the second period. Lucas found Ryan Tverberg down low at the side of the net and Tverberg stepped in front and snuck a shot through UVM's Gabe Carriere to make it 2-1. Hudson Schandor also assisted on the goal which came 4:46 into the middle frame.
• UConn scored two goals 27 seconds apart early in the third period to close out the scoring. Tristan Fraser and Nick Capone picked up the goals for the Huskies.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Catamount graduate defenseman and alternate captain Carter Long played his 100th career game this evening.
• Eric Gotz, Dawson Good, Finn Evans, Jens Richards, Philip Törnqvist and Ralfs Bergmanis made their Catamounts debut Saturday night.
• Porter Schachle and Simon Jellus were tied for the team lead with three shots on goal.
• Joel Määttä won 15 of the 21 draws he took Saturday evening, good for 71.6%. Only three players in Division I college hockey won more than 15 draws tonight on the opening night of the season. 

UP NEXT
The Catamounts close out their season-opening home weekend with another tilt with UConn tomorrow at 4 p.m. Kids 12 and under will receive a free ticket if they're wearing their favorite sports jersey.
 
Tomorrow's action will air live on ESPN+ with Rob Ryan on the call. The games will also be available on a pay-per-view basis internationally at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/hockeyeast. Subscriptions to the service are available for $9.99 USD per month or $4.99 USD for individual games.
 
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