Wildcats Score Two Third-Period Goals to Force OT, but Fall to UConn, 6-5

Friday, January 15

Storrs, Conn.

4 PM

University of New Hampshire

3-5-2, 3-5-2

UConn

4-5-1, 4-5-1

OT 1

New Hampshire

UConn

Luke Reid scored his first collegiate goal.

Wildcats Score Two Third-Period Goals to Force OT, but Fall to UConn, 6-5

1/15/2021 8:44:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Reid and Herrmann scored first collegiate goals.

STORRS, Conn. – UConn's Carter Turnbull completed a hat trick with a game-winning goal in overtime as the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team fell to UConn, 6-5, on Friday afternoon at Freitas Ice Forum. Sophomore forward Lucas Herrmann (Lancaster, N.Y.) and freshman defenseman Luke Reid (Warman, Saskatchewan) each posted their first career goal.

The Wildcats are now 3-6-1 (3-6-1 Hockey East), while ther Huskies improve to 4-5-1 (4-5-1 Hockey East).

UP NEXT:

The Wildcats will host UConn to complete the home-and-home series on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 5:00 p.m. at the Whittemore Center on College SportsLive.

Score: Connecticut 6, New Hampshire 5 (OT)
Records: UNH (3-6-1, 3-6-1 HE), UConn (4-5-1, 4-5-1 HE)
Location: Storrs, Conn. (Freitas Ice Forum)
Date: Friday, Jan. 15, 2021

HOW IT HAPPENED:

At 4:15 of the first period, Herrmann netted his first goal of his career to give the 'Cats a 1-0 lead. Herrmann and freshman forward Carson Richels (Ham Lake, Minn.) were on a two-on-one and Herrmann ripped it home. Junior forward Eric Esposito (West Haven, Conn.) also posted an assist on the goal.
Turnbull found the back of the net for the Huskies on the power play, tying the game 1-1 at 7:10.
Then Reid wristed a shot from the point on the power play and buried the puck at 9:59 to give the 'Cats a 2-1 lead in the first. Herrmann and senior Kohei Sato (Nishitokyo, Japan) posted assists on the goal.
Vladislav Firstov buried a goal at 14:48 to tie the game once again.
Turnbull scored his second goal of the game to give the Huskies a 3-2 lead at 18:28.
Junior forward Jackson Pierson (Zionsville, Ind.) one-timed a shot off a pass from senior forward Patrick Grasso (Ankeny, Iowa) to the back of the net at 19:07 on the power play to tie the game 3-3. Sophomore defenseman Kalle Eriksson (Leksand, Sweden) posted the secondary assist on the goal.
UConn outshot UNH 14-8 in the first period. The Wildcats were 2-3 on the power play as the Huskies went 1-2.
Firstov buried his second goal of the game at 2:47 on the power play to give the Huskies a 4-3 lead in the second.
UNH outshot UConn by a 16-10 margin while the Wildcats went 0-1 on the power play and the Huskies went 1-2.
Jonny Evans poked the puck to the back of the net at 3:05 to extend the Huskies' lead to 5-3 in the third period.
Junior defenseman Ryan Verrier (Reading, Mass.) fired a wrist shot to the back of the net at 15:22 of the third to cut UConn's lead in half, 5-4. Junior defenseman Will MacKinnon (Plymouth, Mich.) and Pierson were able to post assists on the goal.
UNH pulled senior goalie Mike Robinson (Bedford, N.H.) at 17:56 in exchange for an extra attacker.
Junior forward Filip Engarås (Stockholm, Sweden) tied the game at 5-5 with the extra attacker as he picked up the puck off a rebound in front of the net and buried it at 19:25.
Turnbull recorded the hat trick as he scored the game winning goal at 0:57 of overtime.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Robinson made 28 saves, while Tomas Vomacka also recorded 28.
Connecticut outshot New Hampshire, 34-33.
The Wildcats and Huskies both went 2-4 on the power play.
Five different Wildcats scored a goal.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

UNH is 2-2-1 this season in overtime.
Herrmann and Reid each scored their first collegiate goal, while Richels posted his first collegiate point with an assist.
Pierson, Herrmann and Verrier each tallied one goal and one assist for two points. Pierson now has 11 career multi-point games, while this was the second for Herrmann and the first for Verrier.
Pierson has scored three goals this season, all against the Huskies at Freitas Ice Forum.
This was only the second time these two teams have met at Freitas Ice Forum. The 'Cats won in overtime, 2-1, earlier this season on Jan. 2.

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