#16 Men’s Hockey Falls to UConn, 4-1

Friday, January 10

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

10-5-3, 2-4-2

UConn

10-8-1, 5-6-1

UConn

New Hampshire

Alex Gagne

Photo by: Kaylin Moriarty

1/10/2025 10:44:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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Robert Cronin scores for the Wildcats

DURHAM, N.H. – Sophomore forward Robert Cronin (Hingham, Mass.) scored for the Wildcats, but the No. 16 University of New Hampshire men's hockey team fell to UConn, 4-1, on Friday night at the Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex in Hockey East action.

Hudson Schandor led the Huskies with one goal and two assists for three points.

The Wildcats fall to 10-5-3 (2-4-2 Hockey East), while the Huskies improve to 10-8-1 (5-6-1 Hockey East).

Up Next

The Wildcats will conclude the home-and-home series versus UConn on Saturday, Jan. 11 on ESPN+ at 3:30 p.m. at Toscano Family Ice Forum.
Next week, UNH will take on No. 13 Boston University in a home-and-home series on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 17-18. The game on Friday is at the Whitt at 7 p.m. on NESN and ESPN+ and is Community Heroes Day presented by Milton CAT with a t-shirt giveaway for the first 300 fans. Saturday is at Agganis Arena at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
Tickets can be purchased at UNHWildcats.com/BuyTickets or by calling the ticket office at (603) 862-4000. Don't miss the most exciting family entertainment in New Hampshire.

 
Score: Connecticut 4, #16 New Hampshire 1
Records: UNH (10-5-3, 2-4-2 Hockey East); UConn (10-8-1, 5-6-1 Hockey East)
Location: Durham, N.H. (Whittemore Center at Key Auto Group Complex)
Date: Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
Attendance: 5,491

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How It Happened

The Huskies struck first at 18:19 of the first period on a short-handed goal by Schandor as he redirected a shot by Joey Muldowney to the back of the net.
At 1:16 of the second period, Ryan Tattle added a power-play goal to extend the Huskies' lead to 2-0.
At 10:14 of the third period, Jake Richard gave the Huskies a 3-0 lead on the team's second power-play goal of the night when he fired a one-timer to the back of the net off a pass by Muldowney.
With the Wildcats trailing 3-0 and on the power play, UNH went with an empty net as Cronin tipped in a shot from senior forward Liam Devlin (Needham, Mass.) into the glove side of the net. Sophomore forward Nick Ring (Hingham, Mass.) was also credited with an assist.

Robert Cronin puts the 'Cats on the board late in the third period. Game Day Central ➡️ https://t.co/PNyw6ZQM4g Watch @ESPNPlus ➡️ https://t.co/gPn6vT4lQl#BeTheRoar pic.twitter.com/tOvnkr0oh1
— UNH Men's Hockey (@UNHMHOCKEY) January 11, 2025

Tabor Heaslip scored the last goal of the game with an empty-netter from the defensive zone for the 4-1 final score.

Inside The Numbers

UNH outshot UConn, 28-25.
The Huskies went 2-6 on the power play, while the Wildcats went 1-3.
Junior goalie Jared Whale (Calgary, Alberta) made 21 saves and is now 10-5-3 on the season, while Tyler Muszelik tallied 27 saves for the Huskies to improve to 6-4-1.