| Prd | Time | Team | Score | Type | Scored By | Assists |
| 1st | 11:33 | CON | 1-0 | EV | Max Kalter (2) | Zac Robbins/1, Joseph Masonius/1 |
| 2nd | 2:41 | VER | 1-1 | PP | Ross Colton (6) | Christian Evers/3, Matt O'Donnell/3 |
| 2nd | 2:49 | CON | 2-1 | EV GW | Justin Howell (1) | Benjamin Freeman/2, Miles Gendron/4 |
| 2nd | 12:06 | CON | 3-1 | EV | Jeff Wight (2) | Joseph Masonius/2, Brian Rigali/2 |
| 2nd | 13:14 | CON | 4-1 | EV | Spencer Naas (2) | Maxim Letunov/6, Kasperi Ojantakanen/3 |
| 3rd | 15:19 | CON | 5-1 | EV | Spencer Naas (3) | Philip Nyberg/1, Maxim Letunov/7 |
| Scoring | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| Vermont | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| UConn | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Shots on Goal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | SOG |
| Vermont | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| UConn | 10 | 20 | 5 | 35 |
| Team Stats and Records | PP | PIM | SHGF |
| Vermont (2-5-1) | 1/6 | 2/4 | 0 |
| UConn (3-5-1) | 0/2 | 6/15 | 0 |
| Vermont Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Stefanos Lekkas (L, 2-5-1) | 40:00 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| Tyler Harmon | 19:59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Empty Net | 0:01 | 0 |
| UConn Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
| Adam Huska (W, 3-5-1) | 60:00 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
HARTFORD, Conn. - Four different Huskies scored goals to aid the UConn men's hockey team to a 5-1 Hockey East win over Vermont Friday night, snapping their five-game winless streak. The Huskies were led by senior Spencer Naas (Minnetonka, Minn.) who potted two in the series opening win.
The Huskies used a solid defensive effort, allowing Vermont 22 shots, matching their season-low for an opponent. UConn improves to 3-5-1 overall on the year and 2-2-1 in the league while Vermont falls to 2-5-1 overall and 0-1-1 in conference. UConn and Vermont will close out their weekend set tomorrow at the XL Center in Hartford at 3:35 pm.
Junior forward Max Kalter (Highland Park, Ill.) opened up the scoring for the Huskies at 11:33 in the first. After Vermont tied the game 1-1 early in the second, UConn answered with three-straight to take command. Sophomore Justin Howell (Saint Paul, Minn.) and seniors Jeff Wight (Coquitlam, British Columbia) and Naas each picked up a goal in the second period giving the Huskies a 4-1 lead going into the third.
Vermont's Ross Colton scored their only goal of the night on the power play just 2:41 into the second with the assist from Christian Evers. After giving up a goal on Vermont's first power play chance, the Huskies killed off the last five chances of the night.
Naas made it 5-1 at 15:19 in the third, scoring his second of the game.
UConn goaltender Adam Huska made 21 saves while Vermont goaltenders, Stefanos Lekkas and Tyler Harmon made a total of 30 saves in the loss. UConn held a 35-22 edge on shots.
1st:
Just after a Vermont penalty expired, UConn's Zac Robbins (Glenview, Ill.) tapped it to Kalter in the slot who slapped a shot on Lekkas, who got a piece of it but not enough as it made its way across the line at 11:33 for a 1-0 lead.
2nd:
UConn started the period shorthanded with senior David Drake (Naperville, Ill.) in the box for another 30 seconds on his penalty. Drake gave the Catamounts another power play opportunity at 2:31 and they took advantage scoring at 2:41 when Colton put one in the top-shelf.
The Huskies answered right back just eight seconds later taking back their lead with a clean shot from Howell on a breakaway. Sophomore Benjamin Freeman carried the puck into the zone on the left wing and threaded a pass to Howell in the slot who buried it for his first on the year.
The Huskies took a 3-1 lead at 12:06 as Wight got a deflection off a Joseph Masonius (Spring Lake, N.J.) blast from the blue line. Just over a minute later, Naas batted the rebound from Maxim Letunov (Moscow, Russia) out of the air right into the back of the net for a 4-1 advantage and triggering a Vermont timeout.
3rd:
To start the third, Vermont replaced Lekkas in goal with Harmon. UConn tacked on their final goal of the night at 15:19 with Naas picking up his second, putting home a rebound off a Philip Nyberg (Linkoping, Sweden) shot.
Notes:
Howell scored his first goal on the season and snapped a 24-game scoring drought. His last goal came at Notre Dame last season (10/27/16).
Naas recorded his first multi-goal game of the season and the fifth of his career. It was also his second multi-point game this year and 10th of his career. His two goals matches his career-high. For Naas, it was the 39th and 40th goals of his career.
Letunov's two assists gives him three multi-point games this season and 21 for his career. Masonius' two assists matches his career-high and gives him his first multi-point game this year and seventh of his career.