Notebook: UConn men’s hockey likely without two top forwards this weekend

Ian Bethune/The UConn Blog Note: Hockey East announced the matchup between UConn and BU on Friday night at Walter Brown Arena has been canceled due to non-COVID reasons. The UConn Blog has learned that the issue is on BU’s end, not UConn’s. We’ll have updates as they become available.

UConn men’s hockey will likely be without two of its top forwards this weekend against BU. Vladislav Firstov has been ruled out for Saturday’s while Hudson Schandor is listed as doubtful with unspecified injuries suffered from the Huskies’ 4-0 loss to Providence last Friday, head coach Mike Cavanaugh said on a Zoom call with media on Thursday.

Cavanaugh mentioned that Schandor could be a game-time decision on…