For the first time in four years, UConn men’s hockey is dealing with an overhaul at forward. How quickly the group gels together will play a big part in the success of the Huskies’ season.
Departures
UConn lost an All-American (Jonny Evans), its career points leader in the Hockey East Era (Jachym Kondelik), its most talented player (Vladislav Firstov), a former leading goal scorer (Carter Turnbull), its fourth-leading scorer (Marc Gatcomb) and two steady veterans (Kevin O’Neil, John Wojciechowski) to graduation and the pros. Artem Shlaine, Sasha Teleguine, Cassidy Bowes and Gavin Puskar entered the transfer portal, too, leaving the Huskies with just five returning forwards.