Just before UConn men’s hockey head coach Mike Cavanaugh walked into a 2 p.m. team meeting on Wednesday, his phone rang with news from Hockey East. All of a sudden, his squad had one gamed scheduled against UMass this weekend. Soon after, one matchup with the Minutemen turned into two. Then, it wasn’t all officially confirmed until midway through the Huskies’ practice.
But that’s just par for the course during what’s already proven to be an unpredictable season and UConn’s coach plans to have his guys prepared for whatever comes their way.
“I told the players right from the beginning in September that this is a year where we’re gonna have to be flexible and we’re gonna have to be very mentally tough because it seems like decisions change by the minute — and that’s an understatement,” Cavanaugh said.