Last season, there was a change in the UConn men’s hockey team. Some of it was outward, such as the seven-game win streak and first round bye in the Hockey East Tournament. But more importantly, the culture inside the program changed.
The Huskies are no longer the scrappy underdogs of Hockey East. They aren’t satisfied with just stealing a win against a ranked team during a weekend. They aren’t hoping to run into success anymore.
They’re expecting it.
“We have a mentality now that we expect to win,” head coach Mike Cavanaugh said. “It doesn’t matter who’s coming in.