UConn men’s hockey opened its season with a 6-3 victory over the Sacred Heart Pioneers — the Huskies were ahead by one goal before a pair of empty-net goals in the final 46 seconds.
“I don’t think it was the best game we could have played but we got it done which is the most important,” Jachym Kondelik said.
Vladislav Firstov opened the scoring on UConn’s first shot of the season just 1:05 in but Sacred Heart tied it up a few minutes later. The Huskies the lead back in the final minute of the first period on a power-play goal from Ryan Tverberg and added another from Firstov midway through the second to make it 3-1.