UConn men’s hockey’s offensive turnaround boosted by blue line

Ian Bethune/The UConn Blog For most of its Hockey East Era, UConn men’s hockey hasn’t gotten much production from its defensemen.

Since the 2014-15 season, the Huskies have never had more than three defensemen finish with 10+ points in a season and overall, only 12 d-men have done so in total. But this year, six of the team’s eight defensemen are on pace to reach that mark if UConn played a 36-game season (the length of a typical, non-pandemic season).

While senior Adam Karashik (14.4 projected points) and freshman John Spetz (20.6) have both contributed, that dramatic improvement is thanks in large part to the Huskies’ true sophomore class of Yan Kuznetsov (22.5 projected points), Carter…