January 14, 2025
by Adam Wodon/Managing Editor (@chn-adam-wodon)
John Spetz
After years of falling just short of an NCAA Tournament bid, this was not supposed to be one of those years. Most pundits had Connecticut near, or at, the bottom of an ultra-competitive Hockey East.
Well, that has not been the case. Following home-and-home wins against New Hampshire this past weekend, the Huskies moved up to No. 11 in the Pairwise. Here they are again, fighting for their first-ever NCAA Tournament berth.
Holding on won’t be easy — the schedule is as daunting as can be. But it’s also an opportunity.
“We went for so long, so many years at BC and haven’t done it here,” UConn coach Mike Cavanaugh said about making the NCAA Tournament regularly when he was an assistant…
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