The Huskies in September

September was a busy month for the Huskies. They started out with a few days of testing followed by captains practices before falling into the hands of coach Dave Flint. It’s going to be an interesting year for the Huskies, with the departure of Kendall Coyne to the US Olympic team, and Casey Pickett and Rachel Llanes to graduation. As Flint stated in a USCHO article, the Huskies are “ just going to have to play more of a team game this year and not rely on one line so much.” The Huskies have a few games to find that scoring touch before they face their toughest competition in Cornell, BU and BC.

The Huskies played their first exhibition game against McGill this past weekend and they played well, holding out for the 1-0 win. The lone goal came from Claire Santostefano from a pass by Katie MacSorley. All three goaltenders had a chance to see some action, with Foss coming up big in the last few minutes to keep the 1-0 lead.

In other news, the Huskies have been picked to finish 3rd in the Hockey East preseason poll. Other ranking systems have them in fourth, but in all of the situations, the Huskies are right behind BC and BU. They also received votes in the USCHO poll, coming in at number 10.

Overall the team looks poised to come out with two wins at Matthews this weekend. They play Syracuse on Friday at 7pm, followed by RIT on Saturday at 3pm.
To read the article from USCHO.com, click here.