UConn Wins Connecticut Ice Again

Jake Percival knocked home a rebound with less than three minutes remaining in regulation, and the University of Connecticut won its second straight Connecticut Ice title with a 4-2 win tonight over Quinnipiac in New Haven. It also marked the first meeting between the two schools since UConn defeated Quinnipiac in the 2025 NCAA Allentown Regional final back in March in Allentown, Pa.

UConn (15-7-3 overall), which defeated host Yale in the opening round on Friday, rebounded from a 2-1 deficit after 40 minutes with three third-period goals, capped by Joey Muldowney's empty-netter with less than two minutes left. Tabor Heaslip and Carlin Dezainde also scored for the 13th-ranked Huskies, who got 28 saves in net from Tyler Muszelik. Markus Vidicek and Chris Pelosi scored for the No. 6 Bobcats (19-5-2), which routed Sacred Heart last night. Both Quinnipiac goals tonight came in the second period, while Matej Marinov stopped 25 shots in goal.

Sacred Heart took this year's Connecticut Ice third-place game by edging Yale, 3-2. 

Alaska Ties at Quinnipiac

Alaska (Fairbanks) snapped a four-game losing streak and completed a five-game road trip with a 2-2 tie at No. 5 Quinnipiac on Tuesday night at the M&T Bank Arena in Hamden, Conn. The visiting Nanooks then outscored the home team in the ensuing shootout, three to two, although the result will be officially recorded as a tie for NCAA purposes.

Chris Pelosi opened the scoring for the host Bobcats with a first-period power-play goal. Misha Danylov then tied matters for the Nanooks halfway through the third period, before Ethan Wyttenbach scored just under four minutes later for Quinnipiac. Alaska then knotted the contest again with less than two minutes remaining in regulation on a power-play tally by Peyton Platter, with the primary assist going to Michael Citara. It was the Nanooks' fourth power-play goal in two games, and Citara's fourth assist in that same span.

Lassi Lehti finished with 39 saves in net for the Nanooks, while Matej Marinov made 14 stops for the Bobcats, as Quinnipiac outshot Alaska, 41-16. The Bobcats also won 34 of 57 total face-offs.

Alaska (2-8-1 overall) returns home to face Simon Fraser in an exhibition contest on Saturday, while Quinnipiac (5-2-2) will enter ECAC Hockey conference play on the road at Harvard and Brown this weekend.