Union men's hockey goalie Murphy injured in 4-1 loss to UConn

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Union men's hockey goalie Connor Murphy left Friday's game against UConn with an injury.

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UNION COLLEGE – Union College men’s hockey goalie Connor Murphy’s consecutive streak of starts is in jeopardy.

Murphy, making his 61st consecutive start, left Friday’s game against 20th-ranked UConn with an injury early in the third period of the Dutchmen’s 4-1 non-conference loss at XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

Union head coach Josh Hauge didn’t want to say if Murphy had suffered a middle-body injury or lower-body injury. He did say that he believes it’s not a groin issue.

“He’s being evaluated right now,” Hauge said in a postgame Zoom call after the Dutchmen fell to 1-1-1. “I don’t think it’s going to be anything major, but until the doctors take a look at him, we’ll kind of see [what happens].”

Hauge said Murphy, who made 22 saves, was moving in the crease when he got hurt.

“I don’t know if it was cramping, or if it was a muscle,” Hauge said.

Freshman Kyle Chauvette replaced Murphy. In his first collegiate game, Chauvette stopped all 11 shots he faced. UConn scored a third-period empty-net goal by Chase Bradley with 1:44 left in the game.

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“I’m really happy for him,” Hauge said. “I thought he did a nice job. He gave us a chance of trying to get back into it.”
Hauge only took two goalies on the trip. If Murphy is unable to dress for Saturday’s 4 p.m. rematch, either Joe Sharib or Merek Pipes will drive to Hartford to back up Chauvette.

Hudson Schandor gace the Huskies (3-0) a 1-0 lead late in the first period. Nick Cpaone made it 2-0 midway through the second period.

Union freshman defenseman Nick Young scored his first collegiate goal at 12:14. But 2:33 late, Jake Percival intercepted a clearing pass by Union freshman defenseman John Prokop from behind the net and beat Murphy.

Union 0 1 0 — 1
UConn 1 2 1 — 4
First Period — 1, UConn, Schandor (Tverberg, Hudson), 16:24. Penalties — Schandor, UConn (tripping), 3:21; Young, Uni (tripping), 6:32; Capone, UConn (cross-checking), 8:24; Scheerer, Uni (interference), 10:22; Scheerer, Uni (tripping), 12:49.
Second Period — 2, UConn, Capone (Bradley, Kinal), 10:41. 3, Union, Young, 12:14. 4, UConn, Percival, 14:47. Penalties — None.
Third Period — 5, UConn, Bradley, 18:16 (en). Penalties — Prokop, Uni (slashing), 4:10; Immonen, Uni (cross-checking), 19:06.
Shots on Goal — Union 6-5-5 — 16. UConn 14-11-12 — 37.
Power-play opportunities — Union 0 of 2; UConn 0 of 5.
Goalies — Union, Murphy (25 shots-22 saves), Chauvette (4:10 third, xx-yy). UConn, Terness (11-10).
A — 2,584.
Referees — Bobby Esposito, Peter Schlittenhardt. Linesmen — Patrick Philbin, Phil Kitchen.

RPI 6, MERCYHURST 3

Jakob Lee figured in five of the Engineers’ six goals and led RPI to a season-opening non-conference win over the Lakers at Houston Field House in Troy.

Lee had two goals and three assists. His second goal of the game, a power-play tally with 11:05 left in the second period, gave RPI a 4-1 lead and proved to be the game-winning goal

Ryan Mahshie scored twice, and Jake Gagnon and James McIssac added a goal each.

The two teams meet again at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Mercyhurst 1 0 2 — 3
RPI 3 2 1 — 6
First Period — 1, RPI, Mahshie (Lee, Klee), :54. 2, RPI, Gagnon (Beaton, Muzzatti), 3:03. 3, Mercyhurst, St. Onge (Briere, Waugh), 7:20. 4, RPI, Lee (Gagnon, Agnew), 14:44 (pp). Penalties — Beaune, Mer (tripping), 14:22.
Second Period — 5, RPI, Lee (Agnew, Gagnon), 8:55 (pp). 6, RPI, McIssac (Walsh, Lee), 14:21. Penalties — Lee, RPI (holding), 5:26; Feduolov, Mer (slashing), 8:36.
Third Period — 7, Mercyhurst, Head, 8:34. 8, Mercyhurst, Waugh (Burns, Stewart), 13:08. 9, RPI, Mahshie (Lee), 19:19 (en). Penalties — Head, Mer (slashing), 14:11.
Shots on Goal — Mercyhurst 8-11-16 — 35. RPI 8-13-13 — 34.
Power-play opportunities — Mercyhurst 0 of 1; RPI 2 of 3.
Goalies — Mercyhurst, Harmon (12 shots-8 saves), Lenz (21-20). RPI Watson (35-32).
A — 1,278.
Referees — Anthony Kenney, CJ Hanafin. Linesmen — Tim Daley, Adam Wood.

Women

PROVIDENCE 7, UNION 0

Lindsay Bochna had a natural hat trick in the third period as the Friars cruised to a non-conference win over the Dutchwomen at Schneider Arena in Providence, Rhode Island.

Bochna scored her first two goals within 25 seconds, an even-strength tally at 7:34 and a power-play marker at 7:59. She completed her hat trick with 2:03 remaining in the game.

Caroline Peterson’s shorthanded goal midway through the first period put the Friars (2-1) on top 1-0. Reichen Kirchmair and Lily Henderson scored in the second period. Kirchmair scored her second goal of the game with 1:26 left in the game.

It was the first time Union (2-3) was shut out this season.

The Dutchwomen visit Boston University for a 4 p.m. game Saturday.

Union 0 0 0 — 0
Providence 1 2 4 — 7
First Period — 1, Providence, Peterson, 9:58 (sh). Penalties — Union bench (too many players), 5:50; Neubauerova, Pro (interference), 9:19.
Second Period — 2, Providence, Kirchmair (Weiss, Peterson), 1:20. 3, Providence, Hendrikson (Hjalmarsson, Neubauerova), 11:35. Penalties — Neubauerova, Pro (body checking), 2:24; Weiss, Pro (tripping), 6:20; Groulx, Uni (tripping), 19:32.
Third Period — 4, Providence, Bochna (Neubauerova, Hjalmarsson), 7:34. 5, Providence, Bochna (Hjalmarsson), 7:59 (pp). 6, Providence, Bochna (Neubauerova, Hjalmarsson), 17:57. 7, Providence, Kirchmair (Weiss, Peterson), 18:34. Penalties — Quan, Uni (slashing), 7:34; Greco, Uni (interference),11:42; King, Uni (tripping), 12:31.
Shots on Goal — Union 10-4-4 — 18. Providence 14-7-15 — 36.
Power-play opportunities — Union 0 of 3; Providence 1 of 4.
Goalies — Union, Matsoukas (36 shots-29 saves). Providence, Abstreiter (18-18).
A — 185.
Referees — Thomas Quinn, Ben Lord. Linesmen — Crystalle Parent, Grace Ding.

BOSTON U. 4, RPI 0

Ciara Yhn scored two of the Terriers’ four third-period goals in a non-conference win over the Engineers at Agganis Arena in Boston.

RPI 0 0 0 — 0
Boston U. 0 0 4 — 4
First Period — None. Penalties — Vote, BU (slashing), 9:16; Toye, RPI (body checking), 12:39.
Second Period — None. Penalties — Boston U. bench (too many players), 4:50; Christof, RPI (cross-checking), 5:37; Mattivi, BU (body checking), 15:07.
Third Period — 1, Boston U., Healey, :55. 2, Boston U., Yhun (Allan, Ersoy), 13:15. 3, Boston U., Ersoy (Haag, Roberts), 15:53. 4, Boston U., Yuhn (Vote, DeVito), 19:46. Penalties — Taylor-Walters, RPI (interference), 10:54.
Shots on Goal — RPI 6-6-7 — 19. Boston U. 14-12-8 — 34.
Power-play opportunities — RPI 0 of 3; Boston U. 0 of 3.
Goalies — RPI, Rampado (34 shots-30 saves). Boston U. Brandil (19-19).
A — 427.
Referees — Tim Benedetto, Andrew DiFusco. Linesmen — Sarah Hickman, John Murphy.