SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - The American International College ice hockey team fell to the University of Connecticut in a nonconference matchup on Friday, October 13.

FAST FACTS:
Final score: AIC 4, UConn 6
Records: AIC moves to 0-3-1, while UConn improves to 2-1-0 on the year.
Location: MassMutual Center (Springfield, Massachusetts)

STATS LEADERS:
AIC:
Patrik Demel (two goals)
Janis Jaks (one goal, one assist)
Darius Davidson (one goal, one assist)
Zackarias Skog (29 saves)

UConn:
Alexander Payusov (three goals)
Johnny Austin (two assists)
Maxim Letunov (two assists)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• AIC jumped out to a 3-0 lead early in the first period, off a goal from sophomore defenseman Janis Jaks at 2:48 and then a pair of goals from fellow sophomore defenseman Patrik Demel at 10:04 and 14:31.
• Momentum shifted the Huskies' way in the second period, as they held the shots-on-goal advantage 17-7, and earned three goals to show for it, tying things up at 3-3 by the 18:50 mark of the second.
• Freshman forward Darius Davidson notched his first collegiate goal to put AIC up 4-3 at 4:06 in the third period.
• Wyatt Newpower tied the game at 9:16 for UConn, and Karl El-Mir gave UConn the lead at 16:04.
• Alexander Payusov closed out his hat trick and gave the Huskies an insurance goal and a 6-4 lead with 2:13 remaining.

COACH'S CORNER:

• "Good news and bad news - we showed we can move up and down the ice against a pretty good Hockey East team," said AIC coach Eric Lang. "I think getting up 3-0 changed our attack mentality and we then decided we wanted to defend them instead of playing on the offense which is a strength of ours. Credit to those guys - we knew they were going to make a big push there, and our response wasn't great."

NEXT UP:

• AIC travels north on Interstate 91 to take on the University of Massachusetts in another nonconference contest on Saturday, October 14. Game time is set for 7 p.m.