Matthew Wood breaks out of scoring slump to snap UConn out of losing skid

Entering Friday night, Matthew Wood hadn’t scored in over a month. In Hockey East play, he hadn’t found the back of the net since Nov. 10. He was the poster child of UConn’s scoring woes.

“He's been snake-bit all year,” head coach Mike Cavanaugh said of the forward.

Wood broke out of that drought in a big way against Northeastern, recording his first collegiate hat trick — including the game-winner — in a 4-3 win that snapped UConn’s four game losing streak.

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