Mike Cavanaugh taking the positives out of UConn's 4-1 loss to Northeastern

Mike Cavanaugh has long believed in putting performance above results, meaning he’s usually more worried about how his team played rather than the final score. So despite UConn suffering an uncompetitive 4-1 loss to Northeastern at home on Friday night, the head coach wasn’t overly concerned.

“I was actually really happy with the way we played. I thought we played a very solid, consistent game,” he said. “There was some puck luck that didn't go our way… It was just one of those games. Credit to Northeastern — when they had chances, they buried them and we weren't able to get any by (Lawton) Zacher.”

“It's one of the first games that we've won faceoffs,” he added later. “We played pretty well defensively.”

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