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>>“I do want to make, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York (pipelines),” he said. “As I’ve often said, I don’t want them driving by UConn to go to another hockey school if they’re good players. So I think that has to be our foundation.”
However, that doesn’t mean the Huskies are going to turn away from a formula that’s helped them get to where they are now.
“I’m open and I’m not averse to recruiting a kid from wherever they are,” Cavanaugh said. “I think we have to recruit the very best hockey players we can come to UConn and I think diversity is great...if we can get another Vlad Firstov out of Russia or Yan Kuznetsov or Ruslan Iskhakov, I’ll take them in a second. Those types of players, they’re always welcome here at the University of Connecticut.”<<