HOUGHTON — With 13 freshmen and five transfers on the roster, the Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team has been going through some early season growing pains. They are 5-3 overall and 2-0 in CCHA play, but first-year coach Bill Muckalt feels there is still plenty of room for his team to improve.

The Huskies are returning home Friday after a road trip to New York that saw them blow leads of 2-0 and 3-1 in a 6-4 loss to Clarkson on Friday and follow that up with a 3-0 shutout Saturday at St. Lawrence.

“(We played) well at times in both games,” Muckalt said. “The difference being, on Saturday, we played a full 60 minutes. I liked our start in Clarkson. I think we were in complete control of that game for the first half of the game. Didn’t like our breakouts, our turnovers.

“I think we lost so

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