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• 2 additional arrests had been made in connection with death of UConn student in October 2016

  25-02-2017 23:50
  
  STORRS — University police had made two additional arrests in connection with the death of a student back in October. On October 15, 2016, UConn Police said, Jacob San-juan, 20, of Plainville and Michael Vaz, 19, of Storrs, stole a fire extinguisher from the Grant Science Building. The next day, police said the two suspects discharged the fire alarm on the fourth floor of a dorm that set off an alarm. At the time, Jeffny Pally, 19, was sitting propped up against […]
  
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• East Windsor Signs Development Agreement for New Casino

  25-02-2017 23:32
  
  East Windsor town officials held a special meeting at East Windsor High School Saturday to vote on a Development Agreement between the town and MMCT Venture LLC, the joint Mohegan-Mashantucket Pequot company...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• East Windsor Approves Casino Development Agreement

  25-02-2017 23:13
  
  EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Hundreds turned out at East Windsor High School Saturday for a special board of selectmen meeting on plans for a third casino in Connecticut. After hearing from the public, selectmen unanimously approved a 20-page development agreement that paves the way for the project.
  The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes had narrowed the possible locations for a new casino to sites in East Windsor and Windsor Locks and said last week that they would announce
  
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• Hartford Students Compete at African American History Bee

  25-02-2017 23:09
  
  Some students in Hartford spent part of their Saturday at the Hartford Public Library for the annual “African American History Bee.”Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Mayor Bronin makes heated appearance on Tucker Carlson

  25-02-2017 22:50
  
  HARTFORD —  Hartford Mayor, Luke Bronin, appeared on FOX News’ ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ to discuss Hartford’s sanctuary city policy. Carslon, who stated he used to live in the city of Hartford, asked Bronin ‘How many crimes in the past year or two have been committed by illegal immigrants in Hartford?’. Bronin told Carlson, he asked his police chief for those specific numbers, who told him “virtually none” of the crimes in
  
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• Officials Could Not Pinpoint Cause of New Britain House Fire

  25-02-2017 21:43
  
  New Britain fire officials said Friday they cannot complete a full investigation into large fire in a multi-family home on West Street during a major snow storm earlier this month because the damage to...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Bill Aimed At Protecting State Lands Up For Another Vote

  25-02-2017 21:42
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Lawmakers are being urged to approve legislation needed to have voters decide whether Connecticut’s constitution should be changed to provide more protections for state lands.
  The Government Administration and Elections Committee will hold a hearing Monday on a resolution placing the question on the 2018 statewide ballot. If approved, voters will consider amending Connecticut’s constitution to require public hearings be held in communi
  
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• East Windsor Holds Special Meeting to Vote on Casino Agreement

  25-02-2017 21:34
  
  East Windsor town officials held a special meeting at East Windsor High School Saturday to vote on a Development Agreement between the town and MMCT Venture LLC, the joint Mohegan-Mashantucket Pequot company...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued for Part of State Saturday

  25-02-2017 21:12
  
  Some thunderstorms will move through the state Saturday night and a severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Litchfield County.The NBC Connecticut meteorologists said some areas could see gusty...Photo Credit: NBC ConnecticutThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Police work to bring back murder suspect who fled state

  25-02-2017 20:37
  
  BRIDGEPORT — Police are working to bring back to Connecticut a man suspected of fleeing the state with his daughter after killing the girl’s mother. A spokeswoman for the Bridgeport department said Saturday that police are also investigating the details surrounding Oscar Hernandez’s immigration status. Federal immigration officials say he had been deported Nov. 27, 2013. A citizen of El Salvador, Hernandez has prior felony convictions including assault and threat. U.S. Imm
  
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• Police work to bring back Bridgeport murder suspect who fled state

  25-02-2017 20:37
  
  BRIDGEPORT — Police are working to bring back to Connecticut a man suspected of fleeing the state with his daughter after killing the girl’s mother. A spokeswoman for the Bridgeport department said Saturday that police are also investigating the details surrounding Oscar Hernandez’s immigration status. Federal immigration officials say he had been deported Nov. 27, 2013. A citizen of El Salvador, Hernandez has prior felony convictions including assault and threat. U.S. Imm
  
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• Milton Scores 20 To Help No. 15 SMU Beat UConn

  25-02-2017 20:25
  
  By WILLIAM S. PAXTONAssociated Press
  Hartford, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) -Shake Milton had 20 points and seven rebounds to lead No. 15 SMU over UConn 69-61 on Saturday.
  The Mustangs (25-4, 15-1 American Athletic Conference) won their 11th straight and haven’t lost since Jan. 12 at Cincinnati. Semi Ojeleye had 16 points, Ben Moore added 15 and Sterling Brown had 11.
  The Huskies (14-14, 9-7), who have dropped two straight after a four-game winning streak, were led by Kentan Facey’
  
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• Two Charged With Stealing Wood In North Haven

  25-02-2017 20:09
  
  NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – North Haven police have arrested two men in connection with thefts from a local wood working company.
  Police say Jairo Solorzano-Guerra, 38, of New Haven and Luis Chacon, 40, of West Haven were arrested Saturday after they attempted to drive away from the business with $13,000 worth of product.
  Both men are charged with second-degree larceny and criminal trespass. They were held on $5,000 pond with a March 3 court date in Meriden.
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• Germany: Man drives vehicle into pedestrians, shot by police

  25-02-2017 19:45
  
  HEIDELBERG, GERMANY — A man armed with a knife was shot and injured by police Saturday after he drove a car into a group of pedestrians in Heidelberg, Germany, local police said. Three people were injured, one seriously, Mannheim police said. After driving his car into the group, the suspect tried to flee the scene and was then shot by officers. The suspect was seriously injured and taken to the hospital. No motive is known. The incident occurred near a […]
  
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• Hundreds Rally in Support of Affordable Care Act in New Haven

  25-02-2017 19:43
  
  A group including concerned residents, students and clinicians are scheduled to rally in New Haven in support of the Affordable Care Act.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Suspects Tried to Steal $13K Worth of Wood: North Haven PD

  25-02-2017 19:14
  
  North Haven police have arrested two men accused of stealing wood from a local wood working company.Photo Credit: North Haven Police Department
  
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• 1 Dead After Fire at Wallingford Apartment Complex

  25-02-2017 19:01
  
  A 57-year-old woman is dead and dozens of people were displaced after a fire at a Wallingford apartment building on Friday afternoon.Photo Credit: Wallingford Fire Department
  
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• Group Rallies in Support of Affordable Care Act in New Haven

  25-02-2017 18:51
  
  A group including concerned residents, students and clinicians are scheduled to rally in New Haven in support of the Affordable Care Act.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Malloy Backs Perez For DNC Chair

  25-02-2017 18:38
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is throwing his political support to former Labor Secretary Tom Perez to head the national Democratic Party.
  Malloy is chairman of the Democratic Governors Association.
  Malloy issued his endorsement on Saturday morning in tweet, saying he’s proud to support Perez.
  Malloy says he saw firsthand that Perez is “a fighter on behalf of our candidates” and supports “progressive value” when P
  
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• Woman Pronounced Dead After Wallingford Fire

  25-02-2017 18:35
  
  WALLINGFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – Wallingford police say a woman is dead after a fire at the Silver Pond Apartment Complex Friday afternoon.
  Police say blaze at 656 Center Street, in Building A of the complex, was reported around 4 p.m. All residents were evacuated and one person, Carol Augustine, 57, was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead, said police.
  An autopsy conducted Saturday was inconclusive and the death is pending further study.
  Forty-seven people
  
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• Woman dies following Friday fire in Wallingford elderly apartment complex

  25-02-2017 18:25
  
  WALLINGFORD — One person is dead following a fire in an elderly housing complex on East Center Street in Wallingford Friday afternoon. On Friday, officials said one woman, identified as 57-year-old Carol Augustine, was hospitalized, but Saturday the Wallingford Fire Dept. confirmed that she later died at the hospital. The cause of her death is still being investigating. The fire broke out in her second floor unit of the Silver Pond Apartments. The fire was contained to one apartm
  
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• Suspect In Woman’s Death In US Had Been Deported In 2013

  25-02-2017 18:07
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A man suspected of fleeing Connecticut with his daughter after killing the child’s mother is a citizen of El Salvador who had been deported more than three years ago, U.S. authorities say.
  The 6-year-old girl was found in Pennsylvania on Friday following a high-speed car chase and crash on Interstate 99 that involved a car driven by her father, Oscar Hernandez.
  Hernandez was taken into custody. The girl, Aylin Sofia Hernandez, suffered min
  
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• Suspect In Woman’s Death Had Been Deported In 2013

  25-02-2017 18:07
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A man suspected of fleeing Connecticut with his daughter after killing the child’s mother is a citizen of El Salvador who had been deported more than three years ago, U.S. authorities say.
  The 6-year-old girl was found in Pennsylvania on Friday following a high-speed car chase and crash on Interstate 99 that involved a car driven by her father, Oscar Hernandez.
  Hernandez was taken into custody. The girl, Aylin Sofia Hernandez, suffered min
  
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• Putnam Woman Arrested on Drug Charges After Traffic Stop

  25-02-2017 17:16
  
  Connecticut state police arrested a Putnam woman on drug charges after a traffic stop Saturday.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Joe D and Gresh: Year One For UConn AD David Benedict

  25-02-2017 17:04
  
  Joe D sat down with UConn Athletic Director David Benedict in studio to talk about his first year as AD.  Hear about his experience, and his vision for the future of UConn’s programs.
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• Supreme Court weighs law banning sex offenders from Facebook

  25-02-2017 17:00
  
  RALEIGH, N.C.  — The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up the case of a North Carolina man who beat a traffic ticket and posted about his victory on Facebook, a place he was forbidden to be. The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday as 36-year-old Lester Packingham Jr. claims a state law violates his constitutional rights to free speech by banning convicted sex offenders like him from social media sites. Packingham’s conviction for violating the social-media ban was upheld by North [&
  
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• Woman Charged in Fatal Litchfield Crash

  25-02-2017 16:59
  
  A Litchfield woman involved in the crash that killed one person and injured five other last year has been arrested.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Brookfield Man Charged in Bethel Robbery

  25-02-2017 16:01
  
  Bethel police have arrested a man accused of robbing the Wheels convenience store on Stony Hill Road Wednesday night.Photo Credit: Bethel Police Department
  
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• One Dead, One in Custody After Hartford Crash

  25-02-2017 15:54
  
  One person is dead and another in custody after a crash in Hartford early Saturday morning.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Renovation For UConn Science Building

  25-02-2017 15:48
  
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) – A major academic building at the University of Connecticut is set to undergo an $85 million face-lift.
  The school’s Board of Trustees has approved spending the money to renovate its 285,000-square-foot Gant science building, which houses the university’s programs in physics, ecology and evolutionary biology, molecular and cell biology, and physiology and neurobiology programs.
  The renovations will include improvements to classrooms, lecture halls, teaching
  
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• Democratic Party gets set to choose its new chair

  25-02-2017 15:26
  
  ATLANTA (CNN) — Democrats are set to choose a new chair to lead their battered party as it tries to channel the anti-Donald Trump energy of its base into an electoral rebound. The Democratic National Committee is set to meet Saturday morning in Atlanta, where 442 voting members will select from a seven-candidate field led by former Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison. Aides and vote counters for both Perez and Ellison see a tight race, which […]
  
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• Pence pledges to ‘keep our end of the bargain’ with top Jewish supporters

  25-02-2017 14:49
  
  LAS VEGAS — Vice President Mike Pence delivered an ode on Friday evening to the Republican Jewish establishment that once was deeply skeptical of his boss, effusively praising several GOP luminaries such as billionaire Sheldon Adelson. Speaking before a Shabbat dinner at Adelson’s landmark Venetian hotel and casino, Pence shared his administration’s platform on Israel with several hundred members of the Republican Jewish Coalition, including a pledge to keep Iran from acquiring
  
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• One person killed in overnight Hartford crash, police investigating

  25-02-2017 13:54
  
  HARTFORD — Hartford Police are investigating after a multi-car crash left one person dead Saturday morning. Police say that the crash happened on Main Street near Mahl Street. One person was killed, however it’s unclear if anyone else was injured. Police say Main Street is shut down in both directions. Stay with FOX61 for any updates.
  
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• Hartford man killed in overnight crash, police investigating

  25-02-2017 13:54
  
  HARTFORD — Hartford Police are investigating after a two car crash that left one person dead. Police say around 2:30 a.m., a man driving a black Audi was heading northbound on Main Street at a high rate of speed. He blew an intersection and t-boned another car travelling westbound off of Pavillion Street. The suspect hit the car on the driver’s side causing a fairly severe impact. The suspect’s airbags deployed. The driver of the other car, 52-year-old Juan Ortiz […]
  
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• Man Wounded In Late Night Shooting

  25-02-2017 13:24
  
  (New Haven, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Police in New Haven are investigating a late Friday night shooting.
  Officers on patrol in the area of Chapel and Day Streets reported finding a victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the ankle.
  Twenty-two-year-old Trayvon Foster of New Haven was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital for treatment.
  Police say Foster told them the gunman was in a black Volvo seden.
  His injuries are non life-threatening.
  Anyone with any information is asked to give new haven
  
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• Blumenthal Hosts Town Hall Today

  25-02-2017 13:21
  
  (New Haven, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – With Congress in recess, many lawmakers have gone back home states to their constituents to get an earful on a variety of topics during emotional and often loud town hall meetings.
  Immigration and healthcare remain among the hot-button issues.
  Later today, Senator Richard Blumenthal will host a town hall in New Haven.
  In a statement, Blumenthal says he’ll hear directly from voters regarding their concerns.
  The town hall takes place in the auditori
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: The struggle continues – Deacon Miller talks civil rights issues

  25-02-2017 12:33
  
  HARTFORD —  Deacon Art Miller, a national civil and human rights activist, sits with Stan Simpson to talk about the civil rights issues people are faced with today. Deacon Miller touches on the Black Lives Matter protests, immigration, gay rights and recent women’s rights protests. Deacon published a book “The Journey to Chatham: Why Emmett Till’s Murder Changed America, a personal story”, which is a story about America in its pre-civil rights struggle, and how
  
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• Stan Simpson Show: The struggle continues for civil rights issues

  25-02-2017 12:33
  
  HARTFORD —  Deacon Art Miller, a national civil and human rights activist, sits with Stan Simpson to talk about the civil rights issues people are faced with today. Deacon Miller touches on the Black Lives Matter protests, immigration, gay rights and recent women’s rights protests. Deacon published a book “The Journey to Chatham: Why Emmett Till’s Murder Changed America, a personal story,” which is a story about America in its pre-civil rights struggle, and how
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: How Emmett Till’s death shaped Deacon Miller’s life

  25-02-2017 12:32
  
  HARTFORD —  Deacon Art Miller, a national civil and human rights activist, sits with Stan Simpson to talk about the impact Emett Till’s death had on him, his family and the country. Deacon Miller, who grew up on the south side of Chicago in the 1950’s, said the death of Till skewed the lives for him and many Americans. Miller tells Simpson, Till’s death had nothing to do with what he did personally, he was killed because he was a victim of […]
  
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• The Stan Simpson Show: How Emmett Till’s death spurred the civil right movement

  25-02-2017 12:31
  
  HARTFORD —  Deacon Art Miller, a national civil and human rights activist, joins the Stan Simpson Show to talk about how Emmett Till’s death affected the civil rights movement. In August of 1955, the body of Emmett Till was found beaten, mangled and shot in Money, Mississippi. The alleged crime of 14-year-old Till? Whistling at a white woman. The images of Till’s body contributed to a civil rights movement that seems to be intensifying 60 years later. Deacon Mill
  
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• Spring like today, with evening showers; sunshine, much cooler Sunday

  25-02-2017 11:40
  
  Yesterday felt more like May! We hit 72 at Bradley, coming within 1 degree of the record high of 73 set back in 1985. However, Bridgeport’s high of 65 smashed last years record high of 60, more reminiscent of Mid May weather than late February. Clouds and fog this morning, an incoming cold front brings clouds, a band showers and even an isolated thunderstorm this evening. Highs today will reach the lower-mid 60s, but behind the front, we’ll only top […]
  
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• Still No Answers For QU Students’ Withheld Security Deposits

  25-02-2017 06:48
  
  A local landlord from property management group Uhouz has yet to provide answers to students who claim he kept their security deposits for reasons he hasn’t justified.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Video: Chairs fly as wild brawl breaks out in New York City restaurant

  25-02-2017 05:53
  
  NEW YORK — The bar closed early Friday after a vicious, chair-throwing brawl broke out at the Bronx, New York, family restaurant the night before. Video captured the chaos at Seafood City on City Island Avenue Thursday night, according to WPIX. Multiple people were seen throwing chairs around in the large dining room for several minutes. Police were called to the scene, but by the time they arrived the people involved in the fight were gone. There was no police rep
  
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• Neighbors react to the stabbing death of Nidia Gonzalez

  25-02-2017 05:13
  
  BRIDGEPORT — Niesha Brown was shocked to find out why several police cars were in front of her house early Friday morning. “It was just so surreal. It was just like I was in a movie,” said Brown. Brown was reacting to the report from police of the stabbing death Nidia Gonzalez by Oscar Hernandez. “They were just so happy and loving. They were just always happy. You wouldn’t imagine that there was an issue if there ever was one,” […]
  
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• Police: Car crashed into a Torrington home, one person taken to hospital

  25-02-2017 04:56
  
  TORRINGTON —   First responders have taken a person to Waterbury Hospital Friday night after receiving calls regarding a car crashing into a home. Torrington Police & EMS responded to 100 North Elm Street around 10 p.m., after reports of a serious accident involving a car striking a home. Torrington dispatchers said the driver was ejected from the vehicle upon impact. The driver, who has yet to be identified, has been taken to Waterbury Hospital for treatment of inj
  
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• Yes we can? Voters call on Obama to run for president – of France

  25-02-2017 04:34
  
  PARIS – Could France elect Barack Obama president? Not really — but that’s not stopping the organizers of Obama17, a guerrilla campaign trying to entice the former U.S. president to head to Paris. “It’s totally crazy, but the cool thing is that once you get past that, you start thinking that maybe it’s possible. Who cares that he’s not French? He’s Barack Obama,” one of the campaign organizers told CNN. Oui on peut … (?) #obama2017 #st
  
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• ‘As lucky as they get’: Boy survives spider bite with record dose of antivenom

  25-02-2017 04:30
  
  NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia – 10-year-old boy in Australia survived a bite from one of the world’s deadliest spiders thanks to a quick-thinking dad—and a record-breaking amount of antivenom. Matthew Mitchell was working with his father in a shed at their home around 60 miles north of Sydney when he was bitten by a funnel-web spider lurking in a shoe, the Australian Associated Press reports. His father used a T-shirt for a tourniquet and rushed the boy to the nearest […]
  
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• UConn 100 Wins And Counting

  25-02-2017 04:27
  
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• Quinnipiac Bobcats skate to their fourth consecutive win over the Yale Bulldogs

  25-02-2017 04:02
  
  HAMDEN —  For the fourth straight game, the Quinnipiac Bobcats claimed victory over the Yale Bulldogs, capturing their 17th win on the year. Sophomore forward, Craig Martin, scored the first goal of the game in the first period, off an assist from both, senior Connor Clifton and freshman Brogan Rafferty, to give the Bobcats an early 1-0 lead. Bobcats Bo Pieper, would give his team a 2-0 lead minutes later, with a power play goal that was assisted by sophomore, Thomas […]
  
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