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UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 2012-13 MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES Media Contact: Alastair Ingram O: 802.656.1109, C: 339.927.0097 Athletic Communications • www.UVMathletics.com Email: [email protected] 97 Spear St. • 205 Patrick Gym • Burlington, Vt. 05405 YouTube: YouTube.com/UVMathletics Press Box Phone: 802.656.4182 • Fax: 802.656.8328 Twitter: @UVMmhockey, #VCats GAME 22 philadelphia college hockey faceoff schedule TELEVISION Overall: 6-11-4 Comcast Network VERMONT CATAMOUNTS (6-11-4, 3-8-4 HEA) Hockey East: 3-8-4 PxP: Jim Jackson vs. PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (8-12-0) Home: 4-7-0 Analyst: Steve Coates Wells Fargo Center • Philadelphia, Pa. Away: 2-4-4 Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 • 8:00 p.m. Neutral: 0-0-0 RADIO WVMT 620-AM TEAM BREAKDOWN OCTOBER (0-1-2, 0-1-2 HEA) PxP: Alastair Ingram 6 CONCORDIA (Exh.) W, 7-1 Analyst: TBA UVM PSU 12 at #6 UMass Lowell + T, 1-1 Overall 6-11-4 8-12-0 26 at Merrimack + L, 6-3 League 3-8-4 N/A INTERNET 27 at Merrimack + T, 2-2 SportsJuice.com Home 4-7-0 3-4-0 Away 2-4-4 4-8-0 NOVEMBER (3-6-0, 3-4-0 HEA) LIVE STATS Neutral 0-0-0 1-0-0 2 PROVIDENCE + L, 3-2 HockeyEastOnline.com Goals/Game 2.24 2.65 3 PROVIDENCE + W, 2-0 GAA 3.14 3.05 10 at #9 New Hampshire + L, 4-0 COACHING STAFFS Power Play 13.5% - 12/89 9.8% - 8/82 16 #11 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + L, 6-2 VERMONT Penalty Kill 79.0% - 79/100 84.3% - 75/89 18 NORTHEASTERN + (WCAXtra) W, 3-2 Head Coach: 20 at UMass Amherst + (CBS3) L, 3-1 Kevin Sneddon Penalty Min. 13.5 15.8 23 #4 MINNESOTA (FSN, NESN) L, 5-1 Harvard ‘92 Goals Leader McCarthy/Fallon - 6 Glen/Bailey - 10 24 #4 MINNESOTA (FSN, NESN) L, 3-1 Vermont: 142-166-51 (10th) Assists Leader McCarthy - 12 Gardiner - 12 30 at Maine + (CBSSN) W, 2-1 Overall: 192-265-69 (15th) Points Leader McCarthy - 18 Glen/Bailey - 18 GAA Leader Hoffman - 2.95 Skoff - 2.66 DECEMBER (3-1-2, 0-0-2 HEA) Assistant Coach: Kevin Patrick (1st) SV% Leader Hoffman - .902 Skoff - .915 1 at Maine + (CW) T, 2-2 Notre Dame ‘92 5 at #10 Dartmouth (NBCSN) L, 4-2 SETTING THE SCENE 15 at St. Lawrence W, 5-2 Vermont plays its non-conference finale tonight against Penn State in Assistant Coach: 20 at Providence + (COX) T, 4-4 Kyle Wallack (1st) the inaugural Philadelphia College Hockey Faceoff at the Wells Fargo 29 #12 UNION % (WCAXtra) W, 2-1 Springfield ‘97 Center. The Catamounts look to snap a three-game losing streak after 30 PRINCETON % (WCAXtra) W, 6-3 falling twice to 20th-ranked UMass Lowell last weekend in Burlington. Assistant Coach: The Nittany Lions are in their first season as a NCAA Division I program. J ANUARY (0-3-0, 0-3-0 HEA) Terry Lovelette (19th) 5 MERRIMACK + (CBSSN) L, 4-1 Johnson State ‘98 11 #20 UMASS LOWELL + L, 4-2 CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE 12 #20 UMASS LOWELL + (WCAXtra) L, 6-3 The Catamounts have three players on the roster from the Philadelphia PENN STATE area: Sophomore defenseman Nick Luukko (West Chester, Pa.), junior 19 vs. Penn State # (CSN) 8:00 pm Head Coach: 25 UMASS AMHERST + 7:05 pm Guy Gadowsky forward Chris McCarthy (Collegeville, Pa.), and sophomore forward Kyle 26 UMASS AMHERST + 7:05 pm Colorado College '89 Mountain (Bryn Mawr, Pa.). Sophomore forward Colin Markison is from Penn State: 8-12-0 (1st) Princeton, N.J., which is roughly 45 miles northeast of Philadelphia. FEBRUARY Overall: 181-210-37 (13th) 1 at Boston College + 7:00 pm PHILADELPHIA FLYERS CONNECTIONS 9 MAINE + (WCAXtra) 7:05 pm Assistant Coach: Nick Luukko was drafted by the Flyers in the sixth round of the 2010 15 at Northeastern + 7:00 pm Keith Fisher (1st) NHL entry draft (179th overall). His father Peter Luukko is the President 16 at Northeastern + 7:00 pm St. Cloud State '00 and Chief Operating Officer of Comcast-Spectacor, the parent company 22 NEW HAMPSHIRE + (NESN) 7:00 pm 23 NEW HAMPSHIRE + (CBSSN) 4:00 pm Assistant Coach: of the franchise. Kyle Mountain has been invited to attend the Flyers’ Matt Lindsay (1st) last two summer development camps. John LeClair, who ranks seventh MARCH Williams '01 on the Flyers’ all-time scoring list, had 116 career points at Vermont 1 at Boston University + 7:30 pm from 1987 to 1991. In 10 seasons with Philadelphia, LeClair skated in 2 at Boston University + 7:00 pm Assistant Coach: 649 career games and averaged nearly a point per game. The St. Albans, 8 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm Josh Hand (1st) Vt. native registered 333 goals and 310 assists for 643 points. 9 BOSTON COLLEGE + (WCAXtra) 7:05 pm Concordia '08 15-17 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA 22-23 HEA Championships $ TBA OFFICIALS TOP LINE HEATING UP Referee: Chris Federico Vermont’s top line of Kyle Reynolds, Jacob Fallon, and Chris McCarthy Home games in ALL CAPS Referee: David Hansen has 12 points over the last five games. The trio leads the Catamounts in + Hockey East game Linesman: Brendan Kelleher scoring with a total of 42 points this season (15 G, 27 A). In the last six % Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup (Burlington, Vt.) Linesman: Chris Low games, the line has scored 23 points, with each player posting at least # Philadelphia College Hockey Faceoff at Wells Fargo seven in that span. Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) @ Campus Locations $ TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) GIVING UP THE BODY Vermont currently has three defensemen who rank among the top-10 All times are EST and subject to change due to TV shot blockers in Hockey East: Nick Bruneteau (43), Caylen Walls (37), Radio: WVMT 620-AM, SportsJuice.com and Michael Paliotta (34). Nick Luukko is just outside the top-10 with Home Video: NSNsports.net/UVM (Free)* 32 blocks on the year. UVM has 304 blocks as a team in 21 games. *Not available for select national TV games STANDINGS & POLLS • GAME NOTES LAST WEEKEND VS. #20 UMASS LOWELL HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS (JAN. 14, 2013) Special teams helped the River Hawks take game one 4-2 on Friday as they CONFERENCE OVERALL scored twice on the power play and added a shorthanded tally late in the third PTS GP RECORD GP RECORD period. Anthony DeCenzo opened the scoring at 7:49 of the first before Scott 1 Boston College 21 14 10-3-1 19 13-4-2 Wilson netted two goals to give Lowell a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes. After a Josh 2 New Hampshire 19 13 9-3-1 20 14-4-2 Holmstrom power play goal, Nick Luukko drew one back for Vermont with five 3 Boston University 18 13 9-4-0 19 12-7-0 minutes left. The Cats went on the power play, but Adam Chapie’s shorthander 4 Providence 16 13 7-4-2 20 9-8-3 at 16:23 sealed the victory for Lowell. 5 Merrimack 13 12 6-5-1 21 8-9-4 6 UMass Lowell 11 12 5-6-1 19 11-7-1 On Saturday, Vermont cut a three-goal deficit to one in the third period but 7 Vermont 10 15 3-8-4 21 6-11-4 UMass Lowell held on to win 6-3 and sweep the series. Kyle Reynolds and Caylen 8 Massachusetts 9 13 4-8-1 20 7-11-2 Walls (first career) had tallies in the final frame to make it a 4-3 game with 6:34 9 Northeastern 8 13 3-8-2 18 6-10-2 remaining, but Chad Ruhwedel put the River Hawks back up by two roughly 90 10 Maine 5 12 1-8-3 21 5-13-3 seconds later. Terrance Wallin’s empty-netter at 18:33 clinched the win. From the start of the second period on Friday to the end of the first on Saturday (60 minutes), UVM held UMass Lowell to 13 total shots on goal. USCHO.COM POLL (JAN. 14, 2013) McCARTHY NEARS CENTURY MARK RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) RECORD PTS LAST WK Chris McCarthy is three games played away from reaching 100 for his career at 1 Minnesota (47) 16-3-3 992 1 Vermont. Over the last 11 contests, the junior assistant captain is averaging a 2 Boston College 13-4-2 924 3 point per game (2 G, 9 A). He was the runner up for the Hockey East Player of 3 New Hampshire (1) 14-4-2 875 4 the Month award in December to UMass Amherst’s Branden Gracel. McCarthy is 4 Quinnipiac (2) 17-3-3 847 5 currently tied for eighth in Hockey East in overall scoring with 18 points and 5 Notre Dame 15-6-0 829 2 is fifth in shots on goal with 71. He would join seniors Anders Franzon and 6 North Dakota 13-6-3 714 7 Tobias Nilsson-Roos in reaching the century club this season. 7 Denver 13-6-4 667 9 8 Miami 12-5-5 623 6 FALLON FLOURISHES ON POWER PLAY 9 Boston University 12-7-0 617 8 Jacob Fallon has scored a team-high four power play goals this season and is 10 Western Michigan 13-5-4 598 10 tied for second in Hockey East in that category. He has netted a third of the 11 Dartmouth 9-5-2 477 12 team’s 12 power play tallies on the year, including three in Vermont’s last six 12 Yale 9-4-3 432 14 games.