2015-16 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 8 tonight’s matchup schedule TV • 2-4-1 (1-0-1 HEA) vs. Overall: 2-4-1 N/A HEA: 1-0-1 #4 UMASS LOWELL RIVER HAWKS • 4-1-2 (0-0-2 HEA) Home: 0-4-1 RADIO • Burlington, Vt. Away: 2-0-0 WVMT 620-AM Neutral: 0-0-0 PxP: Alastair Ingram Friday, November 6, 2015 • 7:05 p.m. Analyst: Jerry Tarrant OCTOBER (2-4-1 • 1-0-1 HEA) Reporter: Josh Parker 4 ACADIA (Exh.) L, 2-1 10 at #8 Minnesota # W, 3-0 VIDEO 16 #3 NEBRASKA OMAHA L, 4-3 CatamounTV.com 17 #3 NEBRASKA OMAHA L, 3-1 Overall 2-4-1 4-1-2 23 #1 NORTH DAKOTA L, 2-0 AUDIO League 1-0-1 0-0-2 24 #1 NORTH DAKOTA L, 5-2 SportsJuice.com Home 0-4-1 1-2-0 29 at Northeastern + W, 3-2 Away 2-0-0 0-3-0 31 NORTHEASTERN + T, 3-3 LIVE STATS 0-0-0 0-0-0 UVMathletics.com Neutral 2.14 2.43 NOVEMBER (0-0-0 • 0-0-0 HEA) Goals/Game 6 #4 UMASS LOWELL + 7:05 pm 2.71 1.43 COACHING STAFFS GAA 7 #4 UMASS LOWELL + 7:05 pm VERMONT Power Play 11.8% 20.0% 13 UCONN + 7:05 pm Head Coach: Kill 82.8% 92.0% 15 UMASS AMHERST + 1:00 pm Shots on 26.9 29.7 20 at Maine + 7:00 pm Harvard ‘92 Penalty Minutes 9.9 8.9 21 at Maine + 4:00 pm Overall: 241-307-79 (18th) Goals Leader J. Privitera (5) Chapie (3) 29 vs. Penn State & 1:00 pm UVM: 191-208-61 (13th) Assists Leader 3 players tied (4) Gambardella (4) Puskarich (7) Chapie/Gambardella (6) DECEMBER Points Leader 4 at Boston University + 7:30 pm Associate Head Coach: GAA Leader Santaguida (2.56) Boyle (1.40) 5 at Boston University + 4:00 pm Kevin Patrick (4th) Santaguida (.911) Boyle (.949) Notre Dame ‘92 SV% Leader 11 ST. LAWRENCE 7:05 pm 12 at St. Lawrence 7:00 pm SETTING THE SCENE 20 at Union 4:00 pm Associate Head Coach: • The Catamounts host fourth-ranked UMass Lowell to begin a two- Kyle Wallack (4th) 29 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE % 7:05 pm Springfield ‘97 game league series in a rematch of last year’s Semifinal. 30 COLGATE % 7:05 pm • Vermont earned three of a possible four points in a home-and-home JANUARY Assistant Coach: series against Northeastern last Thursday and Saturday. 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7:05 pm Jeff Hill (1st) • UMass Lowell has only one loss on the season but tied both of its 8 DARTMOUTH 7:05 pm Vermont ‘08 Hockey East contests against Merrimack for two points. 15 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm 16 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm UMASS LOWELL • The schools meet for the 46th time in the all-time series tonight and 22 at UConn + 8:30 pm Head Coach: have faced off in the Hockey East playoffs each of the last two years. 23 at UMass Amherst + 7:00 pm Norm Bazin • UVM is looking to snap a four-game winless streak (0-3-1) against UMass Lowell '94 the River Hawks, but six of the last eight matchups overall have been FEBRUARY Overall: 141-79-22 (8th) 5 NOTRE DAME + 7:05 pm decided by a goal or less, including all five in 2013-14. UML: 103-48-15 (5th) 6 NOTRE DAME + 7:05 pm 12 at New Hampshire + 7:00 pm Assistant Coach: CATS TAKE THREE OF FOUR FROM HUSKIES 13 at New Hampshire + 5:00 pm Cam Ellsworth • Vermont won 3-2 in the league opener at Northeastern last Thursday 19 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm Michigan Tech '05 to win at for the fifth time in its last six trips. 20 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm • Dan Senkbeil scored his first career game-winning goal at the 13:46 26 at Merrimack + 8:30 pm Assistant Coach: 27 at Merrimack + 7:00 pm Andy Jones mark of the third period to break a 2-2 deadlock. Amherst '00 • UVM fought back for a point with a 3-3 tie on Saturday at Gutterson MARCH Fieldhouse despite holding a 2-1 lead after two periods. 4-6 HEA First Round @ TBA Assistant Coach: 11-13 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA Adam Nicholas • Anthony Petruzzelli scored the game-tying goal with 2:01 remaining 18-19 HEA Championship ^ TBA Southern Maine '10 in regulation for his second goal in as many games. 25-27 NCAA Regionals TBA • Mike Santaguida finished the Hockey East series with 49 saves. APRIL OFFICIALS 7-9 NCAA Frozen Four $ TBA Referee: Kevin Shea Referee: Peter Schlittenhardt CATAMOUNT NOTES Home games in ALL CAPS Linesman: Kevin Briganti • Jarrid Privitera has scored four goals in his last three games and is Linesman: Andrew Weber one away from matching his freshman year goal total of six. # U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game • Mario Puskarich has at least one point in six of his first seven games + Hockey East game & Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) and ranks 17th in Hockey East overall scoring. % Sheraton/TD Bank (Burlington, Vt.) • Alexx Privitera is four games away from his 100th career appearance. @ Campus Locations • UVM continues a five-game homestand tonight and will have played ^ TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) nine home games at Gutterson by the middle of November. $ Amalie Arena (Tampa, Fla.) STANDINGS & POLLS • GAME NOTES

HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS EARLY HONOR FOR SANTA • Mike Santaguida made his 50th career appearance in net last Thursday at CONFERENCE OVERALL Northeastern and picked up his second win of the season with 21 saves. PTS GP RECORD GP RECORD • The junior finished with a career-high 39 saves on Oct. 23 against top-ranked 1. Notre Dame 422-0-0 6 3-1-2 North Dakota, including 33 stops in the first two periods combined. Merrimack 441-1-2 7 4-1-2 • Santaguida was named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 3. New Hampshire 321-0-1 6 3-2-1 12 after posting his fifth career shutout at eighth-ranked Minnesota. Vermont 321-0-1 7 2-4-1 5. Boston College 211-0-0 7 6-1-0 • Last season as a sophomore, Santaguida ranked 19th nationally in both goals UMass Lowell 220-0-2 7 4-1-2 against average (2.08) and shutouts (3) and was 27th in save percentage (.923). Boston University 231-2-0 6 3-3-0 • Santaguida posted the third-best save percentage and fifth-best goals against UConn 241-3-0 7 3-4-0 average for a single season in program history. 9. UMass Amherst 120-1-1 7 4-2-1 • He earned a spot on the Mike Richter Award Watch List before the season after Northeastern 120-1-1 7 1-5-1 being named one of 28 finalists for the Division I honor last season. 11. Maine 000-0-0 7 0-4-3 Providence 000-0-0 7 6-0-1 SUPER MARIO RETURNS • Mario Puskarich missed 11 of the final 12 games last season due to injury but USCHO.COM POLL (NOV. 2, 2015) has posted a point in six of seven games to begin his junior campaign. • Puskarich is averaging a point per game to rank 17th in Hockey East and sits RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) RECORD PTS LAST WK sixth in the league with 25 shots on goal to lead the team. 1 North Dakota (27) 6-0-2 975 1 • The forward ranked second on the team with 11 goals and fifth on the team 2 Providence (18) 6-0-1 956 3 with 24 points last year despite missing a total of 12 games. 3 Boston College (4) 6-1-0 896 4 • Puskarich lit the lamp 19 times as a freshman and became the first Catamount 4 UMass Lowell 4-1-2 756 7 to win the Hockey East Rookie of the Year Award. 5 Quinnipiac (1) 6-0-0 745 9 6 Minnesota Duluth 3-2-2 700 6 • He also tied the UVM single season record with seven game-winning goals, 7 Harvard 2-0-0 666 11 including the game-winner in Game 2 of the league quarterfinals at Lowell. 8 Nebraska Omaha 6-2-0 664 2 9 Denver 3-3-0 539 5 THE PRIVITERA ERA 10 St. Cloud State 6-2-0 537 14 • Jarrid Privitera registered his first collegiate multi-goal game on Oct. 23 11 Boston University 3-3-0 513 8 against No. 1 North Dakota and has five goals in his first seven games. 12 Yale 2-0-0 511 13 • Privitera is tied for fourth in Hockey East and tied for 25th nationally in goal 13 Michigan 4-1-1 414 10 scoring and is just one shy of his freshman year goal total (6). 14 Bowling Green 4-2-1 362 12 15 St. Lawrence 5-2-1 317 16 • The sophomore is riding a three-game goal scoring streak with four tallies in 16 Merrimack 4-1-2 226 17 that span, including one in each game of the Northeastern series. 17 Clarkson 5-1-0 193 19 18 Notre Dame 3-1-2 92 NR KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY 19 Miami 3-4-1 85 15 • Jarrid’s older brother Alexx is tied for the team-lead with four assists this year 20 Robert Morris 3-1-2 75 NR and is just four games away from his 100th career NCAA contest. • In his first season at UVM, Alexx ranked fifth in Hockey East and 20th in the Michigan Tech 71, Western Michigan 47, Others receiving votes: nation in defensive scoring with 26 points. Minnesota State 42, Massachusetts 36, Minnesota 27, Penn State 27, Alaska-Anchorage 8, Mercyhurst 4, Rensselaer 4, Bentley 3, Colgate • The defenseman registered eight points in his final eight games and fed Jarrid 3, Cornell 3, Ferris State 1, New Hampshire 1, Union 1. for the game-winning goal in Game 3 of the Hockey East Quarterfinal at BC. • Privitera was also the league’s fourth-leading shot blocker with a team-high 78 and has blocked 13 shots this year to rank sixth in the league. USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY POLL (NOV. 2, 2015) BRADY’S BREAKOUT RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) LAST WK RECORD • Brady Shaw lit the lamp for the first time this season last time out against 1 North Dakota, 497 (21) 2 6-0-2 Northeastern after leading the team with 19 goals last year. 2 Providence, 480 (11) 3 6-0-1 3 Boston College, 425 4 6-1-0 • Shaw finished one goal shy of becoming Vermont’s first 20-goal scorer since 4 Quinnipiac, 357 (2) 9 6-0-0 Viktor Stalberg (24) during the Frozen Four campaign of 2008-09. 5 UMass Lowell, 334 8 4-1-2 • The Ottawa native had 11 goals in his final 16 games and ranked fourth in 6 Harvard, 320 11 2-0-0 the country in second half goal scoring with 13 tallies after the holiday break. 7 Minnesota Duluth, 297 6 3-2-2 • The forward surpassed his freshman year point total by 20 to rank second on 8 Nebraska Omaha, 284 1 6-2-0 the team in points (31) and third in shots on goal (115). 9 Yale, 201 15 2-0-0 • He closed the year tied for first in Hockey East with nine power play goals. 10 Boston University, 181 7 3-3-0 10 St Cloud State, 181 13 6-2-0 12 Denver, 168 5 3-3-0 RUNNING THE GAUNTLET 13 Michigan, 135 10 4-1-1 • Vermont is the only team in the country that faces all four 2015 Frozen Four 14 St Lawrence, 69 NR 5-2-1 participants this season, with a road trip to Boston University and home series 15 Bowling Green, 49 12 4-2-1 against Omaha, North Dakota, and reigning NCAA champion Providence. • The last time a school faced all four of the previous year’s Frozen Four teams Others receiving votes: Clarkson 34, Merrimack 34, Notre Dame 17, was Western Michigan during the 2011-12 season. Western Michigan 10, Massachusetts 3, Miami 2, Robert Morris 2. • The Catamounts begin the season with seven of their first nine games against top-10 teams, including five against schools ranked in the top-5. 2 UVMathletics.com • @UVMmhockey SERIES HISTORY • GAME NOTES (Cont.)

SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS ALL-TIME SERIES: UML LEADS 22-16-7 • UMass Lowell (4-1-2, 0-0-2 HEA) split a two-game series on the road against Home: 8-9-4 • Away: 6-11-3 • Neutral: 2-2-0 No. 6 Minnesota Duluth last weekend, dropping the first game 2-1 for its first loss of the season before responding with a 6-3 victory. Date Location Score • The River Hawks are ranked fourth in the USCHO.com Poll and fifth in the USA Mar. 5, 1972 Gutterson (1) W, 7-0 Today/USA Hockey Poll this week. Nov. 14, 1979 Gutterson L, 4-7 • Adam Chapie has scored a team-high three goals, while Joe Gambardella leads Nov. 20, 1980 Gutterson L, 2-4 the squad with four assists on the year. Feb. 21, 1984 The Forum L, 4-9 • UMass Amherst transfer Kevin Boyle has started all seven games in net and Nov. 29, 1992 The Forum L, 2-5 boasts a 1.40 goals against average and .949 save percentage. Nov. 28, 1993 Gutterson W, 4-1 • Norm Bazin is in his fifth season as the head coach and led UMass Lowell to Nov. 24, 1995 (2) W, 2-1 21 wins and the Hockey East title game last season. Nov. 30, 1996 Gutterson (3) W, 6-4 Nov. 29, 1997 (4) W, 4-0 SERIES HISTORY • UMass Lowell has a slight edge of 22-16-7 in the series heading into Friday’s Nov. 27, 1998 Tsongas Arena (5) W, 4-3 (OT) 46th all-time matchup between the schools. Dec. 28, 2002 Dartmouth L, 0-5 • The Catamounts fell 4-1 to Lowell in last year’s Hockey East Semifinal at TD Dec. 3, 2005 Gutterson W, 5-2 Garden as Kevin Irwin scored the lone UVM goal in the first period. Mar. 3, 2006 Tsongas Arena L, 2-3 • Vermont hasn’t hosted UML since Senior Weekend during the 2013-14 season. Mar. 4, 2006 Tsongas Arena L, 2-5 • Last year, the River Hawks took three points from the Catamounts in the final Dec. 1, 2006 Tsongas Arena W, 2-1 series of the regular season at . Mar. 2, 2007 Gutterson L, 2-1 • All five meetings two years ago took place in a two-week span, and all five Mar. 3, 2007 Gutterson T, 3-3 were decided by one goal as Lowell out-scored UVM 10-9 in the season series. Feb. 3, 2008 Gutterson W, 3-2 Feb. 20, 2008 Tsongas Arena W, 3-2 POWER PLAY CLICKING Feb. 21, 2008 Tsongas Arena W, 1-0 • UVM hasn’t had a ton of power play chances of late with only two in the series Nov. 8, 2008 Tsongas Arena W, 3-1 against Northeastern and went without an opportunity on Saturday. Feb. 20, 2009 Gutterson T, 3-3 • Last season, the power play ranked third overall in Hockey East behind BU Feb. 21, 2009 Gutterson L, 0-1 and Northeastern and finished the year 13th in the nation at 20.1%. Mar. 13, 2009 Gutterson (6) L, 3-4 (OT) • The Catamounts were successful on more than a quarter of their power plays Mar. 14, 2009 Gutterson (6) L, 2-4 at home last season, converting on 18 of their 70 chances. Nov. 6, 2009 Gutterson T, 3-3 • Vermont was 17-6-1 last season when scoring at least one power play tally. Mar. 5, 2010 Tsongas Center L, 2-5 • Brady Shaw finished third nationally in power play goals (9), while Alexx Mar. 6, 2010 Tsongas Center T, 1-1 Privitera ranked fourth among NCAA defensemen with five power play tallies. Nov. 6, 2010 Tsongas Center L, 3-1 Mar. 4, 2011 Gutterson T, 4-4 KILLER CATAMOUNTS Mar. 5, 2011 Gutterson W, 4-2 • Vermont’s penalty kill is 24-for-29 this year after ranking 10th nationally last season at 87.5% for the year. Jan. 13, 2012 Gutterson W, 3-2 (OT) • The Catamounts, who ranked second in Hockey East and seventh in the NCAA Feb. 3, 2012 Tsongas Center L, 3-1 in team discipline with 9.0 penalty minutes per game, average 9.9 this season. Feb. 4, 2012 Tsongas Center L, 6-4 • UVM went 64-for-70 (91.4%) on the penalty kill during its away schedule last Oct. 12, 2012 Tsongas Center T, 1-1 year and was ninth in the nation in team defense with a 2.22 GAA. Jan. 11, 2013 Gutterson L, 4-2 • Vermont registered the seventh-best combined special teams percentage in Jan. 12, 2013 Gutterson L, 6-3 Division I during the 2014-15 campaign at 53.6%. Feb. 28, 2014 Gutterson L, 1-0 (OT) Mar. 1, 2014 Gutterson W, 3-2 LOCATION DOESN’T MATTER Mar. 14, 2014 Tsongas Center (7) L, 3-2 • Vermont went 11-6-2 in 19 home games last season at Gutterson Fieldhouse Mar. 15, 2014 Tsongas Center (7) W, 3-2 (OT) and played in front of a sellout crowd (4,007) in 14 of those 19 contests. Mar. 16, 2014 Tsongas Center (7) L, 2-1 • It marked the highest win total at Gutterson since the 2004-05 season (13). Feb. 27, 2015 Tsongas Center L, 4-1 • UVM out-shot its opponents by an average of six per game in Burlington. Feb. 28, 2015 Tsongas Center T, 2-2 • Vermont also went 11-7-2 on the road last year, marking its highest road win Mar. 20, 2015 TD Garden (8) L, 4-1 total since joining Hockey East prior to the 2005-06 season. • That included an 8-4-1 road mark over the team’s last 13 away games. (1) ECAC Division II Quarterfinal, Burlington, Vt. • The Catamounts out-scored their opponents 61-41 away from home for a +20 (2) Governors' Cup, Orono, Maine (Opening Round) goal differential, and three of their four shutouts were on the road. (3) Governors' Cup, Burlington, Vt. (Consolation) (4) Governors' Cup, Durham, N.H. (Consolation) 20 IN TWO STRAIGHT (5) Governors' Cup, Lowell, Mass. (Opening Round) • Vermont has registered back-to-back 20-win campaigns for just the third time (6) Hockey East Quarterfinal, Burlington, Vt. in its Division I era and the fourth time in school history. (7) Hockey East Quarterfinal, Lowell, Mass. • It marks the first time that UVM has accomplished the feat since the back-to- back NCAA Tournament teams of 1996 and 1997. (8) Hockey East Semifinal, Boston, Mass. • Those squads, led by NHL’ers Martin St. Louis, Eric Perrin, and , also earned the school’s first-ever trip to the Frozen Four in 1995-96.

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DREW BEST THREE-YEAR SITUATIONAL RECORDS Forward • 5'9 • 168 • Plymouth, Mich. • Omaha (USHL) Best comes to Vermont after two seasons in the United States Hockey League 13-14 14-15 15-16 (USHL) for the Green Bay Gamblers and Omaha Lancers. He skated in 47 games Overall record 20-15-3 22-15-4 2-4-1 each season and posted a total of 51 points in the USHL. In 2012-13, Best ranked Hockey East record 10-10-0 10-9-3 1-0-1 fourth on the BCHL’s Surrey Eagles with 46 points and was a teammate of current Home 9-7-2 11-6-2 0-4-1 Catamounts Mike Santaguida, Brady Shaw, and Mike Stenerson. Away 10-7-1 11-7-2 2-0-0 Neutral 1-1-0 0-2-0 0-0-0 BRIAN BOWEN Home vs. non-league 5-0-2 5-2-1 0-4-0 Away vs. non-league 2-2-1 7-2-0 1-0-0 Forward • 6'0 • 221 • Littleton, Mass. • Dubuque (USHL) After notching 30 points in 35 regular season games for Green Bay in the USHL Neutral vs. non-league 1-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 last year, Bowen was acquired by the Dubuque Fighting Saints and posted six goals and six assists in 21 games. In 2013-14, he was better than a point-per-game per - Overtime games 1-1-3 3-1-4 0-0-1 One-goal games 10-7-0 9-4-0 1-1-0 former for the Boston Jr. Bruins in the United States Premier Hockey League Two or more goal games 10-7-0 13-11-0 1-3-0 (USPHL), collecting 27 goals and 23 assists in 47 contests. Vermont outshoots 10-10-1 14-6-4 1-2-0 Opponent outshoots 9-5-1 7-7-0 1-2-1 LIAM COUGHLIN Equal shots 1-0-1 1-2-0 0-0-0 Forward • 6'3 • 209 • South Boston, Mass. • Vernon (BCHL) 20 or fewer shots 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 Coughlin attends UVM after two standout offensive seasons with the Vernon Vipers 21-30 shots 8-8-1 9-6-1 2-3-1 in the BCHL. He led the Vipers with 60 points last season and ranked ninth in the 30 or more shots 10-7-2 12-9-3 0-1-0 BCHL with 40 assists. Coughlin added a team-leading 10 points in 11 playoff games. Coughlin was drafted in the fifth round of the 2014 NHL Draft by the Vermont scores first 13-4-0 18-4-2 2-0-1 Edmonton Oilers, who traded his rights to Chicago this summer. Opponent scores first 7-11-3 4-11-1 0-4-0 TYLER GERNHOFER Leading after first 11-2-0 10-0-0 2-0-0 Forward • 5'10 • 232 • Grapevine, Texas • Cedar Rapids (USHL) Trailing after first 2-6-2 3-8-0 0-3-0 Gernhofer scored nine goals in 44 games with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders last Tied after first 7-7-1 9-7-4 0-1-1 season in the USHL after an 11-game stint with the Bloomington Thunder. He pre - viously spent two seasons with the Amarillo Bulls in the North American Hockey Leading after second 13-2-0 17-3-0 2-0-1 League (NAHL) and posted a plus-47 rating during that span. In 2013-14, Trailing after second 1-10-2 1-11-2 0-4-0 Gernhofer registered a team-high 31 goals and collected 53 points. Tied after second 6-3-1 4-1-2 0-0-0 JAKE KEARLEY Vermont scores PPG 15-6-0 17-6-1 0-2-0 Defenseman • 6'3 • 239 • Newmarket, • Langley (BCHL) Vermont scores 0 PPG 5-9-3 5-9-3 2-2-1 Kearley has spent the last two years on the blueline in the BCHL, posting 57 points Opponent scores PPG 9-10-1 8-7-1 1-2-1 in 109 contests. Last season, he led the Langley Rivermen in defensive scoring Opponent scores 0 PPG 11-5-2 14-8-3 1-2-0 with eight goals and 23 assists and ranked second on the squad with 73 penalty minutes. In 2013-14, Kearley helped the Victoria Grizzlies win the Island Division After a win 10-9-1 11-10-1 0-1-1 after ranking second on the team in defensive scoring. After a loss 8-5-1 8-3-3 1-3-0 After a tie 2-0-1 2-2-0 0-0-0 MIKE LEE Defenseman • 6'0 • 181 • Hamden, Conn. • Penticton (BCHL) Against ranked teams 7-12-2 5-9-2 1-4-0 Lee led the BCHL Fred Page Cup champion Penticton Vees with 34 assists last sea - Against AHA 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 son and was a member of the top defensive unit in the league. He added two goals Against BIG 10 1-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 and 22 penalty minutes during the regular season and skated in 21 playoff con - Against ECAC 3-2-2 5-1-0 0-0-0 tests during the team's title run. Lee spent the previous two seasons at Gunnery Against NCHC 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-4-0 Prep in Connecticut where he collected 35 points in 54 games.

GAME HIGHS & LOWS PACKY MUNSON Goalie • 6'3 • 193 • Hugo, Minn. • Fairbanks (NAHL) Most Goals 3 (2x, vs. Northeastern 10/31/15) Munson comes to Vermont after two seasons with the NAHL's Fairbanks Ice Dogs. Least Goals 0 (vs. #1 North Dakota 10/23/15) He posted a record of 24-8-2 last year in 35 games with a 2.43 goals against aver - Most Goals Against 5 (vs. #1 North Dakota 10/24/15) age and .910 save percentage. Munson also saw action in five playoff games, fin - Least Goals Against 0 (at #8 Minnesota 10/10/15) ishing with a 2.01 GAA and .925 SV%. Most Goals/Period 2 (2x, 1st at Northeastern 10/29/15) Most GA/Period 2 (2x, 3rd vs. Northeastern 10/31/15) CONOR O’NEIL Most Power Play Goals 1 (2x, vs. #3 Omaha 10/17/15) Forward • 5'11 • 203 • Hummelstown, Pa. • Jersey (USPHL) Most PPG Against 1 (4x, vs. Northeastern 10/31/15) O'Neil ranked third overall in the USPHL in goals (30), assists (46), and points (76) Most Shots on Goal 30 (vs. #3 Omaha 10/17/15) last season for the Jersey Hitmen. He then averaged two points per game in six Least Shots on Goal 21 (at Northeastern 10/29/15) playoff contests with four goals and eight assists. The Hummelstown, Pennsylvania Most Shots Against 41 (vs. #1 North Dakota 10/23/15) native notched 20 goals and 36 points in 37 games during his first season with the Least Shots Against 23 (at Northeastern 10/29/15) Hitmen in 2013-14. Most Shots/Period 16 (2nd vs. #3 Omaha 10/16/15) Least Shots/Period 3 (1st vs. #3 Omaha 10/16/15) Most Shots Against/Period 19 (2nd vs. #1 North Dakota 10/23/15) CRAIG PUFFER Least Shots Against/Period 3 (2x, 2nd at Northeastern 10/29/15) Forward • 5'9 • 170 • New Canaan, Conn. • Chilliwack (BCHL) Most Penalties 7 (vs. #1 North Dakota 10/23/15) Puffer tallied a point-per-game last season to lead the BCHL's Chilliwack Chiefs in Least Penalties 3 (2x, vs. Northeastern 10/31/15) both goals and points. He finished the regular season with 29 goals and 29 assists Most Penalty Minutes 14 (vs. #1 North Dakota 10/23/15) in 58 contests, and added seven goals and 16 points in 13 playoff games. Before Least Penalty Minutes 6 (2x, vs. Northeastern 10/31/15) Chilliwack, Puffer spent three years at the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts and registered 49 goals and 56 assists for 105 points.

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CURRENT NHL DRAFT PICKS LAST TIME IT HAPPENED IN UVM HOCKEY... Name Team Year Round/Pick Two-Goal Game Liam Coughlin EDM 2014 5th/130 Jarrid Privitera vs. #1 North Dakota (10/24/15) * Rights traded to Chicago Blackhawks in Summer of 2015 Hat Trick Vermont: Jon Turk at #16 Northeastern (10/11/14) NHL CATAMOUNTS 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14 Opponent: Matt Nieto, Boston University (3/1/13) Player Team G-A-P (GP) G-A-P (GP) G-A-P (GP) Four-Plus Goal Game Connor Brickley ‘14 FLA 1-2-3 (10) N/A N/A Jerry Gernander (4G) vs. Boston University (10/23/99) Kevan Miller ‘11 BOS 1-2-3 (11) 2-5-7 (41) 1-5-6 (47) Three-Assist Game Jake Fallon at Maine (11/28/14) ‘07 MON 5-4-9 (14) 6-8-14 (65) 2-8-10 (67) ‘02 DAL 4-5-9 (13) 16-27-43 (68) 34-44-78 (82) Four-Assist Game Chris McCarthy at Merrimack (2/21/14) Viktor Stålberg ‘09 NYR 1-3-4 (10) 2-8-10 (25) 8-10-18 (70)

Five-Point Game Scott Mifsud (2G, 3A) vs. Sacred Heart (10/8/04) BRICKLEY SCORES FIRST CAREER GOAL • Connor Brickley '14 scored his first career NHL goal on Oct. 13 for the Florida Short-Handed Goal Tom Forgione vs. #3 Nebraska Omaha (10/16/15) Panthers in a 4-1 road win over the . • The goal came in Brickley's third career NHL game and broke a 1-1 tie with Two Short-Handed Goals Ryan Cox (same shift) vs. Holy Cross (12/2/00) 7:42 remaining in the third period, holding up as the game-winning goal. • The forward made his NHL debut on Saturday, Oct. 10 and became the 17th Empty-Net Goal former men's hockey player to skate for an NHL team in school history. Jon Turk at #8 Minnesota (10/10/15)

Penalty Shot ST. LOUIS STEPS AWAY FROM NHL Vermont: Jon Turk (Miss) at Merrimack (2/21/14) • Martin St. Louis '97, the all-time leading scorer in the history of Vermont Opponent: Ryan McGrath (Hoffman SV) vs. #20 UMass Lowell (1/11/13) men's hockey, officially announced his retirement in July at the age of 40. Goalie Shutout • St. Louis played 16 NHL seasons for the , , Vermont: Mike Santaguida (24 SV) at #8 Minnesota, 3-0 ( 10/10/15) and New York Rangers and finished with 391 goals and 642 assists for 1,033 points Opponent: Jon Gillies (29 SV) vs. #16 Providence, 3-0 (12/29/14) in 1,134 regular season games. 40-Plus Save Game • Last season, he became the 81st player in NHL history to notch 1,000 career Rob Madore (40 SV) at Maine (1/4/12) points and only the sixth undrafted player ever to reach the milestone. 50-Plus Save Game Travis Russell (52 SV) at Harvard (11/19/02) LECLAIR ENSHRINED IN FLYERS HALL OF FAME Goal Scored by Goalie • John LeClair '91 was inducted into the Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame on Andrew Allen (GWG) at Harvard (1/3/98) Nov. 20, 2014 along with former teammate Eric Lindros at the Wells Fargo Center. Point Scored by Goalie • The St. Albans, Vt. native registered 333 goals and 310 assists for 643 points Brody Hoffman (Assist) at #8 UMass Lowell (3/15/14, HEA Quarterfinal) for the Flyers and ranks seventh on the franchise's all-time scoring list. Overtime Win • The five-time All-Star posted a career-high 97 points in the 1995-96 and 3-2 vs. Maine (3/8/15, HEA Opening Round) 1996-97 campaigns and registered three straight 50-goal seasons.

Overtime Loss 2-1 vs. #3 Boston University (1/24/15) MAJOR NHL AWARDS • UVM alumni have combined to win 11 major NHL awards, which ranks third Overtime Tie 3-3 vs. Northeastern (10/31/15) in NCAA history behind only North Dakota and Cornell. • Vermont is one of only five college hockey programs to boast more than five Swept a Home Series major NHL honors from its alumni. vs. Maine (4-3 OT, 4-1) (11/7-8/14) • UVM is also the only college hockey program in the country to have alums that Swept a Road Series have won the Hart, Jennings, Lady Byng, Pearson and Vezina trophies. at Maine (6-3, 4-1) (11/28-29/14) • Former Cats have also won the Art Ross, Conn Smythe, and Ted Lindsay awards. Win When Trailing After Two Periods vs. Maine (4-3 OT) (11/7/14) NHL CATAMOUNT CONNECTIONS Win Against No. 1 Ranked Opponent • Former forward Chris Zimmerman ‘81 currently serves as the president and CEO at #1 Denver (6-4) (10/10/09) of business operations for the St. Louis Blues. Win Against Top-5 Ranked Opponent • Brady Shaw’s father Brad Shaw is an associate coach for the Blues. vs. #2 Notre Dame (2-1) (11/1/13) • Andrew Allen ‘01 is now the goaltending coach for the after four years as the developmental goaltending coach for the Chicago Blackhawks. Win Against Top-10 Ranked Opponent at #8 Minnesota (3-0) (10/10/15) • Former defenseman Nick Luukko’s father Peter Luukko is in his first full year as the executive chairman of the Florida Panthers. 10-Plus Goals in a Game at UMass Amherst (W, 11-1) (11/22/14) SHARP & ST. LOUIS WIN OLYMPIC GOLD Win by Five-Plus Goals • Patrick Sharp '02 and Martin St. Louis ‘97 won the 2014 Olympic Gold Medal at UMass Amherst (W, 11-1) (11/22/14) for Team Canada with a 3-0 shutout of Sweden in Sochi, Russia. Consecutive Shutout Wins Sharp made his Olympic debut, while St. Louis skated in his second Olympics. at UNH (1-0), at UNH (1-0 OT) (3/13-14/10, HEA Quarterfinal) • Americans John LeClair '91 (1998, 2002), Aaron Miller '93 (2002, 2006), and Tim Thomas '97 (2010) are the other UVM alumni to play in the Winter Olympics. 5 UVMathletics.com • @UVMmhockey QUICK FACTS & MEDIA INFORMATION

VERMONT QUICK FACTS WVMT RADIO BROADCASTS • All Vermont men’s hockey games will once again be broadcast live on the flagship home for UVM hockey on WVMT 620-AM. General Information • Alastair Ingram is in his sixth season as the play-by-play voice Location Burlington, Vermont and sports information director of the Catamounts. Founded 1791 • Former players Joe Gervais ‘88, Aaron Miller ‘93, Jerry Tarrant Enrollment 10,080 ‘89, Derek Wagar ‘05, and Tom Child ‘04 will serve as analysts. National Affiliation NCAA Division I • All games can also be heard live online at SportsJuice.com. Conference Hockey East Nickname UVM* HANDY TOYOTA COACHES SHOW * Short for Universitas Virdis Montis, Latin for University of the Green Mountains • The Handy Toyota Coaches Show with Alastair Ingram and head School Mascot Catamount coach Kevin Sneddon airs live on WVMT 620-AM every Thursday School Colors Green & Gold night at 6:30 p.m. throughout the season. Home Ice (capacity) Gutterson Fieldhouse (4,007) • Live audio is available online at NewsTalk620WVMT.com. Ice Size 200’ x 90’ President Tom Sullivan CATAMOUNTV HD WEBCASTS Director of Athletics Dr. Robert Corran • The Vermont athletic department has once again partnered Athletic Department Phone (802) 656-3075 with the UVM Foundation to webcast all men’s hockey home Athletic Department Fax (802) 656-0949 games for free in HD this season via CatamounTV. Athletic Ticket Office (802) 656-4410 • Through the partnership, CatamounTV and AmericaEast.tv will Gutterson Fieldhouse Press Box (802) 656-4193 stream over 100 home events during the 2015-16 academic year. • Webcasts are available by logging on to CatamounTV.com. Coaching Staff Head Coach Kevin Sneddon (Harvard ’92) MEDIA CREDENTIALS Vermont Record (Entering 2015-16) 189-204-60 (13th season) • Media interested in season or game credentials for home games Overall Record (Entering 2015-16) 239-303-78 (18th season) should contact Alastair Ingram in the Athletic Communications Hockey East Record (Entering 2015-16) 96-118-44 (11th season) Office at (802) 656-1109 or [email protected]. Associate Head Coach Kevin Patrick (Notre Dame ’92), 4th season • Credentials will be left at the media will-call by the elevator to Associate Head Coach Kyle Wallack (Springfield ’97), 4th season the right in the main lobby of Gutterson Fieldhouse. Assistant Coach Jeff Hill (Vermont ‘08), 1st season Athletic Trainer Matt Bain (Boston University ‘07) MEDIA INTERVIEWS Hockey Operations Noah Segall (UMass Amherst ‘14) • All men's hockey interview requests must be arranged through Strength Coach Justin Smith (Colorado State ‘00) Alastair Ingram in the Athletic Communications Office. Equipment Manager Charlie Mackey • Please contact Ingram to arrange interviews early in the week Sports Information Alastair Ingram (Syracuse ‘08) with at least 24 hours notice in advance. • Kevin Sneddon and Vermont student-athletes are available on Tuesday afternoons during the season. Team Information • A schedule of interview times will be emailed to all members of 2014-15 Overall Record 22-15-4 the local media on a weekly basis. 2014-15 League Record (Place) 10-9-3 (7th) • Please contact Ingram to make arrangements for separate phone Letterwinners Returning 22 (13F, 7D, 2G) interviews; Please note that student-athlete phone numbers will Letterwinners Lost 6 (3F, 2D, 1G) not be given unless there are unique circumstances. Newcomers 9 (5F, 3D, 1G) 2015-16 Captain Yvan Pattyn POST-GAME INTERVIEWS • The Vemont locker room is closed to all members of the media. Team History • Kevin Sneddon will be available in the Bostwick Room on the First Year of Men’s Hockey 1963-64 main concourse following the game, and select Vermont student- First Year in Hockey East 2005-06 athletes will be available after a 10-minute cooling-off period. NCAA Tournament Appearances 6 • With the exception of live television, student-athletes are not Last NCAA Appearance 2014 available until the conclusion of the cooling-off period. Frozen Fours 2 (1996, 2009) • Please make post-game interview requests through Josh Parker. NCAA All-Americans 22 • Interviews with the visiting head coach and student-athletes All-Time NHL Players 16 should be arranged through the visiting SID in Press Box 4. Major NHL Awards 11 FOLLOW THE CATAMOUNTS Athletic Communications • For the latest game summaries, stats, news, notes, features, Men’s Hockey Contact Alastair Ingram video and more, visit UVMathletics.com. Email [email protected] • View the latest highlights, interviews and other videos on Office Number (802) 656-1109 CatamounTV at the UVM Athletics YouTube Channel by logging Website UVMathletics.com on to YouTube.com/UVMathletics. 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No. Name NHL Cl. Pos. S-C Height Weight Birthdate Hometown/Previous Team 1 Mike Santaguida Jr. G L-C 5-9 175 3/6/93 Mississauga, Ontario/Surrey (BCHL) 2 Jake Kearley Fr. DL6-3 239 3/25/95 Newmarket, Ontario/Langley (BCHL) 3 Mike Lee Fr. DL6-0 181 4/25/96 Hamden, Conn./Penticton (BCHL) 4 Liam Coughlin CHI Fr. FL6-3 209 9/19/94 South Boston, Mass./Vernon (BCHL) 5 Rob Hamilton Jr. DL6-0 190 3/31/94 Calgary, Alberta/Okotoks (AJHL) 6 Mitch Ferguson So. DL6-0 182 3/29/94 Calgary, Alberta/Salmon Arm (BCHL) 7 Tom Forgione Jr. FL5-10 185 8/23/93 South Burlington, Vt./Sioux Falls (USHL) 8 Jonathan Turk Sr. FL5-9 178 5/1/91 Calgary, Alberta/Okotoks (AJHL) 9 Brian Bowen Fr. FR6-0 221 11/21/95 Littleton, Mass./Dubuque (USHL) 10 Travis Blanleil So. FL5-9 155 3/8/94 Kelowna, British Columbia/Penticton (BCHL) 11 Conor O’Neil Fr. FL5-11 203 6/10/94 Hummelstown, Pa./Jersey (USPHL) 12 Mike Stenerson Jr. FL5-10 185 1/20/93 Surrey, British Columbia/Surrey (BCHL) 13 Dan Senkbeil Sr. FL6-5 224 9/7/91 Fremont, Calif./North Dakota (NCHC) 14 Kevin Irwin So. FR6-0 175 7/9/93 Akron, Ohio/Green Bay (USHL) 15 Yvan Pattyn (C) Sr. DR6-1 196 3/31/93 St. Anne, Manitoba/Portage (MJHL) 16 Tyler Gernhofer Fr. FR5-10 232 1/10/95 Grapevine, Texas/Cedar Rapids (USHL) 17 Craig Puffer Fr. FL5-9 170 5/3/95 New Canaan, Conn./Chilliwack (BCHL) 18 Alexx Privitera Sr. DR5-11 185 1/18/93 Old Tappan, N.J./Dubuque (USHL) 19 Jarrid Privitera So. FL5-8 160 7/1/94 Old Tappan, N.J./Dubuque (USHL) 20 Brendan Bradley Jr. FL6-0 180 8/15/92 Richboro, Pa./Jersey (EJHL) 21 Mario Puskarich Jr. FL5-9 174 6/22/92 Fort Walton Beach, Fla./Langley (BCHL) 22 Brady Shaw Jr. FL6-1 204 10/2/92 Ottawa, Ontario/Surrey (BCHL) 23 Rob Darrar So. FL5-10 186 7/30/94 Monroe Township, N.J./Dubuque (USHL) 24 Chris Muscoby Jr. DL5-9 192 2/28/92 Airdrie, Alberta/Brooks (AJHL) 25 Drew Best Fr. FR5-9 168 7/1/94 Plymouth, Mich./Omaha (USHL) 26 Trey Phillips So. DL5-10 180 4/2/93 Okotoks, Alberta/Canmore (AJHL) 27 Ori Abramson So. DR6-3 226 8/14/93 Toronto, Ontario/Jersey (USPHL) 28 Anthony Petruzzelli So. FL5-9 181 5/9/93 Federal Way, Wash./Brooks (AJHL) 29 Malcolm McKinney Jr. FR5-8 163 9/27/92 W. Vancouver, British Columbia/Coquitlam (BCHL) 30 Pat Feeley Jr. G R-C 6-7 202 2/22/93 Winthrop, Mass./New Hampshire (EJHL) 33 Packy Munson Fr. G L-C 6-3 193 4/25/95 Hugo, Minn./Fairbanks (NAHL) (C) denotes Captain

Coaching Staff Head Coach: Kevin Sneddon (Harvard ‘92), 13th season Associate Head Coach: Kevin Patrick (Notre Dame ’92), 4th season Associate Head Coach: Kyle Wallack (Springfield ’97), 4th season Assistant Coach: Jeff Hill (Vermont ‘08), 1st season Hockey Operations: Noah Segall (UMass Amherst ‘14), 1st season

Alphabetical Roster Pronunciation Guide Geographical Roster 27 Abramson, Ori D Ori Abramson Or-ee Ay-bram-son United States (19) 25 Best, Drew F Travis Blanleil Blon-lay California (1) - Senkbeil 10 Blanleil, Travis F Liam Coughlin Cof-lin Connecticut (2) - Lee, Puffer 9 Bowen, Brian F 20 Bradley, Brendan F Rob Darrar Dar-ah Florida (1) - Puskarich 4 Coughlin, Liam F Tom Forgione For-gee-own Massachusetts (3) - Bowen, Coughlin, Feeley 23 Darrar, Rob F Tyler Gernhofer Gern-hoffer Michigan (1) - Best 30 Feeley, Pat G Jake Kearley Curly Minnesota (1) - Munson 6 Ferguson, Mitch D Yvan Pattyn E-van Pat-in New Jersey (4) - Darrar, Markison, A. Privitera, J. Privitera 7 Forgione, Tom F Mario Puskarich Pah-scare-itch Ohio (1) - Irwin 16 Gernhofer, Tyler F Mike Santaguida Santa-gwee-dah Pennsylvania (2) - Bradley, O’Neil 5 Hamilton, Rob D 14 Irwin, Kevin F Dan Senkbeil Sank-bile Texas (1) - Gernhofer 2 Jake Kearley D Vermont (1) - Forgione 3 Lee, Mike D By Class Washington (1) - Petruzzelli 29 McKinney, Malcolm F Seniors (4) 33 Munson, Packy G Pattyn, A. Privitera, Senkbeil, Turk Canada (12) 24 Muscoby, Chris D Alberta (5) - Ferguson, Hamilton, Muscoby, Phillips, Turk 11 O’Neil, Conor F British Columbia (3) - Blanleil, McKinney, Stenerson 15 Pattyn, Yvan D Juniors (10) 28 Petruzzelli, Anthony F Bradley, Feeley, Forgione, Hamilton, McKinney, Manitoba (1) - Pattyn 26 Phillips, Trey D Muscoby, Puskarich, Santaguida, Shaw, Stenerson Ontario (3) - Kearley, Santaguida, Shaw 18 Privitera, Alexx D 19 Privitera, Jarrid F Sophomores (8) NHL Draft Picks 17 Puffer, Craig F Abramson, Blanleil, Darrar, Ferguson, Irwin, Name Team Year Round Pick 21 Puskarich, Mario F Petruzzelli, Phillips, J. Privitera Liam Coughlin Edmonton 2014 5th 130 1 Santaguida, Mike G * Rights traded to Chicago Blackhawks in Summer of 2015 13 Senkbeil, Dan D 22 Shaw, Brady F Freshmen (9) 12 Stenerson, Mike F Best, Bowen, Coughlin, Gernhofer, Kearley, 8 Turk, Jonathan F Lee, Munson, O’Neil, Puffer

7 UVMathletics.com • @UVMmhockey HEAD COACH KEVIN SNEDDON season ranked among the top-30 rookie scorers in the nation with 23 Kevin SNEDDON points on 10 goals and 13 assists. Head Coach Sneddon's 2010 recruit Connor Brickley was selected to the 2012 U.S. 13th Season National Junior Team and competed at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Harvard ‘92 Championship in Alberta, Canada. He became the eighth Catamount to represent Team USA and the first in 20 years. Brickley is the second high - est draft choice for the Catamounts in program history behind only U.S. Vermont Record: Hockey Hall of Famer John LeClair, who was selected 33rd overall in the 191-208-61 (13th) 1987 draft by the . Career Record: 241-307-79 (18th) In 2009-10, UVM upset Hockey East regular season champion New Hampshire in the league quarterfinals to advance to the TD Garden in Boston for the Hockey East Championships. For the first time in program SNEDDON’S HONOR ROLL history, the Catamounts earned a spot in the Hockey East Championships • 2013-14 NCAA Tournament and NCAA Tournament in the same year. UVM also won the Sheraton/TD • 2013-14 Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup Champions Bank Catamount Cup. • 2012-13 Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup Champions • 2009-10 NCAA Tournament Sneddon led the Catamounts to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appear - • 2009-10 Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup Champions ances in 2008-09 and 2009-10, and took UVM to its second Frozen Four in • 2008-09 Spencer Penrose Division I Coach of the Year Finalist school history in 2009. The Catamounts attained their highest-ever final • 2008-09 NCAA Tournament ranking in 2008-09, finishing third in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports • 2008-09 NCAA Frozen Four Poll with a 22-12-5 record. Sneddon was named a finalist for the Spencer • 2008-09 Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup Champions Penrose Award, given annually to the top Division I coach in the country. • 2007-08 Bob Kullen Hockey East Coach of the Year In 2009-10, Vermont upset Hockey East regular season champion New • 2007-08 Spencer Penrose Division I Coach of the Year Finalist Hampshire in the league quarterfinals to advance to TD Garden in Boston • 2006-07 Ice Breaker Invitational Champions for the Hockey East Championship. For the first time in program history, • 2005-06 Nye Frontier Classic Champions Vermont earned a spot in the Hockey East Championships and NCAA • 2005-06 Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup Champions Tournament in the same year. UVM also won the Catamount Cup that year.

Kevin Sneddon is one of only three head coaches to lead the University In 2007-08, Sneddon was named the Bob Kullen Hockey East Coach of the of Vermont men’s hockey program over the last half century. Sneddon Year and was a finalist for National Coach of the Year after leading the enters his 13th year as the head coach of the Catamounts in the 2015-16 Catamounts to a 17-15-7 record and their first-ever trip to the Hockey East season and his 23rd year in the coaching profession. He is just 11 wins Championship Game in Boston. The Catamounts defeated Northeastern in shy of his 200th career victory at UVM and his 250th as a Division I head the quarterfinals before upsetting national power Boston University in coach. After the 2014-15 campaign, the athletic department recognized the semifinals. Sneddon with a contract extension through the 2017-18 season. Sneddon guided Vermont to a 18-16-5 record and a championship in the Sneddon led the Catamounts to a 22-15-4 record last season as Vermont prestigious Ice Breaker Invitational in 2006-07. The Catamounts finished posted back-to-back 20-win campaigns for the first time since 1996 and second in the country in scoring defense with a 2.00 goals against aver - 1997, and just the third time in its Division I era. UVM registered an upset age and they ranked third nationally on the penalty kill at 88.8-percent. of ninth-ranked and No. 3 seed Boston College in the Hockey East Quarterfinal and advanced to TD Garden for the first time since 2010. In 2005-06, the Catamounts posted a 18-14-6 record in their first year in Vermont went 11-6-2 at Gutterson Fieldhouse for its highest home win Hockey East. Vermont established the best start to a season in school his - total since 2005 and played in front of 14 sellout crowds. tory by winning its first seven contests. The Catamounts went on to claim tournament titles in both the Nye Frontier Classic and Sheraton/TD 12 of Sneddon's players have signed NHL contracts during his tenure, and Banknorth Catamount Cup. all 12 have signed in the last decade. He has taken the Catamounts to three NCAA Tournaments in the last seven seasons, including the pro - During the month of December that season, Vermont was ranked as high gram's second-ever Frozen Four berth in 2009. Sneddon's teams have as third in the country in both national polls, giving the Catamounts their made three trips to TD Garden in Boston for the Hockey East highest ranking in a decade. Vermont finished third in the nation in goals Championship, including a semifinal appearance last season. The team against average at 2.16 and won the Sportsmanship Award in Hockey East returns 66% of its point scoring and 76% of its goal scoring this season. for the least amount of penalty minutes in conference play. In addition, captain Jaime Sifers ‘06 was one of seven finalists for the Hockey Two years ago, the Catamounts increased their overall and conference win Humanitarian Award, given annually to college hockey’s finest citizen. total by five over the previous campaign and made their seventh playoff appearance in the last eight years. UVM also captured the Sheraton/TD During the 2004-05 season, Sneddon led the Catamounts to their first 20- Bank Catamount Cup for the third time in the last five seasons with wins win season in eight years with a 21-14-4 overall mark, including 13 wins over No. 12 Union and Princeton. For the second straight season, in ECAC play. Vermont was picked to finish 10th in the ECAC Preseason Sneddon's team placed 14 student-athletes on the Hockey East All- Coaches’ Poll that year. Instead, the Catamounts finished fourth in the Academic Team, matching its highest number since joining the league in ECAC and were ranked as high as 10th in USCHO.com/CSTV Poll. 2005. Vermont advanced to the ECAC Championships in Albany, N.Y., for the first In 2011-12, Sneddon's recent recruiting classes played a significant role time since 1996 after defeating Dartmouth in the ECAC Quarterfinals. The on a young team as seven of the squad's top nine scorers were underclass - Cats were the most improved team in the country, by winning 12 more men. Sneddon helped Kyle Reynolds become just the third Catamount to games than it did the previous season. Vermont defeated the No. 1 ranked earn a spot on the Hockey East All-Rookie Team, as he was honored at team in the country for the first time in school history with a 3-2 win at the league's postseason awards banquet. Reynolds finished the regular Minnesota-Duluth in October.

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Sneddon was the head coach at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. from SNEDDON vs. ALL OPPONENTS AT VERMONT 1998 to 2003, and was associated with the Union men's hockey program since 1993 when he was named an assistant under former head coach . Sneddon led the Dutchmen to their first-ever ECAC HOCKEY EAST RECORD home-ice playoff series in 2003. Union qualified for the ECAC playoffs in Boston College 9-26-3 three of Sneddon's last four years with the Dutchmen. Boston University 11-18-6 As a player in the collegiate ranks, he was a four-year starter at Harvard UConn 2-1-0 University where he helped the Crimson win the NCAA Championship in Maine 18-15-4 1988-89. That season, he was named to the ECAC All-Rookie Team, the NCAA All-Tournament Team, and was selected by the in Massachusetts 17-12-3 the NHL Draft. During his four years at Harvard, he was the 96th captain UMass Lowell 10-18-7 of the Crimson men's hockey team and participated in the World Junior Merrimack 9-11-7 Camp and the Albany World Cup. New Hampshire 9-20-6 Sneddon suffered two season-ending injuries at Harvard, and operations Northeastern 18-13-5 on his shoulder and back limited his playing time in each of his last two Notre Dame 1-2-1 campaigns. Before beginning his coaching career, Sneddon had a brief stint with the Kings in the NHL. Back surgery cut short his career and he Providence 13-11-5 made the decision to become a coach shortly thereafter.

Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Sneddon attended Nelson High NON-CONFERENCE RECORD School before attending Harvard. His father, Robert, played professional Alabama Huntsville (WCHA) 1-0-0 hockey for the Chicago Blackhawks and the California Golden Seals. He Anchorage Alaska (WCHA) 1-0-0 spent much of his career playing in the AHL and IHL minor leagues. Air Force (AHA) 2-0-0 Brown (ECAC) 1-3-0 COACHING STAFF Canisius (AHA) 1-0-0 Clarkson (ECAC) 5-2-1 KEVIN PATRICK Associate Head Coach, 4th season Colgate (ECAC) 3-5-1 Cornell (ECAC) 0-4-1 • Patrick was promoted to associate head coach in the summer of 2015. Dartmouth (ECAC) 10-7-1 • Last season, Patrick helped Vermont rank ninth Denver (NCHC) 1-2-1 nationally with a team goals against of 2.22. • UVM also continued its penalty killing success Ferris State (WCHA) 1-0-0 at a rate of 87.%, which was 10th in the NCAA. Harvard (ECAC) 3-4-2 • Vermont was the seventh-least penalized team Holy Cross (AHA) 0-0-1 in college hockey and won the Charlie Holt Award as the least-penalized squad in Hockey East play. Lake Superior State (WCHA) 0-1-0 Miami (NCHC) 2-2-1 KYLE WALLACK Michigan Tech (WCHA) 1-3-1 Associate Head Coach, 4th season Minnesota (BIG 10) 2-3-0 Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) 4-0-1 • Wallack was also promoted to associate head coach in the summer of 2015. Minnesota State (WCHA) 1-0-0 • Last season, Wallack coached the power play to Nebraska Omaha (NCHC) 0-2-0 a 20.1% success rate to rank 13th in the country. • It marked the first Vermont power play unit to Niagara (AHA) 2-2-0 eclipse 20-percent in a single season since 2006. North Dakota (NCHC) 0-3-1 • Wallack has guided forwards to 19-goal seasons each of the last two years and saw Mario Puskarich Ohio State (BIG 10) 0-1-0 named the 2014 Hockey East Rookie of the Year. Penn State (BIG 10) 1-2-0 Princeton (ECAC) 4-1-0 JEFF HILL Quinnipiac (ECAC) 0-1-0 Assistant Coach, 1st season Rensselaer (ECAC) 4-2-0 • Former Catamount Jeff Hill '08 enters his first Sacred Heart (AHA) 1-0-0 year as a volunteer goaltending coach. St. Cloud State (NCHC) 0-1-0 • Hill spent four years as a goalie for Vermont from 2004-08 and won the Award for St. Lawrence (ECAC) 12-5-0 leadership and community service as a senior. Union (ECAC) 4-2-0 • Hill was also a three-year member of the UVM men's lacrosse team during his career. Wisconsin (BIG 10) 0-1-0 • He most recently served as the head coach and Yale (ECAC) 5-3-1 hockey director at Culver Military Academy.

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Scoring Overall - 7 GP (2-4-1 .357) Conference Only - 2 GP (1-0-1 .750) Career ## Player POS YR GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW +/- SOG GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW +/- SOG GP G A PTS 21 Mario Puskarich F JR 7 3 4 7 3/6 1 0 1 +3 25 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 +2 4 73 33 34 67 19 Jarrid Privitera F SO 7 5 0 5 1/2 1 0 0 +5 16 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 +2 5 37 11 4 15 4 Liam Coughlin (EDM) F FR 6 0 4 4 0 0 0 +4 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +1 2 6 0 4 4 18 Alexx Privitera D SR 7 0 4 4 2/4 0 0 0 E 6 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 +1 1 96 13 43 56 28 Anthony Petruzzelli F SO 7 3 0 3 1/2 0 0 0 E 14 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 +2 3 46 9 8 17 7 Tom Forgione F JR 6 1 2 3 1/2 0 1 0 -1 12 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 +1 0 44 5 5 10 22 Brady Shaw F JR 6 1 1 2 1/2 0 0 0 -5 18 2 1 0 1 1/2 0 0 0 E 7 78 26 18 44 8 Jonathan Turk F SR 7 1 1 2 4/8 0 0 0 E 10 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 +2 2 112 14 18 32 5 Rob Hamilton D JR 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 +3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 +1 2 68 1 15 16 14 Kevin Irwin F SO 6 0 2 2 2/4 0 0 0 -4 7 2 0 1 1 1/2 0 0 0 E 2 36 8 8 16 13 Dan Senkbeil D SR 3 1 0 1 1/2 0 0 1 E 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 E 5 78 3 10 13 9 Brian Bowen F FR 4 0 1 1 2/4 0 0 0 -1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 1 1 20 Brendan Bradley F JR 6 0 1 1 2/4 0 0 0 -4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 +1 1 83 15 31 46 26 Trey Phillips D SO 6 0 1 1 1/2 0 0 0 -2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 0 28 0 1 1 16 Tyler Gernhofer C FR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 29 Malcolm McKinney F JR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 +1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +1 1 22 4 1 5 10 Travis Blanleil F SO 3 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 E 2 1 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 +1 2 26 1 0 1 23 Rob Darrar F SO 3 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 +1 4 1 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 +1 0 40 2 5 7 2 Jake Kearley D FR 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0 4 0 0 0 11 Conor O'Neil F FR 5 0 0 0 3/6 0 0 0 -1 10 1 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 -1 1 5 0 0 0 17 Craig Puffer F FR 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 2 5 0 0 0 27 Ori Abramson D SO 6 0 0 0 3/9 0 0 0 E 3 2 0 0 0 1/5 0 0 0 +1 2 25 0 1 1 3 Mike Lee D FR 6 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 E 4 1 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 +1 0 6 0 0 0 15 Yvan Pattyn D SR 7 0 0 0 2/4 0 0 0 E 6 2 0 0 0 1/2 0 0 0 +3 2 120 3 14 17 1 Mike Santaguida G JR 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 E 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 +4 0 51 0 1 1 Bench 1/2 Vermont Totals 7 15 23 38 33/69 2 1 2 -1 188 2 6 8 14 8/19 0 0 1 +4 46 Opponent Totals 7 19 36 55 23/49 5 1 4 +1 204 2 5 10 15 3/9 3 0 0 -4 54

## Goaltending (Overall) YR GP Minutes GA Saves Shots Save% GAA Record Win% GS SO %Time 1 Mike Santaguida JR 7 421:20 18 185 203 .911 2.56 2-4-1 .357 7 1 99.1% Open Net 3 3:40 1 1 0.9% Vermont Totals 7 425:00 19 185 204 .907 2.68 2-4-1 .357 7 1 100.0% Opponent Totals 7 425:00 15 173 188 .920 2.12 4-2-1 .643 7 1 100.0% ## Goaltending (Conference Only) YR GP Minutes GA Saves Shots Save% GAA Record Win% GS SO %Time 1 Mike Santaguida JR 2 125:00 5 49 54 .907 2.40 1-0-1 .750 2 0 100.0% Vermont Totals 2 125:00 5 49 54 .907 2.40 1-0-1 .750 2 0 100.0% Opponent Totals 2 125:00 6 40 46 .870 2.88 0-1-1 .250 2 0 100.0% ## Goaltending (Career) YR GP Minutes GA Saves Shots Save% GAA Record Win% GS SO 1 Mike Santaguida JR 51 2841:13 109 1202 1311 .917 2.30 21-20-5 .511 47 5

Overall Conference Only Special Teams Power Play Penalty Kill Combined PPC/G Power Play Penalty Kill Combined PPC/G Vermont 2/ 17 .118 24/ 29 .828 26/ 46 .565 2.4 0/ 2 .000 6/ 9 .667 6/ 11 .545 1.0 Opponents 5/ 29 .172 15/ 17 .882 20/ 46 .435 4.1 3/ 9 .333 2/ 2 1.00 5/ 11 .455 4.5

Overall Scoring Overall Shots Conference Scoring Conference Shots Scoring/Shots 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOT 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOT 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG Vermont 5 4 6 0 15 55 66 63 4 188 3 1 2 0 6 14 11 17 4 46 Opponents 7 4 8 0 19 69 70 61 4 204 1 0 4 0 5 15 11 24 4 54 Difference -2 +0 -2 +0 -4 -14 -4 +2 +0 -16 +2 +1 -2 +0 +1 -1 +0 -7 +0 -8

Overall Conference Only Game Averages G/GM A/GM PTS/G SOG/G PEN/G PIM/G PPG/G G/GM A/GM PTS/G SOG/G PEN/G PIM/G PPG/G Vermont 2.14 3.29 5.43 26.9 4.7 9.9 0.3 3.00 4.00 7.00 23.0 4.0 9.5 0.0 Opponents 2.71 5.14 7.86 29.1 3.3 7.0 0.7 2.50 5.00 7.50 27.0 1.5 4.5 1.5 Difference -0.57 -1.86 -2.43 -2.3 +1.4 +2.9 -0.4 +0.50 -1.00 -0.50 -4.0 +2.5 +5.0 -1.5

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