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UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 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 23 martin st. louis night schedule TV VERMONT CATAMOUNTS • 8-12-2 (3-5-2 HEA) vs. Overall: 8-12-2 N/A HEA: 3-5-2 DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN • 5-7-1 (3-5-0 ECAC) Home: 5-6-2 RADIO Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vt. Away: 3-5-0 WVMT 620-AM Neutral: 0-1-0 PxP: Alastair Ingram Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 • 7:05 p.m. Analyst: Aaron Miller 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 8-12-2 5-7-1 23 #1 NORTH DAKOTA L, 2-0 AUDIO League 3-5-2 3-5-0 24 #1 NORTH DAKOTA L, 5-2 SportsJuice.com Home 5-6-2 3-2-0 29 at Northeastern + W, 3-2 Away 3-5-0 2-5-1 31 NORTHEASTERN + T, 3-3 LIVE STATS Neutral 0-1-0 0-0-0 UVMathletics.com NOVEMBER (1-5-1 • 1-4-1 HEA) Goals/Game 2.18 2.31 6 #4 UMASS LOWELL + L, 5-3 GAA 2.59 3.54 7 #4 UMASS LOWELL + L, 1-0 COACHING STAFFS Power Play 10.4% 12.8% 13 UCONN + W, 2-1 VERMONT Penalty Kill 77.4% 72.0% 15 UMASS AMHERST + T, 3-3 Head Coach: 31.4 30.4 Kevin Sneddon Shots on Goal 20 at Maine + L, 3-2 10.4 10.1 Harvard ‘92 Penalty Minutes 21 at Maine + L, 4-1 Overall: 247-315-80 (18th) Goals Leader J. Privitera (10) Bligh (6) 29 vs. #20 Penn State & L, 4-0 UVM: 197-216-62 (13th) Assists Leader Puskarich (12) Crema (6) Puskarich (17) Bligh (11) DECEMBER (4-3-0 • 1-1-0 HEA) Points Leader 4 at #11 Boston University + W, 4-2 Associate Head Coach: GAA Leader Munson (1.66) Buffalo (2.66) 5 at #11 Boston University + L, 5-3 Kevin Patrick (4th) SV% Leader Munson (.935) Buffalo (.913) 11 #13 ST. LAWRENCE W, 4-0 Notre Dame ‘92 12 at #13 St. Lawrence L, 4-1 SETTING THE SCENE 20 at Union L, 3-2 (OT) • Vermont looks to stretch its season-best winning streak to four games Associate Head Coach: 29 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE % W, 1-0 Kyle Wallack (4th) against former ECAC rival Dartmouth on Martin St. Louis Night. 30 COLGATE % W, 4-1 Springfield ‘97 • UVM has won three straight at home and five of its last eight overall JANUARY (1-0-0 • 0-0-0 HEA) after a Catamount Cup title and a 3-2 overtime win over rival UNH. 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE W, 3-2 (OT) Assistant Coach: Jeff Hill (1st) • Dartmouth claimed its annual holiday tournament the Ledyard Classic 8 DARTMOUTH # 7:05 pm Vermont ‘08 last weekend with wins over Robert Morris (5-1) and Merrimack (3-0). 15 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm • The Catamounts are 5-1-1 in their last seven meetings with the Big 16 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm DARTMOUTH Green heading into the 78th all-time matchup in the series. 22 at UConn + 8:30 pm Head Coach: 23 at UMass Amherst + 7:00 pm Bob Gaudet MARTIN ST. LOUIS NIGHT FEBRUARY Dartmouth '81 5 NOTRE DAME + 7:05 pm • UVM will honor its all-time leading scorer tonight with Martin St. Overall: 359-407-99 (28th) 6 NOTRE DAME + 7:05 pm DC: 266-265-68 (19th) Louis in attendance to be recognized during a pre-game presentation. 12 at New Hampshire + 7:00 pm • During his four-year career at Vermont, the forward registered 267 13 at New Hampshire + 5:00 pm Associate Head Coach: points on 91 goals and 176 assists in 139 games. 19 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm David Lassonde 20 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm Providence '84 • St. Louis led the Catamounts to their first-ever NCAA Frozen Four berth in 1996 and another NCAA Tournament appearance in 1997. 26 at Merrimack + 8:30 pm 27 at Merrimack + 7:00 pm Assistant Coach: • For three straight seasons, St. Louis was named an All-American and John Rose was also a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award in those campaigns. MARCH New England College '03 4-6 HEA First Round @ TBA 11-13 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA OFFICIALS UVM EDGES WILDCATS IN OT 18-19 HEA Championship ^ TBA Referee: Chris Federico • Jarrid Privitera's second goal of the game and team-leading 10th of 25-27 NCAA Regionals TBA Tim Low the season lifted Vermont over rival UNH just 40 seconds into overtime Referee: APRIL Linesman: Steve Waters 3-2 on Saturday in non-conference action at Gutterson Fieldhouse. 7-9 NCAA Frozen Four $ TBA Linesman: Brendan Kelleher • The Catamounts won their third consecutive game and snapped the Wildcats' six-game unbeaten streak in the 106th all-time meeting. Home games in ALL CAPS • Privitera registered his second multi-goal game of the season, while + Hockey East game Brady Shaw eclipsed the 50-point plateau with a goal and an assist. & Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) % Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup (Burlington, Vt.) • Yvan Pattyn collected a career-high three assists, and all seven of his # Martin St. Louis Night helpers this season have come at Gutterson. @ Campus Locations • UVM held a 37-19 advantadge in shots, and the Catamounts blocked ^ TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) more shots (20) than they allowed on target (19), a season-low. $ Amalie Arena (Tampa, Fla.) STANDINGS & POLLS • GAME NOTES HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS PACKY WINS A PAIR • It was a busy week for Packy Munson, who was named the Hockey East Rookie CONFERENCE OVERALL of the Week and the Hockey East Rookie of the Month for December. PTS GP RECORD GP RECORD • Munson went 3-2-0 with a pair of shutouts in his first five collegiate starts in 1. UMass Lowell 15 11 6-2-3 19 11-4-4 December, posting a 1.59 goals against average and a .940 save percentage. 2. Notre Dame 14 9 6-1-2 19 9-4-6 • He closed the month last Wednesday by earning MVP honors in the annual 3. Boston College 13 8 6-1-1 18 13-4-1 Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup, allowing just one goal in the tournament. 4. Providence 10 6 4-0-2 18 13-2-3 Boston University 10 9 4-3-2 18 9-6-3 • The rookie registered a 23-save shutout against Lake Superior State to open 6. Merrimack 9 10 2-3-5 19 7-7-5 the Catamount Cup last Tuesday for his second shutout in three games. 7. New Hampshire 872-1-4 19 8-7-4 • In four home starts this year, the Hugo, Minnesota native owns a 4-0-0 record UMass Amherst 8 10 2-4-4 20 7-9-4 with a 0.75 goals against average and .965 save percentage. Vermont 8 10 3-5-2 22 8-12-2 • Munson became the first Catamount goaltender to post a shutout in his first 10. UConn 7 11 3-7-1 19 6-12-1 collegiate start since 2004 vs. No. 13 St. Lawrence on Dec. 11. 11. Maine 582-5-1 19 4-11-4 12. Northeastern 3 11 0-8-3 19 3-12-4 MILESTONE WATCH • Brendan Bradley is just two away from his 100th career game, while forwards USCHO.COM POLL (JAN. 4, 2016) Rob Darrar (Jan. 2), Jarrid Privitera (Dec. 29), and Tom Forgione (Dec. 29) all skated in their 50th career games last week for UVM. RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) RECORD PTS LAST WK • Brady Shaw eclipsed the 50-point plateau with two points against UNH last 1 North Dakota (36) 18-2-2 976 2 Saturday, while Bradley hit the half-century mark on Dec. 5 at No. 11 BU. 2 Quinnipiac (14) 17-1-3 958 3 • Alexx Privitera, who has missed the last two contests due to injury, is only 3 Providence 13-2-3 866 1 three assists away from 50 in his career. 4 St. Cloud State 16-4-0 825 5 • Mario Puskarich is the program’s active leading scorer with 77 career points and 5 Harvard 8-1-3 789 7 6 Nebraska Omaha 14-3-1 786 6 scored his 35th collegiate goal at Maine on Nov. 11. 7 Boston College 13-4-1 697 4 • Head coach Kevin Sneddon is just three wins shy of his 200th victory behind 8 Michigan 11-3-3 623 10 the UVM bench and his 250th career NCAA win. 9 Cornell 9-2-2 568 9 10 UMass Lowell 11-4-4 562 8 PRIVITERA ERA 11 Boston University 9-6-3 482 11 • Jarrid Privitera is tied for sixth in Hockey East with a team-high 10 goals, and 12 Yale 6-4-2 412 13 seven of those tallies have come at Gutterson Fieldhouse. 13 St. Lawrence 10-5-2 348 15 • His goals have come in bunches, scoring four in a three-game span in October, 14 Penn State 12-3-3 336 14 15 Notre Dame 9-4-6 319 16 three during a four-game run last month, and two last time out against UNH.