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UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 2014-15 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 32 senior night schedule TV #18 VERMONT CATAMOUNTS • 18-11-2 (10-8-1 HEA) Overall: 18-11-2 N/A HEA: 10-8-1 vs. MERRIMACK WARRIORS • 14-14-3 (5-12-2 HEA) Home: 9-5-1 RADIO Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, Vt. Away: 9-5-1 WVMT 620-AM Neutral: 0-1-0 PxP: Alastair Ingram Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, 7:05 p.m. Analyst: Joe Gervais OCTOBER (4-1-0 • 2-1-0 HEA) Reporter: Pete Estes 5 ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE (Exh.) W, 8-0 11 at #16 Northeastern + W, 6-2 VIDEO 17 CLARKSON W, 2-1 CatamounTV.com (HD) 18 at Clarkson W, 3-0 Ranking 18/RV RV/NR 25 UCONN + W, 2-1 AUDIO 18-11-2 14-14-3 SportsJuice.com Overall 31 at #20 Notre Dame + (NBCSN) L, 3-2 League 10-8-1 5-12-2 Home 9-5-1 9-4-2 NOVEMBER (7-2-1 • 5-2-1 HEA) LIVE STATS 1 at #20 Notre Dame + T, 2-2 Away 9-5-1 4-9-0 UVMathletics.com 7 MAINE + W, 4-3 (OT) Neutral 0-1-0 1-1-1 8 MAINE + W, 4-1 COACHING STAFFS Goals/Game 2.94 2.35 14 at #16 Providence + (OSN) L, 3-0 VERMONT GAA 2.19 2.32 Head Coach: Power Play 21.0% (26/124) 15.2% (21/138) 15 at #16 Providence + (OSN) W, 2-1 Kevin Sneddon Penalty Kill 87.1% (101/116) 89.6% (121/135) 21 at UConn + L, 2-1 Harvard ‘92 Shots on Goal 30.8 28.8 22 at UMass Amherst + W, 11-1 Overall: 235-299-76 (17th) Penalty Minutes 9.1 12.6 25 UMASS AMHERST + (NESN/TSN2) W, 3-1 UVM: 185-200-58 (12th) Goals Leader Shaw (14) Seney/Gustafsson (11) 28 at Maine W, 6-3 Assists Leader Paliotta (22) Seney (15) 29 at Maine (FCS Atlantic) W, 4-1 Assistant Coach: Kevin Patrick (3rd) Points Leader Paliotta (30) Seney (26) DECEMBER (3-1-0 • 0-0-0 HEA) Notre Dame ‘92 GAA Leader Santaguida (1.89) Tirronen (2.28) 12 ST. LAWRENCE W, 2-1 SV% Leader Santaguida (.932) Tirronen (.922) 13 at St. Lawrence W, 2-0 Assistant Coach: 28 AIR FORCE % W, 4-2 Kyle Wallack (3rd) SETTING THE SCENE 29 #16 PROVIDENCE % L, 3-0 Springfield ‘97 • After a 2-1 victory last night, 18th-ranked Vermont goes for a week - end sweep of Merrimack on Senior Night at Gutterson Fieldhouse. JANUARY (1-5-1 • 0-3-0 HEA) Assistant Coach: • The Catamounts moved into a tie for sixth place with Notre Dame in 3 at Yale L, 3-1 Terry Lovelette (21st) the league standings with 21 points and just three games remaining. 11 at Dartmouth W, 4-1 Johnson State ‘98 • The Warriors have lost six in a row and sit in 11th with 12 points. 16 NORTHEASTERN + L, 4-1 • Vermont is just two points behind UMass Lowell and Providence, who 17 NORTHEASTERN T, 2-2 MERRIMACK share third place, with one game in hand on the River Hawks. 23 #3 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + L, 4-2 Head Coach: 24 #3 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + L, 2-1 (OT) • A win or tie tonight would guarantee home ice in either the first Mark Dennehy 31 vs. Penn State & L, 4-2 Boston College ‘91 round or quarterfinal round of the Hockey East playoffs. Overall: 129-211-45 (11th) • The Cats are 18th in this week’s USCHO.com poll, receiving votes in FEBRUARY (3-2-0 • 3-2-0 HEA) MC: 126-183-42 (10th) the USA Today/USA Hockey poll, and 16th in the Pairwise rankings. 6 NEW HAMPSHIRE + W, 5-2 7 NEW HAMPSHIRE + L, 6-3 Associate Head Coach: LAST NIGHT: VERMONT 2, MERRIMACK 1 13 at #10 Boston College + W, 3-2 (OT) Curtis Carr 14 at #10 Boston College + L, 6-5 Kent State '03 • Rob Darrar and Colin Markison scored a pair of goals in the span of two and a half minutes early in the second period and No. 18 Vermont 20 MERRIMACK + W, 2-1 21 MERRIMACK + 7:05 pm Associate Head Coach: held on to beat Merrimack 2-1 to begin Senior Weekend. Bill Gilligan • Hampus Gustafsson netted his seventh power play goal of the season 27 at UMass Lowell + 7:15 pm Brown '77 late in the second to cut the Catamount lead to one. 28 at UMass Lowell + 7:00 pm • Mike Santaguida made 15 saves for his seventh win of the year, while MARCH Goaltending Coach: Markison’s tally held up for his first career game-winner. 6-8 HEA First Round @ TBA John Carratu • UVM held Merrimack to single-digit shots in all three periods, out-shot 13-15 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA Plymouth State the Warriors by nine, and posted a season-low for shots allowed (16). 20-21 HEA Championships $ TBA 27-29 NCAA Regionals TBA OFFICIALS • Vermont went 0-for-4 on the power play with five shots on goal. Referee: Scott Hansen APRIL Referee: Tom Fyrer SENIOR NIGHT 9-11 NCAA Frozen Four $ TBA Linesman: Brendan Blanchard • Prior to the game tonight, Vermont will hold a ceremony to honor the Linesman: Rob Shintani five members of its 2015 senior class: Jake Fallon, Nick Luukko, Colin Home games in ALL CAPS Markison, Mike Paliotta, and Kyle Reynolds. + Hockey East game • The class has combined to skate in more than 550 games with nearly % Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup (Burlington, Vt.) & Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) 275 career points, including three in last night’s win. @ Campus Locations • It also helped lead UVM to its sixth NCAA Tournament berth last year $ TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) and is two victories away from its second straight 20-win season. All times are EST and subject to change due to TV STANDINGS & POLLS • GAME NOTES PALIOTTA HITS 75 POINTS HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS (FEB. 21, 2015) • Mike Paliotta notched a new career-high in scoring with an assist last Friday at BC as the program’s active scoring leader posted his 75th career point. CONFERENCE OVERALL • The senior captain leads Vermont in scoring with 30 points, which is the top PTS GP RECORD GP RECORD mark among all Hockey East defensemen and ranks third in the NCAA. 1. Boston University 29 19 13-3-3 29 19-5-5 • Paliotta has the most shots on goal (118) by any league defenseman to rank 2. Boston College 25 20 11-6-3 31 18-10-3 fourth overall and is the only blueliner in the top-10. 3. Providence 23 19 11-7-1 31 19-10-2 • The defenseman has seven points in his last five games and ranks third in the UMass Lowell 23 20 10-7-3 32 17-10-5 league in power play scoring with a team-high 14 points. 5. Northeastern 22 19 10-7-2 30 15-11-4 • The last defenseman to lead UVM in scoring was Louis Cote in 1977-78. 6. Notre Dame 21 19 8-6-5 32 13-15-5 Vermont 21 19 10-8-1 31 18-11-2 8. Maine 16 19 7-10-2 33 12-18-3 PUSKARICH GOES 30 FOR 30 • Reigning Hockey East Rookie of the Year Mario Puskarich scored the 30th goal UConn 16 20 6-10-4 32 9-16-7 of his Vermont career on Jan. 31 against Penn State in Philadelphia. 10. New Hampshire 15 19 7-11-1 31 12-17-2 • He is the first Catamount to reach the 30-goal plateau as a sophomore since 11. Merrimack 12 19 5-12-2 31 14-14-3 Martin St. Louis and Eric Perrin both achieved the mark in the 1994-95 season. 12. Massachusetts 9 20 4-15-1 31 9-20-2 • Mario also collected his 30th career assist against UNH on Feb. 6. • The sophomore ranks top-20 in the league in both goals (11) and points (24), and he ranks fourth in Hockey East with 118 shots on goal. USCHO.COM POLL (FEB. 16, 2015) • Since 2000, NHL forwards Patrick Sharp and Torrey Mitchell are the only other RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) RECORD PTS LAST WK UVM players to score at least 10 goals in each of their first two seasons. 1 North Dakota (35) 20-6-3 980 2 2 Minnesota State (10) 23-6-2 909 1 SHAW’S SOPHOMORE BREAKOUT 3 Boston University 19-5-4 902 3 • With six goals in his last six games, Brady Shaw has taken over the team-lead 4 Michigan Tech (5) 24-7-1 856 5 in goal scoring with 14, more than doubling his rookie total of six. 5 Nebraska Omaha 17-8-3 798 4 • Shaw has already surpassed his freshman year point total by 12 and ranks 6 Miami 18-9-1 752 7 third on the team in points (23) and shots on goal (81). 7 Minnesota Duluth 18-11-1 693 6 • He is tied for third in the league with six power play goals, ranks eighth in 8 Bowling Green 18-7-5 617 8 goals per game, and sits seventh in game-winning goals with a team-best three.