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#10 Vermont (10-5-2 • 5-3-1 HEA) vs. #12 Union (13-3-2 • 8-1-1 ECAC) > Game 18 Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 • 4:00 p.m. • Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, VT SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL 10-5-2 VIDEO: CatamounTV.com CONFERENCE 5-3-1 RADIO: WVMT 620-AM HOME 4-3-1 Play-by-Play: Alastair Ingram ROAD 4-2-1 2016-17 Analyst: Jerry Tarrant NEUTRAL 2-0-0 AUDIO: UVMathletics.com/Listen OCTOBER VERMONT UNION LIVE STATS: UVMathletics.com 7 at Clarkson W, 5-2 CATAMOUNTS DUTCHMEN 8 CLARKSON L, 3-2 10-5-2 (5-3-1 HEA) 13-3-2 (8-1-1 ECAC) 21 at #20 Nebraska Omaha T, 4-4 22 at #20 Nebraska Omaha W, 5-2 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT COACHING STAFFS 28 #11 MICHIGAN W, 3-0 L 7-3 vs. Union W 7-3 at Vermont 30 at #16 Northeastern + W, 3-2 VERMONT LEADERS LEADERS Head Coach: NOVEMBER Goals Goals Kevin Sneddon (Harvard ‘92) 4 at #6 UMass Lowell + L, 3-1 Colton (7) Vecchione (18) Career: 264-329-83 (19th) 5 at #6 UMass Lowell + L, 4-2 Vermont: 214-230-65 (14th) 12 at UMass + W, 2-1 Assists Assists 15 DARTMOUTH W, 5-2 Colton/Lodermeier (7) Foo (20) Associate Head Coach: 18 MAINE + W, 6-2 Kevin Patrick (Notre Dame ‘92) 19 MAINE + T, 2-2 Points Points 25 vs. UMass + # W, 4-2 Colton (14) Vecchione (37) Associate Head Coach: 26 vs. #3 Quinnipiac # W, 5-1 Kyle Wallack (Springfield ‘97) DECEMBER Goals Against Average Goals Against Average 9 #5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + W, 4-2 Lekkas (2.12) Sakellaropoulos (2.56) Assistant Coach: 10 #5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + L, 4-0 Kyle Reynolds (Vermont ‘15) 17 #12 UNION L, 7-3 Save Percentage Save Percentage Lekkas (.925) Sakellaropoulos (.916) 18 #12 UNION 4:00 pm UNION 30 BENTLEY 7:05 pm Head Coach: TEAM STATS TEAM STATS 31 BENTLEY 4:00 pm Rick Bennett (Providence ‘90) Goals Per Game Goals Per Game Career: 125-62-29 (6th) JANUARY 3.29 4.17 Union: 125-62-29 (6th) 3 ST. LAWRENCE 7:05 pm 7 NORTHEASTERN + 7:05 pm Goals Against Average Goals Against Average Associate Head Coach: 13 at Providence + 7:00 pm 2.53 2.89 Jason Tapp (Boston University ‘02) 14 at Providence + 7:00 pm 20 UCONN + 6:05 pm Power Play Power Play Assistant Coach: 27 at UConn + 7:00 pm 17.5% (17-97) 14.5% (16-110) John Ronan (Maine ‘13) FEBRUARY Penalty Kill Penalty Kill 3 at Notre Dame + 7:30 pm 86.2% (81-94) 82.7% (67-81) 4 at Notre Dame + 6:30 pm OFFICIALS 10 NEW HAMPSHIRE + 7:05 pm Penalty Minutes Penalty Minutes Referee: Cameron Lynch 11 NEW HAMPSHIRE + 7:05 pm 14.8 10.8 17 at Boston College + 7:00 pm Referee: John Gravallese 18 at Boston College + 7:00 pm Shots Per Game Shots Per Game Linesman: Matt Riegert 24 MERRIMACK + 7:05 pm 29.9 34.9 Linesman: Jeff McCorkle 25 MERRIMACK + 7:05 pm MARCH SETTING THE SCENE 3-5 HEA First Round @ TBA • Vermont looks to respond from a 7-3 defeat last night as it closes the first half in game 10-12 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA two of a non-conference series against former ECAC rival Union in Burlington. 17-18 HEA Championship & TBA • UVM split a two-game set with No. 5 Boston University last weekend but had its seven- Home games in ALL CAPS game unbeaten streak (6-0-1) snapped on Saturday night by the Terriers. + Hockey East game • The Catamounts moved up to 10th in the USA Today/USA Hockey poll and to 11th in the # Friendship Four (Belfast, Northern Ireland) USCHO.com poll this week, while the Dutchmen sit 12th and 13th respectively. @ Campus Locations • Vermont breaks for the holidays after today before hosting Bentley on Dec. 30-31. & TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) 1 HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS GAME NOTES CONFERENCE OVERALL SPLIT WITH THE TERRIERS Pts GP Record GP Record • No. 12 UVM and No. 5 Boston University split their weekend series 1. Boston College 17 10 8-1-1 20 13-6-1 last Friday and Saturday in Hockey East action. 2. UMass Lowell 13 10 6-3-1 18 10-5-3 • Senior forward Tom Forgione broke a 2-2 tie with 12:29 to play as the Catamounts knocked off the Terriers 4-2 on Friday night. 3. New Hampshire 11 7 5-1-1 17 8-7-2 • Freshman Stefanos Lekkas made 20 saves for his ninth win in net. Notre Dame 11 9 5-3-1 17 9-6-2 • Vermont’s fifth win of the season over a ranked team also gave the Vermont 11 9 5-3-1 17 10-5-2 Cats their second straight victory over a top-5 team. 6. Boston University 10 8 4-2-2 17 10-5-2 • UVM downed BU on home ice for the first time since Feb. 28, 2010. UConn 10 9 4-3-2 18 6-6-6 • The Terriers responded on Saturday, extending a 1-0 lead through 8. Merrimack 5 8 1-4-3 17 6-8-3 40 minutes with three goals in the third period for a 4-0 shutout. UMass Amherst 5 10 2-7-1 18 4-12-2 10. Providence 4 7 1-4-2 16 7-6-3 MARIO CHASES CENTURY MARK Northeastern 4 9 1-6-2 16 5-7-4 • With 45 career goals and 53 career assists, senior co-captain Mario 12. Maine 3 8 1-6-1 19 7-9-3 Puskarich is currently just two points away from becoming the 43rd all-time member of the program’s 100-point club. • Puskarich has a point in all but five games since his return to the CATS IN THE POLLS UVM lineup on Oct. 30, is tied for third on the team with 10 points, and has three multi-point games in his last eight outings. POLL USCHO USA HOCKEY • He registered both his 90th career point and 50th career assist in Sept. 26 RV NA a road series against No. 6 UMass Lowell on Nov. 4-5. Oct. 3 NA -- • Puskarich is tied with Kyle McDonough ‘89 for third place all-time Oct. 10 RV -- at Vermont in career game-winning goals with 14. Oct. 17 -- -- • The Floridian potted a nation-best seven as a freshman and he Oct. 24 RV -- claimed UVM’s first-ever Hockey East Rookie of the Year award. Oct. 31 19 RV Nov. 7 RV -- LEKKAS PILES UP HONORS Nov. 14 RV -- • Freshman goalie Stefanos Lekkas won the fifth and sixth Hockey Nov. 21 20 RV East awards of his career in the week following the Friendship Four. Nov. 28 14 14 • He earned his second straight Defensive Player of the Week honor Dec. 5 12 12 and was tabbed the Goaltender of the Month for November. Dec. 12 11 10 • The rookie stopped 73 of the 76 shots he faced in the Friendship Four for a .961 save percentage and a pair of victories. • The Elburn, Illinois native won three different Hockey East awards CATS IN THE RANKINGS in October, including Co-Goaltender of the Month honors after post- ing an unbeaten 3-0-1 record against four ranked opponents. STAT HEA NCAA • Lekkas was also named the Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 24 G/GM 5 T-16 and the Rookie of the Week on Oct. 31. GAA 6 16 PP 7 29 LEKKAS’ LEAGUE AWARDS PK 5 15 Date Hockey East Award PIM 6 22 Oct. 24 Defensive Player of the Week Oct. 31 Rookie of the Week Nov. 2 Co-Goaltender of the Month (Oct.) Nov. 21 Co-Defensive Player of the Week Nov. 28 Defensive Player of the Week Dec. 1 Goaltender of the Month (Nov.) FLASHIN’ LEATHER • Lekkas registered a highlight reel glove save against Maine at home on Nov. 19 which appeared on ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10 Plays. • The freshman robbed defenseman Sam Becker on a 2-on-0 rush with a post-to-post move to his left before gloving down the shot. • Lekkas currently ranks 10th nationally in goals against average (2.12) and 11th in save percentage (.925), while sitting tied for ninth in winning percentage (.714) with a 9-3-2 record in 14 appearances. • The freshman also leads Hockey East in winning percentage. 2 SERIES HISTORY GAME NOTES VERMONT vs. UNION INSIDE THE STREAK What UVM accomplished during its seven-game unbeaten streak: MEETING: 34th • Out-scored its opponents 28-12 ALL-TIME: 18-13-2 • 92.7% success rate on the penalty kill (38-for-41) HOME: 14-4-0 • 4.0 goals per game and 1.7 goals against per game AWAY: 4-8-2 NEUTRAL: 0-1-0 • Points from 18 different players • Five different multi-goal performances LAST 10 MEETINGS (4-6-0) • 10 points from Ross Colton (6 G, 4 A) Date Venue Result COLTON CATCHES FIRE Jan. 25, 2003 Gutterson L, 4-2 • Since the start of November, Ross Colton leads Hockey East in Feb. 28, 2003 Messa Rink L, 5-3 goals per game and points per game among freshmen. Nov. 15, 2003 Messa Rink L, 5-1 • The forward has collected 11 points in his last eight games and Jan. 30, 2004 Gutterson W, 3-1 is tied for seventh among Hockey East rookies in overall scoring.