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#12 Vermont (16-8-2 • 8-5-1 HEA) @ #17 Notre Dame (14-9-3 • 7-5-2 HEA) > Game 27 Friday, Feb. 3, 2017 • 7:30 p.m. • Compton Family Ice Arena • South Bend, Ind. SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL 16-8-2 TV: NBC Sports Network Play-by-Play: Steve Schlanger CONFERENCE 8-5-1 Analyst: Anson Carter HOME 9-4-1 ROAD 5-4-1 2016-17 VIDEO: NBC Sports Live Extra NEUTRAL 2-0-0 RADIO: WVMT 620-AM OCTOBER VERMONT NOTRE DAME Play-by-Play: Alastair Ingram 7 at Clarkson W, 5-2 CATAMOUNTS FIGHTING IRISH AUDIO: UVMathletics.com/Listen 8 CLARKSON L, 3-2 16-8-2 (8-5-1 HEA) 14-9-3 (7-5-2 HEA) 21 at #20 Nebraska Omaha T, 4-4 COACHING STAFFS 22 at #20 Nebraska Omaha W, 5-2 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT 28 #11 MICHIGAN W, 3-0 L, 3-1 vs. UConn L, 6-4 at Boston College VERMONT 30 at #16 Northeastern + W, 3-2 Head Coach: LEADERS LEADERS Kevin Sneddon (Harvard ‘92) NOVEMBER Goals Goals Career: 270-331-83 (19th) 4 at #6 UMass Lowell + L, 3-1 Colton (9) Bjork (16) Vermont: 220-232-65 (14th) 5 at #6 UMass Lowell + L, 4-2 12 at UMass + W, 2-1 Assists Assists Associate Head Coach: 15 DARTMOUTH W, 5-2 Colton (13) Bjork (22) Kevin Patrick (Notre Dame ‘92) 18 MAINE + W, 6-2 19 MAINE + T, 2-2 Points Points Associate Head Coach: 25 vs. UMass + # W, 4-2 Colton (22) Bjork (38) Kyle Wallack (Springfield ‘97) 26 vs. #3 Quinnipiac # W, 5-1 DECEMBER Goals Against Average Goals Against Average Assistant Coach: 9 #5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + W, 4-2 Lekkas (2.39) Petersen (2.09) Kyle Reynolds (Vermont ‘15) 10 #5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + L, 4-0 17 #12 UNION L, 7-3 Save Percentage Save Percentage NOTRE DAME Lekkas (.915) Petersen (.923) Head Coach: 18 #12 UNION L, 2-1 Jeff Jackson (Michigan State ‘78) 30 BENTLEY W, 7-1 TEAM STATS TEAM STATS Career: 441-216-75 (18th) 31 BENTLEY W, 3-1 Goals Per Game Goals Per Game Notre Dame: 259-164-50 (12th) JANUARY 3.31 3.23 3 #16 ST. LAWRENCE W, 4-3 Associate Head Coach: 7 NORTHEASTERN + W, 4-3 Goals Against Average Goals Against Average Paul Pooley (Ohio State ‘84) 13 at Providence + W, 4-3 2.58 2.23 14 at Providence + L, 4-1 Associate Coach: 20 UCONN + W, 5-4 Power Play Power Play Andy Slaggert (Notre Dame ‘89) 27 at UConn + L, 3-1 18.7% (25-134) 17.6% (23-131) Assistant Coach: FEBRUARY Penalty Kill Penalty Kill Brian Mahoney-Wilson (LSSU ‘11) 3 at #17 Notre Dame + 7:30 pm 85.6% (107-125) 84.8% (95-112) 4 at #17 Notre Dame + 6:30 pm OFFICIALS 10 NEW HAMPSHIRE + 7:05 pm Penalty Minutes Penalty Minutes Referee: Stephen McInchak 11 NEW HAMPSHIRE + 7:05 pm 12.7 12.4 17 at Boston College + 7:00 pm Referee: Chris Federico 18 at Boston College + 7:00 pm Shots Per Game Shots Per Game Linesman: Robert Shintani 24 MERRIMACK + 7:05 pm 31.2 34.1 Linesman: Ed Moberg 25 MERRIMACK + 7:05 pm MARCH SETTING THE SCENE 3-5 HEA First Round @ TBA • In a matchup of the third and fourth place teams in Hockey East, 12th-ranked Vermont 10-12 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA opens a two-game series against No. 17 Notre Dame tonight in South Bend, Indiana 17-18 HEA Championship & TBA • Vermont has posted a 6-2-0 record in its last eight games overall and is coming off a Home games in ALL CAPS Hockey East home-and-home split with UConn over the last two weekends + Hockey East game • The Fighting Irish has gone 7-3-1 in its last 11 games but dropped a 6-4 decision on the # Friendship Four (Belfast, Northern Ireland) @ Campus Locations road at Boston College last Saturday night as the Eagles scored four unanswered goals & TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) • Only four points separate third place UVM from ninth place Northeastern 1 HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS GAME NOTES CONFERENCE OVERALL HOME-AND-HOME SPLIT Pts GP Record GP Record • UVM and UConn split a home-and-home the last two weekends 1. Boston College 25 16 12-3-1 28 17-9-2 • The Catamounts secured their 16th win of the season in a wild 5-4 victory on Jan. 20 at sold out Gutterson Fieldhouse 2. Boston University 22 16 10-4-2 26 17-7-2 • The forward line of Matt Alvaro (2 G), Ross Colton (4 A), and Mario 3. Vermont 17 14 8-5-1 26 16-8-2 Puskarich (1 G, 1 A) combined for three goals and five assists 4. Notre Dame 16 14 7-5-2 26 14-9-3 • The Huskies responded last Friday in Hartford with a 3-1 victory to 5. New Hampshire 15 14 6-5-3 26 11-11-4 snap Vermont’s five-game winning streak in the series UMass Lowell 15 15 7-7-1 27 15-9-3 • Connecticut native Craig Puffer scored the lone UVM goal 7. UConn 14 14 6-6-2 26 10-10-6 Providence 14 14 6-6-2 26 14-8-4 A CLASS TO REMEMBER 9. Northeastern 13 16 5-8-3 26 11-10-5 • Vermont’s senior class is currently tied for seventh all-time in the 10. Merrimack 11 14 4-7-3 26 10-13-3 Division I era of the program (1974) in wins by a single class with 73 11. Maine 9 14 4-9-1 26 10-13-3 • The class is two wins away from moving into the top-5 winningest 12. UMass Amherst 5 15 2-12-1 27 5-20-2 classes in the Division I era and six wins from climbing into second • Led by future NHL standouts Martin St. Louis, Eric Perrin, and Tim Thomas, the Class of 1997 is the winningest class with 83 victories CATS IN THE POLLS • Here’s how the Class of 2017 stacks up during the DI era: POLL USCHO USA HOCKEY RANK CLASS WINS KEY SENIORS Sept. 26 RV NA 1. 1997 83 Eric Perrin, Martin St. Louis Oct. 3 NA -- 2. 1998 78 Jason Hamilton, Justin Martin Oct. 10 RV -- 3. 1989 76 Ian Boyce, Kyle McDonough Oct. 17 -- -- 4. 2009 75 Viktor Stalberg, Dean Strong Oct. 24 RV -- T-5. 2008 74 Joe Fallon, Mark Lutz Oct. 31 19 RV T-5. 2010 74 Brayden Irwin, Colin Vock Nov. 7 RV -- T-7. 2017 73 Brendan Bradley, Mario Puskarich Nov. 14 RV -- T-7. 1996 73 Steve McKell, Dale Patterson Nov. 21 20 RV Nov. 28 14 14 CLIMBING THE RANKINGS Dec. 5 12 12 • UVM has now been ranked nationally for 10 straight weeks Dec. 12 11 10 • The Dec. 12 USA Today/USA Hockey poll marked Vermont’s first Dec. 19 13 14 top-10 showing since its No. 9 ranking on Jan. 12, 2015 Jan. 2 13 13 • The Cats have risen from No. 20 to No. 12 over the last seven weeks Jan. 9 12 12 in the USCHO.com poll, ranking as high as 11th twice Jan. 16 12 13 • Vermont sits 12th in the Pairwise rankings, which determine the Jan. 23 11 13 16-team field for the NCAA Tournament; Notre Dame is 21st Jan. 30 12 13 BOWEN AND BRADLEY HEAT UP • Sophomore Brian Bowen and senior Brendan Bradley have skated CAT STATS on the wings of the same line in 12 straight games • Bowen has eight points in his last six contests on four goals and STAT HEA NCAA four assists and ranks 15th in the league with four power play goals G/GM 4 11 • He has factored into each of the team’s last four game-winners GAA 6 20 • Bradley has posted nine points over his last eight contests, which PP 5 24 has accounted for better than two-thirds of his season total (13) PK 3 13 PIM 7 34 STRIKING FAST • UConn snapped Vermont’s streak of eight straight games scoring the first goal last Friday, becoming the first team to strike first on the Cats since the Dec. 17 home matchup with then-No. 12 Union • The Catamounts are 12-2-0 when scoring first and have a perfect 10-0-0 record when leading after the first period • The second games of the Union (Dec. 18) and Providence (Jan. 14) series are UVM’s only two losses when scoring first this season • Vermont ranks 12th nationally with a +8 goal differential in the first period; UVM is also tied for 13th in the second period (+7) 2 SERIES HISTORY GAME NOTES VERMONT vs. NOTRE DAME MARIO’S MILESTONE WATCH • Co-captain Mario Puskarich is two goals shy of 50 for his career MEETING: 9th and skated in his 125th career game against UConn on Jan. 20 ALL-TIME: 1-5-2 • He is looking to become the program’s first 50-goal scorer in the HOME: 1-3-0 last 20 years as J.C. Ruid ‘97 notched his 50th as a senior AWAY: 0-1-1 NEUTRAL: 0-1-1 • Puskarich has already become the 43rd all-time member of the 100-point club, doing so on New Year’s Eve in a win vs. Bentley LAST 8 MEETINGS (1-5-2) • He is the first Catamount to reach the century mark since his former linemate Chris McCarthy on Feb.