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GAME 9 VERMONT CATAMOUNTS (3-5-0 • 1-4-0 HEA) VS. #13 NORTHEASTERN HUSKIES (6-3-1 • 3-1-1 HEA) NOV. 16, 2018 • 7:05 p.m. • GUTTERSON FIELDHOUSE • BURLINGTON, VT. SETTING THE SCENE SCHEDULE & RESULTS • Vermont and Northeastern meet for the first time in 2018-19 on Friday at OVERALL 3-5-0 CONFERENCE 1-4-0 Gutterson Fieldhouse as each team plays a single Hockey East game this HOME 1-2-0 weekend. ROAD 2-3-0 OCTOBER (2-2-0) • The Catamounts look to snap a two-game skid while the Huskies look for 6 at #4 Michigan W, 5-2 their third straight conference win. 11 LAURENTIAN (Exh.) L, 4-1 13 QUINNIPIAC L, 3-2 • Friday’s game is Vermont’s annual Military Appreciation Night, presented 27 at New Hampshire + L, 3-2 (OT) 28 at Brown W, 2-1 by Milton Cat. UVM will wear camouflage jerseys that will be auctioned to NOVEMBER (1-3-0) 2 UCONN + L, 1-0 fans following the game. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Vermont 3 UCONN + W, 2-1 (OT) 8 at Boston College + L, 4-1 Veterans Fund. 9 at Boston College + L, 3-2 16 #13 NORTHEASTERN + 7:05 p.m. • Friday’s game can be seen on CatamounTV and will broadcast on WVMT 24 at Dartmouth 7:00 p.m. 30 MAINE + 7:05 p.m. 620-AM with Michael Lehr on the call. DECEMBER 1 MAINE + 5:00 p.m. INSIDE THE GAME 7 at Colorado College 9:30 p.m. 8 at Colorado College 8:00 p.m. 28 vs. Alabama Huntsville # 7:05 p.m. BROADCAST INFORMATION OFFICIALS 29 vs. RPI # 7:05 p.m. JANUARY VIDEO: CatamounTV.com Referee: Thomas Fyrer 4 SACRED HEART 7:05 p.m. 6 CLARKSON 4:00 p.m. RADIO: WVMT 620-AM Referee: Walker Holton 11 at UMass + 7:05 p.m. 12 at UMass + 7:05 p.m. Play-by-play: Michael Lehr Linesman: AJ Potvin 18 at UMass Lowell + 7:05 p.m. 19 at UMass Lowell + 7:05 p.m. AUDIO: CatamounTV.com Linesman: William Kingdon 25 MERRIMACK + 7:05 p.m. 26 MERRIMACK + 7:05 p.m. LIVE STATS: UVMAthletics.com FEBRUARY 1 at Providence + 7:05 p.m. 2 at Providence + 7:05 p.m. 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE + 7:05 p.m. INSIDE THE MATCHUP 9 NEW HAMPSHIRE + 7:05 p.m. MEDIA INFORMATION 15 at Northeastern + 7:05 p.m. 2 players (3) ....... Goals ............. Jozefek (8) 16 at Northeastern + 7:05 p.m. 4 players (3) .......Assists ..............Davies (7) 22 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + 7:05 p.m. SID 23 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + 7:05 p.m. Chris Gallogly 4 players (4) ....... Points ........... Jozefek (12) MARCH Alvaro (21) ...........Shots ..........2 players (30) 1 at UConn 7:05 p.m. Office Phone 8 UMASS LOWELL 7:05 p.m. (802) 656-3065 Lekkas (2.24) ....... GAA .........Primeau (2.68) 15-17 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA Lekkas (.935) ..... Save % ...... Primeau (.909) 22-23 HEA Championship & TBA Email 29-31 NCAA Regionals TBA [email protected] 2.00 (t9th)....... Goals per game ............. 3.5 (2nd) APRIL 11-13 NCAA Frozen Four $ TBA 2.25 (3rd) ............... GAA .................... .2.7 (6th) Website 10.7% (11th).........Power Play .............18.4% (4th) Home games in ALL CAPS UVMAthletics.com + Hockey East game 81.5% (8th) .........Penalty Kill .............81.1% (9th) # Delta Hotel Burlington /TD Bank Catamount Cup Video Stream 7.0 (11th) ............. PIM/game .................9.3 (10th) @ Campus Locations CatamounTV.com 27.8 ...............Shots/game .................. 33.1 & TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) $ KeyBank Center(Buffalo, N.Y.) 53.5% (1st) ...........Faceoffs ..............52.0% (4th) All times EST and subject to change due to TV @UVMMHOCKEY UVMATHLETICS.COM ON THIS DATE... GAME NOTES Nov. 16, 2008 SCOUTING THE HUSKIES • Northeastern enters Friday’s game with a 6-3-1 W, 2-1 vs. Merrimack overall record and 3-1-1 Hockey East record. • The Huskies have made a habit of third period #15 Vermont takes a 2-1 win in front of 3,813 comebacks, turning third period deficits into wins on a Sunday evening at Gutterson Fieldhouse four times this season. to improve to 5-3-2 overall and 2-3-1 in Hockey • Junior forward Grant Jozefek leads the team in East conference play. goals (8) and points (12). Junior defenseman Jeremy Davies leads the team in assists (7) and is second in Brian Roloff ‘10, the game’s first star, scored points (10). the game-winning-goal at 6:33 of the second • Goalie Cayden Primeau has played every minute period to put the Catamounts up 2-0. for the Huskies in goal this season. He holds a .909 save percentage and 2.68 goals against average in 10 Mike Spillane ‘09 stopped 24 shots from the starts. Warriors for the win. INSIDE THE SERIES The 2008-09 Catamounts would finish the • Vermont holds a 32-25-7 all-time record against the season with a 22-12-5 overall record and 15- Huskies in a series dating back to the 1968-69 season. 8-4 Hockey East mark. UVM went on to win • The Huskies are looking for their fourth straight both games at the 2009 NCAA East Regional in win over Vermont, which would match the longest Bridgeport, Connecticut to reach the program’s Northeastern win streak in series history. second Frozen Four and first under current boss • The Cats have a 15-13-6 record against Northeastern Kevin Sneddon. at the Gut. • Twelve games have gone to overtime in series history. Northeastern holds a 4-1-7 edge in OT games. LAST 10 MEETINGS ABOUT LAST WEEKEND DATE RESULT LOCATION • Boston College won Thursday night (Nov. 8) by a 2-17-18 L, 4-1 Burlington, Vt. 4-1 final before taking a 3-2 win over the Catamounts 2-16-18 L, 4-3 (OT) Burlington, Vt. on Friday. 11-17-17 L, 2-1 Boston Mass. • Vlad Dzhioshvili scored his first career goal on Friday 1-7-17 W, 4-3 Burlington, Vt. with an assist from Martin Frechette, the first career 10-30-16 W, 3-2 Boston, Mass. helper for the Canadian. 10-31-15 T, 3-3 Burlington, Vt. 10-29-15 W, 3-2 Boston, Mass. CATS ON TOP 1-17-15 T, 2-2 Burlington, Vt. • Vermont ranks first in Hockey East and 11th in the 1-16-15 L, 4-1 Burlington, Vt. NCAA in face-off percentage (53.5%). 10-11-14 W, 6-2 Boston, Mass. • UVM is the least penalized Hockey East team and second least penalized team in the nation (7.0 2018-19 HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS minutes/game). Only Princeton (6.8 mins/game) is penalized less. CONFERENCE OVERALL GP Pts. Record GP Record LEKKAS STANDS TALL • Lekkas ranks second in Hockey East and ninth in the 1. Massachusetts 4 10 5-0-0 9 8-1-0 NCAA with a stellar .935 save percentage. 2. Northeastern 5 7 3-1-1 10 6-3-1 • The junior goalie ranks 20th of 75 eligible Division I 3. Boston College 4 6 3-1-0 8 3-5-0 goalies with a 2.24 goals against average. 4. Boston University 5 5 2-2-1 7 2-4-1 • He is fourth in the country with 261 total saves, UConn 6 5 2-3-1 10 5-4-1 trailing Arizona State’s Joey Daccord (334), RIT’s 6. Providence 4 4 2-2-0 9 5-3-1 Logan Drackett (276), and Northeastern’s Cayden Primeau (269). Merrimack 5 4 2-3-0 11 4-7-0 • Among active goalies in the NCAA, Lekkas ranks 8. Maine 4 3 1-2-1 8 3-4-1 sixth with 2,161 career stops, three shy of BU’s Jake New Hampshire 4 3 1-2-1 8 1-5-2 Oettinger for fifth. UMass Lowell 5 3 1-3-1 10 4-5-1 11. Vermont 5 2 1-4-0 8 3-5-0 2K LEKKAS • Stefanos Lekkas passed Andrew Allen ‘01 for seventh in the Catamount record book in total saves. @UVMMHOCKEY UVMATHLETICS.COM GAME NOTES GAME NOTES • Lekkas is 136 saves shy of tying Mike Millham ‘91 • Conor O’Neil and Patrick Schule played the 2013- for sixth in program history. He is less than 250 saves 14 and 2014-15 seasons together onthe New Jersey from cracking UVM’s top-5. Hitmen (USPHL Premier). • Lekkas ranks ninth in program history with 76 • Corey Moriarty and Northeastern’s Brandon career appearances, tied for 11th in Vermont history Schultz both hail from Estero, Florida. with 31 career wins, and ninth in program history with 3 career shutouts. CARDIAC CATS • His 2.66 career goals against average would place • Vermont’s come-from-behind over UConn on him third in Vermont history, behind only Joe Fallon Saturday, Nov. 3 marked the fifth time in the Kevin ‘08 and Rob Madore ‘12. Sneddon era the Cats have tied a game in the final • His .915 career save percentage is second only to minute of the third period and scored in overtime UVM Hall-of-Famer Joe Fallon ‘08 (.916). for the win. • It was the 12th time the Cats have scored in the CURRENT STREAKS final minute of the third period to salvage at least a • Points: tie under Sneddon. Cipolllone: 2 games • Coughlin’s goal at 19:48 of the third period is tied Dzhioshvili: 1 game for the second-latest GTG in the Sneddon era. Frechette: 1 game • Cowans’ game-winning-goal at 4:59 of overtime Massie: 1 game is the latest regular season overtime-winner in the O’Donnell: 1 game Sneddon era.