#6 Vermont (18-11-5 • 10-8-4 HEA) vs. #11 Maine (11-19-4 • 5-15-2 HEA) > Game 1 First Round • March 3, 2017 • 7:05 p.m. • Gutterson Fieldhouse

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OVERALL 18-11-5 VIDEO: HockeyEastOnline.TV ($) CONFERENCE 10-8-4 HOME 11-6-1 RADIO: WVMT 620-AM Play-by-Play: Alastair Ingram ROAD 5-5-4 2016-17 Analyst: TBA NEUTRAL 2-0-0 AUDIO: UVMathletics.com/Listen OCTOBER #6 VERMONT #11 MAINE 7 at Clarkson W, 5-2 CATAMOUNTS BLACK BEARS LIVE STATS: UVMathletics.com 8 CLARKSON L, 3-2 18-11-5 (10-8-4 HEA) 11-19-4 (5-15-2 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, 3-2 vs. Merrimack W, 5-4 vs. Northeastern VERMONT 30 at #16 Northeastern + W, 3-2 Head Coach: Kevin Sneddon (Harvard ‘92) NOVEMBER LEADERS LEADERS Goals Goals Career: 272-334-85 (19th) 4 at #6 UMass Lowell + L, 3-1 Vermont: 222-235-67 (14th) 5 at #6 UMass Lowell + L, 4-2 Bowen (12) Byron (18) 12 at UMass + W, 2-1 Assists Assists Associate Head Coach: 15 DARTMOUTH W, 5-2 Colton (15) Brown (34) 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 (26) Byron (40) 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 (2.47) McGovern (2.94) Kyle Reynolds (Vermont ‘15) 10 #5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + L, 4-0 MAINE 17 #12 UNION L, 7-3 Save Percentage Save Percentage Head Coach: 18 #12 UNION L, 2-1 Lekkas (.912) McGovern (.914) (New England College ‘79) 30 BENTLEY W, 7-1 Career: 49-80-17 (4th) 31 BENTLEY W, 3-1 TEAM STATS TEAM STATS Goals Per Game Goals Per Game Maine: 49-80-17 (4th) JANUARY 3.18 2.97 3 #16 ST. LAWRENCE W, 4-3 Associate Head Coach: 7 NORTHEASTERN + W, 4-3 Goals Against Average Goals Against Average Jay Leach (New Haven ‘79) 13 at Providence + W, 4-3 2.68 3.38 14 at Providence + L, 4-1 Associate Head Coach: 20 UCONN + W, 5-4 Power Play Power Play Ben Guite (Maine ‘00) 27 at UConn + L, 3-1 18.3% (30-164) 18.8% (30-160) Goaltending Coach: FEBRUARY Kill Penalty Kill Alfie Michaud (Maine ‘99) 3 at #17 Notre Dame + T, 4-4 85.6% (131-153) 79.6% (148-186) 4 at #17 Notre Dame + L, 4-1 OFFICIALS 10 NEW HAMPSHIRE + L, 4-2 Penalty Minutes Penalty Minutes 11 NEW HAMPSHIRE + W, 5-3 11.9 14.4 Referee: Jamie Koharski 17 at #11 Boston College + T, 3-3 Referee: Tom Fyrer 18 at #11 Boston College + T, 2-2 Shots Per Game Shots Per Game Linesman: Jason Williams 24 MERRIMACK + W, 3-1 31.6 29.1 Linesman: Steven Murray 25 MERRIMACK + L, 3-2 MARCH SETTING THE SCENE 3 MAINE 7:05 pm 4 MAINE 7:05 pm • For the second time in the last three seasons, Vermont hosts Maine in the best-of-three 5 MAINE * 4:05 pm Hockey East First Round, this time in the 6-11 matchup at Gutterson Fieldhouse 10-12 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA • UVM is 11-4-2 in its last 17 games against Maine and took three of four points from the 17-18 HEA Championship ^ TBA Black Bears in Burlington during a regular season series on Nov. 18-19 Home games in ALL CAPS • Two years ago, Jonathan Turk sent the Catamounts into the Hockey East Quarterfinals + Hockey East game | * If necessary @ Campus | ^ TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) with an overtime winner in the decisive Game 3 of the series # Friendship Four (Belfast, Northern Ireland) • Vermont has lost just once in its last five contests (2-1-2) 1 FINAL HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS GAME NOTES

CONFERENCE OVERALL SENIOR WEEKEND SPLIT Pts GP Record GP Record • The Catamounts used 27 saves from Stefanos Lekkas and a strong 1. UMass Lowell * 29 22 14-7-1 34 22-9-3 third period to snap Merrimack’s eight-game unbeaten streak in a 3-1 victory last Friday night to open a two-game series 2. Boston University * 29 22 13-6-3 34 21-10-3 • Ross Colton (11) and Brian Bowen (12) had power play goals, while 3. Boston College * 29 22 13-6-3 36 18-14-4 Craig Puffer (9) added an insurance in the third period 4. Notre Dame * 28 22 12-6-4 34 19-10-5 • Brett Seney’s top shelf backhander with 6:28 left in the third on 5. Providence # 27 22 12-7-3 34 20-9-5 Saturday held up as the game-winner as the Warriors responded 6. Vermont # 24 22 10-8-4 34 18-11-5 with a 3-2 win on Vermont’s Senior Night to earn a split 7. Merrimack # 22 22 8-8-6 34 14-14-6 • Jarrid Privitera and Brady Shaw had the goals for the Catamounts, 8. Northeastern # 21 22 9-10-3 34 16-13-5 who out-shot Merrimack 33-23 on the night 9. UConn 20 22 8-10-4 34 12-14-8 • UVM closed the weekend 3-for-6 on the power play 10. New Hampshire 18 22 7-11-4 34 12-17-5 11. Maine 12 22 5-15-2 34 11-19-4 REGULAR SEASON RECAP 12. UMass Amherst 5 22 2-19-1 34 5-27-2 • The Catamounts registered their highest regular season league fin- ish (sixth) since 2009 when they were tied for third * Clinched first round bye | # Clinched first round home ice • Vermont posted double-digit Hockey East wins for the third time in the last four seasons, doing so for the first time since winning double-digit league games five straight years from 2005-09 CATS IN THE POLLS • UVM went 8-3-1 vs. the bottom six teams and 2-5-3 vs. the top five • The Catamounts faced a ranked team 16 times and posted a 6-6-4 POLL USCHO USA HOCKEY record in those matchups Sept. 26 RV NA • Vermont had a seven-game unbeaten streak (6-0-1) and a five- Oct. 3 NA -- game winning streak during the regular season Oct. 10 RV -- Oct. 17 -- -- PUT A BOW ON IT Oct. 24 RV -- • Brian Bowen was named the Warrior Hockey East Player of the Oct. 31 19 RV Week on Feb. 20 after a four- weekend at Boston College Nov. 7 RV -- • The Littleton, Massachusetts native scored three goals and added Nov. 14 RV -- an assist in a pair of comeback ties against the first-place Eagles Nov. 21 20 RV • The forward leads the team with 12 goals, scoring four times in his Nov. 28 14 14 last four games, and ranks tied for second with 24 points Dec. 5 12 12 • In 14 games since the turn of the New Year, he ranks fourth in the Dec. 12 11 10 league with 10 goals and 11th with 17 points Dec. 19 13 14 • Bowen is tied for 11th in Hockey East with a team-high six PPG Jan. 2 13 13 • Was a point-per-game player during regular season league play Jan. 9 12 12 Jan. 16 12 13 CLASS OF 2017 Jan. 23 11 13 • Vermont’s senior class is tied for fourth all-time in the Division I Jan. 30 12 13 era of the program (1974) in wins by a single class with 75 Feb. 6 15 14 • The class is just four wins from climbing into second all-time and Feb. 13 16 RV can tie the Class of 1989 for third with a victory tonight Feb. 20 15 RV • Led by future NHL standouts Martin St. Louis, Eric Perrin, and Tim Feb. 27 14 RV Thomas, the Class of 1997 is the winningest class with 83 victories • The 10 members of the Class of 2017 are tied in fourth place with the Class of 2009, who went to the NCAA Frozen Four as seniors CAT STATS • Here’s how the class stacks up during the DI era:

STAT HEA NCAA RANK CLASS WINS KEY SENIORS G/GM 6 17 1. 1997 83 Eric Perrin, Martin St. Louis GAA 7 24 2. 1998 78 Jason Hamilton, Justin Martin PP 6 29 3. 1989 76 Ian Boyce, Kyle McDonough PK 3 11 4. 2017 75 Brendan Bradley, Mario Puskarich PIM 8 43 2009 75 Viktor Stalberg, Dean Strong 6. 2008 74 Joe Fallon, Mark Lutz 2010 74 Brayden Irwin, Colin Vock 8. 1996 73 Steve McKell, Dale Patterson 2 SERIES HISTORY GAME NOTES

VERMONT vs. MAINE IT’S A ME, MARIO! • With a pair of goals Feb. 11 vs. UNH, co-captain Mario Puskarich MEETING: 57th became Vermont’s first 50-goal scorer in more than 20 years ALL-TIME: 26-24-6 • J.C. Ruid ‘97, the linemate of Martin St. Louis and Eric Perrin, was HOME: 12-10-3 the last Catamount to notch 50 during the 1995-96 season AWAY: 11-9-3 NEUTRAL: 3-5-0 • Mario also became the 43rd member of the program’s 100-point club on New Year’s Eve in a win over Bentley LAST 10 MEETINGS (6-3-1) • He was the first Catamount to reach the century mark since his former linemate Chris McCarthy on Feb. 7, 2014 at UNH Date Venue Result Nov. 8, 2014 Gutterson W, 4-1 • The 2014 HEA Rookie of the Year is tied with Kyle McDonough Nov. 28, 2014 Alfond Arena W, 6-3 ‘89 for third place all-time in career game-winning goals with 14 Nov. 29, 2014 Alfond Arena W, 4-1 • Mario had three assists on Senior Weekend and is tied for second Mar. 6, 2015 Gutterson * W, 4-2 on the team in points (24) despite missing the first six games Mar. 7, 2015 Gutterson * L, 4-2 Mar. 8, 2015 Gutterson * W, 3-2 (OT) LIGHTNING STRIKES EARLY Nov. 20, 2015 Alfond Arena L, 3-2 • 2016 fourth round pick Ross Colton ranks Nov. 21, 2015 Alfond Arena L, 4-1 fifth in Hockey East and is tied for 12th nationally in rookie scoring Nov. 18, 2016 Gutterson W, 6-2 • Since the beginning of November, Colton ranks third behind BU’s Nov. 19, 2016 Gutterson T, 2-2 Clayton Keller and Patrick Harper among rookies in points (24) * Hockey East Opening Round - Burlington, Vt. • Keller and Colton are currently the only first-year skaters in the entire league to lead their team in scoring SERIES HISTORY • Colton is also a two-time runner up for the Hockey East Rookie • Tonight marks the 57th meeting of the all-time series and the of the Month award in both November and January second First Round matchup at the Gut in the last three seasons • On Jan. 20 vs. UConn, he became the first Catamount to register • Vermont took three of four points from Maine at Gutterson back four assists in a single game since Chris McCarthy on Feb. 21, 2014 in November with a 6-2 victory and 2-2 come-from-behind tie • He is also ninth among league rookies at 52% on faceoffs • The Catamounts were swept in Orono in November of 2015 after going 9-1-0 in their previous 10 games against the Black Bears, ONE-TIMERS which included a series-high eight-game winning streak • Brian Bowen has posted 17 points in his last 14 contests and has • UVM defeated Maine in a three-game First Round series in 2015, factored into five of the team’s last six game-winning goals taking Game 3 by a 3-2 final in overtime as forward Jonathan Turk • Brendan Bradley posted his 50th career assist last Friday and his scored the OT game-winner with 3:55 remaining. next goal will be No. 30 for UVM’s active games played leader (143) • The Game 2 loss was Vemont’s first defeat to Maine in Burlington • Trey Phillips leads Hockey East defensemen with a trio of game- since Dec. 3, 2011 to snap a six-game home win streak winners to his credit; he is tied for seventh overall • Matt O’Donnell is tied for eighth among Hockey East freshmen SCOUTING THE BLACK BEARS defensemen with 12 points on the year • Maine is 1-6-1 in its last eight games but its last four contests • Jarrid Privitera skated in his 100th collegiate game last Saturday have been decided by a total of just three goals and scored for the 24th time in his career • The Black Bears took Merrimack to overtime twice two weekends • Brady Shaw is just one point away from 75 for his career ago and then split a home series with Northeastern to close the regular season, falling 5-4 in OT before winning 5-4 on Saturday TWICE IS NICE • Senior Blaine Byron leads the squad with 18 goals and 40 points, • UVM has registered 13 multi-goal performances this season while fellow senior Cam Brown has tallied a team-high 34 assists (from eight different players) to rank tied for 14th in the country • Sean McGovern has started 27 of 34 games in net with a 2.94 • Five players (Brian Bowen, Ross Colton, Rob Darrar, Craig Puffer, goals against average and .914 save percentage on the year and Mario Puskarich) have posted a pair of multi-goal games • Former BFA St. Albans High School coach Red Gendron is in his • The Catamounts have seven multi-goal showings in their last 18 fourth year as the head coach in Orono contests and Vermont is 9-1-2 when a player scores multiple goals

CATAMOUNT SPECIALIZATION STOP... HAMMER TIME • The UVM penalty kill is 36-for-41 over the last 12 games (87.8%) • Senior Rob Hamilton posted his first career multi-goal game on and now ranks third in Hockey East and 11th nationally at 85.6% Feb. 17 at No. 7 Boston College, including the game-tying goal • The unit had a streak of 36 straight kills snapped by then-No. 3 • He is tied for fifth among Hockey East defensemen in goals with Quinnipiac on Nov. 26, a streak which lasted three weeks seven after entering the year with just two career tallies • After notching just 16 total power play goals all of last season, • Only Notre Dame’s Jordan Gross (5) has scored more power play Vermont has nearly doubled that (30) to rank 20th in the country goals than the Calgary native (4) this season • The power play has scored at least once in 23 of UVM’s 34 games • He leads all UVM defensemen in scoring with a career-high 15 and snapped an 0-for-15 stretch last weekend by going 3-for-6 points, seven more than his point total from last season 3 GAME NOTES

YOUTH GONE WILD CARRYING THE LOAD • Vermont has the 11th-highest scoring freshman class in college • As a true freshman, Derek Lodermeier ranks second on the team hockey, which now has 83 total points in assists (14) and fourth in points (18) • Rookies have accounted for 30% of the team’s overall scoring, • Among all Hockey East rookies, he is tied for eighth in assists, combining for 25 goals and 58 assists 11th in faceoff percentage, and tied for 12th in scoring • Jake Massie (+7), Derek Lodermeier (+3), Matt Alvaro (+2) and • The Minnesota native has a four-game goal streak (Nov. 18-26) Matt O’Donnell (+2) all rank top-30 in plus-minus among freshmen and five-game point streak to his credit this season • Colton and Lodermeier are both top-15 in rookie scoring PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON RANKED CATS • With nine goals and 16 points, sophomore Craig Puffer has tripled • Vermont has now been ranked nationally for 14 straight weeks his rookie goal total (3) and nearly doubled his points (9) • UVM is currently 19th in the Pairwise Rankings, which determine • The Connecticut native ranks 14th in Hockey East in third period the 16-team field for the NCAA Tournament goals as seven of his nine tallies have come in the final frame • The Cats have been ranked as high as 11th on two occasions in • He is second on the team this year with four power play goals the USCHO.com poll, and they sit 14th overall this week • The USA Today/USA Hockey poll on Dec. 12 marked Vermont’s STRIKING FAST first top-10 ranking since a No. 9 showing on Jan. 12, 2015 • UVM has scored first in 12 of its last 17 games, including a streak of eight straight games that was snapped by UConn on Jan. 27 SUCCESS AT THE DOT • The Catamounts have only lost four decisions this season when • Since the second weekend of February, Vermont ranks 18th in the scoring first, but half are the two of their last three losses nation in faceoff winning percentage (52.2%) • Vermont has also been an extremely effective second period • Derek Lodermeier has won nearly 60% of his draws in that span team, ranking tied for 10th nationally at +11 (64-for-107) after going 32-12 at the dot against UNH (Feb. 10-11) • Ross Colton has a 54.4% success rate in the last three weeks FINISHING STRONG • Vermont is tied for the 10th-most third period goals scored in the THE LEKKAS FILE nation with 41 on the season • Stefanos Lekkas has been named one of 23 semifinalists for the • The Cats are 11-2-0 when leading after two periods, with the 65th Walter Brown Award, which is presented annually to the best only defeats coming Dec. 18 to Union and Feb. 10 to UNH American-born college hockey player in New England • Lekkas is the first Catamount to be nominated as a SANTA DELIVERS semifinalist for the award since Rob Madore in 2010. • Senior goaltender Mike Santaguida logged every minute during • The rookie has received a total of six Hockey East awards this the first 16 games of last season, but missed the next 18 games year and was the Most Outstanding Player of the Friendship Four due to a lower body injury suffered on Dec. 5 at Boston University • The Elburn, Illinois native won three different Hockey East awards • As a sophomore, the Mike Richter Award nominee posted the third- in October, including Co-Goaltender of the Month honors best SV% (.923) and fifth-best GAA (2.08) in program history • He is second all-time in UVM history in save percentage with a Date Hockey East Award mark of .915; He also sits second all-time in GAA (2.42) Oct. 24 Defensive Player of the Week Oct. 31 Rookie of the Week RANK NAME YEARS SV% Nov. 2 Co-Goaltender of the Month (Oct.) 1. Joe Fallon 2004-08 .916 Nov. 21 Co-Defensive Player of the Week 2. Mike Santaguida 2013-Present .915 Nov. 28 Defensive Player of the Week 3. 1993-97 .914 Dec. 1 Goaltender of the Month (Nov.) Brody Hoffman 2012-15 .914 5. Christian Soucy 1991-93 .908 ALL I DO IS WIN • The 16 wins for Stefanos Lekkas are the most by a UVM rookie BELPOT TROPHY since Joe Fallon’s 17 during the 2003-04 season • The Catamounts came back from 2-0 down to beat UMass 4-2 • Lekkas ranks 10th in the country among freshmen netminders in and coasted past third-ranked Quinnipiac 5-1 on Nov. 26 to win winning percentage (.638) with a 16-8-5 record the Belpot Trophy as champions of the second annual Friendship • In a year of standout freshman netminders, he is also sixth in Four at SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland victories among all NCAA first-year • Ross Colton posted a three-point night in the title game, while • Among freshmen, he ranks ninth in the country in goals against Stefanos Lekkas stopped 73 of the 76 shots he faced in the entire average (2.47) and 12th overall in save percentage (.912) tournament for a .961 save percentage and two wins • Lekkas registered a highlight reel glove save against Maine at home on Nov. 19 which made the ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 Plays WHO’S NEXT • He was then named Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 21 • Faceoff in Game 2 of the series is tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m.

4 THREE-YEAR SITUATIONAL RECORDS LAST TIME IT HAPPENED 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Two-Goal Game Overall record 22-15-4 15-22-3 18-11-5 Brian Bowen at #11 Boston College (2/18/17) Hockey East record 10-9-3 6-13-3 10-8-4 Hat Trick Home 11-6-2 6-12-2 11-6-1 Vermont: Jonathan Turk at #16 Northeastern (10/11/14) Away 11-7-2 9-9-1 5-5-4 Opponent: Matt Nieto, Boston University (3/1/13) Neutral 0-2-0 0-1-0 2-0-0 Home vs. non-league 5-2-1 5-4-0 5-3-0 Four-Plus Goal Game Away vs. non-league 7-2-0 1-2-0 2-0-1 Jerry Gernander (4 A) vs. Boston University (10/23/99) Neutral vs. non-league 0-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 Three-Assist Game Brendan Bradley vs. Bentley (12/30/16) Overtime games 3-1-4 1-2-3 0-0-5 One-goal games 9-4-0 8-6-0 6-3-0 Four-Assist Game Two or more goal games 13-11-0 7-16-0 12-8-0 Ross Colton vs. UConn (1/20/17) Vermont outshoots 14-6-4 10-13-1 11-9-2 Five-Point Game Opponent outshoots 7-7-0 3-9-2 7-2-3 Scott Mifsud (2 G, 3 A) vs. Sacred Heart (10/8/04) Equal shots 1-2-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 20 or fewer shots 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 Short-Handed Goal 21-30 shots 9-6-1 4-7-1 8-5-2 Mario Puskarich vs. Maine (11/18/16) 30 or more shots 12-9-3 11-15-2 9-6-3 Two Short-Handed Goals Ryan Cox (same shift) vs. Holy Cross (12/2/00) Vermont scores first 18-4-2 9-5-3 14-4-0 Opponent scores first 4-11-1 6-17-0 4-7-5 Empty-Net Goal Ross Colton vs. #5 Boston University (12/9/16) Leading after first 10-0-0 7-2-2 11-1-0 Penalty Shot Trailing after first 3-8-0 4-14-0 4-2-4 Vermont: Jonathan Turk (Miss) at Merrimack (2/21/14) Tied after first 9-7-4 4-6-1 3-8-1 Opponent: Jason Salvaggio (Lekkas Save) vs. UNH (2/10/17)

Leading after second 17-3-0 11-0-3 12-2-0 Goalie Shutout Trailing after second 1-11-2 2-15-0 1-6-4 Vermont: Stefanos Lekkas (21 SV) vs. #11 Michigan, 3-0 (10/28/16) Tied after second 4-1-2 2-7-0 5-3-1 Opponent: Jake Oettinger (28 SV) vs. #5 Boston University, 4-0 (12/10/16) 40-Plus Save Game Vermont scores PPG 17-6-1 6-6-1 13-8-2 Stefanos Lekkas (40 SV) vs. #3 Quinnipiac (11/26/16) Vermont scores 0 PPG 5-9-3 9-16-2 5-3-3 Opponent scores PPG 8-7-1 8-15-3 8-6-3 50-Plus Save Game Opponent scores 0 PPG 14-8-3 7-7-0 10-5-2 Travis Russell (52 SV) at Harvard (11/19/02) Goal Scored by Goalie After a win 11-10-1 5-7-3 11-6-2 Andrew Allen (GWG) at Harvard (1/3/98) After a loss 8-3-3 9-12-0 5-4-2 After a tie 2-2-0 0-3-0 2-1-1 Point Scored by Goalie Brody Hoffman (Assist) at #8 UMass Lowell (3/15/14, HEQ) Against ranked teams 5-9-2 4-17-0 6-6-4 Overtime Win Against AHA 1-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-0 3-2 vs. New Hampshire (1/2/16) Against BIG 10 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 Against ECAC 5-1-0 3-2-0 3-3-0 Overtime Loss Against NCHC 0-0-0 0-4-0 1-0-1 4-3 at #3 Boston College (3/13/16, HEQ) Against WCHA 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 Overtime Tie 3-3 at #11 Boston College (2/18/17) GAME HIGHS & LOWS Swept a Home Series Most Goals 7 (vs. Bentley 12/30) vs. Maine (4-3 OT, 4-1) (11/7-8/14) Least Goals 0 (vs. Boston University 12/10) Swept a Road Series Most Goals Against 7 (vs. Union 12/17) at Maine (6-3, 4-1) (11/28-29/14) Least Goals Against 0 (vs. Michigan 10/28) Most Goals/Period 5 (2nd vs. Bentley 12/30) Win When Trailing After Two Periods vs. #16 St. Lawrence (4-3) (1/3/17) Most GA/Period 3 (3x, 3rd at Providence 1/14) Most Power Play Goals 4 (vs. Bentley 12/30) Win Against No. 1 Ranked Opponent Most PPG Against 3 (at UMass Lowell 11/5) at #1 Denver (6-4) (10/10/09) Most Shots on Goal 55 (vs. Bentley 12/30) Win Against Top-5 Ranked Opponent Least Shots on Goal 14 (at Providence 1/13) vs. #5 Boston University (4-2) (12/9/16) Most Shots Against 41 (vs. Quinnipiac 11/26) Least Shots Against 14 (at UMass 11/12) Win Against Opponent Ranked No. 6-10 Most Shots/Period 25 (2nd vs. Bentley 12/31) at #8 Minnesota (3-0) (10/10/15) Least Shots/Period 3 (2nd vs. Dartmouth 11/15) 10-Plus Goals in a Game Most Shots Against/Period 17 (2x, 1st vs. Maine 11/18) at UMass Amherst (W, 11-1) (11/22/14) Least Shots Against/Period 2 (1st at UMass 11/12) Most Penalties 12 (at Clarkson 10/7) Win by Five-Plus Goals vs. Bentley (W, 7-1) (12/30/16) Least Penalties 2 (2x, at Boston College 2/18) Most Penalty Minutes 29 (at Omaha 10/21) Consecutive Shutout Wins Least Penalty Minutes 4 (2x, at Boston College 2/18) at UNH (1-0), at UNH (1-0 OT) (3/13-14/10, HEQ)

5 RECRUITING CLASS

MATT ALVARO | Forward • 5’8 • 173 • , Ontario • Youngstown (USHL) • Spent two seasons with the Youngstown Phantoms in the USHL • Finished fifth on the team in scoring with 30 points while serving as a team captain last season • In 2014-15, he posted 33 points in 58 games with Youngstown • Previously spent two years playing in the OJHL, registering 67 total points in 106 games for Oakville and St. Michael’s • Compiled a 40-point season with 16 goals and 24 assists in 2013-14 with the St. Michael’s Buzzers

ROSS COLTON | Forward • 6’0 • 197 • Robbinsville, N.J. • Cedar Rapids (USHL) • Selected in the fourth round of the 2016 NHL Draft this summer by the Tampa Bay Lightning, becoming the program’s highest draft pick since Mike Paliotta’s third round selection in 2011 • An All-USHL First Team honoree, the forward was the league’s second-leading scorer last season with 35 goals and 66 points in 55 games for the regular season champion Cedar Rapids RoughRiders • Named MVP of the USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, scoring the event’s first-ever hat trick and adding two assists for five points

CAMERON KLEIN | Forward • 6’3 • 212 • Alpine, N.J. • P.A.L. Junior Islanders (USPHL) • Was nearly a point-per-game performer last season for the P.A.L. Junior Islanders with 27 points in 29 contests • Posted nine goals and 18 assists while adding 75 penalty minutes in his only season of Premier USPHL hockey • Added a goal and three assists in two playoff games for the Junior Islanders • Spent the majority of the 2014-15 season at Avon Old Farms in Connecticut, collecting 15 points in 26 games • Also skated for parts of two seasons with the New Jersey Jr. Titans in the EHL

STEFANOS LEKKAS | Goalie • 5’11 • 170 • Elburn, Ill. • Sioux Falls (USHL) • Joins the UVM goaltending corps after two full years as a starter with the in the USHL • In 45 games last year, he owned the third-best save percentage in the league (.924) and was named to the All-USHL Third Team • Posted a 25-15-3 regular season record for the fifth-most wins in the league and finished with a 2.53 goals against average • Starred during the 2014-15 USHL playoffs, leading the Stampede to the Clark Cup with a 2.10 goals against average and a .932 save percentage in 12 postseason games

DEREK LODERMEIER | Forward • 6’3 • 217 • Brooklyn Center, Minn. • Brooks (AJHL) • Brings size to the middle of the ice after serving as a captain for the 2016 AJHL champion Brooks Bandits • A South Division All-League selection, he is coming off a standout offensive season with 60 points in 58 regular season games to rank third overall on a team that won a division-best 49 games • Ranked second on the squad with 26 goals and recorded a team-best 24 points in 13 playoff games during the AJHL title run. • Added a point-per-game as he led Brooks to the RBC Cup Semifinal in Canadian junior hockey

JAKE MASSIE | Defenseman • 6’5 • 172 • St. Lazare, Quebec • Omaha (USHL) • Drafted by the in the sixth round of the 2015 NHL Draft, but his rights were traded to the later that summer in a deal for Kris Versteeg and Joakim Nordstrom • He and rising sophomore Liam Coughlin both attended the Blackhawks’ summer development camp in July • Accumulated 10 points in 44 games last season while skating for the USHL’s Omaha Lancers • Spent the 2014-15 season between Kimball Union Academy and the Boston Jr. Bruins Selects, posting 31 points in 48 contests

COREY MORIARTY | Defenseman • 5’11 • 175 • Estero, Fla. • Boston (USPHL) • Joins the Catamounts after two productive seasons with the Boston Jr. Bruins in the USPHL • Named a USPHL All-Star last season with 24 points in 44 games while ranking second among team defensemen with eight goals • Had a career-high 30 points in 50 games during the 2014-15 season and was the Bruins’ second-leading scorer from the blue line • Played four years at Northfield Mount Hermon in Massachusetts, compiling 43 points over his final two years • His sister Courtney had 20 goals at Plattsburgh State last season and was named to the ECAC West All-Rookie Team

MATT O’DONNELL | Defenseman • 5’9 • 181 • Fountain Valley, Calif. • Jersey (USPHL) • Limited to just 15 games last season with the Jersey Hitmen, but posted a point-per-game with four goals and 11 assists • Played in all seven of Jersey’s playoff games as the Hitmen won the 2016 Dineen Cup as USPHL champions • In 2014-15, he skated for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in the USHL and collected 13 points in 50 contests from the blue line • Spent two years at Loomis Chaffee in Connecticut and posted 16 goals and 41 points in 53 total games • Won the 2014 NEPSAC Championship while serving as team captain during his senior season

6 VERMONT MEN’S HOCKEY ROSTER

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Sh. Yr. Hometown / Last Team 1 Mike Santaguida Sr. G 5-8 173 L-C 93 Mississauga, Ontario / Surrey (BCHL) 3 Mike Lee So. D 5-11 184 L 96 Hamden, Connecticut / Penticton (BCHL) 5 Rob Hamilton Sr. D 6-0 194 L 94 Calgary, Alberta / Okotoks (AJHL) 7 Tom Forgione Sr. F 5-10 187 L 93 South Burlington, Vermont / Sioux Falls (USHL) 9 Brian Bowen So. F 6-0 221 R 95 Littleton, Massachusetts / Dubuque (USHL) 10 Travis Blanleil (A) Jr. F 5-8 152 L 94 Kelowna, British Columbia / Penticton (BCHL) 11 Conor O’Neil So. F 5-11 203 L 94 Hummelstown, Pennsylvania / Jersey (USPHL) 12 Drew Best So. F 5-9 172 R 94 Plymouth, Michigan / Omaha (USHL) 13 Liam Coughlin So. F 6-3 209 L 94 South Boston, Massachusetts / Vernon (BCHL) 14 Kevin Irwin Jr. F 5-11 182 R 93 Akron, Ohio / Green Bay (USHL) 15 Corey Moriarty Fr. D 5-8 175 L 95 Estero, Florida / Boston (USPHL) 16 Derek Lodermeier Fr. F 6-3 217 L 95 Brooklyn Center, Minnesota / Brooks (AJHL) 17 Craig Puffer So. F 5-8 169 L 95 New Canaan, Connecticut / Chilliwack (BCHL) 18 Matt O’Donnell Fr. D 5-9 181 R 95 Fountain Valley, California / Jersey (USPHL) 19 Jarrid Privitera Jr. F 5-7 150 L 94 Old Tappan, New Jersey / Dubuque (USHL) 20 Brendan Bradley (C) Sr. F 6-0 180 L 92 Richboro, Pennsylvania / Jersey (EJHL) 21 Mario Puskarich (C) Sr. F 5-10 180 L 92 Fort Walton Beach, Florida / Langley (BCHL) 22 Brady Shaw Sr. F 6-1 200 L 92 Ottawa, Ontario / Surrey (BCHL) 23 Rob Darrar Jr. F 5-10 199 L 94 Monroe Township, New Jersey / Dubuque (USHL) 24 Chris Muscoby (A) Sr. D 5-8 195 L 92 Airdrie, Alberta / Brooks (AJHL) 25 Matt Alvaro Fr. F 5-7 173 L 96 Toronto, Ontario / Youngstown (USHL) 26 Trey Phillips Jr. D 5-9 182 L 93 Okotoks, Alberta / Canmore (AJHL) 27 Ori Abramson Sr. D 6-4 222 R 93 Toronto, Ontario / Jersey (USPHL) 28 Anthony Petruzzelli (A) Jr. F 5-9 181 L 93 Federal Way, Washington / Brooks (AJHL) 29 Malcolm McKinney Sr. F 5-7 173 R 92 W. Vancouver, British Columbia / Coquitlam (BCHL) 30 Pat Feeley Sr. G 6-7 199 R-C 93 Winthrop, Massachusetts / New Hampshire (EJHL) 34 Jake Massie Fr. D 6-5 172 L 97 Saint-Lazare, Quebec / Omaha (USHL) 36 Cameron Klein Fr. F 6-0 212 R 95 Alpine, New Jersey / P.A.L. Junior Islanders (USPHL) 37 Ross Colton Fr. F 5-11 197 L 96 Robbinsville, New Jersey / Cedar Rapids (USHL) 40 Stefanos Lekkas Fr. G 5-9 170 L-C 96 Elburn, Illinois / Sioux Falls (USHL)

Head Coach: Kevin Sneddon (Harvard ‘92) Associate Head Coach: Kevin Patrick (Notre Dame ‘92) NHL DRAFT PICKS Associate Head Coach: Kyle Wallack (Springfield ‘97) NAME TEAM YEAR ROUND Assistant Coach: Kyle Reynolds (Vermont ‘15) Ross Colton TBL 2016 4th Director of Hockey Operations: Jeff Hill (Vermont ‘08) Liam Coughlin * EDM 2014 5th Athletic Trainer: Matt Bain (Boston University ‘07) Jake Massie * CAR 2015 6th Equipment Manager: Charlie Mackey Strength & Conditioning: Justin Smith (Colorado State ‘00) * Rights traded to Chicago Media Relations: Alastair Ingram (Syracuse ‘08)

BY CLASS PRONUNICATION GUIDE Seniors (10) Ori Abramson OR-ee A-brum-son Abramson, Bradley, Feeley, Forgione, Hamilton, McKinney, Matt Alvaro Al-VAIR-oh Muscoby, Puskarich, Santaguida, Shaw Travis Blanleil BLON-lay Liam Coughlin Cof-lin Juniors (6) Rob Darrar DAR-ah Blanleil, Darrar, Irwin, Petruzzelli, Phillips, Privitera Tom Forgione For-jee-own Stefanos Lekkas Stef-ah-nose Leck-us Sophomores (6) Best, Bowen, Coughlin, Lee, O’Neil, Puffer Derek Lodermeier Load-er-my-er Corey Moriarty More-ee-are-tee Freshmen (8) Chris Muscoby Muh-SCO-bee Alvaro, Colton, Klein, Lekkas, Lodermeier, Massie, Moriarty, Mario Puskarich Pah-SCARE-itch O’Donnell Mike Santaguida Santa-gwee-dah

7 COACHING STAFF

KEVIN SNEDDON HONOR ROLL • NCAA Tournament (2009 • 2010 • 2014) Head Coach • NCAA Frozen Four (2009 • Washington, D.C.) 14th Season • Harvard ‘92 • Spencer Penrose Coach of the Year Finalist (2008 • 2009) • Bob Kullen Hockey East Coach of the Year (2008) Vermont Record: 222-235-68 • Sheraton/TD Bank Champion Career Record: 272-334-86 (2006 • 2009 • 2010 • 2013 • 2014 • 2016)

• Kevin Sneddon is one of only three head coaches to lead the • He has led Vermont to three NCAA Tournament berths in the UVM men’s hockey program over the last half century last eight seasons, including the program’s second-ever NCAA • He enters his 14th year as the head coach of the Catamounts Frozen Four berth in 2009 in Washington, D.C. for the 2016-17 season and his 24th year in the profession • Sneddon’s squads have also made three trips to the Hockey • Last season, Sneddon posted his 200th career victory at UVM East Championship, including a semifinal appearance in 2015 and his 250th win as a Division I head coach • His teams have averaged 19 wins over the last three years • 12 of Sneddon’s former players have signed NHL contracts • Sneddon was the head coach at Union from 1998-2003 after during his tenure, and all 12 have signed in the last decade beginning as an assistant coach with the Dutchmen in 1993

KEVIN PATRICK SNEDDON vs. ALL OPPONENTS Associate Head Coach • 5th season (Notre Dame ‘92) HOCKEY EAST RECORD Boston College 10-30-5 • Boasts 16 years of Division I coaching experience, includ- Boston University 13-20-6 ing an NCAA championship at Wisconsin UConn 7-2-0 • Promoted to the position of associate head coach in the Maine 19-17-5 Massachusetts 20-12-4 summer of 2015 UMass Lowell 10-22-7 • Was an assistant under current UVM head coach Kevin Merrimack 10-14-7 Sneddon for four years at Union College New Hampshire 12-21-7 Northeastern 20-13-5 • Selected as an assistant coach for the 2015 U.S. Junior Notre Dame 1-5-2 National Team, which competed in the IIHF World Junior Providence 14-14-5 Championships in Montreal and Toronto NON-CONFERENCE RECORD Alabama Huntsville (WCHA) 1-0-0 KYLE WALLACK Anchorage Alaska (WCHA) 1-0-0 Air Force (AHA) 2-0-0 Associate Head Coach • 5th season (Springfield ‘97) Bentley (AHA) 2-0-0 Brown (ECAC) 1-3-0 Canisius (AHA) 1-0-0 • Has 16 years of Division I coaching experience and one Clarkson (ECAC) 5-2-1 season as a head coach in the USHL Colgate (ECAC) 4-5-1 • Promoted to the position of associate head coach in the Cornell (ECAC) 0-4-1 Dartmouth (ECAC) 12-7-1 summer of 2015 Denver (NCHC) 1-2-1 • Two years ago, coached the power play unit to a 20.1% Ferris State (WCHA) 1-0-0 success rate to rank 13th overall in the country Harvard (ECAC) 3-4-2 Holy Cross (AHA) 0-0-1 • In 2014, his recruit Mario Puskarich became the first Lake Superior State (WCHA) 1-1-0 UVM freshman to win Hockey East Rookie of the Year and Miami (NCHC) 2-2-1 was a unanimous Hockey East All-Rookie Team selection Michigan (BIG 10) 1-0-0 Michigan Tech (WCHA) 1-3-1 Minnesota (BIG 10) 2-3-0 Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) 4-0-1 KYLE REYNOLDS Minnesota State (WCHA) 1-0-0 Assistant Coach • 1st season (Vermont ‘15) Nebraska Omaha (NCHC) 1-2-1 Niagara (AHA) 2-2-0 North Dakota (NCHC) 0-3-1 • Skated in 84 career games for the Catamounts as a Ohio State (BIG 10) 0-1-0 winger from 2011-15 Penn State (BIG 10) 1-3-0 • Registered 50 career points, despite missing the entire Princeton (ECAC) 4-1-0 Quinnipiac (ECAC) 1-1-0 2013-14 season due to a serious knee injury Rensselaer (ECAC) 4-2-0 • 2012 Hockey East All-Rookie Team selection after finish- Sacred Heart (AHA) 1-0-0 ing fourth among league freshmen in scoring St. Cloud State (NCHC) 0-1-0 St. Lawrence (ECAC) 14-6-0 • Hockey East All-Academic Team selection during his Union (ECAC) 4-5-0 time at UVM; Graduated in 2015 with a degree in finance Wisconsin (BIG 10) 0-1-0 and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in accounting Yale (ECAC) 5-3-1

8 NHL CATAMOUNTS

NHL CATAMOUNTS CHAMPIONS goals-assists-points (games played) YEAR PLAYER TEAM

2015 Chicago Blackhawks KEVAN MILLER ‘11 2013 Patrick Sharp Chicago Blackhawks 2016-17 2-7-9 (39) 2013 Viktor Stalberg Chicago Blackhawks 2015-16 5-13-18 (71) 2011 Tim Thomas 2010 Patrick Sharp Chicago Blackhawks ‘07 2004 Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay Lightning 2016-17 7-8-15 (64) 2004 Eric Perrin Tampa Bay Lightning 2015-16 11-8-19 (71) 1993 John LeClair

PATRICK SHARP ‘02 2016-17 7-8-15 (37) 2015-16 20-35-55 (76)

VIKTOR STALBERG ‘09 2016-17 9-3-12 (57) 2015-16 9-11-20 (75)

8 RAISED TO THE RAFTERS • Prior to the Jan. 8 win over Dartmouth last season at the Gut, the men’s hockey program honored its all-time leading scorer at center ice on Martin St. Louis Night • For the first time in program history, the Catamounts retired a jersey number and raised St. Louis’ No. 8 to the rafters during NHL CATAMOUNT CONNECTIONS a pre-game ceremony, never to • Former forward Chris Zimmerman ‘81 serves as the president and be worn again by another player CEO of business operations for the St. Louis Blues • Forward Jonathan Turk gave • Brady Shaw’s father Brad Shaw is an assistant coach on John up his No. 8sweater on Martin Tortorella’s staff for the Columbus Blue Jackets St. Louis Night and wore No. 88 • Shaw’s mother Mary is the author of the popular children’s book for the remainder of the season series “Brady, Brady” which is named after Brady • A three-time NCAA All-American, St. Louis ‘97 registered 267 • Andrew Allen ‘01 is the goaltending coach for the career points and helped lead the Catamounts to their first-ever after four years as the developmental goaltending coach for the NCAA Frozen Four berth in 1996 in Cincinnati Chicago Blackhawks • The Tampa Bay Lightning’s all-time leading scorer (953 points) • Former defenseman Nick Luukko’s father Peter Luukko serves as had his No. 26 jersey retired by the franchise on Jan. 13 when the the executive chairman of the Lightning hosted his former NHL head coach John Tortorella and the Columbus Blue Jackets at MAJOR NHL AWARDS • UVM alumni have combined to win 11 major NHL awards, which LECLAIR ENSHRINED IN FLYERS HALL OF FAME ranks third in NCAA history behind only North Dakota and Cornell • John LeClair ‘91 was inducted into the Hall of • Vermont is one of only five college hockey programs to boast Fame in 2014 along with former teammate Eric Lindros more than five major NHL honors from its alumni • A native of St. Albans, Vt. near the Canadian border, LeClair reg- • UVM is also the only college hockey program in the country to istered 333 goals and 310 assists for 643 points for the Flyers and have alums that have won the Hart, Jennings, Lady Byng, Pearson ranks seventh on the franchise’s all-time scoring list and Vezina trophies • The five-time All-Star had a career-high 97 points in the 1996 • Former Catamounts have also won the Art Ross, Conn Smythe, and 1997 campaigns and registered three straight 50-goal seasons and Ted Lindsay awards

9 CATS IN THE PROS

AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE (AHL) EUROPE

CONNOR BRICKLEY ‘14 NICK BRUNETEAU ‘14 AHL Debut: 2014 European Debut: 2015 2016-17: 3-4-7 (35 GP) • Charlotte Checkers 2016-17: 3-4-7 (14 GP) • Lausitzer Foxes (Germany) 2015-16: 12-15-27 (45 GP) • 2015-16: 4-23-27 (45 GP) • Stavanger Oilers (Norway)

PATRICK CULLITY ‘10 JACK DOWNING ‘11 AHL Debut: 2010 European Debut: 2016 2016-17: 0-3-3 (26 GP) • Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2016-17: 17-13-30 (33 GP) • EC Kassel Huskies (Germany) 2015-16: 0-2-2 (31 GP) • Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2015-16: 32-32-64 (72 GP) • Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)

COLIN MARKISON ‘15 JOE FALLON ‘08 AHL Debut: 2015 European Debut: 2013 2016-17: 2-1-3 (15 GP) • Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2016-17: 3.49 GAA, .897 SV% (34 GP) • Dundee Stars (U.K.) 2015-16: 3-8-11 (39 GP) • Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2015-16: 3.05 GAA, .909 SV% (41 GP) • Lausitzer Foxes (Germany)

MIKE PALIOTTA ‘15 ANDERS FRANZON ‘13 AHL Debut: 2015 European Debut: 2016 2016-17: 1-6-7 (35 GP) • Hartford Wolf Pack 2016-17: 1-7-8 (32 GP) • Sheffield Steelers (United Kingdom) 2015-16: 8-15-23 (68 GP) • Lake Erie Monsters 2015-16: 3-12-15 (65 GP) • Indy Fuel (ECHL)

JAIME SIFERS ‘06 AHL Debut: 2006 ‘07 2016-17: 4-6-10 (38 GP) • Cleveland Monsters European Debut: 2010 2015-16: 5-14-19 (67 GP) • Lake Erie Monsters 2016-17: 4-12-16 (37 GP) • Brynas IF (Sweden) 2015-16: 5-22-27 (60 GP) • Dinamo Minsk (Russia, KHL)

NOTE: Former UVM captains Mike Paliotta ‘15 and Jaime Sifers ‘06 PETER LENES ‘09 hoisted the 2016 with the Lake Erie Monsters as AHL European Debut: 2010 champions. They became the first Catamounts to claim the Calder 2016-17: 10-14-24 (20 GP) • EC Kitzbuhel (Austria) Cup since former teammates Graham Mink ‘01 and Martin Wilde ‘01 2015-16: 19-25-44 (32 GP) • EC Kitzbuhel (Austria) both won with the in 2006. DREW MACKENZIE ‘12 European Debut: 2015 EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE (ECHL) 2016-17: 3-20-23 (29 GP) • EC Kassel Huskies (Germany) 2015-16: 4-18-22 (53 GP) • Dorbirner EC (Austria) NICK LUUKKO ‘15 ECHL Debut: 2015 ERIC PERRIN ‘97 2016-17: 6-6-12 (39 GP) • European Debut: 2009 2015-16: 4-10-14 (65 GP) • Reading Royals 2016-17: 9-9-18 (26 GP) • TPS Turku (SM - Finland) 2015-16: 10-24-34 (46 GP) • TPS Turku (SM Liiga - Finland) CHRIS McCARTHY ‘14 ECHL Debut: 2014 BRIAN ROLOFF ‘10 2016-17: 16-20-36 (36 GP) • Reading Royals European Debut: 2011 2015-16: 6-16-22 (54 GP) • Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) 2016-17: 7-15-22 (34 GP) • Ravensburg Towerstars (Germany)

2015-16: 19-51-70 (52 GP) • Ravensburg Towerstars (Germany) DAVID PACAN ‘10

ECHL Debut: 2012 SEBASTIAN STALBERG ‘12 2016-17: 21-15-36 (34 GP) • Brampton Beast European Debut: 2014 2015-16: 20-42-62 (69 GP) • 2016-17: 8-7-15 (36 GP) • Frolunda HC (Sweden) 2015-16: 10-4-14 (51 GP) • Frolunda HC (Sweden) ALEXX PRIVITERA ‘16

ECHL Debut: 2016 2016-17: 5-16-21 (28 GP) • Ontario Reign COLIN VOCK ‘10 2015-16: 6-10-16 (36 GP) • Vermont Catamounts (NCAA) European Debut: 2010 2016-17: 11-13-24 (27 GP) • Frederikshavn White Hawks (Denmark) EVAN STOFLET ‘07 2015-16: 30-19-49 (43 GP) • Frederikshavn White Hawks (Denmark) ECHL Debut: 2008 2016-17: 1-8-9 (39 GP) • MATT WHITE ‘14 2015-16: 10-23-33 (41 GP) • China Dragon (Asia League) European Debut: 2014 2016-17: 7-8-15 (34 GP) • Dundee Stars (United Kingdom) 2015-16: 6-10-16 (65 GP) • Indy Fuel (ECHL)

10 VERMONT QUICK FACTS COVERING THE CATS Location Burlington, Vermont Founded 1791 LEARFIELD BROADCASTS Enrollment 10,080 • UVM’s multimedia rights are held by Learfield, and all men’s National Affiliation NCAA Division I hockey games will once again be broadcast live on the flagship Conference Hockey East home for the Catamounts on WVMT 620-AM Nickname UVM* • Alastair Ingram is in his seventh season as the play-by-play * Universitas Virdis Montis, Latin for University of the Green Mountains School Mascot Catamount voice and sports information director of the program School Colors Green & Gold • Former Catamounts Aaron Miller ‘93, Jerry Tarrant ‘89, Derek Home Ice (capacity) Gutterson Fieldhouse (4,007) Wagar ‘05, and Tom Child ‘04 will serve as analysts Ice Size 200’ x 90’ • Free audio is streamed online at UVMathletics.com/Listen President Tom Sullivan Director of Athletics Jeff Schulman ‘89 Athletic Department Phone (802) 656-3075 HANDY TOYOTA COACHES SHOW Athletic Ticket Office (802) 656-4410 • The Handy Toyota Coaches Show with Alastair Ingram and Gutterson Fieldhouse Press Box (802) 656-4193 head coach Kevin Sneddon airs live on WVMT 620-AM every Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. throughout the season COACHING STAFF • Each edition of the show features the weekly player interview series “Chat with the Cats” Head Coach Kevin Sneddon, 14th Season Vermont Record (Years) 204-226-63 (13) Overall Record (Years) 254-325-81 (18) CATAMOUNTV LIVE STREAMS Hockey East Record (Years) 102-131-47 (11) • The Vermont athletic department has once again partnered Associate Head Coach Kevin Patrick, 5th Season with the UVM Foundation to webcast all men’s hockey home Associate Head Coach Kyle Wallack, 5th Season games for free in HD this season via CatamounTV.com Assistant Coach Kyle Reynolds, 1st Season Hockey Operations Jeff Hill, 2nd Season Athletic Trainer Matt Bain, 3rd Season MEDIA CREDENTIALS • Media interested in season or game credentials for home TEAM INFORMATION games should contact Alastair Ingram in the Media Relations Overall Record (2015-16) 15-22-3 Office at (802) 656-1109 or [email protected] League Record (2015-16) 6-13-3 • Credentials will be left at the Gutterson Ticket Office for pick Letterwinners Returning 22 (15F, 5D, 2G) up on gameday, beginning one hour prior to faceoff Letterwinners Lost 8 (3F, 4D, 1G) Newcomers 8 (4F, 3D, 1G) MEDIA INTERVIEWS Captains Brendan Bradley, Mario Puskarich Assistant Captains T. Blanleil, C. Muscoby, A. Petruzzelli • All men’s hockey interview requests must be arranged through Alastair Ingram in the Media Relations Office TEAM HISTORY • Please contact Ingram to arrange interviews early in the week First Year of Men’s Hockey 1963-64 with at least 24 hours notice in advance First Year in Hockey East 2005-06 • Kevin Sneddon and Vermont student-athletes are available on NCAA Tournament Appearances 6 Wednesday mornings at 11:45 a.m. during the season Last NCAA Appearance 2014 • Please contact Alastair Ingram to make arrangements for Frozen Fours 2 (1996, 2009) phone interviews; Please note that student-athlete phone num- NCAA All-Americans 22 All-Time NHL Players 17 bers will not be given unless there are unique circumstances Major NHL Awards 11 POST-GAME INTERVIEWS MEDIA RELATIONS • The Vemont locker room is closed to all members of the media Men’s Hockey Contact Alastair Ingram • Kevin Sneddon will be available in the Bostwick Room on the Email [email protected] main concourse following the game, and select student-ath- Office Number (802) 656-1109 letes will be available after a 10-minute cooling-off period Website UVMathletics.com • With the exception of live television, student-athletes are not Twitter @UVMmhockey Instagram @UVMmhockey available until the conclusion of the cooling-off period Facebook Facebook.com/UVMathletics • Please make post-game player requests through Josh Parker YouTube YouTube.com/UVMathletics • Interviews with the visiting head coach and student-athletes Video Stream (HD) CatamounTV.com should be arranged through the visiting SID in Press Box 4 Vermont Men's Hockey Vermont Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 02, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Oct.7 at Clarkson W 5-2 2365 ALL GAMES 18-11-5 11-6-1 5-5-4 2-0-0 Oct 08 CLARKSON L 2-3 2741 CONFERENCE 10-8-4 6-3-1 3-5-3 1-0-0 Oct 21 at #20 Omaha T o t 4-4 6123 NON-CONFERENCE 8-3-1 5-3-0 2-0-1 1-0-0 Oct 22 at #20 Omaha W 5-2 6024 Oct 28 #11 MICHIGAN W 3-0 4007 * Oct 30 at #16 Northeastern W 3-2 1568 ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% pen-min pp sh * Nov 04 at #6 UMass Lowell L 1-3 5251 37 Ross Colton 32 11 15 26 100 .1 1 0 11-22 2 0 * Nov 05 at #6 UMass Lowell L 2-4 5152 9 Brian Bowen 30 12 12 24 85 .1 4 1 11-28 6 0 * Nov 12 at Massachusetts W 2-1 2826 21 Mario Puskarich 28 10 14 24 94 .1 0 6 3-6 3 1 Nov 15 DARTMOUTH W 5-2 3407 19 Jarrid Privitera 30 8 10 18 51 .1 5 7 11-22 1 0 * Nov 18 MAINE W 6-2 3273 16 Derek Lodermeier 33 4 14 18 43 .0 9 3 12-27 0 0 * Nov 19 MAINE T o t 2-2 3494 17 Craig Puffer 32 9 7 16 82 .1 1 0 10-20 4 0 * Nov 25 vs Massachusetts W 4-2 5071 Nov 26 vs #3 Quinnipiac W 5-1 5745 22 Brady Shaw 30 8 8 16 65 .1 2 3 18-36 3 0 * Dec 09 #5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY W 4-2 4007 5 Rob Hamilton 34 7 8 15 60 .1 1 7 11-33 4 0 * Dec 10 #5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY L 0-4 4007 20 Brendan Bradley 27 4 11 15 66 .0 6 1 9-18 2 0 Dec 17 #12 UNION L 3-7 3266 23 Rob Darrar 20 7 6 13 56 .1 2 5 3-6 2 0 Dec 18 #12 UNION L 1-2 3371 25 Matt Alvaro 27 7 5 12 34 .2 0 6 5-13 0 0 Dec 30 BENTLEY W 7-1 3836 18 Matt O'Donnell 32 2 10 12 40 .0 5 0 10-20 1 0 Dec 31 BENTLEY W 3-1 3270 7 Tom Forgione 19 4 5 9 30 .1 3 3 7-14 0 0 Jan 03 #16 ST. LAWRENCE W 4-3 3628 * Jan 07 NORTHEASTERN W 4-3 3959 26 Trey Phillips 27 3 6 9 30 .1 0 0 10-20 0 0 * Jan 13 at Providence W 4-3 2065 28 Anthony Petruzzelli 26 3 5 8 34 .0 8 8 2-4 0 0 * Jan 14 at Providence L 1-4 2266 24 Chris Muscoby 23 1 7 8 25 .0 4 0 12-24 1 0 * Jan 20 CONNECTICUT W 5-4 4007 13 Liam Coughlin 27 1 6 7 29 .0 3 4 4-8 0 0 * Jan 27 at Connecticut L 1-3 6297 34 Jake Massie 25 0 6 6 28 .0 0 0 7-14 0 0 * Feb 03 at #17 Notre Dame T o t 4-4 4520 10 Travis Blanleil 24 4 1 5 19 .2 1 1 6-12 0 0 * Feb 04 at #17 Notre Dame L 1-4 4744 15 Corey Moriarty 19 1 4 5 18 .0 5 6 3-6 0 0 * Feb 10 NEW HAMPSHIRE L 2-4 4007 * Feb 11 NEW HAMPSHIRE W 5-3 4007 4 Max Daigle 11 0 4 4 17 .0 0 0 1-2 0 0 * Feb 17 at #11 Boston College T o t 3-3 4175 14 Kevin Irwin 11 0 4 4 21 .0 0 0 4-8 0 0 * Feb 18 at #11 Boston College T o t 2-2 5467 27 Ori Abramson 18 1 2 3 8 .1 2 5 12-24 0 0 * Feb 24 MERRIMACK W 3-1 4007 12 Drew Best 7 0 3 3 6 .0 0 0 2-4 0 0 * Feb 25 MERRIMACK L 2-3 4007 3 Mike Lee 15 0 3 3 19 .0 0 0 2-4 0 0 11 Conor O'Neil 4 1 1 2 10 .1 0 0 1-2 1 0 TEAM STATISTICS UVM OPP SHOT STATISTICS 40 Stefanos Lekkas 29 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 1-2 0 0 Goals-Shot attempts 108-1074 91-964 29 Malcolm McKinney 1 0 0 0 4 .0 0 0 0-0 0 0 Shot pct. . 1 0 1 . 0 9 4 TM TEAM 23 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 2-4 0 0 G o a ls / G a m e 3.2 2.7 Total 34 108 177 285 1074 .1 0 1 190-403 30 1 S h o t s / G a m e 31.6 28.4 Opponents 34 91 157 248 964 .0 9 4 203-453 22 2 POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays 30-165 22-154 ## Goalie gp min ga gaavg saves save% w-l-t Conversion Percent . 1 8 2 . 1 4 3 Shot Attempts 208 230 30 Pat Feeley 1 6:34 0 0.00 6 1.000 0-0-0 Shot Percent . 1 4 4 . 0 9 6 40 Stefanos Lekkas 29 1724:56 71 2.47 737 .9 1 2 16-8-5 GOAL BREAKDOWN 1 Mike Santaguida 7 317:47 15 2.83 130 .8 9 7 2-3-0 Power Play 30 22 TM EMPTY NET 23 15:43 5 - 0 .0 0 0 0-0-0 S h o r t - h a n d e d 1 2 Total 34 2065:00 91 2.64 873 .9 0 6 18-11-5 Empty net 3 5 Opponents 34 2065:00 108 3.14 966 .8 9 9 11-18-5 P e n a lt y 0 0 U n a s s is t e d 10 4 O v e r t im e 0 0 Attendance Summary UVM Opponent PENALTIES Total 66301 58843 N u m b e r 190 203 Dates/Avg Per Date 18/3683 14/4203 M in u t e s 403 453 Neutral Site #/Avg 2/5408 P e n a lt ie s / G a m e 5.6 6.0 Pen minutes/Game 11.9 13.3 Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total FACEOFFS (W-L) 1093-1079 1079-1093 Vermont 32 35 41 108 Faceoff W-L Pct. . 5 0 3 . 4 9 7 Opponents 27 24 40 91

Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd Total Vermont 291 291 279 873 Opponents 326 314 309 966 12