UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 2015-16 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 exh. GAME tonight’s matchup schedule TV VERMONT CATAMOUNTS • 0-0-0 (0-0-0 HEA) 2014-15: 22-15-4 N/A HEA: 10-9-3 vs. ACADIA AXEMEN • 0-0-0 (0-0-0 CIS) Home: 11-6-2 RADIO Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vt. Away: 11-7-2 WVMT 620-AM Sunday, October 4, 2015 • 4:00 p.m. Neutral: 0-2-0 PxP: Alastair Ingram Analyst: Joe Gervais OCTOBER Reporter: Josh Parker 4 ACADIA (Exh.) 4:00 pm 10 at Minnesota # 8:00 pm VIDEO 16 NEBRASKA OMAHA 7:05 pm CatamounTV.com (HD) 17 NEBRASKA OMAHA 7:05 pm Overall 22-15-4 20-8-0 23 NORTH DAKOTA 7:05 pm 10-9-3 20-8-0 AUDIO League 24 NORTH DAKOTA 7:05 pm SportsJuice.com Home 11-6-2 11-3-0 29 at Northeastern + 7:00 pm Away 11-7-2 9-5-0 31 NORTHEASTERN + 7:05 pm 0-2-0 0-0-0 LIVE STATS Neutral NOVEMBER UVMathletics.com Goals/Game 2.68 3.96 6 UMASS LOWELL + 7:05 pm GAA 2.22 2.69 7 UMASS LOWELL + 7:05 pm COACHING STAFFS Power Play 20.1% 20.9% 13 UCONN + 7:05 pm VERMONT Penalty Kill 87.5% 82.5% 15 UMASS AMHERST + 1:00 pm Head Coach: Shots on Goal 30.7 35.4 20 at Maine + 7:00 pm Kevin Sneddon Penalty Minutes 9.0 17.6 21 at Maine + 4:00 pm Harvard ‘92 Goals Leader Shaw (19) Thompson (19) 29 vs. Penn State & 1:00 pm Overall: 239-303-78 (18th) Paliotta (27) Thompson (19) Assists Leader DECEMBER UVM: 189-204-60 (13th) Points Leader Paliotta (36) Thompson (38) 4 at Boston University + 7:30 pm GAA Leader Hoffman (2.06) Glover (2.49) 5 at Boston University + 4:00 pm Associate Head Coach: SV% Leader Santaguida (.923) Glover (.906) 11 ST. LAWRENCE 7:05 pm Kevin Patrick (4th) 12 at St. Lawrence 7:00 pm SETTING THE SCENE Notre Dame ‘92 20 at Union 4:00 pm • Vermont begins the 2015-16 season with an exhibition game against 29 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE % 7:05 pm Associate Head Coach: the Acadia Axemen at Gutterson Fieldhouse. 30 COLGATE % 7:05 pm Kyle Wallack (4th) • The Catamounts are coming off a 22-15-4 season in 2014-15 with a Springfield ‘97 JANUARY 10-9-3 record in Hockey East, good for seventh place. 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7:05 pm • Vermont returns 66% of its point scoring and 76% of its goal scor - 8 DARTMOUTH 7:05 pm Assistant Coach: Jeff Hill (1st) ing for the new campaign while adding nine players to the roster. 15 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm Vermont ‘08 • The schools are meeting for the fourth time in series history and the 16 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm second time in the last three seasons. 22 at UConn + 8:30 pm 23 at UMass Amherst + 7:00 pm ACADIA • UVM opens the regular season next Saturday (Oct. 10) with a trip to Head Coach: play ninth-ranked Minnesota in the Hall of Fame Game at 8 p.m. FEBRUARY Darren Burns (15th) 5 NOTRE DAME + 7:05 pm 6 NOTRE DAME + 7:05 pm Assistant Coach: TOUGH START 12 at New Hampshire + 7:00 pm Mike Alcoe (26th) • Vermont begins the season with five straight games against teams 13 at New Hampshire + 5:00 pm ranked in the top-10 of this week’s USCHO.com Division I poll. 19 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm Assistant Coach: • After facing No. 9 Minnesota in the season opener, the Catamounts 20 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm Kris MacDonald (1st) host No. 10 Nebraska Omaha and No. 4 North Dakota, both of which 26 at Merrimack + 8:30 pm 27 at Merrimack + 7:00 pm reached the NCAA Frozen Four last season. Assistant Coach: • UVM will play all four 2015 Frozen Four teams, including a trip to MARCH Mark Richards (13th) 4-6 HEA First Round @ TBA Boston University and a home series against NCAA champion Providence. 11-13 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA OFFICIALS • Overall, Vermont will battle nine of the current top-20 teams in the 18-19 HEA Championship ^ TBA Referee: Andy O’Brien USCHO.com poll this season. 25-27 NCAA Regionals TBA Referee: Terrence Murphy Pat Turcotte APRIL Linesman: 20 IN TWO STRAIGHT 7-9 NCAA Frozen Four $ TBA Shane Belanger Linesman: • Vermont has registered back-to-back 20-win campaigns for just the third time in its Division I era and the fourth time in school history. Home games in ALL CAPS • It marks the first time that UVM has accomplished the feat since the # Hall of Fame Game back-to-back NCAA Tournament teams of 1996 and 1997. + Hockey East game & Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) • Those squads, led by Martin St. Louis, Eric Perrin, and Tim Thomas, % Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup (Burlington, Vt.) also earned the school’s first-ever trip to the Frozen Four in 1995-96. @ Campus Locations • Last year’s 22 victories matches the program’s highest total since the ^ TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) 2008-09 campaign, when UVM earned its second Frozen Four berth. $ Amalie Arena (Tampa, Fla.) STANDINGS & POLLS • GAME NOTES HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS (2014-15) BRADY’S BREAKOUT • With a team-leading 19 goals, Brady Shaw finished one goal shy of becoming CONFERENCE OVERALL Vermont’s first 20-goal scorer since Viktor Stalberg (24) in the 2008-09 season. PTS GP RECORD GP RECORD • The Ottawa native had 11 goals in his final 16 games and ranked fourth in 1. Boston University 31 22 14-5-3 35 23-7-5 the country in second half goal scoring with 13 tallies after the holiday break. 2. Providence 27 22 13-8-1 37 22-13-2 • The forward surpassed his freshman year point total by 20 to rank second on Boston College 27 22 12-7-3 37 21-13-3 the team in points (31) and third in shots on goal (115). 4. UMass Lowell 26 22 11-7-4 37 20-11-6 • He closed the year tied for first in Hockey East with nine power play goals, 5. Notre Dame 25 22 10-7-5 41 18-19-5 tied for fifth in game-winning goals (4), and tied for seventh in total goals (19). 6. Northeastern 24 22 11-9-2 36 16-16-4 • After a six-goal freshman campaign, he scored six goals against Boston 7. Vermont 23 22 10-9-3 40 22-14-4 College alone in five meetings, including three in the Hockey East quarterfinals. 8. New Hampshire 21 22 10-11-1 39 19-18-2 9. UConn 18 22 7-11-4 36 10-19-7 Maine 18 22 8-12-2 39 14-22-3 THE PRIVITERA ERA • In his first season at UVM, Boston University transfer Alexx Privitera ranked 11. Merrimack 13 22 5-14-3 38 16-18-4 fifth in Hockey East and 20th nationally in defensive scoring with 26 points. 12. Massachusetts 11 22 5-16-1 36 11-23-2 • The defenseman registered eight points in his final eight games of the season and fed his younger brother Jarrid for the game-winning goal in Game 3 of the USCHO.COM POLL (SEPT. 28, 2015) Hockey East Quarterfinal at No. 3 seed Boston College. • Privitera was also the league’s fourth-leading shot blocker with a team-high RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) RECORD PTS LAST YR 78 after blocking nine attempts in the quarterfinals against BC. 1 Boston College (19) 21-14-3 907 13 • During Hockey East regular season play, Privitera ranked second on the team 2 Minnesota Duluth (12) 21-16-3 836 6 with 15 points and also sat second on the squad with five power play goals. 3 Boston University (6) 28-8-5 820 2 • He ranked third on the team in scoring with 26 points and notched his 50th 4 North Dakota (1) 29-10-3 766 3 5 Denver 24-14-2 739 5 career point against Maine in the Hockey East Opening Round. 6 Minnesota State (1) 29-8-3 699 7 7 Providence (6) 26-13-2 642 1 BRADLEY STEPS UP 8 Harvard (1) 21-13-3 592 11 • Brendan Bradley stepped up late last year in the absence of reigning Hockey 9 Minnesota (1) 23-13-3 530 12 East Rookie of the Year Mario Puskarich, who missed 11 of the team’s last 12 10 Nebraska Omaha 20-13-6 505 4 games with a lower body injury. 11 Miami (1) 25-14-1 461 8 • During that time, Bradley moved up to the top line, posted a career-high 12 Yale 18-10-5 432 15 seven-game point streak, and registered 10 points in his last nine games. 13 Michigan 22-15-0 417 20 • Bradley scored five goals in that nine-game span after lighting the lamp just 14 UMass Lowell (2) 21-12-6 398 17 twice in his first 32 contests. 15 Michigan Tech 29-10-2 390 9 16 Bowling Green 23-11-5 316 18 • He finished tied for fifth on the team in points (24) and fourth in assists (17).