Vermont • Dec. 14, 2013 The 2013-14 Saint Season 8-8-2, 2-4-2 ECAC St. Lawrence (8-8-2) at Vermont (7-5-1) Oct. 5 CARLETON (exh) W, 4-2 Oct. 11 MAINE W, 3-1 Radio: WFLK 95.3 • Greg Lapinski and Wally Johnson Oct. 12 MAINE W, 5-2 Zeebs du Jour Oct. 18 at Ferris State W, 3-2 Referees: Andy O’Brien, Thomas Quinn; Lines: Jason Shattie, Pat Turcotte Oct. 19 at Ferris State L, 5-3 Oct. 25 NORTHEASTERN L, 6-3 Oct. 26 NORTHEASTERN W, 6-4 NON-LEAGUE GAMES WINDING DOWN: The Saints will play at Vermont in the Nov. 1 at Yale* T, 3-3 penultimate non-league game of the 2013-14 season, resuming a series with Nov. 2 at Brown* T, 3-3 the former ECAC rival. The Saints will actually meet Vermont in back-to-back Nov. 8 at Harvard* W, 3-1 games as SLU will start the 2014 portion of the schedule with a game against Nov. 9 at Dartmouth* W, 8-5 the Cats at Appleton Arena on Jan. 7 in the final non-league game of the year, Nov. 15 COLGATE* L, 5-3 but UVM has five games, all at home, between Saturday’s game and the re- match. The Saints will be out to snap a three-game losing streak when they take Nov. 16 CORNELL* L, 5-2 on the Cats, who have won four straight, but have not played since Nov. 30. The Nov. 22 at RIT W, 5-3 Saints are 3-1 against Hockey East teams thus far this season will all four games Nov. 23 at RIT L, 6-4 at Appleton and take a 6-4-0 non-league ledger into Saturday’s game which will Nov. 29 at North Dakota W, 5-2 feature the Saints’ power play, which leads the nation at 30 percent, against Nov. 30 at North Dakota L, 3-2 Vermont’s penalty kill, which is fifth nationally at 89.1 percent. SLU is fourth na- Dec. 6 at Clarkson* L, 5-4 tionally in offense at 3.78 goals per game while UVM is 12th in defense at 2.31. Dec. 7 CLARKSON* L, 4-3 Dec. 14 at Vermont 7:05 THE SAINT STAFF: Greg Carvel is in his second season as Saint head coach after Jan. 7 VERMONT 7:00 posting one of the best records for a first-year coach in program history a year Jan. 17 BROWN* 7:00 ago. The Saints 18-16-4 mark is the best for a first-year Saint coach since George Jan. 18 YALE* 7:00 Menard went 18-5-0 in his first season, 1955-56. Carvel was named the second Charles W. Appleton II Head Men’s Hockey Coach in the spring of 2012. A 1993 Jan. 24 at Cornell* 7:00 graduate of St. Lawrence and a former Saint hockey captain, he joined the staff Jan. 25 at Colgate* 7:00 as an assistant coach in the fall of 2011. He is the 13th head coach in program Jan. 31 UNION* 7:00 history. Carvel came to the Saints after a 15-year professional hockey coach- Feb. 1 RENSSELAER* 7:00 ing career that included assisting coach duties with the Ottawa Senators and Feb. 7 at Princeton* 7:00 Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League, helping both teams reach the Feb. 8 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 Stanley Cup finals. He began his professional career as director of hockey oper- Feb. 14 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 ations for the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League and joined Feb. 15 HARVARD* 7:00 Anaheim as scouting coordinator in 1999. He added video coaching duties to Feb. 21 at Rensselaer* 7:00 his title in Anaheim in 2002 and was promoted to assistant coach in 2003. He Feb. 22 at Union* 7:00 joined the Senators in 2004. The winner of the ECAC’s Best Defensive Forward Feb. 28 QUINNIPIAC* 7:00 Award as a senior at St. Lawrence, Carvel graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science and mathematics. He was an Academic All America and a Mar. 1 PRINCETON* 7:00 three-time winner of the Brian McFarlane Award for academic and athletic Mar. 7 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 accomplishments. He is joined behind the Saint bench by Associate Head Coach Mar. 8 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 Mike Hurlbut ‘89, a former All America defenseman who was part of two ECAC Mar. 9 ECAC 1st Round 7:00 Championship teams at SLU and had a 14-year professional playing career and Mar. 14 ECAC Quartefinals 7:00 assistant coach Kris Mayotte, who played goal for Union and graduated in 2006. Mar. 15 ECAC Quarterfinals 7:00 Mayotte also has professional playing experience. Mar. 16 ECAC Quarterfinals 7:00 Mar. 21 ECAC Semifinals TBA SAINT SUPPORT STAFF: Aisha Visram, a 2007 graduate of the University of Mar. 22 ECAC Championship TBA Guelph, is in her first season as athletic trainer for the Saint men’s hockey team. ^-Central Standard Time Mike Elberty, a 1979 St. Lawrence graduate is the strength and conditioning coach and Brenden McHugh is the video coordinator for the 2012-13 Saints. Wally Johnson is the sports information contact and is in his 39th year of work- ing with the Saint program. He also works with the Saint radio broadcasts during games. The Tale of The Tape The Record When: Overall Record: 8-8-2 St. Lawrence Vermont At Home: 3-4-0 Record 8-8-2 7-5-1 On the Road: 5-4-2 Offense 3.78 2.54 Neutral: 0-0-0 League: 2-4-2 Defense 3.61 2.31 League Home: 0-3-0 Power Play 30.0 15.2 League Away:2-1-2 Penalty Kill 76.0 89.1 Non-League: 6-4-0 Combined Sp. Teams 53.6 51.5 Non-League Home: 3-1-0 Special Teams Net +5 +1 Non-League Away: 3-3-0 Pen. Min. Gm. 14.3 13.2 Non-League Neutral: 0-0-0 Leading after One: 4-3-2 Trailing after One: 2-3-0 Tied after One: 2-2-0 Leading after Two: 7-1-0 THE BREAKDOWN: The 2013-14 Saint roster includes seven seniors, four juniors, five Trailing after Two: 0-3-0 sophomores and 10 freshmen. The Saints return three of their top five scorers from last Tied after Two: 1-4-2 season and seven of the top ten. Of the 15 returnees, 13 played at least 31 games a year In Overtime: 0-0-2 ago. Graduation claimed two defensemen, three forwards and a goaltender. One of the Scoring First: 4-5-1 sophomores, Brian Ward (Dartmouth transfer) is a newcomer giving the Saints 11 new Opp. Scores First: 3-4-1 faces on the roster. That is the largest rookie group since coach Greg Carvel’s rookie sea- Outshooting Opp.: 6-5-0 son of 1989-90 and second only to the 1980-81 rookie class which included 15 players in Opp. Outshoots SLU: 1-2-2 coach Mike McShane’s first season as SLU coach. Shots are Even: 1-1-0 Scoring 3 or More: 8-6-2 THE SAINT CAPTAINS: Senior center Kyle Essery will be the Saint captain for 2013-14 Scoring 2 or Less: 0-2-0 with seniors Jeremy Wick and Justin Baker and junior Gunnar Hughes wearing the “A”. Scoring on the PP: 5-7-2 Wick was promoted to assistant captain midway through last season while Gunnar Allowing a PP Goal: 5-7-2 Hughes follows in the footsteps of his brother George, who was a two-year assistant In October: 4-2-0 captain for the Saints. The Saints have had a junior as a captain or assistant captain in In November: 4-4-2 each of the last four years. Baker was named an assistant prior to the start of league play In December: 0-2-0 in November. In January: 0-0-0 In February: 0-0-0 THE VERMONT SERIES: The Saints and Vermont have played 85 times since an initial In March: 0-0-0 meeting in Canton in 1926-27 and the Saints have won 47 of those meetings, 28 on On Friday: 5-3-1 them on home ice. Overall the Saints lead the series 47-35-3 after a 5-2 win by the On Saturday: 3-5-1 Catamounts at Appleton Arena last year. The Saints won the last meeting between the two clubs in Burlington, 2-1 in December of 2011. The Catamounts have a slight 5-4-0 edge in the series since moving to Hockey East in the 2005-06 season and hold a 18-15-2 series advantage in games played at Gutterson Field House. BROTHER ACTS: The arrival of Matt Carey gives the Saints a brother act in the lineup for the ninth straight season and bodes well for older brother Greg. Brothers George and Gunnar Hughes played together for the Saints in 2012-13 and 2011-12, Sean and Kyle Flanagan and Pat and Matt Raley were teammates in 2010-11, Derek and Jared Keller played together from 2007-08 to 2009-10, and Mark and Paul Wallmann played for the Saints from 2004-05 to 2006-07. Other brother acts who have played together for the Saints have included the Lappins...Pete and Tim from 1984-85 to 1988-89 and Mike and Chris in 1990-91 and 1991-92, the Harneys, Jake and Justin from 1996-00, the Muir twins, Mike and Sean from 1998-02, plus Eric and Martin Lacroix in the 1990s, Bill and Mike Gerrie and Dean and Dick Popiel in the 1980s.