GAME 8 VERMONT CATAMOUNTS (1-4-2 • 1-4-0 WHEA) vs. NEW HAMPSHIRE WILDCATS (1-6-1 • 1-5-0 WHEA) NOV. 2, 2018 • 2:00 p.m. • GUTTERSON FIELDHOUSE • BURLINGTON, VT. SETTING THE SCENE SCHEDULE & RESULTS • Friday afternoon’s matchup is the 44th all-time meeting between the Catamounts OVERALL 1-4-2 CONFERENCE 1-4-0 and UNH Wildcats HOME 0-2-2 ROAD 1-1-0 • Vermont has a 12-27-4 record against the Wildcats in the all-time series and a 2-2- NEUTRAL 0-0-0 1 mark in the last five games meetings SEPTEMBER • It’s game two of the season-series as well as the first meeting between the two 29 MCGILL (Exh.) W, 3-2 schools at Gutterson Fieldhouse in 2018-19 OCTOBER 6 UCONN* L, 4-2 • UVM took game one at the Whittemore Center in Durham, N.H. for their only win 12 QUINNIPIAC T, 1-1 13 QUINNIPIAC T, 3-3 to-date with a 2-1 victory 19 at New Hampshire* W, 2-1 • Saana Valkama and Ève-Audrey Picard registered goals in the first two periods for 20 at Boston College* L, 3-0 26 at Merrimack* L, 2-1 Vermont while Melissa Black stopped 22 shots in goal 30 NORTHEASTERN* L,4-1 NOVEMBER • Kristina Shanahan (1 goal, 3 assists) and Alyssa Gorecki (4 assists) were the 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 2 p.m. Catamounts top performers against UNH last season 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 2 p.m. 6 at Dartmouth 7 p.m. 11 PROVIDENCE* 1 p.m. INSIDE THE GAME 16 at Boston University* 7 p.m. 17 at Boston University* 3 p.m. 23 SYRACUSE^ 7 p.m. BROADCAST INFORMATION OFFICIALS 24 ST. LAWRENCE/MINNESOTA 7 p.m. 30 MAINE* 2 p.m. VIDEO: CatamounTV.com Referee: Patrick Silva DECEMBER 1 MAINE* 1 p.m. AUDIO: CatamounTV.com Referee: Bob Hawkes 7 at Yale 6 p.m. 8 at Yale 3 p.m. LIVE STATS: UVMAthletics.com Linesman: Evan Knox JANUARY 5 at Providence* 2 p.m. Linesman: Jeremy Letourneau 6 at Providence* 2 p.m. 11 MERRIMACK* 7 p.m. 12 MERRIMACK* 4 p.m. 18 BOSTON COLLEGE* 7 p.m. 19 BOSTON COLLEGE* 4 p.m. 25 at Northeastern*! 6 p.m. 26 at Northeastern* 2 p.m. FEBRUARY INSIDE THE MATCHUP 1 BOSTON UNIVERSITY*+ 7 p.m. MEDIA INFORMATION 3 at Holy Cross* 2 p.m. 2 players (2) ....... Goals ........... 2 players (3) 8 at UConn* 6 p.m. 2 players (3) .......Assists ............. Martin (4) 9 at UConn 3 p.m. SID 15 HOLY CROSS* 7 p.m. Ryan Manley 2 players (4) ....... Points ............ Dunbar (5) 16 HOLY CROSS* 4 p.m. Black (2.24) ......... GAA .........Boutilier (2.28) 23 at Maine* 2 p.m. Office Phone MARCH (802) 656-1109 Schafzahl (27) .....Shots ..... Wenczowski (28) 1-3 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA 9-10 HEA Championship # TBA Email 1.43 ............ Goals per game ................ 1.62 15-17 NCAA Quarterfinals TBA [email protected] 5-7 NCAA Frozen Four $ TBA 2.57 .................... GAA ........................2.38 Home games in ALL CAPS Website 3.4% ..............Power Play .................16.1% * Hockey East game UVMAthletics.com 88.9% ............Penalty Kill ................ 95.7% ^ Windjammer Classic (Burlington, Vt.) 8.3 ................. PIM/game ..................... 5.8 ! WATCH on NESNplus Video Stream + Pack the Gut CatamounTV.com 22.0 ...............Shots/game ..................22.8 @ Campus Sites 51.6% ...............Faceoffs .................. 45.9% # Boston, Mass. (Matthews Arena) & Hamden, Conn. (TD Bank Sports Center) @UVMWHOCKEY UVMATHLETICS.COM ON THIS DATE... GAME NOTES Nov. 2, 2014 SCOUTING THE WILDCATS • New Hampshire enters its ninth game of the season with a 1-6-1 The Catamounts netted four goals in the third period to defeat UConn 6-0 at Gutterson (1-5-0 WHEA) record Fieldhouse. • The Wildcats last played at Providence where they fell 1-0 to the Friars Dayna Colang, Cassidy Campeau, and Brittany • UNH’s lone win came against UConn in a 5-3 home victory led by Zuback each recorded two points while Nicole Dunbar’s two-goal performance Madison Litchfield posted a 19-save shutout. • Dunbar leads the Wildcats with three goals on the season as well as a team-high five points Vermont outshot the Huskies 42-19 in the win. • Freshman forward Lauren Martin has a team-high four assists through eight games this season • Ava Boutilier has played all but one game for New Hampshire LAST 20 MEETINGS posting a 2.28 GAA, .923 SV% and the third-most saves (193) in Hockey East • UNH finished last season with a 14-15-7 (9-10-5 WHEA) for fifth DATE RESULT LOCATION 10-19-18 W, 2-1 Durham, N.H. in Hockey East, but were ousted by fourth-seeded Northeastern in 11-4-17 L, 6-2 Durham, N.H. two games of the league quarterfinals. 11-3-17 T, 2-2 (OT) Durham, N.H. 10-20-17 L, 5-4 Burlington, Vt. INSIDE THE SERIES 2-4-17 W, 3-1 Burlington, Vt. • Friday afternoon marks the 44th all-time meetings between 2-3-17 T, 3-3 (OT) Burlington, Vt. the Catamounts and UNH 10-28-17 L, 4-2 Durham, N.H. • Vermont has an 12-27-4 record against the Wildcats dating 2-6-16 W, 3-2 Durham, N.H. back to the 2002-03 season 2-5-16 W, 2-1 Durham, N.H. • The Catamounts are 2-2-1 in the five previous meetings with 10-30-15 L, 4-0 Burlington, Vt. New Hampshire, which includes a hard-fought overtime loss at 2-14-15 T, 3-3 (OT) Burlington, Vt. Gutterson Fieldhouse 2-13-15 L, 4-2 Burlington, Vt. • The two programs have already met this season at New 11-8-14 L, 5-1 Durham, N.H. Hampshire where the Catamounts earned their first win of the 2-16-14 W, 5-1 Durham, N.H. season 2-15-14 W, 3-2 Durham, N.H. • Saana Valkama and Ève-Audrey Picard registered goals in 11-10-13 T, 3-3 (OT) Burlington, Vt. the first two period for Vermont while Melissa Black stopped 22 2-2-13 L, 4-2 Burlington, Vt. shots in goal 2-1-13 W, 3-1 Burlington, Vt. • Last season, Kristina Shanahan (1 goal, 3 assists) and Alyssa 10-16-12 W, 4-3 Durham, N.H. Gorecki (4 assists) were the Catamounts top performers against 1-29-12 W, 2-1 Burlington, Vt. UNH. 2018-19 HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS LAST TIME OUT • Vermont fell to No. 8 Northeastern 4-1 at Gutterson Fieldhouse CONFERENCE OVERALL Tuesday night GP Pts. Record GP Record • Val Caldwell registered her first goal of the season on assists 1. Northeastern 7 13 6-0-1 9 7-1-1 from Ève-Audrey Picard and Maude Poulin-Labelle 2. Boston College 4 8 4-0-0 9 7-2-0 • Blanka Škodová entered the game in the second period and 3. Merrimack 5 7 3-1-1 9 6-1-2 stopped all 17 shots she faced in relief 4. UConn 5 5 2-2-1 9 5-3-1 SWEET 60 Boston University 7 5 1-3-3 7 1-3-3 • Ève-Audrey Picard recorded her 60th career point Tuesday 6. Providence 3 4 2-1-0 7 5-2-0 night against No. 8 Northeastern at Gutterson Fieldhouse Maine 4 4 2-2-0 8 6-2-0 • The junior assistant captain became the seventh Catamount 8. Vermont 5 2 1-4-0 7 1-4-2 in program history to reach the 60-point milestone New Hampshire 6 2 1-5-0 8 1-6-1 • Her career total includes 32 goals, which is sixth on the 10. Holy Cross 4 0 0-4-0 9 0-7-2 program’s all-time list • Picard is two points away from tying Taylor Willard ’18 for sixth all-time in program history. @UVMWHOCKEY UVMATHLETICS.COM GAME NOTES GAME NOTES SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS! • Rookie Theresa Schafzahl registered a season-high 10 shots and her first career goal at Merrimack (Oct .26) CATS IN THE PROS • Her heavy shot total was 52.6% of the Vermont total against • The Vermont women have seven alumni playing professionally the Warriors in that contest in North America • Schafzahl became one of three skaters in Hockey East to • Amanda Pelkey ‘15 continues her career with the Boston Pride register at least 10 shots on goal in one-game in the month (NWHL) for the third year of October • The all-time leading scorer in UVM history with 105 pts is fresh • Alyssa Gorecki registered a season-high 13 shots last season off a gold medal with Team USA in the Pyongchang Olympic against RIT in the Windjammer Classic Games • Madison Litchfield ‘17 guards the net for Pelkey and the Boston CATS ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE Pride • Six of the 2018-19 Catamounts have skated for their national • The two former Catamounts spent two years together in programs in their careers Vermont and tallied a record of 33-33-6, which included the • Sammy Kolowrat represented the Czech Republic in several program’s first trip to the Hockey East Semifinals IIHF World Championships, most recently in 2016-17 • Taylor Willard ‘18 was selected 23rd overall in the CWHL draft • Sini Karjalainen and Saana Valkama represented the Finland by the Montreal Canadiennes U18 program for several seasons • Rachael Ade ‘17 enters her second season with the Connecticut • Theresa Schafzahl played for the Austria U18 and National Whale (NWHL) Team prior to Vermont • Pelkey’s former teammate, Brittany Zuback’ 15 made her • Ève-Audrey Picard represented the Canada U18 team in professional debut with the Toronto Furies (CWHL) last season, 2013-14 and participated in Team Canada Development Camp posting 13 points in 24 games leading up to the 2018 Olympic Games • Mackenzie MacNeil’ 18 and Gina Repaci ‘16 round out the Cats in the pro ranks after getting drafted 25th by the Toronto Furies LIGHT THE NIGHT and 26th overall by the Markham Thunder, respectively • The Catamounts raised $1,720 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and participated in the Light the Night Walk Friday (Sept.