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 GAME 17 tonight’s matchup schedule TV VERMONT CATAMOUNTS • 4-10-2 (3-5-2 HEA) vs. Overall: 4-10-2 N/A HEA: 3-5-2 #13 ST. LAWRENCE SAINTS • 9-4-2 (4-2-1 ECAC) Home: 1-6-2 RADIO Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vt. Away: 3-3-0 WVMT 620-AM Neutral: 0-1-0 PxP: Alastair Ingram Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 • 7:05 p.m. Analyst: Joe Gervais OCTOBER (2-4-1 • 1-0-1 HEA) Reporter: Josh Parker 4 ACADIA (Exh.) L, 2-1 10 at #8 Minnesota # W, 3-0 VIDEO 16 #3 NEBRASKA OMAHA L, 4-3 CatamounTV.com 17 #3 NEBRASKA OMAHA L, 3-1 Overall 4-10-2 9-4-2 23 #1 NORTH DAKOTA L, 2-0 AUDIO League 3-5-2 4-2-1 24 #1 NORTH DAKOTA L, 5-2 SportsJuice.com Home 1-6-2 5-2-0 29 at Northeastern + W, 3-2 Away 3-3-0 4-2-2 31 NORTHEASTERN + T, 3-3 LIVE STATS Neutral 0-1-0 0-0-0 UVMathletics.com NOVEMBER (1-5-1 • 1-4-1 HEA) Goals/Game 2.06 3.27 6 #4 UMASS LOWELL + L, 5-3 GAA 2.94 1.93 COACHING STAFFS 7 #4 UMASS LOWELL + L, 1-0 Power Play 10.0% 8.3% 13 UCONN + W, 2-1 VERMONT 76.9% 88.4% Head Coach: Penalty Kill 15 UMASS AMHERST + T, 3-3 Kevin Sneddon Shots on Goal 30.9 33.1 20 at Maine + L, 3-2 Harvard ‘92 Penalty Minutes 11.2 11.6 21 at Maine + L, 4-1 Overall: 243-313-80 (18th) Goals Leader J. Privitera (6) Bayreuther (6) 29 vs. #20 Penn State & L, 4-0 UVM: 193-214-62 (13th) Assists Leader Puskarich (9) Sweetman (7) Puskarich (14) Bayreuther (12) DECEMBER (1-1-0 • 1-1-0 HEA) Points Leader 4 at #11 Boston University + W, 4-2 Associate Head Coach: GAA Leader Santaguida (2.70) Hayton (1.91) 5 at #11 Boston University + L, 5-3 Kevin Patrick (4th) SV% Leader Santaguida (.911) Hayton (.934) Notre Dame ‘92 11 #13 ST. LAWRENCE 7:05 pm 12 at #13 St. Lawrence 7:00 pm SETTING THE SCENE 20 at Union 4:00 pm Associate Head Coach: • Vermont opens a home-and-home series against former ECAC rival St. 29 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE % 7:05 pm Kyle Wallack (4th) Lawrence tonight at Gutterson Fieldhouse at 7:05 p.m. Springfield ‘97 30 COLGATE % 7:05 pm • St. Lawrence is UVM’s second-longest standing rival in men’s hockey JANUARY Assistant Coach: behind New Hampshire as the schools meet for the 92nd time tonight. 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7:05 pm Jeff Hill (1st) • The Catamounts swept the Saints in a home-and-home set last year 8 DARTMOUTH 7:05 pm Vermont ‘08 in mid-December by the combined score of 4-1. 15 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm • UVM was just four minutes away from sweeping 11th-ranked Boston 16 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm ST. LAWRENCE University on the road last weekend but had to settle for two points. 22 at UConn + 8:30 pm Head Coach: 23 at UMass Amherst + 7:00 pm Greg Carvel • Vermont closes the first half of the season next Sunday at Union. St. Lawrence '93 FEBRUARY 5 NOTRE DAME + 7:05 pm Overall: 62-53-13 (4th) WEEKEND SPLIT IN BOSTON SLU: 62-53-13 (4th) 6 NOTRE DAME + 7:05 pm • Brendan Bradley broke a 2-2 tie with nine minutes left in the third 12 at New Hampshire + 7:00 pm period and Liam Coughlin potted an empty-netter for his first career Associate Head Coach: 13 at New Hampshire + 5:00 pm Mike Hurlbut goal as Vermont downed No. 11 Boston University 4-2 on Friday. 19 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm St. Lawrence '89 • Former Terrier Alexx Privitera closed the night with a pair of assists, 20 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm while forwards Anthony Petruzzelli and Jarrid Privitera added tallies. 26 at Merrimack + 8:30 pm Assistant Coach: • Vermont held a 3-2 lead on Saturday night before Matt Lane tied the 27 at Merrimack + 7:00 pm Jared DeMichiel MARCH RIT '10 score even strength at the 16:31 mark of the third period. • After a five-minute charging major on Brady Shaw, Brandon Hickey 4-6 HEA First Round @ TBA 11-13 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA Assistant Coach: scored the game-winner 14 seconds into the power play and Brandon 18-19 HEA Championship ^ TBA Scott Dexter Fortunato added an empty-net goal as time expired for a 5-3 win. 25-27 NCAA Regionals TBA Hamilton '92 APRIL OFFICIALS MILESTONE WATCH 7-9 NCAA Frozen Four $ TBA Referee: Andy O’Brien • After a pair last Friday, Alexx Privitera is only four assists away from Referee: Jay Durfee 50 in his career and made his 100th collegiate appearance on Nov. 15. Home games in ALL CAPS Linesman: Jeremy Lovett • Mario Puskarich is the program’s active leading scorer and sits one # U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game Jason Shattie Linesman: point away from 75 for his NCAA career after two assists last weekend. + Hockey East game & Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) • Brendan Bradley hit the 50-point plateau with a pair of goals against % Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup (Burlington, Vt.) BU, while fellow junior Brady Shaw is two points from a half-century. @ Campus Locations • Head coach Kevin Sneddon is just seven shy of his 200th victory ^ TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) behind the UVM bench and his 250th career NCAA victory. $ Amalie Arena (Tampa, Fla.) STANDINGS & POLLS • GAME NOTES HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS SANTA GETS THE NOD • Mike Santaguida has played every minute in the Vermont net this year as a CONFERENCE OVERALL junior but will miss this weekend’s action with a lower body injury. PTS GP RECORD GP RECORD • Santaguida has been busy in his first 16 starts, stopping 442 shots to rank 1. UMass Lowell 15 11 6-2-3 17 10-3-4 second overall in Hockey East with the ninth-best save percentage (.911). 2. Boston College 13 7 6-0-1 15 13-1-1 • His 42 saves against Penn State on Nov. 29 set a new career-best, with his 3. Notre Dame 12 8 5-1-2 16 8-4-4 previous career-high (39) coming on Oct. 23 against top-ranked North Dakota. 4. Providence 10 6 4-0-2 14 11-0-3 Boston University 10 9 4-3-2 16 8-5-3 • The Ontario native was named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week 6. New Hampshire 872-1-4 15 5-6-4 on Oct. 12 after posting his fifth career shutout at eighth-ranked Minnesota. Merrimack 892-3-4 14 6-4-4 • Last season as a sophomore, the Mike Richter Award finalist posted the third- UMass Amherst 8 10 2-4-4 17 6-7-4 best save percentage and fifth-best goals against average in program history. Vermont 8 10 3-5-2 16 4-10-2 10. UConn 6 10 3-7-0 15 5-10-0 SUPER MARIO RETURNS 11. Maine 582-5-1 17 4-9-4 • Mario Puskarich is tied for 20th in Hockey East scoring this season with a 12. Northeastern 3 11 0-8-3 17 2-12-3 team-best 14 points and has at least one point in 12 of his 16 contests. • Puskarich ranks sixth in the league with 58 shots on goal to lead the team USCHO.COM POLL (DEC. 7, 2015) and has fired 33 shots on target over the last seven games. • He has posted at least five shots on goal six different times this season. RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) RECORD PTS LAST WK • The forward missed 11 of the final 12 games last season due to injury but 1 Providence (39) 11-0-3 986 1 ranked second on the team with 11 goals and fifth on the team with 24 points. 2 Quinnipiac (10) 15-0-2 951 3 • The Florida native scored 19 times as a freshman two years ago and became 3 Boston College 13-1-1 898 2 the first Catamount to win the Hockey East Rookie of the Year Award. 4 North Dakota (1) 14-2-2 867 4 5 Nebraska Omaha 12-3-1 771 6 6 St. Cloud State 12-4-0 742 7 SEASON OF GIVING 7 Harvard 6-1-3 669 8 • Alexx Privitera posted a pair of assists last weekend against his former team 8 UMass Lowell 10-3-4 629 5 at Boston University and is currently four assists away from 50 in his career. 9 Michigan 8-2-3 555 12 • Now in his second year at UVM, Privitera ranks second on the team with nine 10 Cornell 8-1-2 514 15 points and skated in his 100th career contest on Nov. 15 against UMass. 11 Denver 7-5-2 459 9 • Alexx is tied for 10th overall among Hockey East defensemen in scoring. 12 Boston University 8-5-3 455 11 • He has also blocked a team-high 27 shots to rank sixth in the league and was 13 St.