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 14 tonight’s matchup schedule TV VERMONT CATAMOUNTS • 3-8-2 (2-4-2 HEA) vs. Overall: 3-8-2 N/A HEA: 2-4-2 #20 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS • 7-2-3 (0-0-0 BIG 10) Home: 1-6-2 RADIO Wells Fargo Center • Philadelphia, Pa. Away: 2-2-0 WVMT 620-AM Neutral: 0-0-0 PxP: Alastair Ingram Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015 • 1:00 p.m. Analyst: TBA OCTOBER (2-4-1 • 1-0-1 HEA) 4 ACADIA (Exh.) L, 2-1 VIDEO 10 at #8 Minnesota # W, 3-0 GoPSUSports.com 16 #3 NEBRASKA OMAHA L, 4-3 17 #3 NEBRASKA OMAHA L, 3-1 AUDIO Overall 3-8-2 7-2-3 23 #1 NORTH DAKOTA L, 2-0 SportsJuice.com League 2-4-2 0-0-0 24 #1 NORTH DAKOTA L, 5-2 Home 1-6-2 5-2-1 29 at Northeastern + W, 3-2 LIVE STATS Away 2-2-0 2-0-2 31 NORTHEASTERN + T, 3-3 HockeyEastOnline.com 0-0-0 0-0-0 Neutral NOVEMBER (1-4-1 • 1-4-1 HEA) Goals/Game 2.00 4.17 6 #4 UMASS LOWELL + L, 5-3 COACHING STAFFS GAA 2.77 2.58 7 #4 UMASS LOWELL + L, 1-0 VERMONT Power Play 10.0% 28.8% 13 UCONN + W, 2-1 Head Coach: Penalty Kill 78.8% 80.0% 15 UMASS AMHERST + T, 3-3 Kevin Sneddon 31.3 44.9 Harvard ‘92 Shots on Goal 20 at Maine + L, 3-2 10.5 7.0 Overall: 242-311-80 (18th) Penalty Minutes 21 at Maine + L, 4-1 UVM: 192-212-62 (13th) Goals Leader Puskarich/J. Privitera (5) Berger (8) 29 vs. Penn State & 1:00 pm Assists Leader Puskarich (7) Goodwin/Loik (9) Puskarich (12) Berger/Loik (13) DECEMBER Associate Head Coach: Points Leader 4 at Boston University + 7:30 pm Kevin Patrick (4th) GAA Leader Santaguida (2.62) McAdam (2.51) 5 at Boston University + 4:00 pm Notre Dame ‘92 SV% Leader Santaguida (.907) McAdam (.917) 11 ST. LAWRENCE 7:05 pm 12 at St. Lawrence 7:00 pm SETTING THE SCENE Associate Head Coach: 20 at Union 4:00 pm • Vermont and Penn State meet this afternoon at 1 p.m. in the fourth Kyle Wallack (4th) 29 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE % 7:05 pm Springfield ‘97 annual Philadelphia College Hockey Faceoff at the Wells Fargo Center. 30 COLGATE % 7:05 pm • The Nittany Lions have won two of the previous three meetings in JANUARY Assistant Coach: Philadelphia, including a 4-2 come-from-behind win in January. Jeff Hill (1st) 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7:05 pm Vermont ‘08 • UVM scored its only series win with a 5-2 victory two seasons ago. 8 DARTMOUTH 7:05 pm • The Catamounts were swept on the road at Maine in a Hockey East 15 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm PENN STATE series last weekend, while Penn State is riding a five-game unbeaten 16 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm Head Coach: streak (3-0-2) into today’s action. 22 at UConn + 8:30 pm Guy Gadowsky 23 at UMass Amherst + 7:00 pm Colorado College '89 LAST WEEKEND AT MAINE FEBRUARY Overall: 212-253-43 (16th) 5 NOTRE DAME + 7:05 pm • Vermont stormed back from 3-0 down in the third period but the PSU: 39-55-6 (4th) 6 NOTRE DAME + 7:05 pm comeback fell one short as Maine held on for a 3-2 victory on Friday. 12 at New Hampshire + 7:00 pm Assistant Coach: • Rob Hamilton (1) and Mario Puskarich (5) registered goals for UVM 13 at New Hampshire + 5:00 pm Keith Fisher exactly one minute apart in the third period. 19 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm St. Cloud State '00 • The Black Bears scored two shorthanded goals and a power play goal 20 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm in the first period on Saturday and hung on for a 4-1 victory. 26 at Merrimack + 8:30 pm Assistant Coach: 27 at Merrimack + 7:00 pm Matt Lindsay • Brady Shaw netted the only UVM tally in the opening frame. Williams '01 • Vermont finished the weekend with a 77-49 edge in shots over the MARCH Black Bears, including a dominant 33-4 advantage in the third period. 4-6 HEA First Round @ TBA OFFICIALS 11-13 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA Referee: Kevin Shea 18-19 HEA Championship ^ TBA Referee: Bob Ritchie CATAMOUNT NOTES 25-27 NCAA Regionals TBA Tommy George • Alexx Privitera made his 100th career appearance on Nov. 15 against Linesman: APRIL Linesman: Kevin Briganti UMass, while his brother Jarrid is tied for the team-lead in goals (5). 7-9 NCAA Frozen Four $ TBA • Mario Puskarich is the program’s active leading scorer and is just three points away from 75 after scoring his fifth goal last weekend. Home games in ALL CAPS • Juniors Brendan Bradley and Brady Shaw are each just two points # U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game away from hitting the half-century mark at Vermont. + Hockey East game & Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) • Six different UVM rookies have posted their first collegiate points % Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup (Burlington, Vt.) this season, including defenseman Mike Lee’s first-ever goal on Nov. 6. @ Campus Locations • Head coach Kevin Sneddon is just eight 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 (NOV. 27, 2015) PHILLY CONNECTIONS • Two Catamounts hail from the state of Pennsylvania: Junior Brendan Bradley CONFERENCE OVERALL (Warminster) and freshman Conor O'Neil (Hummelstown). PTS GP RECORD GP RECORD • Bradley grew up in the northern suburbs of Philadelphia as a Flyers fan and 1. UMass Lowell 13 8 5-0-3 13 9-1-3 scored his first career goal shorthanded at the Wells Fargo Center two years ago. 2. Boston College 10 5 5-0-0 12 11-1-0 • Sophomore Rob Darrar is from Monroe Township, New Jersey, located about an 3. Notre Dame 863-1-2 12 5-3-4 hour northeast of the City of Brotherly Love. Boston University 873-2-2 13 7-4-2 Merrimack 872-1-4 11 6-1-4 UMass Amherst 882-2-4 13 6-3-4 SANTA GETS THE NOD 7. Providence 642-0-2 11 8-0-3 • After splitting time with Brody Hoffman during his first two seasons, Mike Vermont 682-4-2 13 3-8-2 Santaguida has played every minute in the UVM net this year as a junior. 9. New Hampshire 551-1-3 12 3-6-3 • Santaguida has been busy in his first 13 starts, stopping 331 shots to rank 10. Maine 462-4-0 13 2-8-3 second overall in Hockey East with the eighth-best goals against average (2.62). 11. UConn 281-7-0 13 3-10-0 • He finished with a career-high 39 saves on Oct. 23 against top-ranked North Northeastern 280-6-2 13 1-10-2 Dakota, including 33 stops in the first two periods combined. • The Ontario native was named the Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week USCHO.COM POLL (NOV. 23, 2015) on Oct. 12 after posting his fifth career shutout at eighth-ranked Minnesota. • Last season as a sophomore, the Mike Richter Award finalist posted the third- RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) RECORD PTS LAST WK best save percentage and fifth-best goals against average in program history. 1 Providence (36) 8-0-3 983 1 • He stopped 35 shots in last year’s Philadelphia College Hockey Faceoff and 2 Boston College (9) 10-1-0 936 2 made 31 stops, including 23 in the third, in a 5-2 win two years ago vs. PSU. 3 Quinnipiac (5) 11-0-2 901 3 4 UMass Lowell 9-1-3 816 5 5 North Dakota 10-2-2 795 4 SUPER MARIO RETURNS 6 Nebraska Omaha 9-2-1 745 6 • Mario Puskarich is tied for 17th in Hockey East scoring this season with a 7 St. Cloud State 9-3-0 716 7 team-best 12 points and has at least one point in 10 of his 13 contests. 8 Harvard 4-1-1 640 8 • The forward missed 11 of the final 12 games last season due to injury but 9 Denver 7-3-2 565 9 ranked second on the team with 11 goals and fifth on the team with 24 points. 10 Yale 5-1-2 516 11 • Puskarich is tied for second in the league with 51 shots on goal to lead the 11 Boston University 6-4-2 474 10 team and has fired 26 shots on target over the last three weekends. 12 Michigan 6-2-1 468 12 • He has posted at least five shots on goal five different times this season. 13 Merrimack 6-1-4 402 13 • The Florida native scored 19 times as a freshman two years ago and became 14 St. Lawrence 8-3-2 378 14 15 Bowling Green 7-3-3 272 15 the first Catamount to win the Hockey East Rookie of the Year Award.