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Nov. 18, 2012 | 7 p.m. | Gutterson Fieldhouse | Burlington, Vt. | Game 11 | Hockey East contest y Last 10 vs. UVM y Series vs. UVM y Streak vs. UVM NU leads, 5-4-1 NU trails, 20-24-5 Won 4 y Northeastern y Vermont y Last NU win y 1st gm vs. UVM y Madigan vs. UVM HUSKIES 1/28/12 (4-2) 1/7/69 (UVM, 3-1) 3-0-0 CATAM0UNTS 4-5-1 | 2-5-1 (Hockey East) y Last UVM win y Last gm vs. UVM y Sneddon vs. NU 1-5-2 | 1-5-2 (Hockey East) 1/14/11 (3-1) 1/28/12 (NU, 4-2) 14-10-4 USCHO: rv (5) | USA Today: n/a USCHO: n/a | USA Today: n/a 2012-13 Schedule MEDIA Center Overall: 4-5-1 Home: 4-1-1 y ON THE AIR y WATCH LIVE Hockey East: 2-5-1 Road: 0-4-0 Huskies Radio • WRCA 1330 AM nsnsports.net/uvm P x P: Greg Madden Streak: Lost one Neutral: 0-0-0 Color: Mark Majewski y LIVE STATS y OCTOBER (2-2-1 • 2-2-1 Hockey East) sidearmstats.com/uvmsid/mhockey/scoreboard.aspx Sun • 7th ST. FRANCIS XAVIER (ex) L, 3-4 WRBB Sports 104.9 FM Wed • 10th MERRIMACK * W, 4-2 P x P: Ben Horner y JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON TWITTER Sat • 13th BOSTON COLLEGE * W, 3-1 Color: Jack Thaler • Craig White #GoNU Sat • 20th @ Boston College * L, 0-3 Fri • 26th @ New Hampshire * L, 3-4 Storylines Sat • 27th NEW HAMPSHIRE * T, 0-0 y REHASHING THE PROVIDENCE GAME y CALLING ALL CATAMOUNTS y NOVEMBER (2-3-0 • 0-3-0 Hockey East) Northeastern turned in its first multi power Vermont suffered a 6-2 setback of its own Fri • 2nd MERRIMACK * L, 2-5 play goal showing of the season, but the on Friday night, Nov. 16, at home against Sat • 3rd @ Merrimack * L, 2-4 Sat • 10th ALABAMA - HUNTSVILLE W, 3-0 Huskies surrendered the first six goals at Boston University. The Terriers received Sun • 11th ALABAMA - HUNTSVILLE W, 3-1 Providence on Friday night and ultimately goals from six different players for the Fri • 16th @ Providence * L, 2-6 lost, 6-2, at Schneider Arena. Vinny victory. The Catamounts are on a two- Sun • 18th @ Vermont * 7 p.m. Fri • 23rd ST. LAWRENCE 7 p.m. Saponari has been stringing it along, riding game slid after shutting out Providence on Fri • 30th @ Massachusetts * 7 p.m. a five-game point streak with his first power Nov. 3 for their first triumph of the season. play goal of the season and 10th in his Senior Chrs McCarthy leads UVM’s scoring y DECEMBER (0-0-0 • 0-0-0 Hockey East) college career. Saponari logged six points attack with five points (2-3-5) and is one Sat • 1st MASSACHUSETTS * 7 p.m. Sat • 8th @ UMass Lowell * 7 p.m. (3-3-6) in his last five outings. Cody Ferriero of two skaters with a pair of goals this Sat • 29th @ Harvard 7 p.m. also found the back of the net with the extra season (Pete Massar). Vermont utilizes a skater for his first goal of the season. Garrett pair of rookies in net, but Brody Hoffman y JANUARY (0-0-0 • 0-0-0 Hockey East) Vermeersch accounted for a pair of assists has seen the brunt of the work and started Sat • 5th BENTLEY 7 p.m. Fri • 11th MAINE * 7 p.m. for his first mutli-point game of the season seven contests for UVM wuth a 2.89 GAA Fri • 18th @ Boston University * 7 p.m. and 11th of his career. Colton Saucerman and a .904 save percentage. Vermont’s Sat • 19th BOSTON COLLEGE * 7 p.m. and Joseph Manno also registered assists offense has been stagnant thus far, tied for Fri • 25th UMASS LOWELL * 7 p.m. in the setback. Chris Rawlings started for 53rd in the country and is averaging 1.71 Sat • 26th @ UMass Lowell * 7 p.m. Northeastern and stopped 10-of-13 shots goals per game. The defense is 47th in the y FEBRUARY (0-0-0 • 0-0-0 Hockey East) in 22:51 minutes of work. Clay Witt made NCAA, surrendering 3.14 goals per game. Fri • 1st NEW HAMPSHIRE * 7 p.m. his first appearance of the season and The Catamounts’ power play is a bright Mon • 4th Boston University ! (Beanpot) TBA Fri • 8th @ Massachusetts * 7 p.m. relived Rawlings, turning aside 17 shots on spot, ranked 29th in the country and has Mon • 11th Harvard / BC ! (Beanpot) TBA 20 attempts in 37:02 minutes of play. converted 5-of-28 on their chances (17.9). Fri • 15th VERMONT * 7 p.m. Sat • 16th VERMONT * 7 p.m. Fri • 22nd @ Providence * 7 p.m. Tweet This . Sat • 23rd PROVIDENCE * 7 p.m. #Northeastern’s Chris Rawlings surpassed the 3,000-save plateau at Providence and is 164 saves shy of tying Brad Thiessen (3,166) #GoNU y MARCH (0-0-0 • 0-0-0 Hockey East) Fri • 1st @ Maine * 7 p.m. Sat • 2nd @ Maine * 7 p.m. Vinny Saponari is riding a five-game point streak to Gutterson Fieldhouse marking Fri • 8th BOSTON UNIVERSITY * 7 p.m. a career-high at #Northeastern #GoNU Sat • 9th @ Boston University * 7 p.m. 15-17th Hockey East QFs TBA #Northeastern has defeated Vermont the last four occasions, outscoring the 22-23rd Hockey East Championship ! TBA Catamounts 18-6 in those instances #GoNU * Hockey East game ! TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) The last time #Northeastern had two different goalies shutout different opponents Home games in CAPS in a season was 2006-07 (Geragosian | Thiessen) #GoNU facebook.com/GoNUathletics facebook.com/GoNUmhockey GoNU.com twitter.com/GoNUathletics twitter.com/GoNUmhockey 1 Hockey EAst StAndings y NOTES FROM FRIDAY AT PC y SHOOTING FOR THE RECORD BOOKS Vinny Saponari is on a career-best five- In the 3-0 win against Alabama-Huntsville, - - - Hockey East - - - - - - Overall - - - game point streak as a Husky. Saponari Northeastern totaled 54 shots to the Team GP W L T Pts GF GA W L T GF GA 1 BC 9 8 1 0 16 31 19 9 1 0 34 20 has accounted for three goals and as Chargers’ 19. That number marks the 2 UNH 7 5 1 1 11 20 6 7 1 1 29 11 many helpers over that span. Saponari has most total shots for a Northeastern team 3 BU 7 5 2 0 10 24 17 6 3 0 30 23 also scored goals in his last two outings, since Feb. 13, 1993, when Northeastern 4 PC 7 4 3 0 8 17 16 5 4 1 29 23 marking the second time he’s accomplished registered 54 shots against Maine. It has 5 MC 7 3 3 1 7 23 20 4 6 1 33 33 that at Northeastern been almost six and a half years since 6 UMass 7 2 4 1 5 18 19 3 4 1 22 20 Northeastern has reached the 50-shot NU 8 2 5 1 5 16 25 4 5 1 22 26 • Cody Ferriero is riding a three-game point plateau. The last time NU totaled 50 shots 8 UVM 7 1 4 2 4 12 22 1 4 2 12 22 streak after scoring his first goal of the was at Providence on Jan. 17, 2004 (50). 9 UML 6 1 4 1 3 9 16 2 5 1 13 22 Maine 7 1 5 1 3 11 21 2 9 1 17 37 season on the power play. The PPG marks The only other time Northeastern hit the 50- Ferriero’s first one since scoring at Vermont shot mark since the 54-shot performance on Jan. 27, 2012. It marks his fourth-career on 2/13/93 was against Holy Cross on Nov. USCHO.COm Poll power play goal at Northeastern. 30, 2001 (51). Northeastern outshot UAH Nov. 12, 2012 (parentheses indicates first-place votes) both games on Nov. 10-11, marking the Record Pts. LW 1 Boston College 8-1-0 (50) 1000 1 • The Huskies are now 7-for-49 on the first two times of the season. 2 Denver 7-1-0 934 3 power play this season. Northeastern 3 Minnesota 6-2-1 890 2 scored a pair of power play goals at y TWO-FOR-FOUR 4 Miami 6-2-2 817 5 Providence, marking the first time NU’s Northeastern has shutout two of its last four 5 New Hampshire 6-1-1 734 9 turned that trick this season. opponents, including UNH (10/27) and UAH 6 North Dakota 4-3-1 696 6 (11/10). The last time the Huskies shut out 7 Union 6-2-1 665 8 • Garrett Vermeersch has recorded 11 two opponents in four games was during 8 Notre Dame 6-3-0 646 7 9 Western Michigan 5-2-1 605 10 multi-point games as a Husky. Seven of the 2010-11 season when NU denied three 10 Cornell 3-2-1 525 4 those instances have included two assists, opponents of scoring in four games from 11 Boston University 5-3-0 514 11 including tonight’s performance.