UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 2014-15 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 34 tonight’s matchup schedule TV #18 VERMONT CATAMOUNTS • 18-12-3 (10-9-2 HEA) @ Overall: 18-12-3 N/A HEA: 10-9-2 #14 UMASS LOWELL RIVER HAWKS • 18-10-5 (11-7-3 HEA) Home: 9-5-2 RADIO Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Away: 9-6-1 WVMT 620-AM Neutral: 0-1-0 PxP: Alastair Ingram Tsongas Center, Lowell, Mass. Analyst: N/A OCTOBER (4-1-0 • 2-1-0 HEA) 5 ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE (Exh.) W, 8-0 VIDEO 11 at #16 Northeastern + W, 6-2 GoRiverHawks.TV ($) 17 CLARKSON W, 2-1 18 at Clarkson W, 3-0 AUDIO Ranking 18/RV 14/RV SportsJuice.com 25 UCONN + W, 2-1 Overall 18-12-3 18-10-5 31 at #20 Notre Dame + (NBCSN) L, 3-2 10-9-2 11-7-3 LIVE STATS League Home 9-5-2 10-5-1 NOVEMBER (7-2-1 • 5-2-1 HEA) GoRiverHawks.com 1 at #20 Notre Dame + T, 2-2 Away 9-6-1 4-5-4 7 MAINE + W, 4-3 (OT) Neutral 0-1-0 4-0-0 COACHING STAFFS 8 MAINE + W, 4-1 VERMONT Goals/Game 2.79 3.39 14 at #16 Providence + (OSN) L, 3-0 Head Coach: GAA 2.18 2.58 Kevin Sneddon Power Play 19.8% (26/131) 18.3% (22/120) 15 at #16 Providence + (OSN) W, 2-1 Harvard ‘92 Penalty Kill 87.6% (106/121) 78.8% (89/113) 21 at UConn + L, 2-1 Overall: 235-300-77 (17th) Shots on Goal 31.4 30.9 22 at UMass Amherst + W, 11-1 UVM: 185-201-59 (12th) Penalty Minutes 8.9 8.2 25 UMASS AMHERST + (NESN/TSN2) W, 3-1 Goals Leader Shaw (14) Smith (14) 28 at Maine W, 6-3 Assistant Coach: Paliotta (22) Smith (17) 29 at Maine (FCS Atlantic) W, 4-1 Kevin Patrick (3rd) Assists Leader Notre Dame ‘92 Points Leader Paliotta (30) Smith (31) DECEMBER (3-1-0 • 0-0-0 HEA) GAA Leader Santaguida (1.84) Boyle (2.40) 12 ST. LAWRENCE W, 2-1 Assistant Coach: SV% Leader Santaguida (.932) Boyle (.917) 13 at St. Lawrence W, 2-0 Kyle Wallack (3rd) 28 AIR FORCE % W, 4-2 Springfield ‘97 SETTING THE SCENE 29 #16 PROVIDENCE % L, 3-0 • No. 18 UVM closes the regular season tonight as it wraps up a two- Assistant Coach: game Hockey East series against No. 14 UMass Lowell at Tsongas Center. JANUARY (1-5-1 • 0-3-0 HEA) Terry Lovelette (21st) • Vermont fell 4-1 to Lowell last night to fall out of contention for one 3 at Yale L, 3-1 Johnson State ‘98 of the four first round byes in the Hockey East Tournament. 11 at Dartmouth W, 4-1 • The River Hawks (15th) and Catamounts (19th) are separated by four 16 NORTHEASTERN + L, 4-1 UMASS LOWELL slots in the Pairwise rankings for the 2015 NCAA Tournament. 17 NORTHEASTERN T, 2-2 Head Coach: • Vermont has clinched home ice advantage in the first round and will 23 #3 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + L, 4-2 Norm Bazin 24 #3 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + L, 2-1 (OT) be either the No. 6 or No. 7 seed based on tonight’s results. UMass Lowell ‘94 31 vs. Penn State & L, 4-2 Overall: 96-45-12 (4th) • The Cats are ranked 18th in this week’s USCHO.com poll and receiving UML: 96-45-12 (4th) votes in the USA Today/USA Hockey poll. FEBRUARY (3-3-1 • 3-3-1 HEA) 6 NEW HAMPSHIRE + W, 5-2 Associate Coach: HOCKEY EAST PLAYOFF PICTURE 7 NEW HAMPSHIRE + L, 6-3 Jason Lammers (4th) • With one remaining in the regular season, Vermont is seventh in the 13 at #10 Boston College + W, 3-2 (OT) SUNY Geneseo ‘98 standings with 22 points, one point behind Notre Dame for sixth. 14 at #10 Boston College + L, 6-5 • A UVM win and a Notre Dame loss against Boston College would give 20 MERRIMACK + W, 2-1 Assistant Coach: 21 MERRIMACK + T, 0-0 Cam Ellsworth (4th) the Catamounts the No. 6 seed next weekend in the first round. Michigan Tech ‘05 • In all other scenarios, Vermont would be the No. 7 seed and host the 27 at #14 UMass Lowell + L, 4-1 No. 10 seed at Gutterson Fieldhouse in a best-of-three series. 28 at #14 UMass Lowell + 7:00 pm Hockey Operations: • Boston University and Boston College have clinched first round byes, MARCH Dan Darrow (4th) and BU can win the regular season title with at least one point tonight. 6-8 HEA First Round @ TBA Michigan State ‘11 • Maine, UConn, and Merrimack are Vermont’s possible opponents. 13-15 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA 20-21 HEA Championships $ TBA OFFICIALS 27-29 NCAA Regionals TBA Referee: Geoff Miller LAST NIGHT: UMASS LOWELL 4, VERMONT 1 Referee: Ryan Hersey • Mike Santaguida made 27 saves but UMass Lowell held off Vermont for APRIL Linesman: Brendan Kelleher a three-goal Hockey East victory to open the series at Tsongas Center. 9-11 NCAA Frozen Four $ TBA Linesman: Pat Turcotte • Joe Gambardella’s shorthanded goal in the second period proved to be the game-winner as UVM went 0-for-4 on the power play. Home games in ALL CAPS • Brendan Bradley netted the only Catamount tally in the middle frame + Hockey East game with linemates Mike Stenerson and Colin Markison picking up assists. % Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup (Burlington, Vt.) & Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) • Gambardella, Adam Chapie, Evan Campbell, and Dylan Zink registered @ Campus Locations multi-point games for the River Hawks in the victory. $ TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) • Kevin Boyle stopped 30 shots, including 24 in the final 40 minutes. All times are EST and subject to change due to TV STANDINGS & POLLS • GAME NOTES RAREFIED AIR FOR PALIOTTA HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS (FEB. 28, 2015) • With 30 points in 33 games, captain Mike Paliotta is looking to become the first defenseman to lead Vermont in scoring since Louis Cote in 1977-78. CONFERENCE OVERALL • Paliotta, the program’s active scoring leader with 77 career points, notched a PTS GP RECORD GP RECORD new career-high in scoring with an assist on Feb. 13 at No. 10 Boston College. 1. Boston University 29 21 13-5-3 32 20-7-5 • The senior is tied with Notre Dame’s Robbie Russo for the most points by any 2. Boston College 27 21 12-6-3 33 20-10-3 Hockey East defenseman this season and is tied for fourth in the NCAA. 3. UMass Lowell 25 21 11-7-3 33 18-10-5 • Paliotta has fired the most shots on goal (130) by any league defenseman to Providence 25 21 12-8-1 33 20-11-2 rank fourth overall and leads UVM with a +13 rating from the blue line. 5. Northeastern 24 21 11-8-2 33 16-13-4 6. Notre Dame 23 21 9-7-5 34 14-16-5 PUSKARICH GOES 30 FOR 30 7. Vermont 22 21 10-9-2 33 18-12-3 • Mario Puskarich is the first Catamount to reach the 30-goal plateau as a soph - 8. New Hampshire 19 21 9-11-1 33 14-17-2 omore since Martin St. Louis and Eric Perrin achieved the mark in 1994-95. 9. Maine 18 21 8-11-2 35 13-19-3 • The reigning Hockey East Rookie of the Year scored his 30th career goal on UConn 18 22 7-11-4 34 10-17-7 Jan. 31 against Penn State and collected his 30th assist vs. UNH on Feb. 6. 11. Merrimack 13 21 5-13-3 33 14-15-4 • Puskarich ranks second on the team in scoring and sits ninth in Hockey East 12. Massachusetts 11 22 5-16-1 33 10-21-2 with 118 shots on goal in 29 contests. • Since 2000, NHL forwards Patrick Sharp and Torrey Mitchell are the only other UVM players to score at least 10 goals in each of their first two college seasons. USCHO.COM POLL (FEB. 23, 2015) RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) RECORD PTS LAST WK SHAW’S SOPHOMORE BREAKOUT 1 North Dakota (45) 22-6-3 995 1 • With six goals in his last eight games, Brady Shaw has taken over the team- 2 Minnesota State (3) 23-6-2 941 2 lead in goal scoring with 14, more than doubling his rookie total of six. 3 Michigan Tech (2) 24-7-1 876 4 • Shaw has already surpassed his freshman year point total by 12 and ranks 4 Boston University 19-6-5 822 3 third on the team in points (23) and shots on goal (87). 5 Miami 19-10-1 774 6 • He ranks third in Hockey East with six power play goals, seventh in game- 6 Minnesota Duluth 19-12-1 747 7 winning goals with a team-best three, and eighth in goals per game. 7 Denver 18-10-2 700 9 • The sophomore also paces UVM with eight goals in the second half. 8 Nebraska Omaha 17-10-3 636 5 9 Boston College 18-10-3 566 10 SANTA DELIVERS WEEKLY AWARD 10 Quinnipiac 20-8-4 562 11 • Mike Santaguida was named the Hockey East Co-Defensive Player of the Week 11 Bowling Green 18-9-5 470 8 on Monday, sharing the award with goalie Steve Mastalerz of UMass Amherst.