#13 Vermont (13-6-2 • 5-3-1 HEA) vs. Northeastern (7-8-4 • 1-6-2 HEA) > Game 22 Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 • 7:05 p.m. • Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, VT SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL 13-6-2 VIDEO: CatamounTV.com CONFERENCE 5-3-1 RADIO: WVMT 620-AM HOME 7-4-1 Play-by-Play: Alastair Ingram ROAD 4-2-1 2016-17 Analyst: Tom Child NEUTRAL 2-0-0 AUDIO: UVMathletics.com/Listen OCTOBER VERMONT NORTHEASTERN LIVE STATS: UVMathletics.com 7 at Clarkson W, 5-2 CATAMOUNTS HUSKIES 8 CLARKSON L, 3-2 13-6-2 (5-3-1 HEA) 7-8-4 (1-6-2 HEA) COACHING STAFFS 21 at #20 Nebraska Omaha T, 4-4 22 at #20 Nebraska Omaha W, 5-2 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT VERMONT 28 #11 MICHIGAN W, 3-0 W 4-3 vs. St. Lawrence L 5-4 at Yale Head Coach: 30 at #16 Northeastern + W, 3-2 Kevin Sneddon (Harvard ‘92) LEADERS LEADERS NOVEMBER Career: 267-330-83 (19th) Goals Goals 4 at #6 UMass Lowell + L, 3-1 Vermont: 217-231-65 (14th) Colton (8) Aston-Reese (18) 5 at #6 UMass Lowell + L, 4-2 12 at UMass + W, 2-1 Associate Head Coach: Assists Assists Kevin Patrick (Notre Dame ‘92) 15 DARTMOUTH W, 5-2 Lodermeier (8) Sikura/Gaudette (18) 18 MAINE + W, 6-2 19 MAINE + T, 2-2 Associate Head Coach: Points Points Kyle Wallack (Springfield ‘97) 25 vs. UMass + # W, 4-2 Colton (15) Aston-Reese (33) 26 vs. #3 Quinnipiac # W, 5-1 Assistant Coach: DECEMBER Goals Against Average Goals Against Average Kyle Reynolds (Vermont ‘15) 9 #5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + W, 4-2 Lekkas (2.06) Ruck (3.11) 10 #5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + L, 4-0 NORTHEASTERN Save Percentage Save Percentage 17 #12 UNION L, 7-3 Head Coach: Lekkas (.926) Ruck (.889) 18 #12 UNION L, 2-1 Jim Madigan (Northeastern ‘86) 30 BENTLEY W, 7-1 Career: 86-89-26 (6th) TEAM STATS TEAM STATS 31 BENTLEY W, 3-1 Northeastern: 86-89-26 (6th) Goals Per Game Goals Per Game JANUARY 3.38 3.58 3 #16 ST. LAWRENCE W, 4-3 Associate Head Coach: 7 NORTHEASTERN + 7:05 pm Goals Against Average Goals Against Average Jerry Keefe (Providence ‘00) 13 at Providence + 7:00 pm 2.38 3.05 Assistant Coach: 14 at Providence + 5:00 pm Jason Smith (Salem State ‘98) 20 UCONN + 6:05 pm Power Play Power Play 27 at UConn + 7:00 pm 19.8% (23-116) 22.9% (27-118) Goaltending Coach: FEBRUARY Penalty Kill Penalty Kill Ed Walsh 3 at Notre Dame + 7:30 pm 84.9% (90-106) 87.0% (87-100) 4 at Notre Dame + 6:30 pm OFFICIALS 10 NEW HAMPSHIRE + 7:05 pm Penalty Minutes Penalty Minutes Referee: Jeff Bunyon 11 NEW HAMPSHIRE + 7:05 pm 13.2 16.2 17 at Boston College + 7:00 pm Referee: Chip McDonald 18 at Boston College + 7:00 pm Shots Per Game Shots Per Game Linesman: Mike Wrobel 24 MERRIMACK + 7:05 pm 32.3 29.2 Linesman: Andrew Weber 25 MERRIMACK + 7:05 pm MARCH SETTING THE SCENE 3-5 HEA First Round @ TBA • With the non-conference slate complete, No. 13 Vermont returns to Hockey East play 10-12 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA tonight against Northeastern at Gutterson Fieldhouse to close an eight-game homestand 17-18 HEA Championship & TBA • The Cats have won three straight games by the combined score of 14-5, including a 4-3 Home games in ALL CAPS comeback defeat of former ECAC rival No. 16 St. Lawrence in Burlington on Tuesday night + Hockey East game • UVM is riding a four-game unbeaten streak against Northeastern (2-0-2) and looks to # Friendship Four (Belfast, Northern Ireland) @ Campus Locations sweep the season series, but it hasn’t defeated the Huskies on home ice since 2012 & TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) • With the SLU win on Tuesday, Vermont finished non-league play with an 8-3-1 record 1 HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS GAME NOTES CONFERENCE OVERALL BOWEN LIFTS CATS OVER SAINTS Pts GP Record GP Record • Brian Bowen’s second goal of the night on the power play with 1. Boston College 17 10 8-1-1 22 13-7-2 5:20 left in the third period lifted Vermont past former ECAC rival St. Lawrence on Tuesday night in the 94th meeting of the series 2. UMass Lowell 15 11 7-3-1 22 14-5-3 • The Catamounts won their third straight game overall as the 16th- 3. New Hampshire 11 8 5-2-1 19 9-8-2 ranked Saints suffered just their second loss in the last 13 contests Notre Dame 11 9 5-3-1 20 12-6-2 • Seniors Brendan Bradley (1 G, 1 A) and Chris Muscoby (2 A) joined Vermont 11 9 5-3-1 21 13-6-2 Bowen in posting multi-point games on Tuesday 6. Boston University 10 8 4-2-2 18 11-5-2 • UVM won the shot battle 37-22, including a 14-4 edge in the third, UConn 10 9 4-3-2 20 8-6-6 and out-shot its opponent by at least 15 for the third straight game 8. Merrimack 5 8 1-4-3 19 7-9-3 • The Cats moved to 7-1-0 in their last eight meetings with SLU and UMass Amherst 5 10 2-7-1 21 5-14-2 posted their first win when trailing after two periods since Nov. 7, 2014 10. Providence 4 7 1-4-2 18 8-6-4 Northeastern 4 9 1-6-2 19 7-8-4 SWEEP OF BENTLEY 12. Maine 3 8 1-6-1 20 7-10-3 • UVM swept Bentley with 7-1 and 3-1 victories last weekend before New Year’s at Gutterson to close the 2016 portion of the schedule • Brendan Bradley, Rob Darrar, and Brady Shaw all closed the series CATS IN THE POLLS with four points, while Stefanos Lekkas and Mike Santaguida each picked up wins between the pipes POLL USCHO USA HOCKEY • The Catamounts fired 101 shots on the Falcons’ net over the week- Sept. 26 RV NA end and scored a season-high four power play goals on Friday night Oct. 3 NA -- • Vermont set new season-highs for goals (7), power play goals (4), Oct. 10 RV -- goals in a period (5) and shots on goal (55) in the Friday blowout Oct. 17 -- -- • Trey Phillips netted his first career goal midway through the third Oct. 24 RV -- period on Saturday for the game-winner in a 3-1 triumph Oct. 31 19 RV Nov. 7 RV -- MARIO HITS CENTURY MARK Nov. 14 RV -- • Senior co-captain Mario Puskarich (46 goals, 54 assists) became Nov. 21 20 RV the 43rd all-time member of the program’s 100-point club with a Nov. 28 14 14 third period assist on New Year’s Eve against Bentley Dec. 5 12 12 • He became the first Catamount to reach the century mark since Dec. 12 11 10 his former linemate Chris McCarthy on Feb. 7, 2014 at UNH Dec. 19 13 14 • Puskarich has a point in all but six games and is tied for fifth on Jan. 2 13 13 the team in scoring with 12 points on six goals and six assists • The forward is also tied with Kyle McDonough ‘89 for third place all-time at Vermont in career game-winning goals with 14 CATS IN THE RANKINGS • The Floridian potted a nation-best seven as a freshman and he claimed UVM’s first-ever Hockey East Rookie of the Year award STAT HEA NCAA G/GM 6 15 LEKKAS PILES UP HONORS GAA 3 13 • Stefanos Lekkas has received a total of six Hockey East awards PP 6 20 this season, including a pair following the Friendship Four in Belfast PK 5 19 • The rookie stopped 73 of the 76 shots he faced in the Friendship PIM 8 34 Four for a .961 save percentage and a pair of victories in net • The Elburn, Illinois native won three different Hockey East awards in October, including Co-Goaltender of the Month honors • Lekkas was also named the Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 24 and the Rookie of the Week on Oct. 31 LEKKAS’ TROPHY CASE Date Hockey East Award Oct. 24 Defensive Player of the Week Oct. 31 Rookie of the Week Nov. 2 Co-Goaltender of the Month (Oct.) Nov. 21 Co-Defensive Player of the Week Nov. 28 Defensive Player of the Week Dec. 1 Goaltender of the Month (Nov.) 2 SERIES HISTORY GAME NOTES BRADY AND BRADLEY HEAT UP VERMONT vs. NORTHEASTERN • Senior forwards Brady Shaw and Brendan Bradley have both MEETING: 62nd come alive in recent weeks for the Catamounts ALL-TIME: 31-23-7 • Shaw has a point in four of his last five games, posting four HOME: 13-11-6 goals and three assists for seven points in that span AWAY: 18-10-1 • Meanwhile, Bradley has picked up six points over his last three NEUTRAL: 0-2-0 contests, accounting for more than half of his season total (10) • The duo combined for seven points against Bentley on Dec. 30 as LAST 10 MEETINGS (5-3-2) both registered new season-highs for a single game Date Venue Result • Each player had an assist on Brian Bowen’s game-winning goal Feb. 16, 2013 Matthews Arena W, 3-1 on Tuesday against 16th-ranked St.