UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 2012-13 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 10 tonight’s matchup 2012-13 schedule TELEVISION Overall: 2-5-2 Fox Sports North VERMONT CATAMOUNTS (2-5-2, 2-5-2 HEA) vs. Hockey East: 2-5-2 PxP: Doug McLeod #4 MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS (7-2-2, 4-2-2 WCHA) Home: 2-2-0 Analyst: Kevin Gorg Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vt. Away: 0-3-2 Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 • 7:05 p.m. Neutral: 0-0-0 RADIO WVMT 620-AM TEAM BREAKDOWN OCTOBER (0-1-2, 0-1-2 HEA) PxP: Alastair Ingram 6 CONCORDIA (Exh.) W, 7-1 Analyst: Jerry Tarrant UVM UM 12 at #6 UMass Lowell + T, 1-1 Overall 2-5-2 7-2-2 26 at Merrimack + L, 6-3 League 2-5-2 4-2-2 INTERNET 27 at Merrimack + T, 2-2 SportsJuice.com Home 2-2-0 5-0-1 Away 0-3-2 2-2-1 NOVEMBER (2-4-0, 2-4-0 HEA) WEBSTREAM Neutral 0-0-0 0-0-0 2 PROVIDENCE + L, 3-2 NSNsports.net/UVM (Free) Goals/Game 1.78 3.27 3 PROVIDENCE + W, 2-0 GAA 3.00 1.91 10 at #9 New Hampshire + L, 4-0 LIVE STATS 16 #11 BOSTON UNIVERSITY + L, 6-2 UVMathletics.com Power Play 16.2% - 6/37 25.0% - 13/52 Penalty Kill 82.5% - 33/40 88.2% - 30/34 18 NORTHEASTERN + (WCAXtra) W, 3-2 20 at UMass Amherst + (CBS3) L, 3-1 COACHING STAFFS Penalty Min. 12.3 10.1 VERMONT Goals Leader McCarthy - 4 Haula/Bjugstad - 6 23 #4 MINNESOTA (FSN/NESN) 7:05 pm 24 #4 MINNESOTA (FSN/NESN) 7:05 pm Head Coach: Assists Leader Paliotta - 4 Haula - 8 Kevin Sneddon 30 at Maine + (CBSSN) 8:00 pm Harvard ‘92 Points Leader McCarthy - 7 Haula - 14 Vermont: 138-160-49 (10th) GAA Leader Hoffman - 2.82 Wilcox - 1.55 DECEMBER Overall: 188-259-67 (15th) SV% Leader Hoffman - .909 Wilcox - .924 1 at Maine + 7:00 pm 5 at Dartmouth 7:00 pm Assistant Coach: SETTING THE SCENE 15 at St. Lawrence 7:00 pm Kevin Patrick (1st) Vermont completes a busy stretch of five games in nine days tonight as 20 at Providence + (COX) 7:00 pm Notre Dame ‘92 it welcomes Minnesota from the WCHA for the first of a two-game series 29 UNION % (WCAXtra) 7:05 pm in Burlington. This weekend marks the Golden Gophers’ first-ever trip to 30 PRINCETON % (WCAXtra) 7:05 pm Assistant Coach: Kyle Wallack (1st) Gutterson Fieldhouse. The teams met last year for two games at Mariucci Springfield ‘97 Arena as the Catamounts opened their season in Minneapolis. Vermont JANUARY will be playing its first non-conference game of the season tonight. 5 MERRIMACK + (CBSSN) 7:30 pm 11 UMASS LOWELL + 7:05 pm Assistant Coach: Terry Lovelette (19th) 12 UMASS LOWELL + (WCAXtra) 7:05 pm Johnson State ‘98 LAST TIME OUT: MASSACHUSETTS 3, VERMONT 1 19 vs. Penn State # 7:30 pm UMass Amherst held off Vermont and beat the Catamounts 3-1 in the 25 UMASS AMHERST + 7:05 pm MINNESOTA annual pre-Thanksgiving game between the schools on Tuesday night at 26 UMASS AMHERST + 7:05 pm Head Coach: the Mullins Center. Brandon Gracel had two goals for the Minutemen, Don Lucia (14th) including the eventual game-winner in the second period. Anthony FEBRUARY Notre Dame ‘81 DeCenzo had the lone Vermont tally at the 11:20 mark of the opening 1 at Boston College + 7:00 pm Minnesota: 325-175-56 9 MAINE + (WCAXtra) 7:05 pm Overall: 604-330-85 frame, as Anders Franzon and Kyle Mountain picked up the two assists. Freshman Brody Hoffman made 28 saves in a losing effort. 15 at Northeastern + 7:00 pm 16 at Northeastern + 7:00 pm Associate Head Coach: Mike Guentzel (2nd) 22 NEW HAMPSHIRE + (NESN) 7:00 pm QUALITY KILL 23 NEW HAMPSHIRE + (CBSSN) 4:00 pm Minnesota ‘85 Vermont was 4-4 on the penalty kill at UMass on Tuesday night and has successfully killed off 13 consecutive power plays. The Catamounts have Assistant Coach: MARCH Grant Potulny (4th) now killed off 28 of the last 31 power plays they have faced, good for a 1 at Boston University + 7:30 pm Minnesota ‘04 90.3% clip over that span. Vermont’s kill stands at 82.5% overall on the 2 at Boston University + 7:00 pm season and faces a Minnesota power play clicking at 25% tonight. 8 BOSTON COLLEGE + 7:05 pm Goaltending Coach: 9 BOSTON COLLEGE + (WCAXtra) 7:05 pm Justin Johnson (4th) 15-17 HEA Quarterfinals @ TBA Minnesota ‘05 McCARTHY NEARS MILESTONES Chris McCarthy is now just two points away from reaching 50 in his 22-23 HEA Championships $ TBA OFFICIALS Catamount career. He has 19 goals and 29 assists in 85 career games. McCarthy scored three times last weekend against 11th-ranked Boston Home games in ALL CAPS Referee: Jeff Bunyon + Hockey East game University and Northeastern, and he leads Vermont in scoring this year Referee: Robert Ritchie % Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup (Burlington, Vt.) with seven points on four goals and three assists. The junior assistant # Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) Linesman: Matt Riegert captain is just 15 games away from 100 career appearance for the Cats. @ Campus Locations Linesman: Jeremy Lovett $ TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) CLOSING ON THE CENTURY MARK All times are EST and subject to change due to TV Senior defenseman Anders Franzon will skate in his 99th career game tonight, while senior forward Tobias Nilsson-Roos will be playing in his Radio: WVMT 620-AM, SportsJuice.com NSNsports.net/UVM (Free)* 96th career contest. Overall, UVM has five players on its active roster Home Video: *Not available for select national TV games who have skated in at least 75 contests. STANDINGS & POLLS • GAME NOTES SCOUTING THE GOLDEN GOPHERS (7-2-2, 4-2-2 WCHA) HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS (11/23/12) Minnesota is ranked fourth in the nation in the USCHO.com and USA Today polls CONFERENCE OVERALL as it brings a four-game unbeaten streak (2-0-2) to Burlington this weekend. PTS GP RECORD GP RECORD The Golden Gophers are coming off a three-point weekend in Minneapolis 1 Boston College 16 9 8-1-0 10 9-1-0 against their WCHA rival Wisconsin with a 2-2 tie and 3-1 victory. Both of their 2 New Hampshire 13 8 6-1-1 10 8-1-1 losses this season have come on the road to Michigan Tech and Minnesota State. 3 Boston University 10 8 5-3-0 10 6-4-0 4 Providence 8 7 4-3-0 11 5-5-1 Junior Erik Haula has tallied a team-high eight assists and 14 points this year. 5 Merrimack 7 7 3-3-1 11 4-6-1 He is tied with fellow junior Nick Bjugstad for the team lead in goals with six. Massachusetts 7 9 3-5-1 10 4-5-1 7 Vermont 6 9 2-5-2 9 2-5-2 Sophomore Kyle Rau has posted 10 points on five goals and five assists. Rookie 8 UMass Lowell 5 7 2-4-1 9 3-5-1 Adam Wilcox has started nine games in net, going 6-1-2 with a 1.55 goals Northeastern 5 9 2-6-1 11 4-6-1 against average and a .924 save percentage. Minnesota’s power play operates at 10 Maine 3 7 1-5-1 12 2-9-1 25% while its penalty kill sits at 88.2%. Don Lucia is in his 14th season as the head coach of the Golden Gophers. Last USCHO.COM POLL (11/19/12) year, he recorded the 300th win of his career with the Gophers. Lucia led the program to back-to-back NCAA championships in 2001-02 and 2002-03, and he RK TEAM (1ST PLACE) RECORD PTS LAST WK 1 Boston College (47) 9-1-0 996 1 has recorded eight 25-win seasons during his tenure. He was also the head 2 Denver (2) 9-1-0 948 2 coach at Colorado College when it faced Vermont in the 1996 National Semifinal. 3 New Hampshire (1) 8-1-1 865 5 4 Minnesota 7-2-2 853 3 SERIES HISTORY 5 Miami 7-2-3 781 4 Minnesota is making its first-ever trip to Gutterson Fieldhouse this weekend. 6 Notre Dame 8-3-0 731 8 The teams met for the first time last year as the Catamounts opened the season 7 North Dakota 5-3-2 705 6 with a two-game series against Minnesota at Mariucci Arena. Vermont fell 6-0 8 Union 6-2-1 664 7 in game one, but rebounded in game two to beat the Golden Gophers 5-4. The 9 Western Michigan 6-3-1 543 9 last time Vermont hosted a team from Minnesota was Jan. 3, 2010 when it 10 Boston University 6-4-0 536 11 defeated Minnesota-Duluth 5-2 in the Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup. 11 Dartmouth 5-1-2 462 12 12 St. Cloud State 6-4-0 377 15 LAST YEAR’S SERIES 13 Cornell 3-3-2 322 10 Vermont and Minnesota met on Oct.