VERMONT CATAMOUNTS (1-8-3 HEA) LAST TIME OUT L 6-3 vs. UMass. LEADERS Goals Colton (11) Assists Lodermeier/Privitera (7)

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1 > GAME 23 VERMONT ( HEA) VS. UMASS LOWELL ( HEA) JAN. 19, :05 P.M. GUTTERSON FIELDHOUSE BURLINGTON, VT. SCHEDULE & RESULTS OVERALL CONFERENCE HOME ROAD NEUTRAL OCTOBER (2-4-1) 1 WATERLOO (Exh.) W, COLORADO COLLEGE W, COLORADO COLLEGE L, at #17 Quinnipiac L, 3-2 (OT) 15 at Union W, at Michigan L, at Michigan L, #12 NEW HAMPSHIRE + T, 4-4 NOVEMBER (2-5-0) 3 at UConn + L, at UConn + W, BOSTON COLLEGE + L, BOSTON COLLEGE + L, at #12 Northeastern + L, UCONN + L, at Dartmouth W, 2-1 (OT) DECEMBER (0-3-2) 1 at Maine + T, at Maine + L, BROWN T, ST. LAWRENCE # L, HARVARD # L, 4-1 JANUARY (0-2-1) 5 at UMass Lowell + L, UMASS + T, UMASS + L, UMASS LOWELL + 7:05 pm 20 UMASS LOWELL + 7:05 pm 26 at Merrimack + 7:00 pm 27 at Merrimack + 7:00 pm FEBRUARY 2 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm 3 PROVIDENCE + 7:05 pm 9 at New Hampshire + 7:00 pm 10 at New Hampshire + 7:00 pm 16 NORTHEASTERN + 7:05 pm 17 NORTHEASTERN + 7:05 pm 23 at Boston University + 7:30 pm 24 at Boston University + 7:00 pm MARCH 2-4 HEA First TBA 9-11 HEA TBA HEA Championship & TBA NCAA Regionals TBA APRIL 5-7 NCAA Frozen Four $ TBA Home games in ALL CAPS + Hockey East game # TD Bank Catamount Cup (Burlington, Campus Locations & TD Garden (Boston, Mass.) $ Xcel Energy Center (St. Paul, Minn.) All times EST and subject to change due to TV VERMONT CATAMOUNTS (1-8-3 HEA) LAST TIME OUT L 6-3 vs. UMass LEADERS Goals Colton (11) Assists Lodermeier/Privitera (7) Points Colton (13) Goals Against Average Lekkas (3.23) Save Percentage Lekkas (.904) TEAM STATS Goals Per Game 2.05 Goals Against Average 3.23 Power Play 17.6% (16-91) Penalty Kill 81.5% (66-81) Penalty Minutes 12.0 Shots Per Game SETTING THE SCENE UMASS LOWELL RIVER HAWKS (8-6-0 HEA) LAST TIME OUT L 4-0 at Arizona State LEADERS Goals Hausinger (9) Assists Lohin (13) Points Lohin (20) Goals Against Average Hernberg (2.01) Save Percentage Hernberg (.923) TEAM STATS Goals Per Game 3.13 Goals Against Average 2.65 Power Play 17.3% (18-104) Penalty Kill 81.1% (73-90) Penalty Minutes 9.7 Shots Per Game 26.6 BROADCAST INFO VIDEO: CatamounTV.com RADIO: WVMT 620-AM Play-by-Play: Alastair Ingram Analyst: TBA AUDIO: CatamounTV.com STATS: CatamounTV.com SERIES HISTORY Meeting: 51st All-Time: Home: Away: Neutral: OFFICIALS Referee: John Gravallese Referee: Kevin Shea Linesman: Lucas Murray Linesman: William Kingdon COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Kevin Sneddon (Harvard 92) Career: (20th) Vermont: (15th) Associate Head Coach: Kevin Patrick (Notre Dame 92) Associate Head Coach: Kyle Wallack (Springfield 97) Assistant Coach: Kyle Reynolds (Vermont 15) UVM enters the third contest in a four-game homestand at Gutterson Fieldhouse tonight with its 51st all-time meeting against the UMass Lowell River Hawks The Catamounts will look to improve their head-to-head record against Lowell as they ve lost eight of the last 10 meetings (1-8-1) and are winless in the last nine The teams met just two weeks ago at Tsongas Center as Vermont fell 6-0 Next weekend, Vermont heads down to Merrimack for a two-game series against the Warriors at Lawler Rink; Saturday s game will be broadcast on NESN 1

2 HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS (JAN. 18) PL TEAM GP RECORD PTS 1. Boston College Northeastern Providence UMass Lowell Boston University Maine UConn Merrimack UMass New Hampshire Vermont CATS IN THE POLLS POLL USCHO USA HOCKEY Sept. 25 RV NA Oct. 2 NA -- Oct. 9 RV -- Oct. 16 RV -- Oct. 23 RV -- Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Jan Jan Jan CATS IN THE RANKINGS STAT HEA NCAA G/GM GAA PP 8 37 PK 3 25 PIM 5 23 GAME NOTES UMASS RECAP UVM battled back from a 2-1 deficit late in the third period to force a 2-2 tie against UMass last Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse, but lost 6-3 the following night to close the series The Catamounts saw an 11-game unbeaten streak (9-0-2) against the Minutemen dating back to 2013 come to an end Rob Darrar, Trey Phillips, and Derek Lodermeier each recorded their first goals of the season on the weekend A tip from Jack Suter with 4:14 left in the third broke a 3-3 tie on Saturday before UMass added a pair of empty-netters UMass won the special teams battle, going 1-4 on the power play while holding the Cats to 1-10 on the man advantage and netting three shorthanded goals (including two on the same power play) SOUTH KOREA BOUND Former UVM standouts Ryan Gunderson 07 (USA) and Viktor Stalberg 09 (Sweden) will become the sixth and seventh Catamounts to compete in the Winter Olympics next month in South Korea Vermont has been represented in ice hockey at every Winter Olympics since the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan Gunderson is the fourth former men s Catamount to make the U.S. Olympic roster and the first since Tim Thomas 97 in 2010 Stalberg currently plays for EV Zug in the Swiss National League, where he ranks fifth in the league with 41 points in 35 games Gunderson currently leads all defensemen in scoring in the Swedish Hockey League with 25 points in 32 games with Brynas IF Gavle The two were teammates at UVM for one season ( ) when Gunderson was a senior and Stalberg a rookie (both had 15 points) Amanda Pelkey 15, the all-time leading scorer for the Vermont women s program, will also become the first female Catamount to represent Team USA at the Olympics in ice hockey SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS UMass Lowell started the year 0-3 and was inconsistent in the first half, but has won four of its six games since the semester break The River Hawks split a road series out west at Arizona State last weekend with a 4-0 win on Friday and a 4-0 loss on Saturday Lowell enters the weekend sitting in a tie for fourth place in the Hockey East standings with 16 points at Sophomore forward Kenny Hausinger leads the River Hawks with nine goals, while classmate and assistant captain Ryan Lohin has tallied a team-high 13 assists and 20 points Junior Christoffer Hernberg has secured the starting role in net, going in his 16 starts with a 2.01 GAA and.923 SV% Norm Bazin 94 is in his seventh year coaching his alma mater and has led UML to five consecutive Hockey East Title Game appearances Last year, Lowell defeated Boston College 4-3 to win the Hockey East Championship before losing in overtime to Notre Dame in the NCAA Northeast Regional Final in Manchester, N.H. BLOCK FORT Vermont ranks third in Hockey East as a team with 286 blocked shots and also sits third with 13 blocks per contest Jake Massie is tied for fourth individually in blocks with 39, while Matt O Donnell is tied for 26th with 27 blocks Massie is also 32nd nationally in blocks per game (1.86) 2

3 SERIES HISTORY VERMONT vs. UMASS LOWELL MEETING: 51st ALL-TIME: HOME: AWAY: NEUTRAL: LAST 10 MEETINGS (1-8-1) Date Venue Result Mar. 15, 2014 Tsongas Center (1) W, 3-2 (OT) Mar. 16, 2014 Tsongas Center (1) L, 2-1 Feb. 27, 2015 Tsongas Center L, 4-1 Feb. 28, 2015 Tsongas Center T, 2-2 Mar. 20, 2015 TD Garden (2) L, 4-1 Nov. 6, 2015 Gutterson L, 5-3 Nov. 7, 2015 Gutterson L, 1-0 Nov. 4, 2016 Tsongas Center L, 3-1 Nov. 5, 2016 Tsongas Center L, 4-2 Jan. 5, 2018 Tsongas Center L, 6-0 (1) Hockey East Quarterfinals Tsongas Center (2) Hockey East Semifinals TD Garden SERIES HISTORY Vermont enters the 51st meeting of the all-time series with an overall record of and an mark at home The Catamounts are winless in the last nine matchups (0-8-1) including a six-game losing streak against UMass Lowell The last three meetings have all taken place at Tsongas Center; UVM dropped both meetings last season in November (3-1 and 4-2) and was shut out by UML 6-0 two weeks ago Six goals from six different players and a 21-save shutout by Christoffer Hernberg led UMass Lowell in the first meeting The last UVM victory over the River Hawks came on Mar. 15, 2014 in Game 2 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals in Lowell Mario Puskarich 17 clinched the game with a goal in overtime while Brody Hoffman 15 stopped 36 shots FIFTH ELEMENT Ross Colton ranks fifth in a number of offensive categories The forward is tied for fifth in Hockey East in total goals (11) and is already within one marker of his team-high rookie total He is also tied for fifth nationally in power play goals (7), scoring nearly half of the Catamounts 16 tallies with the man advantage Colton sits fifth in the country in shots on goal per game (4.4) Colton is tied for 32nd nationally in goals and is one of only 44 Division I players in the country with at least 11 tallies ANY RELATION TO PHIL? After a slow offensive start, freshman Alex Esposito has scored all five of his goals since Nov. 17 That tally is tied for the league-lead among rookies during that span with two other players Among Hockey East rookies, he is eighth in total goals and ranks seventh in shots on goal with 49 He tied a career-high against Harvard on Dec. 30 with six shots, matching his total against New Hampshire on Oct. 28 GAME NOTES THE LEKKAS FILE Stefanos Lekkas ranks second in Hockey East in total saves with 581 and has set a career-high with 41 saves three times this year Lekkas has registered at least 30 stops nine times in 20 starts The Illinois native earned seven Hockey East weekly awards last season during his rookie campaign and was the Friendship Four s Most Outstanding Player in Belfast, Northern Ireland SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST Ross Colton and Matt O Donnell are two of only four Hockey East skaters with at least five goals in the third period this season O Donnell leads all defensemen in that category as all five of his tallies have come in the final frame Meanwhile, Colton is tied for the national lead with four power play goals scored in the third period TWO-WAY DEFENSEMAN Matt O Donnell is tied for fourth in Hockey East for goals by a defenseman with five on the season All five of his goals have been timely and he is the only player in Hockey East with multiple game-tying goals Among Hockey East blueliners, he is tied for 19th in scoring with 11 points, nine of which have come in league play O Donnell is already within two of last year s rookie point total KAUF AND RUNNING Rookie Max Kaufman is tied for fourth on the team and tied for 14th among Hockey East rookies in goals with four The Rochester native also ranks 12th in the league among all firstyear skaters with a 49% success rate at the faceoff dot The Catamounts are this year when he records a point Kaufman earned his first Hockey East Rookie of the Week award on Nov. 27 following his first career game-winning goal He collected the game-winner just 20 seconds into overtime at Dartmouth on Nov. 25 for UVM s fourth straight win in the series PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON Craig Puffer is third on the team in scoring with 10 points Last year, Puffer nearly quadrupled his goal total and more than doubled his point total from his rookie campaign The junior ranked 11th in Hockey East in third period goals last year as seven of his 11 tallies came in the final frame FOREVER YOUNG 14 of UVM s last 20 goals have been scored by an underclassman, including a streak of eight straight snapped at Maine on Dec. 2 Four of the team s top five goal scorers and four of the top seven point getters this year are underclassmen In addition, 75% of the squad s 16 power play goals on the season have been netted by an underclassman SPECIAL POWERS The Vermont penalty kill ranks third in Hockey East at 81.5% The kill has taken a step back in the second half, allowing five goals on 11 power play chances, but UVM leads the league with only 7.2 PIM per game after the break 3

4 GAME NOTES Meanwhile, the power play has scored at least once in 13 of the team s 22 games this season The Catamounts have scored two shorthanded goals, doubling their total from last year Ross Colton also converted a penalty shot while Vermont was shorthanded on Nov. 4 at UConn (not counted as a SHG) TWICE IS NICE Vermont has received three multi-goal games this year, all from sophomores Ross Colton (2) and Matt O Donnell (1) Colton is one of only 19 Hockey East skaters this season with at least two multi-goal games UVM posted 14 multi-goal performances last season (from nine different players) to rank tied for 11th in the country Five players (Brian Bowen, Ross Colton, Rob Darrar, Craig Puffer, and Mario Puskarich) registered a pair of multi-goal games The Catamounts went when a player scored 2+ goals MOVEMBER The Catamounts raised more than $7,000 in a their team Movember campaign, growing mustaches in November to raise money and awareness for men s health issues such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention These terrible diseases have lasting effects on everyone. Each of us participating has someone close to us that has fought, or continues to fight their battle, said senior assistant captain Travis Blanleil, the lead organizer of the fundraising effort Blanleil s campaign is in remembrance of his late grandfather Andre Blanleil Sr., who lost his battle to prostate cancer in 2011 HATS OFF Ross Colton registered his first career hat trick during the second game of the season against Colorado College on Oct. 7 It was the first UVM hat trick since Jonathan Turk netted three goals in the season opener on Oct. 11, 2014 at Northeastern Looking further back, it was the first hatty from a Catamount at home since nearly seven years before to the day (Oct. 8, 2010) ALL I DO IS WIN Stefanos Lekkas 18 wins last year were the most by a Catamount goaltender since Tim Thomas 97 as a senior 20 years ago (22) Lekkas win total surpassed the program s previous rookie record set by Joe Fallon 08 during the season (17) He ranked 20th in the country in winning percentage (.621) and was ninth in victories among all NCAA first-year netminders Lekkas registered a highlight reel glove save vs. Maine at home on Nov. 19, 2016 which made the ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 Plays LIGHTNING STRIKES EARLY Ross Colton finished his rookie season ranked fourth in Hockey East and 15th nationally in points per game by a freshman From November on, Colton was second in the league behind only BU s Clayton Keller (2016 NHL 7th overall pick) in rookie scoring The 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning fourth round pick was also a twotime runner up for the Hockey East Rookie of the Month award On Jan. 20, 2017 vs. UConn, he became the first Catamount to register four assists in a game since Chris McCarthy (Feb. 21, 2014) He was also seventh among league rookies at 51.8% on faceoffs YOUTH GONE WILD Vermont had the 13th-highest scoring freshman class in college hockey last year with 28 goals and 59 assists for 87 points Jake Massie finished the season tied for 10th in plus-minus rating among Hockey East freshmen at +7 Ross Colton (4th) and Derek Lodermeier (19th) both ranked among the top-20 rookie point-getters in the league This season, rookies Max Kaufman and Alex Esposito both rank among the top-15 Hockey East freshmen in total goals SUCCESS AT THE DOT Vermont currently ranks fourth in Hockey East at the faceoff dot at exactly 50% for the season UVM is coming off its first season with a 50% faceoff percentage or better since the Frozen Four season of In his injury shortened campaign, Rob Darrar was 20th overall in Hockey East with a 53.6% success rate at the dot Freshmen Ross Colton and Derek Lodermeier also ranked among the top-35 with percentages above 50 OVER THE FINNISH LINE Eric Perrin 97, the all-time leading goal scorer for UVM men s hockey, became the all-time leading scorer among foreign-born players in the Finnish Elite League on Dec. 28 Perrin broke the record with 480 points on 166 goals and 314 assists during his 11 seasons in Finland, including a team-high 15 goals and 25 points in 27 games for TPS Turku this year The Quebec native previously spent five seasons with JyP HT Jyvaskyla from before signing with TPS Perrin is the only Catamount ever to score more than 100 goals in a career, finishing his four college campaigns with 107 He ranks second in program history in points with 256, just 11 behind his former classmate and linemate Martin St. Louis 97 Perrin was recognized as the 1996 ECAC Player of the Year after leading Vermont to its first-ever Frozen Four PLENTY OF TWENTY UVM has won at least 20 games in three of the last four seasons It marks the first time that Vermont has accomplished the feat since winning 20+ games three straight years from Those teams in the 70 s won 77 games in a three-year stretch and moved into Division I for the final season of the run in The Catamounts 57 wins over the last three years matches the highest total since a 57-win stretch from WHO S NEXT The Catamounts travel to Lawler Rink weekend (Jan ) to face the Merrimack Warriors for a pair The Saturday game will be televised live on NESN 4

5 THREE-YEAR SITUATIONAL RECORDS Overall record Hockey East record Home Away Neutral Home vs. non-league Away vs. non-league Neutral vs. non-league Overtime games One-goal games Two or more goal games Vermont outshoots Opponent outshoots Equal shots or fewer shots shots or more shots Vermont scores first Opponent scores first Leading after first Trailing after first Tied after first Leading after second Trailing after second Tied after second Vermont scores PPG Vermont scores 0 PPG Opponent scores PPG Opponent scores 0 PPG After a win After a loss After a tie Against ranked teams Against AHA Against BIG TEN Against ECAC Against NCHC Against WCHA GAME HIGHS & LOWS Most Goals 4 (2x, at UConn 11/4) Least Goals 0 (at UMass Lowell 1/5) Most Goals Against 6 (3x, vs. UMass 1/13) Least Goals Against 0 (vs. Colorado College 10/6) Most Goals/Period 3 (2x, 2nd at UConn 11/4) Most GA/Period 4 (3rd vs. UMass 1/13) Most Power Play Goals 2 (3x, at Maine 12/2) Most PPG Against 3 (at Maine 12/2) Most Shots on Goal 45 (vs. New Hampshire 10/28) Least Shots on Goal 16 (at Michigan 10/20) Most Shots Against 45 (2x, vs. Boston College 11/10) Least Shots Against 23 (at Dartmouth 11/25) Most Shots/Period 20 (2x, 2nd at Maine 12/2) Least Shots/Period 4 (3rd vs. Boston College 11/11) Most Shots (Player) Colton 13 (vs. Colorado College 10/7) Most Saves (Player) Lekkas 41 (3x, at Maine 12/1) Most Penalties 11 (at Maine 12/2) Least Penalties 1 (2x, vs. UMass, 1/13) Most Penalty Minutes 33 (at Maine 12/2) Least Penalty Minutes 2 (2x, vs. UMass, 1/13) LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Two-Goal Game Ross Colton at Maine (12/1/17) Hat Trick Vermont: Ross Colton vs. Colorado College (10/7/17) Opponent: Ryan Donato, Harvard (12/30/17) Four-Plus Goal Game Jerry Gernander (4 goals) vs. Boston University (10/23/99) Three-Assist Game Brian Bowen vs. Colorado College (10/7/17) Four-Assist Game Ross Colton vs. UConn (1/20/17) Five-Point Game Scott Mifsud (2 G, 3 A) vs. Sacred Heart (10/8/04) Short-Handed Goal Max Kaufman at Michigan (10/21/17) Two Short-Handed Goals Ryan Cox (same shift) vs. Holy Cross (12/2/00) Empty-Net Goal Matt Alvaro vs. Maine (3/4/17) Penalty Shot Vermont: Ross Colton (Goal) at UConn (11/4/17) Opponent: Josh Norris (Lekkas Save) at Michigan (10/20/17) Goalie Shutout Vermont: Stefanos Lekkas (33 SV) vs. Colorado College (10/6/17) Opponent: Christoffer Hernberg (21 SV) at UMass Lowell (1/5/18) 40-Plus Save Game Stefanos Lekkas (41 SV) at Maine (12/1/17) 50-Plus Save Game Travis Russell (52 SV) at Harvard (11/19/02) Goal Scored by Goalie Andrew Allen (GWG) at Harvard (1/3/98) Point Scored by Goalie Brody Hoffman (Assist) at #8 UMass Lowell (3/15/14, HEQ) Overtime Win 2-1 at Dartmouth (11/25/17) Overtime Loss 3-2 at #17 Quinnipiac (10/14/17) Swept a Home Series vs. Maine (5-0, 5-1) (3/3-4/17, HEA 1st Round) Swept a Road Series at Maine (6-3, 4-1) (11/28-29/14) Win When Trailing After Two Periods vs. #16 St. Lawrence (4-3) (1/3/17) Win Against No. 1 Ranked Opponent at #1 Denver (6-4) (10/10/09) Win Against Top-5 Ranked Opponent vs. #5 Boston University (4-2) (12/9/16) Win Against Opponent Ranked No at #8 Minnesota (3-0) (10/10/15) 10-Plus Goals in a Game at UMass (W, 11-1) (11/22/14) 5

6 RECRUITING CLASS 6 MATT BECK Goalie Westport, Conn. Flyers Elite (USPHL) ACE COWANS Forward Beverly, Mass. Waterloo (USHL) VLAD DZHIOSHVILI Forward Moscow, Russia Bloomington (USHL) ALEX ESPOSITO Forward West Haven, Conn. Youngstown (USHL) CHRISTIAN EVERS Defenseman Waukee, Iowa Lincoln (USHL) MARTIN FRECHETTE Forward Rockland, Ontario Cumberland (CCHL) OWEN GRANT Defenseman Ottawa, Ontario Carleton Place (CCHL) TYLER HARMON Goalie Ramsey, N.J. New Jersey Hitmen (USPHL) MAX KAUFMAN Forward Rochester, N.Y. Langley (BCHL) BRIAN KELLY Defenseman Purchase, N.Y. Connecticut Jr. Rangers BRYCE MISLEY Forward Toronto, Ontario Oakville (OJHL) CORY THOMAS Defenseman St. Brieux, Saskatchewan Flin Flon (SJHL)

7 VERMONT MEN S HOCKEY ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Sh. Yr. Hometown / Last Team 1 Tyler Harmon Fr. G L-C 97 Ramsey, New Jersey / New Jersey (USPHL) 3 Max Kaufman Fr. F L 96 Rochester, New York / Langley (BCHL) 4 Owen Grant Fr. D R 98 Ottawa, Ontario / Carleton Place (CCHL) 5 Christian Evers Fr. D L 97 Waukee, Iowa / Lincoln (USHL) 6 Vlad Dzhioshvili Fr. F L 98 Moscow, Russia / Bloomington (USHL) 7 Liam Coughlin Jr. F L 94 South Boston, Massachusetts / Vernon (BCHL) 10 Travis Blanleil (A) Sr. F L 94 Kelowna, British Columbia / Penticton (BCHL) 11 Conor O Neil Jr. F L 94 Hummelstown, Pennsylvania / Jersey (USPHL) 12 Drew Best Jr. F R 94 Plymouth, Michigan / Omaha (USHL) 13 Bryce Misley Fr. F L 99 Toronto, Ontario / Oakville (OJHL) 14 Ace Cowans Fr. F R 96 Beverly, Massachusetts / Waterloo (USHL) 15 Corey Moriarty So. D L 95 Estero, Florida / Boston (USPHL) 16 Derek Lodermeier (A) So. F L 95 Brooklyn Center, Minnesota / Brooks (AJHL) 17 Craig Puffer Jr. F L 95 New Canaan, Connecticut / Chilliwack (BCHL) 18 Matt O Donnell So. D R 95 Fountain Valley, California / Jersey (USPHL) 19 Jarrid Privitera Sr. F L 94 Old Tappan, New Jersey / Dubuque (USHL) 20 Ross Colton So. F L 96 Robbinsville, New Jersey / Cedar Rapids (USHL) 21 Martin Frechette Fr. F L 97 Rockland, Ontario / Cumberland (CCHL) 22 Alex Esposito Fr. F R 96 West Haven, Connecticut / Youngstown (USHL) 23 Rob Darrar (C) Sr. F L 94 Monroe Township, New Jersey / Dubuque (USHL) 24 Brian Kelly Fr. D L 97 Purchase, New York / Jr. Rangers (USPHL) 25 Matt Alvaro So. F L 96 Toronto, Ontario / Youngstown (USHL) 26 Trey Phillips Sr. D L 93 Okotoks, Alberta / Canmore (AJHL) 28 Anthony Petruzzelli (A) Sr. F L 93 Federal Way, Washington / Brooks (AJHL) 30 Matt Beck Fr. G L-C 96 Wesport, Connecticut / Flyers Elite (USPHL) 34 Jake Massie So. D L 97 Saint-Lazare, Québec / Omaha (USHL) 37 Cory Thomas Fr. D L 98 St. Brieux, Saskatchewan / Flin Flon (SJHL) 40 Stefanos Lekkas So. G L-C 96 Elburn, Illinois / Sioux Falls (USHL) Head Coach: Kevin Sneddon (Harvard 92) Associate Head Coach: Kevin Patrick (Notre Dame 92) Associate Head Coach: Kyle Wallack (Springfield 97) Assistant Coach: Kyle Reynolds (Vermont 15) Director of Hockey Operations: Jeff Hill (Vermont 08) BY CLASS Seniors (5) Blanleil, Darrar, Petruzzelli, Phillips, Privitera Juniors (5) Best, Bowen, Coughlin, O Neil, Puffer Sophomores (7) Alvaro, Colton, Lekkas, Lodermeier, Massie, Moriarty, O Donnell Freshmen (12) Beck, Cowans, Dzhioshvili, Esposito, Evers, Frechette, Grant, Harmon, Kaufman, Kelly, Misley, Thomas NHL DRAFT PICKS Name Team Year Round Ross Colton TBL th Liam Coughlin* EDM th Jake Massie* CAR th Bryce Misley MIN th * Rights traded to Chicago PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Matt Alvaro Al-vair-oh Travis Blanleil Blon-lay Liam Coughlin Cof-lin Rob Darrar Dar-ah Vlad Dzhioshvili Geo-sh-vee-lee Stefanos Lekkas Stef-ah-nose Leck-us Derek Lodermeier Load-er-my-er Bryce Misley Mizz-lee Corey Moriarty More-ee-are-tee 7

8 COACHING STAFF KEVIN SNEDDON Head Coach 15th Season Harvard 92 Vermont Record: Career Record: HONOR ROLL NCAA Tournament ( ) NCAA Frozen Four (2009 Washington, D.C.) Spencer Penrose Coach of the Year Finalist ( ) Bob Kullen Hockey East Coach of the Year (2008) Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup Champion ( ) Kevin Sneddon is one of only three head coaches to lead the UVM men s hockey program over the last half century He enters his 15th season as the head coach of the Catamounts in and his 25th year in the profession Sneddon enters the year one shy of his 225th career victory at UVM and his 275th win as a Division I head coach His teams have averaged more than 19 wins per season over the last four years, with three 20+ win campaigns 12 of Sneddon s former players have signed NHL contracts during his tenure, and all 12 have signed in the last decade He has led the Catamounts to three NCAA Tournament berths in the last eight seasons, including the program s second-ever NCAA Frozen Four berth in 2009 Sneddon s squads have also made three trips to the Hockey East Championship, including a 2015 semifinal berth He won a national title as a player at Harvard in 1989 KEVIN PATRICK Associate Head Coach 6th season (Notre Dame 92) Boasts 16 years of Division I coaching experience, including an NCAA championship at Wisconsin Promoted to the position of associate head coach in the summer of 2015 Was an assistant under current UVM head coach Kevin Sneddon for four years at Union College Selected as an assistant coach for the 2015 U.S. Junior National Team, which competed in the IIHF World Junior Championships in Montreal and Toronto KYLE WALLACK Associate Head Coach 6th season (Springfield 97) Has 16 years of Division I coaching experience and one season as a head coach in the USHL Promoted to the position of associate head coach in the summer of 2015 Two years ago, coached the power play unit to a 20.1% success rate to rank 13th overall in the country In 2014, his recruit Mario Puskarich became the first UVM freshman to win Hockey East Rookie of the Year and was a unanimous Hockey East All-Rookie Team selection KYLE REYNOLDS Assistant Coach 2nd season (Vermont 15) Skated in 84 career games for the Catamounts as a winger from Registered 50 career points, despite missing the entire season due to a serious knee injury 2012 Hockey East All-Rookie Team selection after finishing fourth among league freshmen in scoring Hockey East All-Academic Team selection during his time at UVM; Graduated in 2015 with a degree in finance and is currently pursuing a master s degree in accounting SNEDDON vs. ALL OPPONENTS HOCKEY EAST RECORD Boston College Boston University UConn Maine Massachusetts UMass Lowell Merrimack New Hampshire Northeastern Notre Dame Providence NON-CONFERENCE RECORD Alabama Huntsville (WCHA) Anchorage Alaska (WCHA) Air Force (AHA) Bentley (AHA) Brown (ECAC) Canisius (AHA) Clarkson (ECAC) Colgate (ECAC) Colorado College (NCHC) Cornell (ECAC) Dartmouth (ECAC) Denver (NCHC) Ferris State (WCHA) Harvard (ECAC) Holy Cross (AHA) Lake Superior State (WCHA) Miami (NCHC) Michigan (BIG 10) Michigan Tech (WCHA) Minnesota (BIG 10) Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) Minnesota State (WCHA) Nebraska Omaha (NCHC) Niagara (AHA) North Dakota (NCHC) Ohio State (BIG 10) Penn State (BIG 10) Princeton (ECAC) Quinnipiac (ECAC) Rensselaer (ECAC) Sacred Heart (AHA) St. Cloud State (NCHC) St. Lawrence (ECAC) Union (ECAC) Wisconsin (BIG 10) Yale (ECAC)

9 NHL CATAMOUNTS CATAMOUNTS ON NHL ROSTERS * goals-assists-points (games played) KEVAN MILLER 11 (BOSTON) (40) (43) TORREY MITCHELL 07 (LOS ANGELES) (17) (78) STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS YEAR PLAYER TEAM 2015 Patrick Sharp Chicago Blackhawks 2013 Patrick Sharp Chicago Blackhawks 2013 Viktor Stalberg Chicago Blackhawks 2011 Tim Thomas Boston Bruins 2010 Patrick Sharp Chicago Blackhawks 2004 Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay Lightning 2004 Eric Perrin Tampa Bay Lightning 1993 John LeClair Montreal Canadiens PATRICK SHARP 02 (CHICAGO) (42) (48) CONNOR BRICKLEY 14 (FLORIDA) (33) N/A 8 RAISED TO THE RAFTERS Prior to the Catamounts win over Dartmouth on Jan. 8, 2016 at the Gut, the men s hockey program honored its all-time leading scorer at center ice on Martin St. Louis Night For the first time in program history, the Catamounts retired a jersey number and raised St. Louis No. 8 to the rafters during a pre-game ceremony, never to be worn again by another player Forward Jonathan Turk gave up his No. 8sweater on Martin St. Louis Night and wore No. 88 for the remainder of the season A three-time NCAA All-American, St. Louis 97 registered 267 career points and helped lead the Catamounts to their first-ever NCAA Frozen Four berth in 1996 in Cincinnati The Tampa Bay Lightning s all-time leading scorer (953 points) had his No. 26 jersey retired by the franchise on Jan. 13 when the Lightning hosted his former NHL head coach John Tortorella and the Columbus Blue Jackets at AMALIE Arena LECLAIR ENSHRINED IN FLYERS HALL OF FAME John LeClair 91 was inducted into the Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame in 2014 along with former teammate Eric Lindros A native of St. Albans, Vt. near the Canadian border, LeClair registered 333 goals and 310 assists for 643 points for the Flyers and ranks seventh on the franchise s all-time scoring list The five-time All-Star had a career-high 97 points in the 1996 and 1997 campaigns and registered three straight 50-goal seasons NHL CATAMOUNT CONNECTIONS Former forward Chris Zimmerman 81 serves as the president and CEO of business operations for the St. Louis Blues Former Catamount Brady Shaw s father Brad Shaw is an assistant coach on John Tortorella s staff for the Columbus Blue Jackets Shaw s mother Mary is the author of the popular children s book series Brady, Brady which is named after Brady Andrew Allen 01 is the goaltending coach for the Buffalo Sabres after four years as the developmental goaltending coach for the Chicago Blackhawks Former defenseman Nick Luukko s father Peter Luukko serves as the executive chairman of the Florida Panthers MAJOR NHL AWARDS UVM alumni have combined to win 11 major NHL awards, which ranks third in NCAA history behind only North Dakota and Cornell Vermont is one of only five college hockey programs to boast more than five major NHL honors from its alumni UVM is also the only college hockey program in the country to have alums that have won the Hart, Jennings, Lady Byng, Pearson and Vezina trophies Former Catamounts have also been handed the Art Ross, Conn Smythe, and Ted Lindsay awards 9

10 VERMONT QUICK FACTS Location Burlington, Vermont Founded 1791 Enrollment 10,267 National Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Hockey East Nickname UVM* * Universitas Virdis Montis, Latin for University of the Green Mountains School Mascot Catamount School Colors Green & Gold Home Ice (capacity) Gutterson Fieldhouse (4,007) Ice Size 200 x 90 President Tom Sullivan Director of Athletics Jeff Schulman 89 Athletic Department Phone (802) Athletic Ticket Office (802) Gutterson Fieldhouse Press Box (802) COACHING STAFF Head Coach Kevin Sneddon, 15th Vermont Record (Entering ) Overall Record (Entering ) Hockey East Record (Entering ) Associate Head Coach Kevin Patrick, 6th Associate Head Coach Kyle Wallack, 6th Assistant Coach Kyle Reynolds, 2nd Hockey Operations Jeff Hill, 3rd Athletic Trainer Matt Bain, 4th TEAM INFORMATION Overall Record ( ) League Record ( ) Letterwinners Returning 17 (12F, 4D, 1G) Letterwinners Lost 13 (7F, 4D, 2G) Newcomers 12 (6F, 4D, 2G) Captain Rob Darrar TEAM HISTORY First Year of Men s Hockey First Year in Hockey East NCAA Tournament Appearances 6 Last NCAA Appearance 2014 Frozen Fours 2 (1996, 2009) NCAA All-Americans 22 All-Time NHL Players 16 Major NHL Awards 11 MEDIA RELATIONS Men s Hockey Contact Alastair Ingram ajingram@uvm.edu Office Number (802) Website UVMathletics.com YouTube YouTube.com/UVMathletics Video Stream (HD) CatamounTV.com COVERING THE CATS LEARFIELD BROADCASTS UVM s multimedia rights are held by Learfield, and all men s hockey games will once again be broadcast live on the flagship home for the Catamounts on WVMT 620-AM Alastair Ingram is in his eighth season as the play-by-play voice and sports information director of the program Former Catamounts Jerry Tarrant 89, Derek Wagar 05, Tom Child 04 and Damian DiGiulian will serve as color analysts Free audio is streamed online at UVMathletics.com/Listen KEVIN SNEDDON COACHES SHOW The Kevin Sneddon Coaches Show presented by Milton Cat with Alastair Ingram and head coach Kevin Sneddon airs live on WVMT 620-AM every Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. Each edition of the show features the weekly player interview series Chat with the Cats CATAMOUNTV LIVE STREAMS The Vermont athletic department has partnered with Stretch Internet to stream all home games for free in HD this season Video streams can be accessed at CatamounTV.com, including on-demand access to archived games MEDIA CREDENTIALS Media interested in season or game credentials for home games should contact Alastair Ingram in the Media Relations Office at (802) or ajingram@uvm.edu Credentials will be left at the Gutterson Ticket Office for pick up on gameday, beginning one hour prior to faceoff MEDIA INTERVIEWS All men s hockey interview requests must be arranged through Alastair Ingram in the Media Relations Office Please contact Ingram to arrange interviews early in the week with at least 24 hours notice in advance Kevin Sneddon and Vermont student-athletes are available on Wednesday mornings at 11:30 a.m. during the season Please contact Alastair Ingram to make arrangements for phone interviews; Please note that student-athlete phone numbers will not be given unless there are unique circumstances POST-GAME INTERVIEWS The Vemont locker room is closed to all members of the media Kevin Sneddon will be available in the Bostwick Room on the main concourse following the game, and select student-athletes will be available after a 10-minute cooling-off period With the exception of live television, student-athletes are not available until the conclusion of the cooling-off period Please make post-game player requests through Ryan Manley Interviews with the visiting head coach and student-athletes should be arranged through the visiting SID in Press Box 4 10

11 STATISTICAL LEADERS ## Points GP G A Pts Sh 20 Ross Colton Matt O'Donnell Craig Puffer Jarrid Privitera Alex Esposito Derek Lodermeier Max Kaufman Rob Darrar Christan Evers Brian Bowen ## Goals GP G A Pts Sh 20 Ross Colton Matt O'Donnell Alex Esposito Craig Puffer Max Kaufman Jarrid Privitera Christan Evers Matt Alvaro Anthony Petruzzelli Derek Lodermeier ## Power-Play Goals GP PPG 20 Ross Colton Alex Esposito 20 2 ## Short-Handed Goals GP SHG 17 Craig Puffer Max Kaufman 19 1 ## Game-Winning Goals GP GWG 18 Matt O'Donnell Matt Alvaro Ross Colton Max Kaufman 19 1 ## Plus/Minus GP +/- 11 Conor O'Neil Travis Blanleil 8 +2 ## Assists GP G A Pts Sh 19 Jarrid Privitera Derek Lodermeier Matt O'Donnell Craig Puffer Rob Darrar Brian Bowen Conor O'Neil Ace Cowans Alex Esposito Max Kaufman ## Shots GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 20 Ross Colton Matt O'Donnell Craig Puffer Alex Esposito Rob Darrar Conor O'Neil Brian Bowen Jake Massie Jarrid Privitera Max Kaufman ## Shot Pct. GP G A Pts Sh Sh% 12 Drew Best Max Kaufman Christan Evers Ross Colton Alex Esposito Matt Alvaro Matt O'Donnell Craig Puffer Anthony Petruzzelli Trey Phillips ## Penalties GP Pen Min 20 Ross Colton Jarrid Privitera Craig Puffer Christan Evers Jake Massie Owen Grant Derek Lodermeier Alex Esposito Trey Phillips Conor O'Neil ## Penalty Minutes GP Pen Min 17 Craig Puffer Ross Colton Derek Lodermeier Christan Evers Liam Coughlin Jarrid Privitera Jake Massie Alex Esposito Owen Grant Trey Phillips

12 COMBINED STATISTICS Date Opponent Score Att. Oct 06 COLORADO COLLEGE W Oct 07 COLORADO COLLEGE L Oct 14 at #17 Quinnipiac Lot Oct 15 at Union College W Oct 20 at MICHIGAN L Oct 21 at MICHIGAN L * Oct 28 #12 NEW HAMPSHIRE Tot * Nov 03 at UConn L * Nov 04 at UConn W * Nov 10 BOSTON COLLEGE L * Nov 11 BOSTON COLLEGE L * Nov 17 at #12 Northeastern L * Nov 21 CONNECTICUT L Nov. 25 at Dartmouth Wot * Dec 01 at Maine Tot * Dec 02 at Maine L Dec 09 BROWN Tot Dec 29 ST. LAWRENCE L Dec 30 HARVARD L * Jan 05 at UMass Lowell L * Jan 12 MASSACHUSETTS Tot * Jan 13 MASSACHUSETTS L TEAM STATISTICS UVM OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Shot pct Goals/Game Shots/Game POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays Conversion Percent Shot Attempts Shot Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Power Play Short-handed 2 5 Empty net 0 5 Penalty 1 0 Unassisted 3 2 Overtime 1 1 Shootout 0 0 Delayed Penalty 0 0 PENALTIES Number Minutes Penalties/Game Pen minutes/game SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att) Record: Overall Home Away Neutral ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE ## Player gp g a pts sh sh% pen-min pp sh 20 Ross Colton Matt O'Donnell Craig Puffer Jarrid Privitera Alex Esposito Derek Lodermeier Max Kaufman Rob Darrar Christan Evers Brian Bowen Conor O'Neil Liam Coughlin Owen Grant Ace Cowans Matt Alvaro Jake Massie Bryce Misley Anthony Petruzzelli Trey Phillips Drew Best Travis Blanleil Brian Kelly Corey Moriarty Vlad Dzhioshvili Martin Frechette Stefanos Lekkas Cory Thomas TM TEAM Total Opponents ## Goalie gp min ga gaavg saves save% w-l-t 1 Tyler Harmon 4 172: Stefanos Lekkas : TM EMPTY NET 14 16: Total : Opponents : Attendance Summary UVM Opponent Total Dates/Avg Per Date 11/ /3658 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Vermont Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd OT Total Vermont Opponents