No. 5 Men's Hockey Travels to Vermont for a Pair (Fri - 7 pm - NESN) (Sat - 4 pm - CBS Sports)
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#5/5 UNH (16-8-4, 11-7-3 HEA) at Vermont (10-14-4, 7-10-4 HEA)
Friday, Feb. 22 -- 7:00 p.m. - Gutterson Fieldhouse (4,003) | Burlington, Vt.
Saturday, Feb. 23 -- 4:00 p.m. - Gutterson Fieldhouse (4,003) | Burlington, Vt.
Television
NESN - Friday, Feb. 22 - 7:00 p.m. (6:30 pregame show)
Eric Frede (Play by Play), Craig Janney (Analyst)
CBS Sports - Saturday, Feb. 23 - 4:00 p.m.
Eric Frede (Play by Play), Jim Paradise (Analyst)
Wildcat Sports Radio Network
Friday, Feb. 22 - 7:00 p.m. (6:30 p.m. pregame show)
Dan Parkhurst (Play by Play), Pete Webster (Analyst)
Saturday, Feb. 23 - 4:00 p.m. (3:30 p.m. pregame show)
Dan Parkhurst (Play by Play), Pete Webster (Analyst)
Flagship Stations: WGIR-610 AM (Manchester)
The Wave - 96.7 FM (Portsmouth) - The Sports Animal 930 AM (Rochester)
Affiliate Stations: WNTK-FM 99.7 (New London, Claremont) - WASR-AM 1420 (Wolfeboro) - WZEI-FM 101.5 (Meredith, Concord)
Scouting the Catamounts: The University of Vermont Catamounts enter the weekend series with UNH 10-14-4 overall with a 7-10-4 mark good enough for seven place in Hockey East. After a 2-7-2 start, the Catamounts went on a 4-1-2 stretch before losing five straight. UVM got back on track winning four of the last five including three straight heading into this weekend with victories against Maine (3-0) and a two-game sweep against Northeastern (2-1/3-1). Senior Chris McCarthy leads the team with nine goals and 14 assists on the season. In their last victory against Northeastern McCarthy netted two goals including the game winner. Freshman goalie Brody Hoffman made 29 saves in their two-game sweep against Northeastern. In 28 games, Hoffman has made 748 saves on 823 shots giving him a .909 save percentage on the season. Sophomores Jacob Fallon and Kyle Reynolds both have eight goals on the season. Picked tenth in this year's preseason poll, the Catamounts have improved to seventh place.
Series History vs. Vermont: The Wildcats own the advantage in the all-time series vs. Vermont at 76-19-5 in 100 all-time meetings dating back to Dec. 14, 1963. UNH won this year's only meeting 4-0 on Nov. 10 at Whittemore Center. Coach Umile in his coaching career has registered a 30-9-5 mark against Vermont in 43 meetings. Overall, the Wildcats are 25-9-5 in the last 39meetings with Vermont. Kevin Goumas is the active leading scorer with 11 points in nine games for the Wildcats. Casey DeSmith is 2-1-0 with a 1.66 GAA and a .935 save percentage.
Scoring Leaders vs. the Catamounts:
Player GP G-A-P
Kevin Goumas 9 2-9-11
Brett Kostolansky 12 1-5-6
Greg Burke 11 3-2-5
Austin Block 9 3-1-4
Trevor van Riemsdyk 4 0-4-4
Connor Hardowa 13 2-1-3
Eric Knodel 4 2-1-3
Grayson Downing 4 2-1-3
Dalton Speelman 14 1-1-2
Nick Sorkin 8 0-2-2
John Henrion 12 0-2-2
Scott Pavelski 9 1-0-1
Jeff Silengo 8 0-1-1
Justin Agosta 4 0-1-1
Casey DeSmith 3 0-1-1
Casey Thrush 4 0-0-0
Matt Willows 2 0-0-0
Jay Camper 1 0-0-0
Collin MacDonald 1 0-0-0
Brett Pesce 1 0-0-0
Goaltending Stats
Player GP/Min GA GAA W-L-T SV SV%
DeSmith 3/180:24 5 1.66 2-1-0 72 .935
DeSmith Game-by-Game vs. the Catamounts
Date Min Res. Svs. GA Shots
2-17-12 61:32 L 17 4 21
2-18-12 60:00 W 28 1 29
11-10-12 58:52 W 27 0 27
Totals 180:24 1-1-0 72 5 77
Wildcats Finish Stretch of 9-of-10 Verse Top 4 Opponents: The Wildcats just finished a stretch where they played nine of 10 against Merrimack (1st place in Hockey East), Providence (4th place) and Boston College (2nd place). New Hampshire will play the final six games of the regular season against the seventh (Vermont), eighth (Massachusetts) and ninth place (Maine) teams in Hockey East.
Tough "Road" Ahead for the Wildcats; Two Home Games in February: UNH is in the middle of a stretch where they are playing just two games at home in February, the 'Cats will conclude this span with a pair of games at Vermont this weekend.
West Coast Offense: The newly formed top line of Dan Correale, Grayson Downing and Austin Block have been very productive since their formation. The line has seven goals in six games (1.16 gpg). Downing and Correale hail from British Columbia, while Block is from California. Top liners Grayson Downing and Dan Correale each registered a goal and an assist each in Sunday's 4-4 tie with Boston College.
Willows Lights the Lamp against the Eagles: Willows scored his second career goal, both goals coming against Boston College this season.
'Cats Manage Split With Eagles: After dropping the season series with BC three-straight years, UNH played to a split with the Eagles this season going 1-1-1.
Look Mom I'm on TV: UNH will play its next five games on television with a potential for all six games to be on TV. Friday night Eric Frede and Craig Janney will call the game for NESN, while Saturday's game is on CBS Sports with Frede and Jim Paradise on the call.
UNH Eyeing Series Win vs. Vermont: UNH can capture the season series with UVM with a win or a pair of ties this weekend. The Wildcats earned a 4-0 win on Nov. 10.
For the 101st and 102nd Times: UNH and Vermont will battle for the 101st time on Friday night. The Wildcats have won 76 of these 'Cat fights over the 50 years of this rivarly.
van Riemsdyk Continues to Be UNH's Good Luck Scorer: Trevor van Riemsdyk assisted on UNH's first goal in a 4-4 tie with BC. The 'Cats are 10-0-3 when he has a point.
Working Overtime: UNH has played overtime in two of the last three games and seven times overall this year. The 'Cats are 1-1-5 in those games this season.
DeSmith Gold Standard in Hockey East: Casey DeSmith leads Hockey East in every goaltending category.
Goals Against Average: Overall Hockey East
Casey DeSmith 3rd (2.22) 1st (1.96)
Save Percentage:
Casey DeSmith 3rd (.925) 1st (.937)
Winning Percentage:
Casey DeSmith 2nd (6.80) 2nd (.658)
Henrion League Leading 125 Shots: John Henrion has a league-best 125 shots on net.
Pesce Receives High Marks from Central Scouting: Freshman defenseman Brett Pesce is the highest ranked collegiate player in the CSS Midterm 2013 NHL pre-draft rankings. Pesce is ranked 36th among North American skaters and has been projected as a first or second round draft pick according to some outlets. The highly-skilled blueliner celebrated his 18th birthday in November, while his captain Connor Hardowa celebrated his 24th birthday on the same day.
Winning the Draw: Jeff Silengo ranks first in Hockey East play in faceoff percentage. Additionally, John Henrion ranks in the top 10 overall and in league play in that category.
Faceoff %: Player Overall Hockey East
John Henrion 2nd (.604) 2nd (.604)
Jeff Silengo 4th (.589) 1st (.609)
Division I Men's Hockey Pairwise (Feb.18)
Rk. Team PR W-L-T Win % Rk RPI Rk. TUC TUC %
1 Quinnipiac 30 22-4-4 .8000 1 .5824 1 13-3-2 .7778
2 Minnesota 29 20-6-4 .7333 2 .5658 2 10-5-3 .6389
3 Miami 28 19-8-5 .6719 4t .5528 3 14-6-4 .6667
4t UNH 26 16-8-4 .6429 8 .5473 5 11-7-3 .5952
4t Boston College 26 17-8-3 .6607 6 .5455* 7 8-4-3 .6333
6 North Dakota 25 16-8-6 .6333 9 .5466 6 11-8-4 .5652
7t Minnesota State 23 20-9-3 .6719 4t .5474* 4 8-9-1 .4722
7t Western Mich. 23 18-8-6 .6562 7 .5391 9 9-5-2 .6250
9 St. Cloud State 22 18-11-1 .6167 11 .5440* 8 12-9-1 .5682
10 Niagara 20 19-6-5 .7167 3 .5374* 10 3-3-0 .5000
11 Denver 19 15-9-5 .6034 13 .5351 11 8-8-4 .5000
12t Yale 16 13-9-3 .5800 16 .5295 14 5-7-3 .4333
12t Boston Univ. 16 14-12-2 .5357 25 .5202 20 9-7-1 .5588
14t Mass-Lowell 15 16-9-2 .6296 10 .5347 12 3-7-0 .3000
14t Notre Dame 15 19-12-1 .6094 12 .5323 13 7-9-1 .4412
14t Union 15 15-10-5 .5833 15 .5245 15 6-5-2 .5385
17t Rensselaer 13 14-11-5 .5500 23t .5222* 18 7-9-3 .4474
17t Merrimack 13 14-10-6 .5667 18t .5208 19 6-7-2 .4667
19 Dartmouth 12 12-9-4 .5600 22 .5238 17 5-6-2 .4615
20t Neb-Omaha 11 18-12-2 .5938 14 .5243 16 6-10-1 .3824
20t Alaska 11 13-13-4 .5000 31t .5095 26 10-8-2 .5500
22 Robert Morris 10 16-12-2 .5667 18t .5039 28 5-3-2 .6000
23 St. Lawrence 9 15-11-4 .5667 18t .5152 22 5-6-1 .4583
24t Ohio State 8 13-12-7 .5156 30 .5138 24 6-9-6 .4286
24t Northern Mich 8 13-15-4 .4688 36 .5032 29 10-11-3 .4792
26 Ferris State 7 15-13-4 .5312 26 .5113 25 5-9-2 .3750
27 Wisconsin 6 13-10-7 .5500 23t .5194 21 5-10-3 .3611
28 Holy Cross 4 15-11-2 .5714 17 .5062* 27 2-4-1 .3571
29 Colgate 3 13-13-4 .5000 31t .5013 30 4-8-2 .3571
30 Providence 2 11-10-7 .5179 27 .5147* 23 3-8-5 .3438
31 Colorado Coll. 0 11-14-5 .4500 39 .5002 31 5-11-3 .3421
Where is UNH Ranked?: Here is a week-by-week look at the 'Cats in the national polls and the HE standings:
Date USA TODAY USCHO HE
9/24 RV NP 4th (pre)
10/1 NP RV 4th (pre)
10/8 RV RV 4th (pre)
10/15 RV 15 5th
10/22 11 12 3rd
10/29 10 9 3rd
11/5 9 9 2nd
11/12 5 5 2nd
11/19 3 3 2nd
11/27 2 2 2nd
12/3 1 1 2nd
12/10 2 2 2nd
12/17 2 2 2nd
12/24 NP NP 2nd
12/31 4 4 2nd
1/7 4 4 2nd
1/14 3 3 2nd
1/21 4 4 2nd
1/28 4 3 2nd
2/4 5 4 2nd
2/11 5 5 2nd
2/18 5 5 3rd
THE NATIONAL POLLS:
USCHO.com Division I Men's Hockey Poll (Feb. 11)
Rk. School (FPV) Record Points Lst Wk.
1 Quinnipiac (34) 22- 4-4 974 1
2 Minnesota (15) 20- 6-4 958 2
3 Miami 19- 8-5 889 3
4 Boston College ( 1) 17- 8-3 826 4
5 New Hampshire 16- 8-4 757 5
6 North Dakota 16- 8-6 740 7
7 St. Cloud State 18-11-1 684 8
8 Western Michigan 18- 8-6 657 6
9 Minnesota State 20- 9-3 651 9
10 Denver 15- 9-5 510 11
11 Notre Dame 19-12-1 491 12
12 Massachusetts-Lowell 16- 9-2 410 14
13 Yale 13- 9-3 352 10
14 Nebraska-Omaha 18-12-2 333 16
15 Boston University 14-12-2 299 13
16 Niagara 19- 6-5 243 15
17 Merrimack 14-10-6 230 19
18 Wisconsin 13-10-7 175 18
19 Dartmouth 12- 9-4 130 17
20 Union 15-10-5 97 NR
Others receiving votes: Rensselaer 34, St. Lawrence 20, Providence 19, Ferris State 9, Ohio State 7, Alaska 4, Colgate 1.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's Hockey Poll (Feb. 11)
Rk. Team, Points (FPV) Last Poll Record Weeks
1 Quinnipiac University, 503 (28) 2 21-3-4 10
2 University of Minnesota, 470 (6) 1 19-5-4 19
3 Miami University, 424 3 18-7-5 19
4 Boston College, 402 4 16-7-2 19
5 New Hampshire, 377 5 16-7-3 16
6 Western Michigan University, 338 6 18-7-5 19
7 University of North Dakota, 316 7 16-8-6 19
8 St. Cloud State University, 259 10 18-11-1 7
9 Yale University, 238 9 13-6-3 10
10 Minnesota State University, 185 13 18-9-3 6
11 University of Denver, 164 8 15-9-5 19
12 University of Notre Dame, 136 12 18-11-1 19
13 Boston University, 78 11 13-11-1 19
14 Niagara University, 70 14 18-5-5 2
15 UMass-Lowell, 55 NR 14-9-2 10
Others receiving votes: University of Nebraska-Omaha, 29; Dartmouth College, 13; Merrimack College, 9; University of Alaska, 7; University of Wisconsin, 7.
Scoring by Class: 2012-13 breakdown of scoring by class.
Class G-A-P G-A-P %.
Seniors: 28-38-66 31%-25%-27%
Juniors: 30-59-89 33%-38%-36%
Sophomores: 26-43-69 29%-28%-28%
Freshmen: 7-15-22 8%-10%-9%
To This Point: A comparison through 28 games between this season and the last three seasons.
09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
Record 14-10-4 17-7-4 12-14-2 16-8-4
HE Record 13-5-3 15-4-2 9-11-1 11-7-3
Goals scored 96 100 86 91
Goals scored/PG 3.43 3.57 3.07 3.25
Goals Allowed 90 71 85 65
Goals Allowed/PG 3.21 2.54 3.04 2.32
Shots 852 963 912 985
Shots Allowed 924 889 830 841
Power Play 16.5% 21.0% 19.4% 16.4%
(20-121) (26-124) (20-103) (18-110)
Penalty Kill 79.0% 80.8% 81.8% 89.5%
(94-119) (80-99) (72-88) (85-95)
Top 3 Scorers Butler Thompson Moses Goumas
22-19-41 24-20-44 20-11-31 10-22-32
Kessel Sislo Sorkin Downing
6-24-30 10-28-38 6-24-30 12-11-23
Thomp. DeSimone Goumas TVR
15-14-29 5-26-31 6-18-24 6-15-21
Wildcats Among National Leaders (Thru 2/18): Below is a list of where UNH players and team rank nationally.
Individual Rank Stats
Points Per Game:
Kevin Goumas 17th 1.14 ppg
Assists Per Game:
Kevin Goumas 10th 0.67 apg
Power Play Goals:
Austin Block 23rd 5 ppg
Short Handed Goals:
Grayson Downing 1st 3 shg
Points Per Game (Defensemen):
Trevor van Riemsdyk 26th 0.67 ppg
Goals Against Average:
Casey DeSmith 24th 2.22 gaa
Save Percentage:
Casey DeSmith 22nd .925
Winning Percentage:
Casey DeSmith 9th .680
Shutouts:
Casey DeSmith 2nd 4
Team
Scoring Offense 10th 3.25 g/gm
Scoring Defense 11th 2.32 g/gm
Scoring Margin 4th 0.96
Power Play 35th 16.4 pct
Penalty Kill 5th 89.5 pct
Combined Special Teams 20th 51.3 pct
Team Winning Percentage 8th .643
Among the League Leaders (Thru 2/18): Where some of the Wildcats rank in Hockey East.
Player All Games HE Games
Points: Kevin Goumas 6th (32 pts) 6th (21 pts)
Grayson Downing 15th (23pts) 20th (15 pts)
Austin Block NR 20th (15 pts)
Goals: Grayson Downing 8th (12g) NR
Assists: Kevin Goumas 1st (22a) 5th (14a)
T. van Riemsdyk 10th (15a) 8th (12a)
PP Goals: Austin Block 3rd (5g) 2nd (4g)
Eric Knodel NR 8th (3g)
SH Goals: Grayson Downing 1st (3shg) 1st (2g)
Trevor van Riemsdyk 6th (1shg) NR
GW Goals: Austin Block 10th (2g) NR
Dalton Speelman 10th (2g) NR
Kevin Goumas 10th (2g) NR
T. van Riemsdyk 10th (2g) NR
John Henrion 10th (2g) 3rd (2g)
Def. Scoring: T. van Riemsdyk 1st (21 pts) 1st (14 pts)
Connor Hardowa 8th (14pts) NR
Eric Knodel NR 9th (10 pts)
Plus-Minus: Kevin Goumas 4th (+17) 6th (+10)
Grayson Downing 8th (+13) 6th (+10)
Shots on Goal: John Henrion 1st (125) 1st (100)
Austin Block 6th (97) 5th (75)
Faceoff %: John Henrion 2nd (.604) 2nd (.604)
Jeff Silengo 4th (.589) 1st (.609)
Goals Against Average:
Casey DeSmith 3rd (2.22) 1st (1.96)
Save Percentage:
Casey DeSmith 3rd (.925) 1st (.937)
Winning Percentage:
Casey DeSmith 2nd (6.80) 2nd (.658)
Where UNH is Ranked in Hockey East (Thru 2/18):
Overall HE games
Scoring Offense 3.25/2nd 3.00/3rd
Scoring Defense 2.32/1st 2.10/1st
Power Play 16.4/5th 16.9/5th
Penalty Kill 89.5/1st 90.1/1st
Special Teams Net +11/1st +10/1st
1st Period Scoring 24/1st 15/2nd
2nd Period Scoring 36/2nd 26/2nd
3rd Period Scoring 32/2nd 22/3rd
Overtime Scoring 1/2nd 0/3rd
UNH Wildcat Productions Signs Multi-Sport Deals with WBIN & FOX College Sports: The University of New Hampshire athletic department announced a 15-game multi-sport package to air live on WBIN-TV & FOX College Sports. UNH Wildcat Productions will produce the games along with production partner Pack Network. Wildcat Sports Properties, a property of Learfield Sports, manages the comprehensive multimedia rights for UNH Athletics. The 15-game package will feature eight men's ice hockey games as well as three men's basketball games and a pair of games each for women's basketball and women's ice hockey. The first broadcast will be Friday, Oct. 12 when the men's hockey team takes on St. Cloud State University (7:30 p.m.). UNH Wildcat Productions broadcasts home games for 12 of its 20 varsity sports via UNHWildcats.tv. All told, UNH will produce over 100 games, including the 15 on WBIN & FCS.
UNH Hockey on Television(Subject to change or additional):
DATE GAME Time/Result
Fri. Oct. 12 vs. St. Cloud St. W, 5-3
Live Well Network | FOX College Sports Pacific
Sat. Oct. 20 vs. Boston U. W, 4-1
WBIN | FOX College Sports Pacific
Fri. Oct. 26 vs. Northeastern W, 4-3
WBIN | FOX College Sports Atlantic
Fri. Nov. 30 vs. UMass-Lowell W, 5-2 WBIN | FOX College Sports Central
Sat. Jan. 5 vs. Rensselaer W, 5-2 WBIN | FOX College Sports Atlantic
Fri. Jan. 11 at Boston College L, 2-5 NESN
Sat. Feb. 2 vs. Merrimack L, 1-4 WBIN | FOX College Sports Atlantic
Sun. Feb. 10 vs. Providence T, 3-3 OT CBS Sports
Fri. Feb. 22 at Vermont 7:00 p.m. NESN
Sat. Feb 23 at Vermont 4:00 p.m. CBS Sports
Fri. Mar. 1 vs. Massachusetts 7:30 p.m. WBIN | FOX College Sports Atlantic
Sat. Mar. 2 vs. Massachusetts 7:00 p.m. WBIN | FOX College Sports Atlantic
Fri. Mar. 8 vs. Maine 7:30 p.m. NBC Sports
'CATS IN THE PROS: Here is a listing of former Wildcats playing professional hockey:
Mike Beck: Frisk Asker (Norway)
Bobby Butler: New Jersey Devils (NHL)
Matt Campanale: Elmira Jackals (ECHL)
Joe Charlebois: Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
Greg Collins: Eindhoven Kemphanen (Netherlands)
Phil DeSimone: Albany Devils (AHL)
Matt Di Girolamo: Trenton Titans (ECHL)
Matt Dzieduszycki: Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams (DEL - Germany)
Matt Fornataro: Västerås (Allsvenskan - Sweden)
Brian Foster: Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL)
Jamie Fritsch: Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)
Lanny Gare: Löwen Frankfurt (Germany3)
Darren Haydar: Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Kevin Kapstad: Leksand (Allsvenskan - Sweden)
Blake Kessel: Adirondack Phantoms (AHL)
Damon Kipp: South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Jason Krog: HV71 (ET - Finland)
Peter LeBlanc: Rockford IceHogs (AHL)
Nathan Martz: Storhamar (Norway)
Kevin McCarey: Elmira Jackals (ECHL)
Jacob Micflikier: Biel (NLA - Switzerland)
Steve Moses: Jokerit (ET - Finland)
Jerry Pollastrone: Friesland Flyers (Netherlands)
Nick Poole: Milton Keynes Lightning (EPIHL)
Josh Prudden: Tilburg Trappers (Netherlands)
Mike Radja: Nippon Paper Cranes (Asia League)
Kevin Regan: Valpellice (Italy)
Steve Saviano: Vaxjo (Elitserien - Sweden)
Mike Sislo: Albany Devils (AHL)
Trevor Smith: Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (AHL)
Garrett Stafford: Hershey Bears (AHL)
Craig Switzer: HC Innsbruck (Austria)
Paul Thompson: Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (AHL)
James van Riemsdyk: Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
Daniel Winnik: Anaheim Ducks (NHL)
All in the Family: Junior forward Scott Pavelski is the younger brother of Joe Pavelski of the San Jose Sharks while sophomore defenseman Trevor van Riemsdyk is the younger brother of former wildcat and current Toronto Maple Leaf forward James van Riemsdyk.
'Cats Selected in the NHL Draft: Two current UNH players have been selected in the National Hockey League draft. Greg Burke (Washington) and Eric Knodel (Toronto) have all been drafted.
UNH on the Radio: In the summer of 1999, the University of New Hampshire Athletic Department formed the "UNH Sports Network" — the largest network ever to broadcast UNH sporting events.In 2009, Wildcats Sports Properties has added WPKX-AM 930 (Rochester) , WZEI-FM 101.5 (Meredith/Concord) and WQSO-FM 96.7 (Portsmouth) as affiliate stations on the Wildcat Sports Network, joining flagship WGIR-AM 610 (Manchester), which was added in 2008. All three stations are part of the Clear Channel family. These three aforementioned stations -- along with WNTK-FM 99.7 (New London), WASR-AM 1420 (Wolfeboro) -- will carry the following: all UNH football & men's hockey broadcasts, a select number of men's basketball, women's basketball and women's hockey broadcasts. Dan Parkhurst will be handling the play-by-play for the sixth-straight season, while Pete Webster will once again be doing the color commentating. Webster has been announcing Wildcat hockey since the 1993-94 season.
Listen on the Internet: UNHWildcats.com via Stretch Internet Broadcast will carry all of the UNH men's ice hockey action again this season. If you can not attend Wildcat hockey, you can still tune into the game from anywhere you can gain access to the internet. Fans can get to the UNH men's ice hockey broadcast site by going to the men's hockey schedule page at www.unhwildcats.com.
Wildcat Awards: Here is a list of awards that Wildcat players have won to date this season:
Player Award Date
Dalton Speelman HE Player of the Week 10/15
Casey DeSmith HE co-Defensive Player of the Week 10/22
Casey DeSmith HE co-Defensive Player of the Week 10/29
Casey DeSmith HE Goaltender of the Month October
Casey DeSmith HE Defensive Player of the Week 11/5
Connor Hardowa Senior CLASS Award Candidate 11/13
Casey DeSmith HE Defensive Player of the Week 11/19
UNH Wildcats HE Team of the Week 11/19
Dick Umile XOS Digital Coach of the Week 11/19
Kevin Goumas HE Player of the Week 11/26
UNH Wildcats HE Team of the Week 11/26
Grayson Downing HE co-Player of the Week 12/3
UNH Wildcats HE Team of the Week 12/3
Austin Block All-Tourney team (Dartmouth) 12/31
T. van Riemsdyk MVP Battle for RiverStone Cup 1/26
Granite State Connection: The Wildcat hockey team features three players from New Hampshire with Greg Burke (Lee) Ryan Randall (Durham) and Casey DeSmith (Rochester) all hailing from the Granite State.
NCAA Northeast Regional Tickets Now On Sale: The University of New Hampshire athletic department and the NCAA announced that tickets for the 2013 NCAA Northeast Regional on Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30 hosted by UNH and the Verizon Wireless Arena are now on sale. Tickets for the three-game package range from $55-$75. Game times will be announced at a later time. To purchase tickets in person, please visit the Whittemore Center or Verizon Wireless Arena box offices. To purchase tickets by phone, call 1-800-745-3000 or visit http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0100491F81FE34B9 or www.verizonwirelessarena.com to order tickets online.
'Cats Picked Fourth in Preseason Coaches' Poll: UNH was voted fourth in the Hockey East Preseason Coaches' Poll, which was announced Tuesday afternoon at the league's annual media day at Legends Restaurant at the TD Garden. The Wildcats racked up 64 points, including one first place vote, to give them the fourth place standing. New Hampshire has been picked third in the last two preseason polls and finished in the top three in Hockey East five of the last six seasons, including three regular-season titles in that span.
2012-2013 Hockey East Preseason Coaches Poll
Rk. Team (FPV) Pts
1. Boston College (9) 90
2. UMass-Lowell 74
3. Boston University 73
4. New Hampshire (1) 63
5. Maine 56
6. Northeastern 44
Providence 44
8. Merrimack 38
9. Massachusetts 35
10. Vermont 23
