UVM 2016-2017 Season: Go Cats Go!

[j24vt]

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Odd Puskarich did not play. He already has had 5 games off to rest.

That entire line didn't seem too interested in back checking on Saturday. Pretty sure they were on the ice for at least 4 of the goals (although I was mostly focusing on the D after Muscoby got hurt). Not surprised that they didn't play Sunday

[Martin St. Louis Fan]

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I guess the surprising thing is after a suspension, they play like that. Hope it sparks them!

[Cat lover]

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Looked like a rerun of last years games, outplay and outshot a team but lose because of lack of finish and special teams.

Lynch giftwrapped the game to Union calling a cross check with 2 minutes to go not to long after a Union player cross checked a VT player
right on top of Santa which he was right there to call and didnt. God I hate refs who pick and choose when to call the rules.

[Martin St. Louis Fan]

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BTW, What's with Union fans bringing cow bells into the Season Ticket Holder sections? If you want to be obnoxious, at least bring them to the visitors section😊

[PrezdeJohnson09]

Looked like a rerun of last years games, outplay and outshot a team but lose because of lack of finish and special teams.

Lynch giftwrapped the game to Union calling a cross check with 2 minutes to go not to long after a Union player cross checked a VT player
right on top of Santa which he was right there to call and didnt. God I hate refs who pick and choose when to call the rules.

I agree...a chinsy call at that point of the game for sure. Unfortunate it proved to be the difference but UVM needed to wrap that game up a long time ago with how much they were dominating.

Puskarich was a healthy scratch I'm assuming?

[Nosmo King]

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What's the lineup going to look like this weekend?

[j24vt]

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Max Daigle left UVM: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/s...team/96047326/

[j24vt]

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What's the lineup going to look like this weekend?

Was surprised to see that Colton and Alvaro sat out Saturday afternoon

[harry]

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Big one tonight!

Hope the house is in order to start the New Year!

I see a big night from the P-P-P line....they are just about to catch fire!

Go Cats Go!

[Hoser]

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Hamilton and O'Donnell cannot kill penalties...........

[j24vt]

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Hamilton and O'Donnell cannot kill penalties...........

No kidding. Enough waving your stick at the puck. They won't score if they are on their butt

[Cat lover]

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Now that non-conf play is over time to look at the season as a whole versus last year.

Record 13-6-2 (15-22-3)
League 5-3-1 (6-13-3)

D1 Ranks

Offense #15 3.38 (#53 2.15)
Defense #13 2.38 (#28 2.67)
Powerplay #20 19.8 (#57 10.9)
ShortHand #18 84.9 (#49 78.8)

Lekkas #12 GAA 2.12 92.3 save %

No player in top 75 in scoring
14 players between 15 and 7 points
Colton 15
Darrar 13*
Puffer 13*
Shaw 13
Mario 12
Privitera 12
Lodermeier 12
Hamilton 10*
Bradley 10
Forgione 9*
Alvaro 7
Muscoby 7*
ODonnel 7

* Already more than last year

Great start from the freshman class 17g & 35a

The only place that you could say they have underachieved is the scoring of the upperclassmen which can be partly blamed by the loss
of the first 4 games but also fault of the players themselves,

Several big wins so far 4-5-1 versus currently ranked teams and Michigan/Northeastern as well.

13 games to go I would think 7-8 wins gets VT into the tourney and 16 of 26 points gets the Cats home ice.

[boblav1]

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A former Cornell recruit.

Bloomington Thunder '98 Vladislav Dzhioshvili commits to UVM. Russian left-shot F having very good year in USHL. Another fmr WBS Knight.

— Jeff Cox (@JeffCoxSports) January 6, 2017

http://www.ushl.com/view/#/player?pl...=293&season=58

[GreenCat]

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Nice win last night. A little ruff in the third but decent play in my opinion over all. How long has Bunyon been reffing? You wouldn't know it watching last night. Tough to get a good view as the live feed does not do replays. What gets me throughout the league is they call the ticky tac borderline penalties then fail to make the obvious calls and then wonder why the games get chippy....

[UVM Cat in Texas]

Nice win last night. A little ruff in the third but decent play in my opinion over all. How long has Bunyon been reffing? You wouldn't know it watching last night. Tough to get a good view as the live feed does not do replays. What gets me throughout the league is they call the ticky tac borderline penalties then fail to make the obvious calls and then wonder why the games get chippy....

I agree, nice win. This team has already matched its league wins from a year ago and we're not even halfway through the HE schedule. They've positioned themselves nicely for post-season so far. Hopefully they can keep it up. Go Cats!