No. 11 Vermont at Dartmouth | Jan. 11, 2015, 4 p.m.
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VERMONT MEN'S HOCKEY NOTEBOOKThe 11th-ranked Vermont men's hockey team (14-5-1, 7-3-1 HEA) travels down I-89 on Sunday for a 4 p.m. non-conference matchup with former ECAC rival Dartmouth at Thompson Arena. Pre-game radio coverage begins at 3:30 p.m. from Hanover, New Hampshire on WVMT 620-AM and
SportsJuice.com with
Alastair Ingram and
Joe Gervais on the call. Live pay-per-view video is also available via the
Ivy League Digital Network.
SETTING THE SCENEThe Catamounts close a stretch of eight straight games against non-league opponents on Sunday. Vermont has won 10 of its last 14 games dating back to Nov. 7 and is out-scoring its opponents 33-15 during that span. UVM is ranked 11th in the latest USA Today/USA Hockey poll and sits 12th in the USCHO.com poll. Vermont has lost its last two games for its only consecutive defeats of the season.
LAST TIME OUT: YALE 3, VERMONT 1Yale scored the final three goals last Saturday night and skated to a 3-1 victory over the Catamounts at Ingalls Rink. Freshman forward
Rob Darrar had the lone UVM tally in the first period for his first collegiate goal. Alex Lyon stopped 20 shots in net for Yale to earn his seventh victory of the season. It marked just Vermont's second loss in its last nine games.
SCOUTING THE BIG GREENDartmouth tied UNH 2-2 on Friday night and stands at 6-5-3 (3-4-1 ECAC) on the year. Senior Tyler Sikura leads the Big Green with 13 points, and he is tied with three other players for the team-lead in goals with five. Junior James Kruger has started 13 of 14 games in net with a 5-5-3 record, 1.88 goals against average, .929 save percentage, and a pair of shutouts. Bob Gaudet is in his 18th year as the head coach in Hanover and has exactly 250 wins in his tenure.
SERIES HISTORYVermont has the advantage in the series with Dartmouth at 47-23-6 as Sunday marks the 77th all-time meeting. The Catamounts are 4-1-1 in the last six games against the Big Green, with those games being decided by a total of seven goals. Last season, Vermont and Dartmouth played to a 1-1 tie at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Jan. 3, 2014.
WHO'S NEXT | ScheduleVermont returns home next weekend for a two-game series against Northeastern at 7:05 p.m. on Friday (Jan. 16) and Saturday (Jan. 17) at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Friday is a Hockey East contest while Saturday is a non-league game with the Huskies. Both games will be streamed for free in high definition on CatamounTV.com, and pre-game radio coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. both nights on WVMT 620-AM and SportsJuice.com.
