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Vermont (2-6-1, 1-2-1 HEA) closes out a five-game homestand this weekend with a pair of Hockey East games at Gutterson Fieldhouse against UConn on Friday (Nov. 13) at 7:05 p.m. and UMass Amherst on Sunday (Nov. 15) at 2 p.m. Both games will be streamed for free in high definition at CatamounTV.com. Pre-game radio coverage begins 30 minutes prior to faceoff on WVMT 620-AM and SportsJuice.com with Alastair Ingram on the call.
 
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PROMOTIONS
Friday's game will be presented by Xfinity, which will be tabling in the lobby and providing thundersticks for students. There will also be a Supercuts water bottle giveaway to fans as they exit Friday's game. Sunday is Jack Lyman Day to celebrate Jack's fourth year with the team through the Team IMPACT organization. Vermont will give away "Back 4 Jack" T-shirts to the first 750 students. Bring your skates and gear on Sunday for a post-game Skate with the Cats on the Gutterson ice.

TICKETS
Reserved tickets are still available for the UConn game on Friday at 7:05 p.m., and both reserved and general admission seats remain for the UMass game on Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com/Tickets, in person at the UVM Athletic Ticket Office in Patrick Gym, or over the phone by calling 802-656-4410. The Gutterson Ticket Office opens one hour prior to each game.

BROVEMBER | Donate
The Catamounts have partnered with the UVM Cancer Center for its Brovember campaign in support of men's health and cancer awareness. Seniors Yvan Pattyn and Jonathan Turk helped kicked off the month-long event last week at UVM Medical Center. Donation boxes will be available throughout Gutterson Fieldhouse for all men's hockey home games during the month of November. You can also click here to donate to the Brovember campaign in support of the UVM Cancer Center.

HANDY TOYOTA COACHES SHOW
The Kevin Sneddon Coaches Show, presented by Handy Toyota, airs at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday night on WVMT 620-AM. This week's edition airs live tonight with special guest senior defenseman Alexx Privitera in the weekly interview series "Chat with the Cats" hosted by Alastair Ingram.

SCOUTING UCONN
UConn rides a five-game losing streak into the weekend and was swept by UMass Amherst in a home-and home league series last weekend 4-2 and 5-3. Arizona Coyotes draft pick Max Letunov leads the Huskies in goals (6), assists (7), and points (13), and has a team-high seven points in league play. Rob Nichols has started nine of the team's 10 games in net with a 3-6-0 record, 2.98 goals against average, and .900 save percentage. Former Boston College assistant Mike Cavanaugh begins his third season as the head coach in Storrs.

SERIES HISTORY
Friday marks the 21st all-time meeting in series history but just the third since 2003, which was Kevin Sneddon's first year as head coach. UVM beat UConn 4-3 in overtime on Dec. 20, 2003 for Sneddon's first victory. The schools traded 2-1 victories last season in their first meetings in Hockey East play, with each team winning by a goal on its home ice. The Catamounts lead the series 17-2-1 and are 10-1-1 in the last 12 meetings. The teams first met in 1963, Vermont's inaugural season of men's hockey, but they have matched up just four times since 1975.

SCOUTING UMASS
Massachusetts began the season with a five-game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) and enters the weekend 6-2-1 (2-1-1 HEA) on the year. The Minutemen host Merrimack at 7 p.m. on Friday night in Hockey East play. Sophomore Dennis Kravchenko leads the squad with 15 points and shares the team-lead in goal scoring with senior Shane Walsh (7). Nic Renyard has seen time in seven of nine games in the net with a 3.55 goals against average and .905 save percentage. Former Vermont assistant John Micheletto is in his fourth year as the head coach of UMass and is assisted by UVM alums Joey Gasparini and Ryan Miller.

SERIES HISTORY
Sunday marks the 66th meeting of the all-time series, led by Vermont 40-19-6. The Catamounts are riding a six-game winning streak against UMass, which includes a pair of wins last year by the combined score of 14-2. Vermont downed UMass 11-1 on the road at the Mullins Center, which marked the most goals scored by a Catamount team since 1979 and matched the highest total in program history against another Division I opponent. UVM is 25-7-3 all-time in Burlington against UMass and has taken five of the last six meetings, but those contests have been decided by a total of eight goals.

RIVER HAWKS SWEEP TIGHT WEEKEND SET
Fourth-ranked UMass Lowell won a pair of close contests last weekend at Gutterson Fieldhouse to sweep a Hockey East series. Michael Fallon scored just 63 seconds after a Catamount goal in the third period on Friday and it stood for the game-winner in a 5-3 final. Mike Lee registered his first collegiate goal in the loss, while Alexx Privitera and Mario Puskarich also lit the lamp for Vermont. Kevin Boyle registered a 32-save shutout on Saturday as Adam Chapie netted the only goal at 14:22 of the first period on the power play. Mike Santaguida closed the weekend with 50 saves in the UVM net.

CATAMOUNT NOTES
Jarrid Privitera has scored four goals in his last five games and is one away from matching his freshman year goal total of six. Mario Puskarich skated in his 75th NCAA game last Saturday and the program's active leading scorer is one point away from hitting 70. Alexx Privitera is two games away from his 100th career appearance. Vermont closes a five-game homestand this weekend and will have played nine home games at Gutterson by the middle of November.

WHO'S NEXT
The Catamounts hit the road next weekend for a two-game league series against the Maine Black Bears at Alfond Arena on Friday (Nov. 20) at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday (Nov. 21) at 4 p.m. The Friday game will be televised on Fox College Sports. All the action can be heard on WVMT 620-AM and SportsJuice.com beginning 30 minutes prior to faceoff with Alastair Ingram and Pavel Navrat '97 on the call.