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Vermont (2-4-1, 1-0-1 HEA) continues a five-game homestand this weekend with a two-game Hockey East series against fourth-ranked UMass Lowell (4-1-2, 0-0-2 HEA) at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Friday (Nov. 6) and Saturday (Nov. 7) at 7:05 p.m. Both games will be streamed for free in high definition at CatamounTV.com. Pre-game radio coverage begins each night at 6:30 p.m. on WVMT 620-AM and SportsJuice.com with Alastair Ingram on the call.
 
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GOLD OUT
Friday night is a GOLD OUT at the Gut as the team wears its new gold jerseys for the first time. Fans are encouraged to wear their best Vermont gold attire to the game. Gold T-shirts will be handed out to students as part of RallyFest at the indoor track from 6-7 p.m., which will include free food from Papa Johns, Five Guys and Lake Champlain Chocolates. There will also be a Thunderstick giveaway courtesy of Kevin Smith Sports and Buffalo Wild Wings exit coupons. Saturday is Poster Day presented by UPS Store Downtown and the team will sign autographs in the main lobby after the game.

TICKETS
Reserved tickets are still available for the UMass Lowell series. 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 at 6 p.m. 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 this 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 sophomore forward Anthony Petruzzelli in Chat with the Cats. To hear last week's Chat with the Cats with Jarrid Privitera, click here.

SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS
UMass Lowell split a two-game series on the road against No. 6 Minnesota Duluth last weekend, dropping the first game 2-1 for its first loss of the season before responding with a 6-3 victory. The River Hawks are ranked fourth in the USCHO.com Poll and fifth in the USA Today/USA Hockey Poll this week. Adam Chapie has scored a team-high three goals, while Joe Gambardella leads the squad with four assists. UMass Amherst transfer Kevin Boyle has started all seven games in net and boasts a 1.40 goals against average and .949 save percentage. Norm Bazin is in his fifth season as the head coach and led UMass Lowell to 21 wins and the Hockey East title game last season.

SERIES HISTORY
UMass Lowell has a slight edge of 22-16-7 in the series heading into Friday's 46th all-time matchup between the schools. The Catamounts fell 4-1 to Lowell in last year's Hockey East Semifinal at TD Garden as Kevin Irwin scored the lone UVM goal in the first period. Vermont hasn't hosted UML since Senior Weekend during the 2013-14 season. Last year, the River Hawks took three points from the Catamounts in the final series of the regular season at Tsongas Center. All five meetings two years ago took place in a two-week span, and all five were decided by one goal as Lowell out-scored UVM 10-9 in the season series.

CATS TAKE THREE OF FOUR FROM HUSKIES
Vermont won 3-2 in the league opener at Northeastern last Thursday to win at Matthews Arena for the fifth time in its last six trips. Dan Senkbeil scored his first career game-winning goal at the 13:46 mark of the third period to break a 2-2 deadlock. UVM fought back for a point with a 3-3 tie on Saturday at Gutterson Fieldhouse despite holding a 2-1 lead after two periods. Anthony Petruzzelli scored the game-tying goal with 2:01 remaining in regulation for his second goal in as many games. Mike Santaguida finished the Hockey East series with 49 saves.

CATAMOUNT NOTES
Jarrid Privitera is tied for fourth in Hockey East and tied for 25th nationally in goal scoring and is just one shy of his freshman year goal total (6). The sophomore is riding a three-game goal scoring streak with four tallies in that span, including one in each game of the Northeastern series. Mario Puskarich has at least one point in six of his first seven games to rank 17th in Hockey East scoring, and he sits sixth in the league with 25 shots on goal to lead the team. Alexx Privitera is four games away from his 100th career appearance.

WHO'S NEXT
Vermont closes a five-game homestand next weekend with Hockey East contests against UConn on Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:05 p.m. and UMass Amherst on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. Both games will be streamed for free in high definition at CatamounTV.com with radio coverage on WVMT 620-AM and SportsJuice.com.