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Vermont opens a home-and-home series against former ECAC rival St. Lawrence at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Friday (Dec. 11) at 7:05 p.m. The teams then travel to Appleton Arena in Canton, New York for a 7 p.m. puck drop on Saturday (Dec. 12). Pre-game radio coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. each night on WVMT 620-AM and SportsJuice.com with Alastair Ingram on the call. Live video is available on Friday night at CatamounTV.com and via SaintsAthletics.com on Saturday.

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TICKETS
Reserved and general admission tickets are still available for the home game on Friday against St. Lawrence, and for all home games during the holiday break. Tickets can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com/Tickets, in person at the UVM Athletic Ticket Office in Patrick Gym (M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.), or over the phone by calling 802-656-4410. The Gutterson Ticket Office opens at 6 p.m. prior to the game.
 
STAR WARS NIGHT
Friday at Gutterson is Star Wars Night presented by Essex Cinemas. Star Wars themed t-shirts will be given away to the first 400 students at the game. Tickets to the new Star Wars movie will also be given away throughout the night. The UVM Bookstore is currently selling Star Wars merchandise online by clicking here and will also have items for sale at the game. Fans are also encouraged to dress up as the best costumes will be picked for a special on-ice contest.

TOYS FOR TOTS DRIVE
Vermont will also host a Toys for Tots drive presented by TD Bank in the main lobby of Gutterson so be sure to bring a toy to donate during the holiday season.

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 rookie forward Liam Coughlin in the weekly interview series "Chat with the Cats" hosted by Alastair Ingram. Click here to listen to the interview with Coughlin, and click here to listen to any episode.
 
SCOUTING THE SAINTS
St. Lawrence is ranked 13th in both national polls with a 9-4-2 overall record through 15 games and a 4-2-2 record away from home. SLU features a balanced scoring attack with nine players who have registered at least eight points and six different skaters with at least four goals. The Saints' top two scorers this year are both defensemen, led by junior Gavin Bayreuther with six goals and six assists for 12 points, while fellow junior Eric Sweetman leads the squad with seven assists along with three goals. Sophomore Kyle Hayton is 9-4-1 in his 14 starts and ranks 13th nationally with a 1.91 goals against average and 14th with a .934 save percentage. Canton, New York native Greg Carvel is in his fourth year as the head coach of the Saints after taking over for longtime coach Joe Marsh.
 
SERIES HISTORY
St. Lawrence is Vermont's second-longest standing rival in men's hockey behind UNH as the former ECAC rivals meet for the 92nd time on Friday. Vermont is 22-14-2 all-time against the Saints at Gutterson Fieldhouse but just 18-28-1 at Appleton Arena in the North Country. The Catamounts swept the Saints last year in a home-and-home with a 2-1 victory at Gutterson followed by a 2-0 shutout at Appleton. UVM has won five straight over SLU by the combined score of 18-6 and has taken seven of the last nine matchups overall in the series.

WEEKEND SPLIT IN BOSTON
Brendan Bradley broke a 2-2 tie with nine minutes left in the third period and Liam Coughlin potted an empty-netter for his first career goal as Vermont downed No. 11 Boston University 4-2 on Friday. Former Terrier Alexx Privitera closed the night with a pair of assists, while forwards Anthony Petruzzelli and Jarrid Privitera added tallies. Vermont held a 3-2 lead on Saturday before Matt Lane tied the score at the 16:31 mark of the third period. After a five-minute charging major on Brady Shaw, Brandon Hickey scored the game-winner 14 seconds into the power play and Brandon Fortunato added an empty-net goal as time expired for a 5-3 BU win.  
 
MILESTONE WATCH
After a pair last Friday, Alexx Privitera is only four assists away from 50 in his career and made his 100th collegiate appearance on Nov. 15. Mario Puskarich is the program's active leading scorer and sits one point away from 75 for his NCAA career after collecting two assists last weekend. Brendan Bradley hit the 50-point plateau with a pair of goals against BU, while fellow junior Brady Shaw is two points from the half-century mark. Head coach Kevin Sneddon is just seven shy of his 200th victory behind the UVM bench and his 250th career NCAA victory.
 
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont closes the first half of the season next Sunday, Dec. 20 with a trip to Messa Rink to face Union at 4 p.m. Pre-game radio coverage begins at 3:30 p.m. on WVMT 620-AM and SportsJuice.com with Alastair Ingram on the call.