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13th-ranked Vermont closes out its non-league schedule on Tuesday night (Jan. 3) at Gutterson Fieldhouse against former ECAC rival St. Lawrence at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are available by logging on to UVMathletics.com/Tickets or by calling the UVM Athletic Ticket Office at 802-656-4410. 

Live video of the matchup with the 16th-ranked Saints is available for free in high definition via CatamounTV.com. Pre-game radio coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. on WVMT 620-AM and Catamounts All-Access with Alastair Ingram and Jerry Tarrant on the call.

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MARIO HITS CENTURY MARK
With 46 career goals and 54 career assists, senior co-captain Mario Puskarich became the 43rd all-time member of the program's 100-point club on New Year's Eve against Bentley. Puskarich has a point in all but five games since his return to the UVM lineup on Oct. 30 and is tied for third on the team in scoring with 12 points. The forward is tied with Kyle McDonough '89 for third place all-time at Vermont in career game-winning goals with 14.

DROPPING THE HAMMER
Senior Rob Hamilton skated in his 100th career game on Friday night against Bentley and posted his career-high 10th point to lead all Vermont defensemen. The Calgary native is tied for the fourth-best plus-minus rating in Hockey East this season (+13) and ranks third among defensemen. Hamilton, who entered the season with two career goals, has already scored three times this year, all coming on the power play. He has also eclipsed his point total from all of last season (8).

BENTLEY RECAP | Highlights: Friday | Saturday
The Catamounts swept Bentley by the combined score of 10-2 this past weekend and improved to 12-6-2 on the season. Brendan Bradley, Rob Darrar, and Brady Shaw all finished the series with four points, while Stefanos Lekkas and Mike Santaguida each picked up wins in net. The Catamounts fired 101 shots on the Falcons' net over the weekend and scored a season-high four power play goals in Friday night's 7-1 victory. Trey Phillips netted his first career goal midway through the third on Saturday for the game-winner in a 3-1 triumph. 

SCOUTING THE SAINTS
16th-ranked St. Lawrence hasn't played since Dec. 9 but won its final two games of the first half over Dartmouth (5-1) and Clarkson (3-1). The Saints have lost just one of their last 12 games (7-1-4) overall. Senior defenseman Gavin Bayreuther leads the squad in assists (17) and points (23), while junior forward Mike Marnell has scored a team-high 11 goals. Junior goalie Kyle Hayton has started all but one game in net with a 10-4-4 record, 2.08 goals against average, and a .935 save percentage which is eighth nationally. Mark Morris is in his first year as the head coach of SLU, replacing Greg Carvel who is now at UMass.

SERIES HISTORY
St. Lawrence is Vermont's second-longest standing rival in men's hockey behind only UNH as the former ECAC rivals meet for the 94th time in the series on Tuesday. Vermont is 23-14-2 all-time against the Saints at Gutterson Fieldhouse and won last year's home meeting convincingly by a 4-0 final. UVM had won six straight over SLU by the combined score of 22-6 before a loss the following night at Appleton Arena last December.

WHO'S NEXT
UVM closes an eight-game homestand in Hockey East play against the Northeastern Huskies this Saturday (Jan. 7) at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are still available by logging on to UVMathletics.com/Tickets or by calling 802-656-4410.

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