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The Vermont Catamounts (3-6-0, 1-5-0 HEA) head south to take on the Dartmouth Big Green (3-2-0, 3-2-0 ECAC) on Saturday at Thompson Arena in Hanover, New Hampshire.
 
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SCOUTING THE BIG GREEN
Dartmouth enters Saturday's game with a 3-2-0 overall record and 3-2-0 mark in ECAC play. Dartmouth has alternated between wins and losses since its season-opening 7-6 win over Harvard. The Big Green lost to Princeton before defeating Quinnipiac in their following games before most recently falling to Brown and beating Yale. 
 
Will Graber leads the team in points (8) and assists (5). Quin Foreman leads the team in goals with four. Ten Dartmouth players have scored at least one goal through five games. Adrian Clark has made four starts between the pipes and holds a 2.51 goals against average and a .924 save percentage.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Saturday marks the 80th time the Catamounts and Big Green have met in series history. The Catamounts have a 49-24-6 all-time record against the Big Green and look for their fifth consecutive win over Dartmouth on Saturday.
 
AT THE DOT
Vermont ranks first in Hockey East and ninth in the NCAA in face-off percentage (53.9%). The Big Green are slightly ahead of the Catamounts in seventh, winning draws at a 54.3% clip.
 
STAYING OUT OF THE SIN BIN
Vermont is the least penalized team in the country, drawing only 6.9 penalty minutes per game.
 
Jake Massie and Matt O'Donnell are the most penalized Catamounts, each with five minor penalties through nine game. Derek Lodermeier, Johnny DeRoche, and Nic Hamre have all played five or more games without a trip to the box this season.
 
BROVEMBER | Donate
The Catamounts partnered with the University of Vermont Cancer Center to fundraise under the Center's Brovember initiative throughout the month of November. All proceeds from the month-long fundraiser will directly benefit the UVM Cancer Center and its efforts to help those in the community.
 
GOALS FOR GOOD with Community Bank
Vermont men's hockey has partnered with Community Bank for 'Goals for Good.' For every goal the Cats score this season, Community bank will donate $100 to Special Olympics Vermont. This season's total through nine games is 17 goals and $1,700 donated.   
 
Handy Toyota is the presenting sponsor of the 2018-19 men's hockey season