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The Vermont Catamounts (3-13-3, 0-9-1 HEA) return to Hockey East play with a home weekend series against 10th-ranked UMass (14-7-1, 7-4-1 HEA) this Friday (Jan. 17) and Saturday (Jan. 18) at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
 
Both games are slated to begin at 7:05 p.m. and will stream through CBS All-Access and broadcast on WVMT with Michael Lehr on the call. Friday's game is Vermont Night and Saturday's contest is UVM's annual Green Out the Gut game presented by Casella Waste Management.
 
RELATED LINKS
Friday: Tickets | Watch | Listen | Live Stats | Game Notes (.pdf)
Saturday: Tickets | Watch | Listen | Live Stats
 
TICKETS
Tickets for both games are available through the link above, through the UVM Ticket Office at 802-656-4410, or in person the Gutterson Fieldhouse Ticket Office starting an hour before each game.
 
Fans can purchase tickets to Friday's tilt for just $17.91 with the promo code VERMONT at checkout.
 
VERMONT NIGHT FRIDAY | Tickets
The Catamounts will don flannel jerseys and fans are encouraged to wear flannel to the game. The UVM jerseys are available for auction at 12 p.m. tomorrow and continue until noon on Friday, Jan. 24.
 
There will be giveaways from Vermont companies such as Cabot Cheese, Healthy Living Market & Café, Lake Champlain Chocolates, and Darn Tough.
 
The first 500 students in attendance receive a flannel flap cap.
 
GREEN OUT THE GUT presented by CASELLA WASTE MANAGEMENT | Tickets
This is the third annual Green out the Gut game where Casella and UVM Athletics have teamed up with UVM Recycling and their Eco-Rep team to perform a waste audit providing data to make UVM more eco-friendly.
 
Questions on how to recycle better? Talk to the Eco-Reps at tonight's game or visit Casella.com/recyclebetter.
 
The first 500 fans in attendance receive a re-useable portable Catamount straw.
 
SCOUTING THE MINUTEMEN
UMass enters the Hockey East weekend series with a 14-7-1 overall record and 7-4-1 conference mark. The Minutemen most recently split a top- 10 weekend series with Boston College. The Minutemen are 6-5-0 on the road this season.
 
Junior Mitchell Chaffee leads the team with 26 points. He also leads the team in assists (13) and is second on the team in goals (13). He ranks 21st in the country with 1.18 points per game. Junior John Leonard leads the team with 15 goals. He ranks seventh in the country with 0.68 goals per game.
 
Junior Matt Murray and sophomore Filip Lindberg have split the time between the pipes this season. Murray has made 10 starts and holds a 2.00 goals against average and .911 save percentage. Lindberg has made 12 starts for UMass and holds a 2.01 goals against average and .924 save percentage.
 
As a team, UMass is eighth in the NCAA with 3.50 goals per game and tenth in the nation with 2.14 goals against per game. UMass also ranks fifth in the country with 34.3 shots per game.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Friday night marks the 79th all-time meeting between Vermont and UMass. The series dates back to Vermont's first varsity season in 1963-64, with the teams skating to a 5-5 tie in January 1964. UMass is 5-4-1 in the last 10 games and has won each of the last three games.
 
UVM and UMass have played two notable neutral site games. UMass took a 3-2 overtime win at Frozen Fenway in 2012. Vermont won 4-2 win over UMass in the 2016 Friendship Four series in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
 
EVERS SCORES, EVERS SCORES
Christian Evers scored two goals against Dartmouth, marking the first multi-goal game since Max Kaufman scored twice against Sacred Heart last season (Jan. 4). It is the first multi-goal game by a defenseman since Matt O'Donnell scored twice and added an assist in a 4-4 tie against New Hampshire on Oct. 28, 2017.
 
THAT WAS FAST
Christian Evers scored just 29 seconds into last weekend's game against Dartmouth. Evers' goal was the fastest by a Catamount since Tom Forgione '17 scored 22 seconds into a 3-0 win over Michigan on Oct. 28, 2016.
 
BECK UP FOR HUMANITARIAN AWARD | Release
Junior goaltender Matt Beck was named one of 13 nominees for the 2020 Hockey Humanitarian Award earlier this week. Beck is the first Catamount nominated since Jaime Sifers '06 earned the honor as a senior.
 
The Hockey Humanitarian Award seeks out college hockey's 'finest citizen' across all divisions of men's and women's hockey. Finalists for the award will be announced in February with the final announcement during the men's Frozen Four in Detroit.
 
Handy Toyota is the presenting sponsor of the 2019-20 men's hockey season