MEN'S HOCKEY NOTEBOOK
The Vermont Catamounts (3-22-6, 0-17-4 HEA) close out the home slate at Gutterson Fieldhouse with a weekend series against 12th-ranked Northeastern (17-10-3, 10-9-1 HEA).
 
Friday's game is TD Bank Night at the Gut and Saturday's game is Senior Night presented by the UVM Alumni Association. Both games are scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m. and will stream through CBS All-Access. The voice of the Catamounts, Michael Lehr, is on the call on WVMT and through the UVMAthletics.com website.
 
RELATED LINKS
Friday: Tickets | Watch | Listen | Live Stats | Game Notes (.pdf)
Saturday: Tickets | Watch | Listen | Live Stats
 
DOLLAR DOGS SATURDAY
All hot dogs will be $1 on Saturday courtesy of Sodexo and McKenzie Meats.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
Northeastern enters the weekend series with a 17-10-3 overall record and 10-9-1 conference record. The Huskies rank 12th and 13th in the national polls but are coming off a series loss to fourth-ranked Boston College, falling 3-2 and 10-1 loss to the Eagles.
 
Sophomore Tyler Madden leads the Huskies in goals (19) and points (37). Junior Zach Solow and senior Ryan Shea follow with 29 points each. Shea leads NU with 24 assists.
 
Graduate student Craig Pantano, formerly at Merrimack, has started in all 30 games this season for the Huskies. He holds a 2.46 goals against average and a .915 save percentage.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Friday's game marks the 69th meeting between the Catamounts and Huskies in a series dating back to 1969.  
 
Vermont holds a 32-29-7 all-time record and a 15-14-6 home record against Northeastern. Under head coach Kevin Sneddon, Vermont is 20-19-6 against the Huskies.
 
SERIES SPOTLIGHT
Vermont defeated Northeastern, 5-3, on November 1, 2005 in its first-ever Hockey East game for the program and at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Vermont exploded from the first puck drop and held a 5-0 lead at the first intermission.
 
Dean Strong '09 scored Vermont's first Hockey East goal at 1:03 of the first followed by two goals apiece from Jeff Corey '06 and Pete Lenes '09. Joe Fallon '08 made 21 saves to pick up his first Hockey East win.
 
SENIOR NIGHT PRESENTED BY UVM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The six members of the Class of 2020 play their final games at Gutterson Fieldhouse this weekend. Their contributions to the program will be recognized prior to Saturday's puck drop.
 
Matt Alvaro, Thomas Beretta, Stefanos Lekkas, Derek Lodermeier, Corey Moriarty, and Matt O'Donnell enter the weekend with a combined 625 games played in Green & Gold.
 
HOCKEY EAST ANNOUNCES CBS INTERACTIVE PARTNERSHIP
Hockey East formally announced a multi-year partnership with CBS Interactive to stream all men's and women's games on the CBS All-Access platform. The partnership places all men's and women's games, including this season's playoffs, on CBS All-Access in the United States and Canada.
 
Handy Toyota is the presenting sponsor of the 2019-20 men's hockey season