WOMEN'S HOCKEY NOTEBOOK
Vermont (10-8-2, 7-5-1 HEA) returns home this weekend to host #10 UConn (14-4-2, 8-3-2 HEA) in a two-game Hockey East series. The Catamounts will host the Huskies at 6 p.m. Friday night and at 3 p.m. Saturday. Please note Saturday's game time changed from 6 p.m. to 3 p.m.
 
Friday night will be the debut of "Hockey Night in Vermont" a new partnership with WCAX. Friday night's game will air on WYCI in the Burlington area with Rob Ryan on the call. WYCI is available on the following channels Comcast – 712, Burlington Telecom - 284, Dish Network - 34, DirecTV 40, and Spectrum – 706/1230. For fans outside of the local viewing area the game will still be streamed for free through CollegeSportsLive.
 
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YOUTH HOCKEY NIGHT FRIDAY
Friday night is Youth Hockey Night at Gutterson Fieldhouse. All kids 12 and under will receive free admission to the game if they're wearing a hockey jersey.
 
WEEKLY AWARDS FOR THE CATAMOUNTS
For the second straight week, two Catamounts earned weekly Hockey East honors. Senior defenseman Ellice Murphy was named Hockey East Defender of the Week and first year Sydney Correa was named Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week.
 
Correa made her collegiate debut last weekend starting the Catamounts contests against Providence and Maine. She made 32 saves in the two games and currently holds a 1.55 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage. On Sunday, she made 14 saves against the Black Bears earning her first career win and first career shutout in a 3-0 decision. Vermont is the only team in Hockey East to earn a conference win from three goaltenders this season.
 
Murphy scored shorthanded for the Catamounts in their 3-0 win over the Black Bears Sunday. She had nine shots over the weekend and blocked a team-high three shots in the shutout win over Maine. Over the last two seasons UVM is 3-0-0 in Hockey East games she scores in.
 
CORREA FEATURED IN THE BOSTON GLOBE
Georgetown, Mass. native Sydney Correa was featured in the Boston Globe by Kat Cornetta after her stellar opening weekend. Visit to read the article - https://go.uvm.edu/correa.
 
MONTHLY ACCOLADES TOO
On Tuesday, the Catamounts earned more league awards as Evelyne Blais-Savoie was named Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Month and Maude Poulin-Labelle earned Hockey East Player of the Month.
 
Named Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week on November 29 and December 13, Blais-Savoie takes home her first monthly honor after helping Vermont to a 2-2-0 record with two goals and one assist in four games in December. She scored the game-winning goal in a tilt that saw Vermont earn its first win over Boston College since 2009 and ended the first half of the season with points in three straight games.
 
Poulin-Labelle became the Vermont's all-time leader in scoring for a defenseman, tallying her 66th point in the month of December. She racked up four assists and five points in a two-game set at New Hampshire, earning the scoring crown with two assists on both Vermont goals in a 5-2 setback before erupting for a goal and two assists, including setting up the game-winner, in a 6-3 victory for the Catamounts the next night.
 
POULIN-LABELLE LEADS CATAMOUNTS OFFENSIVE ATTACK
Senior defenseman Maude Poulin-Labelle leads the Catamounts in scoring with six goals and 11 assists this season for 17 points. She is currently tied for fifth amongst all defenseman in scoring in the NCAA. Her numbers are boosted by a historic performance at Merrimack on November 21. She recorded the second hat trick of her career. She's the fourth Catamount in program history to record two or more hat tricks in her career. Allie Knowles, Dayna Colang and Ève-Audrey Picard were the other three. With 66 career points in 101 games she's UVM's all-time leader in defensive scoring.
 
PK PROWESS
The Catamounts own the nation's 5th ranked penalty kill this season, boasting an 91.3% success rate. Vermont has only allowed four goals while shorthanded this season, and has scored twice while on the penalty kill – Natálie Mlýnková against RPI (Oct. 2) and Ellice Murphy last weekend against Maine (Jan. 2). The 2018-19 Catamounts finished the season with the nation's top penalty kill at 87.4%. Vermont is one of just eight teams in the country to have allowed four or less goals shorthanded this season.
 
DISCIPLINE AMONG THE CATAMOUNTS
In addition to the Catamounts excellent penalty kill they have also done a fantastic job staying out of the penalty box. UVM has just 94 PIM this season, an average of 4.7 per game. Only No. 7 Yale (80) and No. 10 UConn (90) has fewer penalty minutes in the NCAA this season.
 
COACH PLUMER ON THE BRADY FARKAS SHOW
On Wednesday Head Coach Jim Plumer was a guest on WDEV's Brady Farkas Show. The two talked the Catamounts impressive start to the 2021-22 campaign, Youth Hockey Night on Friday and more. Listen now at https://go.uvm.edu/farkas.
 
SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
UConn entered the DCU/USCHO poll this week for the first time since 2008. After a 14-4-2 start to the season, the Huskies best through 20 games to start a season, they debuted at number 10 this week.
 
The Huskies are led by senior Viki Harkness who has seven goals and nine assists for 16 points, and graduate student Natalie Snodgrass who has six goals and eight assists for 14 points. In addition, graduate student Summer-Rae Dobson and sophomore Jada Habisch lead the team with eight goals each. Tomorrow night will be the Huskies first game action since sweeping Holy Cross in a home-and-home series December 3-4.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Vermont and UConn square off for the 50th and 51st time in series history this weekend. The Cats are 13-29-6 overall against the Huskies. On October 30, the Huskies defeated Vermont 2-1 in overtime at the Freitas Ice Forum. Summer-Rae Dobson scored 55 seconds into overtime for the Huskies. Natálie Mlýnková scored the only goal of the game for the Catamounts.
 
CZECH CATAMOUNTS QUALIFY FOR THE 2022 OLYMPICS
Sammy Kolowrat '19, Natálie Mlynková and Tynka Pátková qualified for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Chomutov, Czech Republic in November. The Czechs went 3-0 in Group C to qualify defeating Poland, Hungary and Norway. Kolowrat scored two goals in the three games, Mlynková posted one goal and three assists and Pátková posted an assist.
 
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