FINAL SCORE: Vermont 8, Saint Michael's 0
BURLINGTON, Vt. – 12 different Catamounts tallied a point or more en route an 8-0 victory during Vermont's exhibition game against Saint Michael's on Saturday evening from Gutterson Fieldhouse.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"It was really good to get the season going," said Head Coach Jim Plumer. "We really had to work to score against Saint Michael's outstanding goalie. I was very pleased to have eight different players score today and I hope that boats well for our ability to put pucks in the net this year. We will take the next two weeks to really fine-tune some things and be ready for Penn State.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a scoreless opening frame, the Catamounts struck first 2:38 into the second period when Brooke George crashed the net with Lauren O'Hara, getting rewarded by pinning the rebound of O'Hara's initial shot to the center of the net, giving Vermont a 1-0 lead.
• A little over five minutes later at the 8:37 mark of the second frame, Oona Havana made it 2-0 when she cut her way to the slot, unleashing a wrist shot to the bottom left corner, doubling the Catamount lead.
• Morgann Skoda found the back of the net 11:45 into the middle frame, putting away a rebound in front of the net amid chaos while falling to the ice, extending the Catamount lead to 3-0.
• Josie Hemp would tally one more goal for UVM before the end of the second period, earning Vermont a four-goal cushion heading into the final 20 minutes of action.
• O'Hara dialed up the fifth goal of the game just 1:18 into the final period, skating right up the middle of the slot and ripping a snapshot to the left side of the net, giving Vermont a 5-0 advantage.
• Kaylee Lewis notched the Catamounts' sixth goal of the game, finding the top left corner, extending the lead to 6-0.
• First year forwards Makena Lloyd-Howe and Hilary Wilkin scored Vermont's final two goals of the game as UVM skated away with a dominate 8-0 exhibition win from Gutterson Fieldhouse.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• 12 different Catamounts registers a point on Saturday against the Purple Knights.
• O'Hara and Hemp led a game high three points, each scoring one goal and two assists.
• Havana and Sophia DeAnzeris each led a game high seven shots on goal.
• Rose-Marie Brochu won 16 of 17 faceoffs taken against Saint Michael's.
• Julia Mesplede, Lewis, Lloyd-Howe, and Skoda all tallied multiple points on Saturday.
• UVM outshot Saint Michael's on goal 59-5.
• Vermont won 39 faceoffs to the Purple Knights' 13.
• With today's Win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to the Lund Family Center through the Cat's Win, Community Win's initiative. Vermont Mutual has donated over $5 Million Dollars since launching their Charitable Giving Fund in 2014.

 
UP NEXT
Following the exhibition win over Saint Michael's, the Catamounts get a little under two weeks to prepare for their Home Opener presented by TD Bank against No. 8 Penn State, welcoming the Nittany Lions to Gutterson Fieldhouse for the first time since 2019. Vermont's Home Opener is scheduled for Friday Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. UVM wraps up the weekend series with Penn State on Saturday Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. Both games will be streamed live on ESPN+.
 
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