FINAL SCORE: #20/18 Vermont 0, Maine 0
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Jacob Oster made 23 saves Friday night earning his first career shutout in a scoreless 0-0 tie between No. 20/18 Vermont (5-3-2, 4-1-2) and Maine (5-5-1, 1-3-1) from historic Gutterson Fieldhouse.
Ethan Burroughs and
Colin Kessler scored in the shootout for Vermont as they claimed the extra league point for the second straight game. The Catamounts remain in first place in Hockey East with 16 points in their first seven league games.
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COACH'S QUOTE
"That was a real battle start to finish," said Head Coach
Steve Wiedler. "Neither team wanted to blink.  Just an old school Hockey East slug it out type game. Proud of our guys for sticking with it. Crowd was unbelievable tonight. Always appreciate this communities support. Quick turnaround for tomorrow. Have to recover and get ready for a 5pm start." Â
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Catamounts appeared to open the scoring 6:15 into the first period on a one-on-one rush by Jonah Aegerter. Albin Boija made an initial stop on Aegerter but Matteo Michels put home the rebound as it was loose in the crease. Maine asked for an officials review on the play and following the review it was called offside.
- The tight checking first period ended scoreless with Maine outshooting Vermont 4-3.
- The second period was more of the same between the two teams. UVM's Jacob Oster made 12 second period stops and the teams were knotted at zero after 40 minutes.
- With 6:29 to play in regulation the scoreless game went to its final media timeout before a Maine power play. The UVM kill was outstanding, Oster made one save but outside of that the Catamounts smothered the Black Bears.
- In the three-on-three overtime Boija and Oster each made three saves pushing the game to the shootout, UVM's second straight.
- Kessler scored for Vermont on the Catamounts second attempt, but Maine's Max Scott answered back to keep the game going.
- Oster stopped Alexander Bales on Maine's fourth attempt and Burroughs sent the crowd home happy lifting a shot over Boija's shoulder to make it a two-point night for Vermont.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- With his shutout tonight Jacob Oster has improved to 5-2-2 with a 1.73 GAA (12th in NCAA) and .937 save % (14th in NCAA). The Hockey East Rookie of the Month for October hasn't lost a game in regulation.
- Vermont held Maine to 23 shots on goal tonight, their lowest total of the season. Entering tonight's game, they were averaging 39.3 shots per game in league action.
- Tonight was Maine goaltender Albin Boija's second straight shutout, he has not allowed a goal in 148:13 of game action dating back to Nov. 6.
- Michael Hagens led all Vermont skaters with four blocked shots Friday night.
- Tonight was the Catamounts first scoreless game since a 0-0 tie at Providence on January 1, 2021. In that contest Tyler Harmon made 33 saves for Vermont.
- With today's Win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to the Ronald McDonald House through the Cat's Win, Community Win's initiative. Vermont Mutual has donated over $6.4 Million Dollars since launching their Charitable Giving Fund.
UP NEXT
Vermont will host the Black Bears in game two of the weekend Hockey East set at 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 14. The action will air live on ESPN+ with Rob Ryan on the call. It will also be available to international viewers on HockeyEast.TV. The game will also be broadcast live on WVMT with the voice of the Catamounts Owen Gund in the Vermont Energy Broadcast Booth.
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For tickets for Saturday's action visit go.uvm.edu/mhsg. Saturday is Can for Coffee presented by Keurig.
Keurig Dr Pepper's Can for Coffee proudly supports our local veterans through the
Josh Pallotta Fund and
Josh's House Veteran Retreat project. Bring a non-perishable food donation to the game and receive your choice of
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (K-pods & bagged coffee) or
Black Rifle Coffee Company's Spirit of '76 K-Cup® Pods while supplies last. All non-perishable food donations collected will support local veterans and their families in need.
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For news and updates about the Vermont men's hockey program, follow @UVMmhockey on Instagram, X, and Facebook, and visit UVMathletics.com.
Vermont Energy is the presenting sponsor of the UVM men's hockey program
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