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2024-25 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

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16 Will Zapernick

  • Position FORWARD
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 184
  • Shoots R
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Edmonton, ALTA.
  • Prev School Sherwood Park Crusaders (AJHL)

Biography

GRADUATE SEASON (2024-25):
* Assisted on first 2 UVM goals in a 4-2 victory on February 14th at Merrimack
* Tallied 1st multi-point game of season with 1 goal and 1 assist at Boston University on January 11th
* Recorded 1st goal of season December 7th vs. Long Island and added 2nd goal January 4th St. Lawrence

SENIOR SEASON (2023-24):
* Skated in all 35 UVM games, finishing with 3 goals, 9 assists for 12 points
* Finished 3rd on team with 66 shots on goal, while leading Catamounts with 37 blocked shots
* Recorded 2 assists in season-opener October 13th at St. Lawrence
* Had 1 goal and 1 assist in UVM 4-1 win vs. Connecticut on November 3rd

JUNIOR SEASON (2022-23):
* Skated in all 36 UVM games, finished 3rd on team in scoring with 6 goals, 10 assists for 16 points
* Scored 5 of his 6 goals in Hockey East games and 3rd on team with 11 HEA points
* 2 of his 3 power-play goals (including game winner) came January 21st in 3-2 win at Boston College
* Also recorded game-winning goal October 22nd vs Holy Cross and short-handed goal January 27th vs. Merrimack
* Had season-high 2 assists in UVM's 4-2 win at Maine March 8th in Hockey East Opening Round Playoff game

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2021-22):
* Appeared in 32 of UVM's 35 games overall including 21 of 24 Hockey East contests
* Finished season with 5 goals and 6 assists for 11 points overall, while 3 goals and 2 assists for 5 Hockey East points
* 1st collegiate point with assist in season opener October 8th vs. Colgate (10/8) and scored 1st goal November 24th at Yale
* Scored season-high 3 points with goal (game-winner) and 2 assists in 3-2 win at Dartmouth on November 28th 
* Scored only goal in UVM 1-0 win March 1st vs. Northeastern, then 1 goal, 1 assist in 5-3 win at UConn on March 4th

FIRST-YEAR SEASON (2020-21):
* Skated in 11 of UVM's 13 games during Covid-19 shortened season
* Did not score a point in the 11 games, but did finish with a +4 plus-minus figure.

BEFORE VERMONT: 
* Spent 3 seasons with the Sherwood Park Crusaders of the AJHL, where in 2019-20, he ranked top 10 in goals (34), assists (54), points (88), and points per game (1.52) while amassing 184 points in 176 games played ..
* Represented the AJHL Selects and Hockey Canada at the 2019 Junior Club World Cup in Sochi, Russia.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2020-21First Year

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    5'9" 180 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2021-22Sophomore

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    5'9" 180 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2022-23Junior

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    5'9" 180 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2023-24Senior

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    5'9" 180 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2024-25Graduate Student

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    5'9" 184 lbs
    16