University of Vermont Athletics

CAREER HONORS:
• Hockey East Rookie of the Year (2014)
• Hockey East All-Rookie Team (2014)
• Meg & Kate Ryley Underclass Achievement Award (2014)
• Captain (2016-17)
• Assistant Captain (2015-16)

SENIOR SEASON (2016-17): Skated in 32 games as a co-captain, leading the team in goals (12), assists (17), and points (29) ... Recorded his first point of the year with an assist on the game-tying goal at No. 20 Northeastern (Oct. 30) ... Netted his first goal of the season at No. 7 UMass-Lowell (Nov. 4) ... Earned his first two-goal game of the season that included the game-winning goal against Dartmouth (Nov. 15) ... Tallied another multi-point night with a goal and an assist against Maine (Nov. 18) ... Assisted on the game-winning goal against Massachusetts in the Friendship Four (Nov. 25) ... Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist against No. 3 Quinnipiac in the Friendship Four Championship Game (Nov. 26) ... Registered his 100th career point with an assist against Bentley (Dec. 31), becoming the 43rd member of the program's 100-point club ... Recorded a multi-point game with a goal and an assist at home against Connecticut (Jan. 20) ... Netted two goals against New Hampshire to become the first Catamount with 50 career goals since J.C. Ruid in 1996 ... Tallied two assists on the road at No. 11 Boston College (Feb. 17) ... Recorded three points in the Hockey East First Round against Maine (Mar. 3 & 4) ... Ended the season with a team-high 116 shots on goal, 30 blocked shots, and a plus-2 rating

JUNIOR SEASON (2015-16): Saw action in all 40 games and posted a team-leading 28 points on 10 goals and a career-high 18 assists ... Finished his season ranked second in the country in shots on goal with 175 ... Led the team with four power play goals and added two game-winning goals ... Moved into fourth place all-time at UVM in career game-winning goals (11) ... Netted two goals in the season opener at No. 9 Minnesota, including the game-winner (Oct. 10) ... Had another multi-point game at home vs. No. 4 UMass Lowell (Nov. 6) ... Scored goals in back-to-back games against Connecticut (Nov. 13) and Massachusetts (Nov. 15) ... Assisted on the game-winning goal against New Hampshire (Jan. 2) ... Put together a seven-game point streak (Jan. 2 to Feb. 5) ... Netted the game-winning goal at Massachusetts while recording a season-high 11 shots on goal (Jan. 23) ... Recorded a goal at home against No. 10 Notre Dame (Feb. 5) ... Scored a power play goal against No. 2 Boston College (Feb. 20) ... Netted another power play goal in Game 2 of the Hockey East Opening Round at Connecticut (Mar. 5) ... Assisted on the game-winning goal in Game 2 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals at No. 3 Boston College (Mar. 12) ... Finished the season with a plus-3 rating

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014-15): Skated in 29 games and tied for fifth on the team in scoring with 24 points ... Ranked second on the team in both goals (11) and shots on goal (118) despite missing 11 of the final 12 games of the season due to injury ... Finished the season with seven multi-point performances ... Posted three points in the season opener at No. 16 Northeastern (Oct. 11) ... Had two points, including the game-winning goal at Clarkson (Oct. 18) ... Assited on the game-tying goal in the final minute at No. 20 Notre Dame (Nov. 1) ... Scored the game-winner at eventual national champion No. 16 Providence (Nov. 15) ... Collected two points in an 11-1 road win at UMass (Nov. 22) ... Scored three goals in a road sweep of Maine (Nov. 28-29) ... Recorded a career-high 11 shots on goal in the second game of the series ... Notched a goal and an assist in the Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup vs. Air Force (Dec. 28) ... Had another multi-point effort at Dartmouth (Jan. 11) ... Tallied two points, including a power play goal vs. Penn State in the Philadelphia College Hockey Faceoff (Jan. 31)

FRESHMAN SEASON (2013-14): Became the first Catamount to win the Hockey East Rookie of the Year Award ... One of three unanimous selections to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team ... Tied the NCAA lead with seven game-winning goals ... Registered the second-most game-winners in a single season in UVM history ... Skated in 37 games and scored a team-high 19 goals, which was tied for fifth in Hockey East and led all rookies by four ... Ranked second on the team in points (36) and third in assists (17) ... Tallied a team-best five power play goals ... Ranked second in the league with 156 shots on goal ... During Hockey East play, he led the league in freshman scoring (19), game-winning goals (4) and shots on goal (101) ... Became UVM's highest scoring freshman during its Hockey East era ... Collected eight multi-point games ... Named Hockey East Rookie of the Month twice and Hockey East Rookie of the Week five times, both of which were league-highs ... Had a stretch of 10 goals in 10 games from Jan. 11 to Feb. 21 ... Scored the game-winner for his first career goal vs. No. 2 Notre Dame (Nov. 1) ... Had the game-winner and an assist vs. Maine (Nov. 30) ... Notched a season-high 12 shots on goal vs. No. 16 Northeastern (Dec. 17) ... Picked up two goals and an assist in the Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup (Dec. 28-29) ... Collected his first collegiate three-assist game vs. No. 10 Yale (Jan. 4) ... Tallied two goals and two assists in a series at No. 11 Northeastern (Jan. 17-18) ... Had a point in each game vs. No. 1 Boston College (Feb. 14-15) ... Registered a natural hat trick in the third period at Merrimack and added an assist (Feb. 21) ... Potted the game-winner vs. No. 7 UMass Lowell on Senior Night (Mar. 1) ... Scored the overtime winner at No. 8 UMass Lowell in Game 2 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals (Mar. 15) ... Tallied an assist vs. No. 1 Union in the NCAA East Regional (Mar. 28)

BEFORE VERMONT: Skated with the Langley Rivermen (BCHL) in 2012-13 and won the Brett Hull Trophy as the BCHL scoring champion after amassing 41 goals and 89 points ... Posted 16 more points than any other BCHL player and also led the league in power play scoring with 22 points ... Named a BCHL First Team All-Star in the Coastal Conference ... In 2011-12, he ranked 18th in the BCHL with 31 goals and averaged roughly a point per game over 60 regular season contests with Langley

PERSONAL: Mario Puskarich the son of Dave and Sonya Puskarich of Fort Walton Beach, Fla. ... Has a sister Brittany ... Lists Sidney Crosby as his favorite player and the Pittsburgh Penguins as his favorite team ... Born in Pittsburgh, Pa. ... Undecided on a major