MEN'S HOCKEY PLAYS HOME-AND-HOME WITH BOSTON UNIV.; FRI (BLUE OUT THE WHIT), SAT (NESN)
Game Notes
DURHAM, N.H. -- The University of New Hampshire
men’s hockey team enters a home-and-home series with Boston
University. The defending national champions come to the Whittemore
Center on Friday night during the annual “Blue Out the
Whitt” night and travel to Agganis Arena on Saturday night in
a game that will air live on NESN. Puck drops both nights at 7
p.m.
SCOUTING THE TERRIERS: Boston University enters
this weekend’s series 3-6-0 overall and a 2-5-0 mark in
Hockey East play. The Terriers, who lost just five league games all
last season, dropped five-straight in the league before bouncing
back with a 6-4 win over Merrimack, most recently. Junior
defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk leads the way offensively for BU with
nine points (2g, 7a). Freshman Alex Chiasson has a team-best four
goals. Sophomore netminder Kieran Millan has seen the majority of
action and has a 2-6-0 record with a 3.15 GAA and a .876 save
percentage. Most recently, Grant Rollheiser started and stopped 25
shots in a winning effort against Merrimack.
SERIES HISTORY VS. BOSTON U.: Boston University leads the
all-time series with UNH, 95-42-18 in 155 all-time meetings between
the two schools dating back to Feb. 5, 1925. In BU’s run to
the national championship a year ago, the Wildcats were 1-3 against
the Terriers with their win coming in a 2-1 game back on Oct. 19.
2008. Most recently, the Terriers captured a 2-1 win over UNH at
the 2009 NCAA Northeast Regional in Manchester. Coach Umile owns a
24-31-8 all-time record against Boston University. Senior
forward Bobby Butler is the active leading career Wildcat scorer
against BU with five points, while senior goaltender Brian Foster
is 1-3-0 against the Terriers, despite a 2.60 GAA and an .901 save
percentage.
SCORING LEADERS VS. THE TERRIERS:
Player GP
G-A-P
Bobby Butler 10 2-3-5
Phil DeSimone 7 1-0-1
Mike Sislo 7 1-0-1
Peter LeBlanc 10 0-1-1
Nick Krates 7 0-0-0
Paul Thompson 5 0-0-0
Blake Kessel 4 0-0-0
Matt Campanale 3 0-0-0
Stevie Moses 3 0-0-0
Damon Kipp 3 0-0-0
Mike Beck 1 0-0-0
Greg Manz 2 0-0-0
Mike Borisenok 1 0-0-0
Kevin McCarey 1 0-0-0
Goaltending Stats
Player GP/Min
GA GAA W-L-T
SV SV%
Foster 4/230:35
10 2.60 1-3-0
91 .901
DiGirolamo 1/8:57
0 0.00 0-0-0
1 1.000
Foster’s Game-by-Game vs. the Terriers
Date Min
Res. Svs. GA
Shots
10-19-08
60:00 W 31
1 32
1-23-09
51:03 L 24
5 29
1-24-09
59:47 L 15
2 17
3-29-09
59:45 L 21
2 23
Totals
230:35 1-2-0
91 10 101
DiGirolamo’s Game-by-Game vs. the Terriers
Date Min
Res. Svs. GA
Shots
1-23-09
8:57 ND 1
0 1
Total
8:57 0-0-0 1
0 1
LAST TIME THESE TEAMS MEET (March 29, 2009): Jason
Lawrence scored a power-play goal with 15 seconds remaining in
regulation to lift No. 1-ranked and top-seeded Boston University to
a 2-1 victory against UNH in the 2009 Northeast Regional final of
the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship at the Verizon
Wireless Arena. Bobby Butler scored UNH’s lone goal, a
second-period tally.
BUTLER TABBED HOCKEY EAST CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bobby
Butler was named Hockey East Co-Player of the Week. The
announcement was made Monday by the league office. He becomes the
first Wildcat to earn this honor since Greg Collins did so Jan. 5,
2009. Butler has been red-hot for the Wildcats scoring, three goals
in the weekend series at UMass, including a pair of goals Saturday
night in a 4-2 win. Butler netted the first goal Saturday night, as
well as the game-winning goal. The league’s top goal scorer
has scored five goals in the last four games and has already
matched last season’s nine goals.
UNH SUCCESS AT AGGANIS ARENA: UNH is 4-1-2 all time
against BU at Agganis Arena with its first loss coming last
season.
BLUE OUT THE WHITT: On Friday night, the Wildcats will
“Blue Out the Whitt”. The team will wear blue uniforms
and fans are encourage to wear blue in support of the
‘Cats.
SECOND PERIOD: UNH has scored 19 second-period goals, by
far the most in Hockey East. The Wildcats have scored just 17 goals
in the first and third periods combined.
BUTLER LEAGUE’S TOP SCORER: Bobby Butler leads all
players in Hockey East with nine goals and is tied with
Merrimack’s Stephane Da Costa and UMass’ James Marcou
with 14 points.
KESSEL LEADS ALL HOCKEY EAST BLUELINERS: Blake Kessel
ranks first in Hockey East defenseman scoring with 12 points (3g,
9a).
THEIR BEST SHOT: The Wildcats rifled off a season-high 45
shots at UMass on Friday night, including 18 in the second
period.
‘CATS CAPTURE FIRST ROAD WIN OF THE SEASON:
With Saturday night’s 4-2 win over UNH, the Wildcats capture
their first road win of the season.
AMONG THE RANKS: UNH captured its first win over a
nationally ranked team with Saturday’s 4-2 win over #10
UMass.
LIGHTING THE LAMP: The UNH offense has scored three goals
or more in four-straight games.
BUTLER CONTINUES TO FIND SUCCESS AGAINST UMASS: Bobby
Butler continues to have the UMass Minutemen’s number.The
senior forward has 12 points on eight goals and four assists in 14
games against UMass.
LEADING AFTER TWO: New Hampshire is a perfect 3-0-0 when
leading after two periods.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: UNH is in a stretch where it will play
nine of 12 games on the road before heading into holiday break.
They are 1-4-1 through six games in this stretch.
SCORING BY CLASS: 2009-10 breakdown of scoring by
class.
Class G-A-P G-A-P %.
Seniors: 14-12-26 41-23-30
Juniors: 7-12-19 21-23-22
Sophomores: 10-20-30
29-38-34
Freshmen: 3-9-12 9-17-14
WHERE IS UNH RANKED?: Here is a week-by-week look at the
‘Cats in the national polls and the HE standings:
Date USA TODAY USCHO
HE
9/28
RV N/A t-4th (pre)
10/5
N/A 16 t-4th (pre)
10/12 RV
RV t-4th (pre)
10/19 RV
RV N/A
10/26 RV
RV t-1st
11/2
NR RV t-2nd
11/9
NR RV t-3rd
11/16 NR
RV t-2nd
THE NATIONAL POLLS:
USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men’s Poll (Nov. 16)
Rk. Team
(First Place)
Record Pts LW
1
Miami
(42)
8-1-3
986 1
2 North Dakota
(2)
7-2-1 916
2
3 Denver
(2) 6-3-1
855 4
4 Mass.-Lowell
(3) 7-2-1
824 5
5 Cornell
4-1-0 781
3
6 Michigan State
(1) 9-2-1
727 13
7 Colorado College
7-2-1 695
10
8 Bemidji State
8-1-1
658 7
9 Yale
2-1-2 506
12
10 Alaska
7-2-1 505
9
11 Massachusetts
7-2-0
414 14
12 Nebraska-Omaha
5-2-3 371
11
13 Quinnipiac
8-1-0
366 20
14 Notre Dame
5-5-2
299 8
15 Wisconsin
6-3-1
242 NR
16 Michigan
4-6-0
230 6
17 Vermont
4-4-1 222
15
17 Boston College
4-3-1
222 16
19 Princeton
3-2-1
181 19
20 Minnesota-Duluth
7-4-1 175
18
Others Receiving Votes: Ferris State 128, St. Cloud State
46, Colgate 43, Boston University 41,
Merrimack 17, Rensselaer 16, Providence 12, Union 9,
Northeastern 8, RIT 3, New Hampshire 2
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine (Nov. 16)
Rk. School, Pts. (FPV)
LW Record
WIP
1 Miami University, 507 (31)
1 8-1-3 7
2 North Dakota, 448 (1)
2 7-2-1
7
3 University of Denver, 429
(1) 3 6-3-1
7
4 Massachusetts Lowell, 405
(1) 5 7-2-1
7
5 Cornell University, 342
4 4-1-0
7
6 Michigan State University,
329 14 9-2-1
2
7 Colorado College, 311
13 7-2-1
4
8 Bemidji State University,
271 7 8-1-1
4
9 Yale University, 218
11 2-1-2
7
10 University of Alaska, 176
9 7-2-1 3
11 Massachusetts, 141
10 7-2-0
2
12 Nebraska Omaha, 107
12 5-2-3
6
13 Quinnipiac University, 102
NR 8-1-0 1
14 University of Notre Dame,
54 8 5-5-2
7
15 University of Michigan, 52
6 4-6-0 7
WILDCAT AWARDS: Here is a list of awards that Wildcat
players have won to date this season:
Player Award
Date
Dalton Speelman HE Rookie of the
Week
10/26
Bobby Butler HE Co-Player of the
Week 11/16
Wildcats Among National leaders: Below is a list of where
UNH players and team rank nationally.
Individual Rank Stats
Points Per Game:
Bobby Butler 30th 1.27 ppg
Blake Kessel 35th 1.20 ppg
Goals Per Game:
Bobby Butler 7th 0.82 gpg
Assists Per Game:
Blake Kessel 16th 0.90 apg
Power Play Goals:
Bobby Butler 44th 2 ppg
Mike Borisenok 44th 2 ppg
Mike Sislo
44th 2 ppg
Short-Handed Goals:
Peter LeBlanc 4th 1 shg
Game-Winning Goals:
Bobby Butler 6th 2 gwg
Stevie Moses 39th 1 gwg
Defensemen Scoring:
Blake Kessel 2nd 1.20 ppg
Freshmen Scoring:
n/a
Goals Against Average:
Brian Foster 75th 3.95 gaa
Save Percentage:
Brian Foster 76th .878
Winning Percentage:
Brian Foster 54th .357
Team
Scoring Offense 21st 3.09
Scoring Defense 54th 4.00
Scoring Margin 46th -0.91
Power Play 37th 15.6
Penalty Kill 53rd 74.0
Combined Special Teams 47th
46.3
Winnning Percentage 42nd
.364
WHERE UNH IS RANKED IN HOCKEY EAST:
Overall HE games
Goals/per game 3.09/6th
3.83/2nd
GAA 4.00/10th 3.33/6th
Power Play 15.6/8th
23.5/6th
Penalty Kill 74.0/10th
63.0/10th
Special Teams Net -5/9th
-6/9th
1st Period Scoring 6/9th
4/7th
2nd Period Scoring 19/1st
11/1st
3rd Period Scoring 9/6th
8/2nd
Overtime Scoring 0/NR
0/NR
UNH HOCKEY ON TELEVISION: UNH will have 13 games
broadcast live on TV in 2009-10...NESN will air four games, while
three will air on ESPNU, while COX-TV and WABI will each broadcast
one.
DATE GAME
Channel RES.
Oct. 23 Northeastern
NESN W, 4-2
oct. 30 at wisconsin tvw
madison/wc L, 1-4
Oct. 31 at wisconsin
wisc-tv3/wc L, 1-6
Nov. 6 Boston College
NESN T, 4-4 (OT)
Nov. 8 AT Mass-Lowell
ESPNU L, 3-6
nov. 21 at boston univ.
nesn
Dec. 6 at Vermont ESPNU
Dec. 11 at Providence
Cox-TV
Jan. 3 Cornell ESPNU
jan. 23 at boston univ.
nesn
Feb. 6 at Maine WABI-TV
Feb. 19 Vermont NESN
March 5 Boston College
NESN
ALL IN THE FAMILY: UNH sophomore defenseman Blake Kessel
is the younger brother of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel,
while freshman forward Scott Pavelski is the younger brother
of Joe Pavelski of the San Jose Sharks.
WILDCATS PICKED THIRD IN HOCKEY EAST POLL: UNH was picked
to finish tied for fourth in the Hockey East preseason
Coaches’ Poll, which was announced on Sept. 30 at the
league’s annual media day at Legends Restaurant at the TD
Garden.
2009-10 Hockey East Men’s Preseason Coaches Poll
Rk. Team (FPV)
Pts
1. Boston University (6)
84
2. UMass-Lowell (2) 79
3. Boston College (2) 76
4. New Hampshire 59
Vermont
59
6. Northeastern
57
7. Massachusetts
47
8. Maine
32
9. Providence
24
10. Merrimack
23
THE DICK UMILE ERA: Dick Umile, a five-time Hockey East
Coach of the Year, enters his 20th season as the head coach of the
UNH Wildcats. He earned his fourth Leonard Fowle New England Coach
of the Year award following the 2007-08 season. After signing a
long-term contract in 2008, Umile will conclude his coaching career
at his alma mater. During his time spent at UNH, Umile has molded
UNH hockey into one of the top programs in all of Division I
hockey, guiding the Wildcats to four Frozen Four appearances, 15
NCAA tournament appearances and 19 Hockey East championship
tournament showings in his 19-year career in Durham. In
addition, Umile has posted 17 20-victory campaigns over the span of
19 seasons, including a current streak of 13 20-win seasons. Umile
is now the winningest coach in the history of UNH hockey with 444
career victories. He surpassed legendary coach Charlie Holt on Feb.
16, 2005 in a 6-1 victory at Merrimack at Thom Lawler Arena in
North Andover, Mass. Umile ranks fourth among active NCAA coaches
with a .652 winning percentage and on the active victories list his
444 victories ranks eighth among NCAA coaches. He has been named
Coach of the Year a total of 10 times in his career, including New
England honors four times. Umile’s five Hockey East Coach of
the Year Awards is an all-time league best.Last season, Umile
directed the Wildcats to a 20-13-5 mark as they captured their
eighth-consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament. Umile guided the
Wildcats to 20+ wins in 13 straight years, the second longest
streak in the nation and five seasons more than its closest
competition; no other team in Hockey East has an active streak
longer than one season. After struggling through a 1-5-2 stretch in
November, New Hampshire went 14-4-2 to close out the regular season
and claimed third place in the league and home-ice in the Hockey
East quarterfinals for a Hockey East-best 13th straight season. The
crowning moment of the 2008-09 season was the Wildcats’ goal
with 0.1 seconds remaining to tie and eventually win 6-5 in
overtime in their NCAA Northeast Regional opening-round game
against perennial power North Dakota in front of UNH faithful at
Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester.
DICK UMILE INDUCTED INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGENDS OF HOCKEY:
Head Coach Dick Umile was among a group of seven Hall of Fame
inductees for the New Hampshire Legends of Hockey for 2009. In
addition, former Wildcat assistant coach and longtime voice of the
team Bob Norton will also be inducted. The ceremony was held
on 10/11 at C.R. Sparks in Bedford, N.H.
THE PROGRAM’S HISTORY: UNH has appeared in
the NCAA Tournament 19 times in the 82-year history of the program,
including the nation’s second best streak at eight-straight
appearances. UNH has appeared in the Frozen Four seven times,
including national championship game appearances against Maine in
1999 and Minnesota in 2003. UNH earned Hockey East Tournament
titles in 2002 and 2003 and regular-season championships in 1997,
1999, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2008. The Wildcats won the ECAC
regular-season title in 1974 and the tournament championship in
1979. UNH has posted 30 seasons with 20-plus wins, including the
last 13 consecutive seasons.
‘CATS SELECTED IN THE NHL DRAFT: Five current UNH
players have been selected in the National Hockey League
draft...Greg Burke (Washington), Phil DeSimone (Washington), Brian
Foster (Florida), Blake Kessel (N.Y. Islanders) and Peter LeBlanc
(Chicago) have all been taken.
‘CATS IN THE PROS: Here is a listing of
former Wildcats playing professional hockey:
Justin Aikins: Bossier Shreveport Mudbugs (CHL)
A.J. Bucchino: Amarillo Gorillas (CHL)
Joe Charlebois: Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Greg Collins: Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)
Ty Conklin: St. Louis Blues (NHL)
Matt Dzieduszycki: Hannover Scorpions (DEL)
Matt Fornataro: South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL)
Thomas Fortney: ESV Buchloe (GER)
Jamie Fritsch: Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL)
Lanny Gare: Bad Nauheim EC (GerObL)
Darren Haydar: Lake Erie Monsters (AHL)
Brett Hemingway: Alaska Aces (ECHL)
Colin Hemingway: Alaska Aces (ECHL)
Kevin Kapstad: Riessersee SC (2.GBun)
Jason Krog: Chicago Wolves(AHL)/Atlanta Thrashers
(NHL)***
Nathan Martz: Alleghe HC (Italy)
Jacob Micflikier: Florida Everblades (ECHL)
Mark Mowers: Fribourg-Gotteron (Swiss NL)
Josh Prudden: Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)
Mike Radja: TPS Turku (FNL)
Kevin Regan: Reading Royals (ECHL)
Steve Saviano: Vaxjo Lakers (SEL)
Tyler Scott: Allen Americans (CHL)
Trevor Smith: Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL)
Garrett Stafford: Texas Stars (AHL)
Craig Switzer: Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)
James van Riemsdyk: Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
Daniel Winnik: Phoenix Coyotes (NHL)
*** Spent some time in the NHL during 2009-10
UNH HOCKEY ON THE RADIO: In the summer of 1999, the
University of New Hampshire Athletic Department formed the
“UNH Sports Network” — the largest network ever
to broadcast UNH sporting events.
Wildcats Sports Properties has added WGIN-AM
930 (Rochester) and WQSO-FM 96.7 (Portsmouth) as flagship stations
on the Wildcat Sports Network, joining WGIR-AM 610 (Manchester),
which was added in 2008. All three stations are part of the Clear
Channel family and this change will go into effect at the beginning
of the 2009-10 season.
These three aforementioned stations -- along
with WUVR-AM 1490 (Lebanon), WNTK-FM 99.7 (New London) and WCNL-AM
1010 (Newport) -- will carry the following: all UNH football &
men’s hockey broadcasts and weekly coaches’ shows, a
select number of men’s basketball, women’s basketball,
and women’s hockey broadcasts, as well as “Wildcat
Sports Today”, a three-minute daily update concerning UNH
athletics.
The game can also be heard on the internet at
www.UNHWildcats.com through a service from Stretch Internet.
Stretch has also partnered with UNH to develop a podcast page for
UNH fans to listen to archived broadcasts.
Dan Parkhurst will be handling the play-by-play
for the third straight season, while Pete Webster will once again
be doing the color commentating. Webster has been announcing
Wildcat hockey for 16 years since the 1993-94 season.
LISTEN LIVE ON THE INTERNET: UNHWildcats.com via
Stretch Internet Broadcast will carry all of the UNH men’s
ice hockey action again this season...If you can not attend Wildcat
hockey, you can still tune into the game from anywhere you can gain
access to the internet...Fans can get to the UNH men’s ice
hockey broadcast site by going to the men’s hockey schedule
page at www.unhwildcats.com.
THE DICK UMILE SHOW ON RADIO: The Coach’s
Show featuring UNH men’s hockey head coach Dick Umile and
hosted by Mike Murphy begins its 10th season in 2009-10. The
Coach’s Show is broadcast Mondays on the Wildcat Sports
Network from various locations around the seacoast and features
Coach Umile, as well as a student-athlete from the men’s ice
hockey team. In front of a live audience, Murphy and his guests
talk about the latest news and notes regarding UNH
hockey.
GRANITE STATE CONNECTION: The Wildcat hockey team
features three players from New Hampshire with Greg Burke (Lee)
Brian Foster (Pembroke) and Paul Thompson (Derry) all hailing from
the Granite State.
WATCH ALL THE ACTION WITH THE UNHWILDCATS.TV: UNH and
Pack Network have once again partnered to provide online video
streaming of UNH’s seven ticketed sports for the upcoming
2009-10 season with UNHwildcats.TV.
Wildcat fans are encouraged to buy the
“Wildcat All-Access Pass” which is an annual
subscription for $79.95 that provides all the live coverage of UNH
home athletic events. Fans can also purchase home events on a per
game basis of $6.95.
