20TH-RANKED MEN'S HOCKEY PLAYS INTRASTATE RIVAL DARTMOUTH IN BATTLE FOR THE RIVERSTONE CUP IX AT VERIZON WIRELESS ARENA (SAT. - 7 PM)
Game
Notes
THE MATCHUP: The 20th-ranked University of New
Hampshire men’s hockey team returns to action on Saturday
night against intrastate rival Dartmouth College in the Battle for
the RiverStone Cup IX at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H.
Puck drops at 7 p.m.
SCOUTING THE BIG GREEN: The Dartmouth College Big
Green enters Saturday’s game with UNH with a 4-11-0 overall
record with a 2-7-0 mark in the ECAC. Most recently, the Big Green
split a pair of ECAC home games last weekend with a 9-4 win over
Brown on Friday followed by a 4-2 loss to Yale on Sunday. Dartmouth
opened the season 0-6 before rattling off three-straight wins in
late November. The Big Green has won just one of their last six
games. Three juniors pace the Dartmouth offense as Scott Fleming,
Adam Estoclet and Matt Reber have 15, 14 and 11 points,
respectively. Sophomore Jodi O’Neill has played the majority
of minutes in net for the Big Green. He is 4-10-0 with a 3.63 GAA
and a .894 save percentage.
SERIES HISTORY VS. DARTMOUTH: The Wildcats and Big Green
have met 50 times in the all-time series history with UNH holding
the advantage at 31-17-2, which dates back to February 19, 1936.The
‘Cats have won three of the last four meetings including last
year’s 6-4 win on Jan. 17, 2008. Coach Umile owns a 9-4-1
lifetime record against Dartmouth. The last meeting between the two
schools on a campus site was Dec. 29, 2000 in a 6-2 Dartmouth win
at Thompson Arena in Hanover, N.H. Senior co-captains Peter LeBlanc
and Bobby Butler are among a group of four players with two points
against Dartmouth. Brian Foster is 1-0-0 with a 4.00 GAA and a .833
save percentage.
HISTORY OF THE RIVERSTONE CUP: UNH holds a 5-2-1
advantage in eight previous Battle for the RiverStone Cups. The Big
Green captured its first win in the series in a crazy 9-8 game on
Jan. 12, 2005, while their other win came in a 5-3 win on Jan. 19,
2008.
SCORING LEADERS VS. THE BIG GREEN:
Player GP
G-A-P
Peter LeBlanc 3 1-1-2
Bobby Butler 3 1-1-2
Phil DeSimone 2 1-1-2
Stevie Moses 1 0-2-2
Blake Kessel 1 1-0-1
Mike Sislo 2 0-0-0
Nick Krates 2 0-0-0
Mike Borisenok 1 0-0-0
Matt Campanale 1 0-0-0
Damon Kipp 1 0-0-0
Goaltending Stats
Player GP/Min
GA GAA W-L-T
SV SV%
Foster 1/60:00
4 4.00 1-0-0
20 .833
LAST TIME THESE TEAMS MET (Jan 17, 2009): The 13th-ranked
Wildcats jumped out to a 5-2 lead and held off a late run by No. 18
Dartmouth in last year’s 6-4 win at Verizon Wireless Arena.
Jerry Pollastrone was one of six Wildcats with at least two points,
as he tallied a goal and an assist and was named most valuable
player of the contest.
ALL-TIME UNH GAMES AT VERIZON WIRELESS:
12-13-01 UNH
6 Dartmouth 3
W
1-15-03 UNH
1 Dartmouth 1
T (OT)
2-1-03 UNH 4
Maine 2 W
11-12-03 UNH
2 Boston College
2 T (OT)
1-13-04 UNH
5 Dartmouth 0
W
3-27-04 Michigan (NCAA)
4 UNH 1 L
11-5-04 UNH
4 Boston U. 3
W
1-12-05 Dartmouth
9 UNH 8 L
11-1-05 Boston College
3 UNH 2 L
1-14-06 UNH
5 Dartmouth 4
W
1-13-07 UNH
4 Dartmouth 2
W
2-2-07 Maine
4 UNH 2 L
3-24-07 Miami (NCAA)
2 UNH 1 L
1-19-08 Dartmouth
5 UNH 3 L
1-17-09 UNH
6 Dartmouth 4
W
2-7-09 Maine
1 UNH 0 L
3-28-09 UNH (NCAA)
6 North Dakota
5 W(OT)
3-29-09 Boston U. (NCAA)
2 UNH 1 L
Total 8-8-2
.500 Goals (62) GA
(55)
BUTLER’S CAREER-HIGH LIFT HIM TO HOCKEY EAST CO-PLAYER
OF THE WEEK: Bobby Butler was named Hockey East Co-Player
of the Week.Butler earns Player of the Week for the second time
this year. Butler, the Hockey East leader in points and goals, had
five points during the weekend helping UNH to a three-point weekend
in Hockey East against a pair nationally ranked foes. Butler handed
out an assist on the game-tying goal on Friday night against
Mass.-Lowell and registered a career-high four points with two
goals and two assists against UMass on Saturday. Butler had a hand
in UNH’s first three goals.
FOSTER GARNERS HOCKEY EAST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Brian Foster was named Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week.
Foster earns the league’s top defensive honor for a
league-best third time this season. The senior netminder stopped 53
of 57 shots over the weekend leading New Hampshire to three points
against a pair of nationally ranked Hockey East foes. Foster turned
away 27 shots on Friday in a 2-2 tie against Mass.-Lowell, while
stopping 26 shots in a 7-2 win over UMass on Saturday. Foster
posted a 1.92 GAA and a .930 save percentage during the
weekend.
BUTLER THIRD NATIONALLY IN GOALS, SIXTH IN POINTS: Bobby
Butler ranks third in the nation in goals with 0.75 goals per game.
In addition, his 1.45 ppg is good enough for sixth nationally.
UMass’s Casey Wellman (0.85 gpg) and Cornell’s Blake
Gallagher (0.79 gpg) are the only two with better goals per game
averages than Butler.
KESSEL LEAGUE’S TOP BLUELINER, THIRD NATIONALLY:
Blake Kessel ranks first in Hockey East in defensive scoring and is
third nationally with 1.16 ppg. Kessel trails only
Wisconsin’s Brendan Smith (1.42 ppg) and Thomas Dignard (1.31
ppg) and his 22 points are second to only Smith.
PROTECTING THE LEAD: UNH is 5-0-0 when leading after one
period and 7-0-0 when leading after two periods.
BUTLER APPROACHING 100 CAREER POINTS: Senior Bobby Butler
has 97 (47g, 50a) career points and is fasting approaching the
Wildcats Century Club. Butler looks to become the 67th member of
this prestigious group and the first since Mike Radja and Matt
Fornataro did so in the same game at Boston University on Jan. 26,
2008.
‘CATS TAKE REVENGE FOR ITS LONE LEAGUE LOSSES: UNH
captured three points over a pair of nationally ranked league foes
with a tie of #14 Mass.-Lowell (2-2) and a win over #16
Massachusetts (7-2), the only teams in the league to defeat the
Wildcats this year.
SEVEN GOALS A SEASON BEST FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE: UNH’s
seven-goal outpouring on Saturday night was its highest goal total
since a 9-4 win over Holy Cross on Dec. 11, 2008 and the most goals
against a Hockey East foe since a 7-2 win over UMass in the Hockey
East quarterfinals on March 15, 2008 and the most in a league
contest since a 7-4 win at Northeastern on Nov. 2, 2007.
FOUR-GOAL FIRST: The Wildcats’ four-goal first
period was the most since a five-goal second period in a 5-5 tie
with #1 Miami on Oct. 17… In that four-goal first the
‘Cats scored on the power play, short-handed and tallied a
pair of even-strength goals.
KESSEL MATCHES CAREER HIGH WITH THREE-POINT NIGHT: With a
goal and two assists on Saturday night, Blake Kessel matched his
career high for points with three.
MCCAREY POTS FIRST COLLEGIATE GOAL: Sophomore forward
Kevin McCarey tallied his first collegiate goal on an outstanding
individual effort play. The sophomore has four points in 13 games
this season.
SCORING A PAIR ON THE POWER PLAY: UNH improves to 3-0-1
when scoring two goals on the power play this season.
SCORING ANY WAY THEY CAN: The Wildcats tallied a pair of
even-strength goals, a power play goal and a short-handed goal in a
four-goal first period. It marks the second time this season the
‘Cats have accomplished this feat. UNH also did so in a
three-goal second period against Merrimack on Nov. 28.
TOP LINE CONTINUES TO EXCEL: New Hampshire’s top
line once again paced the offense as Bobby Butler registered a
career-high four points with two goals and two assists, while Paul
Thompson also had a pair of goals and two assists.
HOBEY BAKER VOTING OPENS WITH A TRIO OF WILDCATS
FEATURED: Bobby Butler, Brian Foster and Blake Kessel are
all on the ballot for the 2010 Hobey Baker Memorial Award given
annually to the best Division I college hockey player. Fans can log
on to www.HobeyBaker.com to vote for their favorite players.
‘CATS BREAK FROM LEAGUE PLAY ON NINE-GAME UNBEATEN
STREAK: UNH extended its Hockey East unbeaten streak to
nine games (7-0-2), a streak which dates back to Nov. 14. The
Wildcats will leave the friendly confines of league play for the
final time as they play intra-state rival Dartmouth College in the
annual Battle for the RiverStone Cup IX at Verizon Wireless Arena
in Manchester. The ‘Cats are still in search of their first
non-conference win.
Among the League Leaders: Where some of the Wildcats rank
in Hockey East.
Player All
Games HE Games
Points Bobby
Butler 3rd (29 pts.) 1st(24
pts)
Blake
Kessel 5th (22 pts.) 4th(17
pts.)
Paul
Thompson 6th (21 pts.) 3rd(19
pts.)
Goals Bobby
Butler 2nd (15 g) 1st (12
g)
Paul
Thompson 5th (10 g) 3rd (9
g)
Assists Blake
Kessel 3rd (16 a) 2nd (13
a)
Bobby
Butler 6th (14 a) 3rd (12
a)
Phil
DeSimone 14th (11 a) 4th (11
a)
Def. Scoring Blake Kessel 1st
(22 pts) 1st(17 pts)
GAA Brian
Foster 10th (3.31) 5th
(2.71)
Save % Brian
Foster 9th (.897) 4th
(.908)
Win % Brian
Foster 8th (.526) 2nd
(.773)
COLLEGEHOCKEYNEWS.com’s PAIRWISE RANKINGS (Jan. 13):
Rk. Team PC
W-L-T Win %
Rk. RPI Rk.
1 Denver 24
14-5-3 .7045
3t .5853 1
2t Miami 22
13-4-5 .7045
3t .5784
2
2t Ferris State 22
16-4-2 .7727
1 .5752*
3
4t Wisconsin 20
12-5-3 .6750
7 .5688
4
4t Bemidji State 20
14-4-2 .7500
2 .5629
5
4t Minn.-Duluth 20
14-7-1 .6591
8 .5621
6
7 Michigan State 18
15-6-3 .6875
6 .5607
7
8 Colorado College17 12-7-3
.6136 15t
.5580 9
9 North Dakota 16
12-6-4 .6364
12 .5597
8
10 Vermont 15
10-6-2 .6111
17 .5490*
11
11 St. Cloud State 14
12-7-3 .6136
15t .5550
10
12 Union 13
12-4-5 .6905
5 .5480*
12
13 Boston College 12
11-6-2 .6316
13 .5476
13
14 Maine 11
11-7-2 .6000
18t .5444
14
15t New Hampshire 9
9-7-4 .5500
23 .5414
15
15t Massachusetts 9
12-8-0 .6000
18t .5396
16
17 Mass.-Lowell 8
12-7-2 .6190
14 .5372
17
18 Yale 7
9-4-3 .6562 9
.5342 18
19t Alaska 6
10-6-4 .6000
18t .5304
19
19t Cornell 6
8-4-2 .6429
10t .5302
20
21 Lake Superior 4
12-8-4 .5833
21 .5268
21
22 Michigan 3
12-10-0 .5455 25
.5231 22
23t No. Michigan 2
9-8-5 .5227
28t .5231
23
23t Minnesota State 2
11-11-2.5000 32t
.5190 25
25 Minnesota 0
11-10-1.5227 28t
.5222 24
SCORING BY CLASS: 2009-10 breakdown of scoring by
class.
Class G-A-P G-A-P
%.
Seniors: 22-25-47 32-22-26
Juniors: 24-33-57 35-29-31
Sophomores: 17-41-58
25-36-32
Freshmen: 5-16-21 7-14-11
FOSTER NAMED HOCKEY EAST GOALIE OF THE MONTH: Brian
Foster was named Hockey East Goalie of the Month for December.
Foster earns this honor for the third time in his career and first
since February, 2009. Foster won Hockey East Defensive Player of
the Week on Dec. 7 and helped lift the Wildcats to a pair of wins
against nationally-ranked Hockey East foes stopping 57 of 60 shots
that weekend. He posted an impressive .950 save percentage and a
1.50 save percentage. Foster stopped 29 shots on Friday allowing
just one goal in a win against eighth-ranked Mass.-Lowell. In
Sunday’s 5-2 win over #19 Vermont, Foster turned away 28
shots and surrendered just a pair of power play goals under tough
road conditions at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
OLYMPIANS 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. Both pros were
selected to honor Team USA in the 2010 Olympics.
ROAD WARRIORS: After dropping the first five road
decisions, UNH is 4-0-1 in the last five road games. UNH played 10
of its 17 first-half games on the road, but will open the second
half of the season with three-straight home games at Whittemore
Center, where they are 4-1-2.
HOME-AWAY-HOME; GAMES IN BUNCHES IN THE SECOND-HALF OF THE
SEASON: The Wildcats will play three-straight at home and
one at Verizon Wireless Arena to start, then they will played five
of the next six on the road, before ending with five of the final
seven games at home.
Jan. 3-16 - 3 home games, 1 neutral site games
Jan. 22- Feb. 6 - 5 road games, 1 home game
Feb. 12 - March 6 - 5 home games, 2 road games
DECADE TO REMEMBER FOR ‘CATS: The Wildcats
finished the 2000’s with a 233-113-51 record, a .650 win
percentage, eight NCAA appearances and 10 20-win seasons during
this stretch. Only UNH and Michigan had 10-straight seasons of
20-plus wins in the 2000’s.
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
11/23 NR
RV t-1st
11/30 NR
RV 1st
12/7
RV 19 1st
12/14 RV
16 1st
12/21 RV
NP 1st
12/28 NP
NP 1st
1/4
RV RV 1st
1/11
RV 20 1st
THE NATIONAL POLLS:
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine (Jan. 11)
Rk. School, Pts. (FPV)
LW Record
WIP
1 University of Denver, 509
(33) 2 14-5-3
14
2 Miami University, 436 (1)
1 13-4-5 14
3 University of Wisconsin, 429
4 12-5-3 7
4 University of North Dakota,
386 5 12-6-4
14
5 Yale University, 371
6 9-3-3
14
6 Michigan State University,
316 9 15-6-3
9
7 Ferris State University, 308
12 16-4-2 5
8 Cornell University, 253
7 8-4-2
14
9 Colorado College, 248
3 12-7-3
11
10 Minnesota Duluth, 223
13 14-7-1
8
11 Bemidji State University,
184 10 14-4-2
11
12 Boston College, 150
8 10-6-2
11
13 Union College, 78
NR 12-4-5
1
14 Massachusetts Lowell, 75
14 12-7-2 14
15 St. Cloud State University,
59 15 12-7-3
3
Others receiving votes: University of New Hampshire,
21; University of Vermont, 14; University of Maine, 11;
University of Alaska, 5; University of Massachusetts, 3; Rochester
Institute of Technology, 1.
USCHO.com Div. I Men’s Poll (Jan. 11)
Rk. Team
(First Place)
Record Pts LW
1
Denver
(45)
14-5-3
994 2
2
Miami
(3)
13-4-5
871
1
3
Wisconsin
12-5-3
867 4
4 North
Dakota (2)
12-6-4
821 5
5
Yale
9-3-3
754
6
6 Ferris
State
16-4-2 685
11
7 Michigan
State
15-6-3 673
9
8 Colorado
College
12-7-3 658
3
9
Cornell
8-4-2
603 8
10
Minnesota-Duluth
14-7-1 595
13
11 Bemidji
State
14-4-2
545 10
12 Boston
College
10-6-2
500 7
13
Union
12-4-5
350 17
14 St. Cloud
State
12-7-3
330 15
15
Mass.-Lowell
12-7-2
325 14
16
Maine
11-7-2
238 18
17
Quinnipiac
13-7-1
172 12
18
Vermont
10-6-2
156 19
19
Massachusetts
12-8-0
137 16
20 New
Hampshire
9-7-4 118
NR
Others Receiving Votes: Alaska 82, Lake Superior 9, Notre
Dame 6, Michigan 3, Minnesota 3, Northern Michigan 2, Minnesota
State 1, Rensselaer 1, RIT 1
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
Brian Foster HE Defensive Player of
Week 11/23
Bobby Butler HE Player of the
Month
Nov.
Brian Foster HE Defensive Player of
Week 12/7
Brian Foster HE Goalie of the
Month
Dec.
Bobby Butler HE Co-Player of the
Week 1/11
Brian Foster HE Defensive Player of
Week 1/11
Wildcats Among National leaders: Below is a list of where
UNH players and team rank nationally.
Individual Rank
Stats
Points Per Game:
Bobby Butler 6th 1.45 ppg
Blake Kessel 35th 1.16 ppg
Paul Thompson 54th 1.05
ppg
Goals Per Game:
Bobby Butler 3rd 0.75 gpg
Paul Thompson 39th 0.50
gpg
Assists Per Game:
Blake Kessel 11th 0.84 apg
Bobby Butler 41st 0.70 apg
Power Play Goals:
Bobby Butler 42nd 4 ppg
Short-Handed Goals:
Bobby Butler 15th 1 shg
Peter LeBlanc 15th 1 shg
Phil DeSimone 15th 1 shg
Game-Winning Goals:
Bobby Butler 30th 2 gwg
Defensemen Scoring:
Blake Kessel 3rd 1.16 ppg
Freshmen Scoring:
n/a
Goals Against Average:
Brian Foster 56th 3.31 gaa
Save Percentage:
Brian Foster 56th .897
Winning Percentage:
Brian Foster 40th .526
Team
Scoring Offense 13th 3.40
Scoring Defense 44th 3.40
Scoring Margin 28th 0.00
Power Play 40th 16.9
Penalty Kill 42nd 78.6
Combined Special Teams 47th
46.8
Winnning Percentage 23rd
.550
WHERE UNH IS RANKED IN HOCKEY EAST:
Overall HE games
Goals/per game 3.40/4th
3.93/1st
GAA 3.40/9th 2.79/3rd
Power Play 16.9/8th
21.1/5th
Penalty Kill 78.6/7th
74.1/9th
Special Teams Net +1/6th
E/5th
1st Period Scoring 15/6th
13/3rd
2nd Period Scoring 34/1st
24/1st
3rd Period Scoring 19/6th
19/3rd
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 T, 3-3 (OT)
Dec. 6 at Vermont
ESPNU W, 5-2
Dec. 11 at Providence
Cox-TV W, 4-3
Jan. 3 Cornell
ESPNU L, 2-5
jan. 23 at boston univ.
nesn
Feb. 6 at Maine WABI-TV
Feb. 19 Vermont NESN
March 5 Boston College
NESN
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.
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: Louisiana IceGators (SPHL)
Joe Charlebois: Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
Greg Collins: Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)
Ty Conklin: St. Louis Blues (NHL)
Matt Dzieduszycki: Hannover Scorpions (DEL)
Matt Fornataro: Norfolk Admirals (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: Stockton Thunder (ECHL)
Colin Hemingway: Alaska Aces (ECHL)
Kevin Kapstad: Riessersee SC (2.GBun)
Jason Krog: Chicago Wolves (AHL)/Atlanta Thrashers
(NHL)***
Nathan Martz: Szekeshfehervar Alba Volan HC (Aust)
Jacob Micflikier: Albany River Rats (AHL)
Mark Mowers: Fribourg-Gotteron (Swiss-A)
Josh Prudden: Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)
Mike Radja: Syracuse Crunch (AHL)
Kevin Regan: Providence Bruins (AHL)
Steve Saviano: Tappara Tampere (FNL)
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.
