Wildcats Face Off with Catamounts in Two-Game Home Series

Friday, November 3

Durham, N.H.

7 PM

University of New Hampshire

University of Vermont

Tickets

(Photo by Greg Greene)

Photo by: Greg Greene

11/1/2017 3:56:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

New Hampshire looks for the 2017 series sweep against Vermont.

New Hampshire (5-1-2, 3-1-2 WHEA) vs. Vermont (4-5-0, 3-3-0 WHEA)
Friday, Nov. 3 – Whittemore Center - Durham, N.H. – 7 p.m.
WATCH-ESPN3 • LIVE STATS • TICKETS

Saturday, Nov. 4 – Whittemore Center - Durham, N.H. – 4 p.m.
WATCH • LIVE STATS • TICKETS

DURHAM, N.H. – The University of New Hampshire women's hockey team will host the Vermont Catamounts this Friday night and Saturday afternoon to cap off their series with the Catamounts this season. This comes after the Wildcats faced the Catamounts in the second weekend of the season, defeating Vermont in overtime 5-4.

Family Game Night
Friday night's game will be Family Game Night at the Whittemore center. There will be several fun activities on the arena concourse including giant jenga, giant connect-four, and cornhole.

Stick it to Stigma
Saturday's game will be the Stick it to Stigma Mental Health Awareness game, raising awareness of and promoting good mental health, and providing free admission to youth sports teams, community organizations, families and individuals, provided by Connor's Climb. There will also be giveaways and an auction raffle of specially designed jerseys worn by UNH skaters! For more information, or to register for your tickets, visit Eventbrite.com.

The Matchup: UVM vs. UNH
The Wildcats and the Catamounts have already met once this season, on October 20th, when New Hampshire scored two heroic goals with 12 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game and 18 seconds remaining in overtime to seal the victory. It was the 46th meeting of the two teams, and New Hampshire now holds a 32-11-3 series advantage over Vermont.

The State of New Hampshire
- The   Wildcats         finished          the       month of         October          with     a          5-1-2   overall record, 3-1-2 in Hockey East play.
- Their winning          percentage     of         .750     overall is         their    best     in         seven years; the last time the Wildcats held that winning percentage through eight games was the 2010-11 season, which capped off three straight years of that winning percentage through eight games.
- The Wildcats are so far unbeaten at home with a 3-0-2 record at the Whittemore Center.
- New Hampshire is averaging 3.62 goals per game while allowing        1.88.    UNH
also     averages         6.50     assists and      10.12 points per game.
-UNH   has      scored the       first     goal     in         five      of         eight    games this season.
- The Wildcats have 11 power play goals on a .282 power play percentage, and have scored two goals short-handed with a .800 penalty kill percentage.
- New Hampshire has outscored their opponents 11-8 in the first period, 7-5 in the second, and 10-2 in the third period. They have a 1-0-2 record in overtime, outscoring opponents 1-0.

Last Time Out
The Wildcats are coming off a three point conference weekend putting them atop the Hockey East standings after defeating Maine 2-1 on Saturday and tieing BU 2-2 on Sunday. This comes after dropping a mid-week conference matchup at #7 Northeastern, 4-1. Taylor Wenczkowski (Rochester, N.H.) had a team-high three points on the week with a goal at Northeastern and two assists on the weekend. Her goal came on the power play. Julia Fedeski (Algonquin Highlands, Ontario) scored the game-winning goal on the power play against Maine on Saturday, and two Wildcats, Meghara McManus (Milton, Mass.) and Amy Schlagel (Blaine, Minn.) had a power-play goals in the third to tie the game in the third period against BU, after the Wildcats were down 2-0 after one period.

'Cat Nips
•Senior defensemen Schlagel and Fedeski were both drafted to NWHL teams this offseason, Schlagel going 18th overall to the Buffalo Beauts, and Fedeski going 20th overall to the Boston Pride.
• Fedeski is second on the team in scoring with 10 points (5g, 5a). All five of her goals have come on the power play. Fedeski had a three-pint day against Dartmouth (1g, 2a).
• Sophomore McManus, after her goal against BU cutting the lead to one goal, now has the team lead in points and assists with 11 points on six assists, five goals. McManus had the heroic game-tying goal with 12 seconds left in regulation the last time UNH played Vermont.
• Senior captain Carlee Toews (Grand Prairie, Alberta) is now third in points on the team with eight. She has two goals and six assists, with an assist in each game this past weekend.
• Wenczkowski now has seven points on the year with her power play goal against #7 Northeastern putting her at three goals on the year. She's now on a four-game point streak, with two goals and two assists for four points in the last four games.
• Sophomore Tori Howran (Bancroft, Ontario) also has seven points    on        one      goal     and      six            assists.            She      tallied her      first     career goal against Holy Cross, adding two assists that afternoon for her      first     career three-point     day.
• Junior Devan Taylor (North          Billerica,         Mass.) has      five      points on four goals and one assist. Taylor had the game-winning goal against Vermont         in         the       final     minute            of            overtime.        Another          of         her goals was shorthanded.
• Junior captain Marie-Jo Pelletier (Dalhousie, New Brunswick) now     also     has      five      points on            the       season with     one      goal     and four assists. Pelletier assisted on Schlagel's game-tying strike against BU.
• Sophomore forward Nicole Dunbar (Coto De Caza, Calif.) is      one      of         five      players           with            four     points on        three   goals   and      one      assist. Her assist came on the game-winning goal to Taylor at Vermont. Dunbar has one game-winning goal on the season.
• The other three 'Cats at four points so far are senior captain Kate Haslett (Rothesay, New Brunswick)    who     tallied her      first     three points of the season against Holy Cross and added an assist at Vermont, sophomore Carlee Turner (Scottsdale, Ariz.),        who     has      three            assists,            and      tallied her      first     goal     of         the       season against Maine, and Schlagel.

Boutilier Gets the Start
Freshman goaltender Ava Boutilier (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) has started all eight games for the Wildcats this        season.           She      touts   a          5-1-2   overall record and      has      made   215            saves   in         her      first     season.           She      has      allowed           15        goals   for       a            1.82     GAA     and      has      a          .935     save% through          eight    games.

Scouting Vermont
The Catamounts (Burlington, Vt.) come into the weekend with   a          4-5-0   overall record,            3-3-0          in         Hockey           East     play.    UVM    is         coming off a four-point weekend at Merrimack winning 3-0 on Friday and 2-1 on Saturday, snapping a four-game losing skid. Vermont is led by sophomore forward Ève Audrey-Picard who        has      eight    points on        five      goals   and            three   assists,            with     one      power play goal and one game-winning goal. Following close behind is juniors Taylor Flaherty and Alyssa Gorecki, who each have seven points; Flaherty has three goals, four assists and Gorecki         has      two      goals, five      assists. In net, the Catamounts have seen even play from junior Melissa Black and sophomore Sydney Scobee. Black was in net the last time the Catamounts faced the Wildcats; she has started four of nine games for the Catamounts this year with a            3.20     GAA     and      .895     save%