PREVIEW: Men's Hockey Returns to Hockey East Play with Road Series at Vermont
11/30/2022 9:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
GAME INFORMATION
Game #13: University of Maine Black Bears at University of Vermont Catamounts
DATE: Friday, December 2, 2022
TIME: 7:05 p.m. ET
SITE: Gutterson Fieldhouse -- Burlington, Vermont
2022-23 RECORDS: Maine 3-8-1 (0-5-1 HE), UVM 5-9-1 (2-8-0 HE)
Game #14: University of Maine Black Bears at University of Vermont Catamounts
DATE: Saturday, December 3, 2022
TIME: 5:05 p.m. ET
SITE: Gutterson Fieldhouse -- Burlington, Vermont
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About the Black Bears
• The Black Bears enter the 2022-23 season with 16 new faces on the roster after seeing 13 players graduate, transfer, or leave to pursue professional hockey.
• 12 letterwinners from the 2021-22 season return for this chapter of Maine hockey, which include the four newly minted captains. Jakub Sirota will sport the 'C', while Lynden Breen, Ben Poisson, and David Breazeale have each earned an 'A' on their sweater.
• 11 incoming freshmen and five transfers make up the players who were added by the coaching staff, whom are in their second full season behind the bench.
• Junior alternate captain Lynden Breen leads the Black Bears in points (nine) and goals (six). Senior alternate captain forward Ben Poisson holds the team lead in assists (seven). Freshman defender Brandon Holt leads all newcomers in points (2 G, 3 A).
• Six different Black Bears have scored two ore more goals over the first 12 games (Breen, Holt, Villeneuve-Houle, Hanson, Trudeau, and Renwick), while 11 different players have dished out three or more assists.
About the catamounts
• Vermont finished the 2021-22 season with a record of 8-25-2, ultimately falling in the first round of the Hockey East Tournament to Providence, 2-1.
• The Catamounts return three of their top five scorers from 2021-22 in Jacques Bouquot, Robbie Stucker, and William Lemay.
• Gabe Carriere appeared in 22 games last season. The junior posted a 2.91 GAA and .902 save percentage, while winning six games and recording three shutouts for the Catamounts.
The Series with vermont
• Maine enters Friday's contest – the 67th meeting between the Black Bears and Catamounts – with a standing of 30-8-9 in the all-time series.
• The Black Bears and Catamounts first met on Feb. 24, 1978 at Gutterson Fieldhouse, with Maine earning a 6-3 win.
• The teams met two times last season in Orono. The Catamounts won the Friday night contest, 1-0, while the two Hockey East rivals tied the Saturday evening bout after a five minute overtime period, 1-1.
• Donavan Villeneuve-Houle scored the Black Bears goal during the Saturday night tie in the Alfond.
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