By: Dan Shulman<\/p>\n
BU Men\u2019s Ice Hockey vs. Vermont (Hockey East) December 4-5, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n ABOUT THE OPPONENT<\/em><\/p>\n Location \u2013 Burlington, Vermont; Mascot \u2013 Catamounts; This Year\u2019s Record \u2013 3-9-2 (2-4-2 Hockey East), 2-2-0 on the road, in 74 all-time meetings, BU leads 44-22-8; Fun Fact \u2013 UVM Sr. Defenseman Alexx Privitera is a transfer from BU and the last Terrier to wear the #6 jersey before it was retired for Jack Parker<\/p>\n PREVIEW<\/em><\/p>\n After a two-week hiatus from Hockey East play, the Boston University Terriers will host conference foe Vermont for a two-game weekend series.<\/p>\n The Terriers played in Red Hot Hockey against Cornell on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, tying the Big Red 3-3. BU would win in a shootout to claim the Kelly-Harkness Cup for the fifth time.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s our last two Hockey East games before the break,\u201d said BU Head Coach David Quinn. \u201cIf you look at the standings, we\u2019ve got some work to do. Our guys understand what\u2019s at stake. Every point is so valuable in our league. We just want to continue on the trend we\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p>\n Vermont is coming off three straight losses, two at previously winless Maine and one last weekend against Penn State in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n The Terriers and Catamounts met for two games last season at Gutterson Fieldhouse on the weekend of January 23-24, 2015. BU swept Vermont, 4-2, and 2-1 with the second game going to overtime.<\/p>\n In game one, the Terriers jumped out to a 3-0 lead early in the third period before Vermont scored twice to cut the deficit to one. Jack Eichel added an empty-net goal to preserve the victory. Game two saw the Terriers behind 1-0 with just under three minutes to play, when Evan Rodrigues tied the game. Eichel would score in overtime to give the Terriers a victory.<\/p>\n For Vermont, this weekend will mark their first trip to Agganis Arena since early 2014, when they split a weekend series with the struggling Terriers. BU won the first game 4-2 before dropping a tough 6-2 result the next night.<\/p>\n This season, Vermont is led by forward Mario Puskarich. The junior has registered a team-high 12 points (5G, 7A) and leads the Catamounts with 52 shots on goal. Sophomore teammate Jarrid Privitera has also scored five goals this season, and holds a team-leading +3 rating.<\/p>\n Defensively, the Catamounts are paced by Alexx Privitera. The former Terrier is second on the team with seven points (2G, 5A). He has also amassed 16 PIM so far this year.<\/p>\n In goal for Vermont will be Mike Santaguida. The junior has played in all fourteen games this season, and bolsters a .908 save percentage and a 2.72 goals against average.<\/p>\n On the other side, the Terriers are starting to find a more balanced offensive approach, as the second and third lines helped BU earn a hard-fought tie on Saturday. A.J. Greer and Jordan Greenway both scored their first goals of the season, and Bobo Carpenter, snake-bitten as of late, also remastered his scoring touch.<\/p>\n \u201cHopefully the floodgates are open for [Greer and Greenway] because they played well,\u201d said Coach Quinn. \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe neither one hadn\u2019t scored a goal heading into last week. They\u2019re both good players and they\u2019ve got a lot of ability.\u201d<\/p>\n The Terrier defense will again be without the services of Captain Matt Grzelcyk who has missed two games due to a knee injury. Picking up the slack in Grzelcyk\u2019s absence has been Doyle Somerby. The junior has scored three goals and added five assists this season and is tied for the team lead with a +7 rating.<\/p>\n In goal for Friday night\u2019s game will be Sean Maguire. The senior is fresh off a shutout of Bentley last Tuesday and bolsters a .870 SV% and a 2.82 GAA. Saturday\u2019s goaltender is still to be determined.<\/p>\n \u201cI was very happy for [Maguire] the way he played against Bentley,\u201d said Coach Quinn. \u201cThe way he\u2019s looked in practice, he\u2019s earned the opportunity to play Friday night.\u201d<\/p>\n Faceoff on Friday is set for 7:00 while Saturday\u2019s game will begin at 4:05. Both games can be heard live on WTBU.<\/p>\n PREDICTION<\/em><\/p>\n Vermont is coming off three straight losses, and going on the road against BU, already vulnerable, it will be a rough weekend for the Catamounts. Look for BU to run away with both games, taking a crucial four points in Hockey East<\/p>\n BU\u2019s THREE KEYS TO THE GAME<\/em><\/p>\n By: Dan Shulman BU Men\u2019s Ice Hockey vs. Vermont (Hockey East) December 4-5, 2015 ABOUT THE OPPONENT Location \u2013 Burlington, Vermont; Mascot \u2013 Catamounts; This Year\u2019s Record \u2013 3-9-2 (2-4-2 Hockey East), 2-2-0 on the road, in 74 all-time meetings, BU leads 44-22-8; Fun Fact \u2013 UVM Sr. Defenseman Alexx Privitera is a transfer from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17194,"featured_media":6587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1026,1028],"tags":[1188,1248],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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