Vermont Women's Hockey Weekly Notebook
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After four games away from home, the Vermont Catamounts are back at Gutterson Fieldhouse to host a two-game series with Maine this weekend. The Catamounts (3-21-2, 1-13-1 Hockey East) take on the Black Bears (7-17-2, 2-12-2) Saturday at 4:00pm and Sunday at 2:00pm. Vermont plays four of its last six games on home ice where it has picked up all of its wins and ties this season. UVM last weekend dropped a pair at Providence while Maine lost twice at home to Connecticut. In the two school's first meeting this season the Black Bears blanked Vermont, 3-0, in Orono on Jan. 20. The shutout was the fourth straight for Maine in its last four games against the Catamounts. Closing In On The Record ...
Senior captain Kristen Norris (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) has not missed a game in her four years on the Catamounts and is now tied for fourth all-time in games played at Vermont with 128 games played. Norris, along with Kate Hudspeth '06, is four behind Lindsey Tilbury '06, Caitlin Barnes '06 and Abbey Kaknes '06 for the UVM career mark of 132. Classmate Ashley Keane (Sherborn, Mass.) is right behind Norris skating in 126 contests. A third senior, Gabe Worzella (Madison, Conn.), has played in 123 games heading into the Maine weekend and is just outside the UVM top-10. Norris and Keane have been two of the Catamounts steadiest defenders this season while Worzella, one of the team's most versatile players, started the year up front before moving to the blueline at midseason. Around Hockey East ...
Other Hockey East games Saturday in a full slate of action include UNH at Northeastern, Connecticut at Boston College and Providence at Boston University. New Hampshire is at Providence in one other game Sunday. BC takes on Boston U. Tuesday in the Beanpot final at Conte Forum while Northeastern plays Harvard in the consolation game opener. UNH (25 points) heads into the weekend with a one-point lead over Boston College with Providence and UConn each two points out of first. Behind the top four is BU (16 points) fighting for the fourth and final playoff spot. The 2007 Hockey East Championship will be held Mar. 3-4 at the Whittemore Center in Durham, N.H. Stick, Jersey Raffles On Tap For Next Two Weekends ...
Saturday's game with Maine kicks off a two-week raffle for two game-used pink hockey sticks and two commemorative practice jerseys from Vermont's game at BC on Jan. 27 part of Women's Hockey East Skating Strides For Breast Cancer Day. Raffle tickets are $5.00 each and can be purchased at the promotions table in the Gutterson Fieldhouse lower lobby at both Maine games this weekend and the Vermont's men's hockey games with UMass on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16-17. The drawing for the prizes will be held at the final UVM-UMass men's game on Saturday, Feb. 17. Looking at the Black Bears ...
Sophomore goalie Genevieve Turgeon was in net for the shutout of Vermont earlier this season and she has a 3.79 goals against average and a .902 save percentage. Sophomore center Vanessa Vani leads Maine in scoring with 23 points (10-13--23) with senior wing Sonia Corriveau right behind with 21 points (13-8--20) including a team-high 13 goals. Cat Nips ...
Caroline Donahue (Westwood, Mass.) and Jessica Murphy (Shoreview, Minn.) scored the Vermont goals last weekend. Both picked up their second of the year with each goal coming in Hockey East games ... Frankie Williams (Aurora, Ill.) and Gabe Worzella had assists at PC, the third assists of the season for both defensemen ... Senior goalie Shivaun Siegl (Livonia, N.Y.) was in the crease in both games at Providence. Saturday afternoon she made a career-high 48 saves ... Chelsea Furlani (Colchester, Vt.) has a team-high six goals on the season. It is the most by a Catamount freshman in the team's six-plus seasons in Division I ... Junior Kate Lesniak (Buffalo, N.Y.) has not missed a game in her first three seasons at UVM and has played in 94 consecutive contests. Weekend Promotions ...
Saturday's game with Maine is Green & Gold Day. Fans who wear a UVM hockey jersey will get in free. Sunday is Hockey East Kid's Club, Rally's Round Up Day, and Vermont Youth Hockey Day. Members of the Hockey East Kids club and all youth hockey players, wearing their team jersey, will get in free. Sunday also is S.D. Ireland Trading Cards Day and final 'Skate With The Cats' will be that day along with a postgame autograph session. Vermont Hockey Media Guides Available ...
The 2006-07 Vermont women's hockey media guides are now on sale. Media guides are available at the promotions table inside Gutterson Fieldhouse for $5.00 and are available online at www.uvmathletics.com for $8.00 (includes postage). Vermont Women's Hockey Photos Available ...
Photos are available from the Vermont-Boston University game on Nov. 12 through UVM Photo. The UVM women's hockey individual and team photos are also available. Proofs of the photos, as well as contact and ordering information, are available on line at the UVM Photo web page at: http://www.uvm.edu/~photo On Deck ...
Vermont is at Northeastern next weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 17 and 18, before wrapping up the schedule with a two-game series with New Hampshire at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Feb. 24-25 ... For ticket information, please contact the UVM Athletic Ticket Office at 1-866-4CAT-TIX or log on to uvmathletics.com. UVM students (with a valid ID) and all Rally's Round Up members are admitted free to all regular season home games.

PUBLISHED

02-09-2007
Bruce Bosley