Tuesday, January 13 2009 @ 10:56 AM GMT+4 Contributed by: paulgardner
Sports on iBratt? Perish the thought.
However, the Reformer doesn't cover UVM sports unless they're in the national news and same for the Rutland Herald, mostly.
Last year I signed up for UVM sports email updates so now I'm able to follow everything as closely as I want. For you puckheads out there, UVM men's hockey is having a great season. More below from the UVM SID:
BURLINGTON, Vt. - The University of Vermont men's hockey team moved up to seventh in the latest USA Today/USA Hockey Poll released today. The No. 7 ranking is the highest for the Catamounts since Jan. 23, 2006 when Vermont was also ranked seventh in the USA Today Poll. The Catamounts were ranked as high as No. 3 in the nation during the 2005-06 season.
Vermont also moved up four spots to eighth in the latest USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Poll. The Catamounts are sixth in the latest Inside College Hockey Power Rankings.
Vermont also ranks third in the latest PairWise Ratings. The PairWise is used by the NCAA to select and seed teams for the NCAA Tournament. According to the KRACH Ratings (Ken's Ratings For American College Hockey) and the USCHO.com RPI the Catamounts have played the No. 1 strength of schedule in the country. Vermont is 5-3-2 against ranked opponents this season.
No. 7 Vermont (12-4-3, 7-3-2 HEA) visits No. 3 Northeastern (14-4-2, 10-2-1 HEA) on Friday and Saturday at Matthews Arena at 7 p.m. The Huskies won this season's first meeting 5-3 at Gutterson Fieldhouse on Nov. 14.*
HEA = Hockey East Assoc. - it's the hockey equivalent of the Big East in college basketball.
Authored by: paulgardner on Wednesday, January 14 2009 @ 10:59 AM GMT+4
Good to see there's another UVM men's hockey fan in B'boro. Can't say I got to all the games in any year - even the year I covered them for the UVM Cynic.
My crowning moment as a reporter? BU at Gutterson: forward Dave Silk got penalized for the an illegal stick. I tracked him down on his way to the locker room to confirm that, yes, the refs confiscated his stick because it had a curve greater than the allowable amount (I think he added a few unprintable words as well).
2 years later Sillk was part of the Miracle on Ice team at Lake Placid. I believe Dave Craig and Mike Eruzione were part of that BU team that I saw that day in '78 as well.
Authored by: paulgardner on Tuesday, January 27 2009 @ 12:23 AM GMT+4
From today's UVM sports pr blast:
"The University of Vermont men's hockey team moved up to sixth in the latest USA Today/USA Hockey Poll and USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Poll released this week.... Vermont (14-5-4, 9-4-3 HEA) picked up a 2-1 win and a 1-1 tie over the weekend against Massachusetts."
Authored by: paulgardner on Monday, February 09 2009 @ 04:37 PM GMT+4
here's this week's UVM hockey report:
MEN'S HOCKEY (16-6-4, 11-5-3 Hockey East)
LAST WEEK:
* No. 7 Vermont earned a weekend sweep against Providence with a pair of 4-1 victories at Gutterson Fieldhouse.
QUICK HITS:
* The Catamounts enter the coming week ranked second in the latest national PairWise Ratings.
* Junior Viktor Stålberg (Gothenburg, Sweden) had three goals and five points on the weekend. Stålberg has a team leading 18 goals and 31 points on the season. His 15 goals and 25 points in 19 Hockey East games both lead the conference.
* Freshman goalie Rob Madore (Venetia, Pa.) stopped 54 of 56 shots on the weekend top post a .964 save percentage. He is 10-4-3 with a 2.08 goals against average and a .924 save percentage ranking 11th in the country in save percentage and 13th in GAA. His current .924 save percentage is tied with Tim Thomas `97 (1995-96) for the top UVM single season mark.
Authored by: paulgardner on Saturday, March 28 2009 @ 09:25 AM GMT+4
from UVM's SID today:
FINAL SCORE: #3 Vermont 4, #2 Yale 1 | Box Score | Photo Gallery
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Third-seeded Vermont had four different players score goals and the Catamounts went seven-for-seven on the penalty kill on the way to a convincing 4-1 victory over second-seeded Yale in the opening round of the NCAA East Regional on Friday night in front of a sellout crowd of 8,478 at Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard. Vermont (21-11-5, 15-8-4 HEA) advances to meet fourth-seeded Air Force (28-10-2, 20-6-2 AHA) in the East Regional Final on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. with a spot in the 2009 Frozen Four on the line. The Falcons upset top-seeded Michigan 2-0 in the first game of the East Regional.
Authored by: paulgardner on Saturday, March 28 2009 @ 11:46 PM GMT+4
UVM beat Air Force 3-2 in double overtime tonight to move into the Frozen Four.
More tomorrow when the final pairings are determined (two games to be played tomorrow).
