2021–22 Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey season

2021–22 Vermont Catamounts
men's ice hockey season
Conference11th Hockey East
Home iceGutterson Fieldhouse
Rankings
USCHONR
USA TodayNR
Record
Overall8–25–2
Conference6–16–2
Home4–13–0
Road4–12–2
Coaches and captains
Head coachTodd Woodcroft
Assistant coachesSteve Wiedler
Scott Moser
Drew Michals
Captain(s)Andrew Lucas
Alternate captain(s)Jacques Bouquot
William Lemay
Carter Long
Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2021–22 Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey season was the 66th season of play for the program, the 49th at the Division I level, and the 38th season in the Hockey East conference. The Catamounts represented the University of Vermont and were coached by Todd Woodcroft, in his 2nd season.

Season[edit]

After a mercifully abbreviated season the year before, Vermont's rebuild under Woodcroft continued with a slow start. The Catamounts' offense was woefully inadequate for most of the season with the team able to score more than 3 goals on only three occasions. Surprisingly, the first of those happened against #9 Boston College. While time would later diminish that achievement due to a poor season from the Eagles, it was still Vermont's first victory over their conference rivals in six years.[1] Unfortunately, the Catamounts had to wait almost a month for their second win. It was only a winning weekend against Maine that kept Vermont out of the conference cellar, though only by a hair's breadth.

During the winter break, Dovar Tinling left the team and signed with the Des Moines Buccaneers.[2] Because it was a junior club, Tinling remained eligible for Division I college hockey.

The Catamounts did only marginally better in the second half of the season, recording five more wins to bring their season's total up to eight. The defense played admirably in front of both Gabe Carriere and Tyler Harmon, limiting the opposition to less than 30 shots per game. The offense, however, didn't improve and neither goaltender received much help in that respect.

When Vermont entered the postseason, they were a severe underdog against Providence. Though they did well to keep the score close against the Friars, the Catamounts were more than doubled in shots and scored their only marker of the game on the power play after Carriere had been pulled for an extra attacker.

Departures[edit]

Player Position Nationality Cause
Matt Beck Goaltender  United States Graduation (retired)
Simon Boyko Forward  Canada Transferred to Aurora
Mickey Burns Forward  United States Transferred to Mercyhurst
Ace Cowans Forward  United States Graduation (signed with Kalix UHC)
Vladislav Dzhioshvili Forward  Russia Graduation (signed with HK 36 Skalica)
Alex Esposito Forward  United States Graduate transfer to Providence
Christian Evers Defenseman  United States Graduation (signed with Rapid City Rush)
Owen Grant Defenseman  Canada Graduation (retired)
Conner Hutchison Defenseman  United States Transferred to Sacred Heart
Jordan Kaplan Forward  United States Graduation (signed with Utica Comets)
Bryce Misley Forward  Canada Graduation (signed with Iowa Wild)
Tristan Mullin Forward  Canada Graduation (signed with Cleveland Monsters)
Whim Stålberg Forward  Sweden Transferred to Plymouth State
Cory Thomas Defenseman  Canada Graduate transfer to Canisius
Dovar Tinling Forward  Canada Returned to juniors mid-season (Des Moines Buccaneers)

Recruiting[edit]

Player Position Nationality Age Notes
Cory Babichuk Defenseman  Canada 23 Edmonton, AB; transfer from Rensselaer
Andrei Buyalsky Forward  Kazakhstan 21 Karaganda, KAZ; selected 92nd overall in 2021
Cole Hudson Goaltender  United States 21 Tonawanda, NY
Simon Jellúš Forward  Slovakia 20 Ilava, SVK
Philip Lagunov Forward  Canada 22 Hamilton, ON; graduate transfer from Massachusetts
Joe Leahy Defenseman  Canada 24 Waterloo, ON; transfer from Cornell
Joel Määttä Forward  Finland 19 Helsinki, FIN
Luke Mountain Forward  United States 21 Woodbury, MN
Luca Münzenberger Defenseman  Germany 18 Düsseldorf, GER; selected 90th overall in 2021
Porter Schachle Forward  United States 20 Wasilla, AK
Timofei Spitserov Forward  Russia 19 St. Petersburg, RUS
Robbie Stucker Defenseman  United States 23 Saint Paul, MN; transfer from Minnesota; selected 210th overall in 2017
Jesper Tarkiainen Forward  Finland 20 Naperville, IL
Isak Walther Forward  Sweden 20 Södertälje, SWE; selected 179th overall in 2019

Roster[edit]

As of September 28, 2021.[3]

No. S/P/C Player Class Pos Height Weight DoB Hometown Previous team NHL rights
1 New Jersey Tyler Harmon Graduate G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1997-10-17 Ramsey, New Jersey Jersey (USPHL)
2 Virginia Carter Long (A) Senior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1998-02-13 Yorktown, Virginia Lincoln (USHL)
3 New Jersey Andrew Petrillo Senior D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-03-12 Pompton Plains, New Jersey Central Illinois (USHL)
4 Quebec William Lemay (A) Junior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1998-12-28 Marieville, Quebec Brooks (AJHL)
5 Ontario Joe Leahy Senior D 6' 4" (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1997-04-29 Waterloo, Ontario Cornell (ECAC)
6 Virginia Andrew Lucas (C) Junior D 5' 11" (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1999-02-05 Alexandria, Virginia Brooks (AJHL)
7 Minnesota Robbie Stucker Senior D 6' 3" (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-09-30 St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota (Big Ten) CBJ, 210th overall 2017
9 Finland Joel Määttä Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 2002-07-06 Helsinki, Finland Sioux City (USHL)
10 Minnesota Luke Mountain Freshman F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 2000-02-25 Woodbury, Minnesota Maryland (NAHL)
11 Alaska Porter Schachle Freshman F 6' 4" (1.93 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 2000-11-22 Wasilla, Alaska Danbury (NAHL)
12 Ontario Nic Hamre Senior F 5' 8" (1.73 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1997-04-25 Cumberland, Ontario Brooks (AJHL)
13 Ontario Philip Lagunov Senior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 193 lb (88 kg) 1998-11-22 Hamilton, Ontario UMass (HEA)
14 Kazakhstan Andrei Buyalsky Freshman F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 2000-08-18 Karaganda, Kazakhstan Dubuque (USHL) COL, 92nd overall 2021
15 Germany Luca Münzenberger Freshman D 6' 2" (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2002-11-24 Düsseldorf, Germany Kölner U20 (DNL) EDM, 90th overall 2021
16 Alberta Will Zapernick Sophomore F 5' 9" (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1999-11-16 Edmonton, Alberta Sherwood Park (AJHL)
17 Connecticut Jacques Bouquot (A) Junior F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2000-02-10 South Windsor, Connecticut Chilliwack (BCHL)
18 Quebec Azzaro Tinling Sophomore F 6' 1" (1.85 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1999-12-20 Pointe-Claire, Quebec Hawkesbury (CCHL)
19 Slovakia Simon Jellúš Freshman F 6' 2" (1.88 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 2001-01-18 Ilava, Slovakia Karlskrona J20 (J20 Nationell)
20 Illinois Jesper Tarkiainen Freshman F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 2001-10-02 Naperville, Illinois Jokerit U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
22 Sweden Isak Walther Freshman F 6' 3" (1.91 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 2001-08-02 Södertälje, Sweden Södertälje J20 (J20 Nationell) NSH, 179th overall 2019
23 Ontario Noah Jordan Senior F 6' 5" (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1997-03-08 Toronto, Ontario Miami (NCHC)
24 New York (state) Brian Kelly Graduate D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 808 lb (367 kg) 1997-12-24 Purchase, New York Connecticut (USPHL)
25 Quebec Dovar Tinling Sophomore F 5' 11" (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2003-03-03 Pointe-Claire, Quebec Hawkesbury (CCHL)
26 Latvia Ray Vītoliņš Sophomore F 6' 0" (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 2002-01-12 Ogre, Latvia Sioux Falls (USHL)
27 British Columbia Cody Schiavon Sophomore D 6' 0" (1.83 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 2000-07-01 West Kelowna, British Columbia Trail (BCHL)
29 Alberta Dallas Comeau Senior F 5' 10" (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1997-09-19 Calgary, Alberta Grande Prairie (AJHL)
30 New York (state) Cole Hudson Freshman G 6' 1" (1.85 m) 161 lb (73 kg) 2000-03-13 Tonawanda, New York Shreveport (NAHL)
32 Alberta Cory Babichuk Sophomore D 5' 10" (1.78 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1998-09-28 Edmonton, Alberta RPI (ECAC)
34 Russia Timofei Spitserov Freshman G 6' 0" (1.83 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 2002-03-26 St. Petersburg, Russia Culver (Midget AAA) SJS, 210th overall 2020
35 Ontario Gabe Carriere Sophomore G 6' 2" (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-11-05 Ottawa, Ontario Waterloo (USHL)

Standings[edit]

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12 Northeastern 24 15 8 1 1 1 1 47 68 46 39 25 13 1 99 68
#10 Massachusetts * 24 14 8 2 2 3 1 46 77 54 37 22 13 2 117 88
#13 Massachusetts Lowell 24 15 8 1 1 0 1 46 62 48 35 21 11 3 102 74
#19 Connecticut 24 14 10 0 2 1 0 41 73 61 36 20 16 0 109 89
Boston University 24 13 8 3 3 2 0 41 69 58 35 19 13 3 107 89
Merrimack 24 13 11 0 1 3 0 41 70 70 35 19 15 1 109 99
#20 Providence 24 12 11 1 1 1 1 38 61 52 38 22 14 2 118 82
Boston College 24 9 12 3 0 1 1 32 67 77 38 15 18 5 114 123
New Hampshire 24 8 15 1 2 2 0 25 47 71 34 14 19 1 76 95
Vermont 24 6 16 2 3 1 2 20 41 72 35 8 25 2 59 101
Maine 24 5 17 2 2 3 1 19 54 80 33 7 22 4 74 111
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy)
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and results[edit]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Decision Result Attendance Record
Exhibition
October 2 7:35 PM Mercyhurst* Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont (Exhibition)     W 4–2  0
Regular Season
October 8 7:00 PM Colgate* Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Carriere L 3–5  2,705 0–1–0
October 9 7:00 PM Colgate* Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Harmon L 1–2  2,728 0–2–0
October 16 7:00 PM #8 Quinnipiac* Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Harmon L 0–2  3,037 0–3–0
October 23 7:00 PM Rensselaer* Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Harmon L 1–2  2,882 0–4–0
October 29 7:05 PM #9 Boston College Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Carriere W 5–4 OT 2,770 1–4–0 (1–0–0)
October 30 7:05 PM #9 Boston College Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Harmon L 2–3  2,928 1–5–0 (1–1–0)
November 12 7:00 PM at New Hampshire Whittemore CenterDurham, New Hampshire NESN Harmon L 1–2  3,537 1–6–0 (1–2–0)
November 13 7:00 PM at New Hampshire Whittemore CenterDurham, New Hampshire   Carriere T 3–3 SOW 3,606 1–6–1 (1–2–1)
November 19 7:35 PM #12 Providence Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Harmon L 3–4  2,421 1–7–1 (1–3–1)
November 20 7:05 PM #12 Providence Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Carriere L 0–2  2,421 1–8–1 (1–4–1)
November 24 7:00 PM at Yale* Ingalls RinkNew Haven, Connecticut   Carriere L 2–4  1,100 1–9–1
November 28 4:00 PM at Dartmouth* Thompson ArenaHanover, New Hampshire NESN+ Carriere W 3–2  1,551 2–9–1
December 3 7:30 PM at Maine Alfond ArenaOrono, Maine NESN+ Carriere W 1–0  3,059 3–9–1 (2–4–1)
December 4 7:00 PM at Maine Alfond ArenaOrono, Maine   Carriere T 1–1 SOW 3,435 3–9–2 (2–4–2)
December 10 7:05 PM #15 Massachusetts Lowell Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Carriere L 0–3  2,796 3–10–2 (2–5–2)
December 11 7:05 PM #15 Massachusetts Lowell Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Harmon L 1–2  2,862 3–11–2 (2–6–2)
December 30 2:00 PM at Rensselaer* Houston Field HouseTroy, New York   Carriere L 2–3  2,195 3–12–2
January 4 7:05 PM at Holy Cross* Hart CenterWorcester, Massachusetts   Harmon L 3–4  483 3–13–2
January 18 5:30 PM at #12 Northeastern Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Carriere L 0–4  2,307 3–14–2 (2–7–2)
January 21 7:00 PM at Boston University Agganis ArenaBoston, Massachusetts NESN+ Carriere W 2–1 OT 3,191 4–14–2 (3–7–2)
January 22 4:00 PM at Boston University Agganis ArenaBoston, Massachusetts   Carriere L 0–4  3,294 4–15–2 (3–8–2)
January 28 7:05 PM Alaska* Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Carriere W 2–0  2,810 5–15–2
January 29 7:05 PM Alaska* Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Carriere L 0–3  2,827 5–16–2
February 4 7:00 PM at #16 Northeastern Matthews ArenaBoston, Massachusetts NESN Carriere L 4–5  1,339 5–17–2 (3–9–2)
February 5 7:00 PM at #17 Providence Schneider ArenaProvidence, Rhode Island NESN Harmon L 1–4  2,834 5–18–2 (3–10–2)
February 11 7:00 PM New Hampshire Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Harmon W 3–0  2,672 6–18–2 (4–10–2)
February 13 1:00 PM Merrimack Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Harmon L 1–4  2,158 6–19–2 (4–11–2)
February 18 7:00 PM at Merrimack J. Thom Lawler RinkNorth Andover, Massachusetts   Carriere L 2–3  1,873 6–20–2 (4–12–2)
February 19 7:30 PM at Merrimack J. Thom Lawler RinkNorth Andover, Massachusetts   Carriere L 2–3  1,689 6–21–2 (4–13–2)
February 25 7:00 PM #10 Massachusetts Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Carriere L 1–5  2,304 6–22–2 (4–14–2)
February 26 7:00 PM #10 Massachusetts Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Carriere L 2–8  2,380 6–23–2 (4–15–2)
March 1 5:30 PM at #13 Northeastern Gutterson FieldhouseBurlington, Vermont   Harmon W 1–0  2,295 7–23–2 (5–15–2)
March 4 7:05 PM at Connecticut XL CenterHartford, Connecticut   Harmon W 5–3  3,157 8–23–2 (6–15–2)
March 5 3:05 PM at Connecticut XL CenterHartford, Connecticut   Carriere L 0–4  3,182 8–24–2 (6–16–2)
Hockey East Tournament
March 10 7:00 PM at #20 Providence* Schneider ArenaProvidence, Rhode Island (Opening Round) NESN Carriere L 1–2  1,095 8–25–2
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
Source:[4]

Scoring statistics[edit]

Name Position Games Goals Assists Points PIM
Philip Lagunov C 35 8 8 16 10
Jacques Bouquot C/LW 35 6 9 15 12
Robbie Stucker D 34 4 10 14 12
Andrew Lucas D/F 34 3 10 13 8
William Lemay F 35 5 7 12 2
Will Zapernick C/RW 32 5 6 11 12
Simon Jellus C/LW 32 5 5 10 14
Joseph Leahy D 27 2 8 10 12
Cory Babichuk D 22 1 8 9 25
Isak Walther C/W 35 3 5 8 6
Carter Long D 29 3 4 7 8
Porter Schachle F 27 3 3 6 14
Joel Määttä C 32 3 3 6 16
Raimonds Vitolins F 32 2 4 6 23
Cody Schiavon D 27 0 4 4 2
Timofey Spitserov RW 22 2 1 3 4
Dallas Comeau F 21 1 2 3 2
Luca Münzenberger D 32 0 3 3 45
Nic Hamre LW 31 1 1 2 4
Luke Mountain F 16 0 2 2 8
Dovar Tinling C//LW 14 1 0 1 4
Jesper Tarkiainen RW 19 1 0 1 0
Noah Jordan RW 13 0 1 1 0
Cole Hudson G 2 0 0 0 0
Andrei Buyalsky C 3 0 0 0 4
Andrew Petrillo D 9 0 0 0 2
Azzaro Tinling RW 11 0 0 0 2
Tyler Harmon G 16 0 0 0 2
Gabe Carriere G 23 0 0 0 0
Total 58 102 160 251

[5]

Goaltending statistics[edit]

Name Games Minutes Wins Losses Ties Goals Against Saves Shut Outs SV % GAA
Tyler Harmon 16 781 2 11 0 34 333 1 .903 2.61
Gabe Carriere 24 1251 6 14 2 60 572 3 .909 2.88
Cole Hudson 2 52 0 0 0 3 14 0 .905 3.47
Empty Net - 36 - - - 4 - - - -
Total 35 2121 8 25 2 101 919 4 .901 2.86

Rankings[edit]

Poll Week
Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (Final)
USCHO.com NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR
USA Today NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.[6]

Players drafted into the NHL[edit]

2022 NHL Entry Draft[edit]

Round Pick Player NHL team
5 133 Alex Bump Philadelphia Flyers
7 195 Eli Barnett San Jose Sharks
7 222 Joel Määttä Edmonton Oilers

† incoming freshman [7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UVM Men's hockey Record Book" (PDF). Vermont Catamounts. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Tinling leaves Vermont after 26 career games with Catamounts, signs with USHL's Buccaneers". USCHO.com. December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021–22 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". UVM Athletixs. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "Vermont 2021-22 Team Schedule". College Hockey Inc. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  5. ^ "Univ. of Vermont 2021-2022 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  6. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  7. ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2022 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.