WOMEN'S HOCKEY NOTEBOOK
After two ties last weekend, Vermont returns home to face Boston University and #11 UConn in their final home contests of the regular season. Friday is Vermont's She Roars Night presented by Federal Credit Union and puck drop with the Terriers is set for 2 p.m. from Gutterson Fieldhouse. Saturday's contest with the Huskies is slated for 1 p.m. and is Senior Day presented by UVM Health Advantage. There will be a co-branded water bottle giveaway in the main lobby Saturday courtesy of MVP Health Care. 
 
Before Saturday's contest UVM will honor Hailey Burns, Lily Humphrey, Sara Levesque Jessie McPherson, Natalie Mlýnková and Bella Parento in their Senior Day Ceremony presented by the UVM Alumni Association.
  
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PLAYOFF PICTURE
The Catamounts enter the penultimate weekend of the season in sixth place in Hockey East with 31 points. If they playoffs started today they would travel to face the three-seed Northeastern on Saturday, March 2 in the quarterfinals. However, things are so tight in the league UVM can still finish anywhere from 4-9 in the standings. Friday's matchup looms large with Boston University being a single point behind the Catamounts in seventh place.
 
In the current playoff format the top six teams (with the top-four hosting) on the women's side receive a bye to the quarterfinals on March 2. The seven-seed hosts the 10-seed and the eight-seed hosts the nine-seed in the Opening Round of the playoffs on Wednesday, February 28.
 
The Opening Round, Quarterfinals and Semifinals will air exclusively on ESPN+. The Championship game will air on ESPNU on Saturday, March 9 at noon.
 
MLYNKOVA NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Natalie Mlýnková earned Hockey East Player of the Week last week after scoring or assisting on all four of Vermont's goals last. Mlýnková tallied two goals and two assists in a pair of ties against Boston College and Providence. In Saturday's game, Mlýnková netted the equalizing goal with 4.6 seconds remaining to send Vermont into overtime. Following the weekend, Mlýnková is now third all-time in goals scored for Vermont Women's Hockey with 48. Mlýnková has also slotted herself into sixth-place all-time for Vermont with 94 career points.

WCAX FEATURES CATAMOUNTS CLINIC IN ST. ALBANS | FULL VIDEO
Last month the Catamounts visited St. Albans for a series of youth clinics presented by Handy Toyota. Vermont's trip to the Rail City was featured on this month's Catamount Corner on WCAX. Check out the feature by clicking here.

STARTING WITH POSSESSION
The Catamounts have continued to dominate the faceoff circle this season, leading the Nation in faceoff percentage with a 58.4% success rate. Last season, Vermont's 54.7% faceoff win percentage also ranked first in the conference. Mlýnková is at the forefront of these wins for UVM with 284 on the season with Evelyne Blais-Savoie close behind with 268.
 
ATTENDANCE RECORD RESET
Vermont broke the Hockey East home attendance record for the second straight year on November 10, smashing the previous record of 2,210. A whopping 2,705 fans attended Saturday's Pack the Gut Challenge game presented by the Windjammer against 15th ranked Boston College.
    
SCOUTING THE TERRIERS
BU enters the weekend following a 3-1 defeat to Maine, placing them seventh place in Hockey East. On the season, BU holds a record of 12-15-3 (10-12-1 HEA) and have earned 31 points, just one point behind Vermont.
 
Lacey Martin leads the Terriers in goals (13) and points (23) while Catherine Foulem and Clara Yuhn support with 18 points each. Junior Goaltender Callie Shannon has started the last four games for BU. On the season, Shannon has allowed an average of 2.28 goals per contest while providing a .910 save percentage.

SERIES HISTORY
Friday's contest will mark the 62nd all-time meeting between Vermont and Boston University. The Catamounts have a 12-41-8 record in the series all-time. On the season, BU leads 2-0 with the Terriers last defeating the Cats 4-2 on January 20 and 6-1 on January 19. In the second game Lara Beecher netted the equalizing goal late in the second period before Martin finished the go-ahead score in the third period for BU.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
UConn enters the weekend with 52 points landing them first in Hockey East. On the year, the Huskies are 19-6-5 (16-3-4 HEA) and are coming off a tie with Northeastern and a win against Holy Cross last weekend.
 
UConn has five different skaters with 15 or more points on the season with Senior Jada Habisch leading in scoring (14) and points (24). Coryn Tormala leads the team in assists (17) and is tied for second in Hockey East. Tia Chan and Megan Warrener split time in goal for the Huskies. Chan has allowed an average of 1.62 goals per contest with a .940 save percentage. Warrener has been impressive as well allowing just .85 goals and boasting a .959 save percentage.
 
SERIES HISTORY
All-time, the Huskies lead the series with Vermont 33-15-8 including a 3-0 win and 0-0 tie earlier this season. Jessie McPherson and Chan battled in net in the teams' last matchup, each providing a shutout. The Huskies prevailed 2-1 in the shootout behind goals from Claire Peterson and Ashley Allard to claim the extra Hockey East point.

CATAMOUNTS LEADERSHIP GROUP 
Head Coach Jim Plumer has selected five student-athletes to lead the Catamounts during the 2023-24 campaign. 2023 World Championship bronze medalist Mlýnková will serve as captain for Vermont. The Catamounts will have four alternates this season with Hailey Burns, Sara Levesque, Maddy Skelton and Alaina Tanski. Skelton served as an alternate captain last season as well. 
  
CZECH CAPTAIN IS BACK FOR MORE 
Senior captain Mlýnková is the top returning scorer in Hockey East this season. She set new career highs in goals (23), assists (19) and points (42) last year. 
  
OFFENSIVE TOUCH KEY TO HISTORIC CAMPAIGNS 
Vermont scored over 100 goals in each of the last two years for the first time in program history on their way to back-to-back second place finishes in Hockey East with a program record of 22 wins in each campaign. Vermont returns 56.1% of its scoring from a year ago. 

The Windjammer Inn and Conference Center is the presenting sponsor of the UVM women's hockey program