DURHAM, N.H. – First year Jonah Aegerter scored his first career goal with 6:10 to play in the third period to lift Vermont to a 2-1 win over New Hampshire Saturday night in Hockey East action from the Whittemore Center.

RELATED LINKS
Box Score
CatamountTV: Aegerter Game-Winner
Highlights
Postgame: Coach Moser with Owen Gund
 
COACH'S QUOTE
"Really good response by our guys," said Head Coach Steve Wiedler. "Just a good, hard fought, college hockey game on both sides. Penalty Kill really stepped up to book end the game. Aiden Wright played great, and Jonah Aegerter with his first career goal being a game-winner was a great moment. Our senior class provided great grit, and leadership. We were intense, fast, and having fun tonight. It was a fun bench to be on."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a scoreless opening 39 minutes Saturday night the Catamounts opened the scoring with Jax Wismer's first goal of the season. Colin Kessler passed back out to the point and Philip Törnqvist quickly dished it over to Wismer along the blue line. Wismer one-timed a slapshot and through traffic it found the back of the net to make it 1-0 with 27 seconds left in the middle frame.
• Morgan Winters equalized for the Wildcats 9:32 into the final frame. Aiden Wright handled the point shot from Winters, but the puck bounced off the UVM defender in front and slowly dribbled just over the line to make it 1-1.
• Late in the third period Aegerter took the puck out of the Vermont end and skated through the neutral zone with speed. As he cut past a UNH defender just inside their blue line he wired a wrist shot bar down to notch his first career game-winner.
• UNH earned a power play opportunity with 55.7 seconds to play. After pulling their netminder it meant a six-on-four advantage for the Wildcats. In the ensuing power play UVM blocked five shots headlined by two from Duncan Ramsay to preserve the Hockey East win for the Catamounts.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Catamounts blocked 19 shots tonight, tied for the second most in the Coach Wiedler era.
• Colin Kessler had a game-high four shots Saturday night.
• With this evening's 2-1 decision, Community Bank N.A. will donate $100 to Special Olympics Vermont. Community Bank, N.A. donates $50 per goal to Special Olympics Vermont for every goal the men's and women's team scores this season.
• With tonight's Win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to the Lund Family Center through the Cat's Win, Community Win's initiative. Vermont Mutual has donated over $5 Million Dollars since launching their Charitable Giving Fund in 2014.

UP NEXT
The Catamounts return home next weekend as they get set to host No. 11 Boston College in a two-game set at Gutterson Fieldhouse beginning Friday, November 7. The teams will faceoff at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday night. Tickets are available now at go.uvm.edu/bc25.
 
Friday night is PC Construction Game Night, and the first 250 fans in attendance will receive a free co-branded cowbell courtesy of PC Construction. On Saturday, join us for the Can for Coffee Food Drive presented by Keurig. Fans who bring a non-perishable food item will receive a box of coffee and be entered to win a Keurig Brew & Chill Brewer. All donations will benefit the Josh Palotta Fund.

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