SU Hockey Starts 2014 At Vermont

Syracuse (7-7-2, 2-2-2 CHA) vs. Cornell (1-13-2, 1-4-1 CHA)
Date & Time	Saturday, Jan. 4 at 2 p.m. \| Sunday, Jan. 5 at 2 p.m.
Location	Burlington, Vt. \| Gutterson Fieldhouse
Live Stats	UVMathletics.com
Streaming Video	CatamounTV.com
Social Media	Facebook \| @cuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y.—After a three week break, the Syracuse ice hockey team is back in action this weekend at Vermont on Saturday, Jan. 4 and Sunday Jan. 5 at 2 p.m. These games start a four-game road trip spanning the next two weeks. Syracuse finished off its 2013 portion of the season at .500 (8-8-2), winning its last contest against Lindenwood, 4-1.

VERMONT NOTES
• The Catamounts are 8-7-4 so far this season and 4-3-1 in Hockey East play. Vermont has played three College Hockey America opponents in 2013-14, losing and tying with Penn State, splitting with RIT and getting swept by Robert Morris.
• Amanda Pelkey leads Vermont in goals and points with 13 and 22, respectively. Brittany Zuback has 20 points on the season, notching seven goals and 13 assists.
• Roxanne Douville and Madison Litchfield split time in net. Douville has spent the most time between the pipes and has recorded a .918 save percentage and a 2.14 goals against average. Litchfield has a .862 save percentage and 3.76 GAA

SPECIAL TEAMS SUCCESS
• Syracuse ranks 12th nationally in penalty killing, stopping opponents from scoring 86.7 percent of the time. This ranks third in the CHA behind Robert Morris and Mercyhurst.
• The Orange went on a streak of 16 successful penalty kills spanning five games until Cornell notched a man-down goal on Tuesday.
• SU went on another four game streak of preventing opponent power play goals earlier this season, stopping 27 consecutive man-down situations. Penn State broke the streak, notching a power play goal in its first opportunity on Nov. 9.
• Senior goaltenders Kallie Billadeau and Jenesica Drinkwater have combined to save 118-130 man-up shots taken by SU opponents so far this season (.908).

SIBLEY SCORES
• Freshman forward Jessica Sibley co-leads the team in points with 12 and co-leads the team in goals with seven on the season.
• She has scored four power play goals, was the first to score a goal on three occasions and has notched two game-winners including one in overtime.
• Sibley averages 0.67 points per game which ranks 13th overall and second among rookies in College Hockey America. Nationally, Sibley ranks 17th in freshman point scoring.
• She is currently tied for ninth in CHA for goal scoring and for second in power play points with seven. Sibley is tied for eighth in the nation in power play goals.

BILLADEAU EMERGES AS THE GO-TO GOALIE
• The senior net minder has played in 13 of SU's 18 contests this season and has a 4-7-2 record on the season (.385).
• After losing four straight, Billadeau turned her season around against No. 4/3 Boston College (Oct. 25), taking a decisive 4-1 victory over the Eagles and then went on to take a 2-1 victory over Penn State (Nov. 9).
• Two of her wins and one of her ties came against ranked opponents. The other tie was against Robert Morris which was then receiving votes but is now ranked 10th in the nation.
• Her save percentage (.933) is tied for the best mark in College Hockey America and ranks 10th among all Division I goalies. It is also the second best season mark in SU history.
• She currently ranks third in the CHA and 19th in the nation in goals against average (2.12) allowing 27 goals in 13 games played.
• After the 2-1 win at Penn State, Billadeau reached 2,000 career saves, the only Syracuse goalie to ever reach that benchmark.

DRINKWATER STRONG BETWEEN THE PIPES
• Senior goalie Jenesica Drinkwater is 4-1-0 on the season in her five starts against Providence College (10/19), Union College (10/26), Penn State (11/10), Colgate (11/26) and Lindenwood (12/6).
• She recorded 25 saves against PC, which got her over the 1,000 career saves mark (1,023) and currently has 1,103 career saves.
• Drinkwater has a .921 save percentage and a 1.80 goals against average. Her GAA would rank 11th in the nation and third in the CHA if she met the minutes qualification.

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