UNH HOCKEY October 19, 2007 — Dick Umile captures his 400th career win with a 4-1 win over BU in the season opener at Agganis Arena. February 2008 — The ‘Cats go 7-0-1 in the month of February for the first time in over 80 years and lock up their second straight Hockey East regular-season title with a 5-1 win over BC. March 20, 2008 — Kevin Regan becomes the sixth player in school history to be named one of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. Regan, UNH’s first Hobey Baker finalist since Steve Saviano in 2004, enjoyed not only his best season as a Wildcat, but arguably one of the greatest seasons by any Wildcat goaltender in school history. Later that day, Regan was unanimously selected as the Hockey East Player of the Year. April 1, 2008 — Head Coach Dick Umile selected as New England’s Division I Coach of the Year, while Kevin Regan added to his list of lengthy accomplishments as he was named NE’s Most Valuable Player by the New England Hockey Writers and collected the Walter Brown Award. April 12, 2008 — For the first time in program history, four players selected as All-Americans. Kevin Regan and Mike Radja earn first team honors, while Matt Fornataro and Brad Flaishans are second-team honorees. December 11, 2008 — Mike Sislo’s four-goal, six-point performance, propels the Wildcats to a 9-4 win over Holy Cross. Sislo’s performance broke the previous Whittemore Center record for points and goals in a game. March 28, 2009 — Thomas Fortney scores with .1 seconds left in regulation to send the action into overtime against No. 2 seeded North Dakota. The Wildcats take advantage of momentum in overtime as Peter LeBlanc nets the game-winner with just 45 seconds into the overtime period to secure the win and advance to the Wildcats to the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship game against No. 1 seeded Boston University.
March 5, 2010 —Blake Kessel scores the game-tying goal with 3:55 left in regulation to cap a three goal comeback as the ‘Cats tie Boston College (3-3) to clinch their eighth regular-season Hockey East title. March 18, 2010 —Bobby Butler named the 2010 Hockey East Player of the Year, while Head Coach Dick Umile selected as co-Coach of the Year for a record sixth time. March 26, 2010 —Bobby Butler and Paul Thompson each score two goals and tallied an assist to lead the ‘Cats past sixth-ranked Cornell University in the first round of the 2010 NCAA East Regional. Brian Foster totals 24 saves as UNH advances to the Regional Championship game against RIT. March 31, 2010 — Bobby Butler becomes only the second player in school history named a Hobey Baker “Hat Trick Finalist,” capping off a season where he was tied for second in the nation with 53 points and took home the Walter Brown Award as the best American-born college hockey player in New England. April 9, 2010 —Bobby Butler named a first-team All-American, while Brian Foster and defensemen Blake Kessel selected as second team All-American honorees. May 11, 2010 — Dick Umile and members of the athletic staff are on hand at the Hobey Baker Awards banquet as the late Charlie Holt is honored as the 2010 Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey recipient. December 2, 2010 — Led by Jeff Silengo’s two goals, the Wildcats capture a 4-3 OT win over Maine. The win caps off a fantastic first half as the ‘Cats post a 10-2-4 record and held the #2 ranking in the national polls. December 22, 2010 — Former standouts Ralph Cox and Gordie Clark named to ECAC’s 50th Anniversary Team. March 16, 2011 — Paul Thompson is named Hockey East’s Player of the Year and also named one of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award. He becomes UNH’s first home-grown finalist and the third in the last four years for UNH. March 20, 2011 — UNH is named to the NCAA field for the 10th straight year and paired with Miami, Notre Dame and Merrimack at the Northeast Regional. UNH hosts this event for the fourth time at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester.
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