#26 Joe Vitale Jr. F 6'1 - 194 Shoots: right St. Louis, MO (Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)) Individual statistics

Men's Hockey 2007-08 •TEAM PAGE | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | TEAM STATS

2007-08: Breakout season as a junior...named All-New England and New England's Most Improved Player...second-team All-Hockey East...Northeastern team MVP...led the Huskies in scoring with 12 goals, 23 assists and 35 points...third in Hockey East in scoring with an 11-22-33 line in 27 league games...posted two six-game point streaks...had a goal and an assist in NU's 4-3 loss to Maine on Oct. 27...scored the game-winning goal and assisted on Wade MacLeod's goal ina NU's 2-1 win over No. 4 New Hampshire at the Whittemore Center on Nov. 3...named Hockey East Player of the Week on Nov. 5...goal and assist helped NU to a 4-2 win over Vermont on Nov. 9...scored in Northeastern's 4-1 win over No. 6 New Hampshire at the Whittemore Center on Nov. 16...had a career-high four points on a goal and three assists in Northeastern's 4-3 overtime win over No. 13 Boston College at Conte Forum on Nov. 23...named Hockey East Player of the Week on Nov. 26...named Hockey East Player of the Week after his second four-point game of the season, a one-goal, four-assist effort in NU's 7-3 victory over Maine at Alfond Arena on Jan. 4...posted a goal and an assist in NU's 3-0 shutout of Merrimack at Matthews Arena on Jan. 12...posted assists on consecutive nights at Vermont Jan. 18-19...scored in the first period and later added an assist in the Huskies' 4-2 victory over Merrimack at Lawler Arena on Feb. 8...scored in NU's 5-4 loss to BU in the Beanpot consolation game on Feb. 11...had the primary assist on Kyle Kraemer's game-winning goal against Massachusetts on Feb. 15...scored twice in a loss to Boston University on Feb. 22...had a goal and an assist against UMass Lowell on Feb. 29 and added two more assists against UML the next night...picked up an assist in the Huskies' 3-2, overtime win at Boston College on March 7. 2006-07: Named NU’s first sophomore assistant captain since Jim Fahey in 1999-2000...played in 35 games, recording seven goals, nine assists and 16 points...deflected a Joe Santilli shot to score in a 2-2 tie with Vermont on Oct. 14...recorded a goal and an assist in a 4-3 loss at Boston University on Oct. 20...scored the first goal in NU’s 5-0 win over Union on Oct. 21...recorded assists on NU’s first two goals in a 4-1 win over Merrimack Dec. 1...scored a short-handed goal in the third period of NU’s loss to Maine on Dec. 9...notched an assist against Colgate and scored against Holy Cross in the UConn Hockey Classic Dec. 29-30...recorded an assist on Jimmy Russo’s game-winning overtime goal in 2-1 win over UMass Lowell Jan. 20...scored the game-winning goal with 49.9 seconds left in overtime in a 1-0 win over Merrimack Feb. 2...assisted on goals by Chris Donovan and Chad Costello in 5-3 loss to Massachusetts Feb. 25...scored the Huskies’ second goal in 4-2 win over No. 5 Boston University on Feb. 28...named to the Hockey East All-Academic team. 2005-06: Scored eight goals and assisted on eight for 16 points in 31 games as a freshman...had a 7-7-14 scoring line and plus-1 rating in 24 Hockey East games...centered NU’s top line in most games; also played right wing in three games...played on the power play and penalty kill...led the team in penalties, with 30 for 71 minutes...scored his first collegiate goal and notched his first assist on a Matti Uusivirta goal in a 7-5 loss at Rensselaer on Oct. 28...had the first two-goal game of his career in NU’s 5-3 loss to Vermont on Nov. 1 at Matthews Arena...three days later, scored NU’s fourth goal to tie the game in an eventual 6-4 home loss to New Hampshire...assisted on Jimmy Russo’s game-winner in NU’s 2-0 victory over Massachusetts on Nov. 11 at Matthews Arena...had two assists in a 5-3 loss at Boston College on Nov. 19...recorded eight points in his last 10 games...scored the game-tying goal at 14:20 in the third of a 2-2 tie at UMass Lowell Jan. 21...assisted on Steve Birnstill’s goal in a 2-2 tie at Merrimack on Feb. 3...led Northeastern to a 6-4 win over UMass Lowell with a pair of third-period goals on Feb. 10 at Matthews Arena; earned Hockey East Rookie of the Week honors for that effort...scored the first short-handed goal of his career in a 2-1 victory over No. 14 Providence on Feb. 16...assisted on Joe Santilli’s goal in a 2-2 tie with Massachusetts on Feb. 24 at Matthews Arena...missed the final three games with a sprained ankle. Before NU: A seventh-round selection (195th overall) of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2005 NHL Draft...played for the Sioux Falls Stampede of the USHL in 2004-05, posting a scoring line of 11-20-31...played two seasons for the St. Louis Junior Blues of the Central States Hockey League, where the team had a combined record of 65-8 in his two seasons...posted a scoring line of 21-30-51 in 2003-04 and of 15-20-35 in 2002-03...played four years for Christian Brothers College High School, helping the team to three state championships, two undefeated seasons and one national title...also played football for two years at Christian Brothers. Personal: Born Aug. 20, 1985...enjoys fishing and cooking...majoring in Journalism...Class of 2009.

#26 Joe Vitale Statistics

OVERALL GP G A Pts Shots Shot% Pen-Min +/- PPG SHG GWG 2005-06................ 31 8 8 16 79 .101 30-71 -4 2 1 1 2006-07................ 35 7 9 16 74 .095 27-54 -8 1 2 3 2007-08................ 37 12 23 35 112 .107 25-75 +5 2 0 1 TOTAL.................. 103 27 40 67 265 .102 82-200 -7 5 3 5 HOCKEY EAST GP G A Pts Shots Shot% Pen-Min +/- PPG SHG GWG 2005-06................ 24 7 7 14 67 .104 27-65 +1 2 1 1 2006-07................ 27 5 8 13 54 .093 19-38 -6 1 1 1 2007-08................ 27 11 22 33 83 .133 20-65 +6 2 0 1 TOTAL.................. 78 23 37 60 204 .113 66-168 +1 5 2 3