Exhibition Week 3, 2024

played in Vermont, VT

73 degrees, stormy, 13 mph wind

Hartford Whalers	3	0	3	7	-	13
Vermont Mountaineers	7	3	7	3	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:09 HAR - Kendall Bailey 42 field goal
1Q: 07:07 VER - Sherman Gerhardt 9 run (Joey Ring extra point)
2Q: 00:12 VER - Joey Ring 58 field goal
3Q: 08:10 HAR - Kendall Bailey 37 field goal
3Q: 02:37 VER - Sherman Gerhardt 7 run (Joey Ring extra point)
4Q: 08:28 VER - Joey Ring 50 field goal
4Q: 05:43 HAR - Courtney Poliska 27 pass from Deion Owens (Kendall Bailey extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:09 HAR - Kendall Bailey 42 field goal
1Q: 07:07 VER - Sherman Gerhardt 9 run (Joey Ring extra point)
2Q: 00:12 VER - Joey Ring 58 field goal
3Q: 08:10 HAR - Kendall Bailey 37 field goal
3Q: 02:37 VER - Sherman Gerhardt 7 run (Joey Ring extra point)
4Q: 08:28 VER - Joey Ring 50 field goal
4Q: 05:43 HAR - Courtney Poliska 27 pass from Deion Owens (Kendall Bailey extra point)

Team Statistics HAR VER
Record 1-1 1-1
First Downs 16 20
- by Rushing 2 10
- by Passing 12 9
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 250 331
- Offensive Plays 60 62
- Yards per Play 4.17 5.34
Net Rushing Yards 39 177
- Rushing Attempts 12 34
- Yards per Rush 3.25 5.21
Net Passing Yards 211 154
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 47 - 33 - 1 25 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 216 176
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 3/22
- Yards per Pass Play 4.40 5.50
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.5 10.6
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/29 6/40
Punt Returns/Yards 2/-5 1/11
Kick Returns/Yards 4/87 4/76
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/2
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 32
Time of Possession 29:24 30:36

Team Statistics	HAR	VER
Record	1-1	1-1
First Downs	16	20
- by Rushing	2	10
- by Passing	12	9
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	250	331
- Offensive Plays	60	62
- Yards per Play	4.17	5.34
Net Rushing Yards	39	177
- Rushing Attempts	12	34
- Yards per Rush	3.25	5.21
Net Passing Yards	211	154
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	47 - 33 - 1	25 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	216	176
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	3/22
- Yards per Pass Play	4.40	5.50
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.5	10.6
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/29	6/40
Punt Returns/Yards	2/-5	1/11
Kick Returns/Yards	4/87	4/76
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/2
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 32
Time of Possession	29:24	30:36

Drive Charts

Hartford Whalers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:57	OWN 36	9	39	Field Goal
1	7:00	3:55	OWN 32	7	20	Punt
1	2:15	1:18	OWN 34	3	5	Interception
2	13:36	5:12	OWN 42	11	34	Missed FG
2	4:19	1:52	OWN 29	3	-1	Punt
3	13:22	5:17	OWN 29	9	51	Field Goal
3	2:31	2:31	OWN 34	4	18	Punt
4	8:21	2:53	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
4	3:58	0:25	OWN 38	3	0	Punt
4	1:06	0:39	OWN 11	4	-1	Downs

Vermont Mountaineers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:03	3:03	OWN 31	6	69	Touchdown
1	3:05	0:50	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
1	0:57	2:21	OPP 40	5	5	Missed FG
2	8:24	4:05	OWN 31	8	47	Missed FG
2	2:27	2:20	OWN 13	6	46	Field Goal
3	15:00	1:38	OWN 30	3	8	Punt
3	8:05	5:34	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
4	15:00	6:39	OWN 9	12	58	Field Goal
4	5:28	1:30	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
4	3:33	2:27	OWN 26	6	16	Punt
4	0:27	0:27	OPP 10	1	-2	Game

Game MVP: Sherman Gerhardt, Vermont Mountaineers

Rushing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Everett Levine	6	25	4.17	10	1
Edgar Page	3	-2	-0.67	1	0
Donnie Johnston	1	7	7.00	7	0
Keith Keefe	1	1	1.00	1	0
Deion Owens	1	8	8.00	8	0

Vermont	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Sherman Gerhardt	23	126	5.48	28	3	2
Randal Brady	5	19	3.80	7	0	0
Kennedy Shapiro	5	34	6.80	24	1	0
Horace Donovan	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0

Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Deion Owens	28	19	138	0/0	1	27	0	91.0
Donnie Johnston	19	14	78	1/5	0	13	1	58.7

Vermont	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	LG	Rate
Horace Donovan	18	12	146	2/16	36	91.4
Tito Walker	5	3	27	0/0	14	74.6
R.J. Williamson	2	1	3	1/6	3	56.3

Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Courtney Poliska	8	10	82	10.25	24	27	1
RB Everett Levine	6	6	17	2.83	7	12	0
WR Ron Reeves	5	7	18	3.60	4	6	0
WR William Meier	5	6	35	7.00	5	12	0
WR Jeffrey Russell	4	7	29	7.25	4	15	0
WR Kerry Fleischer	3	7	31	10.33	12	22	0
FB Monty Burnett	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Edgar Page	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
TE Arnold Sinclair	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Vermont	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Cary Kelley	3	3	29	9.67	2	22
WR Irving Tillman	3	4	64	21.33	35	36
WR Dan Fredrick	3	6	25	8.33	4	12
TE Amos Morton	2	2	23	11.50	14	14
RB Randal Brady	2	2	10	5.00	0	7
WR Jose Robertson	1	3	8	8.00	0	8
RB Kennedy Shapiro	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
WR Darrell Bauer	1	1	13	13.00	0	13
TE Randy Becht	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
RB Sherman Gerhardt	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Hartford	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Vermont	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Xavier Springs	1	2	2.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Hartford	Fumb	Recov	Force
William Meier	1	0	0
Marc Rogers	0	1	0
Roderick Urbanski	0	0	1

Vermont	Fumb	Recov	Force
Horace Donovan	1	0	0
Randall Barlow	0	1	0
Darrell Bauer	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Hartford	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Randy Page	4	187	46.8	39.0	53	3

Vermont	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Lester Myers	4	160	40.0	41.3	48	1

Kicking Statistics

Hartford	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kendall Bailey	2/3	1/2	0/0	42	1/1

Vermont	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Joey Ring	2/4	2/3	2/3	58	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
William Meier	2	-5	-2.5	0

Vermont	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Irving Tillman	1	11	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Hartford	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ron Reeves	2	36	18.0	0
Kerry Fleischer	2	51	25.5	0

Vermont	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kurt Harrison	2	34	17.0	0
Lamont Floyd	2	42	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Hartford	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Richard Guthrie	8	1	0.0	30	24
ILB Craig Ligeski	7	1	0.0	24	17
CB Tom Kerr	6	0	0.0	28	20
DT Nick Baerg	5	1	1.0	22	16
DE Roderick Urbanski	4	0	1.0	29	23
CB Harry Crane	4	2	0.0	28	24
OLB Gus Hammond	3	0	1.0	26	16
S Dana Ellison	2	3	0.0	20	11
CB Omar Couture	2	1	0.0	20	17
DE Derek McKinley	2	0	0.0	14	14
ILB Deion Dobler	2	0	0.0	10	16
ILB Pat Foley	1	1	0.0	11	5
DE Mickey Atkins	1	1	0.0	14	13
OLB Donnie Cortez	1	0	0.0	17	15
OLB Marc Rogers	1	0	0.0	6	11
WR Jeffrey Russell	1	0	---	---	---
DE Isaac McQuaig	1	0	0.0	20	15
S Orlando Brisset	0	2	0.0	24	23
DT Ryan Kromer	0	1	0.0	12	12

Vermont	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Lamont Floyd	6	1	0.0	10	41
S Roderick Duran	6	0	0.0	12	43
CB Lee Warren	5	3	0.0	12	45
S Kurt Harrison	5	0	0.0	9	41
DE Jimmie Krykhtine	4	0	0.0	9	30
DE Juan Barlow	3	0	0.0	11	42
OLB Clarence Tyler	3	0	0.0	5	14
DT Charles Robbins	2	0	1.0	6	26
ILB Rickey Moss	2	2	0.0	10	39
CB Xavier Springs	2	2	0.0	8	42
OLB Rickey Lowe	2	1	0.0	6	23
DT Conrad Connell	2	0	0.0	3	12
S Jerome Johnston	1	2	0.0	8	31
DE Riddick Allen	1	0	0.0	4	24
OLB Tony Poloski	1	0	0.0	4	15
DT Earnest Lang	0	1	0.0	5	31
ILB Jamal Harding	0	1	0.0	1	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Hartford	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Nick Baerg	1.0	0	0	16
OLB Gus Hammond	1.0	0	0	16
DE Roderick Urbanski	1.0	0	0	23
DE Derek McKinley	0.0	1	1	14
OLB Donnie Cortez	0.0	0	1	15
ILB Craig Ligeski	0.0	0	1	17
DE Isaac McQuaig	0.0	0	1	15

Vermont	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Charles Robbins	1.0	0	0	0	26
DE Jimmie Krykhtine	0.0	1	0	0	30
OLB Clarence Tyler	0.0	1	0	0	14
DE Riddick Allen	0.0	1	0	0	24
DE Juan Barlow	0.0	0	2	2	42
DT Earnest Lang	0.0	0	1	0	31
ILB Walter Parrish	0.0	0	0	1	9

Pass Defense Statistics

Hartford	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Richard Guthrie	5	0	24
CB Omar Couture	2	0	17
OLB Gus Hammond	1	1	16
CB Tom Kerr	1	1	20
DE Derek McKinley	1	0	14
OLB Donnie Cortez	1	0	15
OLB Marc Rogers	1	0	11
ILB Deion Dobler	1	0	16
ILB Craig Ligeski	1	0	17
ILB Pat Foley	1	0	5
S Dana Ellison	1	0	11
CB Harry Crane	0	1	24

Vermont	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Roderick Duran	6	0	0	43
CB Lee Warren	4	1	0	45
S Kurt Harrison	4	0	0	41
CB Lamont Floyd	4	0	0	41
DE Jimmie Krykhtine	3	0	0	30
OLB Clarence Tyler	2	1	0	14
CB Xavier Springs	2	0	1	42
ILB Rickey Moss	2	0	0	39
DE Juan Barlow	2	0	0	42
S Jerome Johnston	1	0	0	31
OLB Rickey Lowe	1	0	0	23
DE Riddick Allen	1	0	0	24
OLB Tony Poloski	1	0	0	15

Blocking Statistics

Hartford	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Graham Donovan	1	1	8	0	30
William Swift	1	1	7	0	36
Rex O'Connor	0	2	9	1	36
Jessie Schwartz	0	2	11	0	31
Earnest Leathers	0	1	9	0	27
Brady Sluiter	0	1	3	0	21
Craig Codeke	0	1	7	0	30
Courtney Poliska	0	1	11	0	42

Vermont	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Wally Guthrie	4	7	2	30	1	21
Desmond Harding	4	4	0	21	1	15
Damon Anderson	1	5	0	27	0	21
Zack Sanderson	1	4	0	33	1	25
Amos Morton	1	3	0	32	0	24
Steve Manifold	1	3	0	10	0	12
Bill Segas	1	3	0	15	0	18
Ross Pettet	1	3	0	29	0	17
Randall Barlow	0	1	0	14	0	12

Special Teams Tackles

Hartford	Tackles	STPlays
Jeffrey Russell	2	17
Arnold Sinclair	1	16
Dana Ellison	1	12
Ron Reeves	1	11

Vermont	Tackles	STPlays
Jerome Johnston	1	17
Darrell Bauer	1	17
Randal Brady	1	15
Xavier Springs	1	11
Lamont Floyd	1	8
Sherman Gerhardt	1	4

Participation

Hartford	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Harry Crane	---	---	28	24	13	65
Roderick Urbanski	---	---	29	23	7	59
Richard Guthrie	---	---	30	24	4	58
Courtney Poliska	11	42	---	---	4	57
Jeffrey Russell	6	31	---	---	17	54
Tom Kerr	---	---	28	20	4	52
Ron Reeves	10	29	---	---	11	50
Orlando Brisset	---	---	24	23	3	50
Jessie Schwartz	11	31	---	---	7	49
Rex O'Connor	9	36	---	---	---	45
William Swift	7	36	---	---	1	44
Gus Hammond	---	---	26	16	2	44
Craig Codeke	7	30	---	---	7	44
Donnie Cortez	---	---	17	15	11	43
Craig Ligeski	---	---	24	17	2	43
William Meier	5	26	---	---	12	43
Dana Ellison	---	---	20	11	12	43
Edgar Page	5	22	---	---	14	41
Nick Baerg	---	---	22	16	2	40
Kerry Fleischer	3	22	---	---	15	40
Omar Couture	---	---	20	17	2	39
Everett Levine	7	31	---	---	1	39
Graham Donovan	8	30	---	---	---	38
Isaac McQuaig	---	---	20	15	3	38
Earnest Leathers	9	27	---	---	---	36
Arnold Sinclair	6	14	---	---	16	36
Eugene Liszkiewicz	---	---	14	11	10	35
Deion Owens	5	28	---	---	---	33
Marc Rogers	---	---	6	11	15	32
Brady Sluiter	3	21	---	---	7	31
Derek McKinley	---	---	14	14	2	30
Deion Dobler	---	---	10	16	2	28
Mickey Atkins	---	---	14	13	1	28
Ryan Kromer	---	---	12	12	4	28
Donnie Johnston	7	20	---	---	---	27
J.T. Neimeyer	5	12	---	---	7	24
Shannon Bonnette	1	17	---	---	6	24
Monty Burnett	4	14	---	---	4	22
Pat Foley	---	---	11	5	3	19
Keith Keefe	1	2	---	---	15	18
Harvey Gonzalez	---	---	5	5	2	12
Oliver Wuerffel	2	7	---	---	2	11
Kendall Bailey	0	0	---	---	7	7
Randy Page	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bryan Anunson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Graham Walker	0	0	---	---	---	0

Vermont	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Roderick Duran	---	---	12	43	11	66
Amos Morton	32	24	---	---	8	64
Xavier Springs	---	---	8	42	11	61
Lamont Floyd	---	---	10	41	8	59
Zack Sanderson	33	25	---	---	1	59
Lee Warren	---	---	12	45	2	59
Kurt Harrison	---	---	9	41	6	56
Jerome Johnston	---	---	8	31	17	56
Juan Barlow	---	---	11	42	3	56
Rickey Moss	---	---	10	39	3	52
Wally Guthrie	30	21	---	---	---	51
Horace Donovan	28	20	---	---	---	48
Damon Anderson	27	21	---	---	---	48
Ross Pettet	29	17	---	---	---	46
Irving Tillman	21	20	---	---	3	44
Randall Barlow	14	12	---	---	17	43
Jimmie Krykhtine	---	---	9	30	4	43
Desmond Harding	21	15	---	---	5	41
Sherman Gerhardt	23	14	---	---	4	41
Bill Segas	15	18	---	---	8	41
Earnest Lang	---	---	5	31	3	39
Kennedy Shapiro	15	11	---	---	13	39
Jose Robertson	17	15	---	---	5	37
Charles Robbins	---	---	6	26	4	36
Cary Kelley	12	10	---	---	13	35
Rickey Lowe	---	---	6	23	3	32
Riddick Allen	---	---	4	24	4	32
Darrell Bauer	9	6	---	---	17	32
Tony Poloski	---	---	4	15	12	31
Steve Manifold	10	12	---	---	8	30
Randy Becht	7	5	---	---	17	29
Randal Brady	5	9	---	---	15	29
Dan Fredrick	15	14	---	---	---	29
Ray Patton	---	---	7	17	---	24
Ellis Sevcik	4	8	---	---	8	20
Walter Parrish	---	---	2	9	9	20
Clarence Tyler	---	---	5	14	---	19
Conrad Connell	---	---	3	12	2	17
Tito Walker	6	5	---	---	4	15
Joey Ring	0	0	---	---	9	9
Lester Myers	0	0	---	---	4	4
Matt Szorcsik	1	3	---	---	---	4
Jamal Harding	---	---	1	3	---	4
R.J. Williamson	0	3	---	---	---	3
Tony Tran	0	0	---	---	3	3
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	3	1.0
Middle	5	15	3.0
Right	4	21	5.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	98	8.9
Middle	10	36	3.6
Right	12	45	3.8
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Deion Owens	28	19	2	1	3	1	2	0	0
Donnie Johnston	19	14	0	0	0	1	1	3	1

Vermont	Att	Cmp	20+	Drop	Dfns	Hurr
Horace Donovan	18	12	2	0	3	3
Tito Walker	5	3	0	1	0	0
R.J. Williamson	2	1	0	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	33	28	133	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	5	83	6.9
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	74	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	80	13.3
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	22	4.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Courtney Poliska	10	8	0	82	1	42
WR Ron Reeves	7	5	1	18	0	29
WR Kerry Fleischer	7	3	0	31	1	22
WR Jeffrey Russell	7	4	2	29	0	31
RB Everett Levine	6	6	0	17	0	31
WR William Meier	6	5	0	35	0	26
FB Monty Burnett	1	1	0	3	0	14
RB Edgar Page	1	1	0	1	0	22
TE Arnold Sinclair	1	0	0	0	0	14

Vermont	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dan Fredrick	6	3	0	25	0	14
WR Irving Tillman	4	3	0	64	1	20
WR Cary Kelley	3	3	0	29	1	10
WR Jose Robertson	3	1	1	8	0	15
TE Amos Morton	2	2	0	23	0	24
TE Randy Becht	2	0	0	0	0	5
RB Randal Brady	2	2	0	10	0	9
RB Sherman Gerhardt	1	0	0	0	0	14
RB Kennedy Shapiro	1	1	0	4	0	11
WR Darrell Bauer	1	1	0	13	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Vermont	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sherman Gerhardt	4	11	2.75	5.48
Horace Donovan	1	-2	-2.00	-2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Vermont	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Horace Donovan	1	0	0	0.00	8.11

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Vermont	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Randy Becht	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Hartford	Rushes	Conversions

Vermont	Rushes	Conversions
Kennedy Shapiro	3	1
Sherman Gerhardt	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Hartford	Att	Comp	Conversions
Donnie Johnston	7	5	4
Deion Owens	7	5	1

Vermont	Att	Comp	Conversions
Horace Donovan	4	2	1
R.J. Williamson	1	1	0
Tito Walker	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Hartford	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR William Meier	3	3	3
WR Ron Reeves	2	2	1
WR Kerry Fleischer	2	0	0
WR Jeffrey Russell	2	1	0
TE Courtney Poliska	2	2	1
RB Everett Levine	1	1	0
RB Edgar Page	1	1	0
TE Arnold Sinclair	1	0	0

Vermont	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dan Fredrick	2	1	1
WR Cary Kelley	1	1	0
WR Jose Robertson	1	0	0
WR Irving Tillman	1	0	0
RB Randal Brady	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 48,600 (66,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,000 (19,500)
End Zone 10,200 (14,100)
Mezzanine 6,100 (8,100)
Sideline Seats 9,100 (12,400)
Club Seats 6,400 (9,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,800 (2,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	48,600 (66,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,000 (19,500)
End Zone	10,200 (14,100)
Mezzanine	6,100 (8,100)
Sideline Seats	9,100 (12,400)
Club Seats	6,400 (9,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,800 (2,900)