Jessica Ann "Jessie" Vetter (born December 19, 1985) is an American
ice hockey
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player and a member of the
United States women's national ice hockey team
The United States women's national ice hockey team is controlled by USA Hockey. The U.S. has been one of the most successful women's ice hockey
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. She was also a member of the
2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team, which won an NCAA title. She was drafted 20th overall by the
Boston Blades
The Worcester Blades were a professional women's ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League, based in Worcester, Massachusetts, and played their home games at the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center. The team began play in the 2010–11 ...
in the
2011 CWHL Draft
The 2011 CWHL Draft was held on July 21, 2011 in Mississauga. The Montreal Stars had the first pick overall and selected Meghan Agosta from Mercyhurst College.
Top 50 picks
Draft picks by team
Alberta
Boston
Brampton
Burlington
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.
Playing career
Vetter played as a goaltender on the boys' ice hockey team at
Monona Grove High School
Monona Grove High School (MGHS) is a school in Monona, Wisconsin, United States. Mitchal McGrath is the principal. The school was first established in 1955 to serve students from the city of Monona and the village and town of Cottage Grove and ...
and won three state girls' soccer championships. While in high school, she was a four-time all-conference selection and a three-time all-state pick in soccer.
Wisconsin Badgers
In her four-year NCAA career, Vetter won an NCAA record 91 games (since broken by
Hillary Pattenden
Hillary Pattenden (born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender who played with the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey program from 2008 to 2012. She held the NCAA Division I goaltender all-time most career wins title for 4 ...
) during her four-year career and posted an NCAA-record 39 career shutouts.
/ref> She also held the record for most goalie shutouts in one season with 14 (accomplished in 2008–09), since broken by another Badger goaltender, Ann-Renée Desbiens
Ann-Renée Desbiens (born April 10, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender for the Montreal chapter of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team.
She participated at ...
.
In her senior year at Wisconsin, Vetter went 30–2–5 with a 1.33 GAA, (2nd NCAA) and 0.936 Save percentage, (2nd NCAA). She also finished second in the NCAA in minutes played with 2162:16. She is a 2009 WCHA first team honoree, an all-tournament honoree, and the WCHA Final Face-Off MVP as Wisconsin won the League championship and garnered the top seed going into the NCAA championships.
*In 2006, she became the first goalie to record a Frozen Four shutout when she notched two.
*In 2006–07, Vetter and Christine Dufour combined for 15 shutouts. Vetter was voted the top goalie and had a 1.24 goals-against average and a save percentage of .932.
*Vetter broke the NCAA single-season goals-against average record with a mark of 0.83 in 2006–07. As a result, that made her the first goalie in NCAA history to post a GAA below 1.00. In that same season, Vetter recorded a shutout streak that reached 448 minutes and 32 seconds – the longest not only in NCAA women's hockey history but also in men's history.
*Vetter won 31 games and had 13 shutouts during the 2008–09 season.
*She was the first ice hockey player to be named the Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation.
International career
At the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2009 IIHF World Women's Championships was held in Hämeenlinna, Finland, from April 4 to 12, 2009.
Goaltending leaders
(minimum 40% team's total ice time)
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, she allowed just a single goal. In addition, Vetter was the starting goaltender when the US won the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2008 IIHF Women's World Championships were held from 4 to 12 April 2008, in Harbin, People's Republic of China. The games took place at the event's main arena, Baqu Arena. It was the 11th holding of the IIHF Women's World Championship and wa ...
. Vetter collected a silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
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and fetched for the final tips by former NHL Goalie Mike Richter
Michael Thomas Richter (born September 22, 1966) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played his entire career with the New York Rangers organization, and led the team to the Stanley Cup in 1994. He also represented the Un ...
. In the gold medal game of the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2011 IIHF World Women's Championships was held in April 2011 in Zürich and Winterthur, Switzerland, and took place at Hallenstadion and Deutweg rink.
Leading goaltenders
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against Canada, Vetter made 51 saves as the US won its third consecutive gold medal.
Coaching career
In 2010–11, Vetter was an assistant coach for Madison (Wis.) Capitols 19-Under Tier I squad. Her squad played in the USA Hockey National Championships from April 6–10.
Jessie Vetter Award
The Jessie Vetter Award was introduced in 2010. It is awarded by Wisconsin Prep Hockey to the top female ice hockey goaltender in Wisconsin prep school. A list of winners includes:
Awards and honors
* WCHA Goalie of the Year (2007)
* All-WCHA First Team (2007)
* All-WCHA Academic Team (2007)
* NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player (2006, 2009)
* WCHA Top 10 Players from the 2000sJinelle Zaugg-Siergiej
Jinelle Lynn Zaugg-Siergiej (born March 27, 1986) is an American retired ice hockey player and former member of the United States national team, currently serving as associate head coach to the St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey team. S ...
threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Miller Park
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before the Milwaukee Brewers
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/Cincinnati Reds game.
*Most Valuable Player, 2011 4 Nations Cup
The 2011 4 Nations Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament that was held in Nyköping, Sweden. All matches were held at the Stora Hallen arena. The November 10 match between Canada and the US marked the 100th time since 1990 that the two countrie ...
References
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1985 births
Living people
American women's ice hockey goaltenders
Ice hockey players from Wisconsin
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
Patty Kazmaier Award winners
People from Cottage Grove, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey players
Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin