The Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey program represents the
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the Unite ...
. The Catamounts compete in
Hockey East
The Hockey East Association, also known as Hockey East, is a college ice hockey conference which operates entirely in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference.
Hockey East came into existence in 1984 fo ...
. Their first year of varsity women's hockey was in 1998-99. The Catamounts were in the ECAC at the Division III level of competition. In 2001-02, the Catamounts moved up to Division I. For the 2005-06 season, the Catamounts moved to Hockey East.
History
The Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey program was launched in 1995-1996, under head coach Bruce Garrapy.
During the 2003-04 season, Kami Cote of Vermont set an NCAA record for most saves in one season with 1332.
During the 2010-11 season, Roxanne Douville earned consecutive shutouts against No. 9 Providence (Jan. 30) and Maine (Feb. 5) establishing a new program record shutout streak of 164 minutes and 13 seconds. In addition, she became only the second Vermont player to be named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team.
The 2013- 2014 season saw Vermont's best finish, ending the season 18-4-4, and earning fourth place in Hockey East. They won their quarterfinal match-up against Maine with three overtime wins. They advanced to meet Boston College in the semi-finals, losing by a score of 1-3. Catamount head coach
Jim Plumer won the Hockey East co-Coach of the Year award and the New England Division I Women's Coach of the Year award.
In 2019-2020, sophomore defenceman Maude Poulin-Labelle set the team's record for points by a defenseman in a single season, with 12 goals and 17 assists, for 29 points. Her goals total tied for first among Catamount defensemen. She was Hockey East player of the Week on January 6, 2020. She was nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, and earned a spot on the Hockey East All Star Third Team. The Catamounts started the season on a four game unbeaten streak, and lost just 2 games in their first 12 matches. They made the Hockey East tournament for the eighth consecutive year, but fell to the eventual tournament winners, the Northeastern Huskies, in the quarterfinals.
On November 11, 2020, Hockey East announced the 2020-2021 schedule for men's and women's ice hockey. League play had been postponed due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
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, which caused the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA women's ice hockey tournament. Beginning on November 20, women's hockey resumes in a round robin format with each team playing 18 games, to determine the regular season champion. Flex weekends are planned to allow for canceled matches to be played as needed.
During the 2021-2022 season, the Catamounts were ranked for the first time in program history at #10 in the USCHO poll on January 31, 2022. They were ranked at #10 in the USA Hockey poll on February 22, 2022 for the first time ever. They also set a program record of 22 wins in a season.
Year by year
Roster
As of September 26, 2022.
Player stats
Career points
*Current member of the team and stats as of January 2023
All-Time Leaders Goaltending
*Current member of the team and stats as of January 2023
Awards and honors
AWCHA honors
ECAC honors
Hockey East honors
Hockey Humanitarian Award
* 2003- Jenny Agnew, Nominee
* 2005- Kami Cote, Nominee
* 2006- Abby Kaknes, Nominee
* 2014- Danielle Rancourt, Finalist
Sarah Devens Award
* 2018- Taylor Willard
National Strength & Conditioning All-American
* 2006- Gabe Worzella
* 2007- Kristen Norris
New England Hockey Writers Division l All-Star
* 2013- Roxanne Douville
* 2014- Roxanne Douville
* 2014- Amanda Pelkey
New England Division l Women's Coach of the Year
* 2014- Jim Plumer
* 2017- Jim Plumer
Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award
The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is given to the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four. The award was first presented in 1998.
The aw ...
* 2020- Maude Poulin-Labelle, Nominee
* 2022- Theresa Schafzahl, Top 10 Finalist
University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame
* 2013- Tiffany Hayes
* 2015- Kami Cote
Division I CCM/AHCA All-Americans
* 2022- Theresa Schafzahl, First Team
* 2022- Maude Poulin-Labelle, Second Team
All-USCHO Teams
* 2022- Theresa Schafzahl, Second Team
Records
Career records
Single season records
Single Game records
Single Game individual records
Single game team records
Catamounts in professional hockey
Olympians
Chelsea Rapin, who played for the team from 2008-2012, was a referee for the women's tournament in the
2022 Winter Olympics
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References
External links
Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey
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Ice hockey teams in Vermont
1995 establishments in Vermont
Ice hockey clubs established in 1995