The Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey team is a

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(NCAA) Division I

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program that represents the

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. The Catamounts are a member of

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, joining in 2005 after competing in

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from 1974 to 2005. They play home games at Gutterson Fieldhouse in

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. Vermont has appeared in the NCAA Men's Hockey Championship six times since making the move to Division I in 1974–75, including trips to the Frozen Four in 1996 and 2009. Prior to moving to Division I, UVM competed in ECAC Division II, where it won back-to-back ECAC Division II titles in 1972-73 and 1973–74. Since 1990, the Catamounts have hosted what is now known as the Catamount Cup tournament, winning the title seven times.

Alumni

The University of Vermont has produced 18

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(NHL) players in its history. The seven UVM Alumni who have won Stanley Cup championships are: Ross Colton '18 (

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), Patrick Sharp '02, Viktor Stålberg '09, Éric Perrin '97, and former NHL All-Stars

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'97, Tim Thomas '97 and John LeClair '91. In 2004, St. Louis was awarded the

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as the NHL's most valuable player, the

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as the NHL's leading scorer, the Lester B. Pearson Award as the league's most outstanding player in the regular season as judged by the members of the NHL Players Association, and the Bud Light Plus/Minus award. Thomas has won the

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twice as the NHL's top goaltender in 2009 and 2011, and the

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as the most valuable player of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2011. He also holds the NHL record for best single season save percentage. UVM is the only NCAA program in history to count alumni who have won both the Hart Trophy and the Vezina Trophy, as well as the only NCAA program to generate an Art Ross winner. A two-time Olympian in 1998 and 2002, LeClair was elected to the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009 after a standout 16-year NHL career where he scored 406 goals. He was a two-time NHL first team All-Star and twice won the Bud Light Plus/Minus Award. LeClair is the only American born player to record three consecutive 50 goal seasons, and is the only NHL player with back to back game winning SCF OT goals. Other Catamounts who were U.S. Olympians were Thomas (2010), former NHL defenseman Aaron Miller (2002, 2006) and Ryan Gunderson (2018). St. Louis skated for Canada in the 2006 and 2014 Olympics, while Sharp was named to Canada's 2014 Olympic squad. Viktor Stalberg also represented Sweden at the 2018 Olympics. Vermont was one of just five college hockey programs to have at least one alumnus participating in every Olympic games since NHL players began competing in 1998 until 2018 when NHL players did not compete in Olympic competition.

Season-by-season results

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Head coaches

As of the completion of 2023–24 season

All-time scoring leaders

Source:

Career goals leaders

Single-season goals record: * Tim O'Connell, 41 goals in 1974-75

Career assists leaders

Single-season assists record: *

/ Éric Perrin, 56 assists in 1995-96

Career points leaders

Single-season points record: *

/ Éric Perrin, 85 points in 1995-96

Goaltending leaders

Career save percentage leaders (min. 40 games): Single-season save record: * Tim Thomas, 1,079 in 1996-97

Current roster

As of September 22, 2024.

Awards and honors

Hockey Hall of Fame

Source: *

(2018)

United States Hockey Hall of Fame

Source: * John LeClair (2009)

NCAA

Individual awards

NCAA Scoring Champion *

: 1996 * Éric Perrin: 1996

All-American teams

AHCA College Division All-Americans *1968–69: George Kreiner, D *1969–70: Dave Reece, G; George Kreiner, D *1970–71: Dave Reece, G; Ted Yeates, D *1971–72: Ted Yeates, D; Pat Wright, F *1972–73: Brad Cooke, D; Pat Wright, F *1973–74: John Murphy, D; Ted Castle, F; Willie MacKinnon, F AHCA First Team All-Americans *1974–75: Tim O'Connell, F *1978–79: Louis Cote, D *1979–80: Louis Cote, D; Craig Homola, F *1981–82: Kirk McCaskill, F *1988–89: Kyle McDonough, F *1994–95:

, F *1995–96: Tim Thomas, G; Éric Perrin, F;

, F *1996–97:

, F *2008–09: Viktor Stålberg, F AHCA Second Team All-Americans *1983–84: Kevin Foster, F *1991–92: Christian Soucy, G *1992–93: Aaron Miller, D *1994–95: Tim Thomas, G *2014–15: Mike Paliotta, D

ECAC Hockey

Individual awards

Player of the Year * Craig Homola: 1980 *

: 1995 * Éric Perrin: 1996 Best Defensive Defenseman * Jaime Sifers: 2005 Rookie of the Year * Christian Soucy: 1992 * Éric Perrin: 1994 *Joe Fallon: 2005 Ken Dryden Award * Tim Thomas: 1996 Tim Taylor Award * Mike Gilligan: 1988

All-Conference teams

First Team All-ECAC Hockey *1974–75: Tim O'Connell, F *1978–79: Louis Cote, D *1979–80: Louis Cote, D; Craig Homola, F *1981–82: Kirk McCaskill, F *1983–84: Kevin Foster, F *1985–86: Tom Draper, G *1988–89: Kyle McDonough, F *1991–92: Christian Soucy, G *1992–93: Aaron Miller, D *1994–95: Tim Thomas, G; Éric Perrin, F;

, F *1995–96: Tim Thomas, G; Éric Perrin, F;

, F *1996–97:

, F *2003–04: Brady Leisenring, F Second Team All-ECAC Hockey *1974–75: Tom McNamara, G; John Glynne, D *1979–80: Sylvain Turcotte, G *1987–88: Ian Boyce, F; Kyle McDonough, F *1990–91: John LeClair, F *1992–93: Christian Soucy, G *1996–97: Éric Perrin, F *1998–99: Jason Reid, F *2004–05: Jaime Sifers, D; Scott Misfud, F ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team *1987–88: Stephane Venne, D; John LeClair, F *1988–89: Jim Larkin, F *1989–90: Aaron Miller, D *1991–92: Christian Soucy, G; Dominique Ducharme, F *1992–93: Matt Johnson, F *1993–94: Tim Thomas, G; Éric Perrin, F;

, F *1995–96: Jan Kloboucek, F *1997–98: Andrew Allen, G; Andreas Moborg, D *2000–01: Patrick Sharp, F *2002–03: Jaime Sifers, D *2004–05: Joe Fallon, G; Torrey Mitchell, F

Hockey East

Individual awards

Rookie of the Year * Mario Puskarich: 2014 Best Defensive Defenseman * Mike Paliotta: 2015 Len Ceglarski Award * Dean Strong: 2009 * Chris McCarthy: 2013 Coach of the Year * Kevin Sneddon: 2008

All-Conference teams

First Team All-Hockey East *2008–09: Viktor Stålberg, F Second Team All-Hockey East *2013–14: Chris McCarthy, F *2014–15: Mike Paliotta, D *2018–19: Stefanos Lekkas, G Third Team All-Hockey East Hockey East All-Rookie Team *2006–07: Brayden Irwin, F *2009–10: Sebastian Stalberg, F *2011–12: Kyle Reynolds, F *2013–14: Mario Puskarich, F *2016–17: Ross Colton, F *2024–25: Colin Kessler, F

Olympians

This is a list of Vermont alumni who have played on an Olympic team.

Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame

The following is a list of people associated with the Vermont men's ice hockey program who were elected into the Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame (induction date in parentheses). * Ian Boyce (1999) * Ted Castle (1985) * Ted Child (1985) * George "Red" Cook (1970) * Louis Cote (1990) * Thomas Cullity (1990) * William Dempsey (1984) * Tom Draper (1997) * Stephen Eckerson (1988) *Joe Fallon (2018) * Kevin Foster (1998) * Mike Gilligan (2019) * Richard Healy (1993) * Craig Homola (1991) * John Hurley (1981) * John Kiely (1991) * Randall Koch (1989) * William Koch III (1993) * George Kreiner (1980) * John LeClair (2001) * Willie MacKinnon (1984) * Roger Mallette (1985) * Kirk McCaskill (1993) * Kyle McDonough (1999) * Aaron Miller (2003) * George Minarsky (1984) * Torrey Mitchell (2019) * John Murphy (1999) * Tim O'Connell (1986) * Éric Perrin (2007) * Gary Prior (1995) * Dave Reece (1981) * Lee J. Roy (1990) * Robert Schroeder (1991) * Jack Semler (1982) * Jaime Sifers (2016) * Viktor Stålberg (2020) *

(2007) * Dean Strong (2019) * Tim Thomas (2007) * Sylvain Turcotte (1997) * Chip Uihlein (1989) * Francis Winchenbach (1973) * Pat Wright (1983) * Jim Yeates (1998) * Ted Yeates (1982)

Catamounts in the NHL

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Media

All games are broadcast on 620-AM

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across the Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY region; Adam LaFleur provides play-by-play.

References

External links

* {{Hockey East College ice hockey teams in Vermont NCAA Division I men's ice hockey teams 1925 establishments in Vermont Ice hockey clubs established in 1925

Alumni

Season-by-season results

Head coaches

All-time scoring leaders

Career goals leaders

Career assists leaders

Career points leaders

Goaltending leaders

Current roster

Awards and honors

Hockey Hall of Fame

United States Hockey Hall of Fame

NCAA

Individual awards

All-American teams

ECAC Hockey

Individual awards

All-Conference teams

Hockey East

Individual awards

All-Conference teams

Olympians

Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame

Catamounts in the NHL

Media

See also

References

External links