Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey


The Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the University of Vermont. The Catamounts are a member of Hockey East, joining in 2005 after competing in ECAC Hockey from 1974-2005. They play home games at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vermont. Vermont has appeared in the NCAA Men's Hockey Championship five 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 five times.

Alumni

The University of Vermont has produced 18 National Hockey League players in its history. Alumni currently in the NHL include Kevan Miller '11 and Connor Brickley '14. Sharp, Viktor Stålberg '09, Éric Perrin '97, and former NHL All-Stars Martin St. Louis '97, Tim Thomas '97 and John LeClair '91 have won the Stanley Cup in their careers.
In 2004, St. Louis was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player, the Art Ross Trophy 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 Vezina Trophy twice as the NHL's top goaltender in 2009 and 2011, and the Conn Smythe Trophy 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, former NHL defenseman Aaron Miller and Ryan Gunderson. 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

Head Coach History

As of the completion of 2019–20 season

All-time scoring leaders

Career goals leaders

Single-season goals record:
Single-season assists record:
Single-season points record:
Career save percentage leaders :
PlayerYearsGAASavesSave%
Joe Fallon2004-082.05290791.6%
Tim Thomas1993-972.70395091.4%
Brody Hoffman2012-152.45193491.4%
Mike Santaguida2013–20172.45168691.3%
Christian Soucy1991-932.99172590.8%
John Kiely1971-742.84N/A90.3%
Rob Madore2008-122.91335290.2%
Dave Reece1968-713.01201990.0%
Andrew Allen1997-013.12215989.9%
Travis Russell2002-063.07129189.5%
Steve Eckerson1970-733.09127689.4%

Single-season save record:
As of September 7, 2019.

Awards and honors

[Hockey Hall of Fame]

Individual awards

NCAA Scoring Champion
AHCA College Division All-Americans
AHCA First Team All-Americans
AHCA Second Team All-Americans

Individual awards

Player of the Year
Best Defensive Defenseman
Rookie of the Year
Ken Dryden Award
Tim Taylor Award
First Team All-ECAC Hockey
Second Team All-ECAC Hockey
ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team

Individual awards

Rookie of the Year
Best Defensive Defenseman
Len Ceglarski Award
Coach of the Year
First Team All-Hockey East
Second Team All-Hockey East
Third Team All-Hockey East
Hockey East All-Rookie Team
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.
PlayerPositionTeamYearsStanley Cup|
Connor BrickleyLeft WingFLA, NYR2015–20190
Tom DraperGoaltenderWPG, BUF, NYI1988–19960
Brayden IrwinForwardTOR2009–20100
John LeClairLeft Wing', PHI, PIT1990–20071
Aaron MillerDefensemanQUE, ', LAK, VAN1993–20081
Kevan MillerDefensemanBOS2013–Present0
Graham MinkDefensemanWSH2003–20090
Torrey MitchellCenterSJS, MIN, BUF, MTL2007–20180
Michael PaliottaDefensemanCHI, CBJ2014–20160

PlayerPositionTeamYearsStanley Cup|
Éric PerrinCenter', ATL2003–20091
Dave ReeceGoaltenderBOS1975–19760
Patrick SharpLeft WingPHI, ', DAL2002–20183
Jaime SifersGoaltenderTOR, MIN2008–20100
Christian SoucyGoaltenderCHI1993–19940
Martin St. LouisRight WingCGY, ', NYR1998–20151
Viktor StålbergLeft WingTOR, ', NSH, NYR, CAR, OTT2009–20171
Tim ThomasGoaltender, FLA, DAL2002–20141

Media

All games are broadcast on WVMT; Alastair Ingram provides play-by-play.