Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey

The Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 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 to 2005. They play home games at Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vermont.http://www.uscho.com/m/vermont-catamounts/mens-college-hockey/team,uvm.html 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 (NHL) players in its history. Alumni currently in the NHL include Kevan Miller '11 (Boston Bruins) and Connor Brickley '14 (New York Rangers). 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 (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==
==Head Coach History==
As of the completion of 2019–20 season
Tenure 	Coach 	Years 	Record 	Pct.
1963–1965 	Bill Ruffer 	2 	10–14–2 	
1965–1984 	Jim Cross 	19 	280–251–9 	
1984–2003 	Mike Gilligan 	19 	279–289–46 	
2003–2020 	Kevin Sneddon 	17 	251–301–84 	
2020–present	Todd Woodcroft	1 	0–0–0 	
Totals 	5 coaches 	57 seasons	820–855–141	
==All-time scoring leaders==
===Career goals leaders===
Player 	Years 	Goals
Éric Perrin 	1993-97	107
Tim O'Connell 	1972-76	99
Martin St. Louis	1993-97	91
Craig Homola 	1977-81	88
Kyle McDonough 	1985-89	87
Kirk McCaskill 	1979-83	83
Randy Koch 	1974-78	73
Michel Lebeau 	1973-77	73
Ted Castle 	1971-74	71
Andy Halford 	1974-78	69
Single-season goals record:
*Tim O'Connell, 41 goals in 1974-75
===Career assists leaders===
Player 	Years 	Assists
Martin St. Louis 	1993-97	176
Éric Perrin 	1993-97	149
Tim O'Connell 	1972-76	135
Craig Homola 	1977-81	117
Louis Cote 	1976-80	114
Roger Mallette 	1971-75	103
Dominique Ducharme	1991-95	95
John Glynne 	1973-77	93
Randy Koch 	1974-78	93
Pat Wright 	1970-73	91
Single-season assists record:
*Martin St. Louis/Éric Perrin, 56 assists in 1995-96
===Career points leaders===
Player 	Years 	Goals	Assists	Points
Martin St. Louis 	1993-97	91 	176 	267
Éric Perrin 	1993-97	107 	149 	256
Tim O'Connell 	1972-76	99 	135 	234
Craig Homola 	1977-81	88 	117 	205
Randy Koch 	1974-78	73 	93 	166
Kyle McDonough 	1985-89	87 	76 	163
Roger Mallette 	1971-75	57 	103 	160
Pat Wright 	1970-73	61 	91 	152
Andy Halford 	1974-78	69 	80 	149
Dominique Ducharme	1991-95	54 	95 	149
Single-season points record:
*Martin St. Louis/Éric Perrin, 85 points in 1995-96
==Goaltending leaders==
Career save percentage leaders (min. 40 games):
Player 	Years 	GAA 	Saves	Save%
Joe Fallon 	2004-08 	2.05	2907 	91.6%
Tim Thomas 	1993-97 	2.70	3950 	91.4%
Brody Hoffman 	2012-15 	2.45	1934 	91.4%
Mike Santaguida	2013–2017	2.45	1686 	91.3%
Christian Soucy	1991-93 	2.99	1725 	90.8%
John Kiely 	1971-74 	2.84	N/A 	90.3%
Rob Madore 	2008-12 	2.91	3352 	90.2%
Dave Reece 	1968-71 	3.01	2019 	90.0%
Andrew Allen 	1997-01 	3.12	2159 	89.9%
Travis Russell 	2002-06 	3.07	1291 	89.5%
Steve Eckerson 	1970-73 	3.09	1276 	89.4%
Single-season save record:
*Tim Thomas, 1,079 in 1996-97
==Current roster==
As of September 17, 2020.
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==Awards and honors==
===Hockey Hall of Fame===
*Martin St. Louis (2018)
===US Hockey Hall of Fame===
*John LeClair (2009)
===NCAA===
====Individual awards====
NCAA Scoring Champion
*Martin St. Louis: 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: Martin St. Louis, F
*1995–96: Tim Thomas, G; Éric Perrin, F; Martin St. Louis, F
*1996–97: Martin St. Louis, 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
*Martin St. Louis: 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; Martin St. Louis, F
*1995–96: Tim Thomas, G; Éric Perrin, F; Martin St. Louis, F
*1996–97: Martin St. Louis, 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; Martin St. Louis, 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
==Olympians==
This is a list of Vermont alumni who have played on an Olympic team.
Name 	Position 	Vermont Tenure	Team	Year 	Finish
John LeClair 	Left Wing 	1987–1991 	USA 	1998, 2002	6th,
Aaron Miller 	Defenseman	1989–1993 	USA 	2002, 2006	, 8th
Martin St. Louis	Right Wing	1993–1997 	CAN 	2006, 2014	7th,
Tim Thomas 	Goaltender	1993–1997 	USA 	2010 	7th,
Patrick Sharp 	Left Wing 	2000–2001 	CAN 	2014 	
Ryan Gunderson 	Defenseman	2003–2007 	USA 	2018 	7th
Viktor Stålberg 	Left Wing 	2006–2009 	SWE 	2018 	5th
==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 parenthesis).
*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)
*Martin St. Louis (2007)
*Dean Strong (2019)
*Tim Thomas (2007)
*Sylvain Turcotte (1997)
*Chip Uihlein (1989)
*Francis Winchenbach (1973)
*Pat Wright (1983)
*Jim Yeats (1998)
*Ted Yeates (1982)
==Catamounts in the NHL==
	= NHL All-Star Team		= NHL All-StarPlayers are identified as an All-Star if they were selected for the All-Star game at any time in their career.			= NHL All-Star and NHL All-Star Team		= Hall of Famers
Player 	Position 	Team(s) 	Years 	
Connor Brickley 	Left Wing 	FLA, NYR 	2015–2019 	0
Tom Draper 	Goaltender	WPG, BUF, NYI 	1988–1996 	0
Brayden Irwin 	Forward 	TOR 	2009–2010 	0
John LeClair 	Left Wing 	, PHI, PIT 	1990–2007 	1
Aaron Miller 	Defenseman	QUE, , LAK, VAN 	1993–2008 	1
Kevan Miller 	Defenseman	BOS 	2013–Present	0
Graham Mink 	Defenseman	WSH 	2003–2009 	0
Torrey Mitchell 	Center 	SJS, MIN, BUF, MTL	2007–2018 	0
Michael Paliotta	Defenseman	CHI, CBJ 	2014–2016 	0
Player 	Position 	Team(s) 	Years 	
Éric Perrin 	Center 	, ATL 	2003–2009	1
Dave Reece 	Goaltender	BOS 	1975–1976	0
Patrick Sharp 	Left Wing 	PHI, , DAL 	2002–2018	3
Jaime Sifers 	Goaltender	TOR, MIN 	2008–2010	0
Christian Soucy 	Goaltender	CHI 	1993–1994	0
Martin St. Louis	Right Wing	CGY, , NYR 	1998–2015	1
Viktor Stålberg 	Left Wing 	TOR, , NSH, NYR, CAR, OTT	2009–2017	1
Tim Thomas 	Goaltender	, FLA, DAL 	2002–2014	1
File:John LeClair (1).jpg|John LeClair
File:KevanMiller2013.png|Kevan Miller
File:Torrey Mitchell - Montreal Canadiens.jpg|Torrey Mitchell
File:Patrick Sharp 2012.png|Patrick Sharp
File:Martin St. Louis 2011-04-15.JPG|Martin St. Louis
File:Viktor Stalberg - New York Rangers.jpg|Viktor Stålberg
File:Tim thomas.JPG|Tim Thomas
== Media ==
All games are broadcast on WVMT; Alastair Ingram provides play-by-play.
==See also==
*Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey
==References==
==External links==
*Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey
 
Category:Ice hockey teams in Vermont