2022–23 Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey season

The 2022–23 Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey season was the 60th season of play for the program, the 50th at the Division I level, and the 39th in the Hockey East conference. The Catamounts represented the University of Vermont and were coached by Todd Woodcroft, in his 3rd season.
==Season==
Having spent the past five years wallowing at nor near the bottom of the conference standings, Vermont as hoping for some improvement this season. Unfortunately, what the team ended up getting was more of the same. There were some minimal improvements on the defensive end but that wasn't a problem for the Catamounts in recent years. The program's biggest weakness, its inability to score, remained the primary cause of its failings. While the goal production was slightly better than in 2022, Vermont still averaged under 2 goals per game and were shutout on 7 occasions. The team had some bright spots during the season, including a pair of wins over ranked teams in January, but those were few and far between.
After finishing last in Hockey East for the third time in four years, Vermont rallied to upset Maine in the first round of the playoffs. The team's reprieve was short-lived, however, as they ran into league-leading Boston University in the quarterfinals and their season was ended by a 3–7 loss.
==Departures==
Cory Babichuk 	Defenseman 		Left program (retired)
Dallas Comeau 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Nic Hamre 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Tyler Harmon 	Goaltender 		Graduate transfer to Mercyhurst
Noah Jordan 	Forward 		Graduation (retired)
Brian Kelly 	Defenseman 		Graduation (retired)
Philip Lagunov 	Forward 		Graduation (signed with Tucson Roadrunners)
Andrew Lucas 	Forward/Defenseman		Transferred to Connecticut
Andrew Petrillo 	Defenseman 		Graduation (retired)
Cody Schiavon 	Defenseman 		Transferred to Canisius
Azzaro Tinling 	Forward 		Transferred to UNLV
Raimonds Vītoliņš	Forward 		Left program
==Recruiting==
Oskar Autio 	Goaltender		22	Espoo, FIN; graduate transfer from Penn State
Ralfs Bergmanis 	Defenseman		20	Liepaja, LAT
Finn Evans 	Forward 		23	Toronto, ON; graduate transfer from Princeton
Dawson Good 	Forward 		20	Abbotsford, BC
Eric Gotz 	Defenseman		24	Hermantown, MN; graduate transfer from Michigan Tech
Xavier Henry 	Defenseman		21	Scarborough, ON
Lucas Jones 	Defenseman		21	Calgary, AB
Massimo Lombardi	Forward 		20	Beaconsfield, QC; joined mid-season
Jens Richards 	Forward 		19	Detroit Lakes, MN
Thomas Sinclair 	Forward 		18	Toronto, ON
Philip Törnqvist	Forward 		21	Göteborg, SWE
==Roster==
As of September 12, 2022.
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==Standings==
==Schedule and results==
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==Scoring statistics==
 	C/W 	36	9 	10 	19 	24
 	C 	34	5 	13 	18 	6
 	C/LW 	29	6 	10 	16 	4
 	C/RW 	36	6 	10 	16 	31
 	D 	33	3 	12 	15 	21
 	F 	36	2 	13 	15 	14
 	C 	36	7 	7 	14 	18
 	LW 	30	3 	4 	7 	8
 	RW 	24	4 	2 	6 	4
 	C/LW 	32	3 	3 	6 	20
 	D 	36	3 	3 	6 	4
 	D 	36	0 	6 	6 	22
 	C 	17	3 	2 	5 	6
 	F 	22	3 	2 	5 	6
 	F 	34	3 	2 	5 	33
 	RW 	29	2 	3 	5 	21
 	D 	28	0 	5 	5 	24
 	F 	30	3 	1 	4 	6
 	C 	25	2 	2 	4 	2
 	D 	32	1 	3 	4 	4
 	C//LW	25	1 	2 	3 	27
 	F 	13	0 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	18	0 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	26	0 	0 	0 	0
Total	 	 	69	115	184	309
==Goaltending statistics==
 	26	1506:26	9 	13	3	67 	679	1	.910	2.67
 	12	675:52 	2 	7 	2	31 	316	0	.911	2.75
Empty Net	- 	13:13 	- 	- 	-	4 	- 	-	- 	-
Total 	36	2195:31	11	20	5	102	995	1	.907	2.79
==Rankings==
Poll 	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week	Week
Poll 	Pre 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	21 	22 	23 	24 	25 	26 	27 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR 	- 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	- 	NR
USA Today	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR 	NR
Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.
==References==
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