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. 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 National Hockey League (NHL) players in its history. The seven UVM Alumni who have won Stanley Cup championships are: Ross Colton '18 (Tampa Bay Lightning), Patrick Sharp '02, Viktor Stålberg '09, Éric Perrin '97, and former NHL All-Stars Martin St. Louis '97, Tim Thomas '97 and John LeClair '91.
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
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Head coaches As of the completion of 2025–26 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 2020–2023 Todd Woodcroft 3 20–55–9 2023–present Steve Wiedler 3 37–61–7 Totals 5 coaches 63 seasons 877–971–157
All-time scoring leaders Source:
Career goals leaders PlayerYearsGoals 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 PlayerYearsAssists 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 PlayerYearsGoalsAssistsPoints 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):
PlayerYearsGAASavesSave%Stefanos Lekkas2016-202.613913.918 Joe Fallon 2004-08 2.05 2907 .916 Tim Thomas 1993-97 2.70 3950 .914 Brody Hoffman 2012-15 2.45 1934 .914 Mike Santaguida2013–172.451686.913Gabe Carriere2020-242.772295.908 Christian Soucy 1991-93 2.99 1725 .908 John Kiely 1971-74 2.84 N/A .903 Rob Madore 2008-12 2.91 3352 .902 Dave Reece 1968-71 3.01 2019 .900
Single-season save record: Tim Thomas, 1,079 in 1996-97
Current roster As of August 31, 2025.
Awards and honors
Hockey Hall of Fame Source:
Martin St. Louis (2018)
United States Hockey Hall of Fame Source:
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 2024–25: Colin Kessler, F
Olympians This is a list of Vermont alumni who have played on an Olympic team.
NamePositionVermont TenureTeamYearFinish 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 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) Martin St. Louis (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
As of July 1, 2025. = 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 Games Connor BrickleyLeft WingFLA, NYR2015–2019810Ross ColtonCenter, COL2020–present3311Tom DraperGoaltenderWPG, BUF, NYI1988–1996530Brayden IrwinForwardTOR2009–201020John LeClairLeft Wing, PHI, PIT1990–20079671Aaron MillerDefensemanQUE, COL, LAK, VAN1993–20086770Kevan MillerDefensemanBOS2013–20213520Graham MinkDefensemanWSH2003–200970Torrey MitchellCenterSJS, MIN, BUF, MTL2007–20186660
Player Position Team(s) Years Games Michael PaliottaDefenseman CHI, CBJ2014–201620Éric PerrinCenter, ATL2003–20092451Dave ReeceGoaltenderBOS1975–1976140Patrick SharpLeft WingPHI, , DAL2002–20189393Jaime SifersDefensemanTOR, MIN2008–2010370Christian SoucyGoaltenderCHI1993–199410Martin St. LouisRight WingCGY, , NYR1998–20151,1341Viktor StålbergLeft WingTOR, , NSH, NYR, CAR, OTT2009–20174881Tim ThomasGoaltender, FLA, DAL2002–20144261
Media All games are broadcast on 620-AM WVMT across the Burlington, VT-Plattsburgh, NY region; Adam LaFleur provides play-by-play.
See also Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey
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