The 2020–21 Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey season was the 65th season of play for the program, the 48th at the Division I level, and the 16th season in the Hockey East conference. The Catamounts represented the University of Vermont and were coached by Todd Woodcroft, in his 1st season.

Season As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Vermont's players would lose a season of play. However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.

Vermont's first season under Todd Woodcroft could hardly have gone worse. Aside from the problems caused by the pandemic, the team's offense was nearly invisible for most of the year. The Catamounts only once scored more than 3 goals (their only win on the season), and were shut out on three separate occasions, a little less than a quarter of their games. One silver lining was that most of the teams they faces were ranked and Vermont is in the process of rebuilding after an abysmal season the year before.

Azzaro Tinling and Whim Stålberg sat out the season.

Departures Matt Alvaro Forward Graduation (Signed with Orlando Solar Bears) Tom Beretta Forward Graduation (Signed with Norfolk Admirals) Joey Cipollone Forward Transferred to Quinnipiac Johnny DeRoche Forward Transferred to Northeastern Max Kaufman Forward Transferred to Boston University Stefanos Lekkas Goaltender Graduation (Signed with Fort Wayne Komets) Derek Lodermeier Forward Graduation (Signed with Jacksonville Icemen) Riley McCutcheon Forward Left program Corey Moriarty Defenseman Graduation Matthew O'Donnell Defenseman Graduation

Recruiting Mickey Burns Forward 20 Wayne, NJ Gabe Carriere Goaltender 19 Orleans, ON Noah Jordan Forward 23 Toronto, ON; transfer from Miami Jordan Kaplan Forward 23 Bridgewater, NJ; transfer from Sacred Heart Tristan Mullin Forward 23 Cartwright, MB; transfer from Cornell Cody Schiavon Defenseman 20 West Kelowna, BC Whim Stålberg Forward 21 Gothenburg, SWE Azzaro Tinling Forward 20 Pointe-Claire, QC Dovar Tinling Forward 17 Pointe-Claire, QC Ray Vītoliņš Forward 18 Ogre, LAT Will Zapernick Forward 20 Edmonton, AB

Roster As of February 12, 2021.

Standings

Schedule and results

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Scoring statistics D 13 4 3 7 14 F 12 1 5 6 4 F 11 4 1 5 4 C 12 2 3 5 2 F 13 1 4 5 18 D/F 13 1 3 4 12 C 13 1 2 3 0 RW 13 1 2 3 10 RW 7 2 0 2 0 F 9 1 1 2 4 C/LW 12 1 1 2 4 D 13 1 1 2 4 D 3 0 1 1 0 D 6 0 1 1 8 G 10 0 1 1 0 C/LW 11 0 1 1 6 D 13 0 1 1 6 LW 13 0 1 1 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 D 3 0 0 0 0 F 3 0 0 0 2 RW 5 0 0 0 0 LW 5 0 0 0 0 G 6 0 0 0 0 D 7 0 0 0 0 LW 12 0 0 0 15 C/RW 12 0 0 0 4 D 13 0 0 0 4 Bench - 13 - - - 6 Total 20 32 52 127

Goaltending statistics 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 6 284 0 5 0 12 147 0 .925 2.53 10 498 1 5 2 28 267 0 .905 3.37 Empty Net - 6 - - - 2 - - - - Total 13 790 1 10 2 42 415 0 .908 3.19

Rankings

PollWeekPre123456789101112131415161718192021 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.

2021 NHL entry draft 3 92 Andrei Buyalsky† Colorado Avalanche 6 171 Cal Thomas† Arizona Coyotes † incoming freshman

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