The 2021–22 Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey season was the 66th season of play for the program, the 49th at the Division I level, and the 17th season in the Hockey East conference. The Catamounts represented the University of Vermont and were coached by Todd Woodcroft, in his 2nd season.

Season After a mercifully abbreviated season the year before, Vermont's rebuild under Woodcroft continued with a slow start. The Catamounts' offense was woefully inadequate for most of the season with the team able to score more than 3 goals on only three occasions. Surprisingly, the first of those happened against #9 Boston College. While time would later diminish that achievement due to a poor season from the Eagles, it was still Vermont's first victory over their conference rivals in six years. Unfortunately, the Catamounts had to wait almost a month for their second win. It was only a winning weekend against Maine that kept Vermont out of the conference cellar, though only by a hair's breadth.

During the winter break, Dovar Tinling left the team and signed with the Des Moines Buccaneers. Because it was a junior club, Tinling remained eligible for Division I college hockey.

The Catamounts did only marginally better in the second half of the season, recording five more wins to bring their season's total up to eight. The defense played admirably in front of both Gabe Carriere and Tyler Harmon, limiting the opposition to less than 30 shots per game. The offense, however, didn't improve and neither goaltender received much help in that respect.

When Vermont entered the postseason, they were a severe underdog against Providence. Though they did well to keep the score close against the Friars, the Catamounts were more than doubled in shots and scored their only marker of the game on the power play after Carriere had been pulled for an extra attacker.

Departures Matt Beck Goaltender Graduation (retired) Simon Boyko Forward Transferred to Aurora Mickey Burns Forward Transferred to Mercyhurst Ace Cowans Forward Graduation (signed with Kalix UHC) Vladislav Dzhioshvili Forward Graduation (signed with HK 36 Skalica) Alex Esposito Forward Graduate transfer to Providence Christian Evers Defenseman Graduation (signed with Rapid City Rush) Owen Grant Defenseman Graduation (retired) Conner Hutchison Defenseman Transferred to Sacred Heart Jordan Kaplan Forward Graduation (signed with Utica Comets) Bryce Misley Forward Graduation (signed with Iowa Wild) Tristan Mullin Forward Graduation (signed with Cleveland Monsters) Whim Stålberg Forward Transferred to Plymouth State Cory Thomas Defenseman Graduate transfer to Canisius Dovar Tinling Forward Returned to juniors mid-season (Des Moines Buccaneers)

Recruiting Cory Babichuk Defenseman 23 Edmonton, AB; transfer from Rensselaer Andrei Buyalsky Forward 21 Karaganda, KAZ; selected 92nd overall in 2021 Cole Hudson Goaltender 21 Tonawanda, NY Simon Jellúš Forward 20 Ilava, SVK Philip Lagunov Forward 22 Hamilton, ON; graduate transfer from Massachusetts Joe Leahy Defenseman 24 Waterloo, ON; transfer from Cornell Joel Määttä Forward 19 Helsinki, FIN Luke Mountain Forward 21 Woodbury, MN Luca Münzenberger Defenseman 18 Düsseldorf, GER; selected 90th overall in 2021 Porter Schachle Forward 20 Wasilla, AK Timofei Spitserov Forward 19 St. Petersburg, RUS Robbie Stucker Defenseman 23 Saint Paul, MN; transfer from Minnesota; selected 210th overall in 2017 Jesper Tarkiainen Forward 20 Naperville, IL Isak Walther Forward 20 Södertälje, SWE; selected 179th overall in 2019

Roster As of September 28, 2021.

Standings

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season

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Scoring statistics C 35 8 8 16 10 C/LW 35 6 9 15 12 D 34 4 10 14 12 D/F 34 3 10 13 8 F 35 5 7 12 2 C/RW 32 5 6 11 12 C/LW 32 5 5 10 14 D 27 2 8 10 12 D 22 1 8 9 25 C/W 35 3 5 8 6 D 29 3 4 7 8 F 27 3 3 6 14 C 32 3 3 6 16 F 32 2 4 6 23 D 27 0 4 4 2 RW 22 2 1 3 4 F 21 1 2 3 2 D 32 0 3 3 45 LW 31 1 1 2 4 F 16 0 2 2 8 C//LW 14 1 0 1 4 RW 19 1 0 1 0 RW 13 0 1 1 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 C 3 0 0 0 4 D 9 0 0 0 2 RW 11 0 0 0 2 G 16 0 0 0 2 G 23 0 0 0 0 Total 58 102 160 251

Goaltending statistics 16 781 2 11 0 34 333 1 .903 2.61 24 1251 6 14 2 60 572 3 .909 2.88 2 52 0 0 0 3 14 0 .905 3.47 Empty Net - 36 - - - 4 - - - - Total 35 2121 8 25 2 101 919 4 .901 2.86

Rankings

PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 (Final) USCHO.comNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 24.

Players drafted into the NHL

2022 NHL entry draft 5 133 Alex Bump† Philadelphia Flyers 7 195 Eli Barnett† San Jose Sharks 7 222 Joel Määttä Edmonton Oilers † incoming freshman

References