2019-2020 Vermont Catamounts

[TovarishchLisa]

The 2018-19 season is over so let's roll this baby over. Gonna be my first season as an alumna. Feels weird, but hey, this team got me to start watching and appreciating women's hockey, why would I stop now lol

Barring early departures this is what we've got returning, as well as who might be coming in, via the HockeyTech commits list:

Returning Gs: Sierra Natzke (Jr), Blanka Škodová (Soph)
Projected incoming: Natalie Ferenc

Returning Ds: Greta Close (Jr), Anna Erickson (Jr), Sini Karjalainen (Soph), Ellice Murphy (Soph), Maude Poulin-Labelle (Soph)
Projected incoming: Sara Levesque, Cameron Morrissey

Returning Fs: Ève-Audrey Picard (Sr), Abby Cleary (Sr), Allie Granato (Sr), Ali O'Leary (Sr), Val Caldwell (Jr), Alyssa Holmes (Jr), Olivia Kilberg (Jr), Kristina Shanahan (Jr), Alex Gray (Soph), Lilly Holmes (Soph), Corinne McCool (Soph), Theresa Schafzahl (Soph)
Projected incoming: Hailey Burns, Lily Humphrey, Emma Katzman

[Call It]

And your coach returning or departing?

[TovarishchLisa]

Good luck to Sammy Kolowrat and Theresa Schafzahl at IIHF Worlds, as well as future Catamount Natalie Mlynkova (who is expected to join UVM for the 2020-21 season)

[TovarishchLisa]

UVM at the women's worlds:

Sammy Kolowrat (CZE): 0-1-1, +3
Natalie Mlynkova (CZE): 3-0-3, +2 - Top 3 Player on Team - Not a Catamount yet, will join the team for 2020-21, iirc, but the hype!!
Theresa Schafzahl (AUT, D1A): 5-0-5, +1 - Austria team MVP

[TovarishchLisa]

Captains named today.

Picard and O'Leary co-captains. The Star Trek jokes begin.
Shanahan and Granato assistants - have to think Tina's going to be the 2020-21 captain.

[TovarishchLisa]

Newly-minted Captain Picard showing her value off the ice. At the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences student awards last night, she received the Sean O'Flaherty Fahey award as UVM's top junior engineering student. Congrats!

[TovarishchLisa]

Forgot to post this when the WCHA composite schedule came out, but the Windjammer Classic field is set. Clarkson, Minnesota State, and Penn State will be joining UVM this year.

[TovarishchLisa]

Future Catamount goalie Jessie McPherson has been invited to Hockey Canada's U18 goalie camp roster. Cats have a real bright future in net between her and Ferenc

[TovarishchLisa]

Congrats to Class of 2019 forward Saana Valkama who has signed with Linköping in the Swedish women's league.

[TovarishchLisa]

Newcomers recently announced:

#3 D Emma Katzman from Chicago Young Americans
#4 D Cameron Morrissey from Selects Hockey Academy
#23 F Hailey Burns from John Abbott College
#38 G Natalie Ferenc from Detroit Little Caesars
#49 D Sara Levesque from John Abbott College
#66 F Lily Humphrey from New Hampton School
#68 F Tynka Pátková from The Gunnery

[TovarishchLisa]

Also, appears as though Greta Close has left the program. only one number change; Corinne McCool goes from #18 to #24, a number freed up by the graduation of Saana Valkama

[Reddington]

Newcomers recently announced:

#3 D Emma Katzman from Chicago Young Americans
#4 D Cameron Morrissey from Selects Hockey Academy
#23 F Hailey Burns from John Abbott College
#38 G Natalie Ferenc from Detroit Little Caesars
#49 D Sara Levesque from John Abbott College
#66 F Lily Humphrey from New Hampton School
#68 F Tynka Pátková from The Gunnery

I had to look up John Abbott College and it is an English speaking college in Montreal. The Coach is searching high and low for talent.

[GTOWN]

I had to look up John Abbott College and it is an English speaking college in Montreal. The Coach is searching high and low for talent.

The CEGEP system in Quebec is a hidden gem. Most girls are a year older when they come out of school. It’s a transition ‘college’. Students go there after high school before they can go to university. The finish high school after grade 11 and then do 2 (or 3) years at CEGEP. The girls are older and more physically mature when they go to university.

[Reddington]

The CEGEP system in Quebec is a hidden gem. Most girls are a year older when they come out of school. It’s a transition ‘college’. Students go there after high school before they can go to university. The finish high school after grade 11 and then do 2 (or 3) years at CEGEP. The girls are older and more physically mature when they go to university.

Thanks for the info. They probably get a a decent amount of girls from Limilliou? That's been a powerhouse for years.

[TovarishchLisa]

The CEGEP system in Quebec is a hidden gem. Most girls are a year older when they come out of school. It’s a transition ‘college’. Students go there after high school before they can go to university. The finish high school after grade 11 and then do 2 (or 3) years at CEGEP. The girls are older and more physically mature when they go to university.

yeah and Burns/Levesque aren't the only current UVM players from a CEGEP, Tina Shanahan went to Dawson College.

[TovarishchLisa]

Solid season-opening win (though granted not the best competition). Dominated in possession and the shot count, some good link-up play, a couple gritty clean-up-the-mess goals. Liked Karjalainen, McCool a lot. Blanka solid when she needed to be.

[TovarishchLisa]

Prooobably should've won that one...hopefully Ferenc has a short memory because that wasn't a great first impression. But hey, might just be a case of beginners' suck, and Blanka looked good again.

McCool, Caldwell, Karjalainen took some big steps forward.

[TovarishchLisa]

Solid weekend again! Offense looks confident so far, huge after some woes there the last few years. Let's keep up the positive momentum!

[TovarishchLisa]

I know UVM lost yesterday, but the performances so far have largely been very encouraging...other than after going up 3-0 against unh

[ARM]

I think so, too. Even the failure to close out UNH may not be that bad if the Wildcats continue to show improvement over past years.