WOMEN'S HOCKEY NOTEBOOK
After a second-straight 22-win campaign the 12th-ranked Catamounts begin the 2023-24 campaign Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. as they host McGill in exhibition action from Gutterson Fieldhouse. The action will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Rob Ryan on the call. The first 300 fans on Sunday will receive a Team Schedule poster printed by UVM Print & Mail.
 
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VERMONT HOCKEY MEDIA DAY WEDNESDAY
On Wednesday, the Catamounts hosted their annual media day at Gutterson Fieldhouse presented by Little Caesars. Watch the multimedia coverage from CatamounTV below.
Opening Statement – Plumer
1-on-1 with Parento
1-on-1 with Burns
 
CATAMOUNTS RANKED IN PRESEASON POLL
For the second straight season the Catamounts are ranked in the preseason poll in women's hockey. UVM checks in at No. 12 in the USCHO poll and is currently 13th in the USA Today/USA Hockey poll.
 
VERMONT SELECTED SECOND IN HOCKEY EAST PRESEASON POLL
The Catamounts also matched their highest ever ranking in the Hockey East Coaches' Preseason Poll. After finishing in second last season with a conference mark of 16-8-3 UVM was selected by the coaches to place second again this year. The reigning six-time defending champion Northeastern was picked first.
 
CATAMOUNTS LEADERSHIP GROUP
Head Coach Jim Plumer has selected five student-athletes to lead the Catamounts during the 2023-24 campaign. 2023 World Championship bronze medalist Natálie Mlýnková will serve as captain for Vermont. The Catamounts will have four alternates this season with Hailey Burns, Sara Levesque, Maddy Skelton and Alaina Tanski. Skelton served as an alternate captain last season as well.
 
CZECH CAPTAIN IS BACK FOR MORE
Senior captain Natálie Mlýnková is the top returning scorer in Hockey East this season. She set new career highs in goals (23), assists (19) and points (42) last year.
 
OFFENSIVE TOUCH KEY TO HISTORIC CAMPAIGNS
Vermont scored over 100 goals in each of the last two years for the first time in program history on their way to back-to-back second place finishes in Hockey East with a program record of 22 wins in each campaign. Vermont returns 56.1% of its scoring from a year ago.
 
McPHERSON FEATURED ON WCAX'S CATAMOUNT CORNER
Senior goaltender and all-time program wins record holder Jessie McPherson was featured this week on the latest episode of WCAX's Catamount Corner. WCAX's Michael Dugan spoke with the Catamounts netminder and tried his hand at scoring on her. Watch here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9jUlkHZTdo.
 
SCOUTING THE MARTLETS
McGill enters the weekend with a 1-1-0 record in their series of seven exhibitions to open the season. They fell 7-0 to Bishop's on September 8 and defeated St. Thomas last weekend 4-0. Rookie goaltender Jade Rivard-Coulombe made 30 saves and earned a shutout in her first career start. Fellow first year Sarah-Maude Lavoie had two goals in the Martlets' win.
 
McGill will host Boston University at 3 p.m. on Saturday before making the trek to Burlington. The Martlets were 2-32-0 last season and didn't win a single contest away from home.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Vermont is 4-8-1 all-time against McGill. The Catamounts have won two straight games in the series, defeating the Martlets 3-2 in September of 2017 and 2018.
 
CATAMOUNTS IN CANADIAN EXHIBITIONS
Under Head Coach Jim Plumer the Catamounts are 7-5-1 in exhibitions against Canadian teams. Since 2017-18 Vermont is 6-1-1 against Canadian teams. Vermont has given up more than two goals just once over that eight-game stretch.
 
REGULAR SEASON OPENING WEEKEND ON TAP WITH CLARKSON
The Catamounts will open the regular season next weekend with a two-game non-conference series with No. 9 Clarkson. Friday night at 6 p.m. The first 100 fans Friday will receive TD Bank/UVM co-branded t-shirts. Vermont will face the Golden Knights on Opening Night presented by TD Bank. Saturday night the teams will battle again at 7 p.m. Both games will air live on ESPN+.
 
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