CAREER HONORS: • NCAA Second Team All-American (2014-15)
• Bob Monahan Award, New England Best Defenseman (2014-15)
• All-New England (2014-15)
• Hockey East Best Defensive Defenseman (2014-15)
• Hockey East Second Team All-Star (2014-15)
• All-USCHO Second Team (2014-15)
• Walter Brown Award Semifinalist (2014-15)
• Senior CLASS Second Team (2014-15)
• Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup All-Tournament Team (2013-14, 2014-15)
• Captain (2014-15)
• Hockey East Honorable Mention All-Star (2013-14)
• Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup MVP (2013-14)
• Hockey East All-Academic Team (2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14)
• 2011 3rd Round NHL Draft (70th overall) by the Chicago Blackhawks
• 2012 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp invitee
SENIOR SEASON (2014-15): Honored as a Second Team All-American, becoming the 22nd All-American in school history and just the second since 1997 ... Became the first Catamount to win the Bob Monahan Award as the Best Defenseman in New England ... Earned All-New England honors ... Recognized as the Best Defensive Defenseman in Hockey East ... Selected as a Hockey East Second Team All-Star, becoming just the second Catamount to earn the honor ... Named to the All-Hockey East First Team by the Hockey East Writers and Broadcasters Association (HEWBA) ... One of five selections to the Senior CLASS Second Team ... Helped Vermont win the Hockey East Charlie Holt Sportsmanship Award for least penalty minutes during league play ... Unanimous selection as team captain and nominated as the team MVP ... Skated in all 41 games and led the team with a career-high 36 points on nine goals and 27 assists ... Became the first defenseman to lead UVM in scoring since Louis Cote in 1978 ... Finished the season ranked sixth in the NCAA in defensive scoring ... Led the Catamounts with a plus-15 rating and 151 shots on goal, the most by any Hockey East defenseman ... Tied for second on the team with five power play goals ... Registered 10 multi-point performances ... Collected a career-high four points at No. 16 Northeastern in the season opener (Oct. 11) ... Posted three points at Maine, including the game-winning goal (Nov. 28) ... Named to the Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup All-Tournament Team for the second straight season ... Fired a season-high nine shots on goal vs. Merrimack on Senior Night (Feb. 21) ... Scored the game-tying goal late in the third period at No. 14 UMass Lowell (Feb. 28) ... Had four assists in the Hockey East Opening Round vs. Maine (Mar. 6-8) ... Skated in 104 consecutive games to close his career.
JUNIOR SEASON (2013-14): Earned Hockey East Honorable Mention All-Star honors ... Played in all 38 games, ranking third on the team with 27 points and second with 22 assists ... Ranked 12th nationally and third in Hockey East in scoring by a defenseman, posting seven more points than his first two years combined ... Finished the year tied for eighth in the league in power play scoring with 13 points ... Third on the team with 86 shots on goal and fifth with a plus-6 rating ... Collected eight multi-point games ... Named the MVP of the Sheraton/TD Bank Catamount Cup after notching four points on the weekend, including three vs. Canisius (Dec. 29) ... Posted three points in a home-and-home sweep of UMass Amherst (Nov. 22, Nov. 24) ... Recorded an assist and five blocked shots vs. Penn State in the Philadelphia College Hockey Faceoff (Oct. 26) ... Had multi-assist performances at St. Lawrence (Jan. 7), No. 11 Northeastern (Jan. 18), and Boston University (Jan. 24) ... Notched two assists and five shots at Merrimack (Feb. 22) ... Tied the game in the Hockey East First Round vs. UMass Amherst (Mar. 7) ... Skated in his 100th career game during the Hockey East Quarterfinals against No. 8 UMass Lowell and had three assists in the series ... Registered five shots on goal vs. No. 1 Union in the NCAA East Regional (Mar. 28).
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2012-13): Played in 35 of 36 games and was tied for the team lead in scoring among defensemen with 10 points ... Eight of his 10 points came against nationally ranked opponents ... Had one game-winning goal and three power play assists ... Ranked among the top-5 individual shot blockers in Hockey East with 62 ... Posted an assist in the season opener against No. 6 UMass Lowell (Oct. 12) ... Assisted on the game-winning goal against Providence (Nov. 3) ... Collected a pair of assists two games later against No. 11 Boston University (Nov. 16) ... Had an assist on the game-winner against UMass Amherst (Jan. 26) ... Tallied the game-winning goal in a 5-2 upset of No. 19 Boston University on the road (Mar. 2) ... Registered two more assists the following game at home vs. No. 6 Boston College (Mar. 8).
FRESHMAN SEASON (2011-12): Skated in 30 games on defense, tallying 10 points on four goals and six assists ... Scored two of his goals on the power play ... Logged the most ice time of any rookie defenseman on the roster ... Named to the Hockey East Top Performer List twice ... Had two assists in his second collegiate game at No. 8 Minnesota (Oct. 23) ... Tallied an assist two games later against No. 9 Merrimack (Oct. 29) ... Netted his first career goal in a 5-3 win over Dartmouth (Nov. 27) ... Scored against No. 11 Ferris State in the second game of the Catamount Cup (Dec. 30) ... Lit the lamp at UMass Amherst (Jan. 20) ... Registered his second career multi-point game with a goal and an assist in an overtime win at UNH (Feb. 18) ... Also had assists against league foes Maine and Providence.
BEFORE VERMONT: Paliotta was drafted in the third round (70th overall) by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft ... Attended the Blackhawks' 2011 Development Camp ... A product of the U.S. National Team Development Program ... Recorded a goal and 14 assists in 60 games for the U.S. National Under-18 Team during the 2010-11 season ... In 2009-10, had two goals and 12 assists in 50 games for the USNTDP ... Won the Gold Medal in all but one international tournament in which he participated, including the 2011 IIHF World Under-18 Championships in Germany ... Also won gold at the 20
11 U-18 Five Nations Tournament in the Czech Republic, 2010 U-18 Four Nations Cup in Sweden, 2010 World U-17 Hockey Challenge in Canada
, and 2009 U-17 Four Nations Tournament in Slovakia ... Played at Choate Rosemary Hall (NEPSIHA) in Wallingford, Conn. from 2007-2009.
PERSONAL: Michael Paliotta the son of Mike and Trish Paliotta of Westport, Conn. ... Has three younger siblings: Dan, Kate, and Will ... Lists Derek Jeter as his favorite athlete to watch ... Attended Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich. from 2009-2011 ... Majoring in community entrepreneurship.
