The 2022–23 Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey season was the 67th season of play for the program, the 50th at the Division I level, and the 18th in the Hockey East conference. The Catamounts represented the University of Vermont and were coached by Todd Woodcroft, in his 3rd season.
Season Having spent the past five years wallowing at nor near the bottom of the conference standings, Vermont as hoping for some improvement this season. Unfortunately, what the team ended up getting was more of the same. There were some minimal improvements on the defensive end but that wasn't a problem for the Catamounts in recent years. The program's biggest weakness, its inability to score, remained the primary cause of its failings. While the goal production was slightly better than in 2022, Vermont still averaged under 2 goals per game and were shutout on 7 occasions. The team had some bright spots during the season, including a pair of wins over ranked teams in January, but those were few and far between.
After finishing last in Hockey East for the third time in four years, Vermont rallied to upset Maine in the first round of the playoffs. The team's reprieve was short-lived, however, as they ran into league-leading Boston University in the quarterfinals and their season was ended by a 3–7 loss.
Departures Cory Babichuk Defenseman Left program (retired) Dallas Comeau Forward Graduation (retired) Nic Hamre Forward Graduation (retired) Tyler Harmon Goaltender Graduate transfer to Mercyhurst Noah Jordan Forward Graduation (retired) Brian Kelly Defenseman Graduation (retired) Philip Lagunov Forward Graduation (signed with Tucson Roadrunners) Andrew Lucas Forward/Defenseman Transferred to Connecticut Andrew Petrillo Defenseman Graduation (retired) Cody Schiavon Defenseman Transferred to Canisius Azzaro Tinling Forward Transferred to UNLV Raimonds Vītoliņš Forward Returned to juniors (Green Bay Gamblers)
Recruiting Oskar Autio Goaltender 22 Espoo, FIN; graduate transfer from Penn State Ralfs Bergmanis Defenseman 20 Liepāja, LAT Finn Evans Forward 23 Toronto, ON; graduate transfer from Princeton Dawson Good Forward 20 Abbotsford, BC Eric Gotz Defenseman 24 Hermantown, MN; graduate transfer from Michigan Tech Xavier Henry Defenseman 21 Scarborough, ON Lucas Jones Defenseman 21 Calgary, AB Massimo Lombardi Forward 20 Beaconsfield, QC; joined mid-season Jens Richards Forward 19 Detroit Lakes, MN Thomas Sinclair Forward 18 Toronto, ON Philip Törnqvist Forward 21 Gothenburg, SWE
Roster As of September 12, 2022.
Standings
Schedule and results
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Scoring statistics C/W 36 9 10 19 24 C 34 5 13 18 6 C/LW 29 6 10 16 4 C/RW 36 6 10 16 31 D 33 3 12 15 21 F 36 2 13 15 14 C 36 7 7 14 18 LW 30 3 4 7 8 RW 24 4 2 6 4 C/LW 32 3 3 6 20 D 36 3 3 6 4 D 36 0 6 6 22 C 17 3 2 5 6 F 22 3 2 5 6 F 34 3 2 5 33 RW 29 2 3 5 21 D 28 0 5 5 24 F 30 3 1 4 6 C 25 2 2 4 2 D 32 1 3 4 4 C//LW 25 1 2 3 27 F 13 0 1 1 2 D 18 0 1 1 2 D 1 0 0 0 0 G 12 0 0 0 0 G 26 0 0 0 0 Total 69 115 184 309
Goaltending statistics 26 1506:26 9 13 3 67 679 1 .910 2.67 12 675:52 2 7 2 31 316 0 .911 2.75 Empty Net - 13:13 - - - 4 - - - - Total 36 2195:31 11 20 5 102 995 1 .907 2.79
Rankings
PollWeekPre12345678910111213141516171819202122232425 26 27 (Final) USCHO.comNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR USA TodayNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.
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