Jessie Vetter
| Jessie Vetter | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Vetter with Team USA in 2011 | |||
| Born |
December 19, 1985 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| team Former teams |
Minnesota Whitecaps Wisconsin | ||
| National team | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | ||
| Playing career | 2006–2017 | ||
Jessica Ann "Jessie" Vetter (born December 19, 1985) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender and a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She was a member of the 2008–09 Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team, which won an NCAA title. She was drafted 20th overall by the Boston Blades in the 2011 CWHL Draft.[2]
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Vetter played as a goaltender on the boys' ice hockey team at Monona Grove High School and won three state girls' soccer championships. While in high school, she was a four-time all-conference selection and a three-time all-state pick in soccer.[3]
Wisconsin Badgers
[edit | edit source]In her four-year NCAA career, Vetter won an NCAA record 91 games (since broken by Hillary Pattenden[4]) during her four-year career and posted an NCAA-record 39 career shutouts.[5] She also held the record for most goalie shutouts in one season with 14 (accomplished in 2008–09),[6] since broken by another Badger goaltender, Ann-Renée Desbiens.
In her senior year at Wisconsin, Vetter went 30–2–5 with a 1.33 GAA, (2nd NCAA) and 0.936 Save percentage, (2nd NCAA). She also finished second in the NCAA in minutes played with 2162:16. She is a 2009 WCHA first team honoree, an all-tournament honoree, and the WCHA Final Face-Off MVP as Wisconsin won the League championship and garnered the top seed going into the NCAA championships.[7]
- In 2006, she became the first goalie to record a Frozen Four shutout when she notched two.[8]
- In 2006–07, Vetter and Christine Dufour combined for 15 shutouts. Vetter was voted the top goalie and had a 1.24 goals-against average and a save percentage of .932.[9]
- Vetter broke the NCAA single-season goals-against average record with a mark of 0.83 in 2006–07. As a result, that made her the first goalie in NCAA history to post a GAA below 1.00.[10] In that same season, Vetter recorded a shutout streak that reached 448 minutes and 32 seconds – the longest not only in NCAA women's hockey history but also in men's history.
- Vetter won 31 games and had 13 shutouts during the 2008–09 season.[11]
- She was the first ice hockey player to be named the Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation.[12]
International career
[edit | edit source]At the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, she allowed just a single goal. In addition, Vetter was the starting goaltender when the US won the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.[13] Vetter collected a silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and fetched for the final tips by former NHL Goalie Mike Richter.[14] In the gold medal game of the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship against Canada, Vetter made 51 saves as the US won its third consecutive gold medal.[15]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]In 2010–11, Vetter was an assistant coach for Madison (Wis.) Capitols 19-Under Tier I squad.[16] Her squad played in the USA Hockey National Championships from April 6–10.
Jessie Vetter Award
[edit | edit source]The Jessie Vetter Award was introduced in 2010. It is awarded by Wisconsin Prep Hockey to the top female ice hockey goaltender in Wisconsin prep school. A list of winners includes:
| Year | Winner | Team |
| 2010 | Hillary Drake | Central Wisconsin Storm |
| 2011 | Hillary Drake[17] | Central Wisconsin Storm |
| 2012 | Julia Brueggen | Viroqua Co-op Blackhawks |
| 2013 | Mackenzie Torpy | Stoughton Co-op Icebergs |
| 2014 | Mackenzie Torpy [18] | Stoughton Co-op Icebergs |
| 2015 | Mackenzie Torpy | Stoughton Co-op Icebergs |
| 2016 | Erin Connolly | Lakeshore Lightning |
| 2017 | Ana Holzbach | Bay Area Ice Bears |
| 2018 | Josie Mathison | Black River Falls Tigers |
| 2019 | Emma Quimby | Hayward Hurricanes |
| 2020 | Pistol Cowden | Wisconsin Valley Union |
| 2021 | Alesha Smith | Eau Claire Area Stars |
| 2022 | Chloe Lemke | Central Wisconsin Storm |
| 2023 | Anna Byczek | Bay Area Ice Bears |
Awards and honors
[edit | edit source]- WCHA Goalie of the Year (2007)
- All-WCHA First Team (2007)
- All-WCHA Academic Team (2007)
- NCAA Women's Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player (2006, 2009)[19]
- WCHA Top 10 Players from the 2000s[5]
- Patty Kazmaier Award[20]
- Sportswoman of the Year at the Women's Sports Foundation's 30th Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Dinner: (Awarded Oct. 14, 2009)[21]
- 2009 Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award[22]
- On September 22, 2010, Vetter and Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Miller Park before the Milwaukee Brewers/Cincinnati Reds game.[23]
- Most Valuable Player, 2011 4 Nations Cup[24]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
- 1985 births
- Living people
- American women's ice hockey goaltenders
- Ice hockey players from Wisconsin
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- Patty Kazmaier Award winners
- People from Cottage Grove, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey players
- Ice hockey people from Madison, Wisconsin
- 21st-century American sportswomen