Jessica Vetter

Jessie Vetter
Born (1985-12-19) December 19, 1985
Cottage Grove, WI, USA
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
team
Former teams
Minnesota Whitecaps
Wisconsin
National team  United States
Playing career 2006present

Jessica A. "Jessie" Vetter (born December 19, 1985) is an American ice hockey player and a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She was also 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.[1]

Playing career

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.[2]

Wisconsin Badgers

In her four-year NCAA career, Vetter won an NCAA record 91 games (since broken by Hillary Pattenden[3]) during her four-year career and posted a NCAA-record 39 career shutouts.[4] She also held the record for most goalie shutouts in one season with 14 (accomplished in 2008–09),[5] since broken by Noora Räty.

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 honouree, 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.[6]

International career

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.[12] Vetter collected a silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and fetched for the final tips by former NHL Goalie Mike Richter.[13] 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.[14]

Coaching career

In 2010–11, Vetter was an assistant coach for Madison (Wis.) Capitols 19-Under Tier I squad.[15] Her squad played in the USA Hockey National Championships from April 6–10.

Jessie Vetter Award

The Jessie Vetter Award was introduced in 2010. It is awarded by Wisconsin Prep Hockey (www.wisconsinprephockey.net) to the top female ice hockey goaltender in Wisconsin prep school. A list of winners includes:

YearWinnerTeam
2010 Hillary Drake Central Wisconsin Storm
2011 Hillary Drake[16] Central Wisconsin Storm
2012 Julia Brueggen Viroqua Co-op Blackhawks
2013 Mackenzie Torpy Stoughton Co-op Icebergs
2014 Mackenzie Torpy [17] Stoughton Co-op Icebergs

Awards and honors

References

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  2. "Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Video Medals News". Vancouver2010.com. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  3. "Mercyhurst Athletics – Pattenden Breaks NCAA Career Wins Record On Wednesday Night". Hurstathletics.com. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
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  5. "Division 1 : Women's Records" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
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  7. "Goalie Jessie Vetter named top NCAA female hockey player". CBC News. March 21, 2009.
  8. "Inside the Locker Room: Jayna Hefford leads Team Canada to 6–2 win over US". Insideprofessionalsports.blogspot.com. 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  9. "Notable Women’s Hockey Players". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  10. Jessie Vetter – Athlete – 2010 Vancouver Olympics
  11. https://web.archive.org/20110604215753/http://www.hockeyjournal.com/news/2011/04/25_knight,_us_beat_canada_for.php. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. "Josie Johnson earns Player of the Year award". Wisconsin Prep Hockey. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  13. "Woodman, Torpy, and Knutson earn WiPH honors". Wisconsin Prep Hockey. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  14. Archived February 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  15. https://web.archive.org/20090227005026/http://www.usahockey.com:80/patty_kazmaier/default.aspx?NAV=AF_09&ID=191330. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved August 26, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. "Annual Awards – Through the Years". USA Hockey. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  17. Jordan Schelling (2010-09-22). "Homegrown Olympians throw out first pitches | A Schelling For Your Thoughts". Jordanschelling.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
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