The Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey program represents the University of Vermont. The Catamounts compete in Hockey East. Their first year of varsity women's hockey was in 1998–99. The Catamounts were in the ECAC at the Division III level of competition. In 2001–02, the Catamounts moved up to Division I. For the 2005–06 season, the Catamounts moved to Hockey East.

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Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey
Current season
University	University of Vermont
Conference	Hockey East
Head coach	Jim Plumer 11th season, 158–195–52
Assistant coaches	Alex Gettens Victoria Blake
Arena	Gutterson Fieldhouse Burlington, Vermont
Colors	Green and gold[1]

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The Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey program was launched in 1995–1996, under head coach Bruce Garrapy.

During the 2003–04 season, Kami Cote of Vermont set an NCAA record for most saves in one season with 1332.^[2]

During the 2010–11 season, Roxanne Douville earned consecutive shutouts against No. 9 Providence (Jan. 30) and Maine (Feb. 5) establishing a new program record shutout streak of 164 minutes and 13 seconds. In addition, she became only the second Vermont player to be named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team.

The 2013- 2014 season saw Vermont's best finish, ending the season 18-4-4, and earning fourth place in Hockey East. They won their quarterfinal match-up against Maine with three overtime wins. They advanced to meet Boston College in the semi-finals, losing by a score of 1–3. Catamount head coach Jim Plumer won the Hockey East co-Coach of the Year award and the New England Division I Women's Coach of the Year award.^[3]

In 2019–2020, sophomore defenceman Maude Poulin-Labelle set the team's record for points by a defenseman in a single season, with 12 goals and 17 assists, for 29 points. Her goals total tied for first among Catamount defensemen. She was Hockey East player of the Week on January 6, 2020. She was nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, and earned a spot on the Hockey East All Star Third Team.^[4] The Catamounts started the season on a four-game unbeaten streak, and lost just 2 games in their first 12 matches. They made the Hockey East tournament for the eighth consecutive year, but fell to the eventual tournament winners, the Northeastern Huskies, in the quarterfinals.

On November 11, 2020, Hockey East announced the 2020-2021 schedule for men's and women's ice hockey. League play had been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, which caused the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA women's ice hockey tournament. Beginning on November 20, women's hockey resumes in a round robin format with each team playing 18 games, to determine the regular season champion. Flex weekends are planned to allow for canceled matches to be played as needed.^[5]

During the 2021–2022 season, the Catamounts were ranked for the first time in program history at #10 in the USCHO poll on January 31, 2022.^[6] They were ranked at #10 in the USA Hockey poll on February 22, 2022, for the first time ever. They also set a program record of 22 wins in a season.

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As of September 18, 2023.^[8]

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No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	DoB	Hometown	Previous team
2		Ezra Oien	Freshman	F	5' 7" (1.7 m)	2004-11-23	Owatonna, Minnesota	Owatonna High School
3		Bella Parento	Senior	D	5' 5" (1.65 m)	2001-11-23	Montpelier, Vermont	Kimball Union Academy
4		Natalie Zarcone	Freshman	D	5' 5" (1.65 m)	2004-06-15	Huntington, New York	Northwood School
6		Evelyne Blais-Savoie	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	2002-12-22	San Jose, California	Belle Tire
7		McKenzie Cerrato	Freshman	F	5' 3" (1.6 m)	2005-00-00	Malden, Massachusetts	Matignon High School
8		Anna Podein	Sophomore (RS)	D	5' 8" (1.73 m)	2003-01-16	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Benilde-St. Margaret's
9		Julia Mesplède	Sophomore	F	5' 2" (1.57 m)	2002-10-12	Bordeaux, France	Vermont Academy
10		Lara Beecher	Sophomore	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)	2004-11-10	Buffalo, New York	Philadelphia Jr. Flyers
11		Kaylee Lewis	Freshman	F	5' 7" (1.7 m)	2004-07-06	McKinney, Texas	Philadelphia Jr. Flyers
12		Maddy Skelton (A)	Senior	F	5' 6" (1.68 m)	2002-01-23	Isanti, Minnesota	North Wright County RiverHawks
14		Krista Parkkonen	Sophomore	D	5' 6" (1.68 m)	2002-06-25	Lappeenranta, Finland	HIFK
17		Brooke George	Freshman	D	5' 5" (1.65 m)	2004-07-18	East Montpelier, Vermont	Bishop Kearney Selects
19		Cecilia DesLauriers	Freshman	F/D	5' 0" (1.52 m)	2004-01-12	St. Albans, Vermont	Mid Fairfield CT Stars
23		Hailey Burns (A)	Graduate	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)	1999-06-15	Kirkland, Quebec	John Abbott College
24		Rose-Marie Brochu	Freshman	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	2003-04-27	Lévis, Québec	Cégep Limoilou Titans
27		Sofie Skott	Sophomore	D	5' 8" (1.73 m)	2002-06-14	Herning, Denmark	Malmö Redhawks
35		Ellie Simmons	Sophomore	G	5' 8" (1.73 m)	2004-01-18	Buffalo, New York	Nichols School
38		Sydney Correa	Junior	G	5' 6" (1.68 m)	2003-08-19	Georgetown, Massachusetts	Brooks School
43		Alaina Tanski (A)	Junior	F	5' 4" (1.63 m)	2002-07-28	Hermantown, Minnesota	Pittsburgh Penguins Elite
49		Sara Lévesque (A)	Graduate	D	5' 3" (1.6 m)	1998-11-29	Chicoutimi, Quebec	John Abbott College
55		Hailey Eikos	Freshman	D	5' 3" (1.6 m)	2004-09-24	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota	Osseo/Park Center
66		Lily Humphrey	Graduate	F	5' 5" (1.65 m)	1999-08-27	Huntington Beach, California	New Hampton School
91		Jessie McPherson	Senior	G	5' 9" (1.75 m)	2002-12-20	Chatham, Ontario	Cambridge Rivulettes
96		Natálie Mlýnková (C)	Senior	F	5' 3" (1.6 m)	2001-05-24	Zlín, Czech Republic	Hockey Training Institute

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Chelsea Rapin, who played for the team from 2008 to 2012, was a referee for the women's tournament in the 2022 Winter Olympics.