Jessie Vetter Explained

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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]

Notes and References

1. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/369314/jessie-vetter Jessie Vetter - Elite Prospects
2. Web site: News - CWHL - Canadian Women's Hockey League . July 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110826205642/http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=76 . August 26, 2011 .
3. Web site: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Video Medals News . Vancouver2010.com . . 2013-12-07 . 2010-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409001352/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/athletes/jessie-vetter_ath1023942YA.html . dead .
4. Web site: Mercyhurst Athletics – Pattenden Breaks NCAA Career Wins Record On Wednesday Night . Hurstathletics.com . 2011-12-14 . 2013-12-07.
5. http://www.wcha.com/about/wcha-about.html
6. Web site: Division 1 : Women's Records . Fs.ncaa.org . 2013-12-07.
7. http://www.insidehockey.com/columns/3261
8. Web site: USA Hockey . www.usahockey.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611145221/http://www.usahockey.com/patty_kazmaier/default.aspx?NAV=AF_10&id=219728&DetailedNews=yes . 11 June 2011 . dead.
9. http://www.wcha.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/030107aaa.html
10. Web site: Jessie Vetter | Athletes | USA Hockey . October 26, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090826161959/http://hockey.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/3000 . August 26, 2009 .
11. News: Goalie Jessie Vetter named top NCAA female hockey player . CBC News . March 21, 2009.
12. Web site: Inside the Locker Room: Jayna Hefford leads Team Canada to 6–2 win over US . Insideprofessionalsports.blogspot.com . 2009-12-15 . 2013-12-07.
13. Web site: Notable Women's Hockey Players. Hockey Hall of Fame. 9 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100706155807/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/htmltimecap/wmspla05.shtml. 2010-07-06. dead.
14. http://2010games.nytimes.com/athletes/jessie-vetter-usa.html Jessie Vetter – Athlete – 2010 Vancouver Olympics
15. Web site: New England Hockey Journal: Knight, U.S. Beat Canada for women's world title . April 26, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604215753/http://www.hockeyjournal.com/news/2011/04/25_knight%2C_us_beat_canada_for.php . June 4, 2011 .
16. Web site: USA Hockey . www.usahockey.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404201035/http://www.usahockey.com/Youth_Nationals_2011/default.aspx?NAV=AF_04_04&id=302778&DetailedNews=yes . 4 April 2012 . dead.
17. Web site: Josie Johnson earns Player of the Year award . 6 March 2011 . Wisconsin Prep Hockey . 2013-12-07.
18. Web site: Woodman, Torpy, and Knutson earn WiPH honors . 8 March 2014 . Wisconsin Prep Hockey . 2014-03-08.
19. http://hockey.teamusa.org/athletes/jessie-vetter
20. Web site: USA Hockey . August 26, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090227005026/http://www.usahockey.com/patty_kazmaier/default.aspx?NAV=AF_09&ID=191330 . February 27, 2009 .
21. http://www.wcha.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/101409aaa.html
22. Web site: Annual Awards – Through the Years . USA Hockey . 24 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100113104849/http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=AU_13_07&ID=185912&USAHockeyType=ICE . 13 January 2010 .
23. Web site: Jordan Schelling . Homegrown Olympians throw out first pitches | A Schelling For Your Thoughts . Jordanschelling.wordpress.com . 2010-09-22 . 2013-12-07.
24. http://www.usahockey.com//Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=TU_02_02&ID=308898M