Position Goaltender National team United States Height 1.74 m Parents Tom Vetter, JoAnn Vetter | Catches Left Playing career Weight 71 kg | |
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Born December 19, 1985 (age 31)
Madison, WI, USA ( 1985-12-19 ) team
Former teams Minnesota Whitecaps
Wisconsin Current teams Minnesota Whitecaps (Goaltender), Oregon Outlaws Siblings Joey Vetter, Jake Vetter, Jonnie Vetter Similar Meghan Duggan, Hilary Knight, Kacey Bellamy, Julie Chu, Jocelyne Lamoureux Profiles | ||
Team usa women player profile jessie vetter goaltender
Jessica Ann "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.
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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.
Wisconsin Badgers
In her four-year NCAA career, Vetter won an NCAA record 91 games (since broken by Hillary Pattenden) during her four-year career and posted a NCAA-record 39 career shutouts. She also held the record for most goalie shutouts in one season with 14 (accomplished in 2008–09), 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.
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. Vetter collected a silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and fetched for the final tips by former NHL Goalie Mike Richter. 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.
Coaching career
In 2010–11, Vetter was an assistant coach for Madison (Wis.) Capitols 19-Under Tier I squad. 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: