Jessica Vetter



Jessie Vetter (born December 19, 1985) is 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]



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[hide]  *1 Playing career  ==Playing career[edit] == Vetter played as a goalkeeper on the boys 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[edit] === 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 holds the record for most goalie shutouts in one season with 14 (accomplished in 2008–09).[5]
 * 1.1 Wisconsin Badgers
 * 2 International career
 * 3 Coaching career
 * 4 Jessie Vetter Award
 * 5 Awards and honors
 * 6 References

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[edit] == At the 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, she allowed just a single goal. In addition, Vetter was the starting goalkeeper when the US won the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  Vetter collected a silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and fetched for the final tips by former NHL GoalieMike Richter.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14] ==Coaching career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">In 2010–11, Vetter was an assistant coach for Madison (Wis.) Capitols 19-Under Tier I squad.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  Her squad played in the USA Hockey National Championships from April 6–10. ==Jessie Vetter Award<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;">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: ==Awards and honors<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==
 * In 2006, she became the first goalie to record a Frozen Four shutout when she notched two.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]
 * 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]
 * 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]
 * She was the first ice hockey player to be named the Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]
 * 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)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]
 * WCHA Top 10 Players from the 2000s<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]
 * Patty Kazmaier Award<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]
 * Sportswoman of the Year at the Women's Sports Foundation's 30th Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Dinner: (Awarded Oct. 14, 2009)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]
 * 2009 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award) <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]
 * 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]
 * Most Valuable Player, 2011 4 Nations Cup<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22]