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Plumer's Blog 2013-14 Hockey East Co-Coach of the Year 2013-14 New England Division I Women's Coach of the Year Jim Plumer begins his fifth season as head coach at Vermont with the start of the 2016-17 campaign.  Under Plumers guidance, the Catamounts continue to make strides nationally. In 2014-15, Vermont defeated two ranked opponents and received votes in the national polls for the first time in program history. UVM won a program record nine non-conference games led by their power play which converted 28 times, another record for the Catamounts. During the 2013-14 campaign, Plumer led the Catamounts to a fourth-place finish in Hockey East with a program-best 18 wins. The team's record-breaking campaign marked an NCAA-best 10-win improvement over the previous year. The Catamounts won their first ever Division I playoff game and made the program's first Hockey East Semifinal appearance. A program record four Catamounts were named Hockey East All-Stars, while Roxanne Douville and Amanda Pelkey were also named to the Women's Division I New England All-Star Team. In his first season with the Catamounts, Plumer led the team to their first-ever Division I playoff appearance as they set a team record with 16 points in Hockey East play. The team also set a program record scoring 71 goals in Plumer's inaugural year. Under Plumer's tutelage, goaltender Roxanne Douville became the first Catamount to be named a Hockey East First Team All-Star. She made 30 or more saves 15 times in 2012-13. Plumer came to Vermont after nine years as the head coach at Amherst College (Amherst, Massachusetts). During his tenure, Plumer captured the most wins in program history and molded Amherst into a national powerhouse, winning the 2009 and 2010 NCAA Championship titles to become the first program in school history to win multiple national championships.   After posting back-to-back 20-win seasons and qualifying for a pair of NCAA Tournaments, Plumer was named the AHCA National Coach of the Year for leading the Lord Jeffs to the 2009 Division III NCAA National Title and a 24-5-0 record. The Lord Jeffs also went 16-0 in NESCAC play and earned the program's first ever No. 1 seed in the conference tournament and a No. 1 ranking in the USCHO national poll.   The 2009-10 season was equally impressive, as the Lord Jeffs extended their unbeaten streak in regular season NESCAC play to 53 games (45-0-8), which began in 2006. Amherst used Division III's top scoring defense to post a 23-2-4 record (12-1-3 NESCAC), win a third conference title in four years and repeated as Division III National Champions.    With five 20-win seasons, including four straight seasons, and a 19-6-2 overall mark in 2010-11, Plumer's Amherst squads posted an impressive 127-30-14 record over the past six seasons and advanced to the NCAA Tournament five times in six years Prior to arriving at Amherst, Plumer spent three seasons as an assistant at NESCAC rival Bowdoin College. Plumer helped coach the Polar Bears to a 62-12-7 record, a pair of NCAA Final Four appearances, the 2002-03 regular season conference title and the 2001-02 NESCAC Tournament championship. Plumer, a Master Level coach with USA Hockey, has worked and continues to coach at a variety of high-level camps and showcases, including USA Hockey National Development Camps, the Rinksport College Prep Program at Babson College, the NAHA Showcase (Burlington/Jay, Vermont), and NAHA Camps (Stowe/Jay, Vermont).  Plumer also has served as President of the American Women's Hockey Coaches Association. Plumer gained his first coaching experience as a student-assistant at his alma mater, Colby College, where he graduated in 1983 with a degree in psychology. He went on to coach girls' hockey and co-ed track at North Yarmouth Academy before joining the Bowdoin program.

Kimball (@GK_Coach8) Grant Kimball Associate Head Coach Follow Grant Kimball (@GK_Coach8) Please Email Recruiting Inquiries to The 2015-16 season will mark associate head coach Grant Kimball's seventh season with the Catamounts. At Vermont, Kimball manages recruiting, individual skill development, travel logistics and works closely with the defenseman. Kimball, a native of Harvard, Mass., came to Vermont after two seasons as an assistant coach with the University of North Dakota women's hockey program. While at North Dakota, Kimball helped build the Fighting Sioux into a playoff contender in the WCHA. During Kimball's time in Grand Forks, UND posted a record number of league wins and points and earned a school-best fourth-place finish in the WCHA. Kimball also helped recruit several international players to the North Dakota program, including a pair of Olympians in Susanne Fellner (Germany) and Jorid Dagfinrud (Norway). A total of 14 players were named to the WCHA All-Academic Team and forward Cassie Hanson garnered WCHA Scholar-Athlete and ESPN The Magazine All-Academic honors in Kimball's two seasons. Prior to his stint with the Fighting Sioux, Kimball spent four years at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich. He spent three seasons as an assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach for the 2006-07 campaign. Kimball also served as the recruiting coordinator for Wayne State and helped the Warriors compile 57 wins and a College Hockey America Conference Championship game appearance in 2007. As Wayne State's recruiting coordinator, Kimball recruited the most productive freshmen class in the nation in the 2005-06 season as the newcomers scored 154 points. During his four years in Detroit, several student-athletes went on to earn various CHA honors, including three players who were named to the All-CHA First Team, six who garnered spots on the All-CHA Second Team and five who earned CHA All-Rookie accolades. Prior to coaching at Wayne State, Kimball spent two seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Lake Forest College (Illinois) of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCAA Division III). He helped lead Lake Forest to 13th in the national rankings and a fourth-place finish in the western regional rankings in the 2002-03 RPI. Kimball has additional experience serving with several other girls' teams at various levels. He was the director of the Michigan Regional Girls Development Camp in 2005 and 2006; co-coach of the USA Hockey Girls National Select U-14 Camp in 2005; head coach of Team Michigan in the Chicago Showcase Tournament in 2004 and 2005; and head coach of Team Illinois Girls U-15 and U-19 teams from 1996-2000. Kimball played his collegiate hockey at Lake Forest College and was a defenseman for the Foresters from 1992-95. He earned a bachelor's degree in history in 1996.

Nash supervises also set a team record with 93 goals. A 2011 Wisconsin graduate, Nash made three Frozen Four appearances during her playing career. She won national championships in 2011 and 2009 and compiled 69 points in 153 career games with the Badgers.    During her senior season, Nash scored the game-winning overtime goal to help the Badgers overcome a two-goal third period deficit in the WCHA Final Face-Off as Wisconsin clinched its fourth conference title en route to the NCAA Championship. She also received the Jeff Sauer Award as a senior as the team's most dedicated player. Since graduating, Nash has played for the Vienna (Austria) Sabres of the European Women's Hockey League and also coached with the Middlesex (Mass.) Islanders.

Nash supervises also set a team record with 93 goals. A 2011 Wisconsin graduate, Nash made three Frozen Four appearances during her playing career. She won national championships in 2011 and 2009 and compiled 69 points in 153 career games with the Badgers.    During her senior season, Nash scored the game-winning overtime goal to help the Badgers overcome a two-goal third period deficit in the WCHA Final Face-Off as Wisconsin clinched its fourth conference title en route to the NCAA Championship. She also received the Jeff Sauer Award as a senior as the team's most dedicated player. Since graduating, Nash has played for the Vienna (Austria) Sabres of the European Women's Hockey League and also coached with the Middlesex (Mass.) Islanders.

Douville Volunteering Goaltending Coach Roxanne Douville is entering her second season as Vermont's goaltending coach. Roxanne, a native of Beloeil, Quebec, set a program record with 14 wins and was named a Hockey East First-Team All Star following the 2013-14 season. She was 12-5-1 in conference play during her senior campaign with a 1.82 goals-against average and a .941 save-percentage. "It's been easy for anyone to see Roxanne's skill as a goaltender, but I have been especially impressed with her interest in coaching and I know she will bring passion as well as her knowledge of goaltending to the position," said head coach Jim Plumer. "Our goalies and our entire team will benefit from having her on board."  

Adrian, a native of Wiliamsville, New York, comes to the Catamounts after serving in a Hockey Technologies position with The Rinks at HARBORCENTER in Buffalo, New York. He managed and maintained quality control of all technologies relating to hockey for more than 20 youth tournaments, the 2015 NHL Scouting Combine and the 2015 IIHF Women's U18 World Championships. Prior to his time with The Rinks at HARBORCENTER, Adrian was a team assistant working with video and statistical analytics for the men's hockey team at Canisius College during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons. He filmed and coded practices and games for further analysis. During his tenure, Canisius won the 2012-13 Atlantic Hockey Conference Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.