Steve Wiedler

Stephen Wiedler is the interim head coach for the Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey team.[1]

Steve Wiedler
Current position
TitleInterim Head Coach
TeamVermont
ConferenceHockey East
Biographical details
Born (1986-09-15) September 15, 1986
Farmingville, NY, USA
Alma materElmira College
University of Southern Maine
Playing career
2007–2008Elmira
2008–2011Southern Maine
2011–2013Knoxville Ice Bears
Position(s)Defenseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2013–2015Curry (asst.)
2015–2020American International (asst.)
2020–2023Vermont (asst.)
2022Norway U20 (asst.)
2023–PresentVermont
Head coaching record
Overall0–0–0

Career

After finishing his junior career with the Hudson Valley Eagles, Wiedler began attending Elmira College in the fall of 2007.[2] While he joined the ice hockey team as a freshman, he wasn't able to play in any of their games during the year and subsequently transferred to Southern Maine. Wiedler had a much greater opportunity with the Huskies, though the team did not have much success while he was there. For his senior season, Wiedler was named team captain and graduated with a degree in history. He went on to pursue a professional career afterwards, playing two seasons with the Knoxville Ice Bears, before ending his playing career.

In 2013 Wiedler turned to coaching and returned to the college ranks as an assistant at Curry. After two years, he moved up to Division I, joining American International in the final year of Gary Wright's tenure. He remained with the program when Eric Lang took over and was instrumental in building the team into a successful outfit. Primarily working with the defense, Wiedler helped the team win its first conference championship in 2019 and make the program's fist NCAA tournament appearance the same year. The team was set to repeat that performance in 2020, however, the coronavirus pandemic ended the season before they could finish the job.[3][4]

That offseason, Wiedler moved on to a similar position at Vermont, joining the staff of the newly hired Todd Woodcroft. The Catamounts had very little success coming out of the pandemic but the team was showing improvement each year. In the summer of 2023 Woodcroft was dismissed following a months-long investigation into inappropriate text messages. The same day, the program announced that Wiedler would serve as interim head coach for the 2023–24 season.[5]

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08 Elmira ECAC West 00000—————
2008–09 Southern Maine ECAC East 1815610—————
2009–10 Southern Maine ECAC East 2623530—————
2010–11 Southern Maine ECAC East 2313410—————
2011–12 Knoxville Ice Bears SPHL 54311144150000
2012–13 Knoxville Ice Bears SPHL 53336840000
NCAA totals 674111550—————
SPHL totals 107614204990000

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Vermont Catamounts (Hockey East) (2023–present)
2023–24 Vermont
:
Total:

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "STEVE WIEDLER". Vermont Catamounts. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  2. "Stephen Wiedler". Linked In. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  4. "Remainder of 2020 Atlantic Hockey Tournament Cancelled". atlantichockeyonline.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  5. "Vermont fires men's hockey coach Woodcroft, names assistant Wiedler interim coach for '23-24 season". USCHO. July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
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