Skylar Fontaine | |||
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Born |
East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States | June 8, 1998||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
SWHL team Former teams |
ZSC Lions Frauen Northeastern Huskies | ||
Playing career | 2017–present |
Skylar Fontaine is an American ice hockey defender, currently playing with the ZSC Lions Frauen of the SWHL top tier in Switzerland.[1]
Fontaine began skating at the age of two.[2] During high school, she played for the East Greenwich High School boys' team, ranking among the leading scorers on the team.[3][4]
In 2017, she began attending Northeastern University, playing for the university's women's ice hockey programme.[5] She scored 14 points in 38 games in her rookie NCAA season, winning a WHEA championship with the Huskies. She then improved to 36 points in 38 points in her second collegiate year, being named to the Hockey East First All-Star Team for the first time. In the 2019–20 season, she notched 42 points in 38 games, leading all Hockey East defenders in scoring and second in the entire NCAA.[6] That year, she was named Hockey East Defender of the Year, the first Northeastern player to ever win that award.[7]
Fontaine has been described as an offensive defender, with strong skating and hockey instincts.[8][9]
Fontaine studies human services and criminal justice at Northeastern University.[10] Her sister, Alex Tancrell-Fontaine, played NCAA hockey with Union College from 2011 to 2015, and her brother, Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, was drafted 202nd overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.[11][12]