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Jersey Number 35
Ava Boutilier
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Goalie
- High School:
- Colonel Gray Senior High
- Hometown:
- Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- Major:
- M.S. -- Biochemistry
PHOTO GALLERY
COLLEGIATE ACCOLADES
UNH Career Ranks
2020-21 Season
2017-18 Season
BEFORE UNH
My Favorite…
Pro sports team: Patriots
Pro athlete: Tom Brady
Sport other than hockey: Football Music genre: Alternative
Musical artist: Still Woozy
Pump-up song: Run This Town by JAY-Z, Rihanna & Kanye
Movie: Sixth Sense
TV show: Glee
Phone app: TikTok
Food: Burrito Bowl
Snack: Maynard's Fuzzy Peaches
Dessert: Ice Cream
Pizza topping: Buffalo Chicken
Dunkin’ drink: Dunkaccino
This or That…
Cats or dogs: both; I cannot choose between them
Coffee or tea: Coffee
Iced or hot coffee/tea: Hot except for the summer months
Cook at home or takeout: cook at home
Share food or don’t share food: share
Plan or spontaneous: plan
Morning or night: morning
Wonder Woman or Captain Marvel: Captain Marvel
COLLEGIATE ACCOLADES
- Service Credit Union Student Athlete of the Week (2/15/23)
- Named to Goalie of the Year Watch List (2/5/21)
- Hockey East All-Star Third Team (2020)
- Hockey East All-Rookie Team (2018)
- 3x AHCA All-America Scholar (2018, 2020,2021)
- 4x Hockey East All-Academic Team (2018, 2019, 2020,2021)
- Women's Hockey Commissioner's Association Goaltender of the Month (February 2020)
- Hockey East Goaltender of the Month (February 2020)
- Hockey East Co-Player of the Week (1/25/21)
- 9x Hockey East Defensive Player of the Week (10/9/17, 1/22/18, 1/12/18, 9/30/19, 10/15/19, 11/25/19, 3/2/20, 12/28/20, 2/8/21)
- Hockey East Rookie of the Week (1/29/18)
UNH Career Ranks
- #1 in saves (3,425)
- #2 in minutes (7466:12)
- tie #4 in save percentage (.920)
- tie #5 in shutouts (14)
- Played in 22 games with 19 starts
- Has a 5-12-2 record with a 3.19 GAA, .893 save percentage and one shutout
- 42-save shutout at Vermont (Feb. 10)
- Finished with 30+ saves in seven games
- Season-high 43 saves at nationally-ranked Quinnipiac
- Played in 22 of 34 games (all starts) with a total of 1221:48 played
- Has a 7-14-0 record with a 2.65 GAA, .911 save percentage and one shutout
- 17-save shutout at Union (Nov. 26)
- Stopped 43 of 44 shots (.977 save percentage) in the two-game weekend series at Union (Nov. 26-27)
- Seven games with 30+ saves, including a season high 42 at nationally-ranked Northeastern on Nov. 19 (4-1 loss; four goals allowed)
- Four consecutive games with 30+ saves spanning Oct. 2-22
- Stopped 39 of 41 shots (.951 save percentage) at Boston College on Oct. 15
- Stopped 24 of 25 shots (.960 save percentage) vs. Merrimack (Jan. 28)
2020-21 Season
- co-President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
- Played in 20 of 22 games with 20 starts
- Finished with a 7-12-1 record, 2.62 GAA, .914 save percentage and five shutouts
- Played 1145:12 of a possible 1325:00 (86.4%)
- Eight games with 30+ saves, including a season high of 39 at nationally-ranked Northeastern on Jan. 8 (3-1 loss; two goals allowed)
- In 18 Hockey East league games, went 6-11-1 with a 2.57 GAA, .914 save percentage and four shutouts
- Had a 1.40 GAA, .950 save percentage and two shutouts in six January games (2-3-1 record)
- On the national leaderboard, ranked #4 in shutouts, #5 in saves (532) and #7 in minutes
- One of seven goalies in the nation to play/start 20+ games
- Recorded three consecutive shutouts (Jan. 22 at Merrimack; Jan. 23 vs. Merrimack; Feb. 5 vs. Providence) with a shutout streak of 183:44
- First Wildcat since Oct. - Nov. 2010 to shut out three consecutive opponents
- 31-save shutout win against Holy Cross in the Hockey East opening round (02/25)
- 30-save shutout win at Vermont (12/20); stopped 65 of 69 shots (.942 save percentage) in the two-game series at UVM
- Career single-period high of 22 saves in the third period at Northeastern (02/14)
- 30 saves in the 2-2 tie vs. nationally-ranked Northeastern (01/09), then did not allow a goal in five rounds of the shootout
- Stopped 69 of 73 shots (.945 save percentage) in that two-game weekend series vs. NU
- 28 saves in the 4-3 win against nationally-ranked Boston U.
- Became the fourth UNH goalie to eclipse 2,000 career saves with the ninth of her 11 saves Dec. 23 vs. Holy Cross
- Selected for Hockey Canada's National Women's Development Team Summer Camp
- Ranked #6 in the nation in both save percentage (.940) and shutouts (six)
- #9 in the nation in GAA (1.80)
- The .940 save percentage is #3 on UNH's list of single-season superlatives
- 717 saves is #5 on UNH's single-season list
- Went 4-2-1 with a 0.99 GAA, .960 save percentage and two shutouts in February to earn national and league monthly awards
- In 20 Hockey East league games, went 9-8-1 with a 1.72 GAA, .942 save percentage and four shutouts
- Played 27 of 37 games with 26 starts; came off the bench Nov. 15 at Northeastern (42:14 relief appearance)
- Played 1533:46 of a possible 2244:17
- Compiled a 13-10-2 record
- Finished with 30+ saves 10 times
- Matched her career high of 45 saves and tallied an assist in the 3-1 win at ninth-ranked Harvard (11/23)
- Established her personal best of 45 saves Oct. 20 at third-ranked Northeastern (4-1 loss; three goals allowed)
- Recorded 35 saves and an assist on the game-winning goal in Game 2 of the 1-0 Hockey East quarterfinal win at Providence (Feb. 28) to send UNH into the semifinals
- Stopped 58 of 60 shots (1.00 GAA, .967 save percentage0 in the two-game quarterfinal series at Providence
- 32-save shutout at Boston College (2/7; 3-0 win)
- Stopped 66 of 68 shots for a 1.00 GAA and .971 save percentage in a weekend series vs. #9 Boston U. (Feb. 15-16)
- The following weekend, made 30 saves in the regular-season finale, a 5-1 home win against BC
- SAAC Co-Vice President
- Graduated with a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences: Medical/Veterinary Sciences (in three years)
- Started in eight of 20 games
- Recorded a 2.10 GAA and .928 save percentage with a 1-5-2 record
- Tallied 220 saves
- Made 30+ saves in four games, including season highs of 34 at St. Lawrence (10/05) and against Connecticut (10/12)
2017-18 Season
- UNH record for saves in a single season with 886
- Recorded first career shutout vs #8 Providence on Jan. 22
- Started in 32 of 36 games
- Had a .929 save percentage and 2.13 GAA with a 12-13-7 record
- Made 30+ saves 15 times, including season highs of 39 vs. Vermont and Connecticut
- Stopped 33 shots at nationally-ranked Northeastern (10/25)
- Made 34 saves in an upset against #1 Boston College (02/09)
BEFORE UNH
- 2017 graduate of Colonel Gray Senior High
- Two time invitee to Hockey Canada National Program Goalie Camp
- Two time invitee to Hockey Canada August U18 Selection Camp
- Spud Hockey Tournament MVP 2016-17
- Goals against average - 3.78 on club team Charlottetown Midget AAA Male Abbies
- Finished 2nd place with Team Prince Edward Island at 2016 U18 Atlantic Challenge Cup
My Favorite…
Pro sports team: Patriots
Pro athlete: Tom Brady
Sport other than hockey: Football Music genre: Alternative
Musical artist: Still Woozy
Pump-up song: Run This Town by JAY-Z, Rihanna & Kanye
Movie: Sixth Sense
TV show: Glee
Phone app: TikTok
Food: Burrito Bowl
Snack: Maynard's Fuzzy Peaches
Dessert: Ice Cream
Pizza topping: Buffalo Chicken
Dunkin’ drink: Dunkaccino
This or That…
Cats or dogs: both; I cannot choose between them
Coffee or tea: Coffee
Iced or hot coffee/tea: Hot except for the summer months
Cook at home or takeout: cook at home
Share food or don’t share food: share
Plan or spontaneous: plan
Morning or night: morning
Wonder Woman or Captain Marvel: Captain Marvel
UNH Women's Hockey vs Merrimack Highlights 11-1-25
Saturday, November 01
UNH Women's Hockey Highlights vs Harvard 10-18-25
Saturday, October 18
UNH Women's Hockey vs Mercyhurst Highlights 9-26-25
Friday, September 26
UNH Women's Hockey vs Mercyhurst Highlights 9 25 2025
Friday, September 26
