Kaitlin Burt

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Kaitlin Burt
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Burt with the Boston Pride in November 2018
Born (1997-01-26) January 26, 1997 (age 27)
Lynn, Massachusetts, United States
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
PHF team
Former teams
Metropolitan Riveters
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Playing career 2018present

Kaitlin "Katie" Burt (born 26 January 1997) is an American ice hockey goaltender who played in the now defunct Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Metropolitan Riveters. She was selected first overall by the Boston Pride in the 2017 NWHL Draft. [1]

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Playing career

NCAA

Following her freshman season with the Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey program, she captured the Hockey East Goaltending Championship. She was recognized as a Hockey East All-Rookie Team selection and was also a Second Team All-Star selection. She had 35 starts and recorded a 1.11 goals against average (GAA).

As a sophomore, she captured the Hockey East Goaltending Championship for the second straight year. She posted a program record 35-1-0 record, losing her only game in the 2016 NCAA Frozen Four championship game. In Hockey East play, she recorded an undefeated mark of 20-0-0. [2]

In 2018, she broke Noora Räty's record for all-time NCAA wins. [3] [4] [5]

Professional

Selected first overall in the 2017 NWHL Draft, Burt signed her first professional contract on June 25, 2018 with the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; rebranded as PHF in 2021). [6] [7] The Pride had obtained the first round pick of the Connecticut Whale in a trade that sent Zoe Hickel to the Whale on February 7, 2017. [8] Burt played 16 games in her rookie season with the Pride, posting a .920 SV% and 2.26 GAA. She was named to the 2019 NWHL All-Star Game and as a finalist for the NWHL Goaltender of the Year award. [9] [10]

In May 2019, she left the PHF to join the New England chapter of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). [11]

Burt returned to the Boston Pride in the 2021–22 PHF season and won the 2022 Isobel Cup with the team. [12]

International

Burt competed for the United States women's national under-18 ice hockey team in 2014 and 2015. [13] At the 2014 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, Burt emerged with a silver medal. The following year, she would help the US capture the gold at the 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship. Burt competed for Team Americas at the 2019 Aurora Games.

Personal life

Burt has a degree in economics. [14] She previously worked as a ball girl for the Boston Red Sox. [15]

Career Statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPWLT/OTMINGA SO GAA SV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
2014–15 Boston College NCAA 353032206138101.11.941
2015–16 Boston College NCAA363510209743131.23.943
2016–17 Boston College NCAA37266522255781.54.935
2017–18 Boston College NCAA38305323057541.95.933
2018–19 Boston Pride NWHL 1610508693512.42.92010160404.00.897
2019–20New England PWHPA
2020–21New HampshirePWHPA30301801505.00.881
2021–22 Boston PridePHF117405261631.41.958330180311.00.965
PHF totals27179013955142.19.937431240711.75.944
Sources: [16] [17] [18] [19]

Awards and honours

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