Skylar Fontaine is an American
ice hockey defender, currently playing with the
ZSC Lions Frauen of the
SWHL top tier in Switzerland.[1]
Career
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]
Style of play
Fontaine has been described as an offensive defender, with strong skating and hockey instincts.[8][9]
Personal life
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]