| Birth Date: | 8 June 1998 |
| Birth Place: | East Greenwich, Rhode Island, US |
| Height Cm: | 163 |
| Position: | Defense |
| Shoots: | Left |
| League: | SWHL A |
| Team: | ZSC Lions Frauen |
| Former Teams: | Northeastern Huskies |
| Sex: | f |
| Career Start: | 2017 |
Skylar Fontaine (born June 8, 1998) is an American ice hockey defender. She has played with the ZSC Lions Frauen of the Swiss Women's League (SWHL A/PFWL) since 2022.[1]
Fontaine began skating at the age of two.[2] She played three seasons with the boys' ice hockey team of East Greenwich High School in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League, during which she ranked among the Avengers' leading scorers.[3] [4] In her senior year of high school, she played with Belle Tire U19 in the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League (T1EHL).
Fontaine committed to playing with the Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey program as a high school sophomore and she joined the team as an incoming freshman in 2017.[5] She scored 14 points in 38 games in her as an NCAA Division I rookie in the 2017–18 season, winning a Hockey East (HEA/WHEA) championship with the Huskies. She then improved to 36 points in 38 games 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 ranking second in the entire NCAA Division I.[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 skills and good instincts.[8] [9]
Fontaine graduated from Northeastern University with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a minor in health science. She was named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team in both 2018–19 and 2021–22.[10]
Her elder sister, Alex Tancrell-Fontaine (born 1992), played NCAA ice hockey with the Garnet Chargers of Union College from 2011 to 2015. Her younger brother, Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (born 2000), played college ice hockey with the Northeastern Huskies (2020–2024) and Ohio State Buckeyes (2024–25) men's programs. He was drafted 202nd overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.[11] [12] [13]
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Switzerland | |
| Women's League Champion | 2022–23 |
| 2023–24 | |
| Women's League Best Defender | 2022–23[14] |
| Champion | 2022–23 |
| College | |
| AHCA All-American Second Team | 2018–19 |
| 2019–20 | |
| Hockey East All-Star First Team | 2018–19 |
| 2019–20 | |
| 2020–21 | |
| 2021–22 | |
| All-USCHO Second Team | 2018–19 |
| 2019–20 | |
| Hockey East All-Tournament Team | 2019 |
| 2020 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2022 | |
| Hockey East Best Defenseman | 2019–20 |
| 2020–21[15] | |
| 2021–22 | |
| NEWHA Division I All-Star | 2019–20 |
| 2021–22 | |
| AHCA All-American First Team | 2020–21[16] |
| 2021–22 | |
| Patty Kazmaier Award, Top-10 Finalist[17] | 2020–21 |
| 2021–22 | |
| All-USCHO First Team | 2020–21 |
| 2021–22 | |
| NCAA All-Tournament team | 2021 |
| 2022 | |