| Steve Wiedler | |
| Current Title: | Interim Head Coach |
| Current Team: | Vermont |
| Current Conference: | Hockey East |
| Birth Date: | 15 September 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Farmingville, NY, USA |
| Alma Mater: | Elmira College University of Southern Maine |
| Player Positions: | Defenseman |
| Player Years1: | 2007–2008 |
| Player Team1: | Elmira |
| Player Years2: | 2008–2011 |
| Player Team2: | Southern Maine |
| Player Years3: | 2011–2013 |
| Player Team3: | Knoxville Ice Bears |
| Coach Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Coach Team1: | Curry (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 2015–2020 |
| Coach Team2: | American International (asst.) |
| Coach Years3: | 2020–2023 |
| Coach Team3: | Vermont (asst.) |
| Coach Years4: | 2022 |
| Coach Team4: | Norway U20 (asst.) |
| Coach Years5: | 2023–Present |
| Coach Team5: | Vermont |
| Overall Record: | 13–19–3 |
Stephen Wiedler is the interim head coach for the Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey team.[1]
After finishing his junior career with the Hudson Valley Eagles, Wiedler began attending Elmira College in the fall of 2007.[2] While he joined the ice hockey team as a freshman, he wasn't able to play in any of their games during the year and subsequently transferred to Southern Maine. Wiedler had a much greater opportunity with the Huskies, though the team did not have much success while he was there. For his senior season, Wiedler was named team captain and graduated with a degree in history. He went on to pursue a professional career afterwards, playing two seasons with the Knoxville Ice Bears, before ending his playing career.
In 2013 Wiedler turned to coaching and returned to the college ranks as an assistant at Curry. After two years, he moved up to Division I, joining American International in the final year of Gary Wright's tenure. He remained with the program when Eric Lang took over and was instrumental in building the team into a successful outfit. Primarily working with the defense, Wiedler helped the team win its first conference championship in 2019 and make the program's fist NCAA tournament appearance the same year. The team was set to repeat that performance in 2020, however, the coronavirus pandemic ended the season before they could finish the job.[3] [4]
That offseason, Wiedler moved on to a similar position at Vermont, joining the staff of the newly hired Todd Woodcroft. The Catamounts had very little success coming out of the pandemic but the team was showing improvement each year. In the summer of 2023 Woodcroft was dismissed following a months-long investigation into inappropriate text messages. The same day, the program announced that Wiedler would serve as interim head coach for the 2023–24 season.[5]
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||
| 2007–08 | Elmira | ECAC West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Southern Maine | ECAC East | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Southern Maine | ECAC East | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Southern Maine | ECAC East | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Knoxville Ice Bears | SPHL | 54 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Knoxville Ice Bears | SPHL | 53 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NCAA totals | 67 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| SPHL totals | 107 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||