title: Skylar Fontaine
text: # Skylar Fontaine
  
  Skylar Fontaine is an American ice hockey defender, currently playing with the ZSC Lions Frauen of the SWHL top tier in Switzerland.
  
  ## Career
  
  Fontaine began skating at the age of two. During high school, she played for the East Greenwich High School boys' team, ranking among the leading scorers on the team.
  
  In 2017, she began attending Northeastern University, playing for the university's women's ice hockey programme. 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. That year, she was named Hockey East Defender of the Year, the first Northeastern player to ever win that award.
  
  ## Style of play
  
  Fontaine has been described as an offensive defender, with strong skating and hockey instincts.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Fontaine studies human services and criminal justice at Northeastern University. 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.
  
  ## Awards and honors
  
  * 2018-19 CCM/AHCA Second Team All-American
  * 2019-20 CCM/AHCA Second Team All-American
  * 2020-21 CCM/AHCA First Team All-American
  * 2021 Hockey East Best Defenseman Award
  * 2021 NCAA All-Tournament Team
  