[1] Ouellette's college career began in 2002 and he was an instant hit for the Dartmouth hockey team.

He was named team captain for his senior season and he led Dartmouth to its first ECAC Hockey title.

The team had a chance to end their 26-year NCAA Tournament drought but a loss to Harvard in the semifinals resulted in their being dropped from the top-15 rankings.

[3][4] For his final season, Ouellette was named as an All-American as well as the top defensive forward in the conference while also leading Dartmouth in scoring.

He bounced around at first, despite scoring at least 20 goals in each of his first five seasons, but ended up joining Black Wings Linz at the right time.