ecac hockey ECAC HOCKEY STORY

ECAC Hockey has played the role of both a leader and pioneer during the two 1999 and NCAA Frozen Four appearances in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005. The decades that NCAA Division I women’s hockey has been in existence. Crimson won its fourth ECAC Hockey League championship title - its third Home to the premier Division I league in the nation, ECAC Hockey straight crown - in 2006. To date, the Harvard program has produced nine boasts a history that gleams with accomplishments. From individual honors to Olympians, 18 All-Americans and five Kazmaier Award winners, including contributions on the international stage, the league and its players and coaches 2007 recipient . The most recent had three Crimson have set a high standard for excellence in the game. League athletes have earned alumnae and three current student-athletes winning medals. All-America honors 51 times, claimed 32 Olympic Gold Medals, and have Princeton has sponsored women’s hockey since 1979, and in that time the won the eight out of the 10 years it has existed as the Tigers have participated in the ECAC Hockey tournament 14 times. The designation of the nation’s top player. program’s best finish came in 2006, when the Tigers won a school-record Membership in ECAC Hockey has changed to meet the needs of the 21 games and advanced to the league semifinals. Individually, a number exploding collegiate sport as 24 teams have called ECAC Hockey home since of Tigers have made their mark on the hockey community. Most recently, the first championship was contested in 1984. The league’s current roster Andrea Kilbourne was a member of the 2002 U.S. Olympic Team, joining of teams includes some of the most storied programs in the nation: Brown, three other players with Princeton connections who have represented the U.S. Clarkson, Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Quinnipiac, or in international competition. Current senior Liz Keady and alum Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Union and Yale. Megan Van Beusekom ‘04 have both represented the Tigers on the National Brown holds the distinction of being the oldest women’s hockey program Team. The Orange and Black have also had a pair of top-10 candidates for the in the nation. The first Bears squad took to the ice in the fall of 1963 and Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, which was named after the 1986 Princeton the program has remained a leader ever since. Brown has produced seven graduate who died of a rare blood disease in 1990. Olympians, placing five on the 2005-06 National Team roster for the XX Quinnipiac is entering its third year of competition in ECAC Hockey and Winter Games, amassed 423 wins in 39 seasons, and has twice represented sixth as a Division I varsity program. During head coach Michael Barrett’s first the ECAC Hockey in national title games. Most of those victories have been six seasons, he has established Quinnipiac as an up-and-coming program on the under the watch of coach , who has a 301-159-43 record as the Division I map. Quinnipiac had its best winning percentage in the program’s all-time wins leader in Division I women’s hockey. The Bears have advanced five-year history in 2005-06 as inaugural members of ECAC Hockey. The to the national championship tournament four times, most recently facing Bobcats will play their first full season in their brand new facility -- the TD -Duluth in the championship game of the 2002 NCAA Women’s Banknorth Sports Center. Frozen Four. Rensselaer enters its second season as a full-fledged member of ECAC This season marks Clarkson’s fourth year in the league. The 2003-04 season Hockey. Head coach John Burke led the Engineers to an eighth-place finish was the inaugural year of women’s at Clarkson. Under the tutelage and a spot in the League championship in the squad’s first season of League of head coach Rick Seeley, the Golden Knights earned a spot in the league’s competition. Rensselaer posted a 12-22-1 overall mark and an 8-13-1 mark in playoffs in their ECAC Hockey debut, finishing the regular-season slate in League play in 2006-07. eighth place. In 2005-06, the team finished in the top half of the league and St. Lawrence has had intercollegiate hockey since 1979. From 1979 through saw junior Kira Hurley earn Goaltender-of-the-Year honors. 1992, the Saints competed at the Division III level, garnering three conference Colgate joined the Division I league in 2001-02. The Raiders begin the championship titles in the early 1990s. In 1993-94, the Saints joined the current campaign under head coach Scott Wiley, who was honored as the Division I women’s league and made the playoffs in 1995. Three seasons 2003-04 Coach of the Year in just his second season behind the bench. In later, 1997-98, the Saints officially became a Division I program. In 2001, St. 2006-07, Colgate enjoyed its most successful League season, ousting Princeton Lawrence recorded the first win in the first-ever NCAA Women’s Frozen Four, in quarterfinals action to earn a semifinals spot in the championship round at and advanced to the national championship game. The Saints repeated their Dartmouth. visit to the NCAAs in 2004, 2005, 2006 and again in 2007, earning regional Cornell also boasts a storied history after beginning its program in 1971. wins the past two seasons in the expanded bracket. The Saints have seen six Since that time, the Big Red has accumulated 335 victories in 34 seasons. players earn All-America honors, including Rebecca Russell, who was also a Through the years, Cornell hockey has made its mark both on and off the Patty Kazmaier Award finalist, and Rachel Barrie, who was a three-time league ice. A number of former Big Red players have achieved notoriety after their Goaltender of the Year. This past season, Sabina Harbec and Annie Guay also careers at Cornell ended, such as Dana Antal, a member of the 1998 and 2002 took home All-America honors for the second consecutive season. Canadian Olympic teams, and Digit Murphy, widely acknowledged to be one Union embarks on its fifth season as a member of the League under first- of the top coaches in the collegiate game. Off the ice, Cornell has engaged year head coach Claudia Asano. An assistant coach at Harvard for five seasons, in the Cub Club, a nationally-recognized venture with the Tompkins Girls’ Asano has a great level of experience and knowledge of the League, having Hockey Association which has made a difference in the lives of hundreds of coached and played at Harvard. She was a three-year letter-winner for the girls in the community. Crimson and captained the 1999 squad to the ECAC Hockey regular-season Dartmouth has grown into one of the nation’s most consistently impressive and tournament titles. programs, with 17 ECAC Hockey League tournament appearances, including Yale continues its rise to prominence under six-year head coach Hilary Witt. the league title in 2007, and four NCAA Women’s Frozen Four appearances In 2006-07, the Bulldogs posted a 15-14-2 overall mark and 10-10-2 record to its credit. In fact, the Big Green has posted a record of .500 more than 20 in League competition, which qualified Yale for the League championship times over the years. As head coach, Mark Hudak guided the Big Green to the quarterfinals for the fifth consecutive season under Witt’s guidance. The League title in 2007, and NCAA Frozen Four appearances in 2004 and 2005. former U.S. National Team member leads a program that has been in existence The Big Green hockey program has won 184 games in the last eight seasons, since 1977-78. In the coming years, Yale will continue to develop more players and also boasts two Kazmaier Award finalists and five All-America selections. like Helen Resor, who won a bronze medal with the U.S. Olympic Team at the Harvard has emerged as a force to be reckoned with, both in the league XX Winter Games in Italy. and on the national scene. The Crimson’s rise to prominence began in 1981- 82, when the fourth-year varsity program posted a 15-6 record and won its first Tournament. Current coach, , began in 1994, and has since guided the Crimson to some of its greatest moments, including a 33-1 record along with ECAC Hockey and AWCHA championship titles in

100 2007-08 ECAC HOCKEY RECAP

2007-08 Final Standings ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS Conference Only Overall Team Pts. GP Record Win% GF-GA GP Record Win% GF-GA First Team 1. Harvard 44 22 22-0 1.00 81-16 34 32-2-0 .941 121-34 F Harvard 2. St. Lawrence 37 22 18-3-1 .841 98-41 39 28-10-1 .731 153-77 F Sabrina Harbec St. Lawrence 3. Dartmouth 30 22 13-5-4 .682 76-41 33 18-9-6 .636 106-79 F Rebecca Johnston Cornell 4. Clarkson 29 22 13-16-3 .659 66-35 38 24-9-5 .697 107-54 D Harvard 5. Princeton 25 22 11-8-3 .568 66-53 32 14-12-6 .531 80-68 D Annie Guay St. Lawrence 6. Colgate 22 22 9-9-4 .500 53-51 34 12-17-5 .426 83-89 G Harvard 7. Yale 20 22 8-10-4 .455 50-59 31 11-14-6 .452 70-79 8. Cornell 19 22 9-12-1 .432 56-78 30 12-17-1 .417 81-102 Second Team 9. Rensselaer 16 22 6-12-4 .364 38-57 33 13-15-5 .470 71-73 F Chelsea Grills St. Lawrence 10. Brown 12 22 4-14-4 .273 36-62 29 5-19-5 .259 52-85 F Jenna Cunnigham Dartmouth 11. Quinnipiac 8 22 2-16-4 .182 33-92 34 5-24-5 .221 57-141 F Maggie Kennedy Dartmouth 12. Union 2 22 0-20-2 .045 16-84 32 3-27-2 .125 32-128 D Sasha Sherry Princeton D Kerri Wallace St. Lawrence Scoring Leaders G Nicole Stock Brown Player Team Yr. Pos. GP PPG G-A-P 1. Sarah Vaillancourt Harvard Jr. F 34 1.82 26-36-62 Third Team 2. Sabrina Harbec St. Lawrence Sr. F 37 1.41 18-34-52 F Sam Hunt Colgate 3. Britney Selina Clarkson So. C 37 1.19 18-26-44 F Britney Selina Clarkson 4. Jenny Brine Harvard Jr. F 34 1.26 20-23-43 F Sarah Parsons Dartmouth Chelsea Grills St. Lawrence Sr. F 36 1.19 17-26-43 D Kiira Dosdall Colgate 6. Tara Akstull St. Lawrence So. F 39 1.08 14-28-42 D Carlee Eusepi Clarkson 7. Maggie Kennedy Dartmouth Jr. F 33 1.18 16-23-39 G Lundy Day Union 8. Genevieve Lavoie Clarkson So. F 38 1.00 12-26-38 9. Jenna Cunningham Dartmouth So. F 17 2.18 17-20-37 Rookie Team Caitlin Cahow Harvard Sr. D 34 1.09 15-22-37 F Rebecca Johnston Cornell 11. Sam Hunt Colgate Jr. F 32 1.12 22-14-36 F Melissa Waldie Clarkson F Karell Emard St. Lawrence Goaltending Leaders D Sasha Sherry Princeton Player Team Year Min. Sv% GA GAA D Laura Martindale Princeton 1. Lauren Dahm Clarkson FR 815:51 .939 14 1.03 G Eve Grandmont-Berube Clarkson 2. Christina Kessler Harvard SO 1921:42 .952 34 1.06 3. Sonja van der Bliek Rensselaer FR 899:11 .939 20 1.33 All-Tournament 4. Eve Grandmont-Berube Clarkson FR 1485:44 .923 40 1.62 F Chelsea Grills St. Lawrence 5. Kristen Young Princeton JR 1945:01 .910 66 2.04 F Liza Ryabkina Harvard 6. Meaghan Guckian St. Lawrence SR 2030:38 .913 70 2.07 F Jenny Brine Harvard 7. Jackee Snikeris Yale FR 935:42 .921 34 2.18 D Brittaney Maschme St. Lawrence 8. Lisa Plenderleith Colgate FR 1801:57 .902 75 2.50 D Caitlin Cahow* Harvard 9. Shivon Zilis Yale SR 971:49 .923 42 2.59 G Christina Kessler Harvard 10. Carli Clemis Dartmouth JR 1633:03 .905 72 2.65 * Most Outstanding Player

Player of the Year Sarah Vaillancourt, Harvard ECAC Hockey Tournament Weekly Honors Goaltender of the Year Quarterfinals (Feb. 29-Mar. 2) 11/12 Player of the Week Sam Hunt Christina Kessler, Harvard No. 8 Cornell at No. 1 Harvard 12/10 Goalie of the Week Lisa Plenderleith Rookie of the Year Harvard 3-2, Harvard 4-2 1/28 Player of the Week Elin Brown Rebecca Johnston, Cornell No. 7 Yale at No. 2 SLU 2/4 Rookie of the Week Lisa Plenderleith Coach of the Year St. Lawrence 2-1 OT, St. Lawrence 3-2 OT Katey Stone, Harvard No. 6 Colgate at No. 3 Dartmouth All-Academic Team Student-Athlete of the Year Dartmouth 4-3, Dartmouth 4-2 Jill Cater-Cyker Hannah Milan Carli Clemis, Dartmouth No. 5 Princeton at No. 4 Clarkson Kiira Dosdall Lisa Plenderleith Best Defensive Forward Princeton 1-0, Clarkson 3-2 OT, Clarkson 2-1 Ruth Fish Sara Plunkett Brooke Beazer, Clarkson Semifinals (March 8) Laura Jansen Beth Rotenberg Best Defensive Defenseman Harvard 3, Clarkson 0 Kara Leene Jessi Waters Katherine Dineen, Princeton St. Lawrence 3, Dartmouth 1 Nicole McDonald Kate Wolgemuth Turfer Athletic Trophy Championship (March 9) Union Harvard 3, St. Lawrence 2 (OT)

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY 101 ECAC HOCKEY COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

Friday, September 26 Sunday, October 26 Friday, November 28 Sunday, January 4 Wednesday, February 4 Quinnipiac at , 8 p.m. Quinnipiac at , 2 Dartmouth at Minn.-Duluth, 8 p.m. Providence at Cornell, 2 p.m. St. Lawrence at Clarkson Aeros at Rensselaer (Ex.) p.m. Harvard at Minnesota, TBA McGill at Yale (Ex.), 1:30 p.m. Princeton at Monday, January 5 Friday, February 6 Saturday, September 27 Ohio State at St. Lawrence, 4 p.m. Providence at Cornell, 2 p.m. Union at Clarkson, 3 p.m. Quinnipiac at Wisconsin, 8 p.m. Friday, October 31 Union at Sacred Heart Rensselaer at St. Lawrence, 3:30 p.m. at Clarkson (Ex.) Dartmouth at Princeton Tuesday, January 6 Brown at Dartmouth Stoney Creek at Rensselaer (Ex.), Harvard at Quinnipiac Saturday, November 29 Dartmouth at Harvard Yale at Harvard 4 p.m. Brown at Rensselaer, 3 p.m. Providence at Brown Colgate at Princeton Toronto Aeros at Union (Ex.), 4 p.m. Yale at Union, 3 p.m. Dartmouth at Minn.-Duluth, 8 p.m. Friday, January 9 Cornell at Quinnipiac Clarkson at Niagara Vermont at Clarkson, 2 p.m. Dartmouth at Yale Saturday, February 7 Friday, October 3 Mercyhurst at Colgate New Hampshire at Colgate Harvard at Brown Union at St. Lawrence, 2 p.m. St. Cloud State at Quinnipiac Niagara at Cornell, 4 p.m. Princeton at Rensselaer Rensselaer at Clarkson, 2 p.m. Syracuse at Colgate Saturday, November 1 Harvard at Minnesota, TBA Quinnipiac at Union Yale at Dartmouth, 4 p.m. Northeastern at Rensselaer Dartmouth at Quinnipiac, 4 p.m. Ohio State at St. Lawrence, 1 p.m. Maine at Clarkson, 3 p.m. Brown at Harvard, 4 p.m. McGill at St. Lawrence (Ex.) Harvard at Princeton, 4 p.m. Union at Sacred Heart, 4 p.m. Colgate at Cornell Colgate at Quinnipiac, 4 p.m. Boston U. at Union Brown at Union, 3 p.m. #Yale vs. Quinnipiac, TBA Cornell at Princeton, 4 p.m. Yale at Rensselaer, 3 p.m. #Nutmeg Classic (Storrs, CT) Saturday, January 10 Saturday, October 4 Clarkson at Niagara, 2 p.m. Dartmouth at Brown, 4 p.m. St. Cloud State at Quinnipiac, 4 p.m. Mercyhurst at Colgate, 3 p.m. Sunday, November 30 Harvard at Yale, 4 p.m. Tuesday, February 10 Clarkson at Boston College, 2 p.m. Robert Morris at Cornell, 4 p.m. Vermont at Clarkson, 1 p.m. Princeton at Union, 4 p.m. +Harvard vs. Boston Boston U. at Rensselaer, 2 p.m. Niagara at Cornell, 2 p.m. Quinnipiac at Rensselaer, 4 p.m. College/Northeastern, 5/8 p.m. Northeastern at Union, 4 p.m. Wednesday, November 5 #Yale vs. TBA, TBA Maine at Clarkson, 2 p.m. +Beanpot – Boston College at Dartmouth #Quinnipiac vs. TBA, TBA Cornell at Colgate, 4 p.m. (Boston, MA) Sunday, October 5 #Nutmeg Classic (Storrs, CT) Boston College at St. Lawrence, Clarkson at Boston College, 2 p.m. Friday, November 7 3 p.m. Friday, February 13 Clarkson at Brown Tuesday, December 2 Princeton at Clarkson Friday, October 10 St. Lawrence at Yale Quinnipiac at Princeton Sunday, January 11 Quinnipiac at St. Lawrence Colgate at Union at Dartmouth Cornell at Colgate, 3 p.m. Dartmouth at Colgate St. Lawrence at Providence Rensselaer at Harvard Thursday, December 4 Harvard at Cornell Vermont at Union Quinnipiac at Colgate Brown at Yale Tuesday, January 13 Rensselaer at Yale Princeton at Cornell Providence at Dartmouth Union at Brown Saturday, October 11 Friday, December 5 Colgate at Providence, 4 p.m. Saturday, November 8 Cornell at Clarkson Friday, January 16 Saturday, February 14 Rensselaer at Boston College Clarkson at Yale, 4 p.m. Colgate at St. Lawrence Yale at Clarkson Princeton at St. Lawrence, 4 p.m. St. Lawrence at Connecticut, 4 p.m. St. Lawrence at Brown, 4 p.m. Rensselaer at Quinnipiac Brown at St. Lawrence Quinnipiac at Clarkson, 4 p.m. Vermont at Union, 3 p.m. Union at Harvard, 4 p.m. Union at Princeton Rensselaer at Colgate Dartmouth at Cornell, 4 p.m. Rensselaer at Dartmouth, 4 p.m. Harvard at New Hampshire Union at Cornell Harvard at Colgate, 4 p.m. Friday, October 17 Quinnipiac at Cornell, 4 p.m. Dartmouth at New Hampshire Rensselaer at Brown, 4 p.m. Syracuse at Quinnipiac Princeton at Colgate, 4 p.m. Saturday, December 6 Union at Yale, 4 p.m. Niagara at Colgate, 3 p.m. Cornell at St. Lawrence, 4 p.m. Saturday, January 17 Stoney Creek at Cornell (Ex.) Friday, November 14 Colgate at Clarkson, 4 p.m. Brown at Clarkson, 4 p.m. Tuesday, February 17 Rensselaer at Mercyhurst Harvard at Clarkson Rensselaer at Princeton, 4 p.m. Yale at St. Lawrence, 4 p.m. Yale at Brown Wayne State at Union Dartmouth at St. Lawrence Union at Quinnipiac, 4 p.m. Rensselaer at Cornell, 4 p.m. Bluewater (Ex.) at Princeton Yale at Colgate Union at Colgate, 4 p.m. Friday, February 20 Brown at Cornell Friday, December 12 Clarkson at Dartmouth Saturday, October 18 Vermont at Quinnipiac New Hampshire at Harvard Wednesday, January 21 St. Lawrence at Harvard Clarkson at Boston U., 2 p.m. Boston U. at Princeton St. Lawrence at Mercyhurst Clarkson at St. Lawrence Colgate at Union Rensselaer at Mercyhurst, 2 p.m. Union at Maine, 2 p.m. Cornell at Rensselaer Wayne State at Union, 2 p.m. Saturday, November 15 Friday, January 23 Princeton at Brown Niagara at Colgate, 3 p.m. Harvard at St. Lawrence, 4 p.m. Saturday, December 13 Clarkson at Rensselaer Quinnipiac at Yale Durham at Cornell (Ex.), 3 p.m. Dartmouth at Clarkson, 4 p.m. Princeton at Minn.-Duluth, 4:07 St. Lawrence at Union St. Lawrence at New Hampshire, Yale at Cornell, 3 p.m. p.m. Colgate at Brown Saturday, February 21 3 p.m. Brown at Colgate, 4 p.m. St. Lawrence at Mercyhurst, 2 p.m. Cornell at Yale Clarkson at Harvard, 4 p.m. Syracuse at Quinnipiac, 4 p.m. Boston U. at Quinnipiac, 4 p.m. Union at Maine, 2 p.m. St. Lawrence at Dartmouth, 4 p.m. Vermont at Princeton, 4 p.m. Saturday, January 24 Colgate at Rensselaer, 4 p.m. Sunday, October 19 Rensselaer at Union, 2 p.m. Sunday, December 14 Clarkson at Union, 4 p.m. Cornell at Union, 4 p.m. Clarkson at New Hampshire, 2 p.m. Harvard at Connecticut, 2 p.m. St. Lawrence at Rensselaer, 4 p.m. Princeton at Yale, 4 p.m. St. Lawrence at Boston U., 2 p.m. Sunday, November 16 Princeton at Minn.-Duluth, 4:07 Colgate at Yale, 4 p.m. Quinnipiac at Brown, 4 p.m. Union at Rensselaer, 2 p.m. p.m. Cornell at Brown, 4 p.m. Friday, October 24 Friday-Sunday, February 27-March 1 Brown at St. Cloud State, 8 p.m. Friday, November 21 Wednesday, December 17 Tuesday, January 27 ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals Mercyhurst at Clarkson, 3 p.m. Clarkson at Quinnipiac Harvard at Dartmouth Princeton at Quinnipiac Colgate at Wayne State St. Lawrence at Princeton Saturday-Sunday, March 7-8 Cornell at Vermont Cornell at Dartmouth Tuesday, December 30 Friday, January 30 ECAC Hockey Semis and Cham- Connecticut at Princeton Colgate at Harvard Dartmouth at Vermont Clarkson at Colgate pionship Niagara at Rensselaer Niagara at Brown St. Lawrence at Cornell Robert Morris at St. Lawrence Rensselaer at Robert Morris, 7:35 Friday, January 2 Dartmouth at Rensselaer Friday-Sunday, March 13-15 Union at North Dakota p.m. Quinnipiac at Dartmouth Harvard at Union NCAA Regionals Princeton at Harvard Brown at Quinnipiac Saturday, October 25 Saturday, November 22 Boston College at Colgate Yale at Princeton Friday-Sunday, March 20-22 Quinnipiac at Northeastern, 2 p.m. Clarkson at Princeton, 4 p.m. *Rensselaer at St. Cloud State, 8 p.m. NCAA Women’s Frozen Four Brown at St. Cloud State, 5 p.m. St. Lawrence at Quinnipiac, 4 p.m. Yale at Northeastern Saturday, January 31 (Boston, Mass.) Mercyhurst at Clarkson, 2 p.m. Cornell at Harvard, 4 p.m. *Easton/St. Cloud State Showcase Clarkson at Cornell, 4 p.m. Colgate at Wayne State, 3 p.m. Colgate at Dartmouth, 4 p.m. (St. Cloud, MN) St. Lawrence at Colgate, 4 p.m. Cornell at Vermont, 4 p.m. Mercyhurst at Brown, 4 p.m. Dartmouth at Union, 4 p.m. McGill at Harvard (Ex.), TBA Rensselaer at Robert Morris, 7:35 Saturday, January 3 Harvard at Rensselaer, 4 p.m. Connecticut at Princeton p.m. Northeastern at Brown Brown at Princeton, 4 p.m. Niagara at Rensselaer, 4 p.m. Quinnipiac at Harvard, 4 p.m. Yale at Quinnipiac, 4 p.m. Robert Morris at St. Lawrence, 4 Tuesday, November 25 Princeton at Dartmouth, 4 p.m. p.m. Boston U. at Yale *Rensselaer vs. North Dakota, 5 p.m. Tuesday, February 3 Union at North Dakota, 4 p.m. Boston College at Yale +Harvard vs. Boston U., 5 p.m. Yale at New Hampshire, 5 p.m. Wednesday, November 26 *Easton/St. Cloud State Showcase + Beanpot - Matthews Arena Connecticut at Brown, 4 p.m. (St. Cloud, MN) (Boston, MA)

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