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Alex Carpenter Marie-Philip Poulin Kendall Coyne Boston College ‘16 Boston University ‘15 Northeastern ‘16 2014 U.S. Olympic Team 2014 Canadian Olympic Team 2014 U.S. Olympic Team Women’sWomen’s HockeyHockey EastEast 2013-142013-14 MediaMedia GuideGuide Two-time defending Hockey East tournament champion Boston University Terriers New Hampshire - Northeastern - Providence - Vermont TABLE OF CONTENTS GAME DAY DIRECTORY The Women’s Hockey East Association 4 League Directory 5 PRESS BOX NUMBERS S Commissioner Joe Bertagna 6 Boston College (617) 552-4747 T Hockey East Staff 7 Boston University (617) 47-0102 Season Outlook and Coaches’ Poll 8 Connecticut (860) 486-808 The Teams Maine (207) 581-1049 EN Boston College 10-11 New Hampshire (60) 862-075 T Boston University 12-1 Northeastern (617) 7-5561 University of Connecticut 14-15 University of Maine 16-17 Providence (401) 865-1414 University of New Hampshire 18-19 Vermont (802) 656-419 Northeastern University 20-21 CON Providence College 22-2 TEAM WEBSITES University of Vermont 24-25 Boston College bceagles.com “Skating Strides Against Breast Cancer” 26 Boston University goterriers.com OF Tournament Quick Reference 28 Connecticut uconnhuskies.com Season Snapshots 29-9 Maine goblackbears.com League Awards 40 New Hampshire unhwildcats.com National Awards 41 Northeastern gonu.com Record Book 42-44 Composite Schedule 45-46 Providence friars.com Vermont uvmathletics.com ABLE T 2013-2014 WOMEN’S HOCKEY EAST YEARBOOK produced by the Hockey East Association Editor: Pete Souris HOCKEY EAST STAFF AND CONTACT INFO 591 North Ave #2 Contributors: Joe Bertagna, Mike Brown, Brendan Doyle, Wakefield, MA 01880 Kevin Edelson, Jennifer Friedman, Nich Hall, Matt Houde, Phone: (781) 245-2122 Todd Huxley-Smith, Sarah MacDonald, Mark Majewski, Fax: (781) 245-2492 Chris McGrail, Asha Michener, Bobby Mullen, Doug Poole, HockeyEastOnline.com Noah Smith, Jeff Vinnick, Kathy Wynters, Hockey Canada and USA Hockey Commissioner – Joe Bertagna Associate Commissioner – Kathy Wynters Supervisor of Officials – Dave Lezenski Asst. to Supervisor of Officials – Tim Hooton 201-14 Graduate Intern – Mike Brown Web Site Coordinator – Dan Parkhurst HOCKEY EAST MEDIA RELATIONS AND INFORMATION SERVICES For up-to-date information, including league news, standings, statistics Press releases are sent to selected me- and more, check out the official league website: dia every Monday afternoon during the season and are also available online for both media and public use. Any member of the media may be added to our direct HockeyEastOnline.com distribution list upon request. Player and team statistics are updated following every game. www.HockeyEastOnline.com Boston College - Boston University - Connecticut - Maine WOMen’s HOCKEY EAST ASSOCIATION The Women’s Hockey East Association celebrates its 12th In September of 2001, the long-incubated idea became a re- T season of play in 201-14. Over the first 11 years, the conference ality when the athletic directors voted to found the new women’s has emerged as one of the top women’s ice hockey conferences league under the existing Hockey East banner, with play scheduled in the nation, having sent eight teams to the Frozen Four and 15 to begin no later than the 2004-05 season. The five schools with teams to the NCAA Tournament. In 2011 and again in 201, Bos- varsity programs entered as charter members with the stipulation ton College and Boston University advanced to the women’s Fro- that any other Hockey East school that added a varsity women’s EAS zen Four, and the Terriers moved on to the NCAA championship program in the future would be freely admitted to the league. game on both occasions. Expediting the process in the interests of the participating Y In 201, the Boston University Terriers captured their third teams, the league and the sport itself, Commissioner Joe Bertag- Hockey East tournament title in the last four years, triumphing na worked with a selected task force to successfully prepare the E over Northeastern, 5-2. BU was presented with the newly named Hockey East women’s league for launch in the 2002-0 season, Bertagna Trophy, as the Hockey East Tournament Champions, in two years ahead of schedule. An important part of that process K honor of the conference’s founding Commissioner Joe Bertagna. was the acceptance of an invitation extended to the University of The Terriers also earned their second regular-season champion- Connecticut to join the newly formed league as its sixth active ship in school history with a 18-2-1 record in league games. member. Boston College swept the three major awards at the post- The triumphant effort immediately afforded the participating OC season awards banquet, with Alex Carpeter winning Player of the administrators a stronger voice in the advancement of their wom- Year, Haley Skarupa earning Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Year en’s ice hockey programs and alleviated the ECAC of continuing H honors and Katie King Crowley taking home the Coach of the Year the maintenance of the Women’s Eastern League. Players, fans, trophy for the first time in her career. coaches and administrators alike were all anticipating the intensi- S Ninety-two student-athletes were named to the league’s 2012- fied competition created by the new circle of teams that were 1 All-Academic Team. Each student-athlete achieved a grade already familiar rivals. I point average of .0 or better in each of the two academic periods In 2005, the Women’s Hockey East Association welcomed the during which she was actively competing. Vermont junior Megan addition of two more teams to its growing family, Boston Univer- S Dalbec and Maine sophomore Kate Massey shared the distinction sity and the University of Vermont. For BU, it marked the inaugural as Hockey East Top-Scholar Athlete for the second straight sea- season for women’s hockey as a varsity sport. The league athletic son, as each earned a perfect 4.0 for the season. The league also directors voted in June of 2012 to expand the playoff format and honored a league-record 10 student-athletes that received “Distin- now all eight teams will qualify for the playoffs beginning in 2012- THI guished Scholar” status. Those earning “Distinguished Scholar” 1 season, as opposed to six and four in previous seasons. status achieved a .0 or better in each semester over four varsity Although the Women’s Hockey East Association is still in its seasons. Northeastern led the way with three selections, Brittany infancy, its member programs have storied histories that include Esposito, Siena Falino and Casey Pickett. Boston University (Alis- several championships and individual awards at the highest levels sa Fromkin and Cristina Wiley) and Providence (Jessica Cohen and of play. The first 1 ECAC championships were shared among Jessica Vella) each placed two amongst the select group. Boston New Hampshire, Northeastern and Providence, all charter mem- College’s Corinne Boyles, Maine’s Chloe Tinkler, New Hampshire’s bers of Hockey East. Northeastern forward Brooke Whitney was Katie Brock and Vermont’s Emily Walsh were also bestowed the named the recipient of the 2002 Patty Kazmaier Award as the prestigious honor. nation’s top female collegiate player, an honor first won by New In February 2007, the league debuted its inaugural “Skating Hampshire’s Brandy Fisher in 1998. Had the award been in exis- Strides Against Breast Cancer”. The one-day event was hosted by tence beforehand, it surely would have been won at some point Hockey East schools as a way to establish a greater fan base, to by Cammi Granato, a three-time ECAC Player of the Year who raise needed funds, and to work with the specific charities to raise led Providence to back-to-back championships in 1992 and 199. awareness for both the league and the specific cause. In the initial Five years later, in 1998, alongside nine other alums of what are year, close to $20,000 was donated back to local breast cancer now Hockey East programs, Granato captained Team USA to the charities (Friends of Mel’s Foundation and the American Cancer Olympic gold medal during the first Olympic tournament that fea- Society), vastly exceeding expectations. Last year the league tured women’s ice hockey as a medal sport. Granato was inducted raised $0,000 to bring the seven-year total to nearly $20,000. into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in October of 2010 for her “Skating Strides” has won two national awards at NACMA in the contributions to the sport. Beginning in 2009, the WHEA athletic “Single Day Attendance Promotion” category in 2007 and 2009. directors voted to honor the league Player of the Year with the The eighth annual “Skating Strides Against Breast Cancer” will Cammi Granato Award. have an event on every WHEA campus this season, as well as par- Perhaps the proudest legacy that the Women’s Hockey East ticipation by all of the Hockey East men’s teams over the course Association has established is the Hockey Humanitarian Award. of a two weekends. The most prestigious off-ice honor, and arguably the highest over- As women’s ice hockey steadily expanded from its original all honor in the sport, the Hockey Humanitarian Award recognizes status as an emerging sport to its current status as an estab- college hockey’s finest citizen each year and encompasses both lished NCAA championship sport, it became apparent that Hockey male and female athletes in all divisions. Its winners have demon- East should seriously consider sponsoring a separate league to strated outstanding contributions to society through leadership in accommodate its five member schools that initially had varsity charity work and volunteerism. Northeastern senior forward Missy programs for women: Boston College, Maine, New Hampshire, Elumba was the 2009 recipient, as the fifth Hockey East student- Northeastern and Providence.