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2016–2017 BOSTON PRIDE MEDIA GUIDE 2016–2017 MEDIA GUIDE 2016–2017 BOSTON PRIDE 2016–2017 BOSTON PRIDE SCHEDULE Alyssa Gagliardi uh-LIH-suh gih-lar-DEE 2 Defense Raleigh, NC Date Time AWAY HOME Location Jillian Dempsey JIH-lee-uhn DEM-see 3 Forward Winthrop, MA Maggie Taverna 4 Defense Howell, NJ Thursday, September 22 7:00 PM BOSTON BOSTON COLLEGE Conte Arena Lexi Bender lexee BEN-dur 5 Defense Snohomish, WA Saturday, September 24 7:00 PM RUSSIA BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena Blake Bolden blake BOLL-duhn 10 Defense Cleveland, OH Jordan Smelker JOR-duhn smel-KER 11 Forward Anchorage, AK REGULAR SEASON Marissa Gedman 12 Defense Framingham, MA Friday, October 7, 2016 7:30 PM BOSTON BUFFALO Harborcenter Lindsay Berman 13 Forward/Defense Odenton, MD Saturday, October 8, 2016 7:30 PM NEW YORK BOSTON Harborcenter Brianna Decker bree-AH-nuh DEH-kur 14 Forward Dousman, WI Saturday, October 15, 2016 6:30 PM BUFFALO BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena Emily Field EH-mih-lee feeld 15 Forward Littleton, MA Saturday, October 22, 2016 6:30 PM NEW YORK BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena Amanda Pelkey uh-MAN-duh pel-KEE 16 Forward Montpelier, VT Saturday, November 12, 2016 6:30 PM CONNECTICUT BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena Meghan Duggan MAY-guhn DUHG-un 17 Forward Danver, MA Sunday, November 20, 2016 3:30 PM BOSTON BUFFALO Harborcenter Michaela Levine 18 Forward Litilz, PA Saturday, December 3, 2016 7:30 PM CONNECTICUT BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena Gigi Marvin GEE-gee MAR-vuhn 19 Defense Warroad, MN Saturday, January 7, 2017 TBD BOSTON NEW YORK Barnabas Health Hockey House Hilary Knight HIH-luh-ree night 21 Forward Palo Alto, CA Sunday, January 15, 2017 3:00 PM BOSTON CONNECTICUT Northford Ice Pavilion Kacey Bellamy KAY-see bell-uh-ME 22 Defense Westfield, MA Saturday, January 21, 2017 6:00 PM BOSTON NEW YORK Barnabas Health Hockey House Alex Carpenter A-leks KAR-pen-tur 25 Forward North Reading, MA Friday, January 27, 2017 7:00 PM BOSTON CONNECTICUT Northford Ice Pavilion Kathryn Tomaselli 27 Forward Cape Coral, FL Brittany Ott BRIT-ih-nee AHT 29 Goaltender St. Clair Shores, MI Saturday, February 4, 2017 7:30 PM CONNECTICUT BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena Lauren Slebodnick LOR-uhn sluh-BOD-nick 30 Goaltender Manchester, NH Saturday, February 18, 2017 6:30 PM BUFFALO BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena Natalie Robinson 33 Goaltender Huntsville, ON, CAN Friday, February 24, 2017 7:00 PM BOSTON CONNECTICUT Northford Ice Pavilion Zoe Hickel zoe HIH-kil 44 Forward Anchorage, AK Saturday, March 4, 2017 6:30 PM NEW YORK BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena Rachel Llanes RAY-chull LANN-iss 91 Forward San Jose, CA Sunday, March 12, 2017 4:00 PM BOSTON NEW YORK Barnabas Health Hockey House Saturday, March 18, 2017 12:30 PM BOSTON BUFFALO Harborcenter General Manager Hayley Moore Sunday, March 19, 2017 3:30 PM BOSTON BUFFALO Harborcenter Head Coach Bobby Jay Saturday, April 15, 2017 12:00 PM CONNECTICUT BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena Sunday, April 16, 2017 12:00 PM BUFFALO BOSTON Warrior Ice Arena 2016–2017 MEDIA GUIDE 2016–2017 BOSTON PRIDE PLAYER PROFILES 4 MAGGIE TAVERNA FORWARD/DEFENSE COLLEGE: Boston College HOMETOWN: Howell, NJ Maggie was named an assistant captain for her senior year at Boston College. She tallied 67 career 2 ALYSSA GAGLIARDI points (15 goals, 52 assists), the fourth highest total by a defenseman in program history at the time of her graduation. She also left the program playing 141 games, the most by any player when she graduated. DEFENSE COLLEGE: Cornell HOMETOWN: Raleigh, NC Taverna was a member of two U.S. Under-22 teams (2006, 2007) and was a member of the player pool for the 2009 U.S. Women’s National Team. Gagliardi was an assistant captain her junior season and then was named a team captain her senior Played for the Boston Blades of the CWHL in 2013-14 season. year. In her senior year, ALyssa was named to 1st Team All-Ivy, 1st Team All-ECAC Hockey, Co- Defensive Defenseman, 2nd Team All-American, 2nd Team All-USCHO and was a finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award. She is currently No. 5 all-time in the Cornell record books for plus/minus with 96, and she currently holds the career record for games played with 138. Alyssa competed in 2 Four Nations Cups with Team USA as well as the 2014 U.S. Women’s Under-22 6 LEXI BENDER Select Team at the Under-22 Series vs. Canada. Gagliardi was a part of the 2016 Isobel Cup Boston Pride team. DEFENSE COLLEGE: Boston College HOMETOWN: Snohomish, WA Earned all-Hockey East honors in all four of her collegiate seasons, including spots on the Hockey East All-Star teams as a sophomore, junior and senior. Lexi finished her collegiate career ranked 17th in Boston College program history in scoring (95 points), eighth in assists (76), and third in plus/minus 3 JILLIAN DEMPSEY (+164). Bender also set a new program record with 154 games played in her career. She is in BC record books for a defenseman for having the second-highest point total, second-most assists and fourth-most FORWARD COLLEGE: Harvard HOMETOWN: Winthrop, MA goals (19) and finished her career ninth in team history in penalties (71) and 10th in penalty minutes (142). Her senior year at Harvard, Dempsey was a unanimous first-team All-ECAC choice, a first-team All-Ivy choice, was a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier award, finished 12th in the nation in goals per game (0.71) and 16th in points per game (1.32), is ninth in Harvard history in career points, and was named an ECAC Hockey All-Academic squad selection for the fourth straight year. Jillian’s junior season was highlighted by being named a 2012 Patty Kazmaier Award Nominee, earning All ECAC first team accolades, being 10 BLAKE BOLDEN named a finalist for ECAC Player of the Year Award, and was a unanimous first team All-Ivy League selection. As a sophomore, she received All-ECAC and All-Ivy League second-team honors , and finished DEFENSE COLLEGE: Boston College HOMETOWN: Cleveland, OH the year as Harvard top scorer with 28 points on 14 goals and 14 assists. Her first year at Harvard, Jillian was honored on ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team and was named to the All-Ivy League second team. In Bolden’s freshman season, she led all Hockey East freshmen defenders in scoring with four goals and Dempsey won silver with Team USA at the 2012 IIHF World Championships and a gold at the 2011 Four nine assists for 13 points. Blake was a 2012 Patty Kazmaier Award finalist. She was named a team captain Nations Cup. in her senior season at Boston college. Dempsey spent 2 seasons with the CWHL’s Boston Blades, claiming Rookie of the Year honors in 2014 She won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2008 U18 IIHF World Championships. and capturing a Clarkson Cup in 2015. Jillian then joined the Boston Pride and was a member of the Blake spent 2 seasons with the CWHL’s Boston Blades, winning the Clarkson Cup in 2015 before she 2016 Isobel Cup Champions team. signed with the Boston Pride, becoming a member of the Isobel Cup team in their first season. 2016–2017 MEDIA GUIDE 11 JORDAN SMELKER 14 BRIANNA DECKER FORWARD COLLEGE: RPI HOMETOWN: Anchorage, AK FORWARD COLLEGE: U of Wisconsin HOMETOWN: Dousman, WI Smelker was named a team captain in her senior season at RPI and was a ECAC Hockey Best Defensive In Decker’s senior season, she was named Second Team All-American, First Team All-WCHA, and Forward Award finalist and was the Team’s Most Valuable Player. As a freshman, she was the Team’s Wisconsin’s Offensive Player of the Year for second consecutive season. Additionally as a senior, she Rookie of the Year and was an ECAC Hockey All-Academic honoree. led team with 29 goals and 26 assists, and ended her career as the second-leading point scorer at Jordan played for Team USA at the 2015 Four Nations Cup where they captured gold. Wisconsin, and was tied for 10th in the nation with 55 points As a junior,Brianna was selected as the Patty Smelker spent 2 years in the CWHL with the Boston Blades, capturing the Clarkson Cup in 2015 before Kazmaier Memorial Award winner, WCHA Player of the Year, All-WCHA First Team selection, Wisconsin’s joining the Boston Pride in 2015. She was a member of the 2016 Isobel Cup championship team, the Offensive Player of the Year, and was ranked first nationally with 37 goals. Her sophomore year, she was Boston Pride. ranked third on the team and fourth in the nation with 80 points (34-46) in 41 games, while helping lead Wisconsin to the national title, set a Wisconsin single-season record with 11 game-winning goals, was named to the All-WCHA First Team and selected as the MVP of the WCHA Final Face-Off, and was a WCHA All-Academic Team selection. Decker’s freshman season was highlighted by being an All-WCHA 12 MARISSA GEDMAN Rookie Team selection and three-time WCHA Rookie of the Week winner, the WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year and Wisconsin’s Rookie of the Year, and she ranked third on the team with 27 points (15-12) in DEFENSE COLLEGE: Harvard HOMETOWN: Framingham, MA 27 games despite missing several games early in the season. Brianna was a part of 4 gold and 1 silver medal IIHF World Championship teams and the 2014 Olympic As a Junior, Marissa was named an Ivy League Honorable Mention honoree, and rejoined the team after silver medal team for the United States.