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INDIVIDUAL HOCKEY EAST AWARDS WARRIOR CAMMI GRANATO PLAYER OF THE YEAR The Warrior Cammi Granato Player of the Year Award, renamed in 2008 to honor former Providence College superstar Cammi Granato, is awarded Player of the Year Award History annually by the head coaches to a player who has demonstrated the most Season Player Pos. superior play and leadership for her team. Granato had a legendary career, 2002-03 Jen Huggon, UNH G establishing many scoring records for the Friars (139 goals in 99 games). 2003-04 Carolyn Gordon, UNH F She captured ECAC Player of the Year honors from 1991-93, while leading Chanda Gunn, NU G the team to back-to-back conference titles in 1992 and 1993. A 15-year 2004-05 Stephanie Jones, UNH F member of the U.S. Women’s National Tea,, Granato is the program’s all- Karen Thatcher, PC F time scoring leader. She achieved international fame by captaining Team 2005-06 Sadie Wright-Ward, UNH F WHEA AWARDS USA to the gold medal at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games. 2006-07 Kelli Stack, BC F Northeastern’s Kendall Coyne spent her final year in a Husky uniform obliterating the Hockey 2007-08 Dominique Thibault, UConn F East record books en route to winning the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, setting new 2008-09 Kelli Stack, BC F standards for career points (167), career goals (91), single-season points (55), single season goals 2009-10 Kelly Paton, UNH F (30), points per game (2.39), and goals per game (1.30) while finishing her career ranked second Florence Schelling, NU G all-time in career assists (76) and third all-time in single- season assists (25). The U.S. Olympian’s 2010-11 Kelli Stack, BC F 30 goals and 55 points in league play this year surpassed the previous best marks by five goals 2011-12 Florence Schelling, NU G and seven points. She finished with 39 more points in career regular season play than anyone in 2012-13 Alex Carpenter, BC F league history prior to 2015-16, during which season three players broke Kelli Stack’s mark of 133 2013-14 Sarah Lefort, BU F points set in 2011. Coyne was named Warrior Hockey Player of the Week seven times (Sept. 28, 2014-15 Alex Carpenter, BC F Oct. 19, Nov. 2, Jan. 4, Jan. 11, Jan. 18, Feb. 29) and twice named Warrior Hockey Player of the 2015-16 Kendall Coyne, NU F Month (Sept./Oct., Jan.). Coyne currently leads the NCAA in goals (49), goals per game (1.40), points per game (2.34), short-handed goals (5), hat tricks (5), plus-minus (+64), shots on goal (338) and shots per game (9.36) while her 75 points rank second in the nation. Rookie of the Year Award History PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Season Player Pos. 2002-03 Lindsay Hansen, UNH F Newkirk paced the league in nearly every offensive category 2003-04 Sonny Watrous, PC F among her freshman counterparts during her rookie campaign 2004-05 Jaclyn Hawkins, UConn F with 12 assists, 23 points, 0.50 assists per game, 0.96 points per 2005-06 Samantha Faber, UNH F game, eight power-play points, two game-winning goals, one hat 2006-07 Kelli Stack, BC F trick and a plus-22 rating. Nationally, her 21 goals lead all NCAA 2007-08 Jenn Wakefield, UNH F rookies, while her 24 assists and 45 points are the second-best 2008-09 Genevieve Lacasse, PC G freshman totals in the country. She also boasts the best shooting 2009-10 Kristina Lavoie, UNH F percentage among first-year skaters, firing at an 19.8% clip. She 2010-11 Marie-Philip Poulin, BU F had 11 multi-point outings in 36 games, including eight three-point 2011-12 Kendall Coyne, NU F performances. She was a four-time Pro Ambitions Rookie of the 2012-13 Haley Skarupa, BC F Week (Oct. 15, Nov. 9, Feb. 15, Feb. 29) during the season, helping 2013-14 Andie Anastos, BC F the Eagles to a perfect regular season (34-0-0, 24-0-0 HEA) and the third regular 2014-15 Victoria Bach, BU F season title in program history. 2015-16 Makenna Newkirk, BC F COACH OF THE YEAR Coach of the Year Award History Season Coach This award is bestowed annually to a head coach who is 2002-03 Brian McCloskey, UNH considered to have demonstrated the highest number of significant 2003-04 Joy Woog, NU accomplishments over the course of the season as voted by the 2004-05 Brian McCloskey, UNH conference’s head coaches. Boston College’s Katie King-Crowley Tom Mutch, BC earns Coache of the Year honors for the second straight season. 2005-06 Brian McCloskey, UNH Crowley led the Eagles in a historic 2015-16 season, steering her 2006-07 Tom Mutch, BC club to its third consecutive Women’s Hockey East regular season 2007-08 Brian Durocher, BU title and after each season garnering coach of the year honors. She 2008-09 Brian McCloskey, UNH has helped guide Boston College to their most wins in a season in 2009-10 Bob Deraney, PC school history (40) and goals scored in a season in school history (205) after setting both of those marks during a 34-3-2 campaign in 2014-15. Further, 2010-11 Bob Deraney, PC BC has converted on 40 power plays, also a school record, and did not allow a power- 2011-12 Dave Flint, NU play goal in non-conference play. During the 2015-16 season, Crowley skippered the Maria Lewis, Maine Eagles to their fifth Beanpot title and into the Hockey East Tournament for the 11th time. 2012-13 Katie King Crowley, BC She captured the school’s second Hockey East Tournament title en route to reaching 2013-14 Katie King Crowley, BC the NCAA Championship for the first time, ultimately falling to Minnesota, 3-1, to finish Jim Plumer, UVM the season at 40-0-1. 2014-15 Katie King Crowley, BC 2015-16 Katie King Crowley, BC 40 40.