Jenn Wakefield

Jenn Wakefield
Born	June 15, 1989 (1989-06-15) (age 22) Pickering, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Right
ECAC Hockey East team	New Hampshire Wildcats (2008-09) Boston University Terriers (2010-)
National team	Canada
Playing career	2007–present

Jennifer Wakefield (born June 15, 1989) is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was a substitute for the women's team that participated in ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Competitor for  Canada
Women's 4 Nations Cup
Gold	2010 Canada	Tournament
Silver	2011 Sweden	Tournament
MLP Nations Cup
Gold	2008 Germany	2008 Tournament
Silver	2009 Germany	2009 Tournament
Gold	2010 Germany	2010 Tournament
IIHF World Women's Championships
Silver	2011 Switzerland	Tournament

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Junior years 1.2 CWHL 1.3 Hockey Canada 1.4 NCAA 1.4.1 University of New Hampshire 1.4.2 Boston University 2 Career stats 3 Awards and honors 4 References

Playing career

Junior years

Jennifer Wakefield won a gold medal with Team Ontario at the 2007 Canada Winter Games. She led the tournament in scoring with twenty points (twelve goals and eight assists). In a game versus Newfoundland at the Canada Winter Games (March 5, 2007), Wakefield was on a line with Mallory Deluce and Rebecca Johnston. The three combined for 12 points in a 19-0 victory.^[1] She won a silver medal at the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association provincial championships in 2006 with the Durham Lightning. Wakefield played for Team Ontario Red at the 2005 National Women’s Under-18 Championship and was part of the gold medal winning team.^[2]

CWHL

She played one season (2009–10) for Vaughan Flames in the Canadian Women's Hockey League.

Hockey Canada

After being cut from the Olympic team in December 2009, Wakefield played for the Canadian Under 22 team that participated in the MLP Cup in 2010. She scored a goal in the Gold Medal win over Switzerland that was played on January 9, 2010.^[3]

NCAA

University of New Hampshire

Her freshman year with the was in 2007-08. Wakefield finished second in New Hampshire scoring, but led all New Hampshire freshmen in scoring. She helped New Hampshire reach the NCAA Frozen Four.^[4] As a sophomore, Wakefield led New Hampshire in scoring. In addition, Wakefield led the Wildcats with 13 power play goals, four shorthanded goals and nine game-winning goals.

Boston University

• In January 2010, it was announced that Wakefield will play for the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey program.^[5]
• December 7 and 10: In wins over Northeastern and Harvard, Wakefield recorded four points (2g,2a) in wins over Northeastern and Harvard. On December 7, Wakefield had one goal and two assists as the Terriers defeated the Huskies by a 3-0 mark. She recorded 13 shots on goal in the two games.
• In December 2010, Wakefield recorded seven points in just three games. She was part of the Terriers earning back-to-back Hockey East shutouts with three points, including a power-play and game-winning goal, in a 4-0 win against the Connecticut Huskies. In a 3-0 triumph over Northeastern, Wakefield scored a goal (in which she launched a game-high 11 shots). In the month’s final game, Wakefield netted a goal and two assists as the Terriers defeated the Harvard Crimson for the first time in program history.^[6]
• On January 15 and 16, 2011, Wakefield recorded three goals and three assists in games against Boston College and Maine. In the win against Boston College, she had a four-point effort (2 goals, 2 assists) as she was part of all four points in a 4-0 win over the Eagles^[7]
• March 12, 2011: Wakefield scored two goals, including an empty net goal with twelve seconds left, as BU defeated Mercyhurst in the NCAA regional playoff.^[8]
• May 7, 2011: Wakefield was named captain of the Terriers for the 2011-12 season.^[9]
• November 2, 2011: In a 4-1 defeat of rival Boston College, Wakefield scored her 100th career goal. With the accomplishment, she became the first Hockey East women’s player to reach the 100 goal mark. Wakefield scored 59 goals in two seasons at New Hampshire (59 goals) before transferring to Boston University, where she netted 41 goals to reach the milestone.^[10]

Career stats

NCAA

Year	Team	Games played	Goals	Assists	Points
2007-08	New Hampshire Wildcats	33	27	19	46
2008-09	New Hampshire Wildcats	31	32	17	49
2007-08	New Hampshire Wildcats	33	27	19	46
2010-11	Boston University	5	7	4	11

^[11]

CWHL

Year	Team	Games played	Goals	Assists	Points
2009-10	Vaughan Flames	N/A	N/A	N/A

^[12]

Awards and honors

• 2008 Hockey East Rookie of the Year
• 2008 Hockey East First All-Star Team
• 2008 Hockey East All-Tournament Team
• 2008 Hockey East All-Academic Team
• Top-10 finalist for the 2009 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award^[13]
• Hockey East Player of the Month in December 2008
• Hockey East Player of the Month in April 2009
• Hockey East Pure Hockey Player of the Week (Week of October 4, 2010)
• Hockey East Pure Hockey Player of the Week (Week of December 13, 2010) ^[14]
• Hockey East Pure Hockey Player of the Month (December 2010)^[15]
• Hockey East Pure Hockey Player of the Week (Week of January 17, 2011)
• Hockey East Player of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)^[16]
• 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award Nominee^[17]
• 2011 Hockey East All-Tournament team ^[18]
• 2011 New England Women's Division I All-Star selection^[19]
• Hockey East Player of the Month (Month of October 2011)^[20]

References

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Name	Wakefield Jenn
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Date of birth	June 15, 1989
Place of birth	Pickering, ON, CAN
Date of death
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