Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey

Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey
Current season
University	Cornell University
Conference	ECAC
Head coach	Doug Derraugh
	9th year, 146–95–17
Arena	Lynah Rink Capacity: 4,267
Location	Ithaca, New York
Colors	Carnelian and White
Fight song	Give My Regards to Davy
NCAA Tournament Frozen Four
2010, 2011, 2012
NCAA Tournament Appearances
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Conference Tournament Champions
2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
Conference Regular Season Champions
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Current uniform

The Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program represents Cornell University and participates in ECAC Hockey.

History

The Cornell women's hockey program was started in 1971. It would only be in 1972 that the team would play its first game. It was a 4-3 victory over Scarborough. In 1972, they played eight games and lost four. In addition, the Big Red lost twice to the Brown Bears women's ice hockey program.^[1]

In 1976, Brown hosted the first ever Ivy League women's ice hockey tournament. Cornell bested Brown, Princeton and Yale to win the tournament.

Megan Shull joined the Big Red in 1987. However, she stopped playing the next season, attributed to an injury. She went on to become a children's author, and one of her first stories was "Yours Truly, Skye O'Shea." O'Shea is a hockey-playing sixth grader that grew up in Ithaca, New York.^[2] Shull was one of the founders of the Cub Club at Cornell University. It gives young female hockey players the opportunity to shadow Cornell women's ice hockey players.^[3]

On March 7, 2010, sophomore Kendice Ogilvie beat Clarkson goaltender Lauren Dahm at 7:52 mark in overtime. With the victory, Cornell won its first ECAC Tournament, and earns its first trip to the NCAA Frozen Four.^[4]

On March 13, 2010, Cornell defeated the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program by a score of 6-2^[5] to earn its first ever trip to the NCAA Frozen Four. At the 2010 Frozen Four championship game, Cornell goaltender Amanda Mazzotta set a record for most saves in an NCAA Championship game with 61 saves. The former record holder was Bulldog goaltender Patricia Sautter. She had the old record of 41 set in 2003.^[6]

On January 7 and 8, 2011, Cornell freshman goaltender Lauren Slebodnik earned two shutouts in her first two career starts.^[7] On January 7, she made her NCAA debut by shutting out Yale by a 5-0 margin. With Cornell dressing just 12 skaters, she stopped all 23 Yale shots. The following night, Slebodnik shut out the Brown Bears by a 3-0 mark. Cornell only dressed 11 skaters for the game and she stopped all 15 shots.

In her first three career NCAA games, she reigstered ten points (seven goals, three assists), along with a +6 rating. In her college debut versus the Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey program on October 25, Saulnier netted four goals.^[8] Her four-goal night was the first for Cornell since Jessica Campbell scored four against Robert Morris in the second game of the 2010-11 season. She scored her first career goal when she was out on the Big Red's first power play of the game. In her next game versus the Yale Bulldogs, she registered one goal and two assists, while scoring two goals in her third game versus the Brown Bears women's ice hockey squad. For the month of October 2011, she was tied for first in the ECAC in goals scored (while the other player appeared in eight games).^[9] In a game on November 1, 2011, the Cornell Big Red scored at least nine goals in one game for the third consecutive contest. It was senior captain Chelsea Karpenko's 100th career game, as Saulnier led all Big Red players with two goals and three assists in a 9-2 triumph over the Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey program.^[10]

Year by year

*Denotes Shared Title

Series records

Notable players

• Rebecca Johnston
• Digit Murphy
• Johnston was the first Big Red player to be named first-team ECAC Hockey and receive rookie of the year honors. In addition, she has also been named first-team All-Ivy and Ivy League Rookie of the Year.

In the 2008-09 season, Johnston’s 37 point total (by mid-February) were the most points in a season for Cornell since the 1991-92 campaign (Kim Ratushny with 21 goals and 17 assists).^[11] Johnston’s 37 point total in mid-February led the entire ECAC league in overall points. She was also second in the league and sixth in the NCAA in points per game with 1.85. In the 2008-09 season, Johnston’s 37 point total were the most points in a season for Cornell since the 1991-92 campaign (Kim Ratushny with 21 goals and 17 assists).^[12]

• During the 08-09 season, freshman Catherine White was second on the team in scoring (34 points). White has recorded the most points by a rookie since Dana Antal (36 points, 17 goals, 19 assists) in the 1995-96 season.

• Cyndy Schlaepfer holds the school record for points in a season with 89 during the 1976-77 season.

Olympians

• Dana Antal, 2002 Olympics, Team Canada - Gold Medal
• Rebecca Johnston, 2010 Olympics and 2014 Olympics, Team Canada - Gold Medal
• Laura Fortino, 2014 Olympics, Team Canada - Gold Medal
• Brianne Jenner, 2014 Olympics, Team Canada - Gold Medal
• Lauriane Rougeau, 2014 Olympics, Team Canada - Gold Medal
• Former head coach Melody Davidson was head coach of Canada’s gold medal winning women’s Olympic hockey teams in 2006 and 2010.

Awards and honors

• Dianna Bell, 2002 Sarah Devens Award ^[13]
• Brooke Bestwick, Defense, 2002 ECAC North Second Team
• Laura Fortino, Defense, Freshman, 2010 First Team All-Ivy
• Laura Fortino, 2010 ECAC All-Rookie Team
• Rebecca Johnston, Ivy League Rookie of the Year 2007-08, Cornell (Freshman), Unanimous selection
• Rebecca Johnston, First Team All-Ivy League, 2007–08, Forward, Cornell (Freshman) ^[14]
• Rebecca Johnston, 2009 First Team All-ECAC ^[15]
• Chelsea Karpenko, Forward, Sophomore, 2010 Second Team All-Ivy
• Chelsea Karpenko, 2011 ECAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player^[16]
• Amanda Mazzotta, ECAC Defensive Player of the Week (Week of November 2, 2009) ^[17]
• Amanda Mazzotta, Goaltender, Sophomore, 2010 First Team All-Ivy
• Kendice Ogilvie, 2010 ECAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Lauriane Rougeau, Defense, Freshman, 2010 First Team All-Ivy
• Lauriane Rougeau, 2010 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
• Lauriane Rougeau, 2010 ECAC All-Rookie Team^[18]
• Jillian Saulnier, ECAC Rookie of the Month (Month of October 2011)^[19]
• Catherine White, 2009 ECAC Rookie of the Year ^[20]
• Catherine White Cornell, 2009 Second Team All-ECAC
• Catherine White Cornell, 2009 ECAC All-Rookie Team ^[21]
• Catherine White, 2010 ECAC Player of the Year award
• Catherine White, led the ECAC in assists in 2009-10 with 24 ^[22]
• Catherine White, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Second Team ^[23]
• Catherine White, Forward, Sophomore, 2010 First Team All-Ivy
• Catherine White, 2010 Ivy League Player of the Year ^[24]
• Doug Derraugh, 2010 Coach of the Year ^[25]

All-Americans

• Laura Fortino, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America First Team ^[26]
• Laura Fortino, 2011 First Team All-America selection
• Rebecca Johnston, 2011 Second Team All-America selection
• Lauriane Rougeau, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Second Team
• Lauriane Rougeau, 2011 Second Team All-America selection^[27]
• Laura Fortino, 2011-12 CCM Hockey Women’s Division I All-American: First Team^[28]
• Rebecca Johnston, 2011-12 CCM Hockey Women’s Division I All-American: First Team
• Lauriane Rougeau, 2011-12 CCM Hockey Women’s Division I All-American: Second Team

All-ECAC Hockey honors

• Rebecca Johnston, 2011-12 ECAC Hockey Player of the Year ^[29]
• Jillian Saulnier, 2011-12 ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year
• Chelsea Karpenko, 2011-12 ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Forward
• Lauriane Rougeau, 2011-12 ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman
• Rebecca Johnston, 2011-12 All-ECAC Hockey First Team
• Brianne Jenner, 2011-12 All-ECAC Hockey First Team
• Lauriane Rougeau, 2011-12 All-ECAC Hockey First Team
• Laura Fortino, 2011-12 All-ECAC Hockey First Team
• Jillian Saulnier, 2011-12 All-ECAC Hockey Second Team
• Jillian Saulnier, 2011-12 All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team

All-Ivy honors

• Laura Fortino, 2010-11 Ivy League Player of the Year
• Brianne Jenner, 2010-11 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
• Brianne Jenner, 2010-11 First Team All-Ivy
• Rebecca Johnston, 2010-11 First Team All-Ivy
• Chelsea Karpenko, 2010-11 First Team All-Ivy
• Laura Fortino, 2010-11 First Team All-Ivy
• Catherine White, 2010-11 Second Team All-Ivy
• Lauriane Rougeau, 2010-11 Second Team All-Ivy ^[30]
• Rebecca Johnston, 2011-12 Ivy League Player of the Year ^[31]
• Jillian Saulnier, 2011-12 Ivy League Rookie of the Year
• Rebecca Johnston, 2011-12 First Team All-Ivy
• Brianne Jenner, 2011-12 First Team All-Ivy
• Lauriane Rougeau, 2011-12 First Team All-Ivy
• Laura Fortino, 2011-12 First Team All-Ivy
• Amanda Mazzotta, 2011-12 Second Team All-Ivy
• Jillian Saulnier, 2011-12 Honorable Mention All-Ivy
• Catherine White, 2011-12 Honorable Mention All-Ivy
• Chelsea Karpenko, 2011-12 Honorable Mention All-Ivy
• Alyssa Gagliardi, 2011-12 Honorable Mention All-Ivy

See also

• Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey

References

External links

• Cornell Big Red Official Site