League Announces Postseason Awards
ALBANY, N.Y. -- ECAC Hockey announced the recipients of the
league’s annual postseason awards at its banquet held as part
of the 2013 ECAC Women's Hockey Championship weekend held at
Cornell University.
Cornell, the league’s regular-season champion, showcased two
student-athletes on the conference’s first team, along with
coming away with three of the league’s major individual
awards on the evening.
Junior Big Red forward Brianne Jenner became the third
student-athlete in the program’s history to win the
league’s Player of the Year Award. Teammate senior Lauriane
Rougeau took home her second consecutive Best Defensive Defenseman
award. Jenner and Rougeau were also named to the First Team
All-League squad. Clarkson rookie defenseman Erin Ambrose was a
three-time ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week (10/23/12, 10/30/12,
& 2/12/13) and three-time ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month
(October, December & February) this season was tabbed with the
league’s Rookie of the Year award. Ambrose earned 19 points
in conference games, which led all rookies.
Also on the First Team All-League squad were Quinnipiac’s
junior forward Kelly Babstock who led the Bobcats in scoring for
the third straight season and Harvard’s senior forward
Jillian Dempsey who paced the Crimson offense by recording 1.45
points per contest. The second blue-liner to receive First Team
accolades was Amanda Boulier from St. Lawrence. The sophomore was
the only defenseman to rank in the top 10 in scoring in league
action this season.
Harvard’s Kalley Armstrong took home the league’s Best
Defensive Forward award. She had 16 blocked shots in conference
play and was a key component in helping the Crimson rank as both
the league’s top defense and penalty-kill unit.
The league’s top goaltender for the second years in a row
was junior netminder Erica Howe, who was the key reason for
Clarkson's success this year, logging over 1300 minutes in the
Knights' goal only allowing 27 goals in 22 games. A First Team
All-League member she was second in the league with .947 save
percentage and third in goals-against average (1.23) while
recording a record of 18-4 in league action.
Doug Derraugh who guided the Big Red to their fourth consecutive
regular-season title posting an 18-3-1 record, earned the
league’s Coach of the Year award. Now a two-time recipient of
the league’s coaching top honor Derraugh posted his fourth
consecutive 20-plus win season. He reached a program milestone when
he collected his 136th career-win becoming Cornell’s all-time
wins leader.
Below is a complete list of 2012-13 winners:
FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Kelly
Babstock
Quinnipiac
Forward Jillian
Dempsey
Harvard
Forward Brianne
Jenner
Cornell
Defense Amanda
Boulier St.
Lawrence
Defense Lauriane
Rougeau
Cornell
Goaltender Erica Howe
Clarkson
SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Jamie Lee
Rattray
Clarkson
Forward Kelly
Sabatine
St. Lawrence
Forward Jillian
Saulnier
Cornell
Defense Erin
Ambrose
Clarkson
Defense Regan
Boulton
Quinnipiac
Goaltender Victoria Vigilanti
Quinnipiac
THIRD TEAM ALL-LEAGUE
Forward Lyndsey
Fry
Harvard
Forward Nicole
Kosta
Quinnipiac
Forward Carly
Mercer
Clarkson
Defense Sarah
Edney
Harvard
Defense Laura
Fortino
Cornell
Goaltender Lauren Slebodnick
Cornell
ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Forward Alexa
Gruschow
Rensselaer
Forward Abbey
McRae
St. Lawrence
Forward Laura
Stacey
Dartmouth
Defense Erin
Ambrose
Clarkson
Defense Cassandra
Poudrier
Cornell
Goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer
Harvard
COACH OF YEAR
Doug Derraugh, Cornell
BEST DEFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN
Lauriane Rougeau, Cornell
BEST DEFENSIVE FORWARD
Kalley Armstrong, Harvard
ROOKIE OF YEAR
Erin Ambrose, Clarkson
GOALTENDER OF YEAR
Erica Howe, Clarkson
PLAYER OF YEAR
Brianne Jenner, Cornell
MANDI SCHWARTZ STUDENT-ATHLETE OF YEAR
Alyssa Zupon, Yale
TURFER ATHLETIC TROPHY
Quinnipiac
