NESCAC Women's Ice Hockey All-Conference Teams Released
Wasserman of Williams
Named Player of the Year
HARTFORD, Conn. – Sophomore
forward Molly Wasserman of Williams was named the 2001-02 NESCAC
Women’s Hockey Player of the Year. Wasserman leads the
conference with 32 goals and 48 points. She leads the NESCAC in
power play and short-handed goals and scored or assisted on 48
percent of the Ephs’ goals during the regular season.
Junior forwards Shelly Chessie of
Bowdoin and Amber Neil of Middlebury were each named to the
all-conference first team. Chessie is second in the conference in
scoring with 21 goals, a league-leading 26 assists, and 47 points.
During the regular season, she led the team with a plus-minus of
+42. Neil leads top-seeded Middlebury in scoring with 18 goals and
15 assists for 33 points. She has scored three game-winning goals
and six power play goals.
Joining Neil on the first team was
teammate Catherine Elkins, a senior defensewoman who averaged more
than one point per game in league contests. Sophomore goaltender
Mimi MacKinnon of Trinity was named to the first team after posting
a 3.54 goals against average with a .912 save percentage.
First-year defensewoman Kirsti
Anderson of Bowdoin was named the 2001-02 NESCAC Women’s
Hockey Rookie of the Year and was also named to the all-conference
first team. She has scored 11 goals and added 18 assists for 29
points.
Michele Amidon of Bowdoin was named
the NESCAC Women’s Hockey Coach of the Year after leading the
Polar Bears to a 13-2-1 league mark and a spot in this
weekend’s NESCAC Women’s Hockey Championship
semifinals.
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2001-02 NESCAC Women's Ice Hockey
All-Conference
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| First Team
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Institution
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| Shelly Chessie
| Bowdoin
| Jr.
| Fredericton, New Brunswick
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| Amber Neil
| Middlebury
| Jr.
| Port Crane, N.Y.
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| Molly Wasserman
| Williams
| So.
| Minnetonka, Minn.
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| Kirsti Anderson
| Bowdoin
| Fy.
| Glenville, N.Y.
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| Catherine Elkins
| Middlebury
| Sr.
| Bernardsville, N.J.
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| Mimi MacKinnon
| Trinity
| So.
| Glen Cove, N.Y.
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| Second Team
| Institution
| Yr.
| Hometown
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| Heather DeVito
| Colby
| Fy.
| Arlington, Mass.
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| Erin Neil
| Middlebury
| Jr.
| Port Crane, N.Y.
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| Tori Scott
| Williams
| So.
| Cambridge, Mass.
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| Natasha Clauson
| Wesleyan
| So.
| Hanover, N.H.
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| Jill Young
| Colby
| Jr.
| Edina, Minn.
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| Megan Hutchinson
| Middlebury
| Fy.
| Greensburg, Pa.
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| Player of the Year
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| Molly Wasserman
| Williams
| So.
| Minnetonka, Minn.
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| Rookie of the Year
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| Kirsti Anderson
| Bowdoin
| Fy.
| Glenville, N.Y.
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| Coach of the Year
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| Michele Amidon
| Bowdoin
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