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Harvard captain Jennifer Botterill was honored as the most outstanding player in women’s college hockey last night, receiving her second career Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The most recent ceremony was far sweeter for Botterill than the first simply because she will be competing for an NCAA championship tonight...
...while both players were honored by their nomination, both stressed that an NCAA championship is more important. Botterill personally experienced the bittersweet emotion of winning the Kazmaier in 2001 a day after being eliminated by Duluth in the national semifinals...
...selection criteria do not guarantee that USA Hockey is unbiased in its promotion of the award, however. For most of the weekend, the Patty Kazmaier finalist announcement was the lead story on the USA Hockey web site, www.usahockey.com. Next to the announcement, USA Hockey ran a picture of Ruggiero in a U.S. jersey rather than a picture of Botterill in a Canadian sweater or any of the finalists in a collegiate uniform...
While the Kazmaier will be a great honor for whoever wins it, the ultimate decision is not on Botterill and Ruggiero’s mind right...
...things up a bit, junior captain defender Angela Ruggiero took matters into her own hands. Just 13 seconds after Corriero’s goal, the Patty Kazmaier finalist took the puck from center ice, swept by several defenders and beat Cornell goalie Sanya Sandahl to score unassisted...