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...case, the entire premise for my story was ruined when the results of the balloting (independently tabulated by Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP—phew!) were announced. The winner of the Kazmaier Award, given annually to the best player in women’s college hockey, was...Sarah Vaillancourt...
...after Chu graduated last June, it was on the shoulders of Vaillancourt to take the helm of the Crimson offense, and the Sherbrooke, Que. native responded by becoming the most complete player in the nation and leading Harvard to a 32-2-0 record, No. 1 in the national rankings, and another Frozen Four appearance...
Until Harvard lost to Wisconsin in the Frozen Four semifinals on March 20, Vaillancourt was the best player on the best team in the country, “the most significant reason [Harvard had] played as well as it [had],” as Crimson coach Katey Stone said in the Patty Kazmaier Award program...
When the Crimson was down by a goal late in the game and nothing it did seemed to be working, Vaillancourt would make seemingly impossible moves as she danced around defenders before slipping the puck past a helpless goalie. When Harvard was a player down, Vaillancourt would channel her inner defenseman and lock down her opponent’s scoring threats until the penalty was killed...
With all due respect to Agosta and Martin—and each of them is due a lot—no player was more integral to her team’s success this season than Vaillancourt, and even if her not getting the award would have made for better writing material, her getting it, deservingly, is so much more gratifying...