wildcat HOCKEY
Wildcat All-Americans
Kelly Paton – 2010 – 1st Team Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 TOTAL
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GP 37 36 35 33 141
G 13 9 21 19 62
A 21 21 26 32 100
P 34 30 47 51 162
Courtney Birchard – 2010 – 2nd Team
PPG 0.92 0.83 1.34 1.55 1.15
Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top 3 Finalist, 2010 New England Player of the Year, 2010 Hockey East co-Player of the Year, 2010 Hockey East First Team All-Star, 2010 Hockey East All-Academic Team, 2009 & 2010 3rd player to earn consecutive Hockey East Player of the Month awards Hockey East All-Tournament Team, 2007 & 2009 No. 5 on UNH career assist leaderboard; No. 11 in career points No. 4 in the nation, assists per game (0.97); No. 6, points per game (1.55) 2010
Year 2008 2009 2010 TOTAL
GP 28 35 27 90
G 8 9 9 26
A 13 14 13 40
P 21 23 22 66
PPG 0.75 0.66 0.81 0.73
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New England All-Star Team, 2010 Hockey East First Team All-Star, 2010 Hockey East All-Tournament Team, 2009 No. 5 in the nation, defenseman scoring (0.81 ppg), 2010 In 2010 (despite missing six games), led the team in shots, tied for third in assists and ranked fourth in points as well as fifth in goals • Made the transition to defenseman midway through the 2009 season
Since 1998, the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) has annually selected women’s ice hockey players to the Div. I All-America Team. The AHCA expanded to differentiate between First Team and Second Team in 2006. Ten UNH Wildcats have received a total of 12 All-America honors. Brandy Fisher and Nicki Luongo garnered All-America honors in the inaugural year, while Luongo and Martine Garland are the two ‘Cats who were selected to multiple All-America teams. The breakdown by position is: five forwards, four defensemen and one goaltender.
2010-11 UNH WOMEN’S HOCKEY
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