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Hockey East Announces Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team Honorees
League Recognizes Five Additional Student-Athletes for 2014-15
Megan Keller, Victoria Bach and Denisa Krížová were all unanimous All-Rookie selections
WAKEFIELD, Mass. - The Women's Hockey East Association announced Wednesday the 2014-15 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team, as voted on by the league's eight head coaches, and six other season-long awards. Each student-athlete will be recognized at the 13th annual Women's Hockey East Awards Banquet Friday night at the Cape Codder Resort and Spa in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
The 2014-15 Pro-Ambitions All-Rookie Team includes: goaltender Katie Burt (Boston College), defensemen Megan Keller (Boston College) and Leah Lum (UConn) and forwards Victoria Bach (Boston University), Denisa Krížová (Northeastern), Rebecca Leslie (Boston University) and Tori Sullivan (Boston College).
Also set to be recognized in Friday night's awards banquet will be Boston College's Emily Pfalzer as Best Defenseman and Boston University's Marie-Philip Poulin as Gladiator Best Defensive Forward. Additionally, Providence's Beth Hanrahan will receive the Sportsmanship Award and Boston College's Alex Carpenter will take home the Army ROTC Three Stars Award and be honored as the Squad Locker Scoring Champion while Burt has earned claim as the Hockey East Goaltending Champion.
Burt set a Boston College single-season shutout record as a rookie, racking up 10 blank sheets on the year en route to being named Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Month once (Dec. 2014) and Hockey East Goaltender of the Month twice (Dec. 2014, Jan. 2015). She also collected weekly honors as top rookie three times (Oct. 27, Feb. 9, Feb. 23) and as best goaltender twice (Dec. 15, Jan. 19) She led Hockey East in both goals against average (0.61) and save percentage (.965) in league play to take the Hockey East goaltending crown. Keller led all Hockey East freshmen defensemen with four goals, 14 assists and 18 points in her rookie campaign while teammate Sullivan tied for fourth in the first-year scoring race with 18 points (11g, 7a).
Bach lead the league in freshman goal scoring with 13 tallies and added six assists for 19 points in 21 league games for the Terriers. She earned Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week (Nov. 17) and was tabbed Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Month in February as she lead all NCAA freshmen with 12 points. Leslie began her Terrier career by garnering Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week (Oct. 6) and Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Month (Oct. 2014) in her first full month with the scarlet and white and went on to tie for third in team scoring with 13 goals and 6 assists for 19 points.
Krížová finished second in scoring for the Northeastern Huskies, behind returning U.S. Olympian Kendall Coyne. The Czech Republic native notched 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 points while earning Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week twice (Nov. 24, March 2) and Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Month once (Jan. 2015).
Lum racked up 12 points for the Huskies in her first year at UConn, leading the team in power- play assists (7) and points (7). She helped pace an offense that sent UConn to the Hockey East semifinals for the first time since 2010.
Hanrahan, captain of the Friars in her senior year, earned the Sportsmanship Award after being assessed just one penalty all year and none in league play. She sat two minutes for crosschecking in the first game of the season before going on to lead Providence nearly every offensive category, including goals (9) and points (18).
Pfalzer became the first defenseman in Boston College history to record 100 career points this season en route to being named a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. Joining her in the top-10 Patty Kaz Finalists is returning Canadian Olympian Poulin, tabbed as Best Defensive Forward for her body of work with the Terriers, and returning U.S. Olympian Carpenter, who scored 41 points (20g, 21a) in league play to take the Squad Locker Scoring Champion title. Her offensive outpour lead to her earning the Army ROTC Three Stars Award, given to the player who earns the most First, Second and Third Star selections over the course of the season.
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