ITHACA, N.Y. -- The honors continue to roll in for the Cornell women's hockey team as forward
Brianne Jenner was named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year, senior
Lauriane Rougeau was named the league's Best Defensive Defenseman and
Doug Derraugh earned the conference's Coach of the Year award at the year-end banquet at the Moakley House on Friday night.
Jenner and Rougeau also earned a spot on the ECAC Hockey First Team. On the league's second team, sophomore forward
Jillian Saulnier got a nod. And defnenseman
Laura Fortino and goaltender
Lauren Slebodnick made the ECAC Hockey Third Team. Freshman
Cassandra Poudrier was also named to the league's All-Rookie team.
Jenner is the third ECAC Hockey Player of the Year in school history, following
Rebecca Johnston '12 and
Catherine White '12 who won the award in 2012 and 2010, respectively. Jenner leads Cornell and all ECAC Hockey players with 63 points on the season. Her point total is the highest at Cornell since 1978 (Cindy Warren), and she also earned the Ivy League Player of the Year Award. Jenner, a Patty Kazmaier Top-10 Finalist, is among the top three players in the country in points per game and goals per game.
Rougeau earns her second consecutive ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman honor after claiming the award following last season. Besides her top-notch offensive production – she is Cornell's highest-scoring defenseman with 25 points this year – Rogueau was on the ice for just 12 of Cornell's 27 goals allowed in ECAC Hockey play. Of those 12, only four were five-on-five goals, while the rest saw Cornell in a special teams situation. Rougeau remains one of the team's top penalty killers and has been a leader all year as Cornell's captain.
Derraugh had a phenomenal year as well, taking over the all-time wins lead as a Cornell women's hockey coach. With his 136th career win against Mercyhurst on Jan. 29, Derraugh passed Bill Duthie and now stands alone on top of the Big Red record books. Derraugh helped the Big Red to its fourth consecutive ECAC Hockey regular season championship as well as its fourth straight Ivy League title this year. He has Cornell all but assured of its fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth and continues to coach an incredibly successful squad that was among the worst in the NCAA before his arrival in 2005.
Jenner, Rougeau, Derraugh and the rest of the Big Red will be looking for fan support on Saturday when it hosts St. Lawrence in the ECAC Hockey Tournament semifinal. The game will be played at Lynah Rink at 1 p.m. The championship game, should Cornell defeat St. Lawrence, will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday.