ITHACA, N.Y. – Jaime Bourbonnais, a junior defenseman on the Cornell women's hockey team, was named a finalist for the ECAC Hockey Defenseman of the Year Award. Princeton's Claire Thompson and Colgate's Olivia Zafuto join Bourbonnais as the other finalists for the award. The winner will be announced at the 2019 Women's Hockey Championship Banquet on Friday, March 8.
 
Bourbonnais averages the second most points per game in the nation (1.08) by a defenseman trailing only Boston College's Megan Keller. Additionally, she has the third highest assists per game average (.72) of any defenseman in the nation.
 
Bourbonnais has notched at least a point in 19 of the 25 games she's appeared in this season. Overall, the junior defenseman is third on the team in points with 27 (9g, 18a). Her team-leading plus/minus of +29 ranks seventh in the conference.
 
The Mississauga, Ontario, native became the sixth defenseman in the program's Division I history to reach 50 career assists last weekend. With 67 career points, she ranks sixth in Cornell's Division I history in points by a defensemen. Bourbonnais is seven shy of tying Cassandra Poudrier for the fifth place all-time.
 
Cornell takes on Rensselaer this weekend in a best of three series at Lynah Rink. The first game will be at 6 p.m. on Friday and game two will be played at 3 p.m. on Saturday. If necessary, the final game of the series will be played at 3 p.m. on Sunday.