First Team All-American (2012)
Second Team All-American (2009 & 2011)
ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year (2008)
Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2008)
First-Team All-ECAC Hockey (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team (2008)
First-Team All-Ivy League (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Patty Kazmaier Award Top 10 Finalist (2009 & 2011, 2012)
ECAC Hockey Tournament All-Tournament Team (2012)
Senior Season - 2011-12
Johnston scored four points in four different games as a senior, and her three-point night against Boston University on Nov. 25 was vital in a 3-1 win. Johnston had a team-high and Cornell-record seven game-winning goals, including that game against Boston University and the home contest against Yale on Oct. 28. In the ECAC Hockey Semifinals against Quinnipiac, she scored a season-high five points on two goals and three assists, taking part in all five Big Red goals. Against Boston University in the NCAA Quarterfinals, Johnston had a hat trick and assisted on two other Big Red goals. She has become the team’s fifth leading scorer all-time and is the team’s leading scorer in the NCAA era (since 2000-01). Johnston earned ECAC Hockey Player of the Year and Ivy League Player of the Year honors in her final season and was a Patty Kazmaier Top 10 finalist for the second consecutive season. She was also named ECAC Hockey’s Player of the Month for January. She has been in the top 10 nationally for points per game all season. She finished her career by being named a First-Team All-American for the first time in her career.
Junior Season - 2010-11
One of two assistant captains for the Big Red, Johnston picked up right where she left off before the Olympics, garnering a spot on the ECAC Hockey and Ivy League first teams, while also being named a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award for the second time in her career. A true scorer before her season with the Canadian Olympic team, she developed a more well-rounded game and is a much more compete player on both ends of the ice. Johnston finished the season tied for the team lead in scoring, finishing with 50 points on a team-best 26 goals and 24 assists in 33 games. Dangerous even when not scoring, she earned a spot on the ECAC Hockey all-tournament team, collecting six points in the tournament, but none bigger than her goal with seven seconds left in regulation in game one of the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals against Rensselaer to send the game into overtime, where she also assisted on Karlee Overguard’s game-winner. Johnston opened the season with a 16-game point streak, collecting 27 points over that span before having her streak snapped on Jan. 18 at Mercyhurst. She missed a pair of games in early November while playing with Canada in the Four Nations Cup. After the season, she was named to the Canadian National Team for the IIHF World Championships in Switzerland.
2009-10 Season
Johnston took the season off from school and from the Cornell women's hockey team and was centralized with the Canadian National Team in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was added to the team and played in five of Canada's six games during the Olympics, including the Gold Medal game win over the United States. Johnston scored one goal and had five assists for six points with a +9 rating in the five games with Team Canada.
Sophomore Season - 2008-09
In her second season with the Big Red, Johnston became the first Cornell Player to be named an RBK All-American. She was a unanimous selection for the All-Ivy first team for a second year in a row and was also named to the ECAC Hockey first-team. Johnston was named a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmier award, which is the most prestigious award in women’s hockey. Scoring points in 20 of her 26 games, Johnston led the Big Red for a second year in both goals, with 25, and points, with 45. In her sophomore season Johnston recorded 13 multipoint games, four game-winning goals, and notched two hat tricks in games against St. Lawrence on Dec. 6 and Union on Feb. 21. Her 1.73 points per game and 0.96 goals per game ranked her seventh and sixth in the nation respectively. Johnston, was tied for the league lead in scoring with 35 points on 22 goals and 13 assists. Her 22 goals led the league, and she was also tied for second in power-play goals with six. Johnston was named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week three times this season
Freshman Season - 2007-08
Johnston became the first Cornell player to be named either ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year or to the ECAC Hockey first team. She also received first-team All-Ivy honors and was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, as well as the Big Red’s Rookie of the Year. In an impressive freshman campaign, Johnson led Cornell in both goals, with 16, and points, with 32 to become the first Big Red player to earn over 30 points in a season since the 1997-98 campaign. In her first collegiate game, Johnston tallied an assist and scored the game-winning goal to lift Cornell past Vermont, 3-0. Johnston recorded 10 multi-point games, including a one goal-three assist performance against Princeton in a 7-4 victory. She scored a point in 18 games, and ended the season averaging 1.23 points per game. Johnston is a member of the Canadian national team, and helped Canada capture the gold medal at the Four Nations Cup and the silver medal at the 2008 International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Women’s Championships in Harbin, China in April. Over the summer, she joined up with teammate Chelsea Karpenko to help the Canadian Under-22 team defeat the United States in a three-game series. Johnston scored a goal and added three assists in the three contests.
Before Cornell
Johnston is a two-time member of the under-22 Canadian national team. After tallying eight goals and five assists in five games for the gold medal winning Ontario team at the Canada Games, Johnston was added as an alternate forward to Canada’s national women’s team. In 2006, Johnston was named Sudbury’s Amateur Athlete of the Year. She is a five-time medalist in track and field at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association championships. She was also a nationally ranked junior sprinter after winning the bronze medal at the Canadian junior track and field championships last year. Johnston also participated in soccer and basketball, and is a four-time Knights scholar.
Personal
Rebecca Anne Johnston is the daughter of Colleen and Robert Johnston. She has two sisters and three brothers. Her older sister, Sarah, played hockey for Cornell from 2004-2008, and her brother Jacob played one season with the Cornell men's hockey team in 2007-08. Johnston is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Johnston's Career Statistics
|
Year |
GP |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
PIM |
+/- |
PPG |
SHG |
GWG |
|
2007-08 |
26 |
16 |
16 |
32 |
12 |
-1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
|
2008-09 |
26 |
25 |
20 |
45 |
16 |
+17 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
|
2009-10 |
did not play - Canadian Olympic Team (won gold medal) |
|
2010-11 |
33 |
26 |
24 |
50 |
8 |
+42 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
2011-12 |
33 |
30 |
31 |
61 |
12 |
+43 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
|
Totals |
118 |
97 |
91 |
188 |
48 |
+101 |
20 |
5 |
18 |
