Cornell University Athletics

Patty Kazmaier Award Nominee (2020)
Second-Team All-ECAC Hockey (2020)
ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team (2020)
First-Team All-Ivy League (2020)
ECAC Hockey Second Team (2019)
First-Team All-Ivy (2019)
Patty Kazmaier Award Nominee (2019)
ECAC Hockey Preseason Team (2019)
Ivy League Player of the Year (2018)
First-Team All-Ivy (2018)
ECAC Hockey First Team (2018)
Patty Kazmaier Award Nominee (2018)
Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2017)
Second-Team All-Ivy (2017)
ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team (2017)

As a Senior (2019-20)

• Served as team captain.
• Saw action in 30 games, missed two to represent the Canadian National Team in a two-game series against the United States from Nov. 8-10.
• Finished first on the team with 25 goals, third on the team with 40 points, and third with 38 blocks.
• Ranked third in the nation in goals per game (0.83) and 13th in points per game (1.33).
• Notched third collegiate hat trick with a career-high four points at Colgate (1/25).
• Longest point-streak lasted 10 games, with a five-game and a four-game point streak to follow. 
• Earned points in all but seven games.
• Registered 13 multipoint contests, including five multi-goal games.
• Led the team with 145 shots, entered the Cornell record list with 4.83 shots per game, the ninth-highest for a single-season.
• Season total of five game-winning goals ranks seventh in Cornell's single-season record list.
• With a +36 rank in 2019-20, O'Neill's career +90 is good for the seventh-best rank in program history.
• Following the conclusion of her collegiate career, O'Neill holds six different top-10 placements in Cornell's career record list.
          • #10 - 145 points
          • #8 - 81 goals
          • #1 - 21 game-winning goals
          • #1 - 10 short-handed goals
          • #3 - 546 shots
          • #3 - 4.37 shots per game
 

As a Junior (2018-19)

• Appeared in 33 games her junior year, missing three to represent Canada in the Four Nations Cup.
• Finished the season with 38 points on 22 goals and 16 assists.
• Team leader in goals (22), goals per game (.67), points per game (1.15), power play goals (7), game-winning goals (6), shots (150), faceoff percentage (.616) and faceoffs won (490).
• Named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week (Feb. 4) and NCAA First Star of the Week (Feb. 5) after she registered eight points in three games.
• Had 12 multipoint performances on the season, including four three-point games.
• Additionally, registered seven multi-goal goal games, including on hat trick against Rensselaer (Feb. 2).
• Had a plus/minus of +22, which was tied for second on the team.
• Served as team captain.
 

As a Sophomore (2017-18)

• ECAC Hockey Player of the Week (2x)
• ECAC Hockey Player of the Month (November)
• Had yet another stand-out season, leading Cornell in goals (20), assists (21), points (41) and plus/minus (+26).
• Laid claim to seven game winners, four short-handed goals and four power play scores.
• Broke school record for career short-handed goals (9) at Syracuse (Jan. 9).
• Quartet of short-handed goals is second most in single season at Cornell and tied the national lead.
• Game-winning goal tally matched school record for most in a single season and tied for fourth in the country.
• Tied for ninth in career game-winning goals (10).
• Ended season ranked 12th in NCAA in points per game (1.32) and 10th in goals per game (0.65).
• Netted hat trick versus Syracuse (Feb. 6). 
• Registered at least one point in 24 of the 31 contests she played in.
• Had 13 multi-point outings.
• Longest point streak lasted eight games from Syracuse (Jan. 9) through Harvard (Feb. 2), scoring seven goals and seven assists.
• Added in 22 blocks.
• Recognized as just the third sophomore to be a captain in program history.

As a Freshman (2016-17)

• Saw significant playing time in all situations for the Big Red and set the program record for short-handed goals in a season (5).
• Finished second on the team in scoring with 26 points on 12 assists and a team-high 14 goals, the highest point and goal total by a Cornell freshman since the 2011-12 season.
• Also had the most blocked shots by a forward on record in program history (46) and finished with the third-most power-play points (9) and game-winning goals (3) on the team. 
• First and second career goals came in a 2-1 win over Mercyhurst on Oct. 22, the first of six multi-point games on the year. 
• Named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and earned spots on the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team and the All-Ivy second team.
• ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year award finalist finished third amongst freshman in conference scoring during the regular season (10-10—20) and led all rookies in face-off wins both overall (249) and in conference play (211).

Prior to Cornell

• Captained the Stoney Creek Sabres of the PWHL during the 2015-16 season, and she was an assistant captain during the team’s 2014-15 run to the PWHL Championship.
• On the national stage, spent two years on Canada’s U-18 team, earning silver medals at the 2015 and 2016 IIHF U-18 Women’s World Hockey Championship and was invited to the 2016 U-22 National Development Camp.
• Skated for Team Ontario during its silver medal run at the 2015 Canada Winter Games.
• Also participated in cross country and track and field in high school.
 

Personal

• Kristin Hope O’Neill is the daughter of Barry and Trish O’Neill.
• She has three sisters, Megan, Emily, and Bridget.
• She is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.