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2019-20 Women's Ice Hockey Roster

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14 Jaime Bourbonnais

  • Position Defenseman
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Appleby College
  • Hometown Mississauga, Ontario

Biography

CCM/AHCA First-Team All-America (2020)
First-Team All-USCHO (2020)
Patty Kazmaier Award Top-10 Finalist (2020)
ECAC Hockey Best Defenseman (2020)
First-Team All-ECAC Hockey (2020)
First-Team All-Ivy League (2020)
CCM/AHCA Second-Team All-America (2019)
First-Team All-USCHO (2019)
ECAC Hockey Best Defenseman (2019)
ECAC Hockey First Team (2019)
Patty Kaizmaier Award Nominee (2019)
First Team All-Ivy (2019)

First-Team All-Ivy (2018)
ECAC Hockey Second Team (2018)
ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team (2017)
All-Ivy Honorable Mention (2017)


As a Senior (2019-20)

• Saw action in all 33 games on the season.
• Led the team in points throughout the season; finished tied for first with 41 points (7g, 34a).
• Completed six multipoint contests; did not earn a point in just three games (at St. Lawrence (11/26; at Princeton 12/6; against Princeton 3/8).
• Held a 20-game point streak beginning Dec. 7 and going until March 7.
• Notched a career-high four points (1g, 3a) twice - against Robert Morris (10/25) and at Syracuse (11/26).
• Ranked second in the nation, among all defenders, with 1.24 points per game; 18th among all skaters.
• Finished with 1.03 assists per games for a fifth-place ranking nationally, first among all defenders.
• With a final +35, her career total +86 is ranked eighth in Cornell's career record list.
• Bourbonnais' 34 assists ranks ninth in Cornell's single-season records.
• Named an ECAC Hockey Player of the Year finalist.
 

As a Junior (2018-19)

• Played in 32 contests for the Big Red, missing four to represent the Canadian National Team in the Four Nations Cup from Nov. 6-10.
• Finished the season with a total of 29 points (9g, 20a).
• Ranked fourth in the nation amongst defensemen in points per game (.91), fifth in goals per game (.28) and sixth in assists per game (.62).
• Had a nine-game point-streak in the early portion of the season, registering 13 points (4g, 9a) during the stretch.
• Registered a total of eight multi-point games throughout the season.
• Scored the game-winning goals against No. 3 Clarkson (Dec. 1).
• Following the season, helped lead Canada to bronze in the IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship.

As a Sophomore (2017-18)

• Appeared in 31 games this season.
• Ranked third on the team in points with 24 to lead all defensemen.
• Scored goals against St. Lawrence (Oct. 27), Colgate (Dec. 1) and Harvard (Jan. 13).
• Goal against the Saints was on power play and score against Raiders was the game winner.
• Tied for first on squad in assists (21).
• Tied for ninth in the nation in points per game for defensemen (0.78) and tied for second in ECAC Hockey defenseman scoring (19).
• Went on a couple of point streaks, one lasting three games and the other four.
• Had second-highest plus/minus rating amongst team (+15).
• Tallied 30 blocks and six multi-point games.


As a Freshman (2016-17)

• Enjoyed a strong first year on the blue line, garnering a spot on the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team as well as a Honorable Mention All-Ivy nod.
• Played in 31 of 34 games – missing two games in January while making her Canada National Women’s Development Team debut at the Nations Cup – and finished tied for third on the team in points, racking up 16 on five goals and 11 assists.
• Registered her first-career goal in the season-opener on Oct. 21 against Mercyhurst, scoring the game-winner midway through the second period of the 3-1 win.
• Cornell went 8-1-1 when she tallied a point, with the lone loss coming to Clarkson in the NCAA quarterfinals on March 11.
• Registered two multi-point games, including a two assist outing in the Big Red’s 2-1 upset of Clarkson on Jan. 20.


Prior to Cornell

• Came to the Big Red after earning a silver medal with the Oakville Hornets at the 2015-16 Ontario Women’s Hockey Association Provincial Championships.
• For Team Canada, was a part of the silver medal team at the 2016 IIHF U-18 World Championships and was invited to the 2016 U-22 National Development Camp.
• Was a member of Team Ontario at the U-18 Women’s National Championships and at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, where she was named the top defenseman.
• Also played field hockey and soccer in high school.
 

Personal

• Jaime Claire Bourbonnais is the daughter of Roger and Jo-Anne Bourbonnais, and she has two siblings.
• Her grandfather, Roger Bourbonnais, captained Team Canada during the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.
• She is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016-17Freshman

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    2017-18Sophomore

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    2018-19Junior

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    2019-20Senior

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