Jennifer Botterill OM (born May 1, 1979) is a Canadian former women's hockey player and current hockey broadcast television analyst who played for Harvard University, the Canadian national team, the Mississauga Chiefs, and the Toronto Aeros. She entered the ice hockey world after starting in the sport of ringette.
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| Born |
May 1, 1979 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 153 lb (69 kg; 10 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Harvard University Mississauga Aeros Mississauga Chiefs Toronto CWHL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1997–2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official Site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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During her ice hockey career as a player, Botterill assisted on the game-winning goal in her final international game, Canada's 2–0 win over the United States for the gold medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She serves as a studio analyst for Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada telecasts in Canada and as a color commentator and studio analyst for TNT in the United States.
Playing career
editBotterill was born to Doreen McCannell and Cal Botterill. Her mother, Doreen, competed in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics for Canada in speed skating. Her father, Cal, is a sports psychologist who has advised NHL teams and works with Canadian Olympic athletes. Botterill's brother, Jason Botterill, played hockey and managed the Buffalo Sabres.[1]
She was raised by her family in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2] In high school, she attended the National Sport School.[3] Botterill eventually graduated with Honours from St. John's-Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg.[4]
Botterill graduated from Harvard University in 2003 with a B.A. Psychology (with Honors). On May 5, 2012, she married hockey coach Adrian Lomonaco, and is a coach at the Toronto Hockey School.[5]
Ringette
editBotterill grew up playing ringette in Canada. As a teenager she competed in the sport for Team Manitoba in Grande Prairie, Alberta, at the 1995 Canada Winter Games, a national multi-sport competition for elite, Canadian amateur athletes.[6][7][8]
Collegiate
editBotterill attended Harvard University and played for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program from 1998 to 2003. Harvard and several media outlets recognize Botterill as U.S. college ice hockey's career scoring leader (149 goals, 170 assists, 319 points).[9][10][11] The NCAA does not recognize her record because women's hockey was not an NCAA-sanctioned sport in Botterill's first two college seasons.[12] She scored at least one point in 112 of her 113 career college games (including a streak of 80 consecutive games). She was the first player to win the Patty Kazmaier Award twice as the top player in U.S. women's college hockey. Botterill set an NCAA record (since tied) for most points in one game with 10. This was accomplished on January 28, 2003 versus Boston College.[13]
Canadian Women's Hockey League
editBotterill played for the Mississauga Chiefs and Toronto Furies of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. In 2007–08, she won the Angela James Bowl after winning the league scoring title with 61 points.[14] She was voted the CWHL Top Forward and a CWHL Central All-Star; she won CWHL Top Scorer of the Month honours in February. In 2008-09, she was a CWHL First Team All-Star.
Botterill retired after the 2010-11 season. Her final game was the 2011 Clarkson Cup final, a 5–0 loss to the Montreal Stars. Despite playing just three seasons in the four-year-old CWHL, she retired as the league's second-best scorer with 160 points (in 79 games from 2007-08 to 2010-11). After winning the Angela James Bowl in 2007-08, she finished third in the league scoring race in both 2008-09 and 2010-11.
International
editShe won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998 as the youngest player on the Canadian team.[15] Later, she won the gold medal in the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, playing forward. Botterill announced her retirement, on March 14, 2011.[16] Her last appearance with Team Canada was on February 25, 2010 at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Her final point was also on February 25 when, she assisted Marie-Philip Poulin on the gold medal-winning goal.[17]
World Championship biography
edit1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007 World Champion
2005, 2008, 2009 Silver Medallist
Career statistics
editCareer statistics are from USCHO.com, or Eliteprospects.com or the Team Canada Media Guide for 2009-10.[18]
Regular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | Harvard University | AWCHA | 28 | 37 | 51 | 88 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Harvard University | AWCHA | 23 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Harvard University | ECAC Hockey | 30 | 42 | 36 | 78 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Harvard University | ECAC Hockey | 32 | 47 | 65 | 112 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Toronto Aeros | NWHL | 36 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | Toronto Aeros | NWHL | 29 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Mississauga Aeros | NWHL | 21 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Mississauga Chiefs | CWHL | 25 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Mississauga Chiefs | CWHL | 28 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Toronto CWHL | CWHL | 25 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| CWHL totals | 78 | 61 | 94 | 155 | 64 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | ||||
International
edit| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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| 1997 | Canada | 3 Nations Cup | 
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5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1998 | Canada | OG |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998 | Canada U22 | Xmas | 
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6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1999 | Canada | WC |
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5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1999 | Canada | 3 Nations Cup |
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5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2000 | Canada | WC |
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5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2000 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup |
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4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | |
| 2001 | Canada | WC |
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5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2001 | Canada | 3 Nations Cup |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2002 | Canada | OG |
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5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2003 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2004 | Canada | WC |
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5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Canada | WC |
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5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2005 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Canada | Torino Ice |
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3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2006 | Canada | OG |
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5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2006 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup |
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4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Canada | WC |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup |
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4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2008 | Canada | WC |
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5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2008 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | Canada | WC |
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5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| U22 totals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Senior totals | 92 | 49 | 68 | 117 | 48 | ||||
Awards and honours
edit- Angela James Bowl, 2007–08
- CWHL Top Forward, 2007–08
- CWHL First All-Star Team, 2008–09
- CWHL Central All-Stars, 2007–08
Accomplishments and notes
edit2001–02 and 2002–03 Winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award for the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. Only two-time winner of the Award[20]
2001 Female Athlete of the Year Award – Awarded by the Province of Manitoba (Botterill's mother, Doreen McCannell won the same award 36 years before)
1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance Women's Ice Hockey Champion
1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans, First Team[21]
References
edit- ^ "Seattle Kraken name Jason Botterill as new assistant general manager". January 5, 2021. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
- ^ "Guest: Jennifer Botterill". George Stromboulopoulos Tonight. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ "Calgary Board of Education - National Sport School". schools.cbe.ab.ca. Archived from the original on February 11, 2006. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Excel in Life by Jennifer Botterill". Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ "Jennifer & Adrian | michael coombs entertainment". Archived from the original on April 10, 2013.
- ^ "Jennifer Botterill | The Times". wellingtontimes.ca. The Wellington Times. October 1, 2010. Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ "2023 Jeux du Canada Games". 2023canadagames.ca/sports. Canada Games Council. 2022. Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ Chris Lomon (February 8, 2019). "'OUR COUNTRY'S OLYMPICS' - A FIRST STEP TOWARDS STARDOM FOR CANADIAN ATHLETES". canadagames.ca. Canada Games Council. Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ Borzi, Pat (March 24, 2003). "HOCKEY; Minnesota-Duluth Makes It Three Straight". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "Female Athlete of the Year: Botterill Puts Her Teammates First - Sports - The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ Urton, Lee (March 23, 2003). "Botterill Claims Second Kazmaier Award | College Hockey". USCHO.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Records Books - NCAA.org". Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- ^ "2010 NCAA Ice Hockey Division I Women's Records" (PDF). NCAA. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ "Save BIG with $9.99 .COMs from GoDaddy!". Go Daddy. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Botterill wears genes well". CBC News. March 27, 2001. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2009.
- ^ "Canada's Botterill retires from women's hockey". Canada: CBC. March 14, 2011. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ "The Official Website of Hockey Canada". www.hockeycanada.ca. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Canada's National Women's Team: 2009-10 Centralization" (PDF). Team Canada Media Guide. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 1, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
- ^ "Order of Manitoba – Recipient Biographies". Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- ^ Kennedy, Ian (June 4, 2023). "Ten Women Who Belong In The Hockey Hall of Fame". The Hockey News Womens News, Analysis and More. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ "American Hockey Coaches Association". www.ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
External links
edit- Jennifer Botterill biography at Canoe.com[usurped]
- "Toronto Aeros Win Hockey Nationals", Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity, March 13, 2005.