Brown Bears women's ice hockey
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The Brown Bears women’s ice hockey program is a NCAA Division I ice hockey team that represents Brown University
. The Bears play at the Meehan Auditorium
in Providence, Rhode Island
. Brown women's hockey is the oldest women's hockey program in the United States. It was the first collegiate women's ice hockey
program in the United States
, started in 1964. The team is led by Head Coach Margaret ("Digit") Murphy, who became the winningest coach in Division I women's ice hockey history during her 18th season at Brown (2006–2007).
medal winners.
In 1964, the Brown Bears men's coach Jim Fullerton arranged for Nancy Schieffelin to attend a team practice. She was an experienced player and came to the practice disguised in full uniform. A year later, Brown University
would have the first women’s ice hockey program. The team was known as the Pembroke Pandas.
The Pandas would have to borrow equipment, and sell hockey rule sheets at the Bears men's games to raise money for equipment. In February 1966, the Pandas (Brown Bears) women’s ice hockey team played their first game. Against the Walpole Brooms, the club lost by a 4-1 score.
In 1976, Brown would host the first ever Ivy League women's ice hockey tournament. The other competing schools were Cornell, Princeton and Yale. The Big Red would win the tournament.
Between 1994 and 1997, the Bears won three consecutive ECAC regular season championships. During that time span, the Bears were undefeated in the league during the 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons. The undefeated streak spanned 49 ECAC games. The Bears competed in the first AWCHA
Division I National Ice Hockey Championship. Contested in March 1998, the Bears were defeated by the New Hampshire Wildcats by a 4-1 score.
In 1999-2000, Brown reach its second national championship final in three years. Coach Digit Murphy, who has been building the program since 1988, used virtually every player on her bench and eventually wore out opponents. She even went so far as to take the advice of a volunteer assistant coach by allowing her centers to take turns choosing the wings on their lines. The team withstood a season-ending ACL injury to its best player, U.S. Olympic defenseman Tara Mounsey
, and went on to win nine straight games entering the 2000 national championship game.
Ali Brewer holds every Brown goaltending record for a season or a career. In her four seasons with the Bears, she posted a 1.37 goals-against average and a .943 save percentage. In addition, she had 2,490 saves and posting 39 shutouts. Numerous records were set by Brewer including, a 0.94 GAA and .957 save percentage in her freshman season, 13 shutouts in her junior season, and 25 wins in her senior campaign. Another record that she holds is five consecutive shutouts, set her junior season, in which she blanked Cornell (3-0), St. Lawrence (5-0), Niagara twice (6-0 both games), and Colby (9-0).
During Brewer’s four seasons, the Bears never won fewer than 20 games in a season. The Bears won ECAC Championships in 1998 and 2000, with Brewer earning MVP honors during the 2000 Championship. The Bears also played in the AWCHA Tournament three times from 1998–2000, finishing as the National Runner-Up twice.
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. The Bears play at the Meehan Auditorium
Meehan Auditorium
The George V. Meehan Auditorium is a 3,059-seat hockey arena, in Providence, Rhode Island. The arena opened in 1961 and was dedicated on January 6, 1962. On September 28, 1964, at the same time that he was campaigning to stay in office, U.S. President Lyndon B...
in Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
. Brown women's hockey is the oldest women's hockey program in the United States. It was the first collegiate women's ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
program in the United States
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, started in 1964. The team is led by Head Coach Margaret ("Digit") Murphy, who became the winningest coach in Division I women's ice hockey history during her 18th season at Brown (2006–2007).
History
Brown University Women's Ice Hockey is widely regarded as being one of the premier collegiate programs globally. Several former players are OlympicOlympic Games
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medal winners.
In 1964, the Brown Bears men's coach Jim Fullerton arranged for Nancy Schieffelin to attend a team practice. She was an experienced player and came to the practice disguised in full uniform. A year later, Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
would have the first women’s ice hockey program. The team was known as the Pembroke Pandas.
The Pandas would have to borrow equipment, and sell hockey rule sheets at the Bears men's games to raise money for equipment. In February 1966, the Pandas (Brown Bears) women’s ice hockey team played their first game. Against the Walpole Brooms, the club lost by a 4-1 score.
In 1976, Brown would host the first ever Ivy League women's ice hockey tournament. The other competing schools were Cornell, Princeton and Yale. The Big Red would win the tournament.
Between 1994 and 1997, the Bears won three consecutive ECAC regular season championships. During that time span, the Bears were undefeated in the league during the 1995-96 and 1996-97 seasons. The undefeated streak spanned 49 ECAC games. The Bears competed in the first AWCHA
AWCHA
The American Women's College Hockey Alliance debuted in 1997-98. It was a program funded through the United States Olympic Committee/NCAA Conference Grant Program. The AWCHA organized and developed activities with collegiate women's varsity ice hockey teams, and helped to promote women's ice hockey...
Division I National Ice Hockey Championship. Contested in March 1998, the Bears were defeated by the New Hampshire Wildcats by a 4-1 score.
In 1999-2000, Brown reach its second national championship final in three years. Coach Digit Murphy, who has been building the program since 1988, used virtually every player on her bench and eventually wore out opponents. She even went so far as to take the advice of a volunteer assistant coach by allowing her centers to take turns choosing the wings on their lines. The team withstood a season-ending ACL injury to its best player, U.S. Olympic defenseman Tara Mounsey
Tara Mounsey
Tara Mounsey is an American hockey defenseman who played for the United States Women's Olympic Hockey Team, winning a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.Mounsey played high school hockey at Concord High...
, and went on to win nine straight games entering the 2000 national championship game.
Ali Brewer holds every Brown goaltending record for a season or a career. In her four seasons with the Bears, she posted a 1.37 goals-against average and a .943 save percentage. In addition, she had 2,490 saves and posting 39 shutouts. Numerous records were set by Brewer including, a 0.94 GAA and .957 save percentage in her freshman season, 13 shutouts in her junior season, and 25 wins in her senior campaign. Another record that she holds is five consecutive shutouts, set her junior season, in which she blanked Cornell (3-0), St. Lawrence (5-0), Niagara twice (6-0 both games), and Colby (9-0).
During Brewer’s four seasons, the Bears never won fewer than 20 games in a season. The Bears won ECAC Championships in 1998 and 2000, with Brewer earning MVP honors during the 2000 Championship. The Bears also played in the AWCHA Tournament three times from 1998–2000, finishing as the National Runner-Up twice.
Year by year
| Year | Wins | Losses | Ties | Coach | Postseason |
| 2010-11 2010–11 Brown Bears women's ice hockey season The Brown Bears represent Brown University in ECAC women's ice hockey. The Bears did not qualify for the NCAA tournament. The top scorers for the Bears were two sophomore forwards; Laurie Jolin, , and Alena Polenska, shared the lead with 17 points, respectively.-Offseason:*August 12: The Czech... |
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| 2009-10 2009–10 Brown Bears women's ice hockey season The Head Coach is Digit Murphy. Murphy is assisted by Sean Coady and Edith Zimmering-Offseason:*May 22, 2009: Former Brown Bears hockey player, Jodi McKenna, now the head women's ice hockey coach at Wesleyan University, was announced as an assistant coach for the 2010 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice... |
3 | 21 | 4 | Margaret Degidio Murphy | |
| 2008-09 | 7 | 21 | 1 | Margaret Degidio Murphy | |
| 2007-08 | 5 | 19 | 5 | Margaret Degidio Murphy | |
| 2004-05 | |||||
| 2003-04 2003–04 Brown Bears women's ice hockey season -Regular season:*January 16: Jessica Link registered the 100th point of her career*For the second consecutive season, Jessica Link led the team in scoring. She registered 48 points . Her 48 points ranked seventh overall in the ECAC. Link led the squad with seven goals on the power play while... |
18 | 11 | 2 | Margaret Degidio Murphy | |
| 2002-03 2002–03 Brown Bears women's ice hockey season -Regular season:Jessica Link led the Bears in scoring with 39 points . Link’s 20 goals led the team and her 19 assists were good enough for third overall. Link tied for the ECAC lead in short-handed points with three. After two seasons, Link climbed to 24th on Brown's all-time scoring list... |
14 | 14 | 4 | Margaret Degidio Murphy | |
| 2001-02 2001–02 Brown Bears women's ice hockey season The 2001-02 Brown Bears women’s ice hockey team represented Brown University. The Bears qualified for their first NCAA Frozen Four title game.-Regular season:... |
25 | 8 | 2 | Margaret Degidio Murphy | NCAA Championship runner-up |
| 2000-01 2000–01 Brown Bears women's ice hockey season -Regular season:*Freshman Kim Fleet only appeared in 13 games. *Courtney Johnson appeared in 29 games and registered three game-winning goals. All 11 of her goals came in ECAC games. Johnson would rank third on the Bears in points accumulated in ECAC contests.... |
19 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 1999-2000 1999–2000 Brown Bears women's ice hockey season -Regular season:*Courtney Johnson played her first season with Brown. In 1998, she suffered a knee injury and missed the season. For the season, she registered seventeen points .... |
25 | 4 | 3 | Margaret Degidio Murphy | ECAC tournament championship, AWCHA Championship loss |
| 1997-98 | 22 | 7 | 4 | Margaret Degidio Murphy | ECAC tournament championship, AWCHA Championship loss |
| 1996-97 | 28 | 2 | 1 | Margaret Degidio Murphy | ECAC regular season championship |
| 1995-96 | 16 | 4 | 5 | Margaret Degidio Murphy | ECAC regular season championship |
| 1994-95 | 16 | 4 | 3 | Margaret Degidio Murphy Margaret Degidio Murphy Margaret Degidio Murphy is the head coach of the Brown Bears women's ice hockey program. She became the winningest coach in Division I women's ice hockey history during her 18th season at Brown . Murphy has had records of .500 or better in 14 of her seasons as head coach at Brown.In 2004, Murphy... |
ECAC regular season championship |
Olympians
- Pam Dreyer, 2006 Torino (Bronze)
- Kim Insacalo, 2006 Torino (Bronze)
- Kathleen Kauth, 2006 Torino (Bronze)
- Becky Kellar, 1998 Nagano (Silver), 2002 Salt Lake (Gold), 2006 Torino (Gold), 2010 Vancouver (Gold)
- Katie King, 1998 Nagano (Gold), 2002 Salt Lake (Silver), 2006 Torino (Bronze)
- Tara Mounsey, 1998 Nagano (Gold), 2002 Salt Lake (Silver)
- Chie Chie Sakuma, 1998 Nagano (Team Japan)
Awards and honors
- Ali Brewer, 1998 and 2000 ECAC Tournament Most Valuable Player,
- Ali Brewer, 1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans, First Team
- Ali Brewer, Patty Kazmaier Award Finalist, 1999
- Ali Brewer, Patty Kazmaier Award (2000)
- Ali Brewer, Women's Ivy League Outstanding Performers (2000)
- Ali Brewer, Women's First Team All-Ivy League (1999)
- Ali Brewer, Women's First Team All-Ivy League (2000)
- Ali Brewer, Ivy League Player of the Year (2000)
- Ali Brewer, ECAC Goaltender of the Year (2000)
- Ali Brewer, First Team All-ECAC (2000)
- Mardie Corcoran, 1986 Marjorie Brown Smith Award
- Pam Dreyer, 2001-02 New England Hockey Writers Women's Divions I All-Star Team
- Pam Dreyer, Goalie, 2002 ECAC North Second Team
- Pam DreyerPam DreyerPam Dreyer is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the games in Turin, she played 60 minutes and had 10 saves. She graduated from Brown University in 2003.-External links:*...
, 2002 ECAC Tournament Most Valuable Player, - Katie KingKatie KingKatie King may refer to:*Katie King , Olympic athlete*Katie King , name given by spiritualists to what they believed to be a materialized spirit...
, Kate Silver '86 Award (1994) - Katie King, Forward, 1996 All-ECAC Team
- Katie King, 1997 Marjorie Brown Smith Award
- Katie King, 1997 ECAC Player of the Year Award
- Katie Jamieson, 2010 Second Team All-Ivy
- Laurie Jolin, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of February 22, 2010)
- Courtney Johnson, 2002 ECAC All Academic Team
- Courtney Johnson, 2002 Academic All-Ivy
- Courtney Johnson, US College Hockey Online Player of the Week (Jan. 14, 2002)
- Becky KellarBecky KellarBecky Kellar is a women's ice hockey player. She currently plays for Burlington in the Canadian Women's Hockey League....
, 1996 ECAC All-Tournament team - Becky Kellar, 1996 ECAC Honor Roll
- Jessica Link, Kate Silver '86 Award (2002)
- Jessica Link, Forward, 2002 ECAC North All-Rookie Team
- Jessica Link, 2002 ECAC All-Rookie Team
- Jessica Link, 2002 Second Team All-Ivy honors
- Jessica Link, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Jan. 28, 2002)
- Jessica Link, 2002 Kate Silver Award, recognizing her as the outstanding first year female varsity athlete at Brown University
- Jessica Link, 2002 Sakuma Award winner.
- Hayley Moore, Forward, First Team All-Ivy League, 2007–08, Brown (Senior)
- Kathryn Moss, Kate Silver '86 Award (2004)
- Kathryn Moos, 2007 Marjorie Brown Smith Award
- Tara Mounsey, Kate Silver '86 Award (1997)
- Tara Mounsey, 1997 ECAC Rookie of the Year
- Tara Mounsey, 1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans, Second Team
- Tara Mounsey, 2000 Marjorie Brown Smith Award
- Tara Mounsey, Patty Kazmaier Award Finalist, 1999, 2000
- Digit Murphy, New England Hockey Writers 2001-02 Women's Coach of the Year
- Paige Pyett, Defense, 2009 ECAC All-Rookie Team
- Emily Sigman, 2002 ECAC All Academic Team
- Christina Sorbara, 2001 Sarah Devens AwardSarah Devens AwardThe Sarah Devens Award is given as a joint award between the ECAC Hockey and Hockey East conferences to a women’s ice hockey player. The criteria for the Devens Award is for a player who demonstrates leadership and commitment both on and off the ice. Both conferences submitted a league nominee for...
- Nicole Stock, Second Team All-Ivy League, 2007–08, Goaltender, Brown (Junior)
- Nicole Stock, Goaltender, 2009 Third Team All-ECAC
- Cassie Turner, 2001-02 New England Hockey Writers Women's Divions I All-Star Team
- Cassie Turner, Defense, 2002 ECAC North First Team
- Kristy Zamora, ECAC Player of the Week (Awarded December 11, 2001)
- Kristy Zamora, 2001-02 New England Hockey Writers Women's Divions I All-Star Team
- Kristy Zamora, Forward, 2002 ECAC North First Team
Chelsea McMillan '98 Award
- Kim Fleet, 2002 Chelsea McMillan '98 Award for pride and perseverance
- Emilie Bydwell 2006 Chelsea McMillan '98 Award for pride and perseverance.
Sakuma Award
The Sakuma Award is a team award given for perfect attendance at practices and games.- Kim Fleet, 2002 Sakuma Award winner for perfect attendance at all practices and games.
- Courtney Johnson 2000, 2001 Sakuma Award winner for perfect attendance at practices and games.
- Kristy Zamora, 1999, 2000
Ivy League honors
- Kristy Zamora, Forward, Senior, 2002 First Team All-Ivy League
- Cassie Turner, Defense, Junior, 2002 First Team All-Ivy League
- Katie Germain, Goalie, Sophomore, 2002 First Team All-Ivy League
- Jessica Link, Forward, Freshman, 2002 Second Team All-Ivy League
- Meredith Ostrander, Defense, Senior, 2002 All-Ivy League Honorable Mention
- Kristy Zamora, Brown, 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year
Bears in professional hockey
| Player | Team | League |
| Becky Kellar | Burlington Barracudas | CWHL Canadian Women's Hockey League The Canadian Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's ice hockey leagues in Canada. The league was founded in 2007. The league currently has six ice hockey teams: three in Ontario, one in Quebec, one in Alberta and one in Boston, Massachusetts.... |
| Kristy Zamora | Mississauga Chiefs Mississauga Chiefs The Mississauga Chiefs was a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Mississauga , Ontario. The team has played in the National Women's Hockey League and after in the Canadian Women's Hockey League... |
CWHL |
See also
- Brown Bears men's ice hockeyBrown Bears men's ice hockeyThe Brown Bears men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Brown University. The Bears are a member of ECAC Hockey. They play at the Meehan Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island.-External links:*...
- Brown BearsBrown BearsThe Brown Bears is a name shared by all sports teams at Brown University, a university located in Providence, Rhode Island in the United States. The Bears are part of the Ivy League conference. Brown's mascot is Bruno. Both the men's and women's teams share the name, competing in 37 National...
- List of college women's ice hockey coaches with 250 wins (Digit Murphy ranks fourth on all-time list)