2001-02 Women's Ice Hockey Players of the Week

March 4, 2002
Gillian McDonald, Bowdoin
(Sophomore, Forward - Hudson, Quebec)
McDonald scored four goals in two games to lead Bowdoin to the first NECSAC women's hockey title. She scored a natural hat trick in the first period to lead the Polar Bears to a 5-1 win over Colby in the semifinals. McDonald scored the first goal in the 2-1 championship game win over Williams.

February 25, 2002
Kirsti Anderson, Bowdoin
(Freshman, Defenseman - Glenville, N.Y.)
Anderson scored two goals in a 4-0 NESCAC first round win over Amherst. She scored one goal in a 2-2 tie with Colby in the regular season finale for each team.

February 18, 2002
Lorna Gifis, Middlebury
(Freshman, Forward - Princeton, N.J.)
Gifis scored the game-winning goal as Middlebury edged Bowdoin 2-1 in overtime to clinch the top seed for the NESCAC tournament. She scored two goals and added two assists in an 8-0 win over Colby.

February 11, 2002
Mimi MacKinnon, Trinity
(Sophomore, Goaltender - Glen Cove, N.Y.)
MacKinnon made 40 saves in a 3-2 loss to top-ranked Middlebury and made 44 saves in 3-2 win over ninth-ranked Williams. She finished the week with a save percentage of 93.3.

February 4, 2002
Liz Courtney, Wesleyan
(Sophomore, Goaltender - Belmont, Mass.)
Courtney posted her first career shutout with 24 saves in a 4-0 Wesleyan win over Hamilton. She made 16 saves in a 1-1 tie with Amherst, finishing the week with a 0.48 goals against average and 97.6 save percentage.

January 28, 2002
Molly Wasserman, Williams
(Sophomore, Forward - Minnetonka, Minn.)
Wasserman scored eight goals and added two assists in three games for Williams. She recorded back-to-back hat tricks in back-to-back 5-0 wins at Connecticut College. She scored two goals and assisted on another goal in a 4-4 tie with RPI.

January 21, 2002
Amber Neil, Middlebury
(Junior, Forward - Port Crane, N.Y.)
Neil scored five goals and assisted on two others as Middlebury remained undefeated with three road wins. She scored two goals and assisted on two others in an 8-0 win over Williams. She scored two goals in a 4-0 victory over Amherst, and added a goal in a 4-1 win over Hamilton.

January 14, 2002
Paula Dady, Hamilton
(Junior, Forward - Wallingford, Conn.)
Dady led the Continentals to two wins over the weekend with six points. She scored three goals and added an assist in a win over New England College, and recorded two assists in a 5-4 win at Amherst.

January 7, 2002
Kristi Anderson, Bowdoin
(Freshman, Defenseman - Glenville, N.Y.)
Anderson scored one goal and added two assists, and led the defense as the Polar Bears recorded three consecutive road wins. Bowdoin completed the road trip with a 4-3 win over fourth-ranked Gustavus Adolphus.

Heather DeVito, Colby
(Freshman, Forward - Arlington, Mass.)
DeVito scored three goals and added four assists in two conference wins over Connecticut College.

December 10, 2001
Amber Neil, Middlebury
(Junior, Forward - Port Crane, N.Y.)
Neil scored one goal and assisted on another as top-ranked Middlebury defeated host and second-ranked Bowdoin 3-2. She scored one goal and assisted on another in a 3-1 win at previously undefeated Colby the next day. Middlebury extended its unbeaten Division III streak to 131 games (130-0-1).

December 3, 2001
Mimi MacKinnon, Trinity
(Sophomore, Goaltender - Glen Cove, N.Y.)
MacKinnon made 85 saves and yielded just three goals as Trinity split two games. MacKinnon made 62 saves in a 4-1 win over Connecticut College, the first win of the year for the Bantams, who broke an 18-game winless streak and gave head coach Kate Busniuk her first career victory.

Molly Wasserman, Williams
(Sophomore, Forward - Minnetonka, Minn.)
Wasserman played a part in five of the six Williams goals in two shutout wins. She scored four goals and added an assist as the Ephs defeated Vermont 2-0 and Sacred Heart 4-0.

November 26, 2001
Erin Neil, Middlebury
(Junior, Forward - Port Crane, N.Y.)
Neil tallied seven points in two Middlebury wins. She scored one goal and added three assists in a 6-0 victory over Trinity. She scored once and assisted on two other goals in a 7-0 victory over Wesleyan.

November 19, 2001
Shelly Chessie, Bowdoin
(Junior, Forward - Fredericton, New Brunswick)
Chessie scored three goals and added five assists in two conference wins on the road. She scored two goals in a 7-0 win over Trinity, and led the Polar Bears with three assists in a 7-1 victory over Wesleyan.