2004-05 Women's Ice Hockey Players of the Week

March 7, 2005
Kate Kogut, Middlebury
(Junior, Goaltender - Springfield, Mass.)
Kogut saved 56 of 58 shots in goal to lead Middlebury to its third NESCAC Championship. The junior netminder was stellar all weekend long, holding off offensive flurries by both Williams and Bowdoin to lead the Panthers to the victory. She lowered her goals against average to 1.44 on the season, while upping her league-leading save percentage to .930.

February 28, 2005
Marissa Halligan, Hamilton
(Senior, Forward - West Haven, Conn.)
Marissa Halligan scored three goals in Hamilton's 6-1 win against Amherst in the first round of the NESCAC Championships on Saturday. Halligan tied a NESCAC Championship record for most goals in a game. She is the sixth player to register a hat trick in the conference championships. Halligan now has 48 goals and 109 points in her career.

February 21, 2005
Heather DeVito, Colby
(Senior, Forward - Arlington, Mass.)
Colby's Heather DeVito had three goals and two assists in the Mules' 2-0 week in clinching a NESCAC playoff bid. DeVito had two goals in a 4-2 win against Trinity and followed that with one goal and two assists in a 6-1 win over Wesleyan.

February 14, 2005
Rachel Simon, Amherst
(Sophomore, Defender - West Orange, N.J.)
Sophomore defender Rachel Simon posted four goals and three assists in a 3-0 week for Amherst, capped off by a hat trick in Saturday's 4-0 victory at Trinity. She also tallied a goal and two assists in a 4-2 win at Wesleyan.

Kristen Cameron, Bowdoin
(First Year, Forward - Charlottetown, P.E.I.)
Kristen Cameron scored three goals, including two game-winners, as Bowdoin secured the inside track to the NESCAC's top postseason seed with a pair of wins at Williams and Middlebury. Cameron scored two goals, including the tiebreaker in the second frame, as the Polar Bears topped the Ephs, 4-1 on Friday. On Saturday, the rookie forward scored Bowdoin's third goal early in the final period of a 5-2 victory at top-ranked Middlebury.

February 7, 2005
Caitlin Connelly, Hamilton
(Sophomore, Goaltender - Cheltenham, Pa.)
Caitlin Connelly boasted a 0.96 goals against average and .955 save percentage in a 1-0-1 week for Hamilton. Connelly picked up her first shutout this season and fourth of her career by stopping all 27 shots she faced in a 3-0 win at Colby on Saturday. She made 15 saves in a 2-2 tie at Colby on Friday.

January 31, 2005
Lorna Gifis, Middlebury
(Senior, Forward - Princeton, N.J.)
Lorna Gifis netted eight goals in a 2-1 week for Middlebury, including two league wins. The senior scored a pair in a 4-2 loss at #3 Plattsburgh, before scoring four goals in a win at Connecticut College. She followed that up with a pair of goals in a win over Amherst and now leads the team with 15 goals on the season.

January 24, 2005
Denise McCulloch, Williams
(Fy., Goaltender - Toronto, Ontario)
With Denise McCulloch in goal, Williams was 1-0-1 against Middlebury and Hamilton. She had 44 saves on 45 shots to tie top-ranked Middlebury 1-1. McCulloch made 28 saves on 30 shots to help Williams edge out a 3-2 win over Hamilton.

January 17, 2005
Courtney Bergh, Trinity
(Junior, Goaltender - Penningon, N.J.)
Bergh made 22 saves and recorded Trinity's first-ever shutout victory in NESCAC play, as the Bantams broke a 28-game winless streak in the league with a 1-0 win over Colby. Bergh stopped 53 shots the next day in a loss to nationally-ranked Bowdoin. Her save percentage for the two games was .926.

January 10, 2005
Heather DeVito, Colby
(Senior, Forward - Arlington, Mass.)
Colby forward Heather DeVito had two goals in the Mules' 1-0-1 week. She had one goal in a 2-0 win against Connecticut College and had another score in a 2-2 tie on the road at Amherst.

December 13, 2004
Emily Quizon, Middlebury
(Junior, Forward - Chino Hills, Calif.)
Emily Quizon scored a the game winning goal and added an assist in Middlebury's 3-1 win over Williams. The Panthers end the semester 8-0 and ranked #1 nationally.

December 6, 2004
Zoe Baldwin, Hamilton
(Junior, Forward - Nepean, Ontario)
Zoe Baldwin scored seven goals and assisted on two others in Hamilton's two wins at Trinity this weekend. Baldwin scored all five goals, including the game-winner with two seconds left, in Friday's 5-4 victory. She then figured in four of the Continentals' five goals in a 5-1 victory on Saturday. Baldwin is now in second place on the program's all-time list with 63 career goals.

November 29, 2004
Gigi Stender, Williams
(Senior, Forward - Chicago, Ill.)
Williams senior forward Gigi Stender scored four times in two league victories. Stender netted two goals, including a shorthanded goal, in a 5-0 defeat of Wesleyan and posted two goals and an assist in a 7-2 victory over Trinity.

November 22, 2004
Laura Gosnell, Connecticut College
(Junior, Defender - East Windsor, N.J.)
Connecticut College junior captain Laura Gosnell played a pivotal role in a pair of NESCAC wins for the Camels this weekend. Gosnell anchored the Camel defense and assisted on the team's first goal in a 3-2 win against Wesleyan Friday night. Saturday afternoon, Gosnell put in the game-winner with 5:53 left in the game, lifting the Camels to a 3-2 victory over Trinity College.