Jennifer Botterill, (born May 1, 1979) is a Canadian former women's hockey player and current hockey broadcast television analyst who played for

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, the Canadian national team, the

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, and the

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. She entered the ice hockey world after starting in the sport of

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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

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. She serves as a studio analyst for

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and

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telecasts in Canada and as a game and studio analyst for

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in the United States.

Playing career

Botterill was born to Doreen McCannell and Cal Botterill. Her mother, Doreen, competed in the

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and

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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,

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, played hockey and managed the

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. In high school, she attended the

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Botterill graduated from

in 2003 with a B.A. Psychology (with Honors). On May 5, 2012, she married hockey coach Adrian Lomonaco, and is a coach a
Toronto Hockey School
Journey To Excel

Ringette

Botterill grew up playing

in Canada. As a teenager she competed in the sport for Team Manitoba in

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, Alberta, at the 1995

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, a national multi-sport competition for elite, Canadian amateur athletes.

Collegiate

Botterill attended

and played for the

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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). The NCAA does not recognize her record because women's hockey was not an NCAA-sanctioned sport in Botterill's first two college seasons. 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 The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is given to the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four. The award was first presented in 1998. The awa ...

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.

Canadian Women's Hockey League

Botterill played for the

and

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of the

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. In 2007–08, she won the

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after winning the league scoring title with 61 points. 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

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. 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

She won the silver medal in the

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in 1998 as the youngest player on the Canadian team. Later, she won the gold medal in the 2002 games in

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, Utah, at the

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, and at the

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, playing forward. Botterill announced her retirement, on March 14, 2011. 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

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on the gold medal-winning goal.

World Championship biography

1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007 World Champion 2005, 2008, 2009 Silver Medallist

Career statistics

Career statistics are fro
USCHO.com
o
Eliteprospects.com
or the Team Canada Media Guide for 2009-10.

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

, 2007–08 * CWHL Top Forward, 2007–08 * CWHL First All-Star Team, 2008–09 * CWHL Central All-Stars, 2007–08

Accomplishments and notes

2006

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2001–02 & 2002–03 Winner of the

for the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. Only 2-time winner of the Award 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

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Women's Ice Hockey Champion 1999

All-Americans, First Team\

References

External links

Jennifer Botterill biography at Canoe.com"Toronto Aeros Win Hockey Nationals"
''Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity'', March 13, 2005. {{DEFAULTSORT:Botterill, Jennifer 1979 births Living people Angela James Bowl winners Canadian expatriates in the United States Canadian women's ice hockey forwards Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey players Sportspeople from Ottawa Sportspeople from Winnipeg Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Members of the Order of Manitoba Mississauga Chiefs players Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic ice hockey players of Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Canada Patty Kazmaier Award winners Toronto Furies players Ice hockey people from Manitoba Ice hockey people from Ontario