Jesse Scanzano (born October 15, 1988) is a
Canadian
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retired
ice hockey
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forward. She was selected fifth overall in the
2011 CWHL Draft
The 2011 CWHL Draft was held on July 21, 2011 in Mississauga. The Montreal Stars had the first pick overall and selected Meghan Agosta from Mercyhurst College.
Top 50 picks
Draft picks by team
Alberta
Boston
Brampton
Burlington
Mo ...
. Mercyhurst's Jesse Scanzano was a three-time All-College Hockey America selection (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11) and a member of the CHA All-Rookie Team in 2007-08. She ranks No. 2 in career points (225) in CHA history. In her Junior year with Mercyhurst, Scanzano led the NCAA in points with 65. Scanzano played for the
2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team
The 2011–12 women's national hockey team represented Canada in various tournaments during the 2011-12 hockey season. The head coach of the National team was York Lions women's ice hockey coach Dan Church.
News and notes
*June 23, 2011: Sixteen o ...
and appeared in the
2011 4 Nations Cup
The 2011 4 Nations Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament that was held in Nyköping, Sweden. All matches were held at the Stora Hallen arena. The November 10 match between Canada and the US marked the 100th time since 1990 that the two countrie ...
.
Playing career
Scanzano grew up in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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and played for the
Montreal Axion
The Montreal Axion were a National Women's Hockey League team (2003 to 2007) located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Axion represented Quebec at the 2005 Esso Women's Nationals. They were previously known as Bonaventure Wingstar (1998–99) and ...
women's ice hockey team and participated in the
Esso Women's Nationals
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in 2005 and 2006, winning bronze and silver medals respectively.
Montreal Axion
*Scanzano joined the
Montreal Axion
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of the Canadian
National Women's Hockey League
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(NWHL; operated 1999 to 2007 ) as a 15-year-old. Prior to playing for the Axion, she played
bantam boys’ hockey in the Lac St. Louis Hockey Association with the West Island Royals. She won the NWHL championship with the Axion in 2005–06. The following season, she was the leading scorer for the Axion as she had 46 points (24 goals, 22 assists) in 35 games.
*On February 11, 2007, Scanzano was involved in a controversial game for the franchise. In a game against the
Brampton Thunder
The Markham Thunder was a professional women's ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). From 1998 through 2017, the franchise was known as the Brampton Thunder and Brampton Canadettes-Thunder before relocating from Brampton, O ...
, Scanzano scored two goals but the game ended in controversy due to the result of the shootout. A player for the Axion left the penalty box prior to the shootout commencing and took the first shot for the Axion. This was a violation of NWHL rules.
Mercyhurst College
*In her rookie season with the
Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey
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program, Scanzano appeared in 37 games with 13 goals and 29 assists. Scanzano was the third
Quebecer in the history of the Lakers women's hockey program. She was second on the team in assists and third in points. She had nine multiple-point games and ended the season with a seven-game scoring streak. Nationally, she was fifth in points per game by a rookie (1.08), and fourteenth in assists per game (0.73). For her efforts, she was named to the
CHA All-Rookie Team and was a six-time CHA Rookie of the Week.
*As a
sophomore, Scanzano led the team with a .191 shooting percentage while ranking second on team in goals, assists, points, and power-play goals (11). For her efforts, she was named to the All-CHA Second Team. Scanzano's numbers were the fifth-best single-season offensive numbers in program history. She averaged 2.25 points per game during 16 conference games and was second in conference scoring behind teammate
Meghan Agosta
Meghan Christina Agosta (born February 12, 1987) is a Canadian women's ice hockey forward, who last played for the Montreal Stars of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Agosta plays for the Canada women's national ice hockey team and is a gol ...
. Overall, she ranked sixth in the nation in points scored, and eighth in NCAA Division I in goals and assists Scanzano earned CHA Tournament MVP honors as a sophomore in 2008-09 with seven points on two goals and five assists as Mercyhurst outscored Niagara and Wayne State, 14-3, en route to the league's postseason crown. In the NCAA tournament that season she recorded three assists in the Lakers' semifinal win over Minnesota.
*As a
junior
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* ''Junior'' (Röyksopp album), 2009
* ''Junior'' (Kaki King album), 2010
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Films
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, Scanzano was named to the 2009–10 Preseason All-CHA team and was also tabbed as the 2009–10 Preseason CHA Player of the Year. She was a Patty Kazmaier Award Top-10 finalist and earned AHCA All-America honours as the Lakers captured the CHA regular season and postseason titles and reached Frozen Four for the second consecutive season. During the 2009–10 season, Jesse Scanzano led the NCAA in most shorthanded goals with 4. In addition, she led the NCAA in points per game, with an average of 1.97. She registered a team-high 65 points on 20 goals and 45 assists. She dished out three assists in the 2010 NCAA quarterfinals to help Mercyhurst down Boston University, 5-1, to advance to the Frozen Four.
*In her final season with the Lakers, Scanzano netted three hat tricks including back-to-back three-goal games against St. Lawrence and St. Cloud State in December and January and recorded her 200th career point in a two-goal, two-assist performance against Brown on Jan. 14. 2011.
CWHL
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Scanzano was the fifth overall selection in the
2011 CWHL Draft
The 2011 CWHL Draft was held on July 21, 2011 in Mississauga. The Montreal Stars had the first pick overall and selected Meghan Agosta from Mercyhurst College.
Top 50 picks
Draft picks by team
Alberta
Boston
Brampton
Burlington
Mo ...
. For
2011–12 season, she played with the Toronto Furies of the
Canadian Women's Hockey League
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(CWHL). On November 2, 2011, Scanzano was on loan from the
Toronto Furies, as she appeared in one game for the
Brampton Thunder
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. The game was an exhibition contest versus her alma mater, the Mercyhurst Lakers. In the second period of said contest, Scanzano scored the game-winning goal as the Thunder defeated the Lakers by a 3-1 tally.
Team Canada
* In 2005, Scanzano participated for Team Quebec at the Canadian Under-18 Hockey Challenge. Some of her teammates included future Olympic gold medalist
Catherine Ward
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, future
McGill Martlet Ann-Sophie Bettez
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Playing career CIS
She was CIS rookie of the year in 2008 and voted league MVP in her second y ...
, and future NCAA players Emmanuelle Blais and Karel Emard.
* In
2007, she participated in the
Air Canada Cup
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The current champions are the Monc ...
for Canada's Under-22 Team. In the first game of the tournament, against , Scanzano had three assists.
* She represented Team Canada's Under-22 team at the
2008 Air Canada Cup in
Ravensburg, Germany.
* Scanzano was one of six Mercyhurst players (along with
Vicki Bendus,
Bailey Bram,
Jess Jones,
Hillary Pattenden, and Laura Hosier) invited to try out for the Under-22 Team in August 2009. Scanzano was named to the final roster of the 2009–10 National Women's Under-22 Team.
*Scanzano won a gold medal with the Canadian National Women's Under-22 Team at the
2010 MLP Cup. In the gold medal game, Scanzano had a goal and an assist.
*In March 2011, she was invited to the
Canadian women's national ice hockey team
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selection camp to determine the final roster for the
2011 IIHF Women's World Championships.
*She travelled to
Bratislava, Slovakia to participate in the 2011 IIHF High Performance Women's Camp from July 4–12.
*Scanzano was named to the Canadian roster that competed in the
2011 IIHF Eight Nations Tournament. In the first game of the
2011 IIHF Eight Nations Tournament, Scanzano scored two goals in a 16–0 victory over . In the third game of the tournament, she scored two goals in an 11–0 shootout over .
*Scanzano competed in the
2011 4 Nations Cup
The 2011 4 Nations Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament that was held in Nyköping, Sweden. All matches were held at the Stora Hallen arena. The November 10 match between Canada and the US marked the 100th time since 1990 that the two countrie ...
and scored a goal versus on November 9, 2011.
Career stats
NCAA D1
CWHL
Personal
Scanzano majored in business at
Mercyhurst University
(Seize the day)
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.
Her brothers, Shawn and Wes,> are twins and both played in the
American Hockey League
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(AHL) and
East Coast Hockey League
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The E ...
(ECHL).
Awards and honours
*In 2010, led the NCAA in most shorthanded goals
*In 2010, led the NCAA in points, with an average of 1.97 points per game.
*2010 nominee for the
Patty Kazmaier Memorial 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 ...
*2010 First Team All-CHA
*2009-10 Preseason All-CHA team
*2009-10 Preseason CHA Player of the Year
*In 2009, finished 6th in points in the Nation
*2009 CHA Tournament MVP
*2009 All-CHA Second Team
*2008 CHA All-Rookie Team
*Six-time CHA Rookie of the Week (2007–08)
*2007 European Air Canada Cup champions
*Bronze medal at the Esso Nationals in Sarnia, Ontario (2005)
*2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Second Team
* 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award Nominee
*CHA Player of the Month (Month of February 2011)
*2010-11 Second Team All-CHA selection
*2006 she was the leading scorer for the Axion as she had 46 points (24 goals, 22 assists) in 35 games
References
External links
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1988 births
Brampton Thunder players
Canadian women's ice hockey forwards
Living people
Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey players
Montreal Axion players
Ice hockey people from Montreal
Toronto Furies players