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March 15, 2004

The USA Hockey Foundation Announces Three Finalists For The 2004 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The USA Hockey Foundation today announced the three finalists for The 2004 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award: senior goaltender Chanda Gunn (Huntington Beach, Calif.) from Northeastern University; senior Jenny Potter (Eagan, Minn.), a forward at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; and Harvard University senior defenseman Angela Ruggiero (Harper Woods, Mich.). All three finalists were among the Top 10 candidates in 2003, while Potter and Ruggiero were also Top Three finalists. 

An award of The USA Hockey Foundation, The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award recognizes the accomplishments of the most outstanding player in women's intercollegiate varsity ice hockey each season.

The announcement was made by USA Hockey Foundation President Ron DeGregorio (Salem, N.H.) and the executive committee of The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award which, in addition to DeGregorio, includes: Jim Erickson (Bloomington, Minn.), Bob Fallen (Minneapolis, Minn.), Cammi Granato (Downers Grove, Ill.), Laura Halldorson (Minneapolis, Minn.), Julie Sasner (Durham, N.H.) and Ben Smith (Gloucester, Mass.).

This year's award dinner will be held the evening of Saturday, March 27 during the NCAA Women's Frozen Four tournament in Providence, R.I., at the Westin Providence Hotel.

Individual dinner tickets are priced at $100.00 for adults and $50.00 for children under 18. Tickets, in addition to incremental levels of dinner sponsorship, may be purchased by calling The USA Hockey Foundation at (800) 566-3288, ext. 169. Individual tickets and sponsorship packages are tax-deductible.

Earlier this year, The USA Hockey Foundation asked women's NCAA Division I intercollegiate varsity ice hockey coaches to nominate up to two players from their team for The 2004 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. Those players were placed on an official ballot and sent to the coaches who then voted for the top 10 finalists. The official ballots were tabulated by the nationally respected accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

The finalists, as well as the recipient of The 2004 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, are chosen by a 13-member selection committee comprised of women's intercollegiate varsity ice hockey coaches, representatives of the print and broadcast media, and a representative of USA Hockey, the National Governing Body for the sport of hockey in the United States. Candidates for the award must compete for a women's intercollegiate varsity ice hockey team at an NCAA-member institution. Other selection criteria include outstanding individual and team skills, sportsmanship, performance in the clutch, personal character, competitiveness and a love of hockey. Consideration will also be given to academic achievement and civic involvement.

Now in its seventh year, The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award was first presented to University of New Hampshire forward Brandy Fisher (Colton, N.Y.) in 1998. Harvard University forward and two-time U.S. Olympian A.J. Mleczko (Nantucket, Mass.) received the accolade in 1999, and Brown University goaltender Ali Brewer (Racine, Wis.) was the 2000 recipient, and Brooke Whitney (Snohomish, Wash.), a forward from Northeastern University, was named the 2002 winner. In 2001 and 2003, two-time Canadian Olympian Jennifer Botterill (Winnipeg, Man.) was honored with the award, and is the only two-time recipient.

The award is named in honor of the late Patty Kazmaier, who was a four-year varsity letter-winner and All-Ivy League defenseman for the Princeton University women's ice hockey team from 1981-82 through 1985-86. An accomplished athlete who helped lead the Tigers to the Ivy League Championship in three consecutive seasons (1981-82 through 1983-84), Patty Kazmaier-Sandt died on Feb. 15, 1990 at the age of 28 following a long struggle with a rare blood disease.

Chanda Gunn
Position: Goaltender
Year: Senior
School: Northeastern University
As a record-setting goaltender this season Chanda Gunn has represented a beacon of light for Northeastern University. Backstopping the Huskies to eight wins, Gunn has broken two school records, registering 56 saves in a game and twice recording 23 saves in one period. She is ranked first nationally in save percentage, with a .940 mark, and tenth in the nation with a 1.94 goals-against average. 

Recognized twice as Hockey East Player of the Month, Gunn ranks first in the conference in save percentage (.937) and third in goals-against average with a 2.01 GAA. She also ranks third among Hockey East netminders in overall saves (503) and second in minutes played, logging over 1,015. 
A Top 10 Finalist for the 2002 and 2003 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Awards, Gunn has also been one of five finalists for College Hockey's Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey's finest citizen, for the last two years.

Gunn is the president of Northeastern's Student-Athlete Advisory Board, and the founder of Inner-City Youth Hockey Program, in Boston, Mass. She also coaches the Massachusetts Spitfire Girls' Team.

A senior from Huntington Beach, Calif., Gunn is majoring in athletic training. She is the daughter of Rod and Penny Gunn.

Jenny Potter 
Position: Forward
Year: Senior
School: University of Minnesota-Duluth
Once again Jenny Potter proved herself to be one of the nation's most prolific forwards, ranking second in the nation in overall scoring, while notching 75 points on 36 goals and 39 assists. She also ranked second nationally in points per game, registering an average of 2.21 points in 34 contests. The senior forward from the University of Minnesota-Duluth is tied for first in the country in game-winning goals (10), and tied for second in short-handed goals (4). Potter also ranked second nationally in goals per game, registering a 1.06 average. 

Potter topped the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) in five categories, including overall scoring, with 57 points (28 goals and 29 assists) in 24 conference games. She also led the conference in goals scored (28), short-handed goals (4) and game-winning goals (7). She ranked second in the WCHA in assists (29) and fourth in power-play goals (6). 

In the WCHA playoffs, Potter notched two points (1-1) and the game-winning goal in the Bulldogs' 3-1 victory over the University of Wisconsin. She also notched one assist in Duluth's 4-2 loss to the University of Minnesota in the championship game.

Potter was a Top 10 Finalist for the 2000 and 2003 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Awards, as well as being a Top Three Finalist last year. Potter skated with Team USA at the 1998 and 2002 Olympic Winter Games, winning a gold and silver medal, respectively.

A native of Eagan, Minn., Potter carries a 3.33 grade-point average with a major in organizational behavior management. She participates in Duluth Amateur Hockey clinics and Skate With the Bulldogs. She is the daughter of Dwayne and Terri Schmidgall. She and her husband, Rob, have a three-year-old daughter, Madison. 

Angela Ruggiero
Position: Defenseman
Year: Senior
School: Harvard University 
The nation's top-scoring defenseman, Angela Ruggiero further established herself as the most dominant player at her position. She ranks ninth in the nation and third on the Harvard University squad in overall scoring with 51 points (23 goals and 28 assists) in 28 games. Her 23 goals rank her eighth in the nation in goals and her 28 assists rank her sixth in assists per game. The Crimson team captain averaged 1.82 points-per-game, ranking her first in scoring by a defenseman, and she registered five game-winning goals to tie her for ninth in the country.

Ruggiero finished conference play good for second in scoring by a defenseman, with 25 points (12 goals, 13 assists). She was named the Ivy League Player of the Year for her efforts, and was a first team All-Ivy selection for the fourth time in her collegiate career. She helped lead Harvard to the co-Regular Season Championship, and a No. 1 seed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) playoffs. 

Ruggiero was a Top Three Finalist for the 2003 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, and has been a Top 10 Finalist in all four years of her collegiate career. In 1998 and 2002 she skated for Team USA at the Olympic Winter Games, earning a gold and silver medal, respectively. 

The senior carries a 3.30 grade-point average as a biological anthropology major and is a member of the Women's Sports Foundation and is a Co-Chair of the Harvard Radcliffe Foundation. A native of Harper Woods, Mich., Ruggiero is the daughter of Bill and Karen Ruggiero.

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