Elizabeth Giguère of Quebec City is the 2020 winner of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, which is presented annually to the to player in U.S. college women’s hockey.
Giguère, a junior forward at Clarkson University, was selected in the final balloting over Alina Mueller, a Northeastern University sophomore forward from Switzerland and Abby Rogue, a senior forward from the University of Wisconsin by way of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Giguère, who is the daughter of former NHL goaltender Jean-Sébastian Giguère, closed out the 2019-20 season as the NCAA’s most dominant goal-scorer with 37 goals, including 10 game-winning goals, which tied for tops in the nation. Giguère helped lead Clarkson to a 25-6-6 record, was second in the nation with 66 points and her 1.78 points per game average was third best in NCAA Division I women’s hockey.
The ECAC Hockey Player and Forward of the Year, Giguère led the conference this season in goals (23), points (41) and points per game (1.86). She twice earned ECAC Hockey Player of the Month Award honours and was also a two-time ECAC Hockey Player of the Week honouree.
“It would be hard to say that any one player has elevated their game or put their team on their shoulders more than Elizabeth has this year,” said Matt Desrosiers, head coach of the Clarkson women’s ice hockey team. “We have been fortunate to have had some great players come through our program, but Elizabeth has displayed the ability to do things on the ice that just make you shake your head in amazement. One of the best attributes she has shown is the capability to make everyone around her better.”
Giguère has 210 career points, only four points shy of breaking the school record held by Loren Gabel, who captured the 2019 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The all-time NCAA scoring leader is Canadian Olympian Meghan Agosta, who had 303 points during her career at Mercyhurst College.
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