BRIGHTON, Mass. – On Saturday night, four Crimson alumnae helped propel the Boston Pride to its second NWHL Championship in League history. At Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton, Mass. the Pride defeated the Minnesota Whitecaps 4-3. Former Harvard captain and current Boston Pride captain Jillian Dempsey '13 was named MVP and is the only player to have hoisted the Isobel Cup with the Pride in its inaugural season.
 
Dempsey scored the second of three goals in the middle period while Harvard hockey alum Mary Parker '16 opened scoring for the Pride. Lexie Laing '19 converted on the power-play late in the second and Briana Mastel '17 helped hold down the blue line.
 

 
"Everybody went out there and did their job and owned their role and battled hard one shift at a time" said Dempsey, "that was just our mindset and focus going forward. So you know, proud of this whole group."
 
The Isobel Cup is the championship trophy of the National Women's Hockey League. It takes its name from Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley's daughter, Isobel, who shared his love of the game and is known to be one of the first female hockey players in Canada. Isobel, along with her brothers, encouraged her father to purchase a silver cup to award to the best amateur hockey team in Canada. The Stanley Cup, as it was later named, became the championship trophy of the National Hockey League.
 
The front of the Isobel Cup reads: "The Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Cup 1875-1963. This Cup shall be awarded annually to the greatest professional women's hockey team in North America. All who pursue this Cup, pursue a dream; a dream born with Isobel, that shall never die. EST. 2016."