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Jennifer Botterill '02 to be Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada - Harvard women's hockey alumnae, Jennifer Botterill, will become the second player in program history to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, the organization announced today, June 24. A member of the Harvard Class of 2002, and a 2003 graduate of the University, Botterill stands as one of the best players to wear a Harvard women's ice hockey sweater and one of the best the women's game has ever seen. A Winnipeg native, Botterill is still the Harvard women's hockey career points and goals leader, registering 340 and 157, respectively. Her assist total of 183 is the second-most all-time in program history. 
 



A 2007 inductee to the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame, Botterill adds this recognition to a long list of achievements she earned during her 14-year college and professional hockey career. A three-time Olympic Gold medalist and a five-time IIHF World Championship Gold medalist with Team Canada, Botterill has long been known as one of the best players in women's ice hockey history. 

Botterill skated with the Crimson from 1998-2003, taking a one-year break in 2002 to help Team Canada win gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. A four-time All-American and a two-time Patty Kazmaier Award (Player of the Year) winner, Botterill stands as the only player to win the prestigious award twice. One of the most prolific goal scorers in college hockey history, Botterill helped guide the Crimson to the 1999 AWCHA National Championship, scoring the game-winning goal in the championship game against New Hampshire. 
 

Botterill continued to leave her mark on the game after hanging up her skates in 2011, now working as a motivational speaker and a studio analyst on Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada and as an analyst/commentator for NHL on TNT broadcasts. 
 
The Harvard hockey legend will be enshrined on Nov. 10, at the ceremony held at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Botterill joins former teammate and Harvard legend Angela Ruggiero in the Hall after she was inducted with the Class of 2015.
 
Botterill will be inducted as a part of the eight-member Class of 2025 alongside Jack Parker, Danièle Sauvageau, Zdeno Chara, Brianna Decker, Duncan Keith, Alexander Mogilny and Joe Thornton.
 
 
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