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2008-09 Women's Ice Hockey

14 Kirsten Kester

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Concord, Mass.
  • High School Middlesex
  • Position Forward
  • Shoots/Catches R
  • House Affiliation Eliot

Biography

Senior • 2008-09
Team captain ... ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year ... Namedto ECAC Hockey All-Academic team for third consecutive season ...Appeared in all 32 games ... Fired 11 shots on goal for the year.... Has a goal and assist to her credit ... Scored in victory overQuinnipiac (Jan. 3) ... Assisted on goal in 3-2 win at Dartmouth(Dec. 17).

Junior • 2007-08
An ECAC Hockey All-Academic team pick for second straight year ...Saw action at forward in all 34 games ... Registered 18 shots ongoal, including two in Harvard’s 3-2 overtime victory againstSt. Lawrence in ECAC championship game (March 9) ... Also collectedshots on goal in Crimson’s 2-0 win over Connecticut (Dec. 7)and in 4-0 victory at Quinnipiac (Feb. 16) ... Had shots on goal infour straight games (March 1-March 15).

Sophomore • 2006-07
An ECAC Hockey League All-Academic selection ... Saw action in 30games, playing primarily on the Crimson’s checking line ...Scored a goal in a 4-2 loss to St. Lawrence Nov. 4 ... Had anassist in the 5-2 win against Cornell Nov. 11 ... Whistled for justone penalty on the year.

Freshman • 2005-06
Appeared in all 35 games as a freshman ... Had a goal and an assistin her collegiate debut as part of Harvard''s 7-0 win against RobertMorris (10/29) ... Used primarily as a defensive forward.

Before Harvard
Played field hockey and lacrosse at Middlesex ... Captained highschool hockey team both her junior and senior years ... Captain ofthe lacrosse team in 2005 ... Captain of the field hockey team in2004 ... Was selected first team All-ISL for ice hockey in 2003,2004 and 2005 ... Was a 2004 U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-Americaselection.

Personal
Sister, Kelsey ''04, graduated from Harvard, while brother, Eric, isa senior at the university ... Father, Carl MBA ''77, is a professorat the Harvard Business School.

Concentration
Molecular and cellular biology.

Career Statistics

OFFENSE               GP    G    A  Pts Shots Shot% Pen-Min   +/- PPG SHG GWG2005-06.............  35    1    1    2    16  .062   0-0       0   0   0   02006-07.............  30    1    1    2    18  .056   1-2      -5   0   0   02007-08.............  34    0    0    0    18  .000   0-0      -4   0   0   02008-09.............  32    1    1    2    11  .091   3-6      -2   0   0   0TOTAL............... 131    3    3    6    63  .048   4-8     -11   0   0   0

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