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2024-25 Women's Ice Hockey Roster

Maggie Menoni
Phil Tor
Annabel Banks

8 Paige Lester (she/her/hers)

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Oakville, Ontario
  • High School King's Christian Collegiate
  • Position Forward
  • Shoots/Catches L
  • House Affiliation Lowell
  • Concentration Economics

Biography

Career Highs (Through end of 2024-25 season)

Goals: 1, 12x (Last on Jan. 17, 2025 vs. RPI)
Assists: 1, 10x (Last on DEc. 6, 2024 vs. St. Lawrence)
Points: 2 (On Jan. 19 vs. Rensselaer)
Point Streak: 3 (Nov. 22-Dec. 6, 2024) 

Senior (2024-25)

Appeared in 13 games for the Crimson … Named to the ECAC All-Academic Team … Missed a large portion of the season due to injury … Notched six points on the season with two goals and four assists … Notched a point with an assists in her season debut against Princeton (Nov. 8) … Scored her first goal of the season at Cornell (Nov. 15) … Recorded a point in three consecutive games against Providence (Nov. 22-23) and St. Lawrence (Dec. 6) … Scored a goal against RPI (Jan. 17).

Junior (2023-24)

Played in 15 games during her junior year ... Totaled three points coming from two goals and an assist despite missing half the season … Scored two game winning goals on the year ... Her goal against RPI (Jan. 19) went viral on social media, logging nearly 250,000 views across Instagram and X ... Also notched an assist against the Engineers to record her first career two-point game ... Scored the game winner in the Crimson victory at Union (Jan. 31). 

Sophomore (2022-23)

Played in 26 games during her sophomore campaign ... Finished the year with ten points, scoring six goals and dishing four assists ... Her ten points were fifth-most on the team ... Tied for the lead on the team with two short-handed goals ... Registered her first point streak with an assist against Yale (Oct. 28) before scoring a goal against Brown (Oct. 29) ... Lit the lamp against RPI (Nov. 5) ... Scored the first Harvard shorthanded, game-winning goal since 2019 and just the third in the past ten years in the win over UNH (Nov. 26) ... Recorded her first goal streak with tallies against Dartmouth (Jan. 13) and Sacred Heart (Jan. 15) ... Scored her last goal of the season in the upset win over Cornell (Jan. 27). 

First-Year (2021-22)

Played in 30 games during debut season... Scored three goals and had one assist...Made collegiate debut on the road at Dartmouth (Oct. 22)... Scored first career goal in 3-2 victory over New Hampshire (Nov. 23)... Picked up goal against Rensselaer (Dec. 4)...Tallied a goal at home vs. St Lawrence (Feb. 14)...Fired season-high four shots on goal at Union in a 3-0 win (Feb. 19) 

Before Harvard

Played Club hockey for Toronto Aeros (2017-20), Etobicoke Dolphins (2015-16), Bramption Canadettes (2014-15), Mississauga Chiefs (2012-13) and Oakville Hornets (2006-12, 2013-14)…Assistant captain for Toronto Aeros (2019-20)… Rotherglen Female athlete of the year award (2015-16)…Most Valuable Player (2010, 2011)…Canadian National Female Hockey Skills Competition, 4th place (2012)… OWHA Provincial Gold Medalist (2011-13)…OWHA Provincial Gold Medalist and LLFHL Silver Medalist (2012-13)…OWHA Provincial Bronze Medalist MAA and LLFHL MAA Div Champions (2017-18)…OWHA U16 High Performance Camp (2017)…OWHA U18 High Performance Camp (2019)…Team Ontario National Team (2019)…Final Four, Toronto Aeros PWHL (2018-19)… Rotherglen Honor Roll with Academic Distinction (2015-16)…Rotherglen School leadership and community service award (2015-16)…King’s Christian Collegiate Academic Gold Award (2016-17)…King’s Christian Collegiate Academic Platinum Award (2017-18)…King’s Christian Collegiate Academic Gold Award (2018-19)…Brother, Cristian Lester, played rugby for Team Ontario (2010-12)…Father, Steve Lester, played for the Gloucester Rangers (CJHL) (1971-77)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2021-22First-Year

    Forward
    5'6"
    28
  • 8

    2022-23Sophomore

    Forward
    5'6"
    8
  • 8

    2023-24Junior

    Forward
    5'6"
    8
  • 8

    2024-25Senior

    Forward
    5'6"
    8