PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown women’s hockey honored its senior class and handed out team awards at its annual year-end banquet, held Friday night at the Brown Faculty Club. The program also handed out letter sweaters.
All awards, with the exception of Most Improved Player, are voted on by the team.
Co-Most Improved Players: Ava DeCoste and Elodie Roy
Ava DeCoste – First-Year Forward (Plymouth, Mass.)
Ava earned a regular shift instantly due to her tremendous skill set and ability to make plays, particularly at the offensive end. She started to hit her stride and showed up on the score sheet a third of the way into the season by assisting on two goals to secure a 3-3 tie at #5 Clarkson.
Just before the break, Ava chipped in her first goal of the season at UNH by netting the tying goal on the way to a 4-2 come-from-behind win. While the offensive production was destined to be a part of Ava’s game, the development off the puck earns her the ‘Most Improved’ award – “Ava started to adapt to the physical component of the game to win wall battles, get in on the forecheck and to pick up second wave players on the backcheck,” said head coach Melanie Ruzzi. “She became just as reliable a player to close out a game with a lead as she was when trying to score late.”
Ava completed the season with five goals and 11 assists for 16 points to rank third on the team.
Elodie Roy – First Year Defense (Sherbrooke, Qué.):
Elodie arrived at Brown with a solid skill set and a threatening shot from the point. Her growth as a player has been in getting that shot through and becoming a reliable defender against some of the best players and teams in the country. “A lightbulb went on for Elo after the break and things just started to click for her on the defensive side,” Ruzzi commented. “She was proving to be a consistent defender and earning ice down the stretch of tight games.”
Alli McMillan Unsung Hero Award – Maya Mangiafico
Given to the player whose efforts have been critical to the success of the team but not often recognized from a statistical perspective
Maya Mangiafico – Senior Forward (Medfield, Mass.)
For the second consecutive year, Maya is honored by her teammates for her selfless and gritty style of play. She served as an alternate captain this season, played center but took shifts on defense on the penalty kill and was relied upon to take big faceoffs in critical minutes down the stretch of close games.
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All awards, with the exception of Most Improved Player, are voted on by the team.
Co-Most Improved Players: Ava DeCoste and Elodie Roy
Ava DeCoste – First-Year Forward (Plymouth, Mass.)
Ava earned a regular shift instantly due to her tremendous skill set and ability to make plays, particularly at the offensive end. She started to hit her stride and showed up on the score sheet a third of the way into the season by assisting on two goals to secure a 3-3 tie at #5 Clarkson.
Just before the break, Ava chipped in her first goal of the season at UNH by netting the tying goal on the way to a 4-2 come-from-behind win. While the offensive production was destined to be a part of Ava’s game, the development off the puck earns her the ‘Most Improved’ award – “Ava started to adapt to the physical component of the game to win wall battles, get in on the forecheck and to pick up second wave players on the backcheck,” said head coach Melanie Ruzzi. “She became just as reliable a player to close out a game with a lead as she was when trying to score late.”
Ava completed the season with five goals and 11 assists for 16 points to rank third on the team.
Elodie Roy – First Year Defense (Sherbrooke, Qué.):
Elodie arrived at Brown with a solid skill set and a threatening shot from the point. Her growth as a player has been in getting that shot through and becoming a reliable defender against some of the best players and teams in the country. “A lightbulb went on for Elo after the break and things just started to click for her on the defensive side,” Ruzzi commented. “She was proving to be a consistent defender and earning ice down the stretch of tight games.”
Alli McMillan Unsung Hero Award – Maya Mangiafico
Given to the player whose efforts have been critical to the success of the team but not often recognized from a statistical perspective
Maya Mangiafico – Senior Forward (Medfield, Mass.)
For the second consecutive year, Maya is honored by her teammates for her selfless and gritty style of play. She served as an alternate captain this season, played center but took shifts on defense on the penalty kill and was relied upon to take big faceoffs in critical minutes down the stretch of close games.
One of her teammates noted in…
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