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Women's Hockey February 27, 2014

Rattray and Ambrose Selected Top 10 Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award

Jamie Lee Rattray and Erin Ambrose, a pair of standouts on the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team, have been recognized as two of the top players in the country with the announcement that the Golden Knights were named as Top 10 Finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.

The honor is bestowed annually upon the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey.

Three finalists, including the recipient of the 2014 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, will be chosen by a 13-person selection committee made up of NCAA Division I women's ice hockey coaches, representatives of print and broadcast media, an at-large member and a representative of USA Hockey, the national governing body for the sport of ice hockey in the United States. The top-3 finalists will be announced on Thursday March 6.

The 2014 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award recipient will be unveiled at a brunch ceremony at Oakdale Theater in Wallingford, Conn., on Saturday, March 22, as part of the NCAA Women's Frozen Four weekend hosted by Quinnipiac University.

Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award release

Rattray, a senior forward from Kanata, Ontario, and Ambrose, a sophomore defenseman from Keswick, Ontario, played a leading role in Clarkson winning its first ever ECAC Hockey regular season title. The Knights, who are ranked third in the national polls, won the conference title with a 16-2-4 league mark. The Green and Gold, who host Dartmouth in the quarterfinal round of the ECAC Hockey playoffs this weekend at Cheel Arena, own a 25-4-5 overall record.

"Jamie Lee is the definition of hard work pays off," stated Clarkson co-head coach Matt Desrosiers. "A bigger competitor and more committed player and teammate you will not find. She is always the first player to arrive and last to leave. The energy she brings to every practice and game is unmatched and is infectious to the rest of her team. Her work ethic and tenacity make her a threat every time she steps on the ice and a leader by example. As a leader and player, she has an indisputable impact on our team's success. She has a heavy shot but also has soft hands that have led to quite a few highlight reel goals this season. In big moments she brings her best, but Jamie Lee has been the epitome of consistency throughout the season which you need to do in order to lead the conference and country in scoring. She embodies everything the Patty Kazmaier award represents; a top performer in the country, competitiveness, performance in the clutch, personal character, and most importantly a true passion and love for the game of hockey."

On Ambrose, Matt Desrosiers stated, "In my years as a coach, I have never seen a player be able to control the game from the blueline like Erin can. Her hockey sense and vision on the ice help make everyone around her better. As good as she is offensively, she is equally as outstanding defensively. She takes great pride in the defensive zone proven by her conference leading +\- and willingness to block shots. She has not only taken great strides with her play this season but has put the same focus into her academics and everything else she does. There is no other player in the country that is as dominant as she is to their relative position as seen by her currently sitting 7th in overall scoring and 15 points better than any other defensemen in the country. Erin has matured beyond her years and wants nothing but the best for this program and her teammates"

• Kaz Watch: Erin Ambrose leads Clarkson into title contention (2/26/14)
• Kaz Watch: Clarkson's Rattray is "a power forward who can do it all." (1/21/14)

An offensive threat every time she hits the ice, Rattray is a dynamic player, who is tied for first in the NCAA in points (55), is second in goals (26) and tied for fifth in assists (29). Rattray Is fourth in NCAA in power-play goals (7) and is tied for 10th nationally in game-winning goals (4). She ranks first in the ECAC in points (42) and goals (19) and is second in assists (23) during league play. She tops the ECAC in power-play goals with six and averaged 1.91 points per game in ECAC games. Rattray is a three-time ECAC Player of the Month (November, December, January) and was named ECAC Player of the Week three times. She is an active member in the Clarkson women's hockey team's participation with Lil' Knight Club, which volunteers with youth hockey players in the area.

Ambrose combines prolific offensive skills and tenacious defensive play as perhaps the top defenseman in the country in her second season of collegiate play. She leads the conference and nation in offense from the blueline, averaging 1.45 ppg in the conference and 1.41 ppg overall. The top playmaker in ECAC Hockey with 26 league assists and second overall in the country with 35, Ambrose is tied for third overall in the conference in scoring with 32 points (48 points overall, 15 more than any other defenseman in Division 1). She boasts a team-high +23 (+39 overall) +/- rating on the league's leading defensive squad. She is an active member in the Clarkson women's hockey team's participation with Lil' Knight Club, which volunteers with youth hockey players in the area.



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