2015-16 Women's Hockey Roster
Biography
SENIOR YEAR (2015-16)—Blueline leader and assistant captain...Holds Clarkson lead in points among defensemen with 28, including 21 assists, despite missing season's first nine games with an injury...First-Team ECAC Hockey All-Star...Finalist for ECAC Hockey Best Defenseman Award...Leads team with 52 blocked shots and a +22 mark in conference games...Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week on 1/12...Had four assists in 5-2 win vs Cornell (2/27) in Game 2 of conference quarterfinal series...Had a goal and two assists in 5-2 win against Colgate in ECAC Semifinals (3/5)...Selected to ECAc Hockey All-Tournament team...Helped to lead Team Canada to Gold Medal in Nations Cup in early January.
JUNIOR YEAR (2014-15)—Assistant captain … Led the Golden Knights in points among defensemen with 23 on six goals and 17 assists … Named ECAC Hockey Third-Team All-League ... Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award nominee ... Connected for four power-play markers and scored game-winning goals in 2-1 victory at St. Lawrence (10/4) and in 5-1 triumph over Colgate (12/6) ... Recorded her 100th career point, the ninth Clarkson player to do so, on tying goal in the 1-1 draw at Cornell (1/10) … Has 109 career points, which places her in a tie with Marie-Jo Gaudet ’09 for eighth on the all-time points list … Named to the ECAC Hockey Honor Roll twice (10/5, 1/13) … Missed the last five games of the regular season through injury … Had three assists in the sweep of Dartmouth in the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals.
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2013-14)—First-Team All-American ... Combined prolific offensive skills and tenacious defensive play as the premier defenseman in the country in her second season of collegiate play … A Top 10 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award finalist … Missed last four games with injury ... Lead Division I in scoring from the blueline with 50 points (seven more than any other defender in the country) … Second among all players in the nation for assists per game with 36 … Boasted a team-high +44 +/- rating on the league’s leading defensive squad … 21 points (6-15) on Knights’ 7th-ranked power play ... Had three game-winners … Opened season with five and four-point outings, including back-to-back hat tricks, in wins over RIT (12-1) and St. Lawrence (10/4) … Tallied GWG in key 2-1 win at Harvard (2/14) … First-Team ECAC Hockey All-Star … Co-winner of ECAC Hockey’s Best Defensive Defenseman Award … Led the conference in offense from the blueline, averaging 1.45 ppg in the conference and ECAC’s top playmaker in with 26 league assists … Tied for third overall in the conference in scoring with 32 points … ECAC Player of the Week (10/8).
FRESHMAN YEAR (2012-13)—ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year ... Second-Team ECAC All-Star ... Leading rookie scorer from the blueline nationally with 36 points, including a school-record 30 assists, through 34 games … One of only three defensemen in the country who averaged over a point per game (1.06) ... Scored sixth goal of the season in NCAA Tournament game at Boston University (3/16) …Tallied two points (1-1) in ECAC semifinal game vs Harvard (3/8) ... Top scoring freshman in ECAC Hockey with 19 points (3-16) in 20 league games … Second among ECAC defenseman in league scoring (.95 ppg) … Recorded at least one point in 24 of 34 games … Best effort was a one-goal, three-assist outing in 6-2 W(H) vs Rensselaer (10/27) … Quarterbacked Clarkson’s 12th-rated power play (19.2%) and was tied for second in the ECAC in power-play points (11) … Posted a team-high +25 plus/minus … Chosen three times as ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Month (October, December, February) … Named three times as league Rookie of the Week ... Helped Canada’s U22 National Team win Gold Medal at the 2013 Meco Cup in Fussen, Germany in January ... Clarkson's Rookie of the Year.
BEFORE CLARKSON—Seved as team captain for the Toronto Junior Aero’s (PWHL) ... A Canadian Women’s U18 Team Member; 2009, 2010, 2011 Summer Series vs. Team USA ... Canadian Women’s U18 Team Member; 2010 U18 World Championships (Gold Medalist), 2011 U18 World Championships (Silver Medalist), and the 2012 U18 World Championships (Gold Medalist) ... Invited to the 2009, 2010, & 2011 Canadian Women’s U18 Selection Camp ... Invited to the 2009, 2010, & 2011 Canadian Women’s U18 Team Strength and Conditioning Camp ... Also invited to the 2010 Canadian Senior Selection Camp ... Was presented with the award for the Tournament’s Top Defenseman at the 2012 U18 World Championships as well as being named as one of the top three players on her team throughout the tournament voted on by the coaching body ... Was a member of the Ontario Provincial team at the 2008, 2009, & 2011 Canadian U18 Nationals where she won 2 Gold Medals ... Won silver at the 2011 Canada Winter Games as a member of Team Ontario.
PERSONAL—Daughter of Laura and Glenn Ambrose ... Shoots right ... Innovative Entrepreneurship major ... Has an older sister, Tory ... Lists Cassie Campbell as her favorite athlete ... Has been playing hockey since age five ... Also enjoys playing baseball ... Selected to the final roster for Hockey Canada's National Under-22 team the past two summers for the three-game series vs. the United States' Women's Under-22 National Team, played during August in Calgary (2014) and Lake Placid (2015).
WHY CLARKSON—"I chose Clarkson because for me it was a great combination of elite hockey and strong academics. I felt like this was where I wanted to spend and enjoy the next four years of my life because of the family atmosphere the team presented me. I couldn’t be happier with my decision."
| Year |
GP |
Gls |
Asst |
Pts |
P/M |
PPG |
SHG |
GWG |
HT |
+/- |
| 2012-13 FR |
34 |
6 |
30 |
36 |
9/18 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+25 |
| 2013-14 SO |
37 |
14 |
36 |
50 |
11/22 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+44 |
| 2014-15 Jr |
31 |
6 |
17 |
23 |
9/18 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+7 |
| 2015-16 Sr |
30 |
7 |
21 |
28 |
9/18 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+31 |
| TOTALS |
132 |
33 |
104 |
137 |
37/76 |
16 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+107 |
| CAREER GAME-HIGHS—Most Recent |
| Points: 5 - (3-2) in 12-1 W(H) vs RIT, 9/28/13 |
| Goals: 3 (2x) - in 5-2 W(H) vs St. Lawrence, 10/4/13 |
| Assists: 4 (2x) - in 5-2 W(H) vs Cornell, 2/27/16 |
| Power Play Goals: 2 - in 12-1 W(H) vs RIT, 9/28/13 |
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| First Career Goal: vs St. Lawrence in 3-2 W(H), 10/6/12 |
| First Career Assist: vs St. Lawrence in 3-2 W(H), 10/6/12 |
| First Career Assist: at Northeastern in 5-3 L(A), 1/5/12 |
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Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2013Freshman
Defense
5'5"
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2013-14Sophomore
Defense
5'5"
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2014-15Junior
Defense
5'5"
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2015-16Senior
Defense
5'5"
