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Watch Live: 2021 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Ceremony on NHL Network Saturday

03/25/2021, 12:30pm MDT
By USA Hockey

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The recipient of the 2021 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award will be unveiled during a special hour-long show Saturday (March 27) at 2:00 p.m. ET on NHL Network celebrating women’s college hockey and ultimately revealing the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey this season.

In addition to spotlighting each of the 10 finalists for the 2021 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, the program will include live interviews by host Jackie Redmond with each of this year’s top-three finalists, including Aerin Frankel (Northeastern University/Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.), Daryl Watts (University of Wisconsin/Toronto, Ontario) and Grace Zumwinkle (University of Minnesota/Excelsior, Minn.).

In addition, Redmond will have a special conversation with Olympic gold-medalist A.J. Mleczko, who won the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award in 1999 and also just finished covering the 2021 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four.

The Top-3

Pat Kelleher, executive director of USA Hockey and The USA Hockey Foundation, and Serena Veazey, daughter of the late Patty Kazmaier, will also join in the celebration.

Olympic gold medalist Kendall Coyne Schofield, who won the 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, will be making a special appearance and reveal this year’s winner.

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THE PATTY KAZMAIER MEMORIAL AWARD

An award of The USA Hockey Foundation, the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is annually presented to the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey. Selection criteria includes outstanding individual and team skills, sportsmanship, performance in the clutch, personal character, competitiveness and a love of hockey. Consideration is also given to academic achievement and civic involvement.

ABOUT PATTY KAZMAIER

The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is named in honor of the late Patty Kazmaier, who was a four-year varsity letter-winner and All-Ivy League defenseman at Princeton University from 1981-86. An accomplished athlete who helped lead the Tigers to the Ivy League Championship in three consecutive seasons (1981-84), Patty Kazmaier-Sandt died Feb. 15, 1990, at the age of 28 following a long struggle with a rare blood disease.

2021 TOP-10 FINALISTS

Name Class Position School Hometown Conference
Skylar Fontaine Senior Defense Northeastern University East Greenwich, R.I. Hockey East
Aerin Frankel Senior Goaltender Northeastern University Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Hockey East
Élizabeth Giguère Senior Forward Clarkson University Québec City, Québec ECAC
Caitrin Lonergan Senior Forward Clarkson University Roslindale, Mass. ECAC
Emma Maltais Senior Forward Ohio State University Burlington, Ontario WCHA
Alina Müller Junior Forward Northeastern University Winterthur, Switzerland Hockey East
Sophie Shirley Junior Forward University of Wisconsin Saskatoon, Saskatchewan WCHA
Daryl Watts Senior Forward University of Wisconsin Toronto, Ontario WCHA
Kiara Zanon Freshman Forward Penn State University Fairport, N.Y. CHA
Grace Zumwinkle Senior Forward University of Minnesota Excelsior, Minn. WCHA

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