Jennifer Botterill

Jennifer Botterill, (born May 1, 1979) is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team.

She won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998 as the youngest player on the Canadian team. Later, she won the gold medal in the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, playing forward. She announced her retirement, on March 14, 2011. Her last appearance with Team Canada was on February 25, 2010 at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Her final point was also on February 25 when assisted Marie-Philip Poulin on the gold medal-winning goal.

Collegiate
Botterill attended Harvard University from 1998-2003 where she played hockey from 1998 to 2003. She holds the NCAA career scoring record (149 goals, 170 assists, 319 points). Botterill's 1st year at Harvard was not played in NCAA, but in an alternate league, so her record is not official. Despite this, she is the leading scorer in Harvard University history. She scored at least one point in 106 of her 107 career NCAA games (including a streak of 80 consecutive games). She was the first player to win the Patty Kazmaier Award twice as the top player in NCAA women's hockey.

CWHL
Currently, Botterill plays for the Mississauga Chiefs of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. In 2007-08, she won the Angela James Bowl after winning the league scoring title with 61 points. She was voted the CWHL Top Forward and a CWHL Central All-Star; she won CWHL Top Scorer of the Month honours in February.

Accomplishments and notes

 * 2008 Inductee, Women's Beanpot Hall of Fame

2007-08 Angela James Bowl winner as leading scorer in the Canadian Women's Hockey League

2007-08 ESSO Canada Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year

2006 Winter Olympic All Tournament Team - Awarded by the International Ice Hockey Federation

2001 & 2004 MVP of the World Championships - Awarded by the International Ice Hockey Federation

2004 Named to the Media All Star Team at the World Championships

2001 Directorate Award, Best Forward, the World Championships

2001-02 & 2002-03 Winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award (NCAA W Ice Hockey equivalent to Heisman) Only 2-time winner of the Award

2000-01 & 2002-03 Team Captain of Harvard University

2001 Female Athlete of the Year Award - Awarded by the Province of Manitoba (Botterill's mother won the same award 36 years before)

1999 Captain of Canada's National Women's Under 22 Team which defeated the United States in a three game series

1999 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Champion

1999 NCAA Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player

1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans, First Team

1996 Attended Canada's National Junior Basketball selection camp

All Time Leading Scorer at Harvard University

In high school she attended the National Sport School (Canada)

Bilingual - French and English

Personal
She participated in various festivities commemorating the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa, Ontario. Said festivities included attendance at Rideau Hall for the NHL Hockey is for Everyone event, interviews at the Sirius XM Stage (along with a fan question and answer period) at the Scotiabank NHL Fan Fair. In addition, she participated in the Energizer Night Skate at the Ottawa Rink of Dreams (relocated from the Rideau Canal), and attended the Molson Canadian NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday, January 28.