2012-13 Women's Ice Hockey
Roster
Nicole Connery
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- First Year
- Hometown:
- Newmarket, Ontario
- High School:
- Mississauga Jr. Chiefs/Ontario U-18 Team / Canada U-18 National Team
- Position:
- FORWARD
-ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team Selection (2015-16)
-Three-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15)
As a Senior in 2015-16:
-Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team
-Named a Quinnipiac Scholar-Athlete
-Scored 13 goals along with career-highs of 24 assists and 37 points in her senior season
-Became the fourth player in program history to record 100 points, finishing with 102
-Became the third player in program history to record 40+ goals and 40+ assists in a career
-Her 42 career goals are tied for fourth in program history while her 60 assists and 102 points are third
-Connery’s 24 assists in 2015-16 are tied for the sixth most in a season in program history while her 37 points were the eighth most
-Finished the season tied for first on the team with 24 assists and second with 37 points
-Tied for fourth in ECAC Hockey with 24 assists and tied for fifth with 37 points
-Her 20 blocks were the second most by a forward
-Recorded her first point of the season with an assist at Maine on Oct. 9 in a 3-1 win
-Scored one goal and added another assist in a two-point effort at Maine on Oct. 10
-Tallied a second straight two-point game with a goal and an assist against Yale on Oct. 24
-Began a five-game point streak with a pair of assists in Quinnipiac’s 3-0 win at Clarkson on Nov. 20
-Added two more assists the following day at St. Lawrence in a 5-0 win on Nov. 21
-Assisted the Bobcats only goal in a 1-0 win against UConn in the Nutmeg Classic on Nov. 27
-Scored a goal in the Bobcats’ 3-0 win at Yale in the Nutmeg Classic Championship game
-Picked up an assist against Dartmouth in the Bobcats’ 7-1 win on Dec. 4
-Scored two goals and added an assist for her first three-point game of the season against New Hampshire on Dec. 11
-Recorded another three-point game with a goal and two assists against Brown on Jan. 2
-Started a four-game point streak with a goal and an assist at Union in a 5-0 win on Jan. 9
-Tallied an assist on the game-winning goal in a 3-2 vs. Robert Morris on Jan. 16
-Scored the game-winning goal the following day against Robert Morris
-Scored her second straight game-winning goal in a 6-1 win over Boston University
-Opened up another three-game point streak with an assist in a 2-1 win at Dartmouth on Jan. 30
-Added another assist in the Bobcats’ 4-1 win on Feb. 5 at Cornell
-Assisted both Bobcats’ goals at Colgate on Feb. 6
-Started another four-game point streak with a three-point effort on two goals and an assist in the Bobcats’ ECAC Hockey Regular Season Championship clinching 9-0 win against Union
-Recorded her second straight three-point game with one goal and two assists on Senior Day, including her 100th career point, on Feb. 20
-Scored a goal and assisted the game-winning goal in a 3-2 overtime win against Rensselaer on Feb. 26
-Assisted the game-winning goal in a 2-1 double overtime win over Rensselaer on Feb. 27 to advance to the ECAC Hockey Semifinals
-Assisted the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Clarkson in the ECAC Hockey Championship game for the Bobcats’ first title in program history
As a Junior in 2014-15:
-Selectetd to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team
-Recorded 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points in all 38 games
-Finished second on the team in goals and points, fourth on the team in assists
-Third on team with a +18 plus/minus rating
-Tied for most power play goals on the team with three
-Her 13 goals were tied for 14th in ECAC Hockey 49th in the country
-Tied with Harvard’s Sydney Daniels for 17th in ECAC Hockey with 17 assists
-Tied for 30th in ECAC Hockey with 14 assists
-Tallied five multi-point games and two multi-goal games
-Began a season-high six game point streak with an assist against Maine on Oct. 17
-Scored her first goal of the season on the power play against Maine on Oct. 18
-Assisted one goal at New Hampshire on Oct. 24
-Recorded a season-high three points with two goals and one assist at Colgate on Oct. 31 with one goal coming on the power play taking a season-high seven shots
-Picked up the lead assist on the game-winning goal against No. 8 Cornell on Nov. 1
-Recorded her second multi-goal game of the season with two goals in a 6-1 win against Rensselaer on Nov. 14
-Scored the game-tying goal in a 2-2 tie with St. Lawrence on Nov. 22
-Picked up the only assist on the game-winning goal against Yale on Nov. 28 in the first round of the Nutmeg Classic
-Recorded an assist in both games of a weekend series at Union on Jan. 2 and Rensselaer on Jan. 3
-Notched two lead assists, including on the game-winning goal against Princeton on Jan. 6
-Tallied two more assists against Yale on Jan. 10
-Picked up another assist with the lead helper on the power play at Robert Morris on Jan. 17
-Scored the only goal in a 2-1 loss at No. 1 Boston College on Jan. 24
-Scored a goal in three consecutive games from Jan. 31 to Feb. 7 with the game-winning against Dartmouth on Jan. 31, and one goal each in a series against No. 9 Cornell on Feb. 6 and Colgate on Feb. 7
-Picked up an assist on the game-winning power play goal at Brown in a 1-0 win on Feb. 21
-Scored a goal and assist another with a season-high +3 plus/minus rating against Princeton in the first game of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals on Feb. 27
-Scored the game-winning goal against Princeton on Feb. 28 to send Quinnipiac to the ECAC Hockey Semifinals
As a Sophomore in 2013-14:
-Named to the 2013-14 ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team
-Tallied 19 points (six goals, 13 assists) in 33 games played
-Finished the season as the fifth-highest scoring Bobcat as well as the fourth-most assists on the team
-Rounded out her season with a +14 plus/minus rating in addition to one game-winning goal
-Ranked 100th among all Division I skaters with a 0.39 points per game average
-Tallied four multi-point games including a career-high three points (one goal, two assists) twice
-Exploded for her first three-point game including a career-best +3 plus/minus rating on Oct. 5 as she either scored or assisted on all three goals in a 3-1 win at St. Cloud State
-Chimed in with two points (one goal, one assist) and a +2 plus/minus against Penn State on Oct. 12
-Scored the game-winning tally at Maine on Oct. 18 and also picked up an assist in game two of the weekend series at Maine on Oct. 19
-Assisted on a power-play goal in a 4-2 win at Dartmouth on Oct. 26
-Posted her second three-point game (one goal, two assists) of the season on Nov. 1 at home against Colgate
-Picked up two assists, including one on the game-winning goal, on the road against Brown on Nov. 8
-Assisted on the game-winner in a 1-0 late-game victory at Union on Jan. 11
-Scored a goal against Dartmouth on Jan. 31
-Tallied a key assist in the Bobcats’ third period rally to tie Clarkson 3-3 on the road on Feb. 7
-Lit the lamp for one goal at home against Yale on Feb. 14
-Tallied one assist in back-to-back games at Colgate (Feb. 22) and at home against St. Lawrence (Feb. 28) in Game One of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinals
As a Freshman in 2012-13:
-Named to the 2012-13 ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team
-Dressed and appeared in all 36 games for the Bobcats
-Her 19 points (10 goals, nine assists) represented the seventh-most for a Quinnipiac freshman in program history
-Finished the year with the fifth-most goals on the team and sixth-most points
-The Bobcats finished 14-1 for the season when she registered at least one point with the one loss coming in a 4-3 defeat at the hands of then-No. 4 ranked Cornell
-Finished with a 0.68 points-per-game average in 22 ECAC Hockey contests which was good enough for fourth-best among all conference freshmen
-Also finished with the second-most goals (eight) among ECAC Hockey freshman
-Blocked the most shots (23) among all Quinnipiac’s forwards
-Tallied five multi-point games and two multi-goal games
-Landed her first career goal on Oct. 13 in a victory over Maine
-Had one of her best games of the season on Oct. 27 against Dartmouth as she finished with two points (one goal, one assist) for her first career multi-point game
-Recorded an assist on the game-winning goal on Nov. 2 against Colgate
-Followed with her second multi-point game as she chipped in one goal and one assist in a hard-fought battle on the road against Cornell on Nov. 3
-Netted her first career multi-goal game on Nov. 17 in a 6-4 offensive surge against St. Lawrence
-Tallied an assist on the game-winner against Union on Dec. 1
-Scored a goal on Dec. 7 against Princeton and followed with an assist in a Dec. 8 matchup against the Tigers
-Started a streak of five points in three games with an assist on the game-winner on Jan. 18 against Robert Morris
-Followed up with back-to-back multi-point games starting on Jan. 19 against Robert Morris as she scored a power-play game-winner and also added an assist
-Finished with her second multi-goal game of the year on Feb. 1 against Brown with one of her two goals also resulting in the game-winning tally
-Assisted on the lone Bobcat goal, also a power play tally, in a Feb. 15 contest against St. Lawrence
-Tallied one assist against Yale on Feb. 22 and finished the regular season with one goal against Brown on Feb. 23
-Totaled 10 shots-on-goal throughout the three games in the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal series against St. Lawrence between March 1 and March 3
Before Quinnipiac:
-Attended Huron Heights Secondary School in Newmarket, Ontario
-Four-sport athlete with Huron Heights, receiving varsity letters in ice hockey, volleyball, soccer, and badminton
-Played on the championship soccer team during her junior year
-Named team’s Most Valuable Player in Soccer and Hockey during senior season
-Also named to the Badminton Honor Roll, received the Communications Award Athlete of the Year, and honored with the Health Sciences highest achievement award
-Played for Canada Women’s Under-18 Team, Ontario Women’s Under-18 Team, and the Mississauga Junior Chiefs
-Numerous international accolades include a gold medal at 2012 Under-18 Women’s World Championship in Czech Republic with Team Canada
-Defeated the United States 3-0 in gold medal game and contributed two goals and four assists over the five-game tournament
-Won gold medal playing for 2011 Women’s Under-18 Canadian National Championship in Saguenay, Quebec for Team Ontario-Red
-Netted one goal and two assists in five games for Ontario-Red including assisting on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Alberta in preliminary play
-Also won a silver medal in Canada Winter Games at Halifax, Nova Scotia for Team Ontario Under-18
Personal:
-Native of Newmarket, Ontario
-Daughter of Bill and Julie
-Youngest of four siblings including three brothers and one sister
-Plans to major in Film, Video, and Interactive Media
Career Highs:
Goals: 2, six times, last vs. Union (Feb. 19, 2016)
Assists: 2, nine times, last vs. Rensselaer (Feb. 20, 2016)
Points: 3, seven times, last vs. Rensselaer (Feb. 20, 2016)
