Women's Division 1 RBK All-Americans Announced; WCHA Places Three on First Team

All 12 honorees are first time selections.

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March 28, 2006

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Seven players competing for an NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Championship in Minneapolis, MN, this weekend < including three from the #1 seeded University of New Hampshire < have been honored as RBK Hockey All-Americans for 2005-06.

In addition to UNH, NCAA semifinalists St. Lawrence and Wisconsin each had a pair of honorees, both Badgers being First Team selections. The only semifinalist shut out was Minnesota, the defending NCAA Champion.

Noteworthy among the selections:

  • Only three honorees came from the United States. Eight came from Canada and one from Switzerland.
  • All 12 honorees are first time selections.
  • There were six juniors chosen, four sophomores, and only two seniors.
  • Five selections came from Hockey East, four from the WCHA, and three from the ECACHL.

    The RBK All-American Ice Hockey Teams are sponsored by RBK HOCKEY, an international leader in hockey equipment, and chosen by members of the American Hockey Coaches Association.

    Women's All-American First Team
    Goalie: Riitta Schaublin, JR, Minnesota-Duluth (Basel, Switzerland)
    Defense: Martine Garland, JR, New Hampshire (Toronto, ON)
    Defense: Bobbi-Jo Slusar, JR, Wisconsin (Swift Current, SK)
    Forward: Sara Bauer, JR, Wisconsin (St. Catherines, ON)
    Forward: Sabrina Harbec, SO, St. Lawrence (St. Hubert, PQ)
    Forward: Sadie Wright-Ward, SO, New Hampshire (Durham, NH)

    Women's All-American Second Team
    Goalie: Kira Hurley, JR, Clarkson (Pickering, ON)
    Defense: Kristin Gigliotti, JR, Providence (Sauquoit, NY)
    Defense: Annie Guay, SO, St. Lawrence (Rouyn-Noranda, PQ)
    Forward: Jana Harrigan, SR, Ohio State (Burlington, ON)
    Forward: Jennifer Hitchcock, SO, New Hampshire (LaSalle, ON)
    Forward: Karen Thatcher, SR, Providence (Douglas, MA)