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2016 Ms Hockey Finalists Announced

By LPH, 02/11/16, 2:45PM CST

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Five finalists announced for 2016 Ms. Hockey Award

 

Let’s Play Hockey newspaper announced today the five finalists for the 21st annual Ms. Hockey Award, presented to the top senior girls’ high school hockey player in Minnesota. The finalists include three forwards and two defensemen. The five honorees have scored an average of 26 goals and 21 assists this season and have helped their respective teams to top 20 rankings.

 

In addition to their on-ice performance, all five finalists are standouts in the classroom as they check in with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.67. Each of the finalists have committed to a Division I women’s hockey program with four of the players heading to a WCHA school next season. 

 

The finalists for the 2016 Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award are as follows, in alphabetical order (statistics through games of Feb. 11):

 

Finalist                          Pos.     School/Team     GP   G    A   TP   College

Sydney Brodt                F          Mounds View    22   20     22 42    Minnesota Duluth

Carly Bullock                 F          Blake                25   47     16 63    Princeton

Presley Noby                F          Minnetonka       24   32     21 53    Wisconsin

Katie Robinson             D          Dodge County  27   16     27 43    Minnesota

Mekenzie Steffen          D          Hill-Murray         27   13     18  31   Wisconsin

                                   

 

The 2016 Ms. Hockey Award winner will be named at the Ms. Hockey Awards Banquet on Sunday, Feb. 21, at 9 a.m., at the RiverCentre in St. Paul. The award is sponsored by Let’s Play Hockey, the Minnesota Wild and Shakopee Chevrolet. Dawn Mitchell of Fox 9 will serve as the banquet emcee, while Fox Sports’ Erin Andrews will be the keynote speaker. To order tickets to the Ms. Hockey Banquet, call Let’s Play Hockey at 952-944-0023.

 

In addition to on-ice talent, criteria for the Let’s Play Hockey Ms. Hockey Award include academics, community/extracurricular activities, citizenship and coachability.

 

Past winners: 2015 Taylor Williamson (Edina), 2014 Sydney Baldwin (Minnetonka), 2013 Dani Cameranesi (Blake), 2012 Hannah Brandt (Hill-Murray), 2011 Karley Sylvester (Warroad), 2010 Bethany Brausen (Roseville), 2009 Becky Kortum (Hopkins), 2008 Sarah Erickson (Bemidji), 2007 Katharine Chute (Blake), 2006 Allie Thunstrom (North St. Paul), 2005 Gigi Marvin (Warroad), 2004 Erica McKenzie (Hastings), 2003 Andrea Nichols (Hibbing/Chisholm), 2002 Ashley Albrecht (South St. Paul), 2001 Renee Curtin (Roseville), 2000 Krissy Wendell (Park Center), 1999 Ronda Curtin (Roseville), 1998 Laura Slominski (Burnsville), 1997 Annamarie Holmes (Apple Valley), 1996 Winny Brodt (Roseville).

 

Other awards that will be presented at the banquet include the Senior Goalie of the Year Award, as well as the Minnesota Girls’ Hockey Coaches Association all-state, all-academic and coaches of the year awards, the Brano Stankovsky Award, and the Charlie Stryker and Adrenaline Fundraising Scholarship awards for 2015-16.

 

For more on the five Ms. Hockey finalists, go to www.letsplayhockey.com.