Jennifer Botterill
Canadian ice hockey player
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Jennifer Botterill OM (born May 1, 1979) is a Canadian former women's hockey player and current hockey broadcast television analyst who played for Harvard University, the Canadian national team, the Mississauga Chiefs, and the Toronto Aeros. She entered the ice hockey world after starting in the sport of ringette.
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| Born |
May 1, 1979 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 153 lb (69 kg; 10 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Harvard University Mississauga Aeros Mississauga Chiefs Toronto CWHL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1997–2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official Site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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During her ice hockey career as a player, Botterill assisted on the game-winning goal in her final international game, Canada's 2–0 win over the United States for the gold medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics. She serves as a studio analyst for Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada telecasts in Canada and as a colour commentator and studio analyst for TNT in the United States. Botterill was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2025.[1]
Playing career
Botterill was born to Doreen McCannell and Cal Botterill. Her mother, Doreen, competed in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics for Canada in speed skating. Her father, Cal, is a sports psychologist who has advised NHL teams and works with Canadian Olympic athletes. Botterill's brother, Jason Botterill, is the general manager of the Seattle Kraken. Previously, he played for and managed the Buffalo Sabres.[2]
She was raised by her family in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[3] In high school, she attended the National Sport School.[4] Botterill eventually graduated with Honours from St. John's-Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg.[5]
Botterill graduated from Harvard University in 2003 with a B.A. Psychology (with Honors). On May 5, 2012, she married hockey coach Adrian Lomonaco, and is a coach at the Toronto Hockey School.[6]
Ringette
Botterill grew up playing ringette in Canada. As a teenager she competed in the sport for Team Manitoba in Grande Prairie, Alberta, at the 1995 Canada Winter Games, a national multi-sport competition for elite, Canadian amateur athletes.[7][8][9]
Collegiate
Botterill attended Harvard University and played for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program from 1998 to 2003. Harvard and several media outlets recognize Botterill as U.S. college ice hockey's career scoring leader (149 goals, 170 assists, 319 points).[10][11][12] The NCAA does not recognize her record because women's hockey was not an NCAA-sanctioned sport in Botterill's first two college seasons.[13] She scored at least one point in 112 of her 113 career college 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 U.S. women's college hockey. Botterill set an NCAA record (since tied) for most points in one game with 10. This was accomplished on January 28, 2003 versus Boston College.[14]
Club hockey
Botterill won her first of four national titles with the Calgary Oval X-Treme in 1998. She got an assist on Dana Antal's overtime winner in the Canadian Final.[15]
After her college career, she won back-to-back national titles with the Toronto Aeros in 2004 and 2005. She scored the game-winning goal in the 2005 Abby Hoffman Cup Final.[16]
With the Mississauga Chiefs in the new Canadian Women's Hockey League, she won the Angela James Bowl after winning the 2007-08 scoring title with 61 points.[17] She was voted the CWHL Top Forward and a CWHL Central All-Star; she won CWHL Top Scorer of the Month honours in February. At Hockey Canada's 2008 National Championships, she got the assist on Cherie Piper's double overtime winner.[18]
In 2008-09, she was a CWHL First Team All-Star.
Botterill retired after the 2010-11 season with the Toronto Furies. Her final game was the 2011 Clarkson Cup final, a 5–0 loss to the Montreal Stars. Despite playing just three seasons in the four-year-old CWHL, she retired as the league's second-best scorer with 160 points (in 79 games from 2007-08 to 2010-11). After winning the Angela James Bowl in 2007-08, she finished third in the league scoring race in both 2008-09 and 2010-11.
International
She won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998 as the youngest player on the Canadian team.[19] 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. Botterill announced her retirement, on March 14, 2011.[20] 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, she assisted Marie-Philip Poulin on the gold medal-winning goal.[21]
World Championship biography
1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007 World Champion
2005, 2008, 2009 Silver Medallist
Career statistics
Career statistics are from USCHO.com, or Eliteprospects.com or the Team Canada Media Guide for 2009-10.[22]
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | Harvard University | AWCHA | 28 | 37 | 51 | 88 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Harvard University | AWCHA | 23 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Harvard University | ECAC Hockey | 30 | 42 | 36 | 78 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Harvard University | ECAC Hockey | 32 | 47 | 65 | 112 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Toronto Aeros | NWHL | 36 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | Toronto Aeros | NWHL | 29 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Mississauga Aeros | NWHL | 21 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Mississauga Chiefs | CWHL | 25 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | Mississauga Chiefs | CWHL | 28 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Toronto CWHL | CWHL | 25 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| CWHL totals | 78 | 61 | 94 | 155 | 64 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Canada | 3 Nations Cup |  |
5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1998 | Canada | OG | |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998 | Canada U22 | Xmas |  |
6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1999 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1999 | Canada | 3 Nations Cup | |
5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2000 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2000 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | |
4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | |
| 2001 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2001 | Canada | 3 Nations Cup | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2002 | Canada | OG | |
5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2003 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | |
4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2004 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2005 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Canada | Torino Ice | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2006 | Canada | OG | |
5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2006 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | |
4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | |
4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2008 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2008 | Canada | 4 Nations Cup | |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2010 | Canada | OG | |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| U22 totals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Senior totals | 101 | 50 | 70 | 120 | 48 | ||||
Awards and honours
| Award | Year |
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| Hockey Hall of Fame | 2025 |
| Abby Hoffman Cup | 1998, 2004, 2005, 2008 |
| NWHL Championship | 2004-05 |
| Angela James Bowl | 2007-08 |
| CWHL Top Forward | 2007-08 |
| CWHL Central All-Stars | 2007-08 |
| CWHL First All-Star Team | 2008-09 |
| American Women's College Hockey Alliance Women's Ice Hockey Championship | 1998-99 |
| Patty Kazmaier Award | 2000–01, 2002-03 |
| American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans, First Team | 1999 [23] |
| Province of Manitoba Female Athlete of the Year Award | 2001 |
| Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame | 2007[24] |
| Award | Year |
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| Most Valuable Player at the IIHF World Women's Championships | 2001, 2004 |
| Best Forward Directorate Award at the IIHF World Women's Championships | 2001 |