Vicki Bendus
2009-10: Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Winner...RBK / AHCA First Team All-American...NCAA Elite 88 Award Winner...CHA Player of the Year and All-CHA First Team honoree...CHA All-Academic Team...Team Captain...Participated with the Canadian National Women's Under-22 Team...Led the team and tied for first in the country in points (65)...Scored 28 goals and dished out 27 assists, both career highs...Netted five short-handed goals, tying teammate Bailey Bram for the top spot in the country...Found the back of the net eight times on the power play...Recorded five game-winning goals...Ranked second in the country in points per game (1.81), third in assists per game (1.03) and sixth in goals per game (0.78)...Played in all 36 games...Marked multiple points in 23 games...Opened the season with a combined four-point (3g, 1a) performance at home against Bemidji State (W, 4-1, W, 6-1; Oct. 2-3, 2009)...Set a season-high for points with four made up of a goal and three assists in a 5-1 victory over Rensselaer (Oct. 16, 2009)...Scored twice in a 4-1 win at Cornell (Oct. 23, 2009)...Combined for eight points in a two-game series against Colgate (W, 8-3, W, 8-2; Nov. 27-28, 2009)...Scored once and assisted on three others at home against then-No. 5 Clarkson (W, 6-3; Jan. 15, 2010)...Followed the game with a two-goal, one-assist performance, including the game-tying goal, in a 5-5 draw against the Golden Knights (Jan. 16, 2010)...Started an eight-game point-streak with a goal and an assist against Robert Morris (W, 4-1; Feb. 2, 2010)...Marked at least two point in each of the next seven games, including a one-goal, two-assist outing against Wayne State (W, 4-1; Feb. 20, 2010)...Had a hand in three (1g, 2a) of the four goals scored against Boston University (W, 4-1; Mar. 12, 2010) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
2008-09: Assistant captain…Appeared in all 37 games…Registered 11 goals and 30 assists for 41 points…Second on team and tied for third in conference with five game-winning goals and two shorthanded tallies…Third on team and in CHA in assists…Seventh in CHA and third on team in points scored…Set career high in assists and points and tied career best in goals..Posted seven-game point scoring streak from Nov. 14 through Dec. 12, registering four multiple-point contests and two game-winners during that span…Recorded 10 assists in five-game span from Feb. 13 through Feb. 27…Recorded four assists in postseason, including helper on Kelley Steadman’s goal in NCAA quarterfinal win over No. 7 St. Lawrence March 14…Assisted twice in CHA quarterfinal victory over Niagara March 6…Scored two goals, including game-winner, Dec. 6 vs. Syracuse…Registered two assists in season-opening victory Oct. 10 at Boston University…Recorded a goal in four straight games from Nov. 21 through Dec. 6…Scored game-winning goal and added two helpers Nov. 22 at Brown…Assisted on Bailey Bram’s game-winning goal Feb. 27 at Wayne State…Scored one goal and added two assists, including a helper on Meghan Agosta’s game-winner, in win over Niagara Feb. 21.
2007-08: Selected to the Canadian Under-22 team...CHA Rookie of the Year...Fifth on the team in goals (11), Sixth in assists (21), and fifth in points (32)...Had a five-point game against Niagara (3g, 2a)...One multiple-goal game and eight multiple-point games...Three-time CHA Rookie of the Week...Tied for fifth in the conference in points (16), tied for seventh in goals (5), fifth in assists (11), and tied for fourth in both power play goals (2) and game-winners (1)...Nationally ninth in points per game for a rookie (0.86).