Poulin Named 2014-15 Women's Ice Hockey Captain
May 22, 2014 | Women's Ice Hockey
May 22, 2014
BOSTON – Marie-Philip Poulin has been named captain of the 2014-15 Boston University women’s ice hockey team while Shannon Stoneburgh and Kayla Tutino will serve as assistant captains, head coach Brian Durocher announced on Thursday.
“Marie-Philip, Kayla and Shannon will be great leaders for the 2014-2015 team,” Durocher said. “Each of these student-athletes has displayed a great work ethic, focus and determination throughout their BU careers. They are highly respected by their teammates and have learned from some outstanding former captains during their time at BU. I look forward to having them lead the squad while working closely with our coaching staff.”
Poulin, who co-captained the 2012-13 team that advanced to the NCAA title game, missed all of last season while helping lead Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. She scored two goals in the gold-medal game, tying the score with less than a minute remaining in regulation before notching the game-winner in overtime. The Beauceville, Quebec, native now has two Olympic gold medals to her credit and enters her senior season with 127 points (54g, 73a) in 79 career games.
Stoneburgh, the team's Most Improved Player in 2013, will skate in her senior season in 2014-15. The Pickering, Ontario, native has collected six goals and 16 assists for 22 points and is a plus-21 in 111 career games at BU. Last season, she tallied seven assists and played in all 38 contests on the Terrier blue line.
Tutino will enter her fourth season with the Terriers after missing the final 23 games of last year’s schedule because of injury. She had tallied four goals and six assists for 10 points in 14 games before she was forced out of the lineup. Over her three years at BU, Tutino has collected 77 points on 38 goals and 39 assists.
BU is expected to return 19 letter winners from last year’s squad that claimed the program’s third straight Hockey East championship.
