# 2001–02 Brown Bears women's ice hockey season

The 2001–02 Brown Bears women’s ice hockey team represented Brown University. The Bears qualified for their first NCAA Frozen Four title game.

## Regular season

* December 8–9: Kristy Zamora registered four points in Brown's two games. She had an assist in the Saturday loss to the Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey program. The Huskies prevailed 2–1. Zamora got the assist on the Bears goal scored by Jessica Link. On Sunday, December 9, Zamora got a hat trick as the Bears beat the Providence Friars women's ice hockey program by a 4–0 score. Two of her goals were scored in the third period in a twenty-five second span. It was Zamora's first hat trick of the season. The last hat trick (registered in 2001) also came against the Friars in February 2001.

## Notable players

* Courtney Johnson served as assistant captain while ranking fourth on the Bears in points. She had nine goals, twenty-seven assists (good for second on the team) and 36 total points.

## Player stats
### Skaters

| Player | Games Played | Goals | Assists | Points | Game Winning Goals |
| Kristy Zamora | 35 | 35 | 21 | 56 | 6 |
| Jessica Link | 35 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 3 |
| Kim Insalaco | 29 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 4 |
| Courtney Johnson | 35 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 1 |
| Krissy McManus | 35 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 3 |
| Meredith Ostrander | 35 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 0 |
| Kerry Nugent | 35 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 2 |
| Cassie Turner | 35 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 1 |
| Katie Guay | 35 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 4 |
| Katie Lafleur | 31 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| Mandy McCurdy | 35 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Emily Sigman | 34 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Marguerite MacDonald | 35 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Kelly Sheridan | 35 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Jenny Rice | 35 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Kate Kenny | 35 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Sarah Crowley | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Amy McLaughlin | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Kim Fleet | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Katie Germain | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelsea Loughran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pam Dreyer | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitney Talbot | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

| Player | Games Played | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Minutes | Goals Against Average | Shutouts | Saves | Save Percentage |
| Kristy Zamora | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0000 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 |
| Pam Dreyer | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 1122 | 1.5509 | 4 | 435 | .938 |
| Katie Germain | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 971 | 1.7299 | 5 | 308 | .917 |

## Awards and honors

* Pam Dreyer, 2002 ECAC Tournament Most Valuable Player,
* Kim Fleet, Chelsea McMillan Award for pride and perseverance
* Kim Fleet, Sakuma Award winner for perfect attendance at all practices and games.
* Courtney Johnson, 2002 ECAC All Academic Team
* Courtney Johnson, 2002 Academic All-Ivy
* Courtney Johnson, US College Hockey Online Player of the Week (Jan. 14, 2002)
* Jessica Link, 2002 ECAC All-Rookie Team
* Jessica Link, 2002 Second Team All-Ivy honors
* Jessica Link, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Jan. 28, 2002)
* Jessica Link, 2002 Kate Silver Award, recognizing her as the outstanding first year female varsity athlete at Brown University
* Jessica Link, 2002 Sakuma Award winner.
* Kristy Zamora, ECAC Player of the Week (Awarded December 11)

### Ivy League honors

* Kristy Zamora, Forward, Senior, 2002 First Team All-Ivy League
* Cassie Turner, Defense, Junior, 2002 First Team All-Ivy League
* Katie Germain, Goalie, Sophomore, 2002 First Team All-Ivy League
* Jessica Link, Forward, Freshman, 2002 Second Team All-Ivy League
* Meredith Ostrander, Defense, Senior, 2002 All-Ivy League Honorable Mention
* Kristy Zamora, Brown, 2002 Ivy League Player of the Year

### NCAA All-Tournament Team

* Meredith Ostrander, Defense
* Kristy Zamora, Forward
* Kristy Zamora, NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player

## Frozen Four

| National Semifinals March 22 | National Semifinals March 22 | National Semifinals March 22 | National Championship March 24 | National Championship March 24 | National Championship March 24 |
| 4 | Brown | 2 | | | |
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | | | |
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | 4 | Brown | 2 |
| | | | 3 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 | 3 | Minnesota-Duluth | 3 |
| 2 | Niagara | 2 | | | |