Jess Koizumi Jessica Koizumi was an ice hockey player for the Montreal Stars of the CWHL . Koizumi was born in Honolulu , Hawaii but was raised in Simi Valley , California . Playing career . NCAA . Prior to joining the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs , she participated for Cal Selects Hockey Club from 1999 - 2003 , and was recognized as the Cal Selects Player of the Year for 2002 - 03 . Koizumi competed for the Minnesota - Duluth Bulldogs and finished her career ranked seventh all - time on the Bulldogs scoring list . She accumulated 155 points ( 84 goals , 71 assists ) . In 2006 - 07 , she led the Bulldogs with six game - winning goals . Koizumi was also a two sport star , as she also participated in softball with the Bulldogs . In her senior season ( 2006 - 07 ) , Koizumi was also Bulldogs captain . The final game of her NCAA career was the championship game of the 2007 NCAA women ’ s Frozen Four . During the semifinal match of the Frozen Four tournament , Koizumi registered two goals ( including the game - winner ) and an assist as the Bulldogs bested Boston College in double - overtime . USA Hockey . Koizumi has attended the USA Hockey Women ’ s National Festival from 2004 to 2007 . In September 2007 , Koizumi was selected to be part of the American contingent competing in the 2007 Four Nations Cup , held in Leksand , Sweden . From 2004 to 2006 , Koizumi was a member of the United States U - 22 . In addition , she claimed a gold medal at the roller hockey world championships in July , 2006 . At the 2008 IIHF World Women ’ s Championship , Koizumi was part of the gold medal winning roster . She has also represented Team USA at three Women ’ s World InLine Hockey Championships , from 2005 to 2007 respectively . CWHL . Koizumi played in the CWHL with the Montreal Stars and the Boston Blades . In 2010 , the Stars reached the 2010 Clarkson Cup semi - finals . The following year , Koizumi was part of the 2010 – 11 Boston Blades season . After competing in the 2009 Clarkson Cup finals with the Minnesota Whitecaps , she would win the Cup for the first time in 2013 . During the 2013 - 14 Boston Blades season , Koizumi reached 49 career points , making her the all - time leading scorer in franchise history . Coaching career . After graduation , Koizumi joined the Bulldogs coaching staff . On September 27 , 2010 , Koizumi was hired as an assistant for the Yale Bulldogs women ' s ice hockey program . She works for head coach Joakim Flygh , who was an assistant at Minnesota - Duluth while Koizumi played there . In the 2013 - 14 season , Koizumi helped Yale to its first ECAC Hockey Championship tournament game win since 2005 , as the Bulldogs beat Harvard 3 - 2 in double overtime in game one of the quarterfinals in Cambridge on Feb . 28 , 2014 . During her time as an assistant at Yale , Koizumi has helped recruit and develop a Yale team that has improved its winning percentage by more than 100 percentage points over the previous season in back - to - back years ( 2012 - 13 and 2013 - 14 ) . The team scored 51 goals in ECAC Hockey games in 2013 - 14 , the most since 2006 - 07 . Yale ' s ECAC Hockey quarterfinal win over Harvard , which was ranked No . 5 in the country at the time , represented the first time a No . 7 seed had won a game in the ECAC Hockey tournament . At Yale Koizumi has helped coach an ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year ( Phoebe Staenz , 2013 - 14 ) and multiple players who have earned all - conference honors . In addition to Staenz , who won an Oympic bronze medal with Switzerland in 2014 , Koizumi has worked with other players who have participated with various national team programs as well . Current Yale goalie Jaimie Leonoff was a second team All - Ivy League selection in 2012 - 13 , and earned a spot at Hockey Canada ' s National Women ' s Program goaltending camp in June of 2013 . Past Yale goalie Jackee Snikeris was a first team All - ECAC Hockey honoree and ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Year in 2010 - 11 , and was selected to USA Hockey ' s annual Warren Strelow Goaltending Camp for the fourth straight time in 2011 . Koizumi has been a part of a program at Yale that has maintained high academic standards . The Bulldogs had 18 ECAC Hockey All - Academic Team selections in 2012 - 13 , second - most in the conference . The team had 16 selections in 2011 - 12 , tied for the most in the conference . The Yale program has also placed an emphasis contributing to the community at large . As a team , Yale was named the Dave Solomon Memorial Sports Persons of the Year by the New Haven Register for 2011 . The award honored the Bulldogs for their community service efforts , including the annual Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registration Drive at Yale ( held in memory of Mandi Schwartz ' 10 ( 1988 - 2011 ) and her battle with cancer ) and " Yale Bulldog PAWS ( Pediatric Alliance With Student - athletes ) " , a program started by Zupon that pairs Yale athletic teams with pediatric patients from Yale - New Haven Hospital to serve as a support group . Personal . In May 2007 , Koizumi graduated from Minnesota - Duluth with a major in psychology and a minor in coaching . She was eligible for the NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship and earned her Masters of Education degree in 2009 .