Rebecca Johnston

Rebecca Johnston (born September 24, 1989 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a member of the 2009–10 Hockey Canada national women's team and also played for Cornell University. In addition to hockey, Johnston also competed in track and field for Cornell.http://web.archive.org/web/20100409043222/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/athletes/rebecca-johnston_ath1012634OP.html
During the 2012 CWHL Draft, she was drafted by the Toronto Furies. 
==Playing career==
===Canada Winter Games===
Johnston (and future Cornell teammate Catherine White) represented Ontario at the 2007 Canada Winter Games. In the gold medal match versus Manitoba, Johnston and White each had one goal and two assists, as Ontario won by a score of 6-3 and finished the tournament undefeated.
===Cornell University===
Johnston was Cornell’s first player to be named first-team ECAC Hockey and receive rookie of the year honors. She was also named first-team All-Ivy and Ivy League Rookie of the Year. In the 2008-09 season, Johnston’s 37 point total (by mid-February) were the most points in a season for Cornell since the 1991-92 campaign (Kim Ratushny with 21 goals and 17 assists).http://cornellbigred.com/news/2009/2/13/WICE_0213095451.aspx Johnston’s 37 point total in mid-February led the entire ECAC league in overall points. She was also second in the league and sixth in the NCAA in points per game with 1.85.
===Hockey Canada===
Johnston won two gold medals with the National Women’s Under-22 Team at the Air Canada Cup. Rebecca made her debut at the 2008 IIHF World Women’s Championship, playing in all five games as Canada won silver.http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/60194/la_id/1.htm Rebecca Johnston was a member of Canada’s Under-22 Team. The U-22 participated in the MLP Cup, held in Ravensburg, Germany from Jan. 2-6, 2009. Johnston was part of the silver medal winning team. In the tournament, Johnston accumulated seven points (3 goals, 4 assists). Her best game was in an 11-0 victory over Russia. Johnston scored a hat trick and added an assist. In addition to the MLP Cup, Johnston played with the Canadian Senior Team in the Four Nations Cup between Nov. 4-9, 2009. Johnston was part of the silver medal winning team. In the gold medal game of the 2010 Four Nations Cup, Rebecca Johnston's second goal of the game clinched the gold medal for Canada. Said goal came on a power play 6:21 into overtime. The goal gave Canada a 3-2 win over the United States. It was Hockey Canada's 12th championship in the tournament's 15-year history. http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Canadian+women+claim+their+12th+Nations+overtime/3828750/story.html 
==Career stats==
===Cornell University===
Year 	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Power Play Goals	Short Handed Goals
2007-08	26 	16 	16 	32 	4 	1
2008-09	26 	25 	20 	45 	8 	0
http://www.uscho.com/stats/player.php?pid=5895&gender=w
===Team Canada===
Event 	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
2008 Women's World Championships	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
2009 Women's World Championships	5 	3 	2 	5 	0
2010 Olympics 	5 	1 	5 	6 	2
Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.19, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
==Awards and honors==
*2008 ECAC Women’s Hockey Preseason All-League team
*First Team All-Ivy League, 2007–08, Forward
*Ivy League Rookie of the Year 2007-08, Unanimous selectionhttp://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=6431
*First-team ECAC Hockey (2008)
*ECAC rookie of the year honor (2008)
* Rebecca Johnston, 2009 First Team All-ECAC 
*ECAC Player of the Week (Week of January 11, 2011)http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2010-11/Weekly_Awards/Womens_Weekly_Awards_01_11.pdf 
*ECAC Player of the Week (Week of March 1, 2011)http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2010-11/Weekly_Awards/20110103_W_POTW
* 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award Nomineehttp://www.wcha.com/women/presarch/201102/feb21kaz.php
* 2010-11 All-ECAC First Teamhttp://boxscorenews.com/ecac-hockey-announces-womens-allleague-allrookie-teams-p16004-68.htm
* 2011 Second Team All-America selectionhttp://www.ahcahockey.com/news/1011/0317w1aa.html
==References==
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Category:Female ice hockey players
Category:Canadian women's ice hockey players
Category:Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey players
Category:2010 Olympian
Category:Edmonton Chimos players
Category:Born in 1989
Category:2012 CWHL draft pick
Category:Toronto Furies players
Category:Calgary Inferno players