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2019-20 Women's Ice Hockey Roster
Claire Thompson
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Martingrove Collegiate Institute
- Hometown:
- Toronto, Ont.
Senior Year (2019-20): Second-team All-Ivy and third-team All-ECAC ... one of 12 finalists for the ECAC Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year ... ECAC All-Tournament team ... Academic All-Ivy honoree ... ECAC All-Academic ... AHCA All-America Scholar ... had seven goals and 16 assists for 23 points on the season ... had two three-assist games, against Saint Anselm on Jan. 3 and against Brown on Feb. 21 ... had a four-game, six-point stretch from Nov. 23 against St. Lawrence through Dec. 14 against Ohio State ... had seven points over five games from Feb. 21 against Brown through March 1 against Quinnipiac ... took 121 shots on goal ... played in 31 games, blocked 57 shots, finished at +24 on the season ... scored goals against Syracuse on Oct. 26, against Colgate on Dec. 7, against Ohio State on Dec. 14, at Quinnipiac on Jan. 28, against Rensselaer on Feb. 7, and against Quinnipiac on Feb. 28 and March 1 in the first and third games of the ECAC quarterfinals ... also assisted on goals at Quinnipiac on Oct. 29, against St. Lawrence on Nov. 23, against Cornell on Dec. 6, against Colgate on Dec. 7, against Ohio State on Dec. 14, at Dartmouth on Jan. 10, twice at Harvard on Jan. 11, against Yale on Feb. 22, and against Quinnipiac on Feb. 29 ... team qualified for the NCAA Championships, but the event was canceled by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 virus.
International: Selected to attend the 2019 Hockey Canada National Women's Development Team Selection Camp in August 2019, as well as the 2020 Women's Hockey World Championships that were not held due to the COVID-19 virus.
Junior Year (2018-19): Finished third on the team in scoring, leading the defensemen with 28 points on nine goals and 19 assists ... 6th in the nation in points per game for a defenseman (0.85) ... led the team in blocked shots with 51 ... took 107 shots, 14 penalties and finished +13 ... second on the team in game-winning goals with four and assisted on four game-winning goals ... started with an assist in 4-1 win over Yale and then scored the game winner and assisted on another goal against Brown ... scored in a 4-1 win over Dartmouth on Nov. 2 ... tallied an assist in a 5-3 win at Syracuse on Nov. 11 ... scored the game-winning goal and added two assists in a 6-0 shutout of Colgate ... had an assist in a 2-2 draw with No. 6 Cornell ... scored twice, including the game winner, in 3-2 win over Quinnipiac and added an assist in Game 2 against the Bobcats ... net the game winner at Union on Dec. 8 ... picked up two assists including one on the game winner versus Merrimack on Dec. 31 ... assisted on the game winner at Harvard on Jan. 4 ... scored in a 5-0 shutout of No. 5 Cornell on Jan. 11 and had a goal and one assist in a 4-4 draw with No. 9 Colgate the next day ... chipped in a goal in a 4-2 win over Penn State ... set up the game-winning goal in overtime versus St. Lawrence on Feb. 1 ... had two assists at Brown, Yale and Union each ... scored in a 3-2 double overtime loss at No. 5 Cornell in the ECAC semifinal.
Awards
• First-Team All-ECAC Hockey
• First-Team All-Ivy League
• Academic All-Ivy League
• ECAC All-Academic Team
• AHCA All American Scholar
Sophomore Year (2017-18): Played in all 33 games and collected 21 points on nine goals and seven assists ... second leading scoring defender and had the most goals of any defender on the team ... tied for the most game-winning goals on the team with three ... finished with a +12 ... blocked 54 shots and took 15 penalties ... had an assist in a 3-2 loss to Harvard on Oct. 27 ... scored a goal and an assist in an 8-1 win over Dartmouth on Oct. 28 ... scored the game-winner in a 3-0 shutout of Union on Nov. 11 ... chipped in an assist in a 4-4 draw with No. 7 St. Lawrence on Nov. 17 ... scored twice in a 3-0 win over Quinnipiac on Dec. 8 ... net the game winner and had one assist in a 4-1 win over BU on Dec. 30 ... assisted on the game-winner in a 5-2 game with No. 5 Cornell ... had one assist in shutout wins over Brown and Yale on Jan. 12 & 13 ... scored in a 3-2 OT loss to No. 8 St. Lawrence on Feb. 10 ... scored in a 4-1 win at Yale on Feb. 16 ... net two goals in a 5-2 win at Brown in the regular season finale.
Awards
• Second-Team All-Ivy League
• ECAC All-Academic Team
• AHCA All-America Scholar
Freshman Year (2016-17): Skated in all 33 games and had 20 points on six goals and 14 assists ... second leading scoring defender and freshman on the team ... +7 on-ice rating and blocked 33 shots ... scored the game-winning goal and had one assist in a 4-0 shutout of Brown on Oct. 28 ... tallied an assist at Dartmouth on Nov. 12 and at Rensselaer on Dec. 2 ... had a seven-game scoring streak with three goals and nine assists between Dec. 2-Jan. 6 ... had her first three-point game at Union on Dec. 3, scoring one goal and assisting on two in a 7-0 victory .. assisted on the game-winning goal in Game 1 vs Mercyhurst and added another assist in Game 2 ... net two goals in a 5-5 tie with Penn State on Dec. 31 ... earned an assist in a 3-2 win over No. 8 Quinnipiac on Jan. 1 ... had a three-assist game in a 4-0 shutout of Dartmouth on Jan. 6 ... scored in a 4-2 win at No. 3 St. Lawrence ... had an assist in each of the final regular-season games against Union and Rensselaer on Feb. 17 & 18.
Awards
• ECAC All-Academic Team
Before Princeton: Played high school hockey for Martingrove Collegiate Institute and spent two seasons playing for the Toronto Junior Aeros ... captained the Aeros in 2015-16 when the team won the Provincial Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) and Provincial championship ... in those 45 games she scored six goals and added 17 assists and 26 penalty minutes ... in 2015 the squad took fourth in the provincial championship after winning the PWHL ... in two years she accumulated 52 points on 11 goals and 41 assists in 98 games and collected 54 penalty minutes ... prior to joining the Aeros organization in 2013, she played for Etobicoke Dolphins (2012-14, 2003-07) and Humber Valley Sharks boys’ team (2007-12) ... also played badminton, crew, cross country and softball in high school.
Personal: Full name is Claire Margaret Thompson ... daughter of Ian and Kristy Thompson ... Ian (Queen's) is a nuclear engineer and Kristy (Queen's) is a financial analyst ... has an older sister Jennifer (Dalhousie '18) who played hockey at Dalhousie and a younger sister Gillian ... majoring in ecology and evolutionary biology.
