Jackee Snikeris |
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Class:
So.
Hometown:
Downingtown, Pa.
High School:
Taft School
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Height:
5-6
Position:
G
S/C:
Connecticut Polar Bears
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Notes: Made immediate impact last season as part of 50/50
platoon in goal with Shivon Zilis '07 ... 2007-08: ECAC Hockey
All-Academic ... Honorable mention All-Ivy League ... Set Yale
single-season goals-against average record (2.18) ... Had
fourth-best single-season save percentage in school history (.921),
placing 12th in the country in that category ... Four shutouts
placed her one shy of school record and were the most ever for a
Yale freshman ... ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week Jan. 28, ECAC
Hockey Rookie of the Week Nov. 5 ... Seven-time ECAC Hockey Weekly
Honor Roll selection ... Had a streak of 130:21 without allowing a
goal, including back-to-back shutouts of Niagara and Cornell in
January ... Had a shutout in her second career start, 3-0 at Brown
Nov. 3 ... Posted a 7-5-3 record ... Made career-high 46 saves in
playoff game at St. Lawrence ... Got better as season wore on,
stopping 261 of 279 shots (.935) and posting a 1.86 goals-against
average in her final 10 games ... USA Hockey: Attended USA Hockey
Under-22 Select Team tryouts in spring of 2008 ... Also invited to
inaugural USA Hockey Warren Strelow Goaltending Camp in August 2008
... Five-time USA Hockey player development camp pick ... Before
Yale: All-New England in 2006-07 for Taft ... Two-time All-Founders
League selection ... Captain as a senior ... Team won Founders
League title her junior year ... Team advanced to New England
quarterfinals her freshman year ... Won Taft's Patsy K. Odden Award
for Leadership and Sportsmanship ... Also played for Connecticut
Polar Bears ... Easton Skills Overall Best Goaltender and Breakaway
Competition winner at 2007 US Nationals ... MVP of 2007 St. Jerome
Tournament ... 2006 Beantown Classic Best Goaltender and first team
all tournament selection ... 2005 Beantown Classic MVP, Best
Goaltender and first team all-tournament selection ... Off the Ice:
Member of Branford College ... History of science/history of
medicine major. Nickname: Snik, Doodle Best present you ever
received: My beagle Sawyer Pre-game routine: Listen to music,
visualize, play hacky sack Favorite quote: "Don't tell me how rocky
the sea is, just bring in the ship." Favorite athlete: Martin
Brodeur If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?
My grandparents' house in Minnesota