Canadian Vicki Bendus remains on track to repeat as winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award as player of the year in NCAA Division 1 women's hockey.
The Mercyhurst College forward from Wasaga Beach, Ont., was one of 10 finalists announced Thursday by USA Hockey, which previously had put forward 26 names for the award.
The other finalists are Canadian forwards Meghan Agosta of Ruthven, Ont. (Mercyhurst College), Haley Irwin of Thunder Bay, Ont. (University of Minnesota Duluth) and Rebecca Johnston of Sudbury, Ont. (Cornell University) and defenceman Laura Fortino of Hamilton (Cornell University), and American forwards Meghan Duggan (University of Wisconsin), Hilary Knight (University of Wisconsin) and Kelli Stack (Boston College) and goaltender Molly Schaus (Boston College) and Finnish goaltender Noora Raty (University of Minnesota).
No player has won the award two years in a row since it was instituted in 1998. The only two-time winner was Jennifer Botteril of Winnipeg in 2001 and 2003.
A 13-member committee will select the three finalists on March 10 and the winner will be announced March 19.
The award is named after the late Patty Kazmaier, who was an all-Ivy League defenceman at Princeton University from 1981 to 1986. She died on Feb. 15, 1990, at the age of 28 following a long struggle with a rare blood disease.
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