2017-18 Women's Hockey Roster
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Jersey Number 12
Kenzie Kent
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-6
- S/C:
- L
- Hometown:
- Norwell, Mass.
- Previous Team:
- Noble and Greenough
- High School:
- Noble and Greenough School
Bio
One of the most versatile athletes in the NCAA and the 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Female Athlete of the Year … not only starred for one of the elite women’s hockey programs in Division I, but also is a standout lacrosse player in the nation’s top lacrosse conference – the ACC … has played in four Final Fours (three in hockey, one in lacrosse) in her first four collegiate seasons … despite playing limited time with the lacrosse team each year, she was a Honda Award for Lacrosse Finalist in 2017, a three-time all-region honoree (2015, 2016, 2017) and two-time Tewaaraton Award Watch List inclusion (2016, 2017) … redshirted the 2018 lacrosse season with the intention of playing a complete season in 2019 … completed her hockey career tied for eighth in program history in career points (138), fourth in career assists (98) and setting the program’s games played record (157) … will enter her final lacrosse season ranked in the top eight in program history in career assists (58), which she has recorded in just 30 games … finished her junior lacrosse season ranked 17th on the Eagles’ career scoring chart with 137 points in just 30 games.
AS A SENIOR (2017-18)
Team captain … appeared in all 38 games, skating on the left wing on either the first or second line all season … recorded 31 points from nine goals and 22 assists … posted a +23 rating on the season … added one shorthanded goal and also blocked a career-high 26 shots … whistled for only a single minor penalty all season and was the runner-up for the Hockey East Sportsmanship Award … posted multiple points in nine games, including three three-point efforts: Nov. 28 vs. Northeastern (one goal, two assists), Jan. 2 at Merrimack (one goal, two assists) and Jan. 7 at New Hampshire (two goals, one assist, including her shorthanded goal) … netted two goals twice on the year, including the Dec. 8 game against Merrimack … three times registered just two assists in a game: at No. 8 St. Lawrence (Nov. 11), Harvard (Jan. 16) and Northeastern (Feb. 6) in the first round of the Beanpot … added a single goal against No. 4 Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 6) … collected single assists nine times … blocked a career-high four shots against No. 6 Ohio State (March 10) in the NCAA Quarterfinal …
AS A JUNIOR (2016-17)
Won the 27th Mary Garber Award as the 2016-17 ACC Female Athlete of the Year after her junior year excelling on the hockey and lacrosse teams … Played in all 39 games … recorded 26 points from nine goals and 17 assists, playing primarily on the top line as a left wing … was active on both the nation’s leading power-play unit (25.5 percent) and the second-best penalty-kill unit (91.6 percent) in the nation … tallied four power-play goals and scored the first two shorthanded strikes of her career … posted five multiple-point games on the season: tied her career high with three assists against New Hampshire (Nov. 12), one goal and one assist against Syracuse (Jan. 4), two goals against Vermont (Feb. 12), one goal and one assist against Vermont (March 4) in the Hockey East Tournament semifinals and one goal and two assists against No. 6 St. Lawrence (March 11) in the NCAA Quarterfinals … scored her 100th career point on Feb. 12 against Vermont … collected her 75th career assist on March 11 against No. 6 St. Lawrence … earned Hockey East Player of the Week honors on March 13 for her effort in the NCAA Quarterfinal, her first conference player of the week honor of her career … tallied the first shorthanded goal of her career at No. 10 Northeastern (March 20) to tie the score at its final 2-2 … netted her second goal when down a player at Merrimack (Jan. 14) … three of her four power-play goals came in the last nine games of the season … picked up All-Tournament Team honors at the Hockey East Tournament after her play in the championship rounds, which included the game’s first goal and primary assist on Andie Anastos’ game-winner on double overtime against Vermont (March 4) …
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015-16)
Played in all 41 games … posted 43 points from 15 goals and 28 assists, setting new single-season bests in points and goals … scored five game-winning goals, tied for eighth nationally … all five of her game-winning goals came in Hockey East play, the second-highest total in the conference … tallied 16 power-play points to tie for seventh nationally, with five power-play goals and 11 assists with the man-advantage, which tied for sixth nationally … posted 12 multiple-point games, including two multiple-goal games and six multiple-assist efforts … set a personal best with three assists at Maine (Dec. 5) in the team’s 5-0 win … her two-goal efforts came on Oct. 18 vs. New Hampshire and Nov. 28 at No. 6 Northeastern; while she added two assists against St. Lawrence (Oct. 11), at No. 9 Cornell (Oct. 24), vs. Providence (Nov. 25), against Harvard (Feb. 2) in the Beanpot first round and against Boston University (March 6) in the Hockey East Tournament championship game … was whistled for just a single minor penalty all season: a hooking penalty Feb. 9 against No. 6 Northeastern in the Beanpot final … tied her career long with an eight-game point streak – during which she accumulated 13 points – from Nov. 25 vs. Providence through Jan. 16 vs. Merrimack … notched her 50th career point against Providence (Nov. 25) with an assist on Haley Skarupa’s first-period goal … collected her 50th career assist against Harvard (Feb. 2) in the first round of the Beanpot, setting up Alex Carpenter’s first-period goal … recorded her 75th career point via a power-play goal on Feb. 27 in the Eagles’ 5-1 win over Maine in Game 2 of the Hockey East quarterfinals.
AS A FRESHMAN (2014-15)
Played in all 39 games … fourth on the team in scoring with 38 points from seven goals and 31 assists … was the country’s fourth leading scorer among freshmen with 0.97 points per game … registered a +46 plus/minus rating …skated most of the season on the top line alongside Alex Carpenter and Haley Skarupa … took just three penalties for six minutes on the season … registered points in 26 games, including 10 multiple-point games … recorded her first career point – an assist – against Syracuse (Oct. 4) in her first collegiate game … scored her first goal as an Eagle in BC’s 4-0 shutout of New Hampshire (Oct. 19) … recorded a career high four points (two goals, two assists) in the Eagles’ 10-2 win over #No. 7 Harvard (Nov. 28) … had a career-high eight-game scoring streak from Jan. 10 through Feb. 3 in which she scored 10 points (two goals, eight assists) … recorded two assists eight times: Nov. 1 at Providence, Nov. 15 vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 21 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 28 vs. Harvard, Dec. 5 at Maine, Jan. 11 vs. Northeastern, Jan. 30 at Providence, and Feb. 14 vs. Maine.
BEFORE BC
Attended Thayer Academy for two years before transferring to Noble and Greenough ahead of her junior year … HOCKEY: Two-time member of the U.S. Under-18 National Team … helped the team win silver medals in both 2013 and 2014 at the IIHF U18 World Championships … in 2014, finished with one assist and a +1 plus/minus rating in five games … attended four USA Hockey National Development Camps (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) … helped Assabet Valley win USA Hockey’s Tier 1 national championship three times (U16 in 2012, U19 in 2013 and 2014) … scored the game-winning goal in the 2014 national championship against Shattuck-St. Mary’s … LACROSSE: was a three-time U.S. Lacrosse high school All-American (2012, 2013, 2014) … a four-time selection to the New England Preparatory School All-League and Independent School All-League teams (2011-14) … represented New England at the Under Armour All-American Classic three times (2011, 2012, 2013) ... represented Lower New England in the U.S. Lacrosse National Tournament in 2011, 2012, and 2013 ... two-time finalist for the Heather Leigh Albert award as the outstanding lacrosse player in the U.S. (2012-13).
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jeff and Jennifer Kent ... has five siblings: Alicia, Callahan, Parker, Addison, and Bailey ... her month Jen is an assistant coach for the BC women’s lacrosse team … her sister, Callahan, played goaltender for the Vanderbilt women’s lacrosse team, and her brother Parker is a sophomore on the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team … her sister Addison is a freshman on the Boston College lacrosse team in 2018 … enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences as a communication major … recipient of the Lombardi Family Scholarship Fund.
AS A SENIOR (2017-18)
Team captain … appeared in all 38 games, skating on the left wing on either the first or second line all season … recorded 31 points from nine goals and 22 assists … posted a +23 rating on the season … added one shorthanded goal and also blocked a career-high 26 shots … whistled for only a single minor penalty all season and was the runner-up for the Hockey East Sportsmanship Award … posted multiple points in nine games, including three three-point efforts: Nov. 28 vs. Northeastern (one goal, two assists), Jan. 2 at Merrimack (one goal, two assists) and Jan. 7 at New Hampshire (two goals, one assist, including her shorthanded goal) … netted two goals twice on the year, including the Dec. 8 game against Merrimack … three times registered just two assists in a game: at No. 8 St. Lawrence (Nov. 11), Harvard (Jan. 16) and Northeastern (Feb. 6) in the first round of the Beanpot … added a single goal against No. 4 Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 6) … collected single assists nine times … blocked a career-high four shots against No. 6 Ohio State (March 10) in the NCAA Quarterfinal …
AS A JUNIOR (2016-17)
Won the 27th Mary Garber Award as the 2016-17 ACC Female Athlete of the Year after her junior year excelling on the hockey and lacrosse teams … Played in all 39 games … recorded 26 points from nine goals and 17 assists, playing primarily on the top line as a left wing … was active on both the nation’s leading power-play unit (25.5 percent) and the second-best penalty-kill unit (91.6 percent) in the nation … tallied four power-play goals and scored the first two shorthanded strikes of her career … posted five multiple-point games on the season: tied her career high with three assists against New Hampshire (Nov. 12), one goal and one assist against Syracuse (Jan. 4), two goals against Vermont (Feb. 12), one goal and one assist against Vermont (March 4) in the Hockey East Tournament semifinals and one goal and two assists against No. 6 St. Lawrence (March 11) in the NCAA Quarterfinals … scored her 100th career point on Feb. 12 against Vermont … collected her 75th career assist on March 11 against No. 6 St. Lawrence … earned Hockey East Player of the Week honors on March 13 for her effort in the NCAA Quarterfinal, her first conference player of the week honor of her career … tallied the first shorthanded goal of her career at No. 10 Northeastern (March 20) to tie the score at its final 2-2 … netted her second goal when down a player at Merrimack (Jan. 14) … three of her four power-play goals came in the last nine games of the season … picked up All-Tournament Team honors at the Hockey East Tournament after her play in the championship rounds, which included the game’s first goal and primary assist on Andie Anastos’ game-winner on double overtime against Vermont (March 4) …
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015-16)
Played in all 41 games … posted 43 points from 15 goals and 28 assists, setting new single-season bests in points and goals … scored five game-winning goals, tied for eighth nationally … all five of her game-winning goals came in Hockey East play, the second-highest total in the conference … tallied 16 power-play points to tie for seventh nationally, with five power-play goals and 11 assists with the man-advantage, which tied for sixth nationally … posted 12 multiple-point games, including two multiple-goal games and six multiple-assist efforts … set a personal best with three assists at Maine (Dec. 5) in the team’s 5-0 win … her two-goal efforts came on Oct. 18 vs. New Hampshire and Nov. 28 at No. 6 Northeastern; while she added two assists against St. Lawrence (Oct. 11), at No. 9 Cornell (Oct. 24), vs. Providence (Nov. 25), against Harvard (Feb. 2) in the Beanpot first round and against Boston University (March 6) in the Hockey East Tournament championship game … was whistled for just a single minor penalty all season: a hooking penalty Feb. 9 against No. 6 Northeastern in the Beanpot final … tied her career long with an eight-game point streak – during which she accumulated 13 points – from Nov. 25 vs. Providence through Jan. 16 vs. Merrimack … notched her 50th career point against Providence (Nov. 25) with an assist on Haley Skarupa’s first-period goal … collected her 50th career assist against Harvard (Feb. 2) in the first round of the Beanpot, setting up Alex Carpenter’s first-period goal … recorded her 75th career point via a power-play goal on Feb. 27 in the Eagles’ 5-1 win over Maine in Game 2 of the Hockey East quarterfinals.
AS A FRESHMAN (2014-15)
Played in all 39 games … fourth on the team in scoring with 38 points from seven goals and 31 assists … was the country’s fourth leading scorer among freshmen with 0.97 points per game … registered a +46 plus/minus rating …skated most of the season on the top line alongside Alex Carpenter and Haley Skarupa … took just three penalties for six minutes on the season … registered points in 26 games, including 10 multiple-point games … recorded her first career point – an assist – against Syracuse (Oct. 4) in her first collegiate game … scored her first goal as an Eagle in BC’s 4-0 shutout of New Hampshire (Oct. 19) … recorded a career high four points (two goals, two assists) in the Eagles’ 10-2 win over #No. 7 Harvard (Nov. 28) … had a career-high eight-game scoring streak from Jan. 10 through Feb. 3 in which she scored 10 points (two goals, eight assists) … recorded two assists eight times: Nov. 1 at Providence, Nov. 15 vs. New Hampshire, Nov. 21 vs. Connecticut, Nov. 28 vs. Harvard, Dec. 5 at Maine, Jan. 11 vs. Northeastern, Jan. 30 at Providence, and Feb. 14 vs. Maine.
BEFORE BC
Attended Thayer Academy for two years before transferring to Noble and Greenough ahead of her junior year … HOCKEY: Two-time member of the U.S. Under-18 National Team … helped the team win silver medals in both 2013 and 2014 at the IIHF U18 World Championships … in 2014, finished with one assist and a +1 plus/minus rating in five games … attended four USA Hockey National Development Camps (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) … helped Assabet Valley win USA Hockey’s Tier 1 national championship three times (U16 in 2012, U19 in 2013 and 2014) … scored the game-winning goal in the 2014 national championship against Shattuck-St. Mary’s … LACROSSE: was a three-time U.S. Lacrosse high school All-American (2012, 2013, 2014) … a four-time selection to the New England Preparatory School All-League and Independent School All-League teams (2011-14) … represented New England at the Under Armour All-American Classic three times (2011, 2012, 2013) ... represented Lower New England in the U.S. Lacrosse National Tournament in 2011, 2012, and 2013 ... two-time finalist for the Heather Leigh Albert award as the outstanding lacrosse player in the U.S. (2012-13).
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jeff and Jennifer Kent ... has five siblings: Alicia, Callahan, Parker, Addison, and Bailey ... her month Jen is an assistant coach for the BC women’s lacrosse team … her sister, Callahan, played goaltender for the Vanderbilt women’s lacrosse team, and her brother Parker is a sophomore on the Lehigh men’s lacrosse team … her sister Addison is a freshman on the Boston College lacrosse team in 2018 … enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences as a communication major … recipient of the Lombardi Family Scholarship Fund.
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