Nicole Corriero

Mary Nicole Corriero (born 27 October 1983) is a Canadian 3-time All-American ice hockey forward and former captain of the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team.

Nicole Corriero
Born (1983-10-27) 27 October 1983
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
ECAC team Harvard Crimson
National team  Canada
Playing career 2001–present

Corriero tied former Crimson player Jennifer Botterill's record for most points (10) in one NCAA game with on November 7, 2003, during the Union Dutchwomen vs. Harvard Crimson game.[1] She continues to hold the NCAA Record for Goals Per Game in a Season with 1.64, set in the 2004–05 season where she scored 59 goals in 36 games.[2]

Corriero was nominated for an ESPN 'ESPY' Award in 2005 for Best Female Collegiate Athlete.[3]

Corriero became Premier Hockey Federation (PHF)'s Player Association Executive Director in 2022.[4][5]

Education

Corriero graduated from Harvard in 2005 with a B.A. in Sociology.

Corriero attended Law School at the University of Detroit Mercy and the University of Windsor in their Joint JD/LLB Program and graduated with both her JD and LLB degrees in June 2008 in Toronto, Ontario.[6] She has been a member of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association since 2008 and served two terms as Chair of the Women's Trial Lawyers Caucas.[7]

After her articles, Corriero was called to the bar on 19 June 2009. She practiced Personal Injury Law and was a Partner with the law firm Lofranco-Corriero.[6]

Playing career

Prior to attending Harvard, Corriero captained the North York Junior Aeros and the Scarborough Sharks.

Corriero represented Ontario at the 1999 Canada Winter Games in Corner Brook, Newfoundland where the team went on to win a Gold Medal.[8]

Corriero served as Assistant Captain to Team Ontario 'Red' that took Gold at the 2001 National Women's Under-18 Championship.[9]

NCAA

Corriero played at Harvard University on their Varsity Women's Ice Hockey Team from 2001 to 2005.

During the 2004-05 season, Corriero was the captain of the Harvard Crimson women’s ice hockey team.[10] In that season she became the all-time women's collegiate record holder for goals in a single season by scoring her 52nd goal on 5 March 2005 breaking the previous record of 51, shared by Harvard's Tammy Shewchuk and Northeastern's Vicky Sunohara, both of whom are Canadian Olympic Gold Medalists.

On 27 March 2005, Corriero tied the all-time collegiate record of 59 goals in a season, set by Michigan State's Mike Donnelly in 1986, with her first goal against St. Lawrence in the Frozen Four.

International hockey

She was invited to Hockey Canada's National Women's Under 22 Development Camp in July 2003.[11] Corriero was one of several players of Italian Canadian heritage that competed for the Italy women's national ball hockey team at the 2015 world championship. She would finish the tournament as Italy's leading scorer with eight points, ranking tenth overall, respectively.[12]

Records

As of the 2020–21 NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Season, Corriero holds the following NCAA Individual Records:[13][14]

  • Points scored in a game – 10 points (7 November 2003, Harvard v. Union), tied with Jennifer Botterill
  • Goals scored in a game – 6 goals (7 November 2003, Harvard v. Union), tied with Jenny Schmidgall-Potter
  • Goals scored in a season – 59 goals (2004–05 season)
  • Goals per game (average) in a season – 1.64 goals per game (2004–05 season; 59 goals in 36 games)

Honors and awards

  • 2002 Ivy League Rookie of the Year[15]
  • Top-10 Finalist in 2004 and 2005 for the Patty Kazmaier Award.[16]
  • In 2005, she was a nominee in ESPN's ESPY category of Best Female College Athlete.[17][18]
  • She was the first Harvard Women's hockey player to be awarded the Sarah Devens Award[16]
  • 2005 ECAC Tournament Most Valuable Player[19]
  • The Mary G. Paget Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Women's Athletics at Harvard University[20]
  • In November 2005, Nicole was honoured in Toronto, Ontario, by the National Congress of Italian Canadians for their annual Youth Achievement Award, recognizing scholastic and athletic excellence as well as community involvement.[21]
  • Inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame in 2012[22]

References
  1. "2010 NCAA Ice Hockey Division I Women's Records" (PDF). NCAA.
  2. Marttila, Arlan (28 November 2013). "Wrecking Records". USCHO. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013.
  3. "The ESPY Awards".
  4. Kennedy, Ian. "Meet Nicole Corriero, the PHF's New Player Association Executive Director". The Hockey News. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. "NICOLE CORRIERO APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PHF PLAYERS' ASSOCIATION". www.premierhockeyfederation.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. "Lofranco Corriero Nicole Corriero Personal Injury Lawyer". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. "Lofranco Corriero - Personal Injury Lawyers". www.lofrancolawyers.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  8. "Results by Province / Territory and Sport". Canada Games. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015.
  9. "Ontario Red".
  10. "Harvard Captains 2004-05". Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  11. "Canada's National Women's Team Looks to The Future of Program With Spring Evaluation Camp From May 8-11, 2003 in Ottawa, ON". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  12. "Zug 2015 Tournament Statistics". zug2015.com. n.d. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  13. "NCAA Ice Hockey Division I Women's Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  14. "NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  15. "Men's and Women's Hockey All-Ivy Teams Announced". Ivy League Sports. 7 March 2002. Archived from the original on 25 May 2005. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  16. John R. Hein (9 June 2005). "FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Nicole Corriero '05, Hockey". The Harvard Crimson. p. 1. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  17. "Cast your ESPY vote: Best Female College Athlete". ESPN.com. p. 1. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  18. "Gretchen Anderson Named a Candidate for the 2004 Patty Kazmaier Award". cstv.com. 9 February 2004. p. 1. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  19. "ECAC Hockey" (PDF).
  20. "Mary G. Paget Prize". Harvard Varsity Club.
  21. http://www.varsityclub.harvard.edu/Newsviews/Volume48/Issuethree/48commentarythree.htm
  22. "Women's Beanpot Hall of Fame Inductees".
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