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2013-14 Women's Ice Hockey Roster

Northeastern Athletics/Zack Williamson

13 Claire Santostefano

  • Position Forward
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wilmette, Ill.

Biography

2013-14: Saw action in 27 games and posted three goals and 10 assists ... Assisted on Chelsey Goldberg's second shorthanded goal against RIT (Oct. 5) ... Picked up a helper on Maggie DiMasi's game-winner at Union (Oct. 11) ... Assisted on Paige Savage's goal against New Hampshire (Nov. 3) ... Recorded an assist on Colleen Murphy's goal against Boston University (Dec. 3) ... Assisted on both of Katie MacSorley's goals in a win over Vermont (Feb. 1) ... Notched two points, including her first goal since Dec. 1, 2012 in a win over Connecticut (Feb. 15) ... Netted two goals in her second-career 2-goal game versus Connecticut (Feb. 16) ... Assissted on Brittany Esposito's second goal of the night against New Hampshire (Feb. 22) ... Strung together a four-game point streak after recording her fifth career multi-point game with two assists against New Hampshire (Feb. 23).

2012-13: 
AWARDS & HONORS:
• 2012-13 Hockey East All-Academic Team

Played in all 36 games ... Assisted on Kelly Wallace’s second period goal against Maine (Oct. 27) ... Scored a goal in each game against Vermont (Nov. 10-11) ... Scored a power play goal at No. 5 Boston College (Nov. 18) ... Scored a goal at New Hampshire (Dec. 1) ... Picked up the primary assist on Katie MacSorley’s goal against Providence (Jan. 20) ... Had an assist in each game at Maine (Feb. 16-17) ... Had an assist against Providence (Feb. 24) ... Picked up an assist against Vermont in the WHEA quarterfinals (Mar. 2).

2011-12: Named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team ... Finished the year with three goal (two game-winners) and nine assists for 12 points ... Tallied her first point of the year assisting Stephanie Gavronsky’s goal in a 5-0 win over Colgate on Oct. 8 ... Followed up with another helper on Casey Pickett’s marker in the 2-1 victory over Union on Oct. 14, in which she registered a season-high six shots on goal ... Assisted classmate Katie MacSorley on Nov. 5, in a 3-0 shutout of UConn ... Chalked up her first goal of the season, a game-winner in a 5-1 rout at Vermont on Nov. 12 ... Tallied assists in both ends of a weekend home and home against New Hampshire on Dec. 3-4 ... Started the new semester well with another game-winning goal, in a 5-2 win over Clarkson on Jan. 5 ... Made it two goals in two games the next day in a 3-2 loss to St. Lawrence ... Assisted the lone Northeastern goal in a 1-1 tie at No. 4 Boston College on Jan. 17 ... Had assists in three straight games, all Northeastern victories: vs. UConn on Feb. 4, at BU (Beanpot Final) on Feb. 7, and vs. Maine on Feb. 11.

2010-11: Scored game-winning goal in semifinal victory over top-seeded BU on Mar. 5 ... Added assist on Katie MacSorley’s goal in quarterfinal win against Connecticut ... Assisted on Stephanie Gavronsky’s goal against Connecticut on Feb. 19 ... Had helper on Rachel Llanes’ strike against New Hampshire on Jan. 22 ... Assisted on Dani Rylan’s game-winning goal against St. Cloud State on Jan. 2 ... Potted a pair of goals and added two assists in 5-1 win over Providence on Nov. 21 ... Registered plus-5 rating and was on ice for every goal in the win ... Tallied goal against Maine on Nov. 12 ... Assisted on Lindsay Domaas’ goal against Yale on Nov. 6 ... Tallied assist on Katie MacSorley’s goal against Vermont on Oct. 30 ... Added helper on Katie MacSorley’s goal in 5-1 win against RPI on Oct. 24 ... Assisted on Alyssa Wohlfeiler’s goal against Robert Morris on Oct. 17 ... Notched first collegiate goal, a shorthanded goal, against Robert Morris on Oct. 16 ... Assisted on Siena Falino’s second goal against Union on Oct. 2 for first collegiate point.

Before NU: Member of the Chicago Mission from 2008-10 … Skated in 82 games and racked up 78 points (43-35-78) and 50 penalty minutes while with the Mission last year … Assembled the Mission’s longest point streak of the season in 2008-09 … Captained Team Illinois in 2007-08 and led the team with more than 80 points … Five-time national championship medalist, with the most recent coming in 2010 … Played two years on New Trier’s hockey team and led her team in both goals and points … Bestowed with all three awards given in Illinois for girls high school hockey and was a member of the All-State team … Received the Cammi Granato Award given to the best female high school hockey player in the state … Earned the Top Female Forward award … Presented with the Blackhawk Alumni Association All-Star award … Member of the USA Hockey Player Development camp from 2006-09 … Four-year member of the New Trier High School golf team … Three-year shortstop for the New Trier softball team.

Personal: Born June 2, 1992 … Brother, Alex, plays Division 1 club hockey at Indiana University ... Member of the Student-Athlete Training Program in 2009 … Enjoys water skiing, traveling, fishing and lifeguarding … Majors in Communications … Class of 2014.

CAREER STATISTICS
Season Games Goals Assists Points Shots Shot % Pen-Min +/- PPG SHG GWG
2010-11 37 5 12 17 99 .051 5-10 +3 0 1 1
2011-12 33 3 9 12 57 .053 6-12 +11 0 0 2
2012-13 36 4 7 11 47 .085 8-16 -5 2 0 0
2013-14 27 3 10 13 53 .061 5-10 +7 0 0 1
TOTAL 133 15 38 53 256 .059 24-48 +16 2 1 4


CAREER HOCKEY EAST STATISTICS
Season Games Goals Assists Points Shots Shot % Pen-Min +/- PPG SHG GWG
2010-11 21 3 5 8 65 .046 0-0 +1 0 0 0
2011-12 21 1 6 7 35 .029 5-10 +6 0 0 0
2012-13 21 4 6 10 31 .129 6-12 -1 2 0 0
2013-14 14 3 8 11 34 .088 1-2 +9 0 0 1
TOTAL 77 11 25 36 165 .067 12-24 +15 2 0 1


CAREER GAME HIGHS Number Most Recent
Goals 2 (2 times) Feb. 16, 2014 vs. Connecticut
Assists 2 (3 times) Feb. 23, 2014 vs. New Hampshire
Points 4 Nov. 21, 2010 vs. Providence
Goal streak 2 games (3 times) Feb. 15-16, 2014
Assist streak 3 games Feb. 4-11, 2012
Point streak 4 games Feb. 15-23, 2014
Career multi-point games 5 Feb. 23, 2014 at New Hampshire

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2010-11Freshman

    Forward
    5'3"
    13
  • 13

    2011-12Sophomore

    Forward
    5'3"
    13
  • 13

    2012-13Junior

    Forward
    5'3"
    13
  • 13

    2013-14Senior

    Forward
    5'3"
    13