Canadians, and for the first time, Europeans were the stars.
There was just one american name among the three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award which recognizes the most oustanding player in women's college hockey.
Prior to this season, there had never been a non-american finalists in the awards brief three year history.
Now there were two in the same year, junior co-captain Jennifer Botterill and senior winger Tammy Shewchuk, both from Harvard and both Canadian.
Duluth sophomore winger Maria Rooth could have easily been the third finalist. She finished third in the country in points-per-game with 41 goals and 31 assists for 72 points, just behind Botterill and Shewchuk with 78 and 75 respectively.
Rooth is Swedish, however, which may have hurt her chances.
Playing for the Swedish National Team, she was the team's MVP of the 1997 World Championships and finished as Sweden's leading scoring in the 1998 Olympics in Nagano.
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