Currently, former Crimson star and Ruggiero’s old roommate Jennifer Botterill ’03 plays for the Toronto Aero, and is second on the team in scoring.  While Ruggiero could follow Botterill up north, there are always other possibilities for the biological anthropology concentrator.

“She will be able to do whatever she wants to do-she’s intelligent, articulate, has great social skills, and is extremely passionate,” Stone said.

However, with limits on the number of American players on Canadian teams, top level players-including Ruggiero-have begun to look elsewhere for after college options.

“I seriously considered [going to Canada],” Ruggiero said. “But now I want to stay in Boston, where we are going to try to put together a team of United States players to play college and junior men’s teams.  It will allow me to get a job.”

And the match-up everyone would be waiting for next year would be the return of Ruggiero to Bright Hockey Arena, only this time facing-off against former teammates and close friends.

—Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez can be reached at gmvelez@fas.harvard.edu.