2016-17 Clarkson Women's Hockey Roster
Biography
SENIOR YEAR (2016-17)—Top 3 Finalist for Patty Kazmaier Award...Captained Clarkson to the second National Championship in school history...First-Team All-American...Named Most Outstanding Player of the Frozen Four...Named USCHO.com Player of the Year and All-USCHO First-Team...Nation’s leading goal scorer (28) ... Has team-high 62 points … Named First-Team ECAC Hockey All-Star ... Winner of ECAC Hockey’s Best Forward Award and ECAC Hockey Player of the Year … Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week three times and made the ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll twice...Has at least one point in 35 of 41 games...Made the ECAC Championship All-Tournament Team...Tied for team lead with six power-play goals and five game-winning goals...Had two assists in 4-3 win over Minnesota in NCAA Semifinals (3/17)...Scored two goals in 3-0 win over Wisconsin in NCAA Championship (3/19) ... Named to ECAC Hockey All-Academic team.
JUNIOR YEAR (2015-16)—One of the top offensive threats in the country ... Voted Clarkson's Most Valuable Player ... Knights' leading scorer with 50 points on 25 goals and 25 assists ... Named First-Team ECAC Hockey All-Star...Finalist for ECAC Hockey's Best Forward Award ... Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Month for October and ECAC Hockey Player of the Week on 10/6 and 10/27...Had hat tricks in consecutive wins over New Hampshire in October ... Had 15 multiple point games this season ... Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award nominee ... Became the tenth Clarkson skater with 100 career points in 7-0 win at Brown (1/9) ... Top center on faceoffs winning 66.5% (304-153) of her draws ... Scored a goal in 3-2 loss vs Boston College (3/18) in NCAA Frozen Four ... Helped to lead Team Canada to Gold Medal in Nations Cup in early January ... Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic team.
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2014-15)—Shared Clarkson's MVP honors as the Knights leading scorer with 44 points on 24 goals and 20 assists … Named ECAC Hockey First-Team All-League ... Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award nominee ... Recorded at least one point in 10 of 13 games in 2015, including a pair of five-game consecutive point streaks … Scored a career-high three goals in the 5-1 win against Colgate (12/6) … Scored the game-winning goal four times in a five game span between 1/31 and 2/13 … Netted six game-winning goals overall … Tallied four points in the sweep of Dartmouth in the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals (2/27-28) … Tallied the Knights’ lone goal in the ECAC Hockey semifinal game against Cornell (3/7) ... Named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week twice (10/12, 12/10) … Earned a spot on the ECAC Weekly Honor Roll twice (1/20, 2/9) ... Recipient of Clarkson's Ron Frazer Award, presented to a player who has proven to elevate her game in key situations and who has made significant contributions to the team's success ... Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic team.
FRESHMAN YEAR (2013-14)—Came through with a solid season after missing all of last year recovering from a leg injury … Skated in all 41 games recording three goals and 19 assists … Posts a +17 plus/minus rating … Had two power play goals and two game-winners .. Opened the scoring in Game 2 2-0 win over Dartmouth to clinch the ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series against the Big Green (3/1) for first goal in 25 games … Tallied three points (1-2) in 7-0 win over Yale at Cheel … Scored a power-play goal and one assist in first game in over a year in the Knights’ season-opening 12-1 win against RIT (9/28) in Potsdam ... Named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic team.
RED-SHIRT YEAR (2012-13)—Sat out season recovering from an injury.
BEFORE CLARKSON—Served as team captain for the Bluewater Junior Hawks ... A Canadian Women’s U18 Team Member in 2010 & 2011 Summer Series vs. Team USA ... Canadian Women’s U18 Team Member for 2011 U18 World Championships (Silver Medalist), and the 2012 U18 World Championships (Gold Medalist) ... Invited to the 2010 & 2011 Canadian Women’s U18 Selection Camp ... Voted on by the coaching body as one of the top three players on her team throughout the 2012 U18 World Championships ... Won Gold at the 2011 Canadian U18 Nationals as a member of Team Ontario ... Received the Most Sportsmanship award at the 2011 Canadian U18 National Tournament.
PERSONAL—Daughter of Becky and Brian Mercer ... Born on January 18, 1994 ... Shoots left ... Business major ... Honor roll student in all four years of H.S. ... Older sister, Carly, was a two-year captain (2012-14) for the Knights ... Also has a younger brother, Cullen ... Selected to the final roster for Hockey Canada's National Under-22 team this past August and played in three-game series vs. the United States' Women's Under-22 National Team in Lake Placid.
WHY CLARKSON—"The reason I chose Clarkson University is because I was drawn in by the amazing atmosphere the campus has to offer. I feel like it resembles my small hometown, and is somewhere I know that I will be comfortable. Also, with the renowned academics and wide variety of course options, I know I will come out with a degree that I am happy with. Clarkson University will challenge me every day to achieve a level of excellence on and off the ice. Finally, I chose Clarkson because one of their students happened to be my sister, and getting the chance to attend university with her couldn’t have made me happier."
| Year |
GP |
Gls |
Asst |
Pts |
P/M |
PPG |
SHG |
GWG |
HT |
+/- |
| 2012-13 FR |
did not play - injured |
|
|
|
|
| 2013-14 FR |
41 |
3 |
19 |
22 |
7/14 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+17 |
| 2014-15 SO |
38 |
24 |
20 |
44 |
10/20 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
+35 |
| 2015-16 JR |
40 |
25 |
25 |
50 |
11/22 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+35 |
| 2016-17 SR |
41 |
28 |
34 |
62 |
10/20 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
+44 |
| TOTALS |
160 |
80 |
98 |
178 |
38/76 |
15 |
2 |
16 |
3 |
+131 |
| CAREER GAME-HIGHS—Most Recent |
| Points: 4 - (1-3) in 5-0 W(H) vs St.Lawrence, 10/28/14 |
| Goals: 3 (3x) - in 6-4 W(H) vs UNH, 10/24/15 |
| Assists: 3 (4x) - in 8-3 W(H) vs Rensselaer, 11/12/16 |
|
| First Career Assist: vs RIT in 12-1 W(H), 9/28/13 |
| First Career Goal: vs RIT in 12-1 W(H), 9/28/13 |
|
| First Career Assist: at Northeastern in 5-3 L(A), 1/5/12 |
|
Statistics
Season Statistics
No statistics available for this season.
There are no statistics available for this player.
Historical Player Information
-
2013Freshman
Forward
5'8"
-
2013-14Sophomore
Forward
5'8"
-
2014-15Junior
Forward
5'8"
-
2015-16Junior
Forward
5'8"
-
C
2016-17Senior
Forward
5'8"
