Vicki Bendus

Vicki Bendus (born April 17, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who last played for the Brampton Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). While playing collegiate hockey with the Mercyhurst Lakers, she was the winner of the 2010 Patty Kazmaier Award, awarded to the top player in women's NCAA hockey. She was also selected for the Canadian national women's team that will compete in the 2010 Four Nations Cup. Bendus was the leading scorer at the 2011 MLP Cup.

Vicki Bendus
Born	(1989-04-17) April 17, 1989 Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Weight	110 lb (50 kg; 7 st 12 lb)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Right
Played for	Brampton Thunder
National team	Canada
Playing career	2007–present
Medal record Representing  Canada Women's ice hockey IIHF World Women's Championships 2012 United States Tournament Women's 4 Nations Cup 2010 Canada Tournament 2013 United States Tournament 2011 Sweden Tournament Women's MLP Cup 2011 Switzerland Tournament

Since 2016, Bendus has worked as a coach for Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team.

Playing career

Bendus began playing hockey with the Etobicoke Dolphins of the Provincial Women's Hockey League at the age of 16. She attracted the attention of Mercyhurst University while leading the Aurora Panthers in scoring the following season.[1]

Mercyhurst

• During the 2008–09 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season, Bendus was named assistant captain. She had a seven-game point scoring streak from Nov. 14 through Dec. 12, and registered four multiple-point contests and two game-winners during that span. She recorded a goal in four straight games from Nov. 21 through Dec. 6. From Feb. 13 through Feb. 27, she recorded 10 assists in five-game span.
• On March 13, 2010, Bendus scored the 50th career goal of her career in the win over the Boston University Terriers. She is now the 8th Laker to have at least 50 goals in a career.[2]
• In addition, Bendus is also a member of the Mercyhurst women's golf team. In the 2008-09 golf season, she helped the Lakers get to NCAA Division I Golf national final.[3]

Hockey Canada

Bendus won a gold medal at the Canada Winter Games with Team Ontario in 2007. On January 10, 2010, Bendus scored a goal and added two assists for the Canadian national women's under-22 team in the gold medal game of the 2010 MLP Cup. Canada defeated Switzerland, 9-0 in Ravensburg, Germany. The Canadian team won all four of their games by a combined score of 24-4, and secured their seventh goal medal in the past eight years. In three games, Bendus, Jesse Scanzano and Bailey Bram (from the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey team) combined for seven goals and 18 points.[4] Benuds and Bram were tied for the tournament lead in scoring, and Bendus was named the tournament's top forward.[5]

On October 6, 2010, Bendus was selected to play for the National Women's Team that will play in the 2010 Four Nations Cup.[6] Bendus scored one of the six goals in the gold medal game of the 2011 MLP Cup.[7] In addition, she was the captain of the team. She travelled to Bratislava, Slovakia to participate in the 2011 IIHF High Performance Women's Camp from July 4–12.[8] In the third game of the 2011 IIHF Eight Nations Tournament, Bendus registered a hat trick and added one assist in an 11-0 shoutout over Slovakia.[9]

Bendus won gold with Team Canada at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship. She was invited to try out for Team Canada's 2014 Winter Olympics roster but failed to make the final cut. After she was cut, Bendus began studying at Brock University for her master's degree in applied health sciences and kinesiology.[10]

CWHL

In the 2011 CWHL Draft, she was selected fourth overall by the Brampton Thunder.[11][12]

Coaching

In 2016, Hockey Canada asked Bendus to coach their under-18 female hockey program. At the time, she was also working at Brock University as a Sports Performance Coach.[10] In 2017, she was named a strength and conditioning coach for Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team.[13]

As a coach, she helped Team Canada win an IIHF World Championship, becoming one of the few women to win one both as a player and a coach.[1]

Career stats

Mercyhurst

Year	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Power Play Goals	Short Handed Goals
2007-08	37	11	21	32	3	1
2008-09	37	11	30	41	4	2
2009-10

[14]

Hockey Canada

Year	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Penalty Minutes	Power Play Goals
2010 Four Nations Cup	4	2	5	7	0	1

[15]

See also

• 2009–10 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season

Awards and honours

CHA Player of the Week

• CHA Player of the Week (October 6, 2009)[16]
• CHA Player of the Week (November 30, 2009)[17]
• CHA Player of the Week (January 4, 2010)[18]
• CHA Player of the Week (January 18, 2010)[19]
• CHA Player of the Week (Week of December 6, 2010)[20]

CHA awards

• 2010 CHA Player of the Year[21]
• 2009-10 Pre-Season All-CHA Team
• 2009-10 CHA Scoring champion
• 2010 All-CHA First Team[22]
• 2010-11 First Team All-CHA selection[23]

NCAA awards

• NCAA leader, 2009-10 season, Short handed goals (tied), 5[24]
• 2010 Patty Kazmaier Award[25]
• Vicki Bendus, 2010 NCAA Elite 88 Award (awarded to student-athlete with the highest grade point average participating at an NCAA Championship event)[26]
• 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Team
• 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award Nominee[27]

Other

• Top Forward, 2010 MLP Cup
• June 2010: First Team CoSIDA / ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American[28]

References

1. Stephen Leithwood (January 18, 2019). "VICKI BENDUS: THE STRENGTH COACH MADE OF GOLD". gobadgers.ca. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
2. "No. 1 Lakers Set to Face Cornell at NCAA Women's Frozen Four".
3. "2008-2009 Women's Golf Roster". Retrieved 7 April 2010.
4. "Lakers Help Canada to Gold at MLP Cup".
5. "The Official Website Of Hockey Canada".
6. "The Official Website Of Hockey Canada".
7. "The Official Website of Hockey Canada". www.hockeycanada.ca.
8. "The Official Website Of Hockey Canada".
9. "The Official Website Of Hockey Canada".
10. Shane MacDonald (September 9, 2018). "Wasaga's Vicki Bendus is off the ice, but not out of the game". simcoe.com. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
11. "TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST MEGHAN AGOSTA GOES NO. 1 SEVEN NATIONAL WOMEN'S TEAM ALUMNAE SELECTED AT 2011 CWHL DRAFT". hockeycanada.ca. July 22, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
12. "BRAMPTON?۪S NEXT THREE: BENDUS, BRAM, MACINTOSH". thecwhl.com. December 9, 2012. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
13. "COACHES SELECTED TO LEAD CANADA'S NATIONAL WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT AND UNDER-18 TEAMS". hockeycanada.ca. July 14, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2010-03-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-12-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
16. "Bendus Tabbed CHA Player of the Week".
17. http://www.chawomenshockey.com/news/2009/11/30/WHOCK_1130095114.aspx%5B%5D
18. http://www.hurstathletics.com/news/2010/1/4/WHOCK_0104105745.aspx
19. http://www.chawomenshockey.com/awards.aspx?aow=91&path=whockey%5B%5D
20. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-09. Retrieved 2011-06-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
21. http://www.chawomenshockey.com/documents/2010/3/4/200910chaotyrelease.pdf?id=371%5B%5D
22. http://www.chawomenshockey.com/documents/2010/3/4/2009-10_CHA_All-league_teams.pdf?id=373%5B%5D
23. "Nine Lakers Honored at CHA Postseason Banquet".
24. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_icehockey_rb/2011/DI.pdf
25. "Bendus Named 2010 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Winner (Video)".
26. "Bendus Honored With NCAA Elite 88 Award".
27. "WCHA.com - WCHA Press Releases".
28. "CoSIDA Tabs Bendus as First Team Academic All-American".

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com

Preceded by Jessie Vetter (2009)	Patty Kazmaier Award 2010	Succeeded by Meghan Duggan (2011)