Vicki Bendus is a hockey player for the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey

Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey

The Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey team is the hockey team that represents the Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. The program started in 1999 and Michael Sisti has been the only coach in the history of the program. From 2000 to 2002, the Lakers were part of the Great Lakes Women's...

 program. She was the winner of the 2010 Patty Kazmaier Award

Patty Kazmaier Award

The Patty Kazmaier Award is given to the top woman college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four...

, 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

2010 Four Nations Cup

The 2010 4 Nations Cup was held in Clarenville, Newfoundland and St. John's, Newfoundland from November 9 to November 13, 2010. Games were played at the Clarenville Events Centre and Mile One Centre. The 15th edition of the international tournament was held in Newfoundland to help Hockey...

. Bendus was the leading scorer at the 2011 MLP Cup. In the 2011 CWHL Draft

2011 CWHL Draft

The 2011 CWHL Draft was held on July 21, 2011 in Mississauga. The Montreal Stars had the first pick overall and selected Meghan Agosta from Mercyhurst College. -Top 50 picks:-Draft picks by team:-Alberta:-Boston:-Brampton:-Burlington:-Montreal:...

, she was selected fourth overall.

Mercyhurst

• During the 2008–09 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season
  2008–09 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey season
  The 2008–09 Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey team represented Mercyhurst College in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Lakers were coached by Michael Sisti and had a 16-0 record in their conference. Assisting Sisti were Paul Colontino and Louis Goulet. Mike Folga was the...
  
  , 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.

• 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.

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

Jesse Scanzano

Jesse Scanzano is a Canadian ice hockey forward for the Mercyhurst College Lakers. She grew up in Montreal, Quebec and played for the Montreal Axion women's ice hockey team and participated in the 2005 Esso Women’s Nationals She was selected fifth overall in the 2011 CWHL Draft...

 and Bailey Bram (from the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey

Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey

The Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey team is the hockey team that represents the Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. The program started in 1999 and Michael Sisti has been the only coach in the history of the program. From 2000 to 2002, the Lakers were part of the Great Lakes Women's...

 team) combined for seven goals and 18 points. Benuds and Bram were tied for the tournament lead in scoring, and Bendus was named the tournament's top forward.

On October 6, 2010, Bendus was selected to play for the National Women's Team that will play in the 2010 Four Nations Cup

2010 Four Nations Cup

The 2010 4 Nations Cup was held in Clarenville, Newfoundland and St. John's, Newfoundland from November 9 to November 13, 2010. Games were played at the Clarenville Events Centre and Mile One Centre. The 15th edition of the international tournament was held in Newfoundland to help Hockey...

. Bendus scored one of the six goals in the gold medal game of the 2011 MLP Cup. 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. 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.

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

Hockey Canada

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

CHA Player of the Week

• CHA Player of the Week (October 6, 2009)
• CHA Player of the Week (November 30, 2009)
• CHA Player of the Week (January 4, 2010)
• CHA Player of the Week (January 18, 2010)
• CHA Player of the Week (Week of December 6, 2010)

CHA awards

• 2010 CHA Player of the Year
• 2009-10 Pre-Season All-CHA Team
• 2009-10 CHA Scoring champion
• 2010 All-CHA First Team
• 2010-11 First Team All-CHA selection

NCAA awards

• NCAA leader, 2009-10 season, Short handed goals (tied), 5
• 2010 Patty Kazmaier Award
  Patty Kazmaier Award
  The Patty Kazmaier Award is given to the top woman college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four...
  
  
• Vicki Bendus, 2010 NCAA Elite 88 Award (awarded to student-athlete with the highest grade point average participating at an NCAA Championship event)
• 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Team
• 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award Nominee

Other

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