Vicki Bendus Explained

Position:Forward
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:2
Weight Lb:110
Played For:Brampton Thunder
Sex:f
Ntl Team:CAN
Birth Date:17 April 1989
Birth Place:Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:2007

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 won 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.

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

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 36 28 37 65 8 5
2010-11 30 19 33 52 6 1
[14]

Hockey Canada

Year Games Played Goals Assists Points Penalty MinutesPower Play Goals
2010 Four Nations Cup 4 25 7 0 1
[15]

See also

Awards and honours

CHA Player of the Week

CHA awards

NCAA awards

Other

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stephen Leithwood . VICKI BENDUS: THE STRENGTH COACH MADE OF GOLD . gobadgers.ca . February 9, 2019 . January 18, 2019.
  2. Web site: No. 1 Lakers Set to Face Cornell at NCAA Women's Frozen Four.
  3. Web site: 2008-2009 Women's Golf Roster. 7 April 2010.
  4. Web site: Lakers Help Canada to Gold at MLP Cup.
  5. Web site: The Official Website Of Hockey Canada.
  6. Web site: The Official Website Of Hockey Canada.
  7. Web site: The Official Website of Hockey Canada. www.hockeycanada.ca.
  8. Web site: The Official Website Of Hockey Canada.
  9. Web site: The Official Website Of Hockey Canada.
  10. Web site: Shane MacDonald . Wasaga's Vicki Bendus is off the ice, but not out of the game . simcoe.com . February 9, 2019 . September 9, 2018.
  11. Web site: TWO-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST MEGHAN AGOSTA GOES NO. 1 SEVEN NATIONAL WOMEN'S TEAM ALUMNAE SELECTED AT 2011 CWHL DRAFT . hockeycanada.ca . February 9, 2019 . July 22, 2011.
  12. Web site: BRAMPTON?۪S NEXT THREE: BENDUS, BRAM, MACINTOSH . thecwhl.com . February 9, 2019 . December 9, 2012.
  13. Web site: COACHES SELECTED TO LEAD CANADA'S NATIONAL WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT AND UNDER-18 TEAMS . hockeycanada.ca . February 9, 2019 . July 14, 2017.
  14. Web site: Vicki Bendus: Career Statistics . 2022-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221106215709/https://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,5924/vicki-bendus/ . 2022-11-06 . live .
  15. Web site: Individual Profile . 2010-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724021432/http://hockeycanada56.prismx.net/index.php?ci_id=75136&la_id=1&player_id=95362&profile_id=147151&season_id=146510&ss_id=146275 . 2011-07-24 . dead .
  16. Web site: Bendus Tabbed CHA Player of the Week.
  17. http://www.chawomenshockey.com/news/2009/11/30/WHOCK_1130095114.aspx{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  18. Web site: Women's Hockey Sweeps CHA Weekly Honors.
  19. http://www.chawomenshockey.com/awards.aspx?aow=91&path=whockey{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  20. Web site: College Hockey America . 2011-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150609055311/http://www.chawomenshockey.com/news/2010-11/Dec_6_2010.pdf . 2015-06-09 . dead .
  21. http://www.chawomenshockey.com/documents/2010/3/4/200910chaotyrelease.pdf?id=371{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  22. http://www.chawomenshockey.com/documents/2010/3/4/2009-10_CHA_All-league_teams.pdf?id=373{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  23. Web site: Nine Lakers Honored at CHA Postseason Banquet.
  24. Web site: 2010 NCAA Ice Hockey Division I Women's Records . NCAA.
  25. Web site: Bendus Named 2010 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Winner (Video).
  26. Web site: Bendus Honored With NCAA Elite 88 Award.
  27. Web site: WCHA.com - WCHA Press Releases.
  28. Web site: CoSIDA Tabs Bendus as First Team Academic All-American.

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