Botterill attended Harvard University and played for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program from 1998 to 2003. Harvard and several media outlets recognize Botterill as U.S. college ice hockey's career scoring leader. The NCAA does not recognize her record because women's hockey was not an NCAA-sanctioned sport in Botterill's first two college seasons. She scored at least one point in 112 of her 113 career college games. She was the first player to win the Patty Kazmaier Award twice as the top player in U.S. women's college hockey. Botterill set an NCAA record for most points in one game with 10. This was accomplished on January 28, 2003 versus Boston College.
Botterill played for the Mississauga Chiefs and Toronto Furies of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. In 2007–08, she won the Angela James Bowl after winning the league scoring title with 61 points. She was voted the CWHL Top Forward and a CWHL Central All-Star; she won CWHL Top Scorer of the Month honours in February. In 2008-09, she was a CWHL First Team All-Star. Botterill retired after the 2010-11 season. Her final game was the 2011 Clarkson Cup final, a 5–0 loss to the Montreal Stars. Despite playing just three seasons in the four-year-old CWHL, she retired as the league's second-best scorer with 160 points. After winning the Angela James Bowl in 2007-08, she finished third in the league scoring race in both 2008-09 and 2010-11.
International
She won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998 as the youngest player on the Canadian team. Later, she won the gold medal in the 2002 games in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, playing forward. Botterill announced her retirement, on March 14, 2011. Her last appearance with Team Canada was on February 25, 2010 at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Her final point was also on February 25 when, she assisted Marie-Philip Poulin on the gold medal-winning goal.
2008 Inductee, Women's Beanpot Hall of Fame 2007–08 ESSO Canada Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year 2006 Order of Manitoba 2006 Winter Olympic All Tournament Team – Awarded by the International Ice Hockey Federation 2001 & 2004 MVP of the World Championships – Awarded by the International Ice Hockey Federation 2004 Named to the Media All Star Team at the World Championships 2001 Directorate Award, Best Forward, the World Championships 2001–02 & 2002–03 Winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award for the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. Only 2-time winner of the Award 2000–01 & 2002–03 Team Captain of Harvard University 2001 Female Athlete of the Year Award – Awarded by the Province of Manitoba 1999 Captain of Canada's National Women's Under 22 Team which defeated the United States in a three-game series 1999 American Women's College Hockey AllianceWomen's Ice Hockey Champion 1999 Most Outstanding Player of the American Women's College Hockey Alliance Championship 1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans, First Team\ 1996 Attended Canada's National Junior Basketball selection camp All Time Leading Scorer at Harvard University In high school, she attended the National Sport School Bilingual – French and English
Media
Botterill is an online host for Gretzky.com, and she provides in-game analysis for New York Islanders television broadcasts, alternating with Allison Mleczko.
Charitable endeavors
Botterill is an Athlete Ambassador for Right To Play.
Personal life
Botterill was born to Doreen McCannell and Cal Botterill. Her mother, Doreen, competed in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics for Canada in speed skating. Her father, Cal, is a noted sports psychologist and has advised NHL teams and works with current and former Canadian Olympic athletes. Botterill's brother, Jason Botterill, competed for Canada in the World Junior Championships and played in the National Hockey League. He is the former General Manager for the Buffalo Sabres. Their grandfather, Donald Grant McCannell was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. She was a CAA School Safety Patroller in grade 5 and 6 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Botterill graduated from Harvard University in 2003 with a B.A. Psychology. On May 5, 2012, she married hockey coach Adrian Lomonaco. and is a coach at Journey To Excel
