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Vicki Bendus

Vicki Bendus
Born (1989-04-17) April 17, 1989 (age 28)
Wasaga Beach, ON, CAN
Height 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Weight 110 lb (50 kg; 7 st 12 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
CWHL team
Former teams
Brampton Thunder
Mercyhurst
National team  Canada
Playing career 2007–present

Vicki Bendus (born April 17, 1989) is a hockey player for the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey program. 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. In the 2011 CWHL Draft, she was selected fourth overall.

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. 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. 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.


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