Kate Buesser (born April 23, 1989) is an American women's ice hockey

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with the Connecticut Whale of the

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(PHF). At the NCAA level, she accumulated 92 points with the

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program from 2008 to 2012.

Playing career

CWHL

Buesser competed with the

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and captured the 2013 Clarkson Cup championship. In 2014, she would appear in the finals of the 2014 Clarkson Cup with the Blades, only to be defeated in overtime by the Toronto Furies.

Premier Hockey Federation

On December 31, 2015, Buesser was one of three Connecticut Whale players (including Shannon Doyle and Kaleigh Fratkin) that were loaned to the Boston Pride. The three donned the Pride jerseys for one day and participated in the 2015 Women's Winter Classic, the first outdoor professional women's hockey game.

Awards and honors

* 2009–10 New England Hockey Writers All-Star Team * 2013 Clarkson Cup All-Star Team

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* 1989 births Living people American women's ice hockey forwards Boston Blades players Clarkson Cup champions Connecticut Whale (PHF) players Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey players Ice hockey people from New Hampshire People from Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Sportspeople from Carroll County, New Hampshire {{US-icehockey-player-stub