April 22, 2010
At just 5 feet, 1 inch, Annie Hogan arrived at Northeastern in the fall of 2006 looking like anything but a hockey player.
The forward had left a stellar career behind her at Lawrence Academy in Groton, Mass., earning All-League selection in 2005-06 and team MVP in 2005. But making the transition to a Division 1 hockey program left Hogan with some bumps and bruises along the way.
“I was just so small,” she recalled. “I didn’t have any muscle. I just got out of high school and was doing the same toe-drags and fancy moves you can get away with. But [in college] you get knocked around a couple times, get your helmet knocked off get, a couple of sticks broken. You learn pretty fast what’s going to work and what isn’t at this level.”