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�endall Cornine isn ’ t �uite sure how she got the nickname , “ Score-Nine .”
Acenter for the Premier Hockey Federation ’ s Metropolitan Riveters , who play their home games in Newark , Cornine prides herself on “ trying to do just as much on defense as on offense ,” she says . She doesn ’ t even wear the No . 9jersey . That went to her brother , Nick . Kendall wore No . 12 at Morristown Beard School , but that number had been retired by Rochester Institute of Technology , where she went to college , so she chose 10 , the closest .
But the name popped up toward the end of her rookie season with the Metropolitan Riveters , and it stuck . She had 13 goals and 11 assists during her first season in what was then called the National �omen ’ sHockey League . Now in her third year , Score-Nine is still living up to her nickname — lighting the lamp for her home-state Riveters . But when Kendall doesn ’ t get any points , her mom , Cathy Cornine , calls her “ Bore-Nine ” instead .
Such is the life of a female professional hockey player .
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Cornine grew up in Kinnelon , where she and her brother got into street hockey with an older neighbor . His dad coached the Kinnelon recreation ice hockey team , and the Cornine kids were
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