2009–10 ECAC Hockey women's ice hockey season

2009–10 ECAC Hockey women's ice hockey season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Ice hockey
Duration September 2009
through March, 2010
Regular Season
Champion Cornell Big Red
Runners-Up Clarkson Golden Knights
Season MVP Catherine White
Tournament
Champions Cornell Big Red
  Runners-up Clarkson Golden Knights
Finals MVP Kendice Ogilvie

The 2009–10 ECAC Hockey women's ice hockey season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive ice hockey among ECAC Hockey members.

Pre-season

  • September 22: St. Lawrence, which has finished among the top three teams in the regular-season standings each year since 2000-01, has been selected to finish in first place in the ECAC in the preseason poll. The voting was done by the league coaches as part of the pre-season polls and all-league team.

The Saints, garnered a total of 107 points, including three of 12 first-place votes.[1] St. Lawrence, boasts returning all-league selection senior defender Britni Smith. Last season, the team finished second in the regular-season standings with a mark of 16-5-1.

Harvard claimed three first-place votes to finish second in the poll. The Crimson earned 103 total points. Harvard is the two-time defending regular-season champion. Dartmouth gained five first place votes, and is slotted to finish third in regular-season play according to the voting. The Big Green compiled 93 points in the poll. Princeton ranks fourth in the preseason poll with 89 points. Clarkson occupies the fifth slot with 85 points, earning one first-place vote. ECAC Hockey Championship runner-up Rensselaer was selected to finish in sixth place, with 74 points.

ECAC pre-season coaches poll

PlaceSchoolFirst place votesTotal points
1St. Lawrence(3)107
2Harvard(3)103
3Dartmouth(5)93
4Princeton(0)89
5Clarkson(1)85
6Rensselaer(0)74
7Cornell(0)68
8Colgate(0)52
9Quinnipiac(0)37
10Yale(0)34
11Brown(0)24
12Union(0)11

[1]

Pre-season All-ECAC team

PositionNameSchoolClass
FDominique ThibaultClarkson
FJenna CunninghamDartmouthSr.
FCatherine WhiteCornellSo
DSasha SherryPrincetonJr
DBritni SmithSt. LawrenceSr
GChristina KesslerHarvardSr

[2]

CIS exhibition

DateLocationNCAA schoolCIS teamScore
Sun. Sept 27Matthers ArenaNortheasternMcGill

McGill, 3-1[3]

Sat. Oct 3Appleton ArenaSt. LawrenceMcGill[4]St. Lawrence, 2-1[5]
Fri. Oct 23Hanover, N.H.DartmouthMcGill[6]
Sun. Oct 25New Haven, CTYaleMcGill[7]

Canadian semipro exhibition

DateLocationNCAA schoolCanadian teamScore
9/26/2009Cheel ArenaClarksonOttawa Senators (PWHL)[8] Clarkson, 7-3[9]
10/18/2009Lynah RinkCornell Big RedToronto Aeros[10]

Regular season

Standings

Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell22142634311786
Clarkson221453313722105
Harvard22136329312065
Quinnipiac221147293719108
Rensselaer221174263616156
Princeton221174263113144
St. Lawrence221183253716147
Colgate228104203612204
Dartmouth229121192812142
Yale228131172910163
Brown2211835283214
Union2212013345281
= Qualified for NCAA Frozen Four = Qualified for NCAA Tournament

[11]

US Olympic exhibition games

On January 3, the ECAC fielded an all-star team to take on the US Olympic Team. Caitlin Cahow (Branford, Conn.), Natalie Darwitz (Eagan, Minn.) and Jocelyne Lamoureux (Grand Forks, N.D.) each tallied two goals in pacing Team USA to victory.[12]

DateLocationNCAA schoolScore
January 3TD Bank Sports CenterECAC All-Stars6-2, US[13]

Box scores

PeriodGoalAssistsTime of goal
1Angela Ruggiero (USA)Julie Chu0:21
1Hilary Knight (USA)4:56
1Caitlin Cahow (USA)Monique Lamoureux12:32
2Jocelyne Lamoureux (USA)Erika Lawler2:38
2Caitlin Cahow (2) (USA)9:13
2Akstull (ECAC)Bassett9:13
2McDonald (ECAC)Buesser16:51
2Natalie Darwitz (USA)Knight, Stack19:50
3Natalie Darwitz (USA)Chesson12:40
3Jocelyne Lamoureux (USA)Knight13:00

[14]

October

  • Oct. 21: Former Harvard player Angela Ruggiero was nominated for the Jefferson Award for Public Service.[15]

November

  • Nov. 17: For the second consecutive week, Clarkson, Cornell, and Princeton earned spots in the top 10 in the USCHO.com national poll released Monday, November 16 and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll released Tuesday, November 17.[16]

In season honors

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, Eastern College Athletic Conference offices names a player of the week each Monday.

Offensive players of the week

Week Off. player of the week
10/12/09 Juana Babineau, Clarkson[17]
10/19/09 Melissa Waldie, Clarkson[18]
10/26/09 Britney Selina, Clarkson[19]
11/02/09 Kali Gillanders, Clarkson[20]
11/09/09 Carlee Eusepi, Clarkson[21]
11/16/09 Kate Buesser, Harvard[22]
11/23/09
11/30/09
12/7/09
12/14/09
12/21/09
12/28/08
1/4/10
1/11/10
1/18/10
1/25/10
2/1/10
2/8/10
2/15/10
2/22/10 Randi Griffin, Harvard[23]
3/1/10
3/8/10

Defensive players of the week

Week Def. player of the week
10/12/09 Lauren Dahm, Clarkson
10/19/09 Victoria Vigilanti, Quinnipiac
10/26/09 Lauren Dahm, Clarkson
11/02/09 Amanda Mazzotta, Cornell
11/09/09 Cassie Seguin, Princeton
11/16/09 Katie Jamieson, Brown
11/23/09
11/30/09
12/7/09
12/14/09
12/21/09
12/28/08
1/4/10
1/11/10
1/18/10
1/25/10
2/1/10
2/8/10
2/15/10
2/22/10 Victoria Vigilanti, Quinnipiac
3/1/10 Sonja van der Bliek, RPI[24]
3/8/10

Rookie of the week

Week Rookie of the week
10/12/09 Jamie Goldsmith, St. Lawrence
10/19/09 Kelly Sabatine, St. Lawrence
10/26/09 Kayla Sullivan, St. Lawrence
11/02/09 Heather Hughes, Quinnipiac
11/09/09 Cassie Seguin, Princeton
11/16/09 Jillian Dempsey, Harvard
11/23/09
11/30/09
12/7/09
12/14/09
12/21/09
12/28/08
1/4/10
1/11/10
1/18/10
1/25/10
2/1/10
2/8/10
2/15/10
2/22/10 Laurie Jolin, Brown
3/1/10
3/8/10

2010 Olympics

Active players

The following active ECAC players represented their respective countries in Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

PlayerNCAA schoolNationalityPositionGoalsAssistsPointsFinish
Rebecca JohnstonCornell CanadaForward156Gold
Sarah VaillancourtHarvard CanadaForward358Gold

Former players

PlayerNCAA schoolNationalityPositionGoalsAssistsPointsMedal
Gillian AppsDartmouth CanadaForward347Gold
Jennifer BotterillHarvard CanadaForward022Gold
Julie ChuHarvard United StatesForwardSilver
Becky KellarBrown United StatesForward044Gold
Gina KingsburySt. Lawrence CanadaForward213Gold
Cherie PiperDartmouth CanadaForward5510Gold
Angela RuggieroHarvard United StatesDefenceSilver

Statistical leaders

[25]

Post-season

ECAC tournament

Semifinals Finals
      
Cornell  
RPI  
Cornell  
 
Clarkson  
Harvard  

ECAC All-Tournament team

PositionPlayerSchool
GAmanda MazzottaCornell
DDanielle BoudreauClarkson
DLauriane RougeauCornell
FChelsea KarpenkoCornell
FGabrielle KosziwkaClarkson
FLiza RyabkinaCornell

[26]

NCAA tournament

Record Win % R32 S16 E8 F4 CG
0–0

ECAC awards and honors

  • March 3: The leagues head coaches have voted for the Best Defensive Forward award. The finalists were named and include the following players: Sarah Parsons (Dartmouth), Britney Selina (Clarkson), Allison Wright (Rensselaer) and Liz Zorn (Cornell).[27]
  • March 4: Kate Buesser (Harvard), Sarah Parsons (Dartmouth), Catherine White (Cornell) have been named a finalist for the ECAC Player of the Year Award.[28]
  • March 4: Lauren Dahm (Clarkson), Amanda Mazzotta (Cornell) and Victoria Vigilanti (Quinnipiac) have been named as finalists for the ECAC Goalie of the Year.[29]
  • March 5: Laura Gersten (Rensselaer), Sarah Parsons, (Dartmouth) and Randi Griffin (Harvard) are the finalists for the ECAC Student Athlete of the Year.[30]
Honor Selection
Player of the Year Catherine White, Cornell
Coach of the Year
Freshman of the Year Victoria Vigilanti,[31] Quinnipiac
Goalie of the Year Victoria Vigilanti,[31] Quinnipiac
Student Athlete of the Year
ECAC First Team Catherine White, Cornell
Kate Buesser, Harvard
Katie Stewart, Colgate
Laura Fortino, Cornell
Lauriane Rougeau, Cornell
Victoria Vigilanti, Quinnipiac
ECAC Second Team Sarah Parsons, Dartmouth
Jenna Cunningham, Dartmouth
Britney Selina, Clarkson
Britni Smith, St. Lawrence
Carlee Eusepi, Clarkson
Lauren Dahm, Clarkson
ECAC Third Team Whitney Naslund, Rensselaer
Paula Romanchuk, Princeton
Dominique Thibault, Clarkson
Laura Gersten, Rensselaer
Leanna Coskren, Harvard
Sasha Sherry, Princeton
Amanda Mazzotta, Cornell
All-Freshman Team Jillian Dempsey, Harvard
Heather Hughes, Quinnipiac
Camille Dumais, Dartmouth
Laura Fortino, Cornell
Lauriane Rougeau, Cornell
Victoria Vigilanti, Quinnipiac

[32]

All-Decade team

The All-Decade team involves players who played in the ECAC between 1999-00 and 2008-09.

First team

PlayerPositionSchool
Jennifer BotterillForwardHarvard
Julie ChuForwardHarvard
Sarah VaillancourtForwardHarvard
Tara MounseyDefenseBrown
Angela RuggieroDefenseHarvard
Ali BrewerGoaltenderBrown

[33]

Second team

PlayerPositionSchool
Gillian AppsForwardDartmouth
Nicole CorrieroForwardHarvard
Sabrina HarbecForwardSt. Lawrence
Annie GuayDefenseSt. Lawrence
Caitlin CahowDefenseHarvard
Rachel BarrieGoaltenderSt. Lawrence

National awards and honors

  • Dartmouth forward Sarah Parsons, Top 10 Finalist, Patty Kazmaier Award
  • St. Lawrence defenseman Britni Smith, Top 10 Finalist, Patty Kazmaier Award[34]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "ECAC Hockey" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
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  4. ↑ "2009-2010 women's hockey Schedule & Results - Saints Athletics - St. Lawrence University". Stlawu.edu. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
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  10. ↑ "Cornell University - 2009-10 Women's Ice Hockey Schedule". Cornellbigred.com. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
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  14. ↑ "USA Hockey". USA Hockey. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
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  23. ↑ "ECAC Hockey" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  24. ↑ "Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics - van der Bliek Garners Top Weekly ECAC Hockey Goalie Honor". Rpiathletics.com. 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
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  26. ↑ http://www.ecachockey.com/women/tournament/Women_All-Tournament_Teams.pdf
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  30. ↑ "ECAC Hockey". ECAC Hockey. 2010-03-05. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  31. 1 2 http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10Weekly_Awards/20100603_W_Goaltender_of_Yr_Winner%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
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  33. ↑ http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/News/20101304_W_All_Decade_Teams
  34. ↑ "ECAC Hockey". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
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