2009–10 ECAC Hockey women's season

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.

2009–10 ECAC Hockey women's ice hockey season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember 2009
through March, 2010
Regular Season
ChampionCornell Big Red
Runners-UpClarkson Golden Knights
Season MVPCatherine White
Tournament
ChampionsCornell Big Red
  Runners-upClarkson Golden Knights
Finals MVPKendice Ogilvie
Ice hockey seasons
← 08–09
10–11 →

Pre-season

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  • 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

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

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Pre-season All-ECAC team

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Position Name School Class
F Dominique Thibault Clarkson
F Jenna Cunningham Dartmouth Sr.
F Catherine White Cornell So
D Sasha Sherry Princeton Jr
D Britni Smith St. Lawrence Sr
G Christina Kessler Harvard Sr

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CIS exhibition

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Date Location NCAA school CIS team Score
Sun. Sept 27 Matthers Arena Northeastern McGill

McGill, 3-1[3]

Sat. Oct 3 Appleton Arena St. Lawrence McGill[4] St. Lawrence, 2-1[5]
Fri. Oct 23 Hanover, N.H. Dartmouth McGill[6]
Sun. Oct 25 New Haven, CT Yale McGill[7]

Canadian semipro exhibition

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Date Location NCAA school Canadian team Score
9/26/2009 Cheel Arena Clarkson Ottawa Senators (PWHL)[8] Clarkson, 7-3[9]
10/18/2009 Lynah Rink Cornell Big Red Toronto Aeros[10]

Regular season

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Standings

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Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell 22 14 2 6 34 67 26 36 21 9 6 103 63
Clarkson 22 14 5 3 31 47 28 40 23 12 5 104 69
Harvard 22 13 6 3 29 69 40 33 20 8 5 94 54
Quinnipiac 22 11 4 7 29 44 28 37 19 10 8 79 51
Rensselaer 22 11 7 4 26 56 42 37 16 15 6 87 77
Princeton 22 11 7 4 26 52 42 31 13 14 4 72 70
St. Lawrence 22 11 8 3 25 50 41 37 16 14 7 88 85
Colgate 22 8 10 4 20 51 68 36 12 20 4 86 129
Dartmouth 22 9 12 1 19 70 60 28 12 14 2 90 78
Yale 22 8 13 1 17 36 55 29 10 16 3 56 75
Brown 22 1 18 3 5 22 73 28 3 21 4 41 95
Union 22 1 20 1 3 14 75 34 5 28 1 36 110
= Qualified for NCAA Frozen Four = Qualified for NCAA Tournament

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US Olympic exhibition games

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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]

Date Location NCAA school Score
January 3 TD Bank Sports Center ECAC All-Stars 6-2, US[13]

Box scores

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Period Goal Assists Time of goal
1 Angela Ruggiero (USA) Julie Chu 0:21
1 Hilary Knight (USA) 4:56
1 Caitlin Cahow (USA) Monique Lamoureux 12:32
2 Jocelyne Lamoureux (USA) Erika Lawler 2:38
2 Caitlin Cahow (2) (USA) 9:13
2 Akstull (ECAC) Bassett 9:13
2 McDonald (ECAC) Buesser 16:51
2 Natalie Darwitz (USA) Knight, Stack 19:50
3 Natalie Darwitz (USA) Chesson 12:40
3 Jocelyne Lamoureux (USA) Knight 13:00

[14]

October

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

November

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  • 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]

December

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January

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February

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March

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In season honors

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Active players

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

Player NCAA school Nationality Position Goals Assists Points Finish
Rebecca Johnston Cornell   Canada Forward 1 5 6 Gold
Sarah Vaillancourt Harvard   Canada Forward 3 5 8 Gold

Former players

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Player NCAA school Nationality Position Goals Assists Points Medal
Gillian Apps Dartmouth   Canada Forward 3 4 7 Gold
Jennifer Botterill Harvard   Canada Forward 0 2 2 Gold
Julie Chu Harvard   United States Forward Silver
Becky Kellar Brown   United States Forward 0 4 4 Gold
Gina Kingsbury St. Lawrence   Canada Forward 2 1 3 Gold
Cherie Piper Dartmouth   Canada Forward 5 5 10 Gold
Angela Ruggiero Harvard   United States Defence Silver

Statistical leaders

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Post-season

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ECAC tournament

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Semifinals Finals
      
Cornell  
RPI  
Cornell  
 
Clarkson  
Harvard  

ECAC All-Tournament team

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Position Player School
G Amanda Mazzotta Cornell
D Danielle Boudreau Clarkson
D Lauriane Rougeau Cornell
F Chelsea Karpenko Cornell
F Gabrielle Kosziwka Clarkson
F Liza Ryabkina Cornell

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NCAA tournament

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Record Win % R32 S16 E8 F4 CG
0–0

ECAC awards and honors

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  • 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

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ECAC all-academic team

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All-Decade team

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

First team

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Player Position School
Jennifer Botterill Forward Harvard
Julie Chu Forward Harvard
Sarah Vaillancourt Forward Harvard
Tara Mounsey Defense Brown
Angela Ruggiero Defense Harvard
Ali Brewer Goaltender Brown

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Second team

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Player Position School
Gillian Apps Forward Dartmouth
Nicole Corriero Forward Harvard
Sabrina Harbec Forward St. Lawrence
Annie Guay Defense St. Lawrence
Caitlin Cahow Defense Harvard
Rachel Barrie Goaltender St. Lawrence

National awards and honors

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

See also

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References

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