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 League NCAA Division ISport Ice hockey Duration September 2009 through March, 2010 Champion Cornell Big Red Runners-Up Clarkson Golden Knights Season MVP Catherine White Champions Cornell Big Red Runners-up Clarkson Golden Knights Finals MVP Kendice Ogilvie ← 08–09
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
[ 1]
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
[ 2]
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]
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
[ 11]
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]
[ 14]
Oct. 21: Former Harvard player Angela Ruggiero was nominated for the Jefferson Award for Public Service.[ 15]
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]
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
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
Goals
Name
School
Goals
K. Stewart
Colgate
22
D. Thibault
Clarkson
21
S. Parsons
Dartmouth
20
J. Cunningham
Dartmouth
18
A. Trunzo
Dartmouth
18
Assists
Name
School
Assists
C. White
Cornell
24
K. Buesser
Harvard
22
B. Selina
Clarkson
22
S. Parsons
Dartmouth
20
D. Thibault
Clarkson
18
Points
Name
School
Points
S. Parsons
Dartmouth
40
D. Thibault
Clarkson
39
K. Buesser
Harvard
37
K. Stewart
Colgate
37
C. White
Cornell
34
Plus/minus
Name
School
+/-
K. Buesser
Harvard
+26
C. Eusepi
Clarkson
+24
J. Dempsey
Harvard
+21
T. Schroeder
Clarkson
+20
J. Duffy
Quinnipiac
+20
Goals Against
Name
School
Goals against
V. Vigilanti
Quinnipiac
1.23
L. Bellamy
Harvard
1.32
A. Mazzotta
Cornell
1.38
C. Kessler
Harvard
1.39
L. Dahm
Clarkson
1.48
Win Percentage
Name
School
Win %
L. Bellamy
Harvard
.733
C. Kessler
Harvard
.700
L. Dahm
Clarkson
.681
A. Mazzotta
Cornell
.667
V. Vigilanti
Quinnipiac
.629
Saves
Name
School
Saves
V. Vigilanti
Quinnipiac
891
K. Jamieson
Brown
855
L. Dahm
Clarkson
799
A. Marcinko
Union
757
S. van der Bliek
RPI
754
Save percentage
Name
School
Save %
V. Vigilanti
Quinnipiac
.951
C. Kessler
Harvard
.944
L. Bellamy
Harvard
.938
L. Dahm
Clarkson
.937
A. Mazzotta
Cornell
.928
[ 25]
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
[ 26]
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
[ 32]
ECAC all-academic team
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The All-Decade team involves players who played in the ECAC between 1999-00 and 2008–09.
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
[ 33]
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]
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