The 2009-10 St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey season saw the team coached by Jeff Giesen. Giesen was assisted by Jennifer Kranz, Jason Johnson, and Ian Andersen, and the strength and conditioning coach was Travis Zins. During this season, Felicia Nelson became the first Huskies player to be a Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award .[ 1] The club had a 15-14-8 overall
record and an 11-11-6 mark in the WCHA. The team finished the season in third place. This was the first time in school and league history that St. Cloud State was one of
the top three schools in the standings.[ 2]
September 9: The WCHA announced that St. Cloud State goaltender Ashley Nixon, defenseman Danielle Hirsch and forwards Caitlin Hogan and Holly Roberts were named as WCHA All-Stars. The four players were among 22 players from the conference to face the 2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team in St. Paul, Minn. on September 25.[ 3]
Date
Opponent
Time
Score
Sept 26
Team USA
7:07 pm
USA, 13-0[ 4]
Oct 30-31: Meaghan Pezon scored two goals and assisted on two other for four points in the first game of the series (Oct. 30) versus North Dakota. It was a new personal career-high points total in a single game for Pezon. On Oct. 31, Pezon came back to produce assists on each of St. Cloud State's first two goals in a 3-2 victory over the Sioux . It was the team's first league win of the season.[ 5]
Conference
Overall
GP
W
L
T
SOW
PTS
GF
GA
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
Minnesota Duluth †*
28
20
6
2
1
43
90
55
41
31
8
2
138
83
Minnesota †
28
18
6
4
3
43
91
49
40
26
9
5
129
74
St. Cloud State
28
11
11
6
4
32
70
77
37
15
14
8
96
103
Wisconsin
28
15
12
1
0
31
84
63
36
18
15
3
107
82
Ohio State
28
12
13
3
1
28
90
94
37
17
15
5
122
117
Bemidji State
28
9
12
7
3
28
47
64
38
12
19
7
65
98
Minnesota State
28
5
18
5
3
18
49
92
34
7
22
5
66
117
North Dakota
28
7
19
2
0
16
44
71
34
8
22
4
61
92
Championship: † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Updated July 21, 2024
Number
Name
Position
Height
Class
2
Katherine Allen
D
5-3
FY
4
Jenaca Fredheim
D
5-4
Sr.
5
Diana Karouzos
D
5-5
Jr.
6
Holly Roberts -A
F
5-6
Sr.
8
Ashlan Lambert
D
5-5
Jr.
9
Alecia Anderson
F
5-10
Jr.
10
Kylie Lane
F
5-5
FY
11
Courtney Josefson
F
5-2
Jr.
12
Alexandra Nelson
F
5-9
FY
13
Felicia Nelson -C
F
5-7
Sr.
14
Brittany Toor
F
5-5
So.
15
Meaghan Pezon
F
5-6
Sr.
16
Danielle Hirsch - A
D
5-2
Sr.
17
Kelly Meierhofer
D
5-9
Sr.
18
Callie Dahl
F
5-4
FY
19
Haylea Schmid
F
5-7
FY
20
Katie Kemmerer
F
5-1
Sr.
21
Elizabeth Sitek
F
5-7
FY
22
Lisa Martinson
D
5-5
FY
24
Jocelyn Zabrick
D
5-5
FY
25
Caitlin Hogan - A
F
5-2
Sr.
27
Jaclyn Daggit
D
5-6
So.
29
Tayler VanDenakker
G
5-8
So.
30
Anna Donlan
G
5-8
So.
37
Ashley Nixon
G
5-6
Jr.
[ 6]
St. Cloud will compete in the Easton Holiday Showcase from January 2–3.
Date
Opponent
Time
Score
Record
Oct 2
Niagara University
7:07
Win, 4-3[ 7]
1-0-0
Oct 3
Niagara University
4:07 pm
Loss, 3-1[ 8]
1-1-0
Oct 10-11(Sat-Sun)
at Minnesota Duluth
6:07/3:07 pm
Oct 23 (Fri)
Minnesota
2:07 pm
Oct 24 (Sat)
at Minnesota
4:07 pm
Oct 30-31(Fri-Sat)
North Dakota
7:07/2:07 pm
Nov 6-7 (Fri-Sat)
Minnesota Duluth
7:07/7:07 pm
Nov 13 (Fri)
at Bemidji State
7:07
0-1
Nov 14(Sat)
at Bemidji State
2:07 pm
5-2
Nov 20-21(Fri-Sat)
Wisconsin
2:07/2:07 pm
Nov 27-28 (Fri-Sat)
at Brown University
2:00/11:00 EST.
Dec 4 (Fri)
at Minnesota State
7:07 pm
Dec 5 (Sat)
Minnesota State Mankato
7:07 pm
Dec 11-12 (Fri-Sat)
Ohio State
2:07/1:07 pm
Jan 2 (Sat)
Providence
12:07 pm
0-2
Jan 3 (Sun)
Mercuryhurst
12:07 pm
Jan 15-16 (Fri-Sat)
at North Dakota
7:07/4:07 pm
Jan 22-23 (Fri-Sat)
at Wisconsin
2:07/2:07 pm
Jan 29 (Fri)
Bemidji State
7:07 pm
3-2
Jan 30 (Sat)
Bemidji State
2:07 pm
3-3
Feb 5 (Fri)
Minnesota State Mankato
2:07 pm
Feb 7 (Sun)
at Minnesota State Mankato
3:07 pm
Feb 12 (Fri)
Minnesota
7:07 pm
Feb 13 (Sat)
Minnesota
2:07 pm
Feb 19-20 (Fri-Sat)
at Ohio State
7:07/2:07 EST pm
Feb 26-28 (Fri –Sun)
WCHA First Round
TBA
[ 9]
Player
Games
Goals
Assists
Points
Points/game
PIM
GWG
PPG
SHG
Holly Roberts
37
21
28
49
1.3243
34
3
9
3
Felicia Nelson
34
31
15
46
1.3529
28
4
15
0
Caitlin Hogan
37
16
27
43
1.1622
55
1
5
3
Meaghan Pezon
37
12
26
38
1.0270
22
3
4
0
Danielle Hirsch
32
1
14
15
0.4688
51
0
1
0
Alex Nelson
37
6
6
12
0.3243
14
1
3
0
Brittany Toor
36
3
7
10
0.2778
18
1
1
0
Lisa Martinson
30
2
4
6
0.2000
28
1
2
0
Kylie Lane
37
1
5
6
0.1622
32
0
1
0
Kelly Meierhofer
37
1
4
5
0.1351
32
0
0
0
Jaclyn Daggit
28
1
3
4
0.1429
6
0
1
0
Callie Dahl
33
1
3
4
0.1212
22
1
0
0
Jocelyn Zabrick
32
0
4
4
0.1250
34
0
0
0
Katie Allen
34
0
3
3
0.0882
0
0
0
0
Diana Karouzos
20
0
3
3
0.1500
18
0
0
0
Tayler VanDenakker
6
0
1
1
0.1667
2
0
0
0
Haylea Schmid
31
0
1
1
0.0323
0
0
0
0
Jenaca Fredheim
10
0
1
1
0.1000
8
0
0
0
Alecia Anderson
34
0
0
0
0.0000
12
0
0
0
Ellie Sitek
20
0
0
0
0.0000
4
0
0
0
Ashlan Lambert
1
0
0
0
0.0000
0
0
0
0
Ashley Nixon
33
0
0
0
0.0000
6
0
0
0
Courtney Josefson
33
0
0
0
0.0000
8
0
0
0
Katie Kemmerer
36
0
0
0
0.0000
2
0
0
0
[ 10]
Player
Games
Wins
Losses
Ties
Goals against
Minutes
GAA
Shutouts
Saves
Save %
Ashley Nixon
33
13
10
8
82
1938
2.5383
2
1020
.926
Tayler VanDenakker
6
2
4
0
20
310
3.8678
0
147
.880
Caitlin Hogan, Patty Kazmaier Award nominee[ 11]
Caitlin Hogan, WCHA Student Athlete of the Year
Caitlin Hogan, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant[ 12]
Felicia Nelson, Patty Kazmaier Award nominee[ 13]
Felicia Nelson, WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of January 4)[ 14]
Felicia Nelson, Co-WCHA Player of the Year [ 15]
Felicia Nelson, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Second Team [ 16]
Ashley Nixon, WCHA Co-Defensive Players of the Week (Week of January 20)[ 17]
Meaghan Pezon, WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 2)[ 18]
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