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. 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 Place School First place votes Total points 1 St. Lawrence (3) 1072 Harvard (3) 1033 Dartmouth (5) 934 Princeton (0) 895 Clarkson (1) 856 Rensselaer (0) 747 Cornell (0) 688 Colgate (0) 529 Quinnipiac (0) 3710 Yale (0) 3411 Brown (0) 2412 Union (0) 11
Pre-season All-ECAC team Position Name School Class F Dominique Thibault Clarkson F Jenna Cunningham Dartmouth Sr.F Catherine White Cornell SoD Sasha Sherry Princeton JrD Britni Smith St. Lawrence SrG Christina Kessler Harvard Sr
CIS exhibition Date Location NCAA school CIS team Score Sun. Sept 27 Matthers Arena Northeastern McGillMcGill, 3-1 Sat. Oct 3 Appleton Arena St. Lawrence McGill St. Lawrence, 2-1 Fri. Oct 23 Hanover, N.H. Dartmouth McGill Sun. Oct 25 New Haven, CT Yale McGill
Canadian semipro exhibition Date Location NCAA school Canadian team Score 9/26/2009 Cheel Arena Clarkson Ottawa Senators (PWHL) Clarkson, 7-3 10/18/2009 Lynah Rink Cornell Big Red Toronto Aeros
Regular season
Standings
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.
Date Location NCAA school Score January 3TD Bank Sports Center ECAC All-Stars 6-2, US
Box scores Period Goal Assists Time of goal 1 Angela Ruggiero (USA) Julie Chu 0:211 Hilary Knight (USA) 4:561 Caitlin Cahow (USA) Monique Lamoureux 12:322 Jocelyne Lamoureux (USA) Erika Lawler 2:382 Caitlin Cahow (2) (USA) 9:132 Akstull (ECAC) Bassett 9:132 McDonald (ECAC) Buesser 16:512 Natalie Darwitz (USA) Knight, Stack 19:503Natalie Darwitz (USA) Chesson 12:403Jocelyne Lamoureux (USA) Knight 13:00
October Oct. 21: Former Harvard player Angela Ruggiero was nominated for the Jefferson Award for Public Service.
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.
December
January
February
March
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 10/19/09 Melissa Waldie, Clarkson 10/26/09 Britney Selina, Clarkson 11/02/09 Kali Gillanders, Clarkson 11/09/09 Carlee Eusepi, Clarkson 11/16/09 Kate Buesser, 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 Randi Griffin, Harvard 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 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. Player NCAA school Nationality Position Goals Assists Points Finish Rebecca Johnston Cornell Forward1 56Gold Sarah Vaillancourt Harvard Forward3 58Gold
Former players Player NCAA school Nationality Position Goals Assists Points Medal Gillian Apps Dartmouth Forward 347Gold Jennifer Botterill Harvard Forward0 22Gold Julie Chu Harvard Forward Silver Becky Kellar Brown Forward0 4 4Gold Gina Kingsbury St. Lawrence Forward 2 1 3Gold Cherie Piper Dartmouth Forward 5 510Gold Angela Ruggiero Harvard Defence Silver
Statistical leaders
GoalsNameSchoolGoals K. Stewart Colgate 22 D. Thibault Clarkson 21 S. Parsons Dartmouth 20 J. Cunningham Dartmouth 18A. Trunzo Dartmouth 18
AssistsNameSchoolAssists C. White Cornell 24 K. Buesser Harvard 22 B. Selina Clarkson 22 S. Parsons Dartmouth20 D. Thibault Clarkson 18
PointsNameSchoolPoints S. Parsons Dartmouth 40 D. Thibault Clarkson 39 K. Buesser Harvard 37 K. Stewart Colgate 37 C. White Cornell 34
Plus/minusNameSchool+/- K. Buesser Harvard +26 C. Eusepi Clarkson +24 J. Dempsey Harvard +21 T. Schroeder Clarkson +20 J. Duffy Quinnipiac +20
Goals AgainstNameSchoolGoals 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 PercentageNameSchoolWin % L. Bellamy Harvard .733 C. Kessler Harvard .700 L. Dahm Clarkson .681 A. Mazzotta Cornell .667 V. Vigilanti Quinnipiac .629
SavesNameSchoolSaves V. Vigilanti Quinnipiac 891 K. Jamieson Brown 855L. Dahm Clarkson 799 A. Marcinko Union 757S. van der Bliek RPI 754
Save percentageNameSchoolSave % V. Vigilanti Quinnipiac .951 C. Kessler Harvard .944 L. Bellamy Harvard .938 L. Dahm Clarkson .937 A. Mazzotta Cornell .928
Post-season
ECAC tournament
ECAC All-Tournament team Position Player School G Amanda Mazzotta CornellD Danielle Boudreau ClarksonD Lauriane Rougeau CornellF Chelsea Karpenko CornellF Gabrielle Kosziwka ClarksonF Liza Ryabkina Cornell
NCAA tournament
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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). March 4: Kate Buesser (Harvard), Sarah Parsons (Dartmouth), Catherine White (Cornell) have been named a finalist for the ECAC Player of the Year Award. March 4: Lauren Dahm (Clarkson), Amanda Mazzotta (Cornell) and Victoria Vigilanti (Quinnipiac) have been named as finalists for the ECAC Goalie of the Year. March 5: Laura Gersten (Rensselaer), Sarah Parsons, (Dartmouth) and Randi Griffin (Harvard) are the finalists for the ECAC Student Athlete of the Year. Honor Selection Player of the Year Catherine White, Cornell Coach of the Year Freshman of the Year Victoria Vigilanti,http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10Weekly_Awards/20100603_W_Goaltender_of_Yr_Winner Quinnipiac Goalie of the Year Victoria Vigilanti, 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
ECAC all-academic team
All-Decade team The All-Decade team involves players who played in the ECAC between 1999-00 and 2008–09.
First team Player Position School Jennifer Botterill Forward Harvard Julie ChuForward HarvardSarah Vaillancourt Forward HarvardTara Mounsey Defense Brown Angela RuggieroDefense Harvard Ali BrewerGoaltender Brown
Second team Player Position School Gillian Apps Forward DartmouthNicole Corriero Forward HarvardSabrina Harbec Forward St. Lawrence Annie Guay Defense St. Lawrence Caitlin Cahow Defense HarvardRachel Barrie Goaltender St. 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
See also National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship 2009–10 College Hockey America women's ice hockey season 2009-10 Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's ice hockey season 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season ECAC women's ice hockey
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