The 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season is the 19th season of competition in the National Collegiate division of NCAA women's ice hockey, the de facto equivalent of Division I in that sport. The season began in September 2019 and ended on March 10, 2020, following the conclusion of the ECAC Championship. The 2020 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament at Agganis Arena in Boston which was supposed to be held March 20 and 22 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Changes from 2018–19 The most significant change from the 2018–19 season was the recognition of the New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) as an official NCAA conference. The NEWHA was founded in 2017 as a scheduling alliance by the six schools that then competed as National Collegiate independents—full Division I members Holy Cross and Sacred Heart, plus Division II members Franklin Pierce, Post, Saint Anselm, and Saint Michael's. Holy Cross left after the first NEWHA season of 2017–18 to join Hockey East. Shortly before the 2018–19 season, the remaining five members formally organized as a conference and began the process of gaining full NCAA recognition.
In the meantime, LIU Brooklyn had announced that it would add women's ice hockey effective in 2019–20, and would join the NEWHA at that time. Shortly after this announcement, the school's parent institution, Long Island University, announced that it would merge the athletic programs of its two main campuses (Division I Brooklyn and Division II Post) into a single Division I program that would later be unveiled as the LIU Sharks.
With the conference membership returning to six for 2019–20, the NCAA officially approved the NEWHA as a Division I conference shortly before the start of that season. This action also meant that there would be no independent programs in that season, since the NEWHA membership included all of the previous National Collegiate independents.
Polls
Regular season
Standings
Player stats Scoring leaders The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on November 11, 2019.
PlayerClassTeam Junior Wisconsin 12 10 19 29 Senior Robert Morris 12 7 19 26 Sophomore Wisconsin 12 10 14 24 Senior Wisconsin 12 9 13 22 Junior Clarkson 12 11 10 21 Junior Minnesota 12 11 9 20 Freshman Clarkson 12 6 13 19 Sophomore Minnesota 12 8 11 19 Sophomore Northeastern 9 5 14 19
Leading goaltenders The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average PlayerClassTeam Senior Yale 4 232:48 4 0 0 1 3 .983 0.26 Junior Cornell 6 364:02 5 0 1 3 3 .976 0.49 Junior Northeastern 9 532:23 8 1 0 8 3 .959 0.90 Senior Saint Anselm 4 243:09 3 1 0 4 1 .945 0.99 Sophomore Connecticut 5 297:28 4 1 0 6 2 .934 1.21
Awards and honors Elizabeth Giguere, Clarkson, Patty Kazmaier Award Doug Derraugh, Cornell, AHCA Coach of the Year
All-America honors Aerin Frankel, Northeastern, First Team All-American Jaime Bourbonnais, Cornell, CCM Hockey Women's Division I All-American: First Team Lindsay Browning, Cornell, CCM Hockey Women's Division I All-American: Second Team
All-USCHO honors Sarah Fillier, Princeton, All-USCHO National Honors Carly Bullock, Princeton, All-USCHO National Honors
CHA Awards Emma Nuutinen, Senior, Forward, Mercyhurst, Player of the Year Mae Batherson, Forward, Syracuse, Rookie of the Year Mike Sisti, Mercyhurst, Coach of the Year Lindsay Eastwood, Senior, Syracuse, Best Defenseman Alexa Vasko, Junior, Mercyhurst, Best Defensive Forward Abby Moloughney, Sophomore, Forward, Syracuse, Individual Sportsmanship Award Syracuse, Team Sportsmanship Award Kennedy Blair, Goaltender, Mercyhurst, CHA Tournament MVP
All-Conference First Team Forward – Jaycee Gebhard, Senior, Robert Morris Forward – Emma Nuutinen, Senior, Mercyhurst Forward – Abby Moloughney, Sophomore, Robert Morris Forward – Michele Robillard, Senior, Mercyhurst Defense – Lindsay Eastwood, Senior, Syracuse Defense – Emily Curlett, Junior, Robert Morris Goalie – Chantal Burke, Junior, Penn State
All-Conference Second Team
Forward – Maggie Knott, Senior, Mercyhurst Forward – Lexi Templeman, Junior, Robert Morris Forward – Savannah Rennie, Senior, Syracuse Defense – Izzy Heminger, Sophomore, Penn State Defense – Sam Isbell, Senior, Mercyhurst Goalie – Terra Lanteigne, Senior, RIT
All-Rookie Team
Forward – Madison Beishuizen, Syracuse Forward – Jaymee Nolan, RIT Forward – Maggy Burbidge, Robert Morris Defense – Mae Batherson, Syracuse Defense – Mallory Uihlein, Penn State Goalie – Raygan Kirk, Robert Morris
ECAC Awards Elizabeth Giguere, ECAC Hockey Player of the Year Elizabeth Giguere, ECAC Hockey Best Forward Dave Flint, ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year
ECAC All-Stars First Team All-ECAC Elizabeth Giguere, 2019–20 ECAC Hockey First Team All-League
Ivy League Awards Lindsay Browning, Cornell, Ivy League Player of the Year Izzy Daniel, Cornell, Ivy League Rookie of the Year
All-Ivy honorees First Team All-Ivy Sarah Fillier, Princeton Carly Bullock, Princeton Kristin O'Neill, Cornell Micah Zandee-Hart, Cornell Jaime Bourbonnais, Cornell Lindsay Browning, Cornell Second Team All-Ivy Maggie Connors, F, Princeton Maddie Mills, F, Cornell Dominique Petrie, F, Harvard Emma Seitz, D, Yale Claire Thompson, D, Princeton Rachel McQuigge, G, Princeton Honorable Mention All-Ivy Claire Dalton, F, Yale Kristin Della Rovere, F, Harvard Lotti Odnoga, D, Dartmouth Ali Peper, D, Harvard Becky Dutton, G, Harvard
HCA Awards Aerin Frankel, Hockey Commissioners Association Women's Goaltender of the Month (November 2019) Katy Knoll, Women’s Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Rookie of the Month, November 2019 Corinne Schroeder, Hockey Commissioners Association Women’s Goaltender of the Month (December 2019) Ida Kuoppala, Maine, Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Rookie of the Month (February 2020) Carly Bullock, Princeton, Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Player of the Month February 2020 Ava Boutilier, New Hampshire, Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Goaltender of the Month February 2020
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