2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

The 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began on October 2, 2009, ending with the 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 21, 2010 at Ridder Arena

Ridder Arena

Ridder Arena is the ice rink of the women's hockey team at the University of Minnesota. The Golden Gophers are the only collegiate women's hockey team to have an arena built for them. The arena was opened in 2002. The arena seats about 3,400 people; included in that total are the occupants of about...

in Minneapolis. It marked the third time that Minneapolis had hosted the Frozen Four. The tournament's opening round was scheduled for Friday, February 26, 2010, followed by the Final Faceoff on Saturday through Sunday, March 6–7, 2010. The quarterfinals were played on Friday through Saturday, March 12–13, 2010, with the Frozen Four played on Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20, 2010.

Pre-season polls

September 17: The Mercyhurst College women's hockey team has been predicted to finish first in the College Hockey America Preseason Coaches' Poll. The poll was released by CHA league officials. Mercyhurst claimed four of five possible first-place votes and 16 points to earn the top ranking for the eighth-straight season. Robert Morris came in second with 14 points after finishing with a 5-9-2 mark in conference play a season ago. Wayne State was slated third with nine points and Syracuse landed at No. 4 with eight points. Niagara, was ranked No. 5 with five points.
September 22:St. Lawrence 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.
Sept. 24:The Badgers are the preseason pick to win the Western Collegiate Hockey Association women’s title, according to a poll of league coaches. Wisconsin went 34-2-5 last season en route to its third NCAA title in four years. The Badgers collected six first-place votes and 48 points in a poll of the eight coaches. Defending WCHA champion Minnesota, placed second with 43 points and two first-place votes. Minnesota Duluth, with 38 points, was selected to finish third. All three of those teams qualified for the NCAA Frozen Four last season.

CIS Exhibition

Throughout the season, various NCAA schools will play Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...

hockey teams in exhibition games.

Date	Location	NCAA school	CIS team	Score
Fri. Sept 25	Detroit	Wayne State	York York University York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....	Wayne State, 3-2
Fri. Sept 25	Grand Forks, N.D.	North Dakota	Manitoba	North Dakota, 3-1
Sat. Sept 26	Erie, Pa.	Mercyhurst	Guelph	Mercyhurst, 10-0
Sat. Sept 26	Columbus, OH	Ohio State	Wilfrid Laurier	Tie, 1-1 (Ohio State scores in shootout)
Sat. Sept 26	Grand Forks, N.D.	North Dakota	Manitoba	Manitoba, 3-2
Sun. Sept 27	Matthews Arena	Northeastern	McGill	McGill, 3-1
Sun, Sep 27	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Robert Morris	Wilfrid Laurier 2009–10 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey season The 2009–10 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey team will represent Wilfrid Laurier University in the 2009-10 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's hockey season. The Golden Hawks will be coached by Rick Osborne. Assisting Osborne are Jim Rayburn, Cindy Eadie, and Bruce Chapman. The...	RMU, 4-0
Sun. Sept 27	Tennity Ice Pavilion	Syracuse	Guelph	Guelph, 3-1
Sun. Sept 27		Niagara	Brock University	Niagara, 5-2
Sat. Oct 3	Appleton Arena	St. Lawrence	McGill
Sun. Oct 4	Burlington, VT	Vermont	McGill	McGill, 2-1
Fri. Oct 23	Hanover, N.H.	Dartmouth	McGill	St. Lawrence, 2-1
Sun. Oct 25	New Haven, CT	Yale	McGill	Yale, 4-2
Sat. Jan 2	Orono, Maine	Maine	University of Moncton	Maine, 4-2
Sun. Jan 3	Orono, Maine	Maine	University of Moncton	Maine, 6-3

Canadian semipro exhibition

Throughout the season, various NCAA schools will play semipro Canadian teams in exhibition games.

Date	Location	NCAA school	Canadian team	Score
9/25/2009	Erie, Pa.	Mercyhurst	Vaughan Flames	Mercyhurst, 10-0
9/26/2009	Cheel Arena	Clarkson	Ottawa Senators (PWHL)	Clarkson, 7-3
10/18/2009	Lynah Rink Lynah Rink Lynah Rink is a 4,267-seat hockey arena at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, that opened in 1957. Named after James Lynah, Class of 1905, who was the director of Cornell athletics from 1935-1943, it is home to the Big Red men's and women's ice hockey teams.Lynah has been home to hockey greats...	Cornell Big Red	Toronto Aeros	5-5
11/21/2009	Grand Forks, N.D.	North Dakota	Manitoba Maple Leafs

US Olympic exhibition games

Throughout the season, various NCAA schools will play the United States Olympic Hockey team.

Date	Location	NCAA school	Score
September 25	Xcel Energy Center Xcel Energy Center The Xcel Energy Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is named for its locally-based corporate sponsor Xcel Energy. With an official capacity of 18,064, the arena has four spectator levels: one suite level and three general seating levels. The arena is owned by the...	WCHA All-Stars	USA, 6-1
September 26	National Hockey Center	St. Cloud State	USA, 13-0
October 10	Grand Forks, N.D.	North Dakota	USA, 11-1
November 22	Whittemore Center Whittemore Center Whittemore Center Arena or Whitt is a multi-purpose arena in Durham, New Hampshire on the campus of the University of New Hampshire. It was built for $30 million and opened in November 1995. It was dedicated to Frederick B. Whittemore and his family on May 5, 1996. It is adjacent to its...	Hockey East women's All-Stars
January 5	Madison, WI	Wisconsin
January 12	Ridder Arena Ridder Arena Ridder Arena is the ice rink of the women's hockey team at the University of Minnesota. The Golden Gophers are the only collegiate women's hockey team to have an arena built for them. The arena was opened in 2002. The arena seats about 3,400 people; included in that total are the occupants of about...	Minnesota

Regular season

November 7: The 10th-ranked Harvard women's ice hockey team had a 3-0 shutout victory over No. 7 St. Lawrence at Bright Hockey Center. The Crimson earned the program's 500th victory.

Standings

Outdoor Games

On Friday, January 8, 2010, Boston's Fenway Park
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...

played host to a Hockey East doubleheader. In the first game, New Hampshire faced off against Northeastern in an outdoor college hockey doubleheader at in the first outdoor women’s hockey game in the sport’s history. Northeastern surged to a 2-0 lead, but New Hampshire rallied to win 5-3. The latter game featured the men's teams from Boston College and Boston University, in which BU won 3-2.
The Wisconsin women's team will host the Camp Randall Hockey Classic on Feb. 6, 2010 at Camp Randall Stadium. The UW women's hockey program will take on the Bemidji State Beavers outdoors at the stadium as part of their weekend series, while the men's program will follow against the Michigan Wolverines in what will serve as the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Game.

Season Tournaments

Name	Dates	Num. teams	Location	Championship
Nutmeg Classic	Nov. 27-28	4	New Haven, CT	Connecticut Huskies
Easton Holiday Classic	Jan. 2-3	4	St. Cloud, MN	No winner. Mercyhurst scored the most goals
Women's Beanpot	Feb. 2-8	4	Boston, MA	Harvard

Easton Holiday Classic

Date	Schools	Score
Jan. 2	Minnesota State vs. Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst, 8-2
Jan. 2	St. Cloud State vs. Providence	Tie, 4-4
Jan. 3	Minnesota State vs. Providence	Providence, 2-0
Jan. 3	St. Cloud State vs. Mercyhurst	Tie, 4-4

October

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Week of October 5	Week of October 12	Week of October 19	Week of October 26
1	Mercyhurst (140)	Mercyhurst (145)	Mercyhurst (10)	Mercyhurst (7)
2	Minnesota (139)	Minnesota (139)	Minnesota (5)	Minnesota (7)
3	New Hampshire (115)	New Hampshire (121)	New Hampshire	Clarkson
4	Wisconsin (112)	Clarkson (90)	Clarkson	New Hampshire
5	St. Lawrence (71)	Minnesota Duluth (87)	Wisconsin	Minnesota Duluth
6	Minnesota Duluth (63)	Wisconsin (62)	Minnesota Duluth	Dartmouth
7	Clarkson (53)	Dartmouth (55)	St. Lawrence	St. Lawrence
8	Dartmouth (40)	St. Lawrence (39)	Dartmouth	Wisconsin
9	Harvard (28)	Harvard (31)	Boston University	Harvard
10	Boston University (19)	Boston University (28)	Harvard	Boston University

USA Today/USA Hockey Poll
Ranking	Week of October 5	Week of October 12	Week of October 19	Week of October 26
1	Mercyhurst (16)	Mercyhurst (19)	Mercyhurst (17)	Mercyhurst (14)
2	Minnesota (2)	Minnesota	Minnesota (2)	Minnesota (5)
3	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	Clarkson
4	Wisconsin (1)	Clarkson	Clarkson	New Hampshire
5	St. Lawrence	Minnesota Duluth	Wisconsin	Minnesota Duluth
6	Minnesota Duluth	Wisconsin	Dartmouth	St. Lawrence
7	Clarkson	Dartmouth	St. Lawrence	Dartmouth
8	Dartmouth	Harvard	Minnesota Duluth	Harvard
9	Harvard	Boston University	Boston University	Wisconsin
10	Boston University	St. Lawrence	Harvard	Boston University

November

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Week of November 2	Week of November 9	Week of November 16	Week of November 23	Week of November 30
1	Mercyhurst (11)	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst (15)	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst (9)
2	Clarkson (3)	Clarkson	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota
3	Minnesota (1)	Minnesota	Clarkson	Clarkson	New Hampshire
4	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	Clarkson
5	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth
6	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Cornell	Cornell
7	Cornell	Cornell	Cornell	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
8	Boston University	Boston University	Boston University	Northeastern	Northeastern
9	Northeastern	Northeastern	Northeastern	Boston University	Harvard
10	Princeton	Princeton	Princeton	Boston University	Harvard

USA Today
Ranking	Week of November 2	Week of November 9	Week of November 16	Week of November 23	Week of November 30
1	Mercyhurst (16)	Mercyhurst (16)	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst (12)
2	Clarkson (3)	Clarkson (3)		Minnesota	Minnesota (7)
3	New Hampshire	Minnesota		Clarkson	New Hampshire
4	Minnesota	New Hampshire		New Hampshire	Minnesota Duluth
5	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth		Minnesota Duluth	Clarkson
6	Wisconsin	Wisconsin		Cornell	Wisconsin
7	St. Lawrence	Boston University		Northeastern	Cornell
8	Boston University	Harvard		Boston University	Northeastern
9	Northeastern	Princeton		Wisconsin	Harvard
10	Harvard	Cornell		Harvard	Boston University

December

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Week of December 6	Week of December 13	Week of December 20	Week of December 27
1	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst (15)	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst
2	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota
3	Clarkson	Clarkson	Clarkson	Clarkson
4	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	New Hampshire
5	Minnesota Duluth	Harvard	Harvard	Harvard
6	Harvard	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
7	Wisconsin	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth
8	Cornell	Cornell	Cornell	Cornell
9	Northeastern	Northeastern	Northeastern	Northeastern
10	Boston University	Boston University	Boston University	Boston University

USA Today
Ranking	Week of December 6	Week of December 13	Week of December 20	Week of December 27
1	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst (19)	Mercyhurst (19)	Mercyhurst (19)
2	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota
3	Clarkson	New Hampshire	New Hampshire	New Hampshire
4	New Hampshire	Clarkson	Clarkson	Clarkson
5		Harvard	Harvard	Harvard
6	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
7	Harvard	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth
8	Cornell	Cornell	Cornell	Cornell
9	Northeastern	Northeastern	Northeastern	Northeastern
10		Syracuse	Syracuse	Syracuse

January

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Week of January 4	Week of January 11	Week of January 18	Week of January 25
1	Mercyhurst (13)	Mercyhurst (14)	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst (14)
2	Minnesota (2)	Minnesota (1)	Minnesota	Minnesota (1)
3	Clarkson	New Hampshire	Clarkson	Clarkson
4	New Hampshire	Clarkson	New Hampshire	New Hampshire
5	Harvard	Wisconsin	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth
6	Wisconsin	Harvard	Harvard	Northeastern
7	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth	Wisconsin	Harvard
8	Cornell	Northeastern	Northeastern	Connecticut
9	Northeastern	Connecticut	Connecticut	Providence
10	Boston University and Ohio State	Syracuse	Providence	Wisconsin

USA Today
Ranking	Week of January 4	Week of January 11	Week of January 18	Week of January 25
1	Mercyhurst (19)	Mercyhurst (19)	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst (19)
2	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota
3	Clarkson	New Hampshire	Clarkson	Clarkson
4	New Hampshire	Clarkson	New Hampshire	Minnesota-Duluth
5	Harvard	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth	New Hampshire
6	Wisconsin	Harvard	Harvard	Northeastern
7	Minnesota-Duluth	Wisconsin	Northeastern	Harvard
8	Cornell	Northeastern	Connecticut	Connecticut
9	Northeastern	Providence	Providence	Providence
10	Ohio State	Cornell	Wisconsin	Wisconsin

February

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Week of February 1	Week of February 8	Week of February 15	Week of February 22
1	Minnesota (10)	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst (15)	Mercyhurst (15)
2	Mercyhurst (5)	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota-Duluth
3	Clarkson	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota
4	New Hampshire	Clarkson	New Hampshire	Harvard
5	Minnesota Duluth	Harvard	Harvard	New Hampshire
6	Harvard	New Hampshire	Clarkson	Clarkson
7	Northeastern	Connecticut	Connecticut	Connecticut
8	Connecticut	Providence	Wisconsin	Northeastern
9	Wisconsin	Northeastern	Northeastern	Cornell
10	Providence	Wisconsin	Cornell	Wisconsin

USA Today
Ranking	Week of February 1	Week of February 8	Week of February 15	Week of February 22
1	Mercyhurst (10)	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst (19)	Mercyhurst (19)
2	Minnesota (9)	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota Duluth
3	Clarkson	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota Duluth	Minnesota
4	New Hampshire	Clarkson	New Hampshire	Harvard
5	Minnesota Duluth	Harvard	Clarkson	New Hampshire
6	Harvard	New Hampshire	Harvard	Clarkson
7	Northeastern	Connecticut	Connecticut	Northeastern
8	Connecticut	Northeastern	Northeastern	Connecticut
9	Wisconsin		Cornell	Cornell
10	Cornell	Wisconsin	Wisconsin	Providence

March

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Week of March 2	Week of March 9	Week of March 16	Week of March 23
1	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst (14)	Mercyhurst (14)
2	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth (1)	Minnesota-Duluth (1)
3	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota
4	Harvard	Harvard	Harvard
5	New Hampshire	Clarkson	Clarkson
6	Clarkson	Cornell	Cornell
7	Connecticut	New Hampshire	New Hampshire
8	Cornell	Boston University	Boston University
9	Northeastern	Connecticut	Connecticut
10	Providence	Northeastern	Northeastern

USA Today
Ranking	Week of March 2	Week of March 9	Week of March 16	Week of March 23
1	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst (19)
2	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth
3	Minnesota	Minnesota
4	Harvard	Harvard
5	New Hampshire	New Hampshire
6	Clarkson	Clarkson
7	Northeastern	Connecticut
8	Connecticut	Cornell
9	Cornell	Northeastern
10	Providence	Providence

Active players

The following active NCAA players will represent their respective countries in Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Canada Hockey Place, home of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks, and at UBC Winter Sports Centre, home of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport's UBC Thunderbirds. Twelve teams competed in the men's event and eight teams competed in the...

Player	NCAA school	Nationality	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Finish
Meghan Agosta Meghan Agosta Meghan Agosta is a women's ice hockey forward, currently playing for Mercyhurst College. Agosta played for the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She has represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, winning gold medals at both...	Mercyhurst		Forward	9	6	15	Gold
Elin Holmlöv Elin Holmlöv Elin Holmlöv is a Swedish ice hockey player. She play forward position for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won the bronze medal at the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba.She played also for the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey...	Minnesota-Duluth		Forward				4th Place
Haley Irwin Haley Irwin Haley Irwin is a member of the 2009–10 Hockey Canada national women's team and also plays for the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs.-Playing career:...	Minnesota-Duluth		Forward	5	1	6	Gold
Rebecca Johnston Rebecca Johnston Rebecca Johnston is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. Also she plays for Cornell University.-Canada Winter Games:...	Cornell		Forward	1	5	6	Gold
Jocelyne Lamoureux Jocelyne Lamoureux Jocelyne Lamoureux is an American ice hockey forward. She was named to the United States women's national ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics along with her twin sister Monique, winning a silver medal. Both sisters have dual American and Canadian citizenship...	North Dakota		Forward				Silver
Monique Lamoureux Monique Lamoureux Monique Lamoureux is an American ice hockey forward. She was named to the United States women's national ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics as was her twin sister Jocelyne, where they captured a silver medal with team USA...	North Dakota		Forward	4	6	10	Silver
Darcia Leimgruber Darcia Leimgruber Darcia Leimgruber is a Swiss female ice hockey player. She is a member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team. She played in the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Maine		Forward				5th Place
Kim Martin Kim Martin Kim Kristine Martin is a goaltender for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She plays her club hockey with AIK's women's team and has also played with Hammarby IF's junior men's team...	Minnesota-Duluth		Goaltender				4th Place
Julia Marty Julia Marty Julia Marty is a member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team and also plays for Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her twin sister, Stefanie, played at the University of New Hampshire in 2007-08.-Playing career:Marty played for the University of New Hampshire in the...	Northeastern		Defense				5th Place
Stefanie Marty	Syracuse		Forward	9	2	11	5th Place
Heidi Pelttari Heidi Pelttari Heidi Pelttari is a Finnish hockey player who plays for Ilves and the Finnish national team on Winter Olympics 2006. She is also played for team Finland in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...	Minnesota State		Forward				Bronze
Mariia Posa Mariia Posa Mariia Posa is a member of the Finland women's ice hockey national team. She plays also for the University of Minnesota-Duluth.-Minnesota Duluth:...	Minnesota State		Forward				Bronze
Noora Raty Noora Räty Noora Räty is a member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team and also plays for the Minnesota Golden Gophers .-Playing career:...	Minnesota		Goaltender				Bronze
Florence Schelling Florence Schelling Florence Schelling played for Switzerland women's national ice hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics. Schelling became the first and only woman to ever play in the Swiss Men's National B League.-Switzerland:...	Northeastern		Goaltender				5th Place
Nina Tikkinen Nina Tikkinen Nina Tikkinen is a member of the 2009–10 Finland women's ice hockey national team and also plays for the Minnesota State University, Mankato.-Finland:...	Minnesota State		Forward				Bronze
Zuzana Tomčíková ‎	Bemidji State		Goaltender				8th
Saara Tuominen Saara Tuominen Saara Elisa Tuominen has competed for Finland in ice hockey. At the 2006 Torino Olympics, Tuominen scored one goal and four assists...	Minnesota Duluth		Forward				Bronze
Sarah Vaillancourt Sarah Vaillancourt Sarah Marie Vaillancourt is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars .-Playing career:...	Harvard		Forward	3	5	8	Gold

Former players

Player	NCAA school	Nationality	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Medal
Gillian Apps Gillian Apps Gillian Mary Apps is a women's ice hockey player. She is the granddaughter of Hockey Hall of Fame member Syl Apps and the daughter of former National Hockey League player Syl Apps, Jr...	Dartmouth Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey The Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey program represents Dartmouth College. In 2001, Dartmouth participated in the inaugural NCAA Championship tournament. Since then, they have appeared in the “Frozen Four”, the semifinals of the NCAA hockey tournament, three times.-History:Dartmouth College...		Forward	3	4	7	Gold
Jennifer Botterill Jennifer Botterill Jennifer Botterill, OM is a retired women's hockey player who played for the Canadian national women's hockey team, Mississauga Chiefs and the Toronto Aeros. Her final game was the 2011 Clarkson Cup final, a 5-0 loss to the Montreal Stars...	Harvard		Forward	0	2	2	Gold
Tessa Bonhomme Tessa Bonhomme Tessa Bonhomme is an Olympic Gold Medalist and member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She was also a member and co-captain of the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey team in the NCAA....	Ohio State		Forward	2	2	4	Gold
Julie Chu Julie Chu Julie Chu is an American Olympic ice hockey player who plays the position of forward on the United States women's ice hockey team and the Montreal Stars. Chu's hometown is Fairfield, Connecticut, although she resided in Cambridge, Massachusetts during her college years while playing hockey for...	Harvard		Forward				Silver
Natalie Darwitz Natalie Darwitz Natalie Darwitz is an American ice hockey player. Natalie has been the Captain of the US Women's National Team since the start of the 2007-08 season...	Minnesota		Forward	4	7	11	Silver
Meghan Duggan Meghan Duggan Meghan Duggan is an American ice hockey forward who represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal. She also represented the United States at three Women's World Championships, capturing two gold medals and one silver. Duggan played collegiate hockey with the...	Wisconsin		Forward				Silver
Molly Engstrom Molly Engstrom Molly Engstrom is an American ice hockey player of Swedish descent. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Wisconsin		Defence				Silver
Gina Kingsbury Gina Kingsbury Gina Kingsbury is a retired women's ice hockey player. She graduated from St. Lawrence University with a degree in psychology. She ranks second all-time in scoring among St...	St. Lawrence		Forward	2	1	3	Gold
Hilary Knight Hilary Knight (ice hockey) Hilary Knight is an American ice hockey forward. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team....	Wisconsin		Forward				Silver
Brianne McLaughlin Brianne McLaughlin Brianne McLaughlin is an American ice hockey goaltender. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team.-Playing career:...	Robert Morris Colonials		Goaltender	0	0	0	Silver
Gigi Marvin	Minnesota		Forward				Silver
Meghan Mikkelson	Wisconsin		Forward				Gold
Caroline Ouellette Caroline Ouellette Caroline Ouellette is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars...	Minnesota-Duluth		Forward	2	9	11	Gold
Cherie Piper Cherie Piper Cherie Piper is a Canadian ice hockey player residing in Markham, Ontario. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and plays for the Brampton Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League...	Dartmouth Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey The Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey program represents Dartmouth College. In 2001, Dartmouth participated in the inaugural NCAA Championship tournament. Since then, they have appeared in the “Frozen Four”, the semifinals of the NCAA hockey tournament, three times.-History:Dartmouth College...		Forward	5	5	10	Gold
Angela Ruggiero Angela Ruggiero Angela Marie Ruggiero is an American ice hockey defenseman. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She is also the author of a memoir about her hockey experiences and a former contestant on the NBC reality show The Apprentice...	Harvard Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey The Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team represents Harvard University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women's hockey. Harvard competes as a member of the ECAC Conference and plays its home games at the Bright Hockey Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.-History:In the...		Defence				Silver
Jenny Potter Jenny Potter Jenny Schmidgall-Potter is an American ice hockey player. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics...	Minnesota Duluth		Forward	6	5	11	Silver
Kelli Stack Kelli Stack Kelli Stack is an American ice hockey forward. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. Stack competed for the Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey program and after completing her Olympic commitment, returned to Boston College for her senior year of 2010-11...	Boston College		Forward	3	5	8	Silver
Karen Thatcher Karen Thatcher Karen Thatcher is an American ice hockey forward. She was named to the United States women’s ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.-NCAA:...	Providence		Defence				Silver
Jessie Vetter	Wisconsin		Goaltender				Silver
Jinelle Zaugg	Wisconsin		Forward				Silver

Regionals

Date	Time	Teams	Score	Notes
March 13	2:00 pm ET	Mercyhurst (29-2-3) vs. Boston University (17-8-12)	Mercyhurst, 4-1	Bailey Bram scored two goals, including the game winner
March 13	2:00 pm CT	Minnesota Duluth (28-8-2) vs. New Hampshire (19-8-5)	2-1	The Bulldogs fourth consecutive trip to Frozen Four
March 13	4:00 pm CT	Minnesota (25-8-5) vs. Clarkson (23-11-5)	3-2 (OT)	Emily West scored the game winning goal
March 13		Harvard (20-7-5) vs. Cornell (19-8-6)	Cornell, 6-2	Will play Mercyhurst for third time this season

Frozen Four

Scoring

This is an INCOMPLETE list

Player	School	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Vicki Bendus	Mercyhurst	27	35	62
Jesse Scanzano Jesse Scanzano Jesse Scanzano is a Canadian ice hockey forward for the Mercyhurst College Lakers. She grew up in Montreal, Quebec and played for the Montreal Axion women's ice hockey team and participated in the 2005 Esso Women’s Nationals She was selected fifth overall in the 2011 CWHL Draft...	Mercyhurst	19	41	60
Emmanuelle Blais	Minnesota Duluth	28	31	59	36
Bailey Bram	Mercyhurst	27	26	53
Hokey Langan	Ohio State	25	26	51	36
Kelly Paton	New Hampshire	19	32	51
Micaela Long	New Hampshire	12	38	50
Felicia Nelson	St.Cloud State	31	15	46

Goaltending

Player	School	Games Played	Minutes	Goals Against	Wins	Losses	Ties	Shutouts	Save %	Goals Against Average

Other

Metric	Player	School	Number
Points per game	Jesse Scanzano	Mercyhurst	1.97
Goals per game	Felicia Nelson	St. Cloud State	0.91
Assists per game	Jesse Scanzano	Mercyhurst	1.36
Power play goals	Felicia Nelson	St. Cloud State	15
Short handed goals	Vicki Bendus and Bailey Bram (tie)	Mercyhurst	5
Game winning goals	Emmanuelle Blais Emily West	Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota	10
Save percentage	Victoria Vigilanti	Quinnipiac	.950
Goals against average	Victoria Vigilanti	Quinnipiac	1.25
Goalie winning percentage	Hillary Pattenden	Mercyhurst	.871

Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Nominees

Player	Position	Class	School
Cristin Allen	D	Sr.	Univ. of Connecticut
Melissa Anderson	F	Sr.	Boston Univ.
Jenni Bauer	G	Jr.	Niagara Univ.
Vicki Bendus	F	Jr.	Mercyhurst College
Courtney Birchard	D	Jr.	Univ. of New Hampshire
Emmanuelle Blais	F	Sr.	Univ. of Minnesota Duluth
Bailey Bram	F	So.	Mercyhurst College
Kate Buesser	F	Jr.	Harvard Univ.
Leanna Coskren	D	Jr.	Harvard Univ.
Lauren Dahm^	G	Jr.	Clarkson Univ.
Brianna Delaney	F	So.	Robert Morris Univ.
Kate Dunlop	F	Sr.	Sacred Heart Univ.
Lauren Fontaine	F	Jr.	Sacred Heart Univ.
Laura Fortino	D	Fr.	Cornell Univ.
Laura Fridfinnson	F	Jr.	Univ. of Minnesota Duluth
Laura Gersten	D	Sr.	Rensselaer
Caitlin Hogan	F	Sr.	St. Cloud State Univ.
Christina Kessler	G	Sr.	Harvard Univ.
Bray Ketchum	F	Jr.	Yale Univ.
Genevieve Lacasse	G	So.	Providence College
Hokey Langan	F	Fr.	The Ohio State Univ.
Micaela Long	F	Sr.	Univ. of New Hampshire
Felicia Nelson	F	Sr.	St. Cloud State Univ.
Sara O'Malley	F	Jr.	Robert Morris Univ.
Sarah Parsons	F	Sr.	Dartmouth College
Kelly Paton	F	Sr.	Univ. of New Hampshire
Noora Räty Noora Räty Noora Räty is a member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team and also plays for the Minnesota Golden Gophers .-Playing career:...	G	Fr.	Univ. of Minnesota
Lauriane Rougeau	D	Fr.	Cornell Univ.
Liza Ryabkina	F	Jr.	Harvard Univ.
Jesse Scanzano Jesse Scanzano Jesse Scanzano is a Canadian ice hockey forward for the Mercyhurst College Lakers. She grew up in Montreal, Quebec and played for the Montreal Axion women's ice hockey team and participated in the 2005 Esso Women’s Nationals She was selected fifth overall in the 2011 CWHL Draft...	F	Jr.	Mercyhurst College
Florence Schelling Florence Schelling Florence Schelling played for Switzerland women's national ice hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics. Schelling became the first and only woman to ever play in the Swiss Men's National B League.-Switzerland:...	G	So.	Northeastern Univ.
Anne Schleper	D	So.	Univ. of Minnesota
Lucy Schoedel^	G	Sr.	Syracuse Univ.
Britney Selina	F	Sr.	Clarkson Univ.
Britni Smith	D	Sr.	St. Lawrence Univ.
Jaclyn Snikeris	G	Jr.	Yale Univ.
Natalie Spooner	F	So.	The Ohio State Univ.
Katie Stewart	F	Sr.	Colgate Univ.
Dominique Thibault^	F	Sr.	Clarkson Univ.
Allie Thunstrom	F	Sr.	Boston College
Zuzana Tomcikova	G	So.	Bemidji State Univ.
Amanda Trunzo^	F	Jr.	Dartmouth College
Sonja van der Bliek	G	Jr.	Rensselaer
Emily West	F	Jr.	Univ. of Minnesota
Catherine White	F	So.	Cornell Univ.

Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Finalists

= Indicates Winner

= Indicates Finalist

Player	Position	Class	School
Vicki Bendus	F	Jr.	Mercyhurst College
Emmanuelle Blais	F	Sr.	Univ. of Minnesota Duluth
Bailey Bram	F	So.	Mercyhurst College
Felicia Nelson	F	Sr.	St. Cloud State Univ.
Sarah Parsons	F	Sr.	Dartmouth College
Kelly Paton	F	Sr.	Univ. of New Hampshire
Noora Räty Noora Räty Noora Räty is a member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team and also plays for the Minnesota Golden Gophers .-Playing career:...	G	Fr.	Univ. of Minnesota
Jesse Scanzano Jesse Scanzano Jesse Scanzano is a Canadian ice hockey forward for the Mercyhurst College Lakers. She grew up in Montreal, Quebec and played for the Montreal Axion women's ice hockey team and participated in the 2005 Esso Women’s Nationals She was selected fifth overall in the 2011 CWHL Draft...	F	Jr.	Mercyhurst College
Florence Schelling Florence Schelling Florence Schelling played for Switzerland women's national ice hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics. Schelling became the first and only woman to ever play in the Swiss Men's National B League.-Switzerland:...	G	So.	Northeastern Univ.
Britni Smith	D	Sr.	St. Lawrence Univ.

National and Conference Awards

Award	Player	School
Patty Kazmaier Award	Vicki Bendus Vicki Bendus Vicki Bendus is a hockey player for the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey program. She was the winner of the 2010 Patty Kazmaier Award, awarded to the top player in women's NCAA hockey. She was also selected for the Canadian national women's team that will compete in the 2010 Four Nations Cup....	Mercyhurst
CHA Most Valuable Player	Vicki Bendus	Mercyhurst
CHA Rookie of the Year	Isabel Menard	Syracuse
ECAC Most Valuable Player	Catherine White	Cornell
ECAC Rookie of the Year	Victoria Vigilanti	Quinnipiac
HEA Most Valuable Player	(Tie) Kelly Paton and Florence Schelling Florence Schelling Florence Schelling played for Switzerland women's national ice hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics. Schelling became the first and only woman to ever play in the Swiss Men's National B League.-Switzerland:...	New Hampshire and Northeastern
HEA Rookie of the Year	Kristina Lavoie	New Hampshire
WCHA Most Valuable Player	(Tie) Felicia Nelson, and Zuzana Tomcikova Zuzana Tomčíková Zuzana Tomčíková is a member of the Slovakia women's national ice hockey team and also plays for the Bemidji State Beavers. Tomčíková was part of the team that finished in eighth place at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games...	St. Cloud State and Bemidji State
WCHA Rookie of the Year	Hokey Langan	Ohio State
Division I Women's Coach of the Year	Doug Derragh	Cornell
USCHO.com Coach of the Year

All-conference honors

CHA

Player	Position	School
Jenni Bauer	G Goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...	Niagara
Melissa Lacroix	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	Mercyhurst
Cassea Schols	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	Mercyhurst
Vicki Bendus	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	Mercyhurst
Bailey Bram	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	Mercyhurst
Isabel Menard	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	Syracuse
Jesse Scanzano	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	Mercyhurst

ECAC

Player	Position	School
	G Goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
	C Centre (ice hockey) The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...
	RW Winger (ice hockey) Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...
	LW Winger (ice hockey) Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...

HEA

Player	Position	School
Florence Schelling	G Goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...	Northeastern
Cristin Allen	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	Connecticut
Courtney Birchard	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	New Hampshire
Ashley Cottrell	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	Providence
Micaela Long	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	New Hampshire
Kelly Paton	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	New Hampshire

WCHA

Player	Position	School
Noora Raty	G Goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...	Minnesota
Jaime Rasmussen	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	Minnesota Duluth
Anne Schleper	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	Minnesota
Emmanuelle Blais	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	Minnesota Duluth
Natalie Spooner	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	Ohio State
Emily West	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	Minnesota

All-rookie team

CHA

Player	Position	School
None selected	G Goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...	None selected
Jenaya Townsend	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	Wayne State
Samantha Watt	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	Mercyhurst
Holly Carrie-Mattimoe	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	Syracuse
Jenna Hendrikx	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	Niagara
Isabel Menard	F Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	Syracuse