The 2010–11 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began in October, ending with the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

2011 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

-All-Tournament team:*Forward: Brooke Ammerman, Wisconsin*Forward: Meghan Duggan, Wisconsin*Forward: Carolyne Prevost, Wisconsin*Defense: Alev Kelter, Wisconsin*Defense: Catherine Ward, Boston University*Goaltender: Molly Schaus, Boston College-References:...

's championship game in March, 2011. The Frozen Four was hosted by Mercyhurst College

Mercyhurst College

Mercyhurst College is a Catholic liberal arts college in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.-History:On September 20, 1926, Mercyhurst College opened its doors just a few blocks away from the city's southern boundary. It was founded by the Sisters of Mercy of the Erie Diocese, who were led by Mother M. Borgia...

 at Louis J. Tullio Arena

Louis J. Tullio Arena

The Louis J. Tullio Arena is a 5,586-seat multi-purpose arena, in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States....

 in Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...

.

Offseason

• May 26: 2010 Winter Olympian 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:...
  
   has been named an assistant coach at Colgate.
• June 2, 2010: The University of Connecticut men's and women's ice hockey teams will play outdoor games at Rentschler Field on Sunday, Feb. 13. This event will be part of the "Whalers Hockey Fest". The UConn men's team will take on Sacred Heart. The women's team will face the Providence Friars women's ice hockey
  Providence Friars women's ice hockey
  The Providence Friars women's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the Providence College. The Friars are a member of Hockey East...
  
   program in a Hockey East game.
• June 2, 2010: 2010 Canadian Olympic gold medallists Catherine Ward
  Catherine Ward
  Catherine Ward is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was also a member of the 2008–09 McGill Martlets women's hockey season, which won a Canadian Interuniversity Sport title...
  
   and Marie-Philip Poulin
  Marie-Philip Poulin
  Marie-Philip Poulin is a Canadian ice hockey forward, now playing for the Boston University Terriers. Poulin was a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and had previously played for the Dawson College Blues...
  
   have tentatively agreed to join the Boston University Terriers.
• June 7: Yale Bulldogs head coach Hilary Witt will leave the program at the end of June. Witt coached the Bulldogs for eight seasons and is the program’s most victorious coach, accumulating 96 wins during her tenure.
• June 7: Mandi Schwartz was recently diagnosed for a second time with acute myeloid leukemia. Schwartz will require a cord-blood or blood-marrow donor.
• June 7: Olympic silver medallist 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...
  
   has been named as an assistant coach. Previously, Chu was assistant coach for the University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey team that won the 2008 NCAA National Championship.
• August 27: Mercyhurst Lakers
  Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey
  The Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey team is the hockey team that represents the Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. The program started in 1999 and Michael Sisti has been the only coach in the history of the program. From 2000 to 2002, the Lakers were part of the Great Lakes Women's...
  
   player 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...
  
   was announced as a finalist for the Women's Sports Foundation's 2010 Sportswoman of the Year Team Award. It is awarded to the top female athlete (NCAA, Olympic, professional) who has demonstrated exceptional play in helping her team win a championship.
• September 13: The Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs visit the White House and are honored in a Rose Garden ceremony with President Barack Obama
  Barack Obama
  Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
  
   as the 2010 NCAA National Champions.
• September 17: Terrence M. and Kim Pegula from Boca Raton, Florida have donated $88 million to Penn State University for a multi-purpose arena. The arena will mean that Penn State will add an NCAA Division I men's hockey program and a Division I women's hockey program. PSU plans to play as an independent for two years starting in 2012. The new arena will open in April 2014.

Preseason polls

• USA Today/USA Hockey Women's Rankings

  Rank	NCAA school	Points
  1	Minnesota Duluth	187
  2	Cornell	167
  3	Mercyhurst	136
  4	Boston University	132
  5	Wisconsin	115
  6	Minnesota	106
  7	Clarkson	70
  8	Boston College	46
  9	Harvard	39
  10	Ohio State	12

CIS Exhibition

|Sept. 26 >

Date	NCAA school	Opponent	Score	NCAA goal scorers
Sept. 24	Providence Providence Friars women's ice hockey The Providence Friars women's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the Providence College. The Friars are a member of Hockey East...	McGill	3-1
Sept. 24	Boston College Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey The Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey team represent Boston College in the NCAA and participate in Hockey East. The Eagles are coached by former Olympic gold medallist Katie King and play their home games at Conte Forum.-History:...	Windsor	3–0, BC	Ashley Motherwell, Danielle Doherty, Mary Restuccia
Sept. 25	Boston University	Windsor University of Windsor The University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students...	4–1, BU	Jillian Kirchner Jill Cardella Britt Hergesheimer Louise Warren
Sept 25	Mercyhurst	Wilfrid Laurier	7–0, Mercyhurst	Cassea Schols, Pamela Zgoda, Kelley Steadman, Lauren Jones, Christie Cicero, Samantha Watt, Kylie Rossler
Sept. 25	Providence Providence Friars women's ice hockey The Providence Friars women's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the Providence College. The Friars are a member of Hockey East...	McGill	6-4
Sept. 26	Northeastern Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey The women's varsity hockey program started in 1980, and under former World Hockey Association all-star goaltender Don McLeod, who was named the coach the following season and led the program for ten seasons, became the first national power in collegiate women's hockey...	McGill McGill Martlets women's ice hockey The McGill Martlets women's ice hockey program represents McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. The Martlets are a member of the Quebec Student Sports Federation and home games are contested at McConnell Arena.-History:...	3–2 (OT), Northeastern	Katie McSorley Lori Antflick Kristi Kehoe (game winner)
Minnesota Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s ice hockey team plays for the University of Minnesota at the Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis. The team is one of the members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in Division I...	Manitoba	8–0	Amanda Kessel (3), Emily West (2), Jen Schoullis, Becky Kortum, Nikki Ludwigson
Oct. 2	Ohio State Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey The Ohio State Buckeyes women’s ice hockey team represents Ohio State University in NCAA Division I competition in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The team plays homegames at OSU Ice Rink, located on the Ohio State campus in Columbus, Ohio.-History:...	Wilfird Laurier	Ohio State, 2–0	Hokey Langan, Tina Hollowell
Oct. 2	Vermont Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey The Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey program represents the University of Vermont. The Catamounts compete in Hockey East. Their first year of varsity women's hockey was in 1998-99. The Catamounts were in the ECAC at the Division III level of competition. In 2001-02, the Catamounts moved up to...	McGill McGill Martlets women's ice hockey The McGill Martlets women's ice hockey program represents McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. The Martlets are a member of the Quebec Student Sports Federation and home games are contested at McConnell Arena.-History:...	Tie, 2–2	Emily Walsh, Celeste Doucet
Oct. 23	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...	McGill McGill Martlets women's ice hockey The McGill Martlets women's ice hockey program represents McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. The Martlets are a member of the Quebec Student Sports Federation and home games are contested at McConnell Arena.-History:...	2-2

Other

Date	NCAA school	Opponent	Time	Score	Goal scorers
09/24/2010	Quinnipiac	Ontario Hockey Academy	7:00 ET	Qpac, 3–1	Kelly Babstock (2), Lindsay Burman
09/25/10	Union Union Dutchwomen women's ice hockey The Union Dutchwomen's ice hockey team represents Union College in Schenectady, New York, United States.-History:From 1999 to 2003, the Dutchwomen competed in Division III hockey...	Etobicoke (PWHL)	7:00 pm	3–0
09/25/10	North Dakota	Toronto Aeros	2:07 p.m. CT	9–0	Sara Dagenais, Mary Loken (2), Jocelyne Lamoureux (3), Monique Lamoureux (2)
10/15/2010	Cornell Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey The Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program represents Cornell University and participates in ECAC Hockey.-History:The Cornell women's hockey program was started in 1971. It would only be in 1972 that the team would play its first game. It was a 4-3 victory over Scarborough. In 1972, they played...	Etobicoke (PWHL)	7:00 ET	6–0	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:...  (2), Brianne Jenner, Jessica Campbell, Hayley Hughes
10/16/2010	Cornell	Mississauga Mississauga Chiefs The Mississauga Chiefs was a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Mississauga , Ontario. The team has played in the National Women's Hockey League and after in the Canadian Women's Hockey League...	2:00 ET

October

• October 1: Mercyhurst Lakers player 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...
  
   joined Jesse Scanzano as only the second Mercyhurst player to have 100 career assists. She picked up the assist in the second period.
• October 1: In her first game as a Golden Gopher, Amanda Kessel registered four points (two goals, two assists). The following day, Kessel scored the game-winning goal as the Gophers won by a 3–0 score. The game against Clarkson marked the first time in school history that the Gophers opened a season against a ranked opponent.
• October 2: Olympic gold medallist Marie-Philip Poulin
  Marie-Philip Poulin
  Marie-Philip Poulin is a Canadian ice hockey forward, now playing for the Boston University Terriers. Poulin was a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and had previously played for the Dawson College Blues...
  
   debuted with the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey program. In her first game, she scored the first goal of her NCAA career. It was a 4–5 loss at North Dakota.
• October 9: With the 1–0 shutout over Wayne State, the Gophers have not allowed a goal in 180 minutes. Dating back to the 2009–10 season, Minnesota has not allowed a goal in 200:45 minutes played.
• October 12: The WCHA had five of its teams ranked in the two national polls for the week. It is believed to be the first time five WCHA teams have ever been ranked among the top 10 in the nation at one time.
• October 15: Bailey Bram registered two assists, including her 100th career point, in a game against the Bemidji State Beavers. She became the 11th Lakers player to crack the century mark in the 4–0 win.
• October 15: With her third shorthanded goal of the season on October 15, freshman Marie-Philip Poulin
  Marie-Philip Poulin
  Marie-Philip Poulin is a Canadian ice hockey forward, now playing for the Boston University Terriers. Poulin was a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and had previously played for the Dawson College Blues...
  
   tied BU’s single-season record for shorthanded tallies in just four games.
• October 16: In a 7–1 win against Connecticut, Isabel Menard recorded the first hat trick in Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey history (and added an assist).
• On October 23, 2010, 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...
  
   had a hat trick and one assist. In addition, one of her goals was the game-winning goal. The hat trick was the first by a North Dakota player since Cami Wooster in 2005.
• As the Lakers went 6–1–0 in October 2010, Bestland scored four goals, including two in a 7–3 defeat of the Robert Morris Colonials. In addition, she had six assists. In her first game as a Laker, she scored a goal. She registered points in five of the seven games played and finished the month with a plus/minus rating of +13. For her efforts, she was recognized as College Hockey America
  College Hockey America
  College Hockey America is a women's college ice hockey conference in the United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The conference is currently made up of four women's teams in New York and Pennsylvania....
  
  's Rookie of the Month.

November

• November 12–13: Kelly Babstock made Quinnipiac hockey history as she accounted for six of the seven goals scored over the weekend. Babstock registered back to back hat tricks against ECAC opponents (No. 10 ranked Harvard and Dartmouth). In addition, she is the first skater in Quinnipiac history to record two hat tricks in one season. As of November 14, Babstock led the team and the entire NCAA in goals (13) and points (27).
• November 13: The 1–0 shutout by Connecticut on November 13 ended New Hampshire’s 17-game unbeaten streak against the Huskies The Huskies penalty kill was a perfect 6-of-6 on the weekend. The shutout on November 13 marked the first time the Wildcats were shut out at home since Nov. 28, 2004 (by Mercyhurst), a streak of 109 consecutive home games.
• November 21: Northeastern player Katie McSorley recorded her first career hat trick and added two assists as the Huskies prevailed by a 5-1 tally over the Providence Friars. The hat trick was the first hat trick for a Northeastern player since 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...
  
   in 2008. It was also the first five point game by a Husky since Chelsey Jones tallied five points against Maine on Dec. 3, 2006.

December

• Dec . 1: Northeastern Huskies freshman Rachel Llanes scored the first and last goal of the game in Northeastern’s 4-0 win over New Hampshire with six shots on goal. It was her first-ever multi-goal game. Another freshman, Katie MacSorley scored a goal in the 4-0 win over New Hampshire. 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:...
  
   made 22 saves for her third shutout of the season. With the win, Northeastern snapped a 27-game unbeaten streak (0-26-1) against New Hampshire. Their last win over New Hampshire was Jan. 21, 2001, a 2-1 win. In addition, the fact that it was a shutout victory marks the first over UNH in the history of the program.
• On Friday, Dec. 3 against Brown, Kelly Babstock became Quinnipiac's all-time leader in goals scored in a season by netting her 16th goal of the season. Babstock's nation leading sixth game winning goal against Yale on Saturday, Dec. 4 was part of a Bobcats 3–1 win.
• January 3, 7-8: In three games played, Rachel Weber earned three victories and allowed only one goal. On January 3, she defeated Quinnipiac by a 3-0 tally and shutout Clarkson by a 2-0 score on January 7. The following day, she gave up her only goal of the week in a 3-1 win over St. Lawrence. Her shutout streak spanned six games and lasted 289:43. She is now the owner of the longest shutout streak in ECAC history and the fourth longest in NCAA Division I since the 2000-01 season.
• January 7–8: Cornell freshman goaltender Lauren Slebodnik earned two shutouts in her first two career starts. On January 7, she made her NCAA debut by shutting out Yale by a 5-0 margin. With Cornell dressing just 12 skaters, she stopped all 23 Yale shots. The following night, Slebodnik shut out the Brown Bears by a 3-0 mark. Cornell only dressed 11 skaters for the game and she stopped all 15 shots.

January

• January 15: Bailey Bram registered two goals and four assists for a career-high six points as Mercyhurst defeated Brown 12-0. Mercyhurst notched 12 goals in a game for the first time since the 1999-2000 season.
• On January 16, the Boston University Terriers defeated Maine and set a program record with their 11th home win of the season. The previous mark was 10 wins during the 2006-07 season.
• On January 22, 2011, Marie-Philip Poulin recorded a hat trick, including two power play goals as BU prevailed over Vermont in a 4-0 win. The win was the Terriers 100th win in program history. Poulin broke BU’s single-season points record with her second goal of the game and later tied the single-season goals record with her third marker.
• January 21–22: 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...
  
   recorded five points on two goals and three assists in a two-game sweep of Robert Morris. With the five point effort, Agosta is now just seven points away from breaking former Harvard player 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...
  
  ’s mark of 285 points to become the NCAA all-time points leader.
• Jan 21-22: Wisconsin right winter 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...
  
   led the top-ranked Badgers with four scoring points in a win and tie at defending national champion Minnesota Duluth. Duggan registered two goals and two assists against the Bulldogs, recorded nine shots on goal and finished with a +4 plus/minus rating in the two games. She led all players with three points in the January 21 win (4-1). She scored the Badgers first goal of the game (it was the first women’s college hockey goal scored at the Bulldogs new AMSOIL Arena). In the second period, she assisted on a power-play tally to give Wisconsin a 3-0 lead. In the final two minutes, she had an empty net goal. The following day, both clubs skated to a 4-4 tie (Wisconsin prevailed 2-1 in the shootout). Duggan assisted on the Badgers’ second goal of the game and extended her current point streak to 22 games, the longest individual point streak in Wisconsin women’s hockey history. On January 21, she broke the previous mark of 20 games set by Meghan Hunter from Oct. 14, 2000 to Jan. 12, 2001.
• The January 29, 2011 game between Wisconsin and Minnesota was played before a women’s college

hockey record crowd of 10,668.

February

• On February 4, 2011, Meghan Agosta became the all-time leading scorer in NCAA women's hockey history with three goals and one assist in Mercyhurst College's 6-2 win over Wayne State in Erie, Pennsylvania. Agosta's four points gave her 286 career points, one more than ex-Harvard forward Julie Chiu's record of 285 set in 2006-07. Agosta, who also owns the record for most short-handed goals and game-winning goals, added three assists in the Lakers' 3-1 win over Wayne State on February 5.
• February 25, 2011: Meghan Agosta scored her 151st career goal to become all-time leading goal scorer in NCAA history. She accomplished this in a 6-2 victory over the Robert Morris Colonials women’s ice hockey program at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. She surpassed Harvard's Nicole Corriero
  Nicole Corriero
  Nicole Corriero was a 3-time All-American ice hockey forward for the Harvard Crimson. Corriero tied former Crimson player Jennifer Botterill's record for most points in one NCAA game with ten. She accomplished the feat on November 7, 2003 versus the Union Dutchwomen...
  
  , who set the record at 150 during the 2004-05 season. The goal was scored on the power play at 15:18 of the second period with the assist going to Bailey Bram. She later added her 152nd goal in the third period.

Sports Illustrated

• Kelly Babstock was featured in Sports Illustrated
  Sports Illustrated
  Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
  
  's Faces in the Crowd
  Faces in the Crowd
  Faces in the Crowd is a long-running segment from Sports Illustrated. Starting in the January 9, 1956 issue, the segment was originally titled These Faces in the Crowd. The predecessor to These Faces... was a segment called Pat on the Back. It differed in that it did not just focus on unknown or...
  
   feature in the January 17, 2011 issue (as recognition of breaking several Quinnipiac scoring records).
• Meghan Agosta was also featured in the Faces in the Crowd feature in the February 21, 2011 issue (as recognition of becoming the all-time NCAA scorer).

Standings

Outdoor Games

• The University of Connecticut men's and women's ice hockey teams will play outdoor games at Rentschler Field on Sunday, Feb. 13. This event will be part of the "Whalers Hockey Fest". The UConn men's team will take on Sacred Heart. The women's team will face the Providence Friars women's ice hockey
  Providence Friars women's ice hockey
  The Providence Friars women's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents the Providence College. The Friars are a member of Hockey East...
  
   program in a Hockey East game.

Nutmeg Classic

The Nutmeg Classic will be contested on November 26 and 27. The tournament is hosted by the Quinnipiac Bobcats

Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey

The Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey program represents Quinnipiac University. The Bobcats compete in ECAC Hockey.-Year by year:In their inaugural season, the Quinnipiac Braves were in the ECAC Eastern Conference. After their inaugural season, the team changed its name to Bobcats. From 2002 to...

 program. The other competing schools include the Connecticut Huskies women's ice hockey

Connecticut Huskies women's ice hockey

The Connecticut Huskies women's ice hockey program represents the University of Connecticut. The Huskies compete in Hockey East.-History:The 1-0 shutout by Connecticut on November 13, 2010 ended New Hampshire’s 17-game unbeaten streak against the Huskies. The Huskies penalty kill was a perfect...

, Sacred Heart Pioneers, and Yale Bulldogs.

Date	Schools	Score	Notes
Nov. 26	Quinnipiac vs. Sacred Heart	Quinnipiac, 9-1	Kelly Babstock scored two goals
Nov. 26	Yale vs. Connecticut	Yale, 5-2
Nov. 27	Connecticut vs. Sacred Heart	Connecticut, 11-0
Nov. 27	Quinnipiac vs. Yale	Quinnipiac, 2-1	Brittany Lyons scored game winner

Easton Holiday Classic

The Easton Holiday Classic will be played in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Date	Schools	Score
Jan. 1	Wisconsin vs. Northeastern	Wisconsin, 7-2
Jan. 1	Mercyhurst vs. St. Cloud State
Jan. 2	Wisconsin vs. Mercyhurst
Jan. 2	Northeastern vs. St. Cloud State	Northeastern, 2-1

Beanpot

The Beanpot will involve Boston College

Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey

The Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey team represent Boston College in the NCAA and participate in Hockey East. The Eagles are coached by former Olympic gold medallist Katie King and play their home games at Conte Forum.-History:...

, Boston University, Northeastern

Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey

The women's varsity hockey program started in 1980, and under former World Hockey Association all-star goaltender Don McLeod, who was named the coach the following season and led the program for ten seasons, became the first national power in collegiate women's hockey...

 and 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...

. Mary Restuccia was named MVP while Molly Schaus

Molly Schaus

Molly Schaus is an American ice hockey goaltender. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She was drafted 2nd overall by the Boston Blades in the 2011 CWHL Draft.-Early life:...

 received the Bertagna Goaltending Award.

Date	Schools	Score	Notes
Feb. 8	Northeastern vs. Harvard	Tie, 3-3	Harvard wins in Shootout
Feb. 8	Boston College vs. Boston University	BC, 2-1	Kelli Stack gets a goal and assist to become BC's all-time points leader
Feb. 11	Northeastern @ Boston University	BU, 4-3	Lauren Cherewyk scores game winning goal
Feb. 12	Boston University @ Northeastern	BU, 5-1	Jennifer Wakefield scores two goals
Feb. 15	Boston University @ Northeastern	Tie, 3-3	Consolation game
Feb. 15	Boston College vs. Harvard	BC, 3-1	BC wins fourth Beanpot

October

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Week of October 4	Week of October 11	Week of October 18	Week of October 25
1	Minnesota-Duluth	Mercyhurst	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
2	Cornell	Cornell	Cornell	Cornell
3	Mercyhurst	Minnesota	Mercyhurst	Minnesota-Duluth
4	Minnesota	Wisconsin	Minnesota-Duluth	Mercyhurst
5	Wisconsin	Minnesota-Duluth	Boston University	Boston University
6	Boston University	Boston University	North Dakota	Boston College
7	Harvard	Boston College	Boston College	Minnesota
8	New Hampshire	North Dakota	Minnesota	North Dakota
9	Boston College	Harvard	Harvard	Harvard
10	North Dakota	Ohio State and Providence	Ohio State	Ohio State

USA Today/USA Hockey Poll
Ranking	Week of October 4	Week of October 11	Week of October 18	Week of October 25
1	Minnesota-Duluth (188)	Mercyhurst (172)	Cornell (180)
2	Cornell (163)	Cornell (155)	Wisconsin (165)
3	Mercyhurst (160)	Minnesota (144)	Minnesota Duluth (146)
4	Minnesota (128)	Wisconsin (141)	Mercyhurst (139)
5	Wisconsin (119)	Minnesota Duluth (138)	Boston University (110)
6	Boston University (88)	Boston University (81)	North Dakota (105)
7	Harvard (65)	North Dakota (75)	Minnesota (63)
8	North Dakota (40)	Boston College (58)	Boston College (62)
9	New Hampshire (38)	Harvard (40)	Ohio State (35)
10	Boston College (33)	Ohio State (18)	Harvard (23)

November

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Week of November 1	Week of November 8	Week of November 15	Week of November 22
1	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
2	Cornell	Cornell
3	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth
4	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst
5	Boston University	Boston University
6	Boston College	Boston College
7	North Dakota	Minnesota
8	Minnesota	North Dakokta
9	Ohio State	Ohio State
10	Harvard	Harvard, Providence

USA Today
Ranking	Week of November 1	Week of November 8	Week of November 15	Week of November 22
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December

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Week of December 7	Week of December 14	Week of December 21	Week of December 28
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5
6
7
8
9
10

USA Today
Ranking	Week of December 7	Week of December 14	Week of December 21	Week of December 28
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January

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Week of January 3	Week of January 10	Week of January 17	Week of January 24
1	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
2	Cornell	Cornell
3	Boston University	Boston University
4	Minnesota-Duluth	Minnesota-Duluth
5	Mercyhurst	Mercyhurst
6	Boston College	Boston College
7	Minnesota	Minnesota
8	North Dakota	North Dakota
9	Providence	Providence
10		Northeastern

USA Today
Ranking	Week of January 3	Week of January 10	Week of January 17	Week of January 24
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Hockey East

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  Player	School	GP	G	A	P	PPG	PIM	PP	SH	GW	HT
  Kelli Stack	BC	34	34	22	56	1.65	34	8	4	8	3
  Jenn Wakefield	BU	31	30	21	51	1.65	30	7	2	6	0
  Marie-Philip Poulin	BU	25	22	22	44	1.76	22	7	3	3	2	+23
  Mary Restuccia	BC	35	11	27	38	1.09	56	3	0	4	0
  Rachel Llanes	Northeastern	37	12	19	31	0.84	12	4	1	2	0	+11

Awards and honors

• Becca Ruegsegger, NCAA Elite 88 Award
• Jackee Snikeris, 2011 Sarah Devens Award
  Sarah Devens Award
  The Sarah Devens Award is given as a joint award between the ECAC Hockey and Hockey East conferences to a women’s ice hockey player. The criteria for the Devens Award is for a player who demonstrates leadership and commitment both on and off the ice. Both conferences submitted a league nominee for...
  
  

Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Nominees

• February 21: Twenty-six players are among the list of nominees for the 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented by Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. The list of 26 nominated players includes 17 forwards, five goaltenders and four defenders (from 12 different schools). Mercyhurst College, host of the 2011 NCAA Women's Frozen Four, leads all schools with five nominatees.

Name	Pos.	Yr	School	Division
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...	F	Sr.	Mercyhurst	CHA
Kelly Babstock	F	Fr.	Quinnipiac	ECAC
Jenni Bauer	F	Sr.	Niagara	CHA
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....	F	Sr.	Mercyhurst	CHA
Bailey Bram	F	Jr.	Mercyhurst	CHA
Brianna Decker	F	So.	Wisconsin	WCHA
Meghan Duggan	F	Sr.	Wisconsin	WCHA
Laura Fortino	D	So.	Cornell	ECAC
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:...	F	Jr.	Minnesota-Duluth	WCHA
Brianne Jenner Brianne Jenner Brianne Jenner is a member of Canada's national women's hockey team. She made her debut for the team at the 2010 Four Nations Cup and won a gold medal. She is also a member of the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program....	F	Fr.	Cornell	ECAC
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:...	F	Jr.	Cornell	ECAC
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....	F	Jr.	Wisconsin	WCHA
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...	F	So.	North Dakota	WCHA
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... -Kolls	D/F	So.	North Dakota	WCHA
Jocelyne Larocque Jocelyne Larocque Jocelyne Dawn Marie Larocque is a women’s ice hockey player for Canada women's national ice hockey team and former defensemen the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs...	D	Sr.	Minnesota Duluth	WCHA
Isabel Menard	F	So.	Syracuse	CHA
Hillary Pattenden	G	Jr.	Mercyhurst	CHA
Marie-Philip Poulin Marie-Philip Poulin Marie-Philip Poulin is a Canadian ice hockey forward, now playing for the Boston University Terriers. Poulin was a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and had previously played for the Dawson College Blues...	F	Fr.	Boston University	Hockey East
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:...	G	So.	Minnesota	WCHA
Lauriane Rougeau Lauriane Rougeau Lauriane Rougeau is an ice hockey player for the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program.-Playing career:...	D	So.	Cornell	ECAC
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	Sr.	Mercyhurst	CHA
Molly Schaus Molly Schaus Molly Schaus is an American ice hockey goaltender. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She was drafted 2nd overall by the Boston Blades in the 2011 CWHL Draft.-Early life:...	G	Sr.	Boston College	Hockey East
Jackee Snikeris	G	Sr.	Yale	ECAC
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...	F	Sr.	Boston College	Hockey East
Jenn Wakefield Jenn Wakefield Jennifer Wakefield is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was a substitute for the women's team that participated in ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-Junior years:...	F	Jr.	Boston University	Hockey East
Catherine Ward Catherine Ward Catherine Ward is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was also a member of the 2008–09 McGill Martlets women's hockey season, which won a Canadian Interuniversity Sport title...	Defense	Fr.	Boston University	Hockey East

Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Finalists

March 3: The USA Hockey Foundation today announced the 10 finalists for the 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.

• Meghan Agosta
• Vicki Bendus
• Meghan Duggan
• Laura Fortino
• Haley Irwin
• Rebecca Johnston
• Hilary Knight
• Noora Raty
• Molly Schaus
• Kelli Stack

First team

Player	Position	School
Molly Schaus Molly Schaus Molly Schaus is an American ice hockey goaltender. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She was drafted 2nd overall by the Boston Blades in the 2011 CWHL Draft.-Early life:...	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...	Boston College
Laura Fortino	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	Cornell
Jocelyne Larocque	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
Meghan Agosta	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
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...	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...	Wisconsin
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....	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...	Wisconsin

Second team

Player	Position	School
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:...	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
Lauriane Rougeau Lauriane Rougeau Lauriane Rougeau is an ice hockey player for the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program.-Playing career:...	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	Cornell
Catherine Ward Catherine Ward Catherine Ward is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was also a member of the 2008–09 McGill Martlets women's hockey season, which won a Canadian Interuniversity Sport title...	D Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	Boston University
Brianna Decker	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...	Wisconsin
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:...	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...	Cornell
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...	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...	Boston College

All Ivy League honors

• Laura Fortino, Cornell, Ivy League Player of the Year
• Brianne Jenner
  Brianne Jenner
  Brianne Jenner is a member of Canada's national women's hockey team. She made her debut for the team at the 2010 Four Nations Cup and won a gold medal. She is also a member of the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program....
  
  , Cornell, Ivy League Rookie of the Year

First Team All-Ivy

• Brianne Jenner, Forward, Cornell
• 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:...
  
  , Forward, Cornell
• Chelsea Karpenko, Forward, Cornell
• Kelly Foley, Forward, Dartmouth
• Laura Fortino, Defense, Cornell
• Josephine Pucci
  Josephine Pucci
  Josephine Pucci is a women's ice hockey player for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program who made her debut for the United States women's national ice hockey team at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship....
  
  , Defense, Harvard
• Jackee Snikeris, Goaltender, Yale

Second Team All-Ivy

• Catherine White
  Catherine White (ice hockey)
  Catherine White has competed for Hockey Canada in numerous international tournaments. Currently, she is a member of the Cornell Big Red...
  
  , Forward, Cornell
• Amanda Trunzo, Forward, Dartmouth
• Liza Ryabkina, Forward, Harvard
• Jillian Dempsey, Forward, Harvard
• Lauriane Rougeau
  Lauriane Rougeau
  Lauriane Rougeau is an ice hockey player for the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program.-Playing career:...
  
  , Defense, Cornell
• Sasha Sherry, Defense, Princeton
• Rachel Weber, Goaltender, Princeton

Honorable Mention

• Leanna Coskren, Defense, Harvard
• Sasha Nanji, Defense, Dartmouth
• Lindsay Holdcroft, Goaltender, Dartmouth

2010-11 New England Hockey Awards

• Kelli Stack, Senior, Forward, Boston College, Player of the Year
• Mark Hudak, Dartmouth, Coach of the Year

Defense

• Catherine Ward
  Catherine Ward
  Catherine Ward is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was also a member of the 2008–09 McGill Martlets women's hockey season, which won a Canadian Interuniversity Sport title...
  
  , Senior, Boston University
• Courtney Birchard
  Courtney Birchard
  Courtney Birchard competed for the Canadian national women’s ice hockey team. She made her debut for Team Canada in the 2010 Four Nations Cup. She was drafted 6th overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2011 CWHL Draft....
  
  , Senior, New Hampshire
• Amber Yung, Senior, Providence
• Josephine Pucci
  Josephine Pucci
  Josephine Pucci is a women's ice hockey player for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program who made her debut for the United States women's national ice hockey team at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship....
  
  , Sophomore, Harvard

Forwards

• Kelly Babstock, Freshman, Quinnipiac
• Marie-Philip Poulin
  Marie-Philip Poulin
  Marie-Philip Poulin is a Canadian ice hockey forward, now playing for the Boston University Terriers. Poulin was a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and had previously played for the Dawson College Blues...
  
  , Freshman, Boston University
• Mary Restuccia, Junior, Boston College
• Jenn Wakefield
  Jenn Wakefield
  Jennifer Wakefield is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was a substitute for the women's team that participated in ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-Junior years:...
  
  , Junior, Boston University
• Kelli Stack, Senior, Boston College
• Kelly Foley, Junior, Dartmouth

CHA championship game

March 5, 2011: In the CHA championship game, Meghan Agosta scored three goals to top 300 points for her career. The Lakers defeated Syracuse 5-4 and captured its ninth straight College Hockey America title. Despite getting outshot 13-3 in the first period, Syracuse scored two goals on its first two attempts on the power play. Stefanie Marty gave the Orange an early 1-0 lead and Margot Scharfe scored the second goal.

• Mercyhurst 5, Syracuse 4

See also

• 2010–11 CHA women's ice hockey season
  2010–11 CHA women's ice hockey season
  The 2010–11 College Hockey America women's ice hockey season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive ice hockey among College Hockey America members.-Offseason:...
  
  
• 2010–11 ECAC women's ice hockey season
  2010–11 ECAC women's ice hockey season
  The 2010–11 ECAC women's ice hockey season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive ice hockey among ECAC members.-Exhibition:*PWHL is Provincial Women's Hockey League in Ontario, Canada-News and notes:...
  
  
• 2010–11 Hockey East women's ice hockey season
  2010–11 Hockey East women's ice hockey season
  The 2010–11 Hockey East women's ice hockey season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive ice hockey among Hockey East members.-Offseason:...
  
  
• 2010–11 WCHA women's ice hockey season
  2010–11 WCHA women's ice hockey season
  The 2010–11 WCHA women's ice hockey season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive ice hockey among Western Collegiate Hockey Association members.-Offseason:...