# 2009–10 McGill Martlets women's hockey season

The McGill Martlets will represent McGill University in the 2009-10 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's hockey season. The Martlets were not able to win their third Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship. The Martlets head coach is Amey Doyle. The Alberta Pandas defeated the Martlets 2–0 in the CIS National Championship.

## Offseason

* Amey Doyle has been appointed interim head coach of the McGill University women's hockey team. Doyle is a native of Smiths Falls, Ont., and replaces Peter Smith. Smith, has taken a one-year leave of absence to serve as an assistant coach with the Canadian women's Olympic team. Doyle's coaching staff includes Stewart McCarthey, and former McGill player Shauna Denis. Denis captained the Martlets to their first national crown in 2008. Patrick Magee will serve as the team's strength and conditioning coach.

### Battle of the Sexes

* Sept. 13: The Lac St. Louis Tigers, a boys midget AA club, defeated the McGill women's hockey team 4–2 in a preseason scrimmage at McConnell Arena. The McGill goals were scored by Ann-Sophie Bettez and Vanessa Davidson.
* Sept. 18: The Montreal Blitz, a boys midget AA team defeated the McGill women's hockey squad 9–5 in a pre-season scrimmage at McConnell Arena, Friday. The Martlets goals were scored by Jordanna Peroff, Alexandra Wells, Alyssa Cecere, and fifth-year veteran Vanessa Davidson.

## Exhibition

* Three of the Martlets exhibition games will involve NCAA teams.
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score |
| Sun. Sept 27 | Matthews Arena | Northeastern | McGill, 3-1 |
| Sat. Oct 3 | Appleton Arena | St. Lawrence | St. Lawrence, 2-1 |
| Sun. Oct 4 | Burlington, VT | Vermont | McGill, 2-1 |
| Fri. Oct 23 | Hanover, N.H. | Dartmouth | Dartmouth, 4-2 |
| Sat. Oct 24 | Bright Hockey Center | Harvard | Harvard, 4-1 |
| Sun. Oct 25 | New Haven, CT | Yale | Yale, 4-2 |

## Regular season

* The Martlets top the inaugural women's hockey coaches poll of the 2009–2010 season.
* November 14: The beginning of the game featured ceremonial raising of last spring's CIS championship. By defeating Carleton University, the Martlets extended their win streak to 61 consecutive games against CIS opponents since losing 2-1 in an overtime shootout at Alberta on Dec. 30, 2007. Against Carleton University, McGill has won 34 straight contests and are 46-0-1 lifetime against them.
* December 21: Goaltender Charline Labonté of the McGill Martlets and three graduates from the university, were officially named by Hockey Canada as part of the Canadian Olympic women's hockey team for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C. Joining Labonte are Catherine Ward, Kim St. Pierre, and Peter Smith. Smith will serve as an Assistant Coach.
* December 30: Alyssa Cecere scored the game-winner, shorthanded, and added three helpers as top-ranked McGill doubled No.4-Manitoba 4-2 on the final day of the Theresa Humes women's hockey tournament at Concordia University.
* Ann-Sophie Bettez was a member of Canada's Under-22 National Team that won the Gold Medal at the 2010 MLP Cup in Germany.
* Ann-Sophie Bettez had two goals and defenceman Cathy Chartrand added three assists as the No.1-ranked McGill won for the 78th consecutive outing, blanking Concordia 3-0 in women's hockey at the Ed Meagher Arena. It marked McGill's 32nd straight win over the Stingers, who haven't scored against the Martlets in more than six regular season games, dating back to a 16-1 McGill win on Nov. 15, 2007.
* February 16: The undefeated McGill Martlets are the No. 1 ranked team for the 38th consecutive week, dating back to Nov. 6, 2007.

### Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Year |
| 24 | Ann-Sophie Bettez | Forward | 5'4" | 3 |
| 14 | Alyssa Cecere | Forward | 5'7" | 4 |
| 08 | Cathy Chartrand | Defence | 5'10" | 3 |
| 25 | Vanessa Davidson | Forward | 5'8" | 5 |
| 06 | Caroline Hill | Forward | 5'5" | 4 |
| 22 | Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger | Forward | 5'5" | 2 |
| 07 | Alessandra Lind-Kenny | Forward | 5'6" | 3 |
| 10 | Jordanna Peroff | Forward | 5'6" | 3 |
| 16 | Shaunn Rabinovich | Defence | 5'9" | 2* |
| 18 | Jasmine Sheehan | Defence | 5'5" | 4 |
| 20 | Lainie Smith | Forward | 5'6" | 2* |
| 21 | Amy Soberano | Forward | 5'4" | 4 |
| 02 | Stacie Tardif | Defence | 5'5" | 2* |
| 23 | Victoria Wells | Forward | 5'7" | 3 |
| 13 | Alexandra Wells | Forward | 5'7" | 3 |
| 15 | Lisa Zane | Defence | 5'4" | 4 |

### Standings

2009–10 QSSF :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference |
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| McGill | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 18 | 40 |
| Montréal | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 55 | 27 |
| Ottawa | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 51 | 67 | 17 |
| Carleton | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 47 | 16 |
| Concordia | 20 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 35 | 75 | 5 |

### Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Arena | Score |
| Oct. 9 | Concordia | McConnell Arena | 5-0 |
| Oct. 17 | Univ. of Ottawa | McConnell Arena | 6-0 |
| Oct. 30 | Univ. of Montreal | Arena CEPSUM | 7-2 |
| Oct. 31 | Carleton | McConnell Arena | 1-0 |
| Nov. 7 | Univ. of Montreal | McConnell Arena | 3-2 (OT) |
| Nov. 8 | Univ. of Ottawa | uOttawa Sports Complex | 6-1 |
| Nov. 14 | Carleton University | McConnell Arena | 4-2 |
| Nov. 20 | St. Francis Xavier | Oland Center | 4-0 |
| Nov. 21 | St. Mary's | Alumni Arena | 11-0 |
| Nov. 22 | Dalhousie | Memorial Arena | 7-2 |
| Nov. 27 | Univ. of Montreal | Arena CEPSUM | 5-1 |
| Nov. 28 | Carleton University | Carleton Ice House | 3-1 |
| Dec. 5 | Concordia | Ed Meagher Arena | 3-0 |
| Jan. 8 | Ottawa | McConnell Arena | 4-2 |
| Jan. 9 | Concordia | McConnell Arena | 3-0 |
| Jan. 17 | Ottawa | uOttawa Sports Complex | 4-2 |
| Jan. 22 | Montreal | McConnell Arena | 3-0 |
| Feb. 13 | Ottawa | McConnell Arena | 4-1 |
| Feb. 14 | Concordia | Ed Meagher Arena | 3-0 |

### Tournaments

* The Martlets will participate in the Theresa Humes Tournament at Concordia University.
| Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Score |
| Dec. 28 | Toronto | Ed Meagher Arena | 6:30 pm | 4-1 |
| Dec. 29 | Guelph | Ed Meagher Arena | 6:00 pm | 8-1 |
| Dec. 29 | Manitoba | Ed Meagher Arena | 4:00 pm | 4-2 |

## Player stats
### Skaters

| Player | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | +/- | PIM |

### Goaltenders

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

## Postseason

* The Alberta Pandas defeated the McGill Martlets to claim the 2010 Canadian Interuniversity Championship. The Pandas ended the Martlets historic 86 game unbeaten streak against CIS opponents. Said streak dated back to December 30 of 2007. It was the Pandas who also beat the Martlets back on that date. Alberta had notched a 2-1 shootout victory. With the win, the Pandas also snapped the Martlets 20 game unbeaten streak in the postseason. This streak is also linked to the Alberta Pandas who claimed a 4-0 win in the 2007 CIS gold medal game. In the 2010 Championship Game, Melody Howard's unassisted goal at 6:09 in the first period held up as the game-winning goal. Forward Alana Cabana scored the second goal of the game.

### CIS Tournament

| Date | Opponent | Location | Score |
| March 14 | Alberta Pandas | | 0-2 |

## Awards and honors

* Ann-Sophie Bettez: McGill University female athlete of the week for the period ending Nov. 8, 2009
* Ann-Sophie Bettez: McGill University female athlete of the week for the period ending Feb. 15, 2010
* CIS Tournament championship player of the game: Ann-Sophie Bettez (McGill Martlets)
* CIS Tournament All-Stars
** Defense: Cathy Chartrand, McGill