# 2009–10 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey season

The 2009–10 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey team represented Wilfrid Laurier University in the 2009-10 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's hockey season. The Golden Hawks were coached by Rick Osborne. Assisting Osborne was Jim Rayburn, Cindy Eadie, and Bruce Chapman. The Golden Hawks played home games at Sunlife Financial Arena. The Golden Hawks are a member of the Ontario University Athletics and attempted to win the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship.

## Offseason

* June 4, 2009: The end of the 2008-2009 women's hockey season saw the departures of seven of the program's players. The eight new recruits are Brittany Crago, Kristen Kilgallen, Paula LaGamba, Fiona Lester, Maureen Mommersteeg, Devon Skeats, Tori Skot and Candice Styles.
* September 3:The Wilfrid Laurier University women's hockey team will participate in an exhibition game against the women's Olympic Hockey team of China. The match will be played at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex on Friday, October 9 at 7:30 p.m.

## Exhibition

| Date | Opponent | Location | Score |
| 9/24/2009 | Toronto Jr. Aeros | Sunlife Financial Arena | Win, 2-0 |
| 9/26/2009 | Ohio State | Columbus, Ohio | Tie, 1-1 (Ohio State scores in shootout) |
| 9/27/2009 | Robert Morris | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | RMU, 4-0 |
| 10/4/2009 | Whitby Junior Wolves | Sunlife Financial Arena | Win, 8-1 |
| 10/9/2009 | Chinese National Women's Team | Sunlife Financial Arena | Tie, 2-2 |
| 10/10/2009 | Team Ontario Red Team | Sunlife Financial Arena | 0-3 |
| 10/11/2009 | Team Ontario Blue Team | Sunlife Financial Arena | 4-2 |
| 1/1/2010 | KW Junior Rangers | CIF Arena, Waterloo Tournament | 4-3 |
| 1/1/2010 | Bluewater Hawks Juniors | CIF Arena, Waterloo Tournament | 7-1 |

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height |
| 18 | Laura Bartolini | Forward | 5-4 |
| 15 | Jessica Berrigan | Forward | 5-8 |
| 1 | Chelsey Clarke | Goalie | 5-7 |
| 17 | Stephanie Crarey | Defence | 5-5 |
| 21 | Daniela Di Felice | Forward/Defence | 5-7 |
| 42 | Heather Fortuna | Forward | 5-7 |
| 66 | Andrea Ironside | Forward | 5-4 |
| 14 | Candace Kellough | Forward | 5-10 |
| 27 | Liz Knox | Goalie | 5-5 |
| 22 | Alicia Martin | Forward | 5-4 |
| 12 | Caitlin Muirhead | Forward | 5-5 |
| 16 | Kaley Powers | Forward | 5-7 |
| 11 | Abby Rainsberry | Forward | 5-2 |
| 2 | Vanessa Schabkar | Centre | 5-7 |
| 89 | Katherine Shirriff | Centre | 5-6 |
| 37 | Alison Williams | Defence | 5-9 |

## Regular season

* The Golden Hawks ranked second in the inaugural women's hockey coaches poll of the 2009-2010 season.

### Standings

2009–10 OUA standings :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference |
| | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
| Laurier | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 98 | 23 |
| Queen's | 27 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 93 | 63 |
| York | 27 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 78 | 61 |
| Guelph | 27 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 89 | 66 |
| Toronto | 27 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 30 | 89 | 89 |
| Windsor | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 64 | 68 |
| Brock | 27 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 55 | 79 |
| Western | 27 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 66 | 87 |
| Waterloo | 27 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 49 | 90 |
| UOIT | 27 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 109 |

### Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Time | Location | Score |
| 10/17/2009 | Western | 4:00 PM | Thompson Arena | 8-0 |
| 10/18/2009 | Windsor | 4:10 PM | Windsor Arena | 3-1 |
| 10/23/2009 | Brock | 7:30 PM | Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre | 3-2 |
| 10/25/2009 | Guelph | 2:00 PM | Gryphon Centre | 1-0 |
| 10/31/2009 | Toronto | 4:00 PM | Varsity Arena | 6-0 |
| 11/1/2009 | York | 2:00 PM | Ice Gardens | 3-2 |
| 11/7/2009 | Queen's | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 2-0 |
| 11/8/2009 | UOIT | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 5-1 |
| 11/14/2009 | Waterloo | 2:00 PM | CIF Arena | 3-0 |
| 11/21/2009 | Guelph | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena Recreation Complex | 3-2 |
| 11/22/2009 | Brock | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 4-0 |
| 11/28/2009 | Windsor | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 1-0 |
| 11/29/2009 | Western | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 4-1 |
| 12/4/2009 | Queen's | 7:30 PM | Memorial Centre | 3-0 |
| 12/5/2009 | UOIT | 7:30 PM | Campus Ice Centre | 5-1 |
| 1/9/2010 | York | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 5-1 |
| 1/10/2010 | Toronto | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 1-0 |
| 1/16/2010 | Waterloo | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 4-1 |
| 1/17/2010 | Waterloo | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 9-0 |
| 1/23/2010 | Western | 3:00 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 2-1 |
| 1/30/2010 | Brock | 7:30 PM | Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment | 3-0 |
| 1/31/2010 | Guelph | 2:00 PM | Gryphon Centre | 2-1 |
| 2/6/2010 | Toronto | 4:00 PM | Varsity Arena | 3-0 |
| 2/7/2010 | York | 2:00 PM | Ice Gardens | 8-3 |
| 2/13/2010 | Queen's | 3:00 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 4-3 |
| 2/14/2010 | UOIT | 4:00 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena | 2-1 |
| 2/15/2010 | Windsor | | Sunlife Financial Arena | 1-2 |

## Player stats
### Skaters

| Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | +/- | PIM |
| Andrea Ironside | 27 | 17 | 13 | 30 | | 40 |
| Katherine Shirriff | 27 | 9 | 15 | 24 | | 30 |

### Goaltenders

| Player | Games Played | Minutes | Goals Against | Wins | Losses | Ties | Shutouts | Save % | Goals Against Average |
| Liz Knox | 25 | 1483 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 1 | | .960 | 0.89 |

## Postseason
### CIS Tournament

| Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Score |

## Awards and honors

* Liz Knox, OUA Leader, Save Percentage
* CIS Tournament All-Star, Forward, Andrea Ironside