# 2009–10 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season

The 2009-10 CIS women's ice hockey season began in October 2009 and ended with the Alberta Pandas claiming the 2010 CIS National Championship.

## Season outlook
### Pre-season polls

* 1. McGill
* 2. Wilfrid Laurier
* 3. Manitoba
* 4. Moncton
* 5. Alberta
* 6. St. Francis Xavier (StFX)
* 7. Guelph
* 8. York
* 9. Toronto
* 10. Saskatchewan

## Exhibition
### NCAA Exhibition

Throughout the season, various NCAA schools played Canadian Interuniversity Sport hockey teams in exhibition games.
| Date | Location | NCAA school | CIS team | Score |
| Fri. Sept 25 | Detroit | Wayne State | York | Wayne State, 3–2 |
| Fri. Sept 25 | Grand Forks, ND | 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, ND | 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 | RMU, 4–0 |
| Sun. Sept 27 | Tennity Ice Pavilion | Syracuse | Guelph | Guelph, 3–1 |
| Sun. Sept 27 | Dwyer Arena | Niagara | Brock University | Niagara, 5–2 |
| Sat. Oct 3 | Appleton Arena | St. Lawrence | McGill | St. Lawrence, 2–1 |
| Sun. Oct 4 | Burlington, VT | Vermont | McGill | McGill, 2–1 |
| Fri. Oct 23 | Hanover, NH | Dartmouth | McGill | St. Lawrence, 2–1 |
| Sun. Oct 25 | New Haven, CT | Yale | McGill | Yale, 4–2 |
| Sat. Jan 2 | Orono, ME | Maine | Moncton | Maine, 4–2 |
| Sun. Jan 3 | Orono, ME | Maine | Moncton | Maine, 6–3 |

## Regular season

* February 16: The undefeated McGill Martlets were the No. 1 ranked team for the 38th consecutive week, dating back to Nov. 6, 2007.

### Polls

As of February 16
* 1. McGill (18-0-0) / (1)
* 2. Wilfrid Laurier (26-0-1) / (2)
* 3. Alberta (21-1-0) / (3)
* 4. Moncton (18-2-1) / (4)
* 5. StFX (17-2-3) / (5)
* 6. Manitoba (18-4-0) / (6)
* 7. Queen's (19-5-3) / (7)
* 8. Saskatchewan (14-5-3) / (10)
* 9. York (17-9-1) / (9)
* 10. Montreal (12-5-1) / (8)

### Standings
#### Atlantic University Sport

2009–10 Atlantic University Sport standings :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference |
| | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
| Moncton Aigles Bleues | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 95 | 45 | 43 |
| St. Francis Xavier X-Women | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 85 | 36 | 40 |
| Saint Mary's Huskies | 24 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 80 | 80 | 27 |
| St. Thomas Tommies | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 51 | 57 | 26 |
| Dalhousie Tigers | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 66 | 64 | 22 |
| UPEI Panthers | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 45 | 88 | 15 |
| Mount Allison Mounties | 24 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 37 | 89 | 5 |

#### Canada West

In Canada West, an overtime loss is worth 1 point
2009–10 Canada West standings :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference |
| | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
| Alberta Pandas | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 94 | 21 |
| Manitoba Bisons | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 63 | 46 |
| Saskatchewan Huskies | 24 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 88 | 50 |
| Regina Cougars | 24 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 43 | 83 |
| UBC Thunderbirds | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 48 | 67 |
| Calgary Dinos | 24 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 35 | 68 |
| Lethbridge Pronghorns | 24 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 36 | 72 |
* The top four teams qualify for the playoffs

#### OUA

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

#### QSSF

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

## 2010 Olympics

The following active and former CIS players represented their respective countries in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
| Player | CIS school | Nationality | Position | Goals | Assists | Points | Finish |
| Jayna Hefford | Toronto | Canada | Forward | 5 | 7 | 12 | Gold |
| Charline Labonté | McGill | Canada | Goaltender | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gold |
| Lucrèce Nussbaum | St. Thomas | Switzerland | Defense | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th Place |
| Kim St. Pierre | McGill | Canada | Goaltender | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gold |
| Catherine Ward | McGill | Canada | Defense | 1 | 3 | 4 | Gold |
| Hayley Wickenheiser | Calgary | Canada | Forward | 2 | 9 | 11 | Gold |

## Stats leaders
### Skaters

| Player | School | GP | Pts | G | A | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | Shots | Pct. |
| Mariève Provost | Moncton | 24 | 51 | 29 | 22 | 14 | +32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 169 | .172 |
| Breanne George | Sask | 24 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 28 | +28 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 89 | .315 |
| Tarin Podloski | Alberta | 24 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 12 | +54 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 104 | .212 |
| Elizabeth Kench | Guelph | 27 | 38 | 12 | 26 | 38 | +0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Julie Paetsch | Sask | 24 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 22 | +19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | .182 |
| Becky Conroy | Queen's | 27 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 32 | +0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Jocelyn Leblanc | Dalhousie | 20 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 32 | +15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 86 | .186 |
| Ellie Seedhouse | Western Ont. | 27 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 24 | +0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Ann-Sophie Bettez | McGill | 18 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 4 | +2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 0 | - |
| Leah Copeland | Alberta | 24 | 31 | 11 | 20 | 28 | +38 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 91 | .121 |
| Vanessa Davidson | McGill | 20 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 18 | +2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Dayna Kanis | Guelph | 25 | 31 | 10 | 21 | 16 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Kelsey Thomson | Guelph | 27 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 14 | +0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Valerie Boisclair | Moncton | 19 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 8 | +17 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 70 | .186 |

#### AUS conference leaders

| Player | School | Pos | GP | Goals | Ast | Pts |
| Marieve Provost | Moncton | F | 24 | 29 | 22 | 51 |
| Jocelyn LeBlanc | Dalhousie | F | 20 | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| Valerie Boisclair | UDM | F | 19 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
| Kori Cheverie | St. Mary's | F | 24 | 19 | 11 | 30 |
| Kristine Labrie | UDM | F | 24 | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| Jessica Shanahan | St. FX | F | 24 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| Lauren McCusker | St. Mary's | F | 24 | 11 | 17 | 28 |

## Postseason
### CIS Tournament

* 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.
| Date | Opponent | Location | Score |
| March 14 | McGill Martlets | Antigonish, NS | 2–0 |

## Awards and honors

* Liz Knox, Laurier, Brodrick Trophy (CIS Player of the Year)
* Caitlin MacDonald, Manitoba, CIS Rookie of the Year
* Kaitlyn McNutt, Dalhousie, CIS Marion Hillard Award (achievements as athlete, student and volunteer)
** Christine Allen, Ottawa, QSSF Marion Hillard Award
** Veronica Johnston, Western Mustangs, OUA Marion Hillard Award
** Stacy Corfield, Manitoba Bisons, Hockey West Marion Hillard Award
* Steve Kook, Saskatchewan, CIS Coach of the Year

### CIS All-Star teams
#### First Team

* Goaltender, Liz Knox, Laurier
* Defence, Cathy Chartrand, McGill
* Defence, Caitlin MacDonald, Manitoba
* Forward, Ann-Sophie Bettez, McGill
* Forward, Mariève Provost, Moncton
* Forward, Breanne George, Saskatchewan

#### Second Team

* Goaltender, Stacey Corfield, Manitoba
* Defence, Kelsey Webster, York
* Defence, Nicole Pratt, Alberta
* Forward, Tarin Podloski, Alberta
* Forward, Vanessa Davidson, McGill
* Forward, Rebecca Conroy, Queen's

### CIS All-Rookie team

* Goaltender, Mel Dodd-Moher, Queen's
* Defence, Caitlin MacDonald, Manitoba
* Defence, Rayna Cruickshank, UBC
* Forward, Kim Deschênes, Montreal
* Forward, Candice Styles, Laurier
* Forward, Abygail Laking, StFX

### CIS Tournament awards

* CIS Tournament championship player of the game: Jennifer Jubb, Alberta
* CIS Tournament MVP: Stephanie Ramsay, Alberta
* CIS Tournament All-Stars
** Goaltender: Dana Vinge, Alberta
** Defense: Stephanie Ramsay, Alberta
** Forward: Leah Copeland, Alberta

### AUS All-Stars
#### First Team

* G, Kathy Desjardins, Moncton Aigles Bleues
* D, Suzanne Fenerty, St. Francis Xavier X-Women
* D, Marilyn Hay, St. Francis Xavier X-Women
* F, Mariève Provost, Moncton Aigles Bleues
* F, Kori Cheverie, Saint Mary's Huskies
* F, Jocelyn LeBlanc, Dalhousie Tigers

#### Second Team

* F, Valérie Boisclair, Moncton
* F, Jessica Shanahan, StFX
* F, Carolyn Campbell, StFX
* D, Laura Shearer, Dalhousie
* D, Lucrece Nussbaum, St. Thomas
* G, Meghan Corley-Byrne, Mount Allison

#### All-Rookie Team

* F, Fielding Montgomery, Dalhousie
* F, Abygail Laking, StFX
* F, Amy Kelbaugh, St. Thomas
* D, Rebecca Mosher, Saint Mary's
* D, Jenna Downey, StFX
* G, Kristin Wolfe, St. Thomas

### Hockey West All-Stars
#### First Team

* F: Breanne George, Saskatchewan
* F: Tarin Podloski, Alberta
* F: Leah Copeland, Alberta
* D: Caitlin MacDonald, Manitoba
* D: Nicole Pratt, Alberta
* G: Stacey Corfield, Manitoba