# 2009–10 Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey season

The Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey team represented Bemidji State University and participated in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. This was the Beavers final season in the John S. Glas Field House. For the 2010–11 season, the Beavers will move into the Bemidji Regional Events Center. Goaltender Zuzana Tomčíková represented her homeland of Slovakia in Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Bemidji State doubled their win production compared to the 2008–09 season, when the Beavers claimed only six victories.

## Offseason

* May 11: The Beavers signed two more players to National Letters of Intent, joining the four that were inked during the early signing period in November 2008. All six players will play for BSU in fall 2009. Molly Arola and Jamie Hatheway have both inked with BSU during the spring signing period. They join early signees Sadie Lundquist, Mackenzie Thurston, Keirstin Visser and Erika Wheelhouse.
* May 19: Head coach Steve Sertich announced that senior Franny Dorr, senior Jackie Robertson and junior Erin Cody have been selected as captains for the upcoming 2009-10 campaign. All three players will wear the C on their sweater for the first time in their careers. All three participated in 36 games during the previous season.
* September 9: The WCHA announced that Bemidji State goaltender Zuzana Tomčíková, has been named as a WCHA All-Star. She is among 22 players from the conference to face the 2009–10 U.S Women’s National Team in St. Paul, Minn. on September 25.

## Regular season
### Standings

2009–10 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Minnesota Duluth†* | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 90 | 55 | 41 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 138 | 83 |
| Minnesota† | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 91 | 49 | 40 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 129 | 74 |
| St. Cloud State | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 70 | 77 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 96 | 103 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 84 | 63 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 107 | 82 |
| Ohio State | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 90 | 94 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 122 | 117 |
| Bemidji State | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 47 | 64 | 38 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 65 | 98 |
| Minnesota State | 28 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 49 | 92 | 34 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 66 | 117 |
| North Dakota | 28 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 44 | 71 | 34 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 61 | 92 |
| Championship: † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Updated July 21, 2024 ||||||||||||||||||

### Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Class | Height |
| 2 | Jackie Robertson | D | Sr. | 5-8 |
| 5 | Nicole Rawlings | F | Sr. | 5-2 |
| 6 | Kaylee Keys | F | So. | 5-3 |
| 8 | Erin Johnson | F | Jr. | 5-6 |
| 9 | Annie Bauerfeld | F | Jr. | 5-6 |
| 10 | Emily Erickson | F | Fr. | 5-9 |
| 11 | Erin Babineau | F | So. | 5-4 |
| 12 | Lexy Parenteau | F/D | Jr. | 5-6 |
| 13 | Erin Cody | F | Jr. | 5-7 |
| 14 | Erika Wheelhouse | D | Fr. | 5-3 |
| 15 | Marlee Wheelhouse | F/D | So. | 5-1 |
| 16 | MacKenzie Thurston | F | Fr. | 5-8 |
| 17 | Sadie Lundquist | F | Fr. | 5-5 |
| 18 | Keirstin Visser | D | Fr. | 5-8 |
| 20 | Brittany DeBoer | D | So. | 5-11 |
| 21 | Hayley Williams | F | Fr. | 5-4 |
| 22 | Lauren Williams | F | So. | 5-3 |
| 23 | Molly Arola | F | Fr. | 5-9 |
| 25 | Montana Vichorek | D | So. | 5-7 |
| 27 | Franny Dorr | F | Sr. | 5-7 |
| 29 | Kim Lieder | F/D | So. | 5-7 |
| 31 | Alana McElhinney | G | So. | 5-8 |
| 35 | Eri Kiribuchi | G | So. | 5-2 |
| 88 | Zuzana Tomčíková | G | So. | 5-11 |
| 91 | Jamie Hatheway | F | Fr. | 5-4 |

### Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Location | Score | Record |
| Oct. 2 | 6:00 pm | Mercyhurst | Erie, Pa. | 1-4 | 0-1-0 |
| Oct. 3 | 1:00 pm | Mercyhurst | Erie, Pa. | 1-6 | 0-2-0 |
| Oct. 10 | 7:07 pm | Wisconsin | Coleraine, Minn. | 1-0 | 1-2-0 |
| Oct. 11 | 4:07 pm | Wisconsin | Bemidji, Minn. | 1-3 | 1-3-0 |
| Oct. 16 | 7:07 pm | Ohio State | Bemidji, Minn. | 3-5 | 1-4-0 |
| Oct. 17 | 2:07 pm | Ohio State | Bemidji, Minn. | 2-2 | 1-4-1 |
| Oct. 23 | 6:00 pm | Northeastern | Boston, Mass. | 1-2 | 1-5-1 |
| Oct. 24 | 2:00 pm | Northeastern | Boston, Mass. | 2-3 | 1-6-1 |
| Oct. 30 | 7:07 pm | Wayne State | Bemidji, Minn. | 3-1 | 2-6-1 |
| Oct. 31 | 2:07 pm | Wayne State | Bemidji, Minn. | 1-6 | 2-7-1 |
| Nov. 6 | 7:07 pm | Minnesota State | Mankato, Minn. | 2-2 | 2-7-2 |
| Nov. 7 | 3:07 pm | Minnesota State | Mankato, Minn. | 3-1 | 3-7-2 |
| Nov. 13 | 7:07 pm | St. Cloud State | Bemidji, Minn. | 1-0 | 4-7-2 |
| Nov. 14 | 2:07 pm | St. Cloud State | Bemidji, Minn. | 2-5 | 4-8-2 |
| Nov. 20 | 6:07 pm | Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minn. | 2-4 | 4-9-2 |
| Nov. 21 | 4:07 pm | Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minn. | 1-3 | 4-10-2 |
| Dec. 5 | 7:07 pm | North Dakota | Grand Forks, N.D. | 3-0 | 5-10-2 |
| Dec. 6 | 7:07 pm | North Dakota | Bemidji, Minn. | 3-2 (OT) | 6-10-2 |
| Dec. 12 | 3:07 pm | Minnesota Duluth | Duluth, Minn. | 1-4 | 6-11-2 |
| Dec. 13 | 3:07 pm | Minnesota Duluth | Duluth, Minn. | 2-2 | 6-11-3 |
| Jan. 8 | 7:07 pm | Minnesota State | Bemidji, Minn. | 2-2 | 6-11-4 |
| Jan. 9 | 3:07 pm | Minnesota State | Bemidji, Minn. | 3-0 | 7-11-4 |
| Jan. 15 | 6:07 pm | Minnesota | Bemidji, Minn. | 1-1 | 7-11-5 |
| Jan. 16 | 4:07 pm | Minnesota | Bemidji, Minn. | 1-1 | 7-11-6 |
| Jan. 22 | 6:07 pm | Ohio State | Columbus, Ohio | 2-5 | 7-12-6 |
| Jan. 23 | 1:07 pm | Ohio State | Columbus, Ohio | 1-0 | 8-12-6 |
| Jan. 29 | 7:07 pm | St. Cloud State | St. Cloud, Minn. | 2-3 | 8-13-6 |
| Jan. 30 | 2:07 pm | St. Cloud State | St. Cloud, Minn. | 3-3 | 8-13-7 |
| Feb. 6 | 1:07 pm | Wisconsin* | Madison, Wisc. | 1-6 | 8-14-7 |
| Feb. 7 | 2:07 pm | Wisconsin | Madison, Wisc. | 2-0 | 9-14-7 |
| Feb. 12 | 7:07 pm | North Dakota | Bemijdi, Minn. | 0-2 | 9-15-7 |
| Feb. 13 | 7:07 pm | North Dakota | Grand Forks, N.D. | 1-0 | 10-15-7 |
| Feb. 19 | 2:07 pm | Minnesota Duluth | Bemidji, Minn. | 2-5 | 10-16-7 |
| Feb. 20 | 2:07 pm | Minnesota Duluth | Bemidji, Minn. | 0-3 | 10-17-7 |

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### Skaters

| Player | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | Points/game | PIM | GWG | PPG | SHG |
| Erin Cody | 38 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 0.8684 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Annie Bauerfeld | 38 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 0.7105 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Montana Vichorek | 38 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.4474 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Emily Erickson | 38 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.3947 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Frances Dorr | 38 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0.3684 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Erika Wheelhouse | 38 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0.3684 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erin Johnson | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.6111 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Sadie Lundquist | 38 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.2632 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keirstin Visser | 38 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.1579 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Marlee Wheelhouse | 38 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.1579 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackenzie Thurston | 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.1053 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimberly Lieder | 35 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.1143 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Hatheway | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0741 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Robertson | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0526 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erin Babineau | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0385 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lexy Parenteau | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0278 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alana McElhinney | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0769 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicole Rawlings | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaylee Keys | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Molly Arola | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lauren Williams | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayley Williams | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zuzana Tomčíková | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

| Player | Games Played | Minutes | Goals Against | Wins | Losses | Ties | Shutouts | Save % | Goals Against Average |
| Zuzana Tomčíková | 26 | | | | | | | .938 | 2.06 |
| Alana McElhinney | 13 | | | | | | | .897 | 3.08 |

## Postseason

| Date | Opponent | Location | Score | Notes |
| Feb. 26 | St. Cloud State | St. Cloud | 0-3 | |
| Feb. 27 | St. Cloud State | St. Cloud | 2-1 | End 14 game playoff losing streak |
| Feb. 28 | St. Cloud State | Bemidji | 4-1 | Advance to first ever WCHA Final Face-Off |
* February 27: Bemidji State ends its 14 game playoff losing streak in a 2-1 victory over St. Cloud State.
* February 28: By defeating St. Cloud State in Game 3, the Beavers advance to the WCHA Final Face-Off for the first time in school history. Zuzana Tomčíková had 27 saves and the win was the Beavers 12th win of the season. It ties the school record for most wins in a season (accomplished in 2001-02). The Beavers will now play the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in the WCHA semi-finals. In the two playoff wins, Annie Bauerfeld had four points (two goals and two assists) to lead the team in points. Montana Vichorek's three points (one goal and two assists) ranked second.

### WCHA Final Faceoff

* Semifinals
| Date | Opponent | Location | Score | Notes |
| Feb. 26 | Minnesota Duluth | Ridder Arena | 3-7 | Emily Erickson had three points |
* Notes
** Freshman Erika Wheelhouse assisted on the final goal for her fourteenth on the season. Her number ranked second on the team.
** Erin Cody scored her 20th goal of the season in the loss to the Bulldogs. Her 33 points (20 goals, 13 assists) was the best of her NCAA career. In the all-time ranks, she is tied for third all-time with 36 career goals.
** Senior Jackie Robertson finished her NCAA career by playing in 144 games. She shares the record with her former teammate Brooke Collins.

## Awards and honors

* Steve Sertich, WCHA Coach of the Year
* Zuzana Tomčíková, WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of October 12)
* Zuzana Tomčíková, WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of November 9)
* Zuzana Tomčíková, WCHA Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Week of January 20)
* Zuzana Tomčíková, Patty Kazmaier Award nominee
* Zuzana Tomčíková, Co-WCHA Player of the Year
* Erika Wheelhouse, Bemidji State, WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of January 11)