# 2008–09 Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey season

The 2008-09 season was the 11th season for the Black Bears. The Black Bears had an overall record of 5 wins, 23 losses and 5 ties. Their Hockey East conference record was 4 wins, 15 losses and 2 ties. Jennie Gallo led the team in goals for the second consecutive year. Myriam Croussette led all freshman in scoring and Jenna Ouellette led the team with five power play goals

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Attendance | Record | Maine goalie | Maine goal scorers |
| Oct 3 | North Dakota | W, 3-2 | 325 | 1-0-0 | Turgeon | Hoffmeyer, Ouellette, Stech |
| Oct 4 | North Dakota | L, 3-7 | 217 | 1-1-0 | Turgeon | Stech, Ouellette, Vani |
| Oct 10 | Minnesota State | L, 2-5 | 169 | 1-2-0 | Turgeon | Vani, Hoffmeyer |
| Oct 11 | Minnesota State | L, 0-4 | 145 | 1-3-0 | Turgeon | |
| Oct 17 | Sacred Heart | L, 2-3 | 152 | 1-4-0 | Turgeon | Hoffmeyer, Barton |
| Oct 18 | Sacred Heart | W, 11-1 | 89 | 2-4-0 | Currier | Gagnon, Croussette, Stech, Gallo (3), Cyr, Goutsis, Ouellette, Sullivan, Barton |
| *Oct 25 | Boston University | L, 1-8 | 302 | 2-5-0 | Turgeon | Goutsis |
| *Oct 26 | Providence College | L, 2-4 | 208 | 2-6-0 | Turgeon | Norum, Bond |
| *Nov 8 | University of Connecticut | L, 2-5 | 175 | 2-7-0 | Turgeon | Gallo (2) |
| *Nov 9 | Northeastern | L, 1-4 | 165 | 2-8-0 | Turgeon | Colliton |
| *Nov 14 | New Hampshire | L, 1-7 | 232 | 2-9-0 | Turgeon | Gallo |
| *Nov 16 | Boston College | W, 5-3 | 482 | 3-9-0 | Turgeon | Stech (2), Ouellette, Colliton, Barton |
| *Nov 25 | Vermont | T, 2-2 | 263 | 3-9-1 | Turgeon | Peacock (2) |
| Nov 28 | Robert Morris | L, 2-4 | 578 | 3-10-1 | Turgeon | Ouellette, Croussette |
| Nov 29 | Robert Morris | L, 4-5 | 538 | 3-11-1 | Currier | Ouellette, Sullivan, Thomas, Gallo |
| *Dec 5 | Providence | L, 1-4 | 162 | 3-12-1 | Turgeon | Vani |
| *Dec 6 | Providence | L, 1-4 | 154 | 3-13-1 | Turgeon | Ouellette |
| Dec 12 | Union | W 2-0 | 76 | 4-13-1 | Turgeon | Stech, Vani |
| Dec 13 | Union | T, 2-2 | 152 | 4-13-2 | Currier | Hoffmeyer, Sullivan |
| Jan 9 | Clarkson | L, 2-3 | 335 | 4-14-2 | Turgeon | Gallo, Stech |
| Jan 10 | Clarkson | L, 1-4 | 277 | 4-15-2 | Turgeon | Stech |
| *Jan 17 | Boston University | L, 2-5 | 562 | 4-16-2 | Turgeon | Ouellette, Bond |
| *Jan 18 | Boston University | L, 1-5 | 123 | 4-17-2 | Turgeon | Gallo |
| *Jan 23 | New Hampshire | L, 0-3 | 602 | 4-18-2 | Turgeon | |
| *Jan 24 | New Hampshire | L, 1-5 | 662 | 4-19-2 | Turgeon | Gallo |
| *Jan 30 | Northeastern | W, 4-2 | 49 | 5-19-2 | Turgeon | Colliton, Croussette (2), Vani |
| *Jan 31 | Northeastern | T, 2-2 | 231 | 5-19-3 | Turgeon | Gallo, Vani |
| *Feb 7 | Boston College | L, 0-2 | 207 | 5-20-3 | Turgeon | |
| *Feb 8 | Boston College | L, 2-6 | 159 | 5-21-3 | Turgeon | Gallo, Ouellette |
| *Feb 13 | Connecticut | L, 1-3 | 121 | 5-22-3 | Turgeon | Croussette |
| *Feb 14 | Connecticut | T, 2-2 | 261 | 5-22-4 | Turgeon | Croussette, Norum |
| *Feb 21 | Vermont | L, 0-1 | 414 | 5-23-4 | Turgeon | |
| *Feb 22 | Vermont | T, 2-2 | 318 | 5-23-5 | Turgeon | Vani (2) |

### Highlights

* October 17–18: Abby Barton scored goals in back-to-back games against Sacred Heart
* October 18: Jennie Gallo had a hat-trick and two assists against Sacred Heart. Myriam Croussette scored her first collegiate goal and had three assists in the game. Dawn Sullivan scored her first collegiate goal against Sacred Heart
* November 16: Abby Barton scored a goal in the upset over Boston College
* January 30: Myriam Croussette scored twice and notched an assist against Northeastern
* February 13–14: Myriam Croussette scored a goal in back-to-back games versus Connecticut

## Player stats
### Skaters

| Player | Games played | Goals | Assists | Points |
| Vanessa Vani | 33 | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| Jennie Gallo | 31 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| Jenna Ouellette | 33 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Lexie Hoffmeyer | 33 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| Myriam Croussette | 33 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Amy Stech | 33 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Dawn Sullivan | 32 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Jordan Colliton | 31 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Melissa Gagnon | 33 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Jessica Bond | 33 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Elyce Thomas | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Ashley Norum | 33 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Abby Barton | 32 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Dominique Goutsis | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Taryn Peacock | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Danielle Cyr | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Madelene Eriksson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Candice Currier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Genevieve Turgeon | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaitlin Zeek | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

| Player | Games played | Wins | Losses | Ties | Minutes | Goals Against | Goals Against Average | Saves | Save Percentage | Shutouts |
| Genevieve Turgeon | 30 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 1800:34 | 108 | 3.60 | 975 | .900 | 1 |
| Candice Currier | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 195:47 | 8 | 2.45 | 70 | .897 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

* Abby Barton was named a Maine Scholar-Athlete Award winner.
* Abby Barton was named to the Hockey East Academic All-Star Team.
* Myriam Croussette was named a Maine Scholar-Athlete Rising Star
* Myriam Croussette was named to the Hockey East Academic Honor Roll
* Jenna Ouellette, Maine Scholar-Athlete Award winner
* Jenna Ouellette was named to the Hockey East Academic Honor Roll.
* Dawn Sullivan was named a Maine Scholar-Athlete *Rising Star*
* Dawn Sullivan was named to the Hockey East Academic Honor Roll.
* Genevieve Turgeon was named Hockey East Honorable Mention.
* Genevieve Turgeon set a school record for saves in a season
* Genevieve Turgeon was named a Hockey East Distinguished Scholar.