# 2009–10 Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey season

The 2009–10 Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey season was coached by head coach Tim Bothwell, assisted by Grant Kimball and Mike Gilligan. The athletic trainer was Grant Wilson, and the strength & conditioning coach was Justin Goulet.

## Offseason

* Grant Kimball was hired to become the associate head coach for the University of Vermont women's hockey coaching staff. Kimball, a native of Harvard, Mass., came to Vermont after two seasons as an assistant coach with the University of North Dakota women's hockey program.

## Exhibition

| Date | Opponent | Time | Score | Record |
| Oct. 4 | McGill (preseason) | 7:00pm | McGill, 2-1 | 0-1 |

## Regular season
### Standings

2009–10 Hockey East 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 |
| Providence | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 59 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 91 | 76 |
| New Hampshire | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 65 | 41 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 98 | 60 |
| Boston University | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 54 | 41 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 93 | 80 |
| Northeastern | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 45 | 34 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 77 | 47 |
| Connecticut | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 46 | 33 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 87 | 57 |
| Boston College | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 41 | 54 | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 63 | 97 |
| Vermont | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 55 | 33 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 52 | 90 |
| Maine | 21 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 58 | 31 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 63 | 85 |

### Roster

| Number | Name | Class | Position | Height |
| 1 | Ilana Friedman | Fr | G | |
| 4 | Saleah Morrison | Jr | D | 5-4 |
| 6 | Maggie Walsh | Fr | D | |
| 7 | Kailey Nash | So | D | 5-1 |
| 9 | Channing Ahbe | So | F | 5-3 |
| 10 | Chelsea Furlani | Sr | F | 5-4 |
| 11 | Emily Walsh | Fr | F | |
| 12 | Celeste Doucet | Jr | F | 5-11 |
| 13 | Teddy Fortin | Jr | F | 5-11 |
| 14 | Peggy Wakeham | Jr | D | 5-6 |
| 15 | Hannah Westbrook | Jr | D | 5-4 |
| 16 | Brittany Nelson | Sr | F | 5-7 |
| 18 | Erin Wente | Fr | F | |
| 19 | Jackie Thode | Sr | D | 5-5 |
| 20 | Lindsey Cashman | Jr | F | 5-7 |
| 21 | Melanie Greene | Sr | D | 5-11 |
| 22 | Chelsea Rapin | So | F | 5-3 |
| 24 | Jul Sifers | Jr | F | 5-7 |
| 25 | Shannon Bellefeuille | So | D | 5-7 |
| 27 | Erin Barley-Maloney | So | F | 5-5 |
| 31 | Caitlin Whitlock | So | G | 5-5 |
| 35 | Kristen Olychuck | Sr | G | 5-7 |

### Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Time | Score | Record |
| Oct. 9 | Union | 7:00pm | 2-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Oct. 10 | Union | 4:00pm | 4-1 | 2-0-0 |
| Oct. 16 | Clarkson | 7:00pm | 0-4 | |
| Oct. 17 | Clarkson | 2:00pm | 4-1 | |
| Oct. 23 | Princeton | 7:00pm | 4-3 | |
| Oct. 24 | Princeton | 4:00pm | 2-7 | |
| Oct. 30 | Northeastern | 7:00pm | 0-3 | |
| Oct. 31 | Northeastern | 4:00pm | 0-1 | |
| Nov. 6 | at Boston College | 7:00pm | 0-3 | |
| Nov. 7 | at Boston College | 4:00pm | 5-1 | |
| Nov. 11 | at Boston University | 7:00pm | 0-4 | |
| Nov. 20 | Boston College | 7:00pm | 3-3 | |
| Nov. 25 | at Northeastern | 3:00pm | 0-1 | |
| Nov. 28 | Dartmouth | 7:00pm | 3-4 | |
| Dec. 4 | at Maine | 2:00pm | 1-4 | |
| Dec. 5 | at Maine | 2:00pm | 0-1 | |
| Dec. 30 | at Dartmouth | 7:00pm | 2-4 | |
| Jan. 2 | at Yale | | 1-3 | |
| Jan. 3 | at Brown | | 0-1 | |
| Jan. 8 | at Wayne State | 7:00pm | 2-5 | |
| Jan. 9 | at Wayne State | 2:00pm | 2-1 | |
| Jan. 16 | Connecticut | 2:00pm | 1-5 | |
| Jan. 17 | Connecticut | 2:00pm | 1-4 | |
| Jan. 22 | Boston University | 7:00pm | 2-1 | |
| Jan. 23 | Boston University | 4:00pm | 2-3 | |
| Jan. 29 | at Providence | 7:00pm | 2-1 | |
| Jan. 30 | at Connecticut | 2:00pm | 0-2 | |
| Feb. 6 | Maine | 2:00pm | 2-1 | |
| Feb. 13 | at New Hampshire | 2:00pm | 1-0 | |
| Feb. 14 | at New Hampshire | 2:00pm | 0-4 | |
| Feb. 19 | Providence | 7:00pm | 2-4 | |
| Feb. 20 | Providence | 4:00pm | 2-5 | |

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### Skaters

| Player | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | Points/game | PIM | GWG | PPG | SHG |
| Chelsea Furlani | 33 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0.5152 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Celeste Doucet | 32 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.4375 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kailey Nash | 32 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0.4063 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Emily Walsh | 32 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.3750 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brittany Nelson | 33 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.3636 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Maggie Walsh | 31 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.3226 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erin Wente | 31 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.2903 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Peggy Wakeham | 32 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.2813 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Erin Barley-Maloney | 19 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.4211 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelsea Rapin | 32 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.2188 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jackie Thode | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.1563 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saleah Morrison | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.1563 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teddy Fortin | 33 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.1515 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hannah Westbrook | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0938 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul Sifers | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0625 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Channing Ahbe | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.2000 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melanie Greene | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0357 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shannon Bellefeuille | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0435 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kristen Olychuck | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsey Cashman | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0313 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caitlin Whitlock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

| Player | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals against | Minutes | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Kristen Olychuck | 32 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 82 | 1913 | 2.5725 | 2 | 678 | .892 |
| Caitlin Whitlock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 3.1017 | 0 | 15 | .833 |

## Awards and honors

* A Hockey East leading 13 Catamounts were named to the Hockey East All-Academic team
* Chelsea Furlani was named one of four WHEA Top Scholar-Athletes
* Furlani and Kristen Olychuck were both named to the Hockey East Academic All-Star Team

### Team records

* Team Single Season Record, Most Games Won, Division I, 10, 2009–10
* Team Single Season Record, Most Games Won, Hockey East, 5, 2009–10
* Team Single Season Record, Most Games Won, Home, 7, (2009–10)
* Individual Single Game Record, Most Assists, 3, Maggie Walsh, at Boston College (11/7/09)
* Individual Single Season Record, Most Power Play Goals, 7, Kailey nash (2009–10)