# 2009–10 St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey season

The 2009-10 St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey season saw the team coached by Jeff Giesen. Giesen was assisted by Jennifer Kranz, Jason Johnson, and Ian Andersen, and the strength and conditioning coach was Travis Zins. During this season, Felicia Nelson became the first Huskies player to be a Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award. The club had a 15-14-8 overall record and an 11-11-6 mark in the WCHA. The team finished the season in third place. This was the first time in school and league history that St. Cloud State was one of the top three schools in the standings.

## Offseason

* September 9: The WCHA announced that St. Cloud State goaltender Ashley Nixon, defenseman Danielle Hirsch and forwards Caitlin Hogan and Holly Roberts were named as WCHA All-Stars. The four players were among 22 players from the conference to face the 2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team in St. Paul, Minn. on September 25.

## Exhibition

| Date | Opponent | Time | Score |
| Sept 26 | Team USA | 7:07 pm | USA, 13-0 |

## Regular season

* Oct 30-31: Meaghan Pezon scored two goals and assisted on two other for four points in the first game of the series (Oct. 30) versus North Dakota. It was a new personal career-high points total in a single game for Pezon. On Oct. 31, Pezon came back to produce assists on each of St. Cloud State's first two goals in a 3-2 victory over the Sioux. It was the team's first league win of the 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 | Height | Class |
| 2 | Katherine Allen | D | 5-3 | FY |
| 4 | Jenaca Fredheim | D | 5-4 | Sr. |
| 5 | Diana Karouzos | D | 5-5 | Jr. |
| 6 | Holly Roberts -A | F | 5-6 | Sr. |
| 8 | Ashlan Lambert | D | 5-5 | Jr. |
| 9 | Alecia Anderson | F | 5-10 | Jr. |
| 10 | Kylie Lane | F | 5-5 | FY |
| 11 | Courtney Josefson | F | 5-2 | Jr. |
| 12 | Alexandra Nelson | F | 5-9 | FY |
| 13 | Felicia Nelson -C | F | 5-7 | Sr. |
| 14 | Brittany Toor | F | 5-5 | So. |
| 15 | Meaghan Pezon | F | 5-6 | Sr. |
| 16 | Danielle Hirsch - A | D | 5-2 | Sr. |
| 17 | Kelly Meierhofer | D | 5-9 | Sr. |
| 18 | Callie Dahl | F | 5-4 | FY |
| 19 | Haylea Schmid | F | 5-7 | FY |
| 20 | Katie Kemmerer | F | 5-1 | Sr. |
| 21 | Elizabeth Sitek | F | 5-7 | FY |
| 22 | Lisa Martinson | D | 5-5 | FY |
| 24 | Jocelyn Zabrick | D | 5-5 | FY |
| 25 | Caitlin Hogan - A | F | 5-2 | Sr. |
| 27 | Jaclyn Daggit | D | 5-6 | So. |
| 29 | Tayler VanDenakker | G | 5-8 | So. |
| 30 | Anna Donlan | G | 5-8 | So. |
| 37 | Ashley Nixon | G | 5-6 | Jr. |

### Schedule

* St. Cloud will compete in the Easton Holiday Showcase from January 2–3.
| Date | Opponent | Time | Score | Record |
| Oct 2 | Niagara University | 7:07 | Win, 4-3 | 1-0-0 |
| Oct 3 | Niagara University | 4:07 pm | Loss, 3-1 | 1-1-0 |
| Oct 10-11(Sat-Sun) | at Minnesota Duluth | 6:07/3:07 pm | | |
| Oct 23 (Fri) | Minnesota | 2:07 pm | | |
| Oct 24 (Sat) | at Minnesota | 4:07 pm | | |
| Oct 30-31(Fri-Sat) | North Dakota | 7:07/2:07 pm | | |
| Nov 6-7 (Fri-Sat) | Minnesota Duluth | 7:07/7:07 pm | | |
| Nov 13 (Fri) | at Bemidji State | 7:07 | 0-1 |
| Nov 14(Sat) | at Bemidji State | 2:07 pm | 5-2 |
| Nov 20-21(Fri-Sat) | Wisconsin | 2:07/2:07 pm | | |
| Nov 27-28 (Fri-Sat) | at Brown University | 2:00/11:00 EST. | | |
| Dec 4 (Fri) | at Minnesota State | 7:07 pm | | |
| Dec 5 (Sat) | Minnesota State Mankato | 7:07 pm | | |
| Dec 11-12 (Fri-Sat) | Ohio State | 2:07/1:07 pm | | |
| Jan 2 (Sat) | Providence | 12:07 pm | 0-2 | |
| Jan 3 (Sun) | Mercuryhurst | 12:07 pm | | |
| Jan 15-16 (Fri-Sat) | at North Dakota | 7:07/4:07 pm | | |
| Jan 22-23 (Fri-Sat) | at Wisconsin | 2:07/2:07 pm | | |
| Jan 29 (Fri) | Bemidji State | 7:07 pm | 3-2 | |
| Jan 30 (Sat) | Bemidji State | 2:07 pm | 3-3 | |
| Feb 5 (Fri) | Minnesota State Mankato | 2:07 pm | | |
| Feb 7 (Sun) | at Minnesota State Mankato | 3:07 pm | | |
| Feb 12 (Fri) | Minnesota | 7:07 pm | | |
| Feb 13 (Sat) | Minnesota | 2:07 pm | | |
| Feb 19-20 (Fri-Sat) | at Ohio State | 7:07/2:07 EST pm | | |
| Feb 26-28 (Fri –Sun) | WCHA First Round | TBA | | |

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### Skaters

| Player | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | Points/game | PIM | GWG | PPG | SHG |
| Holly Roberts | 37 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 1.3243 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Felicia Nelson | 34 | 31 | 15 | 46 | 1.3529 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Caitlin Hogan | 37 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 1.1622 | 55 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Meaghan Pezon | 37 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 1.0270 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Danielle Hirsch | 32 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 0.4688 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Nelson | 37 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.3243 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Brittany Toor | 36 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.2778 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lisa Martinson | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.2000 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kylie Lane | 37 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.1622 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kelly Meierhofer | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.1351 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaclyn Daggit | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.1429 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Callie Dahl | 33 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.1212 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jocelyn Zabrick | 32 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.1250 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katie Allen | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diana Karouzos | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.1500 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tayler VanDenakker | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haylea Schmid | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jenaca Fredheim | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alecia Anderson | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellie Sitek | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashlan Lambert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Nixon | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Courtney Josefson | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katie Kemmerer | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

| Player | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals against | Minutes | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Ashley Nixon | 33 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 82 | 1938 | 2.5383 | 2 | 1020 | .926 |
| Tayler VanDenakker | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 310 | 3.8678 | 0 | 147 | .880 |

## Awards and honors

* Caitlin Hogan, Patty Kazmaier Award nominee
* Caitlin Hogan, WCHA Student Athlete of the Year
* Caitlin Hogan, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant
* Felicia Nelson, Patty Kazmaier Award nominee
* Felicia Nelson, WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of January 4)
* Felicia Nelson, Co-WCHA Player of the Year
* Felicia Nelson, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Second Team
* Ashley Nixon, WCHA Co-Defensive Players of the Week (Week of January 20)
* Meaghan Pezon, WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 2)