# 2009–10 Minnesota State–Mankato Mavericks women's ice hockey season

The 2009-10 Minnesota State Mavericks women's ice hockey season took place under head coach Eric Means.

## Offseason

* May 11: Eric Means was named head coach
* June 19: Shari Vogt was named assistant coach
* August 4: Jon Austin was named assistant coach; Dean Williamson joined the staff as a volunteer assistant coach
* September 9: Defenseman Holly Snyder and forward Christina Lee were named as WCHA All-Stars; they were among 22 conference players to face the 2009-10 U.S women’s national team in St. Paul, Minn. on September 25.

## Regular season

* January 14: Junior forward Nina Tikkinen was named to Finland's 2010 Winter Olympic Hockey Team

### 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 |
| 1 | Alli Altmann | G | 5-8 | So. |
| 3 | Lauren Zrust | F | 5-6 | Fr. |
| 4 | Amy Udvig | D | 5-3 | Jr. |
| 7 | Kala Buganski | F | 5-9 | Sr. |
| 8 | Nina Tikkinen | F | 5-6 | Jr. |
| 9 | Ariel Mackley | F | 5-6 | So. |
| 10 | Christina Lee | F | 5-5 | Sr. |
| 12 | Moira O’Connor | F | 5-6 | So. |
| 13 | Ida Clark | D | 5-3 | Sr. |
| 14 | Erika Magnusson | F/D | 5-5 | Fr. |
| 15 | Ashley Young | F | 5-3 | Sr. |
| 16 | Emmi Leinonen | F | 5-5 | So. |
| 17 | Jenna Hewitt | F | 5-5 | Sr. |
| 18 | Holly Snyder | D | 5-7 | Sr. |
| 19 | Lisa Edman | F | 5-5 | Jr. |
| 21 | Jenna Peterson | F/D | 5-8 | So. |
| 23 | Kathleen Rosso | D | 5-5 | Sr. |
| 29 | Jackie Otto | D | 5-6 | So. |
| 39 | Paige Thunder | G | 5-9 | Jr. |

### Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Score | Record |
| Friday, October 2nd 2009 | Minnesota Whitecaps | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 7:30 p.m. | CANCELLED | 0-0-0 |
| Friday, October 9, 2009 | Maine | Orono, Maine | 7:00 p.m. | Win, 5-2, | 1-0-0 |
| Saturday, October 10, 2009 | Maine | Orono, Maine | 2:00 p.m. | Win, 2-1 | 2-0-0 |
| Saturday, October 17, 2009 | North Dakota* | Grand Forks, N.D. | 2:07 p.m. | Win, 4-2 | 3-0-0 |
| Sunday, October 18, 2009 | North Dakota* | Grand Forks, N.D. | 2:07 p.m. | Tie, 1-1 | 3-0-1 |
| Friday, October 30, 2009 | Ohio State* | Columbus, Ohio | 7:07 p.m. | Loss, 7-6 | 3-1-1 |
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 | Ohio State* | Columbus, Ohio | 7:07 p.m. | Loss, 4-1 | 3-2-1 |
| Friday, November 6, 2009 | Bemidji State* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 7:07 p.m. | Tie, 2-2 | 3-2-2 |
| Saturday, November 7, 2009 | Bemidji State* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 3:07 p.m. | Loss, 3-1 | 3-3-2 |
| Friday, November 13, 2009 | Minnesota* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 7:07 p.m. | Loss, 4-1 | 3-4-2 |
| Saturday, November 14, 2009 | Minnesota* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 3:07 p.m. | Tie, 1-1 | 3-4-3 |
| Friday, November 20, 2009 | Minnesota Duluth* | Duluth, Minn. | 7:07 p.m. | Win, 3-2 | 4-4-3 |
| Saturday, November 21, 2009 | Minnesota Duluth* | Duluth, Minn. | 7:07 p.m. | Loss, 7-1 | 4-5-3 |
| Friday, December 4, 2009 | St. Cloud State* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 7:07 p.m. | Tie, 4-4 | 4-5-4 |
| Saturday, December 5, 2009 | St. Cloud State* | St. Cloud, Minn. | 7:07 p.m. | Loss, 0-1 | 4-6-4 |
| Friday, December 11, 2009 | Wisconsin* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 7:07 p.m. | Loss, 0-3 | 4-7-4 |
| Saturday, December 12, 2009 | Wisconsin* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 3:07 p.m. | Loss, 2-6 | 4-8-4 |
| Saturday, January 2nd 2010 | Mercyhurst | St. Cloud, Minn. | 12:07 p.m. | | |
| Sunday, January 3, 2010 | Providence | St. Cloud, Minn. | 12:07 p.m. | 4-4 | |
| Friday, January 8, 2010 | Bemidji State* | Bemidji, Minn. | 7:07 p.m. | 2-2 | |
| Saturday, January 9, 2010 | Bemidji State* | Bemidji, Minn. | 3:07 p.m. | 0-3 | |
| Friday, January 15th 2010 | Ohio State* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 7:07 p.m. | | |
| Saturday, January 16th 2010 | Ohio State* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 3:07 p.m. | | |
| Friday, January 22, 2010 | Minnesota Duluth* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 7:07 p.m. | Loss, 3-1 | |
| Saturday, January 23, 2010 | Minnesota Duluth* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 3:07 p.m. | Loss, 2-1 | |
| Friday, January 29, 2010 | Minnesota* | Minneapolis, Minn. | 7:07 p.m. | Loss, 4-2 | |
| Saturday, January 30, 2010 | Minnesota* | Minneapolis, Minn. | 4:07 p.m. | Loss, 4-1 | |
| Friday, February 5, 2010 | St. Cloud State* | St. Cloud, Minn. | 2:07 p.m. | Loss, 1-6 | |
| Sunday, February 7, 2010 | St. Cloud State* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 3:07 p.m. | Win, 4-0 | |
| Friday, February 12, 2010 | Wisconsin* | Madison, Wis. | 2:07 p.m. | Loss, 3-5 | |
| Saturday, February 13th 2010 | Wisconsin* | Madison, Wis. | 2:07 p.m. | | |
| Friday, February 19th 2010 | North Dakota* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 7:07 p.m. | | |
| Saturday, February 20th 2010 | North Dakota* | Mankato, Minn. (ASA) | 3:07 p.m. | | |
| Friday, February 26th 2010 | WCHA Playoffs * | TBD | TBD | | |

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### Skaters

| Player | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | Points/game | PIM | GWG | PPG | SHG |
| Ashley Young | 34 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0.7059 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lauren Smith | 33 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0.6970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Christina Lee | 34 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0.5588 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Emmi Leinonen | 31 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0.5806 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Moira O'Connor | 34 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0.4412 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kala Buganski | 29 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.4483 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Holly Snyder | 34 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.2941 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nina Tikkinen | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.5263 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lisa Edman | 34 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0.2353 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Amy Udvig | 32 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.1875 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lauren Zrust | 32 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.1563 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Otto | 34 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.1471 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ariel Mackley | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.1176 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jenna Hewitt | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ida Clark | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0909 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kathleen Rosso | 29 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.1034 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jenna Peterson | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0588 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erika Magnusson | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0606 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Weiss | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paige Thunder | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alli Altmann | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

| Player | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals against | Minutes | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Alli Altmann | 30 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 88 | 1711 | 3.0867 | 1 | 769 | .897 |
| Paige Thunder | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 387 | 4.3443 | 0 | 163 | .853 |

## Postseason

* February 27: After 3 hours and 47 minutes, Emily West scored at 1:16 of triple overtime to eliminate the MSU-Mankato Mavericks.

### WCHA Playoffs

| Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Notes |
| Feb. 26 | Ridder Arena | Minnesota | 5-8 | |
| Feb. 27 | Ridder Arena | Minnesota | 3-4 (3 OT) | Emily West gets the game winner |

## Awards and honors

* Alli Altmann, WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of February 17, 2010)
* Emmi Leinonen, WCHA Offensive Player of the Week
* Ashley Young, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant