2009–10 Eastern College Athletic Conference women's ice hockey season

The 2009–10 ECAC women's ice hockey season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive ice hockey among Eastern College Athletic Conference members.
==Pre-season==
*September 22: St. Lawrence, which has finished among the top three teams in the regular-season standings each year since 2000-01, has been selected to finish in first place in the ECAC in the preseason poll. The voting was done by the league coaches as part of the pre-season polls and all-league team. 
The Saints, garnered a total of 107 points, including three of 12 first-place votes. St. Lawrence, boasts returning all-league selection senior defender Britni Smith. Last season, the team finished second in the regular-season standings with a mark of 16-5-1.
Harvard claimed three first-place votes to finish second in the poll. The Crimson earned 103 total points. Harvard is the two-time defending regular-season champion. Dartmouth gained five first place votes, and is slotted to finish third in regular-season play according to the voting. The Big Green compiled 93 points in the poll. Princeton ranks fourth in the preseason poll with 89 points. Clarkson occupies the fifth slot with 85 points, earning one first-place vote. ECAC Hockey Championship runner-up Rensselaer was selected to finish in sixth place, with 74 points. 
=== ECAC pre-season coaches poll===
Place	School 	First place votes	Total points
1 	St. Lawrence	(3) 	107
2 	Harvard 	(3) 	103
3 	Dartmouth 	(5) 	93
4 	Princeton 	(0) 	89
5 	Clarkson 	(1) 	85
6 	Rensselaer 	(0) 	74
7 	Cornell 	(0) 	68
8 	Colgate 	(0) 	52
9 	Quinnipiac 	(0) 	37
10 	Yale 	(0) 	34
11 	Brown 	(0) 	24
12 	Union 	(0) 	11
===Pre-season All-ECAC team===
Position	Name 	School 	Class
F 	Dominique Thibault	Clarkson 	
F 	Jenna Cunningham 	Dartmouth 	Sr.
F 	Catherine White 	Cornell 	So
D 	Sasha Sherry 	Princeton 	Jr
D 	Britni Smith 	St. Lawrence	Sr
G 	Christina Kessler 	Harvard 	Sr
===CIS exhibition===
Date 	Location 	NCAA school 	CIS team	Score
Sun. Sept 27	Matthers Arena	Northeastern	McGill 	
McGill, 3-1http://gonu.com/whockey/2010/wh10-ex02.shtml
Sat. Oct 3 	Appleton Arena	St. Lawrence	McGill 	St. Lawrence, 2-1
Fri. Oct 23 	Hanover, N.H. 	Dartmouth 	McGill 	
Sun. Oct 25 	New Haven, CT 	Yale 	McGill 	
===Canadian semipro exhibition===
Date 	Location 	NCAA school 	Canadian team 	Score
9/26/2009 	Cheel Arena	Clarkson 	Ottawa Senators (PWHL)	Clarkson, 7-3
10/18/2009	Lynah Rink 	Cornell Big Red	Toronto Aeros 	
==Regular season==
===Standings===
===US Olympic exhibition games===
On January 3, the ECAC fielded an all-star team to take on the US Olympic Team. Caitlin Cahow (Branford, Conn.), Natalie Darwitz (Eagan, Minn.) and Jocelyne Lamoureux (Grand Forks, N.D.) each tallied two goals in pacing Team USA to victory.
Date 	Location 	NCAA school 	Score
January 3	TD Bank Sports Center	ECAC All-Stars	6-2, US
====Box scores====
Period	Goal 	Assists 	Time of goal
1 	Angela Ruggiero (USA) 	Julie Chu 	0:21
1 	Hilary Knight (USA) 	 	4:56
1 	Caitlin Cahow (USA) 	Monique Lamoureux	12:32
2 	Jocelyne Lamoureux (USA)	Erika Lawler 	2:38
2 	Caitlin Cahow (2) (USA) 	 	9:13
2 	Akstull (ECAC) 	Bassett 	9:13
2 	McDonald (ECAC) 	Buesser 	16:51
2 	Natalie Darwitz (USA) 	Knight, Stack 	19:50
3 	Natalie Darwitz (USA) 	Chesson 	12:40
3 	Jocelyne Lamoureux (USA)	Knight 	13:00
===October===
*Oct. 21: Former Harvard player Angela Ruggiero was nominated for the Jefferson Award for Public Service.
===November===
*Nov. 17: For the second consecutive week, Clarkson, Cornell, and Princeton earned spots in the top 10 in the USCHO.com national poll released Monday, November 16 and the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll released Tuesday, November 17.
===December===
===January===
===February===
===March===
==In season honors==
;Players of the week
Throughout the conference regular season, Eastern College Athletic Conference offices names a player of the week each Monday.
===Offensive players of the week===
Week 	Off. player of the week
10/12/09	Juana Babineau, Clarkson
10/19/09	Melissa Waldie, Clarkson
10/26/09	Britney Selina, Clarkson
11/02/09	Kali Gillanders, Clarkson
11/09/09	Carlee Eusepi, Clarkson
11/16/09	Kate Buesser, Harvard
11/23/09	
11/30/09	
 	
12/7/09 	
12/14/09	
12/21/09	
12/28/08	
1/4/10 	
1/11/10 	
1/18/10 	
1/25/10 	
2/1/10 	
2/8/10 	
2/15/10 	
2/22/10 	Randi Griffin, Harvard
3/1/10 	
3/8/10 	
===Defensive players of the week===
Week 	Def. player of the week
10/12/09	Lauren Dahm, Clarkson
10/19/09	Victoria Vigilanti, Quinnipac
10/26/09	Lauren Dahm, Clarkson
11/02/09	Amanda Mazzotta, Cornell
11/09/09	Cassie Seguin, Princeton
11/16/09	Katie Jamieson, Brown
11/23/09	
11/30/09	
 	
12/7/09 	
12/14/09	
12/21/09	
12/28/08	
1/4/10 	
1/11/10 	
1/18/10 	
1/25/10 	
2/1/10 	
2/8/10 	
2/15/10 	
2/22/10 	Victoria Vigilanti, Quinnipiac
3/1/10 	Sonja van der Bliek, RPI
3/8/10 	
===Rookie of the week===
Week 	Rookie of the week
10/12/09	Jamie Goldsmith, St. Lawrence
10/19/09	Kelly Sabatine, St. Lawrence
10/26/09	Kayla Sullivan, St. Lawrence
11/02/09	Heather Hughes, Quinnipac
11/09/09	Cassie Seguin, Princeton
11/16/09	Jillian Dempsey, Harvard
11/23/09	
11/30/09	
 	
12/7/09 	
12/14/09	
12/21/09	
12/28/08	
1/4/10 	
1/11/10 	
1/18/10 	
1/25/10 	
2/1/10 	
2/8/10 	
2/15/10 	
2/22/10 	Laurie Jolin, Brown
3/1/10 	
3/8/10 	
==2010 Olympics==
===Active players===
The following active ECAC players represented their respective countries in Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics. 
Player 	NCAA school	Nationality	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Finish
Rebecca Johnston 	Cornell 	 	Forward 	1 	5 	6 	Gold
Sarah Vaillancourt	Harvard 	 	Forward 	3 	5 	8 	Gold
===Former players===
Player 	NCAA school 	Nationality	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Medal
Gillian Apps 	Dartmouth 	 	Forward 	3 	4 	7 	Gold
Jennifer Botterill	Harvard 	 	Forward 	0 	2 	2 	Gold
Julie Chu 	Harvard 	 	Forward 	 	 	 	Silver
Becky Kellar 	Brown 	 	Forward 	0 	4 	4 	Gold
Gina Kingsbury 	St. Lawrence	 	Forward 	2 	1 	3 	Gold
Cherie Piper 	Dartmouth 	 	Forward 	5 	5 	10 	Gold
Angela Ruggiero 	Harvard 	 	Defence 	 	 	 	Silver
==Statistical leaders==
Goals 	Goals 	Goals
Name 	School 	Goals
K. Stewart 	Colgate 	22
D. Thibault 	Clarkson 	21
S. Parsons 	Dartmouth	20
J. Cunningham	Dartmouth	18
A. Trunzo 	Dartmouth	18
Assists 	Assists 	Assists
Name 	School 	Assists
C. White 	Cornell 	24
K. Buesser 	Harvard 	22
B. Selina 	Clarkson 	22
S. Parsons 	Dartmouth	20
D. Thibault	Clarkson 	18
Points 	Points 	Points
Name 	School 	Points
S. Parsons 	Dartmouth	40
D. Thibault	Clarkson 	39
K. Buesser 	Harvard 	37
K. Stewart 	Colagte 	37
C. White 	Cornell 	34
Plus/minus 	Plus/minus	Plus/minus
Name 	School 	+/-
K. Buesser 	Harvard 	+26
C. Eusepi 	Clarkson 	+24
J. Dempsey 	Harvard 	+21
T. Schroeder	Clarkson 	+20
J. Duffy 	Quinnipiac	+20
Goals Against	Goals Against	Goals Against
Name 	School 	Goals against
V. Vigilanti 	Quinnipiac 	1.23
L. Bellamy 	Harvard 	1.32
A. Mazzotta 	Cornell 	1.38
C. Kessler 	Harvard 	1.39
L. Dahm 	Clarkson 	1.48
Win Percentage	Win Percentage	Win Percentage
Name 	School 	Win %
L. Bellamy 	Harvard 	.733
C. Kessler 	Harvard 	.700
L. Dahm 	Clarkson 	.681
A. Mazzotta 	Cornell 	.667
V. Vigilanti 	Quinnipiac 	.629
Saves 	Saves 	Saves
Name 	School 	Saves
V. Vigilanti 	Quinnipiac	891
K. Jamieson 	Brown 	855
L. Dahm 	Clarkson 	799
A. Marcinko 	Union 	757
S. van der Bliek	RPI 	754
Save percentage	Save percentage	Save percentage
Name 	School 	Save %
V. Vigilanti 	Quinnipiac 	.951
C. Kessler 	Harvard 	.944
L. Bellamy 	Harvard 	.938
L. Dahm 	Clarkson 	.937
A. Mazzotta 	Cornell 	.928
==Post-season==
===ECAC tournament===
===NCAA tournament===
Record 	Win %	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG
0–0	 	 	 	 	 	
==ECAC awards and honors==
*March 3: The leagues head coaches have voted for the Best Defensive Forward award. The finalists were named and include the following players: Sarah Parsons (Dartmouth), Britney Selina (Clarkson), Allison Wright (Rensselaer) and Liz Zorn (Cornell).
*March 4: Kate Buesser (Harvard), Sarah Parsons (Dartmouth), Catherine White (Cornell) have been named a finalist for the ECAC Player of the Year Award.
*March 4: Lauren Dahm (Clarkson), Amanda Mazzotta (Cornell) and Victoria Vigilanti (Quinnipiac) have been named as finalists for the ECAC Goalie of the Year.
*March 5: Laura Gersten (Rensselaer), Sarah Parsons, (Dartmouth) and Randi Griffin (Harvard) are the finalists for the ECAC Student Athlete of the Year.
Honor 	Selection
Player of the Year 	
Coach of the Year 	
Freshman of the Year 	
Student Athlete of the Year	
ECAC First Team 	
ECAC First Team 	
ECAC First Team 	
ECAC First Team 	
ECAC First Team 	
ECAC Second Team 	
ECAC Second Team 	
ECAC Second Team 	
ECAC Second Team 	
ECAC Second Team 	
ECAC Third Team 	
ECAC Third Team 	
ECAC Third Team 	
ECAC Third Team 	
ECAC Third Team 	
All-Freshman Team 	
All-Freshman Team 	
All-Freshman Team 	
All-Freshman Team 	
All-Freshman Team 	
===ECAC all-academic team===
==National awards and honors==
*Dartmouth forward Sarah Parsons, Top 10 Finalist, Patty Kazmaier Award 
*St. Lawrence defenseman Britni Smith, Top 10 Finalist, Patty Kazmaier Award
==See also==
*2009–10 College Hockey America women's ice hockey season
*2009-10 Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's ice hockey season
*2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
==References==
Category:ECAC Hockey
ECAC
Category:2009 in hockey
Category:2010 in hockey
Category:NCAA seasons