2009–10 Connecticut Huskies women's ice hockey season

The head coach is Heather Linstad. Assisting Linstad are Jaime Totten and Kirsti Anderson. The first time the 2009-10 women's ice hockey team took the ice was at Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum will be in exhibition play against Dawson College on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. The regular season began on the road at New Hampshire on Oct. 3. UConn's regular season home opener was Oct. 16 against the Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey program at 7 p.m.
==Offseason==
*June 19: Hockey East announced that Connecticut women's ice hockey assistant coach Jaime Totten will be one of three assistants for the Hockey East All-Star team this season. On November 22, the WHEA All-Stars will take on Team USA at New Hampshire's Whittemore Center. She was an assistant coach for the USA Women's National Under-22 team in 2008 during a three-game series against Canada.http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/061909aaf.html
* July 2: Heather Linstad announced the incoming freshman class of six student-athletes set to join the Huskies on their 2009-10 campaign. The incoming players are from four states and two provinces the class includes five skaters and one goalie. The players are:
*Maude Blain (from Magog, Quebec) was an assistant captain on Team Quebec when the squad earned the bronze medal at the 2007 Canada games and served as a team captain when Team Quebec took silver at the 2007 Canadian Champion.
* Claire Frances (from Stowe, Vermont) earned the starting goaltender spot as a freshman at Stowe High School. As a sophomore, she led the ice hockey team to a runner-up finish at the Vermont State Championships. Stowe was a two-time Vermont High School Coaches and Burlington Free Press all-league honouree.
*Kelly Horan (from Methuen, Massachuests) helped Lawrence Academy to one ISL Championship and the 2007 Harrington Tournament title.
* Casey Knajdek (from Woodbury, Minnesota) was a five-time varsity letterwinner at Hill Murray in women's ice hockey and softball. Knajdek helped her hockey team to three-consecutive conference championships while she earned all-conference accolades at the end of each championship season.
*Carli Pridmore (from Winnetka, Illinois) will join former teammates Jaclyn Camardo (Arlington Heights, Ill.) and Nicole Camardo (Arlington Heights, Ill.) as a freshman this season. She played with both Camardos on the Chicago Young Americans U19 squad.
*Elisabeth Stathopulos (from Toronto, Ontario) played for the Durham Junior Lightning Intermediate AA team, helping the team to the 2007 Ontario Provincial Championship Title.
http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/070209aaa.html
*July 20: Rebecca Hewett is among the 42 players invited to Hockey Canada's National Women's Under-22 Team selection camp held August 7-14 in Calgary, Alberta.http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/072009aaa.html
*August 19: Heather Linstad announced the addition of Kirsti Anderson to this season's coaching staff. Anderson spent the last two season as an assistant with Hamilton College’s women's ice hockey program.http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/081909aaa.html
==Regular season==
*January: Alexandra Garcia was between the pipes for every game of the undefeated month of January (9-0-1) for the Huskies. She had a 1.09 GAA and a .951 save-percentage. Garcia capped off the month with back-to-back shutouts at Boston Unoversotu and against Vermont. Garcia finished the month with three shutouts, after denying Robert Morris on Jan. 9. She allowed fewer than two goals in all by one contest in January and made 20 or more saves in six contests.
*February 17: Senior defender Cristin Allen is among one of forty five nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. http://www.usahockey.com/patty_kazmaier/default.aspx?NAV=AF&id=280824&DetailedNews=yes
*During the month of February, Elizabeth Stathopulos registered four assists. On February 27, she assisted on the game winning goal that beat Boston College. During February, she led all Huskies freshmen with five points. She finished her month with a rating of +3. [http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/presarch/201003/mar2wmh.php===Standings http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/presarch/201003/mar2wmh.php</ref>]
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===Roster===
Number	Name 	Height	Position 	Class
2 	Jamie Tuttle 	5-7 	Defense 	SO
4 	Jody Sydor 	5-8 	Defense 	JR
5 	Casey Knajdek 	5-4 	Forward/Defense	FR
7 	Justine Cigna 	5-4 	Forward 	SR
8 	Brittany Murphy 	5-5 	Forward 	JR
9 	Nicole Camardo 	5-5 	Defense 	SO
10 	Amy Hollstein 	5-2 	Forward 	SR
11 	Jaclyn Camardo 	5-5 	Forward 	SO
13 	Jennifer Chaisson 	5-10 	Forward 	JR
14 	Carli Pridmore 	5-8 	Defense 	FR
15 	Sami Evelyn 	5-7 	Defense 	SO
17 	Jessica Lutz 	5-8 	Forward 	JR
18 	Rebecca Hewett 	5-6 	Defense 	SO
19 	Elisabeth Stathopulos	5-8 	Forward 	FR
21 	Kelly Horan 	5-0 	Forward 	FR
22 	Lauren LeMond 	5-6 	Forward 	JR
25 	Cristin Allen 	5-4 	Defense 	SR
26 	Monique Weber 	5-8 	Forward 	SO
32 	Jennie Bellonio 	5-4 	Goaltender 	SR
33 	Christie Houser 	5-7 	Goaltender 	SR
35 	Claire Frances 	5-8 	Goaltender 	FR
81 	Maude Blain 	5-7 	Defense 	FR
83 	Alexandra Garcia 	5-5 	Goaltender 	SO
93 	Tiffany Good 	5-7 	Forward 	SR
97 	Michelle Binning 	5-4 	Forward 	SR
http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-hockey/mtt/conn-w-hockey-mtt.html
===Schedule===
Date 	Opponent 	Location 	Time 	Score 	Record
09/25/09	vs. Dawson College # 	Storrs, Conn. 	7:00 p.m. ET	Win, 6-0 	1-0-0
10/03/09	at New Hampshire * 	Durham, N.H. 	2:00 p.m. ET	Loss, 3-1 	1-1-0
10/04/09	at Northeastern * 	Boston, Mass. 	2:00 p.m. ET	Tie, 1-1 (SO Loss) 	1-1-1
10/09/09	at St. Lawrence 	Canton, N.Y. 	7:00 p.m. ET	Win, 2-0 	2-1-1
10/10/09	at Clarkson 	Potsdam, N.Y. 	3:00 p.m. ET	Loss, 4-0 	2-2-1
10/16/09	vs. Syracuse 	Storrs, Conn. 	7:00 p.m. ET	Win, 3-2http://suathletics.syr.edu/index.aspx?path=wice 	3-2-1
10/17/09	vs. Colgate 	Storrs, Conn. 	4:00 p.m. ET	Loss, 5-2 	3-3-1
10/23/09	at Brown 	Providence, R.I. 	7:00 p.m. ET	Win, 8-1 	4-3-1
10/24/09	vs. Union NY 	Storrs, Conn. 	7:00 p.m. ET	4-1 	5-3-1
10/31/09	at New Hampshire * 	Durham, N.H. 	5:00 p.m. ET	1-3 	5-4-1
11/01/09	vs. Providence * 	Storrs, Conn. 	4:00 p.m. ET	1-1 	5-4-2
11/08/09	at Maine 	Orono, Maine 1 	2:00 p.m. ET	7-2 	6-4-2
11/14/09	vs. Boston College * 	Storrs, Conn. 	1:00 p.m. ET	0-0 	6-4-3
11/15/09	at Boston College * 	Chestnut Hill, Mass. 1 	2:00 p.m. ET	0-4 	6-5-3
11/27/09	vs. Quinnipiac (Nutmeg Classic) 	New Haven, Conn. 	7:00 p.m. ET	1-0 	7-5-3
11/28/09	Championship Game (Nutmeg Classic) vs. Yale	New Haven, Conn. 	7:00 p.m. ET	6-1http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/w-hockey/2009-10/files/wh112809.htm	8-5-3
12/04/09	vs. Boston University * 	Storrs, Conn. 	7:00 p.m. ET	4-3 	9-5-3
12/05/09	at Boston University * 	Boston, Mass. 	3:00 p.m. ET	1-1 	9-5-4
12/08/09	at Harvard 	Cambridge, Mass. 	7:00 p.m. ET	1-2 	9-6-4
01/02/10	vs. Dartmouth 	Storrs, Conn. 	1:00 p.m. ET	3-2 	10-6-4
01/03/10	vs. Dartmouth 	Storrs, Conn. 	1:00 p.m. ET	3-3 	10-6-5
01/08/10	at Robert Morris 	Pittsburgh, Pa. (Mellon Arena)	2:00 p.m. ET	4-2 	11-6-5
01/09/10	at Robert Morris 	Moon Township, Pa. 	4:00 p.m. ET	4-0 	12-6-5
01/16/10	at Vermont * 	Burlington, Vt. 	2:00 p.m. ET	5-1 	13-6-5
01/17/10	at Vermont * 	Burlington, Vt. 	2:00 p.m. ET	4-1 	14-6-5
01/22/10	vs. Maine 	Storrs, Conn. 	7:00 p.m. ET	4-1 	15-6-5
01/23/10	vs. Maine 	Storrs, Conn. 	4:00 p.m. ET	2-1 	16-6-5
01/29/10	at Boston University * 	Boston, Mass. 	7:00 p.m. ET	2-0 	17-6-5
01/30/10	vs. Vermont * 	Storrs, Conn. 	2:00 p.m. ET	2-0 	18-6-5
02/06/10	vs. Boston College * 	Storrs, Conn. 	1:00 p.m. ET	3-1 	19-6-5
02/07/10	vs. New Hampshire * 	Storrs, Conn. 	1:00 p.m. ET	1-4 	19-7-5
02/12/10	at Providence * 	Providence, R.I. 	7:00 p.m. ET	3-3 	19-7-6
02/13/10	vs. Providence * 	Storrs, Conn. 	4:00 p.m. ET	4-1 	20-7-6
02/20/10	vs. Northeastern * 	Storrs, Conn. 	1:00 p.m. ET	0-0 	20-7-7
02/21/10	at Northeastern * 	Boston, Mass. 	1:00 p.m. ET	0-2 	20-8-7
http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-hockey/sched/conn-w-hockey-sched.html
==Player stats==
	= Indicates team leader
===Skaters===
Player 	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	Points/game	PIM	GWG	PPG	SHG
Michelle Binning 	37 	20 	10 	30 	0.8108 	36 	5 	7 	1
Monique Weber 	37 	14 	15 	29 	0.7838 	78 	3 	5 	1
Jennifer Chaisson 	37 	10 	15 	25 	0.6757 	16 	1 	4 	1
Cristin Allen 	37 	3 	21 	24 	0.6486 	20 	1 	2 	0
Elisabeth Stathopulous	37 	9 	14 	23 	0.6216 	10 	2 	1 	0
Kelly Horan 	37 	6 	12 	18 	0.4865 	8 	1 	0 	0
Amy Hollstein 	37 	8 	8 	16 	0.4324 16 	2 	0 	2 	
Brittany Murphy 	37 	6 	10 	16 	0.4324 30 	3 	0 	0 	
Sami Evelyn 	37 	3 	12 	15 	0.4054 48 	1 	2 	0 	
Jessica Lutz 	37 	3 	10 	13 	0.3514 20 	0 	0 	0 	
Jody Sydor 	37 	2 	10 	12 	0.3243 30 	0 	2 	0 	
Rebecca Hewett 	37 	0 	10 	10 	0.2703 28 	0 	0 	0 	
Maude Blain 	36 	5 	4 9 	0.2500	8 	0 	2 	1 	
Casey Knajdek 	37 	2 	5 	7 	0.1892 22 	1 	1 	0 	
Tiffany Good 	32 	3 	2 	5 	0.1563 	8 	1 	1 	0
Lauren LeMond 	37 	1 	1 	2 	0.0541 	6 	0 	0 	0
Jaclyn Camardo 	37 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	0 	0 	0 	0
Jennie Bellonio 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	0 	0 	0 	0
Nicole Camardo 	23 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	0 	0 	0 	0
Carli Pridmore 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	0 	0 	0 	0
Alexandra Garcia 	33 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Player 	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals against	Minutes	GAA 	Shutouts	Saves	Save %
Jennie Bellonio 	5 	3 	1 	0 	7 	264 	1.5929	0 	88 	.926
Alexandra Garcia	33 	18 	8 	7 	53 	1993 	1.5954	6 	718 	.931
==Postseason==
*March 7: Connecticut moves to the Hockey East Tournament championship game. The Huskies had a three-goal first period and did not look back. The Huskies eliminated the top-seeded Providence Friars at Schneider Arena. Alexandra Garcia stopped 32 shots. The Huskies are in the Hockey East championship game for the second time in conference history. This is the Huskies first appearance in the championship since 2005.
http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/recaps10.php?wconprv1.m06
*March 8:Sophomore Tara Watchorn scored at 9:52 in overtime as Number 3 seeded BU defeated No. 5 seed Connecticut. The game was played at at Schneider Arena on the Providence College campus. The Terriers clinched their first ever Hockey East Tournament title and earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The 2010 Hockey East Tournament Championship game was the first ever to go into overtime in the eight-year history of the league. http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/recaps10.php?wbu_con1.m07 Connecticut did not receive an at-large berth.
==Awards and honors==
* Cristin Allen, Best Defenseman Award http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/presarch/201003/mar3ar.php
* Cristin Allen, Runner up, Hockey East Player of the Year
* Cristin Allen, New England Hockey Writers All-Star Team 
* Jennifer Chaisson - Hockey East Best Defensive Forwardhttp://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/presarch/201003/mar5waw.php
* Alexandra Garcia – Connecticut, Bauer Goaltender of the Month, January 2010 http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/media/monthly.php
* Alexandra Garcia, Runner Up, Hockey East Goaltending Champion http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/presarch/201003/mar3ar.php
===All Hockey East Team===
* Cristin Allen, 2010 WHEA First-Team All-Star http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/presarch/201003/mar5was.php
* Alexandra Garcia, 2010 WHEA Honorable Mention All-Star
* Jody Sydor, 2010 WHEA Honorable Mention All-Star
* Monique Weber, 2010 WHEA Honorable Mention All-Star
===Hockey East All Tournament team===
*Cristin Allen, D: 2010 Women's Hockey East All-Tournament Team
*Michelle Binning, F: 2010 Women's Hockey East All-Tournament Team
*Amy Hollstein, F: 2010 Women's Hockey East All-Tournament Team
==See also==
*2009–10 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team
==References==
==External links==
*Official site
Connecticut