2008–09 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey season

The 2008–09 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey team represented Cornell University in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I women's hockey season. Doug Derraugh was in his fourth season as head coach. He is assisted by Danielle Bilodeau and Kim Insalaco. The seniors on the team are Emma Chipman, Brianne Gilbert and Steph Ulrich.
==Preseason==
*In the preseason coaches poll, Cornell was selected to finish fifth in the ECAC. Harvard led the poll with 10 first-place votes. Rebecca Johnston was honoured with a spot on the 2008 ECAC Preseason All-League team.
*October 5: The Big Red hockey players raised over $1,600 for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
==Regular season==
*January 13: The Big Red beat Union by a score of 3-0. Every Cornell player had at least one shot on goal. Senior Brianne Gilbert led the team in shots with 8. The Big Red had 50 shots for the first time since the 05-06 season. On February 5, 2006, Cornell had 58 shots against Union.
*By mid-February, sophomore Rebecca Johnston was leading the Big Red with 37 points. Johnston’s 37 points leads the entire ECAC league in overall points. She is also second in the league and sixth in the NCAA in points per game with 1.85. Johnston’s total was the most points in a season for Cornell since the 1991-92 campaign.http://cornellbigred.com/news/2009/2/13/WICE_0213095451.aspx In that season, senior Kim Ratushny scored 38 points. Freshman Catherine White was second on the team in scoring (34 points). White’s point total is fourth in ECAC scoring. White has recorded the most points by a rookie since Dana Antal (36 points, 17 goals, 19 assists) in the 1995-96 season.
*The Big Red’s games against Harvard (February 13) and Dartmouth (February 14) were part of a promotion between ECAC Hockey and the American Cancer Society called Pink at the Rink. Cornell wore pink jerseys and honored its three seniors after Saturday’s match.
==International==
* Rebecca Johnston was a member of Canada’s Under-22 Team. The U-22 participated in the MLP Cup, held in Ravensburg, Germany from Jan. 2-6, 2009. Johnston was part of the silver medal winning team. In the tournament, Johnston accumulated seven points (3 goals, 4 assists). Her best game was in an 11-0 victory over Russia. Johnston scored a hat trick and added an assist. In addition to the MLP Cup, Johnston played with the Canadian Senior Team in the Four Nations Cup between Nov. 4-9, 2009. Johnston was part of the silver medal winning team. 
==Player stats==
	= Indicates team leader
===Skaters===
Player 	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	Points/game	PIM	GWG	PPG	SHG
Rebecca Johnston 	26 	25 	20 	45 	1.7308 	16 	4 	8 	0
Catherine White 	31 	18 	26 	44 	1.4194 	28 	3 	6 	0
Chelsea Karpenko 	28 	10 	11 	21 	0.7500 	31 	0 	1 	0
Karlee Overguard 	31 	7 	13 	20 	0.6452 	28 	2 	3 	0
Stephanie Holmes 	16 	3 	13 	16 	1.0000 	12 	0 	1 	1
Liz Zorn 	29 	7 	7 	14 	0.4828 	18 	1 	5 	1
Jess Martino 	31 	1 	13 	14 	0.4516 	8 	0 	0 	0
Laura Danforth 	31 	6 	6 	12 	0.3871 	16 	0 	2 	1
Sam Wauer 	31 	2 	9 	11 	0.3548 	28 	0 	1 	0
Amanda Young 	23 	0 	11 	11 	0.4783 	34 	0 	0 	0
Melanie Jue 	27 	2 	7 	9 	0.3333 	10 	1 	1 	0
Emma Chipman 	25 	2 	3 	5 	0.2000 	10 	0 	0 	0
Amber Overguard 	19 	2 	2 	4 	0.2105 	20 	0 	1 	0
Brianne Gilbert 	27 	1 	3 	4 	0.1481 	4 	0 	0 	0
Kendice Ogilvie 	30 	1 	3 	4 	0.1333 	20 	0 	0 	0
Amber Moore 	16 	1 	3 	4 	0.2500 	30 	0 	0 	0
Hayley Hughes 	16 	2 	1 	3 	0.1875 	12 	0 	0 	0
Ashley Duffy 	16 	2 	1 	3 	0.1875 	4 	1 	0 	0
Kelly McGinty 	24 	0 	2 	2 	0.0833 	2 	0 	0 	0
Jenny Niesluchowski	18 	0 	1 	1 	0.0556 	2 	0 	0 	0
Amanda Mazzotta 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	0 	0 	0 	0
Steph Ulrich 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	8 	0 	0 	0
Jenna Paulson 	22 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	0 	0 	0 	0
Kayla Strong 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Player 	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals against	Minutes	GAA 	Shutouts	Saves	Save %
Kayla Strong 	9 	4 	4 	1 	18 	521 	2.0718	1 	225 	.926
Jenny Niesluchowski	18 	7 	7 	2 	44 	1031 	2.5613	2 	479 	.916
Amanda Mazzotta 	6 	1 	3 	2 	14 	327 	2.5662	1 	140 	.909
==Awards and honors==
*Rebecca Johnston, 2008 ECAC Women’s Hockey Preseason All-League team
*Rebecca Johnston, Forward, 2009 First Team All-ECAC 
*Catherine White, 2009 ECAC Rookie of the Year
==References==
==External links==
*Cornell Official site
*Cornell ECAC hockey site
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