2009-10 Minnesota State 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: Kevin Buisman, Director of Athletics, announced that Eric Means had been named head coach of the Minnesota State women's hockey program.
*June 19: Minnesota State women’s hockey head coach Eric Means had announced that Shari Vogt had been named assistant coach.
*August 4: Minnesota State women’s hockey head coach Eric Means announced that Jon Austin has been named assistant coach and that Dean Williamson joins the staff as a volunteer assistant coach.
*September 9: The WCHA announced that Minnesota State defenseman Holly Snyder and forward Christina Lee have been named as WCHA All-Stars. The two players are among 22 players from the conference to face the 2009-10 U.S Women’s National Team in St. Paul, Minn. on September 25.
==Regular season==
*January 14: Nina Tikkinen, a junior forward for Minnesota State, has been named to Finland's 2010 Winter Olympic Hockey Team.http://www.wcha.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/011410aaa.html
===Standings===
===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.http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=38864&SPID=3323&DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=204897322
===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
==References==
==External links==
*Official site
Minnesota State-Mankato
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