2009–10 St. Lawrence Skating Saints women's ice hockey season

The 2009–10 St. Lawrence Saints women's hockey team represented St. Lawrence University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's hockey season. The Saints were be coached by Chris Wells and play their home games at Appleton Arena. The Big Red were a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and were unable to win the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship
==Offseason==
*April 21: Captains for the 2009-10 season have been appointed. Tara Akstull will be the Captain for the upcoming season. Courtney Sawchuk, Britni Smith and Brittony Chartier will each serve as assistant captains. http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/women%27s+hockey/story/1940
*June 11: The Saints have added five players for the upcoming season. The five members of the Class of 2009 totaled 515 points in their time with the Saints. Kelly Sabatine, Kayla Sullivan, Jamie Goldsmith and Michelle Ng are the four new forwards that will comprise the class of 2013. Brooke Fernandez will join the incoming class on defence. http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/women%27s+hockey/story/1941
*August 17: St. Lawrence senior defenseman Britni Smith, junior forward Karell Emard and former St. Lawrence standout Annie Guay have been named to Canada's National Under-22 Team http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/st._lawrence/20091708_SaintsTrioCanadaU22
*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. http://ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/20092209_W_Pre_Coaches_Poll
==Exhibition==
Date 	Opponent	Location 	Score
October 3	McGill 	Appleton Arena	2-1http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/sites/stlawu.edu.athletics/files/results/2009-10/whockey/09sluex.htm
==Regular season==
*October 5: The St Lawrence women’s hockey team was ranked No. 5 in the country. The USCHO.com officials revealed it in their first Top-10 Women’s Hockey Poll of the season. St. Lawrence accumulated 71 points.http://hurstathletics.com/news/2009/10/5/WHOCK_1005094806.aspx
*November 7: The 10th-ranked Harvard women's ice hockey team had a 3-0 shutout victory over No. 7 St. Lawrence at Bright Hockey Center. It was a historic match as the Crimson earned the program's 500th victory.http://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/110709aaa.html
*February 17: Britni Smith of St. Lawrence Univ. 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
*Feb. 25: St. Lawrence University alumna Gina Kingsbury won her second Olympic gold medal as Canada's women's hockey team defeated the United States 2-0 in Vancouver. http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/women%27s+hockey/story/4089
===Standings===
===Roster===
Number	Name 	Position	Class	Height	Shoots
4 	Josee Belanger 	D 	So. 	5-7 	R
5 	Becky Street 	D 	Sr. 	5-5 	R
6 	Kirsten Roach 	F 	Jr. 	5-10 	R
7 	Tara Akstull 	F 	Sr. 	5-7 	R
8 	Michelle Zimmerman	D 	Jr. 	5-9 	R
9 	Alley Bero 	F 	So. 	5-5 	R
14 	Vanessa Emond 	F 	So. 	5-4 	L
15 	Karlee Shields 	F 	Sr. 	5-5 	L
17 	Courtney Sawchuk 	D 	Sr. 	5-5 	L
18 	Britni Smith 	D 	Sr. 	5-9 	R
21 	Kyrsten Venasse 	F 	Jr. 	5-6 	R
25 	Maxie Weisz 	G 	Sr. 	5-8 	Catches L
33 	Brittony Chartier 	G 	Sr. 	5-11 	Catches L
35 	Nikki Bongaerts 	G 	Jr. 	5-3 	Catches L
76 	Karell Emard 	F 	Jr. 	5-7 	L
===Schedule===
Date 	Opponent	Location 	Score 	Record	
Fri, 10/09/2009	7:00 pm 	Connecticut 	Loss, 2-0 	0-1-0 	
Sat, 10/10/2009	3:00 pm 	Providence 	Tie, 3-3 	0-1-1 	
Fri, 10/16/2009	7:00 pm 	Robert Morris 	Win, 3-2 	1-1-1 	
Sat, 10/17/2009	4:00 pm 	Robert Morris 	Win, 6-3http://www.rmucolonials.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=59604&SPID=6531&DB_OEM_ID=13900&ATCLID=204815922	2-1-1 	
Fri, 10/23/2009	7:00 pm 	Boston University	Tie, 2-2 	2-1-2 	
Sat, 10/24/2009	3:00 pm 	New Hampshire 	Tie, 3-3 	2-1-3 	
Tue, 10/27/2009	7:00 pm 	Clarkson 	Loss, 1-4 	2-2-3 	
Fri, 10/30/2009	4:00 pm 	Yale 	Win, 4-0http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/w-hockey/2009-10/releases/200910309evoq2 	3-2-3 	
Sat, 10/31/2009	3:00 pm 	Brown 	Win, 3-1 	4-2-3 	
Fri, 11/06/2009	7:00 pm 	Dartmouth 	n/a 	 	
Sat, 11/07/2009	4:00 pm 	Harvard 	n/a 	 	
Fri, 11/13/2009	7:00 pm 	Colgate 	n/a 	 	
Sat, 11/14/2009	4:00 pm 	Cornell 	n/a 	 	
Fri, 11/20/2009	7:07 pm 	Ohio State 	n/a 	 	
Sat, 11/21/2009	2:07 pm 	Ohio State 	n/a 	 	
Fri, 12/04/2009	3:30 pm 	Princeton 	n/a 	 	
Sat, 12/05/2009	2:00 pm 	Quinnipiac 	n/a 	 	
Fri, 12/11/2009	7:00 pm 	Mercyhurst 	n/a 	 	
Sat, 12/12/2009	3:00 pm 	Mercyhurst 	n/a 	 	
Fri, 01/08/2010	7:00 pm 	Rensselaer 	n/a 	 	
Sat, 01/09/2010	4:00 pm 	Union 	n/a 	3-1 	
Thu, 01/14/2010	7:00 pm 	Boston College 	n/a 	 	
Fri, 01/15/2010	2:00 pm 	Boston College 	n/a 	 	
Fri, 01/22/2010	7:00 pm 	Brown 	n/a 	 	
Sat, 01/23/2010	4:00 pm 	Yale 	n/a 	 	
Fri, 01/29/2010	7:00 pm 	Cornell 	n/a 	 	
Sat, 01/30/2010	4:00 pm 	Colgate 	n/a 	 	
Tue, 02/02/2010	7:00 pm 	Clarkson 	n/a 	 	
Fri, 02/05/2010	7:00 pm 	Union 	7:00 pm 	5-0 	
Sat, 02/06/2010	4:00 pm 	Rensselaer 	n/a 	 	
Fri, 02/12/2010	7:00 pm 	Quinnipiac 	n/a 	 	
Sat, 02/13/2010	4:00 pm 	Princeton 	n/a 	 	
Fri, 02/19/2010	7:00 pm 	Harvard 	n/a 	 	
Sat, 02/20/2010	4:00 pm 	Dartmouth 	n/a 	 	
http://www.uscho.com/schedules/team.php/st-lawrence-saints/womens-college-hockey/season,20092010/team,slu/gender,w.html
==Player stats==
	= Indicates team leader
===Skaters===
Player 	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	Points/game	PIM	GWG	PPG	SHG
Vanessa Emond 	37 	17 	16 	33 	0.8919 	22 	2 	2 	3
Britni Smith 	35 	8 	17 	25 	0.7143 	10 	1 	5 	2
Kelly Sabatine 	36 	9 	15 	24 	0.6667 	20 	1 	2 	1
Michelle Ng 	37 	9 	11 	20 	0.5405 	4 	1 	3 	0
Alley Bero 	37 	8 	12 	20 	0.5405 	12 	1 	4 	0
Kayla Sullivan 	36 	12 	5 	17 	0.4722 	18 	3 	5 	0
Tara Akstull 	37 	7 	10 	17 	0.4595 	14 	2 	3 	0
Courtney Sawchuk 	35 	0 	9 	9 	0.2571 	24 	0 	0 	0
Jamie Goldsmith 	35 	6 	2 	8 	0.2286 	28 	2 	2 	0
Michelle Zimmerman	33 	4 	3 	7 	0.2121 	6 	2 	0 	1
Brooke Fernandez 	37 	2 	5 	7 	0.1892 	36 	0 	1 	0
Kirsten Roach 	22 	3 	1 	4 	0.1818 	12 	0 	0 	0
Karlee Shields 	37 	2 	1 	3 	0.0811 	0 	1 	0 	0
Lauren Brozowski 	37 	1 	2 	3 	0.0811 	16 	0 	0 	0
Josee Belanger 	35 	0 	2 	2 	0.0571 	6 	0 	0 	0
Karell Emard 	7 	0 	1 	1 	0.1429 	12 	0 	0 	0
Becky Street 	34 	0 	1 	1 	0.0294 	0 	0 	0 	0
Ashley Scott 	37 	0 	1 	1 	0.0270 	0 	0 	0 	0
Nikki Bongaerts 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	0 	0 	0 	0
Maxie Weisz 	19 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	0 	0 	0 	0
Brittony Chartier 	30 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	4 	0 	0 	0
Kyrsten Venasse 	29 	0 	0 	0 	0.0000 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Player 	Games Played	Minutes	Goals Against	Wins	Losses	Ties	Shutouts	Save %	Goals Against Average
Maxie Weisz 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brittony Chartier	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nikki Bongaerts 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Awards and honors==
*Britni Smith, Pre-Season All-ECAC Team http://ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/2009_Women-s_Preseaon_All-League_Team.pdf 
*Brittony Chartier, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/031010aaa.html 
*Jamie Goldsmith, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 12)http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/20091210_W_Wkly_Awards
*Kelly Sabatine, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 19)http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/20091910_W_Wkly_Awards
*Britni Smith, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant
*Kayla Sullivan, http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/Weekly_Awards/20092610_W_Wkly_Awards, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 26)
==See also==
*St. Lawrence Saints ice hockey
*2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
==References==
Saint Lawrence