2008-09 WCHA Women's Season

This is the 2008-09 WCHA women's ice hockey season. This was the league's 10th season.
==Standings==
 Conference Only Overall
 Pts GP W L T SW Win% GF- GA GP Record Win% GF- GA
 1 Minnesota 51 28 23- 2- 3 2 .875 143- 42 40 32- 5- 3 .838 198- 69
 2 Wisconsin 50 28 21- 2- 5 3 .839 133- 42 41 34- 2- 5 .890 207- 53
 3 Minnesota Duluth 41 28 18- 6- 4 1 .714 109- 52 39 26- 9- 4 .718 150- 70
 4 St. Cloud State 27 28 11-14- 3 2 .446 63- 91 37 15-18- 4 .459 85-105
 5 Minnesota State 21 28 7-16- 5 2 .339 74-122 36 12-19- 5 .403 95-141
 North Dakota 21 28 9-16- 3 0 .375 62- 95 36 13-19- 4 .417 84-118
 7 Ohio State 16 28 6-20- 2 2 .250 66-135 36 8-25- 3 .264 82-166
 8 Bemidji State 11 28 3-22- 3 2 .161 38-109 36 6-25- 5 .236 51-125
==Conference Tournament==
;First round
*Bemidji State 1 @ Minnesota 4
*Minnesota State 1 @ St. Cloud State 2
*North Dakota 0 @ Minnesota Duluth 7
*Ohio State 0 @ Wisconsin 7
*Bemidji State 1 @ Minnesota 5 (UM wins series 2-0)
*Minnesota State 2 @ St. Cloud State 1
*North Dakota 0 @ Minnesota Duluth 4 (UMD wins series 2-0)
*Ohio State 1 @ Wisconsin (UW wins series 2-0).
*Minnesota State 1 @ St. Cloud State 0 (MSU wins series 2-1)
;Semifinals
*Minnesota State 2 vs Minnesota 7
*Minnesota Duluth 1 vs Wisconsin 3
;Championship
*Wisconsin 5 vs Minnesota 3
==Awards and honors==
*Patty Kazmaier Award, Jessie Vetter, Wisconsin
*WCHA Defensive Player of the Year, Melanie Gagnon, Senior, Defenseman, Minnesota 
*WCHA Rookie of the Year, Monique Lamoureux, Freshman, Forward, Minnesota
*WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year, Gigi Marvin, Senior, Forward, Minnesotahttp://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=3685263
*WCHA Coach of the Year (tie), Brad Frost, Head Coach, Minnesota and Mark Johnson, Head Coach, Wisconsin
*WCHA Scoring Champion, Monique Lamoureux, Freshman, Forward, Minnesota
*WCHA Goaltending Champion, Alyssa Grogan, Freshman, Goaltender, Minnesota http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=3685263
===All-WCHA Teams===
*First Team
Player 	Class 	Position 	School
Hilary Knight 	Sophomore	Forward 	Wisconsin
Monique Lamoureux 	Freshman 	Forward 	Wisconsin
Jocelyne Lamoureux	Freshman 	Forward 	Wisconsin
Melanie Gagnon 	Senior 	Defense 	Wisconsin
Jocelyne Larocque 	Sophomore	Defense 	Minnesota Duluth
Jessie Vetter 	Senior 	Goaltender	Wisconsin
*Second Team
Player 	Class 	Position 	School
Gigi Marvin 	Senior 	Forward 	Minnesota
Erika Lawler 	Senior 	Forward 	Wisconsin
Elin Holmlöv 	Junior 	Forward 	Minnesota Duluth
Rachael Drazan 	Senior 	Defense 	Minnesota
Anne Schleper 	Freshman	Defense 	Minnesota
Zuzana Tomcikova	Freshman	Goaltender	Bemidji State
*Third Team
Player 	Class 	Position 	School
Meghan Duggan 	Junior 	Forward 	Wisconsin
Haley Irwin 	Sophomore	Forward 	Minnesota Duluth
Brooke Ammerman	Freshman 	Forward 	Wisconsin
Alycia Matthews	Senior 	Defense 	Wisconsin
Jaime Rasmussen	Freshman 	Defense 	Minnesota Duluth
Kim Martin 	Junior 	Goaltender	Minnesota Duluth
*All-Rookie Team
Player 	Position 	School
Brooke Ammerman 	Forward 	Wisconsin
Monique Lamoureux 	Forward 	Minnesota
Jocelyne Lamoureux 	Forward 	Minnesota
Brittany Haverstock	Defense 	Wisconsin
Anne Schleper 	Defense 	Minnesota
Zuzana Tomcikova 	Goaltender	Wisconsin
*All-Academic Team
Player 	Class 	School
Kelli Blankenship	Junior 	Minnesota
Rachael Drazan 	Senior 	Minnesota
Brittany Francis 	Junior 	Minnesota
Melanie Gagnon 	Senior 	Minnesota
Gigi Marvin 	Senior 	Minnesota
Michelle Maunu 	Junior 	Minnesota
Terra Rasmussen 	Sophomore	Minnesota
Dagney Willey 	Senior 	Minnesota
Alexandra Zebro 	Junior 	Minnesota
==Team of the Decade==
Player 	Position 	School 	Nationality
Sara Bauer 	Forward 	Wisconsin 	
Tessa Bonhomme 	Defense 	Ohio State 	
Ronda Curtin 	Defense 	Minnesota 	
Natalie Darwitz 	Forward 	Minnesota 	
Molly Engstrom 	Defense 	Wisconsin 	
Caroline Ouellette 	Forward 	Minnesota-Duluth 	
Jenny Schmidgall-Potter	Forward 	Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth	
Maria Rooth 	Forward 	Minnesota-Duluth 	
Jessie Vetter 	Goaltender	Wisconsin 	
Krissy Wendell 	Forward 	Minnesota 	
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