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 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

2009–10 St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey season
ConferenceECAC
Home iceAppleton Arena
Record
Overall16-14-7
Coaches and Captains
Head CoachChris Wells
Assistant CoachesTed Wisner
Mare MacDougall
Captain(s)Tara Akstull
Alternate captain(s)Courtney Sawchuk, Britni Smith and Brittony Chartier

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.[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • 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[3]
  • 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.[4]

Exhibition
DateOpponentLocationScore
October 3McGillAppleton Arena2-1[5]

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.[6]
  • 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.[7]
  • February 17: Britni Smith of St. Lawrence Univ. is among one of forty five nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.[8]
  • 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.[9]

Standings
2009–10 Eastern College Athletic Conference standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell22142634672636219610363
Clarkson221453314728402312510469
Harvard2213632969403320859454
Quinnipiac22114729442837191087951
Rensselaer22117426564237161568777
Princeton22117426524231131447270
St. Lawrence22118325504137161478885
Colgate228104205168361220486129
Dartmouth22912119706028121429078
Yale22813117365529101635675
Brown221183522732832144195
Union2212013147534528136110
= Qualified for NCAA Frozen Four = Qualified for NCAA Tournament

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Roster
NumberNamePositionClassHeightShoots
4Josee BelangerDSo.5-7R
5Becky StreetDSr.5-5R
6Kirsten RoachFJr.5-10R
7Tara AkstullFSr.5-7R
8Michelle ZimmermanDJr.5-9R
9Alley BeroFSo.5-5R
14Vanessa EmondFSo.5-4L
15Karlee ShieldsFSr.5-5L
17Courtney SawchukDSr.5-5L
18Britni SmithDSr.5-9R
21Kyrsten VenasseFJr.5-6R
25Maxie WeiszGSr.5-8Catches L
33Brittony ChartierGSr.5-11Catches L
35Nikki BongaertsGJr.5-3Catches L
76Karell EmardFJr.5-7L

Schedule
DateOpponentLocationScoreRecord
Fri, 10/09/20097:00 pmConnecticutLoss, 2-00-1-0
Sat, 10/10/20093:00 pmProvidenceTie, 3-30-1-1
Fri, 10/16/20097:00 pmRobert MorrisWin, 3-21-1-1
Sat, 10/17/20094:00 pmRobert MorrisWin, 6-3[11]2-1-1
Fri, 10/23/20097:00 pmBoston UniversityTie, 2-22-1-2
Sat, 10/24/20093:00 pmNew HampshireTie, 3-32-1-3
Tue, 10/27/20097:00 pmClarksonLoss, 1-42-2-3
Fri, 10/30/20094:00 pmYaleWin, 4-0[12]3-2-3
Sat, 10/31/20093:00 pmBrownWin, 3-14-2-3
Fri, 11/06/20097:00 pmDartmouthn/a
Sat, 11/07/20094:00 pmHarvardn/a
Fri, 11/13/20097:00 pmColgaten/a
Sat, 11/14/20094:00 pmCornelln/a
Fri, 11/20/20097:07 pmOhio Staten/a
Sat, 11/21/20092:07 pmOhio Staten/a
Fri, 12/04/20093:30 pmPrincetonn/a
Sat, 12/05/20092:00 pmQuinnipiacn/a
Fri, 12/11/20097:00 pmMercyhurstn/a
Sat, 12/12/20093:00 pmMercyhurstn/a
Fri, 01/08/20107:00 pmRensselaern/a
Sat, 01/09/20104:00 pmUnionn/a3-1
Thu, 01/14/20107:00 pmBoston Collegen/a
Fri, 01/15/20102:00 pmBoston Collegen/a
Fri, 01/22/20107:00 pmBrownn/a
Sat, 01/23/20104:00 pmYalen/a
Fri, 01/29/20107:00 pmCornelln/a
Sat, 01/30/20104:00 pmColgaten/a
Tue, 02/02/20107:00 pmClarksonn/a
Fri, 02/05/20107:00 pmUnion7:00 pm5-0
Sat, 02/06/20104:00 pmRensselaern/a
Fri, 02/12/20107:00 pmQuinnipiacn/a
Sat, 02/13/20104:00 pmPrincetonn/a
Fri, 02/19/20107:00 pmHarvardn/a
Sat, 02/20/20104:00 pmDartmouthn/a

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Game Highs
MetricNumberOpponentDate
Goals6at Robert Morris (W, 6-3)10.17.09
Goals Allowed6vs. Mercyhurst (L, 6-2)12.12.09
Goals in a Period4 (3rd period)at Robert Morris10.17.09
Goals Allowed in a Period4 (3rd period)vs. Mercyhurst,12.12.09
Shots47at Brown (W, 3-2),01.22.10
Shots Allowed44vs. Mercyhurst (L, 6-2)12.12.09
Penalties10at Dartmouth (L, 4-2)11.06.09
PIM20at Dartmouth (L, 4-2)11.06.09
PP Goals3vs. Yale (W, 4-0)10.30.09
PP Goals3vs. Brown (W, 3-1)10.31.09
PP Goals3at Union (W, 3-1)01.09.10
PP %1.00 (1-of-1)vs. Dartmouth02.20.10
PPGs Allowed2vs. New Hampshire10.24.09
PPGs Allowed2at Dartmouth11.06.09
PPGs Allowed2vs. Mercyhurst12.12.09
PP Allowed %.667 (2-of-3)vs. New Hampshire (T, 3-3)10.24.09
PP Allowed %.667 (2-of-3)vs. Mercyhurst (L, 6-2)12.12.09
PP Allowed %.667 (2-of-3)at Princeton (L, 3-0)02.13.10
SH goals2at Dartmouth (L, 4-2)11.06.09
SHGs Allowed1 at Clarkson (L, 4-1)10.27.09

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Skaters
PlayerGamesGoalsAssistsPointsPoints/gamePIMGWGPPGSHG
Vanessa Emond371716330.891922223
Britni Smith35817250.714310152
Kelly Sabatine36915240.666720121
Michelle Ng37911200.54054130
Alley Bero37812200.540512140
Kayla Sullivan36125170.472218350
Tara Akstull37710170.459514230
Courtney Sawchuk350990.257124000
Jamie Goldsmith356280.228628220
Michelle Zimmerman334370.21216201
Brooke Fernandez372570.189236010
Kirsten Roach223140.181812000
Karlee Shields372130.08110100
Lauren Brozowski371230.081116000
Josee Belanger350220.05716000
Karell Emard70110.142912000
Becky Street340110.02940000
Ashley Scott370110.02700000
Nikki Bongaerts40000.00000000
Maxie Weisz190000.00000000
Brittony Chartier300000.00004000
Kyrsten Venasse290000.00000000

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Goaltenders
PlayerGames PlayedMinutesGoals AgainstWinsLossesTiesShutoutsSave %Goals Against Average
Maxie Weisz
Brittony Chartier
Nikki Bongaerts

Multiple-Point Games
  • Vanessa Emond, Britni Smith (9)
  • Kelly Sabatine (5)
  • Alley Bero, Michelle Ng (3)
  • Tara Akstull, Kayla Sullivan (2)
  • K. Shields, C. Sawchuk (1)

Awards and honors
  • Britni Smith, Pre-Season All-ECAC Team[15]
  • Brittony Chartier, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant[16]
  • Jamie Goldsmith, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 12)[17]
  • Kelly Sabatine, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 19)[18]
  • Britni Smith, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant
  • Kayla Sullivan,[19] ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 26)

See also

References
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  18. "Weekly Awards: Waldie, Sabatine and Vigilanti Earn Honors". ECAC Hockey. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
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