2009–10 New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey season

The head coach was Brian McCloskey. Assisting him were Erin Whitten and Stephanie Jones.

2009–10 New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey season
ConferenceHockey East
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine6
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports7
Record
Overall2-0-0
Coaches and Captains
Head CoachBrian McCloskey

Offseason
  • June 19: Hockey East, in conjunction with USA Hockey and the University of New Hampshire, announced that it will hold a Nov. 22 exhibition game featuring WHEA All-Stars vs. the U.S. Women's National Team at UNH's Whittemore Center as part of Team USA's Qwest Tour in preparation for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.[1]
  • July 9: Former New Hampshire skaters Kacey Bellamy and Sam Faber, are among 41 players named to the 2009 USA Hockey Women's National Festival roster. The Festival will be held Aug. 18-24 in Blaine, Minnesota. Twenty-one players from that squad will comprise the team that plays in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.[2]
  • July 28: Four former University of New Hampshire skaters: Karyn Bye, Colleen Coyne, Tricia Dunn and Sue Merz will be enshrined into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame as members of the 1998 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team.[3]
  • August 20:The University of New Hampshire will face off against longtime nemesis Northeastern University at Fenway Park on January 8, 2010. It will be part of a Hockey East doubleheader and shall be the first outdoor game in women's college hockey.[4]
  • August 24:Kacey Bellamy, captain of the 2009 University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team, was one of 23 players selected to the 2009-10 U.S. Women's National Team.[5]

Exhibition
DateOpponentTimeScoreRecord
Sep. 26N. American Hockey Academy5:00 PM

Regular season

October
  • October 5: The New Hampshire Wildcats women's hockey team was ranked No. 3 in the country. The USCHO.com officials revealed it in their first Top-10 Women's Hockey Poll of the season. New Hampshire accumulated 115 points.[6]
  • Kelly Paton recorded a point in all nine Wildcats games in the month of October to finish with 15 points (4 goals, 11 assists), including one game-winning goal. In two Hockey East league games, Paton tallied one goal and three assists for four points. Paton matched her career high of three assists on October 18 vs. Niagara. She factored in 15 of the team's 35 goals (43%) for the month, and in three games she had a hand in all of the team's goals. Paton's other numbers included a seven-game assist streak, four multiple-point games and 2-1-3 in two games vs. nationally ranked teams.

November
  • In six November games, Paton recorded seven goals and six assists for 13 points. In four league games, she tallied nine points (4 goals, 5 assists). Paton recorded her second career hat trick and also matched her personal best of four points vs. Rensselaer. She factored directly into 65% of the team's goals with 13 points (20 goals). Paton won back-to-back Player of the Week awards (Nov. 23 & 30).

December
  • December 5: Genevieve Lacasse of Providence made 22 saves in a 4-1 victory as the Wildcats suffered their first ever conference loss at the Whittemore Center.[7]
  • December: Jenna Ouellette played in four games and accumulated nine points (5 goals, 4 assists) leading the Black Bears to three victories. She recorded a point in all four games and notched multiple points in three games. She played a part in nine of the 12 Black Bear goals in December and assisted on all four goals vs. Vermont on Dec. 4. She scored the game-winning goal while on the power play in a 1-0 win over Vermont (12/5). In addition, she notched a pair of goals against Union (12/11) and another pair in the finale at Union (12/12).
  • December: Kristina Lavoie recorded two goals and two assists for a total of four points in three December games. She netted a goal at Boston College to help lift New Hampshire to a 4-0 victory. She matched her career highs in both assists (two) and points (three) at Dartmouth for a 4-1 win.

January
  • On Friday, January 8, New Hampshire will compete in an outdoor college hockey doubleheader at Boston's Fenway Park. At 4 p.m., Northeastern will face New Hampshire in what is believed to be the first outdoor women's hockey game in the sport's history.[8] At 7:30 p.m., the Boston College men's team plays the Boston University men's teams.
  • January: Kristina Lavoie scored a goal in all six January games and finished with totals of seven goals and one assist for eight points. She led UNH in goals and tied for the lead in points. Two of her goals gave the Wildcats a 1-0 lead. In four games vs. nationally ranked teams, she accumulated six points (5 goals, 1 assists). On. Jan. 8 vs. Northeastern, Lavoie broke a 3-3 tie with 5:30 remaining in the game and secured the victory on an empty-net goal with 15 seconds to play. She was also a two-time Rookie of the Week in January (Jan. 11 and Feb. 1).

Outdoor game
  • January 8: The Huskies fell to New Hampshire by a score of 5-3 in the opening game of the Sun Life Frozen Fenway doubleheader, the first-ever outdoor women's college hockey game.[9] The Huskies held a 3-1 lead into the third period, but a four-goal rally by the Wildcats earned them the win. Freshman Brittany Esposito scored two goals and senior Annie Hogan added two assists.

February
  • February 17: Courtney Birchard, Micaela Long and Kelly Paton are among one of forty five nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.[10]
  • Kelly Paton accumulated five goals and nine assists. In every game during the month, she scored at least one point. In three of the games, she had multiple-point games. For the month, she had a +4 rating. In the last game of the regular season, she scored the game winner versus Boston College. The goal gave the Wildcats the second seed in the Hockey East tournament. In the Boston College game, she matched career highs with three assists and four points in the game.[11]

Standings
2009–10 Hockey East Association standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Providence211155330594434151099176
New Hampshire21136202865413119759860
Boston University211065328544134148129380
Northeastern2196642845343217877747
Connecticut21105612746333419878757
Boston College217104422415434816106397
Vermont215151011265533102215290
Maine21315311024583162056385

Roster
NumberNameClassPositionHeightShoots
2Julie AllenSo.F5-10R
3Courtney ShearySo.D5-4R
4Kelly CahillJr.D/F5-3R
7Kelly PatonJr.F5-1L
8Shannon SiskJr.F5-9R
9Jenn WakefieldSo.F5-9R
10Brittany SkudderFr.F5-5L
14Sarah CuthbertFr.F/D5-10L
15Raylen DziengelewskiSo.D5-7L
16Micaela LongJr.F5-4L
20Maggie JoyceSr.D5-11L
22Kacey BellamySr.D5-7L
23Angela TaylorSr.F5-11L
24Courtney BirchardSo.D/F5-9L
28Sam FaberSr.F5-4R
31Kayley HermanSo.G5-4L
36Lindsey MintonFr.G5-5L

Schedule
DateOpponentTimeScoreRecord
Oct. 3Connecticut *2:00 PMWin, 3-11-0-0
Oct. 4Quinnipiac2:00 PMWin, 4-0[12]2-0-0
Oct. 9Colgate7:00 PMWin, 4-0 [13]3-0-0
Oct. 10Syracuse5:00 PMWin, 2-1 [14]4-0-0
Oct. 17Niagara2:00 PM3-34-0-1
Oct. 18Niagara2:00 PM6-15-0-1
Oct. 23at Clarkson7:00 PM2-65-1-1
Oct. 24at St. Lawrence3:00 PM3-35-1-2
Oct. 31Connecticut5:00 PM3-16-1-2
Nov. 1Maine3:00 PM5-07-1-2
Nov. 6at Boston U. *7:00 PM4-38-1-2
Nov. 7Boston U. *7:00 PM4-48-1-3
Nov. 18at Harvard7:00 PM1-18-1-4
Nov. 21Rensselaer5:00 PM4-39-1-4
Nov. 29at Northeastern *2:00 PM2-110-1-4
Dec. 5Providence *2:00 PM1-410-2-4
Dec. 8at Boston College *7:00 PM4-011-2-4
Dec. 12at Dartmouth7:00 PM4-112-2-4
Jan. 8at Northeastern *5:00 PM5-313-2-4
Jan. 16Providence *2:00 PM2-313-3-4
Jan. 17at Providence *2:00 PM2-313-4-4
Jan. 20Northeastern *7:00 PM2-213-4-5
Jan. 29at Maine *7:00 PM5-214-4-5
Jan. 30at Maine *2:00 PM3-115-4-5
Feb. 6Boston U. *2:00 PM2-515-5-5
Feb. 7at Connecticut *1:00 PM4-116-5-5
Feb. 13Vermont *2:00 PM4-217-5-5
Feb. 14Vermont *2:00 PM4-018-5-5
Feb. 20Boston College *2:00 PM2-119-5-5
Feb. 21at Boston College *2:00 PM4-120-5-5

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Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Skaters
PlayerGamesGoalsAssistsPointsPoints/gamePIMGWGPPGSHG
Kelly Paton331932511.545510461
Micaela Long331338511.545512261
Kristina Lavoie331811290.878824170
Courtney Birchard27913220.814834461
Kristine Horn33813210.636410250
Julie Allen33103130.393926110
Kelly Cahill3285130.406327240
Brittany Skudder2858130.464324120
Raylen Dziengelewski33013130.393922000
Courtney Sheary331780.242424010
Sarah Cuthbert323470.218814100
Shannon Sisk332240.121222100
Kailey Chappell331340.121224000
Katie Brock250440.160012000
Bryanna Farris301230.100016000
Molly Morrison320330.09386000
Paige Goloubef321120.062514000
Kayley Herman160110.06250000
Katie Kleinendorst290000.00002000
Lindsey Minton190000.00000000
Emma Clark290000.00000000

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Goaltenders
PlayerGamesWinsLossesTiesGoals againstMinutesGAAShutoutsSavesSave %
Kayley Herman16843299261.87843306.913
Lindsey Minton1911523410671.91242337.908

Postseason

Hockey East tournament
DateOpponentScore
March 6Boston UniversityLoss, 4-0

NCAA regionals
DateOpponentScore
March 13Minnesota DuluthLoss, 2-1

NCAA tournament

Awards and honors
  • Courtney Birchard, 2010 WHEA First-Team All-Star[18]
  • Courtney Birchard, New England Hockey Writers All-Star Team
  • Kristina Lavoie – New Hampshire, Bauer Rookie of the Month, of the Month, December 2009
  • Kristina Lavoie – New Hampshire, Bauer Rookie of the Month, of the Month, January 2010
  • Kristina Lavoie, Hockey East Rookie of the Year
  • Kristina Lavoie, 2010 WHEA Honorable Mention All-Star
  • Kristina Lavoie, 2010 WHEA All-Rookie Team[19]
  • Micaela Long, Hockey East Scoring Champion[19]
  • Micaela Long, 2010 WHEA First-Team All-Star
  • Micaela Long, New England Hockey Writers All-Star Team
  • Kelly Paton – New Hampshire, WHEA Player of the Month, October 2009[7]
  • Kelly Paton – New Hampshire, WHEA Player of the Month, November 2009
  • Kelly Paton – New Hampshire, WHEA Player of the Month, February 2010[11]
  • Kelly Paton - Hockey East Co-Player of the Year[20]
  • Kelly Paton, Runner Up, Hockey East Scoring Champion
  • Kelly Paton, 2010 WHEA First-Team All-Star
  • Kelly Paton, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant[21]
  • Kelly Paton, New England Hockey Writers All-Star Team
  • Kelly Paton, New England Hockey Writers Player of the Year[22]

All-America selections
  • Kelly Paton, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America First Team [23]
  • Courtney Birchard, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Second Team

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