2009–10 Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey season
Introduction The following is a list of events and statistics from the '''2009–2010 Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey season.''' The Black Bears are an ice hockey team which represent the University of Maine. The head coach is Dan Lichterman. Assisting him are Karine Senecal, Sara Simard, and Meghan MacDonald.
Offseason *July 16: The 2009 Battle of the Bears trophy goes to the Women's Ice Hockey team. They topped all other Maine Black Bears teams with 2,594 points. The women's ice hockey team earned the win by earning the highest GPA of all sports teams for the academic year. The team was also awarded the Black Bear Citizenship Award this spring for their commitment to service throughout the year. *July 27: Head coach Dan Lichterman has announced that the program has received an additional commitment for the 2009–10 season. Darcia Leimgruber will join the Black Bears in the fall of 2009.Leimgruber is a 5-foot 3-inch forward from Basel, Switzerland.
Regular season *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). *January 26: Maine freshman forward Darcia Leimgruber (Basel, Switzerland) has been named to the Team Switzerland Olympic Women's Ice Hockey team that will represent Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, B.C. Leimgruber is the third Black Bear to have ties to the Women's Ice Hockey Olympic games. Raffi Wolf represented the Black Bears when she played on Team Germany at the 2002 games in Salt Lake City as well as the 2006 Torino games. Former club hockey student-athlete, Stacey Livingston, officiated the gold medal game at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan.===Standings======Roster=== '''Number'''  '''Name'''  '''Position'''  '''Height'''  '''Class'''1	Kylie Smith Goalie	5-3	FR3	Chloe TinklerDefense	5-8	FR4	Ashley NorumDefense	5-9	SO5	Kaitlin ZeekForward	5-4	JR6	Amy StechForward	5-10	SR7	Madelene ErikssonDefense	5-6	JR8	Jenna OuelletteForward	5-5	SR9	Myriam CroussetteForward	5-0	SO10	Jordan CollitonForward	5-9	JR11	Jennie GalloForward	5-2	JR12	Melissa GagnonDefense	5-7	SO15	Taryn PeacockForward	5-5	SR16	Dominique GoutsisForward	5-0	SO17	Abby BartonForward	5-5	SR18	Lexie HoffmeyerDefense	5-4	SR19	Brittany DoughertyForward	5-7	FR20	Jessica BondDefense	5-9	SO21	Dawn SullivanForward	5-7	SO22	Brianne KilgourForward	5-4	FR23	Elyce ThomasDefense	5-7	SR24	Darcia LeimgruberForward	5-3	FR25	Danielle CyrForward	5-4	JR29	Brittany OttGoalie	5-3	FR30	Candice CurrierGoaltender	5-9	SO===Schedule=== '''Date'''  '''Opponent''' '''Location'''   '''Time'''  '''Score''' '''Record'''09/25/09	vs. Sacred Heart	Orono, Maine	7:00 p.m. ET  W, 9-0 1-0-009/26/09	vs. Sacred Heart	Orono, Maine	2:00 p.m. ET   W, 11-4 2-0-010/02/09	at Providence *	Providence, R.I.	7:00 p.m. ET  Loss, 4-0 2-1-010/03/09	at Providence *	Providence, R.I.	4:00 p.m. ET   Loss, 2-1 2-2-010/09/09	vs. Minnesota State-Mankato	Orono, Maine	7:00 p.m. ETLoss, 5-22-3-010/10/09	vs. Minnesota State-Mankato	Orono, Maine	2:00 p.m. ETLoss, 2-12-4-010/18/09	at Boston College *	Chestnut Hill, Mass. 2:00 p.m. ETTie, 1-12-4-110/23/09	vs. Robert Morris	Orono, Maine	7:00 p.m. ETL, 3-12-5-110/24/09	vs. Robert Morris	Orono, Maine	2:00 p.m. ETL,1-0 (OT)2-6-111/01/09	at New Hampshire *	Durham, N.H.	3:00 p.m. ETL, 5-02-7-111/06/09	vs. Providence *	Orono, Maine	7:00 p.m. ETTie, 2-22-7-211/08/09	vs. Connecticut *	Orono, Maine	12:00 p.m. ETL, 7-22-8-211/14/09	at Northeastern *	Boston, Mass	2:00 p.m. ETL,5-12-9-211/15/09	at Northeastern *	Boston, Mass	2:00 p.m. ETW,1-03-9-211/24/09	vs. Boston University *	Lewiston, Maine	7:00 p.m. ETTie, 1-13-9-311/27/09	at North Dakota	Grand Forks, ND	3:00 p.m. ETTie, 5-53-9-411/28/09	at North Dakota	Grand Forks, ND	3:00 p.m. ETTie, 3-33-9-512/04/09	vs. Vermont *	Orono, Maine	2:00 p.m. ETW, 4-14-9-512/05/09	vs. Vermont *	Orono, Maine	2:00 p.m. ETW, 1-05-9-512/11/09	at Union	Schenectady, N.Y.	2:00 p.m. ETL, 4-35-10-512/12/09	at Union	Schenectady, N.Y.	2:00 p.m. ETW, 4-06-10-501/02/10	vs. University of Moncton (exh)	Orono, Maine	2:00 p.m. ETMaine, 4-27-10-501/03/10	vs. University of Moncton (exh)	Orono, Maine	2:00 p.m. ETMaine, 6-3 8-10-501/15/10	vs. Northeastern *	Orono, Maine	7:00 p.m. ETL, 3-18-11-501/22/10	at Connecticut *	Storrs, Conn.	7:00 p.m. ETL,4-18-12-501/23/10	at Connecticut *	Storrs, Conn.	4:00 p.m. ETL,2-18-13-501/29/10	vs. New Hampshire *	Orono, Maine	7:00 p.m. ETL,5-28-14-501/30/10	vs. New Hampshire *	Orono, Maine	  L,3-18-15-502/06/10	at Vermont *	Burlington, Vt.	2:00 p.m. ETL,1-08-16-502/12/10	vs. Boston College *	Orono, Maine	7:00 p.m. ETL,3-28-17-502/13/10	vs. Boston College *	Orono, Maine	  L,4-18-18-502/20/10	at Boston University *	Boston, Mass	3:00 p.m. ETL,3-18-19-502/21/10	at Boston University *	Boston, Mass	3:00 p.m. ETL,2-08-20-5
Player stats  = Indicates team leader===Skaters=== '''Player'''  '''Games Played'''   '''Goals'''  '''Assists'''  '''Points'''  '''Shots''' '''+/-''''''Penalty Minutes'''  Jenna Ouellette   27  11  16  27   56 -4 12  Taryn Peacock   28   7   14   21  51  -5  30  Lexie Hoffmeyer  28    4    14  18 90  -5 32 Jennie Gallo   26    7   9   16  63  -7 14  Myriam Croussette   29   6   5   11  31  -8 14 Brittany Dougherty    26   3   6   9  44  -3  6 Jessica Bond     28  1   8   9  56 +3 26 Amy Stech  29   3   5   8  60   -116  Dawn Sullivan 29   3   4   7  46  -11  4   Jordan Colliton  21    3   3   6  23  -8  4 Abby Barton     27  4   1   5  47  -3 20  Dominique Goutsis  29    3   2   5  41  -5 32  Ashley Norum  28    2   2   4  31  -11  28  Melissa Gagnon   24   1   3   4  32  -16 14 Brianne Kilgour     4  2   1   3  9 0  6 Darcia Leimgruber    6   1   1   2  6  +2    4  Kaitlin Zeek    27  1   1  2   11  -1    0  Brittany Ott  19    0   2   2  0  0 0 Chloe Tinkler  29   0 2    2  16  -6 10 Elyce Thomas  29   0   1  1  33  -10 28  Danielle Cyr  25    0    0  0  3  -1 0  Madeleine Eriksson  20   0    0   0  5  -2 2===Goaltenders=== '''Player'''  '''Games Played'''  '''Minutes'''  '''Goals Against'''  '''Wins'''  '''Losses''' '''Ties''' '''Shutouts''' '''Saves''' '''Goals Against Average''' Brittany Ott 19  1099:50   47  4  11  3  2 521 2.56 Candice Currier   11   651:11 32  2   7  2 2    2942.95
Postseason ===NCAA hockey tournament===
Awards and honors *Abby Barton, Hockey East Association Academic All-Star Team* Brittany Ott, 2010 WHEA All-Rookie Team* Jenna Ouellette – Maine, WHEA Player of the Month, December 2009*Jenna Ouellette, Hockey East Association Academic All-Star Team* Amy Stech, Runner up, Hockey East Sportsmanship Award===Hockey East all-academic team===*Abby Barton*Jenna Ouellette*Amy Stech*Danielle Cyr*Jennie Gallo*Jessica Bond*Candice Currier*Melissa Gagnon*Ashley Norum*Dawn Sullivan*Kylie Smith*Chloe Tinker
References
External links * Official site