2009–10 St. Lawrence Skating Saints women's ice hockey season
Introduction 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
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. * 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. * 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* 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.
Exhibition  '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''   '''Location'''  '''Score''' October 3  McGill Appleton Arena  2-1
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. * 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. * February 17: Britni Smith of St. Lawrence Univ. is among 45 nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. * 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.===Standings======Roster=== '''Number'''  '''Name'''   '''Position'''   '''Class''' '''Height''''''Shoots'''4 Josee BelangerD So. 5-7 R5 Becky StreetD Sr. 5-5 R6 Kirsten RoachF Jr. 5-10 R7 Tara AkstullF Sr. 5-7 R8 Michelle ZimmermanD Jr. 5-9 R9 Alley BeroF So. 5-5 R14 Vanessa EmondF So. 5-4 L15 Karlee ShieldsF Sr. 5-5 L17 Courtney SawchukD Sr. 5-5 L18 Britni SmithD Sr. 5-9 R21 Kyrsten VenasseF Jr. 5-6 R25 Maxie WeiszG Sr. 5-8 Catches L33 Brittony ChartierG Sr. 5-11 Catches L35 Nikki BongaertsG Jr. 5-3 Catches L76 Karell EmardF Jr. 5-7 L===Schedule=== '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''   '''Location'''  '''Score''' '''Record'''Fri, 10/09/2009 7:00 pm Connecticut Loss, 2-0 0-1-0Sat, 10/10/2009 3:00 pm Providence Tie, 3-30-1-1Fri, 10/16/2009 7:00 pm Robert Morris Win, 3-21-1-1Sat, 10/17/2009 4:00 pm Robert Morris Win, 6-3 2-1-1Fri, 10/23/2009 7:00 pm Boston University Tie, 2-22-1-2Sat, 10/24/2009 3:00 pm New Hampshire Tie, 3-32-1-3Tue, 10/27/2009 7:00 pm Clarkson Loss, 1-42-2-3Fri, 10/30/2009 4:00 pm Yale Win, 4-03-2-3Sat, 10/31/2009 3:00 pm Brown Win, 3-14-2-3Fri, 11/06/2009 7:00 pm Dartmouth n/aSat, 11/07/2009 4:00 pm Harvard n/aFri, 11/13/2009 7:00 pm Colgate n/aSat, 11/14/2009 4:00 pm Cornell n/aFri, 11/20/2009 7:07 pm Ohio State n/aSat, 11/21/2009 2:07 pm Ohio State n/aFri, 12/04/2009 3:30 pm Princeton n/aSat, 12/05/2009 2:00 pm Quinnipiac n/aFri, 12/11/2009 7:00 pm Mercyhurst n/aSat, 12/12/2009 3:00 pm Mercyhurst n/aFri, 01/08/2010 7:00 pm Rensselaer n/aSat, 01/09/2010 4:00 pm Union n/a 3-1Thu, 01/14/2010 7:00 pm Boston College n/aFri, 01/15/2010 2:00 pm Boston College n/aFri, 01/22/2010 7:00 pm Brown n/aSat, 01/23/2010 4:00 pm Yale n/aFri, 01/29/2010 7:00 pm Cornell n/aSat, 01/30/2010 4:00 pm Colgate n/aTue, 02/02/2010 7:00 pm Clarkson n/aFri, 02/05/2010 7:00 pm Union 7:00 pm 5-0Sat, 02/06/2010 4:00 pm Rensselaer n/aFri, 02/12/2010 7:00 pm Quinnipiac n/aSat, 02/13/2010 4:00 pm Princeton n/aFri, 02/19/2010 7:00 pm Harvard n/aSat, 02/20/2010 4:00 pm Dartmouth n/a===Game Highs===  '''Metric'''   '''Number'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Date'''Goals 6 at Robert Morris (W, 6-3) 10.17.09Goals Allowed 6 vs. Mercyhurst (L, 6-2) 12.12.09Goals in a Period 4 (3rd period)  at Robert Morris 10.17.09Goals Allowed in a Period 4 (3rd period) vs. Mercyhurst, 12.12.09Shots 47 at Brown (W, 3-2),  01.22.10Shots Allowed 44 vs. Mercyhurst (L, 6-2)  12.12.09Penalties 10 at Dartmouth (L, 4-2) 11.06.09PIM 20 at Dartmouth (L, 4-2)  11.06.09PP Goals 3 vs. Yale (W, 4-0) 10.30.09PP Goals 3 vs. Brown (W, 3-1) 10.31.09PP Goals 3 at Union (W, 3-1) 01.09.10PP % 1.00 (1-of-1) vs. Dartmouth 02.20.10PPGs Allowed 2 vs. New Hampshire 10.24.09PPGs Allowed 2 at Dartmouth 11.06.09PPGs Allowed 2 vs. Mercyhurst 12.12.09PP Allowed % .667 (2-of-3) vs. New Hampshire (T, 3-3)10.24.09PP Allowed % .667 (2-of-3) vs. Mercyhurst (L, 6-2) 12.12.09PP Allowed % .667 (2-of-3) at Princeton (L, 3-0) 02.13.10SH goals 2 at Dartmouth (L, 4-2)  11.06.09SHGs Allowed 1 at Clarkson (L, 4-1)  10.27.09
Player stats  = Indicates team leader===Skaters=== '''Player''' '''Games'''  '''Goals'''  '''Assists'''  '''Points'''  '''Points/game''' '''PIM''' '''GWG''' '''PPG''' '''SHG'''Vanessa Emond37 17 16 33 0.8919 22 2 2 3Britni Smith 35 8 17 25 0.7143 10 1 5 2Kelly Sabatine 36 9 15 24 0.6667 20 1 2 1Michelle Ng 37 9 11 20 0.5405 4 1 3 0Alley Bero 37 8 12 20 0.5405 12 1 4 0Kayla Sullivan 36 12 5 17 0.4722 18 3 5 0Tara Akstull 37 7 10 17 0.4595 14 2 3 0Courtney Sawchuk 35 0 9 9 0.2571 24 0 0 0Jamie Goldsmith 35 6 2 8 0.2286 28 2 2 0Michelle Zimmerman 33 4 3 7 0.2121 6 2 0 1Brooke Fernandez 37 2 5 7 0.1892 36 0 1 0Kirsten Roach 22 3 1 4 0.1818 12 0 0 0Karlee Shields 37 2 1 3 0.0811 0 1 0 0Lauren Brozowski 37 1 2 3 0.0811 16 0 0 0Josee Belanger 35 0 2 2 0.0571 6 0 0 0Karell Emard 7 0 1 1 0.1429 12 0 0 0Becky Street 34 0 1 1 0.0294 0 0 0 0Ashley Scott 37 0 1 1 0.0270 0 0 0 0Nikki Bongaerts4 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0 Maxie Weisz19 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0Brittony 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                    ===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* Brittony Chartier, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant* Jamie Goldsmith, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 12)* Kelly Sabatine, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 19)* Britni Smith, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant* Kayla Sullivan, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 26)
See also * St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey* 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season* 2010–11 St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey season
References
External links *  Official site