2009–10 Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey season
Introduction The Boston University Terriers women's hockey team will represent Boston University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Terriers are coached by Brian Durocher. Assisting Durocher are  Katie Lachapelle, Allison Coomey and Todd Langlais.
Offseason *June 15: The Boston University women's ice hockey team will add a group of seven newcomers to its 2009-10 roster. The Terriers will welcome forwards Jill Cardella, Taylor Holze, Shannon Mahoney and Cristina Wiley, defensemen Britt Hergesheimer and Kathryn Miller and goaltender Alissa Fromkin, a talented group from across North America. *June 24: Defenseman Amanda Shaw, who just completed a four-year career with the Boston University women's ice hockey team, has signed with a professional team in Switzerland and will also skate for Canada's national inline hockey team. Shaw will play for ZSC Lions in Zurich, a club in the Swiss women's professional ice hockey league. *August 17: Sophomores Jenelle Kohanchuk and Tara Watchorn of the Boston University women's ice hockey team have been named to the 2009-10 Canadian National Women's Under-22 team, Hockey Canada announced this weekend. The squad will participate in a three-game series against the Canadian National Team that will take place from August 17–20 at Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary.
Regular season *October 5: The Boston University women’s hockey team was ranked No. 10 in the country. The USCHO.com officials revealed it in their first Top-10 Women’s Hockey Poll of the season. BU accumulated 19 points. *On October 9, 2009, Boucher scored her first career goal and notched her first career multi-point game, as the Terriers defeated the Robert Morris Colonials by a 4-3 overtime tally. *November: Jill Cardella led all Hockey East rookies with nine points and six goals in league play. The freshman had a five-game point streak from Nov. 2 to Nov. 14, and had the game-winning goal in a 4-0 shutout of Vermont on Nov. 11, and scored the most goals (6) of any player in the month of November in league action. *February 17: Melissa Anderson of Boston University is among 45 nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.===Standings======Roster=== '''Number'''  '''Name'''  '''Class'''  '''Position''' '''Height'''  1	 Ashley Leichliter  SR	 G	 5-102	 Britt Hergesheimer  FR	 D	 5-83	 Kasey Boucher  SO	 D	 5-74	 Kathryn Miller FR	 D	 5-106	 Carly Warren SO	 D	 5-117	 Lauren Cherewyk JR	 F	 5-48	 Holly Lorms JR	 F	5-711	 Jonnie Bloemers SR	 F	 5-512	 Cristina Wiley FR	 F	 5-213	 Taylor Holze FR	 F	 5-414	 Shannon Mahoney FR	 F	 5-716	 Sarah Appleton SR	 D	 5-817	 Laurel Koller SR	 F	 5-718	 Jillian Kirchner JR	 F	 5-219	 Jenelle Kohanchuk SO	 F	 5-720	 Melissa Tetreau SR	 F/D	 5-421	 Samantha Pulley FR	 F	 5-322	 Jill Cardella FR	 F	 5-624	 Melissa Anderson SR	 F	 5-825	 Jenn Arms SR	 F	 5-627	 Tara Watchorn SO	 D	 5-1030	 Alissa Fromkin FR	 G	 5-733	 Melissa Haber SR	 G	 5-7===Schedule=== '''Date'''  '''Opponent'''  '''Score'''  '''Record'''   Oct. 2 Ohio State  1-1  0-0-1 Oct. 3 Ohio State 4-4    0-0-2	  Oct. 9  Robert Morris  4-3  1-0-2	  Oct. 16Wayne State    4-41-0-3  	  Oct. 17Wayne State    4-2  	2-0-3  Oct. 23 #7 @ St. Lawrence  2-2  	2-0-4 Oct. 24 #4 @ Clarkson  2-7 2-1-4 	 Oct. 31  @ Providence  3-1  	3-1-4 Nov. 2  Boston College  1-2  	 3-2-4Nov. 6  #3 New Hampshire   3-4  	 3-3-4Nov. 7  #3 @ New Hampshire  4-4 (Shootout win)4-3-4  	 Nov. 11  Vermont  4-0  	 5-3-4Nov. 14  Providence   5-3	  	 6-3-4Nov. 15  Providence  2-6 	  	6-4-4  Nov. 18  @ Boston College  	  	  Nov. 24 @ Maine   1-1	  	 Nov. 27  @ Princeton   	  	 Jan. 22  Vermont   1-2	  	  Jan. 26  Northeastern    2-2	  	  Feb. 1 Maine  2-0 	  Feb. 2  Northeastern (Beanpot)   4-4	 Feb. 6  New Hampshire   5-2  	 Feb. 13  Northeastern    2-2	  Feb. 14  Northeastern    2-1	  Feb. 20 Maine  3-1 	  	  Feb. 1 Maine  2-0
Player stats  = Indicates team leader===Skaters=== '''Player''' '''Games'''  '''Goals'''  '''Assists'''  '''Points'''  '''Points/game''' '''PIM''' '''GWG''' '''PPG''' '''SHG''' Melissa Anderson 37 21 18 39 1.0541 82 4 6 2 Lauren Cherewyk38 12 17 29 0.7632 10 5 2 0 Jill Cardella38 12 15 27 0.7105 22 1 1 0 Jillian Kirchner38 9 17 26 0.6842 35 1 5 1 Jenelle Kohanchuk 27 12 9 21 0.7778 16 2 5 0 Tara Watchorn 31 3 14 17 0.5484 43 1 1 0 Holly Lorms 33 7 7 14 0.4242 14 0 0 1 Carly Warren38 3 11 14 0.3684 28 0 2 0 Laurel Koller38 6 7 13 0.3421 14 3 1 1 Kasey Boucher38 5 7 12 0.3158 8 0 2 0 Jonnie Bloemers38 4 8 12 0.3158 30 0 2 0 Sarah Appleton38 3 7 10 0.2632 36 0 0 0 Kathryn Miller38 2 3 5 0.1316 18 0 1 0 Cristina Wiley38 1 3 4 0.1053 8 0 0 0 Melissa Tetreau34 1 1 2 0.0588 8 0 0 0 Shannon Mahoney 37 1 1 2 0.0541 14 0 0 0 Britt Hergesheimer38 1 0 1 0.0263 16 0 00 Samantha Pulley 23 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0 Alissa Fromkin8 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0 Jenn Arms 38 0 0 0 0.0000 4 0 0 0 Melissa Haber32 0 0 0 0.0000 2 0 0 0===Goaltenders=== '''Player''' '''Games'''  '''Wins'''  '''Losses'''  '''Ties'''  '''Goals against''' '''Minutes''' '''GAA''' '''Shutouts''' '''Saves''' '''Save %'''Melissa Haber 32  15  8  8  65  1906  2.0458  4  773 .922 Alissa Fromkin 8 2 1 4 19 439 2.5951 0 143 .883
Postseason *March 8:Sophomore Tara Watchorn scored at 9:52 in overtime as Number 3 seeded BU triumphed over No. 5 seed Connecticut. The game was played at Schneider Arena on the Providence College campus. The Terriers clinched their first ever Hockey East Tournament title and earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament. It was Watchorn’s second goal of the season. The 2010 Hockey East Tournament Championship game was the first ever to go into overtime in the eight-year history of the league.===NCAA hockey tournament===*March 13: Mercyhurst's Bailey Bram scored two goals as the Lakers beat the Terriers by a score of 4-1.
Awards and honors *Melissa Anderson, 2010 WHEA Second-Team All-Star*Melissa Anderson, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant*Kasey Boucher, Hockey East Honor Roll (Oct. 12, 2009)* Kasey Boucher, Hockey East Honor Roll (Feb. 15, 2010)* Kasey Boucher, 2010 WHEA Honorable Mention All-Star* Kasey Boucher, Hockey East Sportsmanship Award* Jill Cardella – Boston University, Bauer Rookie of the Month, of the Month, November 2009* Jill Cardella - Runner up, Hockey East Rookie of the Year* Jill Cardella, 2010 WHEA All-Rookie Team*Melissa Haber, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant* Jillian Kirchner, Hockey Player of the Week (Week of October 5)* Ashley Leichliter - 2010 Turfer Athletic Award*Tara Watchorn, 2010 WHEA Second-Team All-Star*Tara Watchorn, New England Hockey Writers All-Star Team===Hockey East All-Tournament Team===*Melissa Anderson, F: 2010 Women's Hockey East All-Tournament Team*Melissa Haber, G: 2010 Women's Hockey East All-Tournament Team*Melissa Haber, 2010 Women's Hockey East Tournament Most Valuable Player*Tara Watchorn, D: 2010 Women's Hockey East All-Tournament Team===Team awards===*Lauren Cherewyk was presented with the Friends of Hockey Unsung Hero Award*Team Most Valuable Player award was shared between forward Melissa Anderson and goaltender Melissa Haber*Most Improved Player: Carly Warren. *Samantha Pulley was given the Caroline Bourdeau Spirit Award. *Academic Honors Award: Jenn Arms*Women's Ice Hockey Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year: Kasey Boucher
See also *2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
References
External links * Official Site