2009–10 St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey season

The 2009-10 St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey season saw the team coached by Jeff Giesen. Giesen was assisted by Jennifer Kranz, Jason Johnson, and Ian Andersen, and the strength and conditioning coach was Travis Zins. During this season, Felicia Nelson became the first Huskies player to be a Top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award.[1] The club had a 15-14-8 overall record and an 11-11-6 mark in the WCHA. The team finished the season in third place. This was the first time in school and league history that St. Cloud State was one of the top three schools in the standings.[2]

2009–10 St. Cloud State Huskies
women's ice hockey season
ConferenceWCHA
Home iceHerb Brooks National Hockey Center
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey MagazineNot ranked
USCHO.com/CBS College SportsNot ranked
Record
Overall15-14-8
Coaches and captains
Head coachJeff Giesen
Captain(s)Felicia Nelson
Alternate captain(s)Danielle Hirsch, Holly Roberts, Caitlin Hogan

Offseason edit

  • September 9: The WCHA announced that St. Cloud State goaltender Ashley Nixon, defenseman Danielle Hirsch and forwards Caitlin Hogan and Holly Roberts were named as WCHA All-Stars. The four players were among 22 players from the conference to face the 2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team in St. Paul, Minn. on September 25.[3]

Exhibition edit

Date Opponent Time Score
Sept 26 Team USA 7:07 pm USA, 13-0[4]

Regular season edit

  • Oct 30-31: Meaghan Pezon scored two goals and assisted on two other for four points in the first game of the series (Oct. 30) versus North Dakota. It was a new personal career-high points total in a single game for Pezon. On Oct. 31, Pezon came back to produce assists on each of St. Cloud State's first two goals in a 3-2 victory over the Sioux. It was the team's first league win of the season.[5]

Standings edit

Conference Overall
GP W L T SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota 22 17 2 3 3 40 79 29 28 21 3 4 93 34
Minnesota-Duluth 22 15 5 2 1 33 68 42 28 19 7 2 88 57
Wisconsin 22 12 9 1 0 25 63 49 28 15 10 3 81 61
Bemidji State 22 7 8 7 3 24 41 48 28 8 13 7 50 70
St. Cloud State 22 8 10 4 3 23 49 61 28 11 11 6 70 81
Ohio State 22 10 10 2 0 22 70 71 28 13 11 4 91 84
Minnesota State 22 2 15 5 3 12 36 74 26 4 17 5 45 87
North Dakota 22 4 16 2 0 10 31 63 26 5 17 4 45 74

Roster edit

Number Name Position Height Class
2 Katherine Allen D 5-3 FY
4 Jenaca Fredheim D 5-4 Sr.
5 Diana Karouzos D 5-5 Jr.
6 Holly Roberts -A F 5-6 Sr.
8 Ashlan Lambert D 5-5 Jr.
9 Alecia Anderson F 5-10 Jr.
10 Kylie Lane F 5-5 FY
11 Courtney Josefson F 5-2 Jr.
12 Alexandra Nelson F 5-9 FY
13 Felicia Nelson -C F 5-7 Sr.
14 Brittany Toor F 5-5 So.
15 Meaghan Pezon F 5-6 Sr.
16 Danielle Hirsch - A D 5-2 Sr.
17 Kelly Meierhofer D 5-9 Sr.
18 Callie Dahl F 5-4 FY
19 Haylea Schmid F 5-7 FY
20 Katie Kemmerer F 5-1 Sr.
21 Elizabeth Sitek F 5-7 FY
22 Lisa Martinson D 5-5 FY
24 Jocelyn Zabrick D 5-5 FY
25 Caitlin Hogan - A F 5-2 Sr.
27 Jaclyn Daggit D 5-6 So.
29 Tayler VanDenakker G 5-8 So.
30 Anna Donlan G 5-8 So.
37 Ashley Nixon G 5-6 Jr.

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Schedule edit

  • St. Cloud will compete in the Easton Holiday Showcase from January 2–3.
Date Opponent Time Score Record
Oct 2 Niagara University 7:07 Win, 4-3[7] 1-0-0
Oct 3 Niagara University 4:07 pm Loss, 3-1[8] 1-1-0
Oct 10-11(Sat-Sun) at Minnesota Duluth 6:07/3:07 pm
Oct 23 (Fri) Minnesota 2:07 pm
Oct 24 (Sat) at Minnesota 4:07 pm
Oct 30-31(Fri-Sat) North Dakota 7:07/2:07 pm
Nov 6-7 (Fri-Sat) Minnesota Duluth 7:07/7:07 pm
Nov 13 (Fri) at Bemidji State 7:07 0-1
Nov 14(Sat) at Bemidji State 2:07 pm 5-2
Nov 20-21(Fri-Sat) Wisconsin 2:07/2:07 pm
Nov 27-28 (Fri-Sat) at Brown University 2:00/11:00 EST.
Dec 4 (Fri) at Minnesota State 7:07 pm
Dec 5 (Sat) Minnesota State Mankato 7:07 pm
Dec 11-12 (Fri-Sat) Ohio State 2:07/1:07 pm
Jan 2 (Sat) Providence 12:07 pm 0-2
Jan 3 (Sun) Mercuryhurst 12:07 pm
Jan 15-16 (Fri-Sat) at North Dakota 7:07/4:07 pm
Jan 22-23 (Fri-Sat) at Wisconsin 2:07/2:07 pm
Jan 29 (Fri) Bemidji State 7:07 pm 3-2
Jan 30 (Sat) Bemidji State 2:07 pm 3-3
Feb 5 (Fri) Minnesota State Mankato 2:07 pm
Feb 7 (Sun) at Minnesota State Mankato 3:07 pm
Feb 12 (Fri) Minnesota 7:07 pm
Feb 13 (Sat) Minnesota 2:07 pm
Feb 19-20 (Fri-Sat) at Ohio State 7:07/2:07 EST pm
Feb 26-28 (Fri –Sun) WCHA First Round TBA

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Player stats edit

= Indicates team leader

Skaters edit

Player Games Goals Assists Points Points/game PIM GWG PPG SHG
Holly Roberts 37 21 28 49 1.3243 34 3 9 3
Felicia Nelson 34 31 15 46 1.3529 28 4 15 0
Caitlin Hogan 37 16 27 43 1.1622 55 1 5 3
Meaghan Pezon 37 12 26 38 1.0270 22 3 4 0
Danielle Hirsch 32 1 14 15 0.4688 51 0 1 0
Alex Nelson 37 6 6 12 0.3243 14 1 3 0
Brittany Toor 36 3 7 10 0.2778 18 1 1 0
Lisa Martinson 30 2 4 6 0.2000 28 1 2 0
Kylie Lane 37 1 5 6 0.1622 32 0 1 0
Kelly Meierhofer 37 1 4 5 0.1351 32 0 0 0
Jaclyn Daggit 28 1 3 4 0.1429 6 0 1 0
Callie Dahl 33 1 3 4 0.1212 22 1 0 0
Jocelyn Zabrick 32 0 4 4 0.1250 34 0 0 0
Katie Allen 34 0 3 3 0.0882 0 0 0 0
Diana Karouzos 20 0 3 3 0.1500 18 0 0 0
Tayler VanDenakker 6 0 1 1 0.1667 2 0 0 0
Haylea Schmid 31 0 1 1 0.0323 0 0 0 0
Jenaca Fredheim 10 0 1 1 0.1000 8 0 0 0
Alecia Anderson 34 0 0 0 0.0000 12 0 0 0
Ellie Sitek 20 0 0 0 0.0000 4 0 0 0
Ashlan Lambert 1 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0
Ashley Nixon 33 0 0 0 0.0000 6 0 0 0
Courtney Josefson 33 0 0 0 0.0000 8 0 0 0
Katie Kemmerer 36 0 0 0 0.0000 2 0 0 0

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Goaltenders edit

Player Games Wins Losses Ties Goals against Minutes GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Ashley Nixon 33 13 10 8 82 1938 2.5383 2 1020 .926
Tayler VanDenakker 6 2 4 0 20 310 3.8678 0 147 .880

Awards and honors edit

  • Caitlin Hogan, Patty Kazmaier Award nominee[11]
  • Caitlin Hogan, WCHA Student Athlete of the Year
  • Caitlin Hogan, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant[12]
  • Felicia Nelson, Patty Kazmaier Award nominee[13]
  • Felicia Nelson, WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of January 4)[14]
  • Felicia Nelson, Co-WCHA Player of the Year [15]
  • Felicia Nelson, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Second Team [16]
  • Ashley Nixon, WCHA Co-Defensive Players of the Week (Week of January 20)[17]
  • Meaghan Pezon, WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 2)[18]

References edit

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  16. ^ "Women's Hockey Trio Garners All-American Honors". Cornell University.
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