2009–10 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season

The 2009–10 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team represented Harvard University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's hockey season. The team was coached by Katey Stone. Assisting Stone were Joakim Flygh, Melanie Ruzzi and Sara DeCosta. The Crimson captured the program's 13th Beanpot title and earned a berth in the NCAA quarterfinals.[1] Games will be broadcast locally on 95.3 FM WHRB.

2009–10 Harvard Crimson
women's ice hockey season
Beanpot Champions
NCAA Regionals, Lost 6–2 vs. Cornell
Conference3 ECAC
Home iceBright Hockey Center
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine7
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports4
Record
Coaches and captains
Head coachKatey Stone
Captain(s)Cori Bassett
Alternate captain(s)Kathryn Farni

Offseason

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  • July 10: A trio of former Harvard All-America skaters have been selected to attend the 2009 USA Hockey Women's National Festival. The festival will take place Aug. 18–24 in Blaine, Minnesota. The three former Harvard skaters are Caitlin Cahow, Julie Chu and Angela Ruggiero.[2] They are among the 41 players who will participate at the festival. It will serve as the selection for the 2009-10 U.S. Women's National Team. The national squad will compete in the Qwest Tour that begins Sept. 25 and ends prior to the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. The roster for the 2009-10 U.S. Women's National Team will be announced on August 24.
  • July 27: For the second consecutive year, several current and former members of the Harvard women's hockey team will raise money for breast cancer research. The members are competing at the Angela Ruggiero Chowder Cup Tournament, at the Foxboro Sports Center July 30-Aug. 2.
    • Among the Harvard members are: Caitlin Cahow, Kirsten Kester, Sarah Wilson, Kate Buesser, Ashley Wheeler, Jillian Dempsey, Josephine Pucci and Kaitlin Spurling. The team will wear pink uniforms during the tournament, donate time off the ice to take breast cancer research donations.[3]
  • August 12: Harvard senior goaltender Christina Kessler made 25 saves to guide Canada's National Women's Under-22 Team to a 4–0 victory over Sweden at the under-22 selection camp at Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta.[4]
  • Sept 22: Harvard has been picked to finish second in ECAC Hockey, according to the coaches poll released by the conference. Goaltender Christina Kessler has been named to the ECAC Hockey Preseason All-Conference Team for the second consecutive season. Harvard claimed three first-place votes and 103 points in the poll, finishing second in the preseason poll to St. Lawrence.[5]

Recruiting

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Player Nationality Position Notes
Laura Bellamy   United States Goaltender
Margaret Chute   United States Forward
Jillian Dempsey   United States Forward Boston Bruins John Carlton Award winner in 2009[6]
Hilary Hayssen   United States Defense
Josephine Pucci   United States Defense
Kelsey Romatowski   United States Defense
Kaitlin Spurling   United States Forward Chuck Vernon Award winner as Division I Tournament MVP in 2008, was the 2006 and 2007 Eastern Independent League MVP, was a Salem Evening News All-Star and MVP in 2006 and 2007

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Regular season

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  • October 5: The Harvard women's hockey team was ranked No. 9 in the country. The USCHO.com officials revealed it in their first Top-10 Women's Hockey Poll of the season. Harvard accumulated 28 points.[8]
  • 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. The Crimson earned the program's 500th victory.[9]
  • December 10: Seniors Cori Bassett and Anna McDonald and junior Kate Buesser have been selected to the ECAC Hockey All-Star Game roster. The all-star team will play the 2010 U.S. Women's National Team in an exhibition game Sunday, Jan. 2.[10]
  • December 17: Former Crimson skaters and All-Americans Caitlin Cahow '07-08, Julie Chu '06-07 and Angela Ruggiero '02-04 are among 21 players named to the 2010 U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team.[11]
  • December 22: Harvard alumnae Jennifer Botterill '02-03 and Sarah Vaillancourt '08-09 are among 21 players who have been selected to represent Canada's National Women's Hockey Team at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C.[12]
  • February 9: Liza Ryabkina's second-period goal beat Northeastern 1–0, as Harvard claimed the Women's Beanpot.[13] The Crimson prevailed in the Beanpot final for the ninth time in the last 12 years and for the 13th time overall.
  • February 17: Four members of the Crimson are nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The nominees include: Christina Kessler, Kate Buesser, Liza Ryabkina and Leanna Coskren.[14]
  • February 18: Junior forward Liza Ryabkina will be featured in the Feb. 22 edition of Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd column.[15]
  • February 26: With a 5–1 victory over Princeton, Katey Stone became women's college hockey's all-time winningest coach, surpassing former Minnesota head coach Laura Halldorson.[16]
  • March 4: Katie Buesser has been named a finalist for the ECAC Player of the Year Award.[17]

Roster

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Number Name Class Position Height
18 Cori Bassett Senior Defenseman 5-9
27 Alisa Baumgartner Sophomore Forward 5-5
1 Laura Bellamy Freshman Goaltender 5-8
22 Jen Brawn Senior Defenseman 5-8
20 Kate Buesser Junior Forward 5-6
15 Katharine Chute Junior Forward 5-7
7 Margaret Chute Freshman Forward 5-6
11 Deborah Conway Junior Forward 5-4
24 Leanna Coskren Junior Defenseman 5-5
14 Jillian Dempsey Freshman Forward 5-4
8 Kathryn Farni Senior Defenseman 5-10
23 Randi Griffin Senior Forward 5-6
4 Hilary Hayssen Freshman Defenseman 5-8
21 Whitney Kennedy Sophomore Forward 5-8
35 Christina Kessler Senior Goaltender 5-6
10 Anna McDonald Senior Forward 5-9
2 Josephine Pucci Freshman Defenseman 5-8
5 Kelsey Romatoski Freshman Defenseman 5-2
3 Liza Ryabkina Junior Defenseman/Forward 5-9
17 Kaitlin Spurling Freshman Forward 5-9
19 Amy Uber Junior Forward 5-4
12 Ashley Wheeler Junior Defenseman 5-8

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Skaters

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Player Games Goals Assists Points Points/game PIM GWG PPG SHG
Kate Buesser 33 16 24 40 1.2121 14 1 2 0
Jillian Dempsey 33 11 16 27 0.8182 12 1 3 1
Liza Ryabkina 24 15 7 22 0.9167 24 4 5 0
Randi Griffin 33 11 10 21 0.6364 28 4 7 0
Leanna Coskren 33 8 11 19 0.5758 14 3 4 0
Cori Bassett 33 4 15 19 0.5758 26 1 1 0
Anna McDonald 33 6 11 17 0.5152 22 1 1 0
Kathryn Farni 33 1 15 16 0.4848 20 0 1 0
Josephine Pucci 31 4 9 13 0.4194 20 0 1 0
Kaitlin Spurling 33 9 3 12 0.3636 16 4 1 0
Katharine Chute 33 5 5 10 0.3030 18 0 0 0
Kelsey Romatoski 23 1 7 8 0.3478 8 0 0 0
Ashley Wheeler 33 2 3 5 0.1515 26 1 0 0
Margaret Chute 33 1 3 4 0.1212 0 0 0 0
Deborah Conway 31 0 2 2 0.0645 4 0 0 0
Alisa Baumgartner 33 0 2 2 0.0606 12 0 0 0
Hilary Hayssen 33 0 0 0 0.0000 12 0 0 0
Laura Bellamy 18 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0
Kylie Stephens 3 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0
Christina Kessler 15 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0

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Goaltenders

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Player Games Played Minutes Goals Against Wins Losses Ties Shutouts Save % Goals Against Average
Christina Kessler

Postseason

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On March 13, 2010, the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program defeated the Crimson by a score of 6-2[19] to earn its first ever trip to the NCAA Frozen Four.

Awards and honors

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  • Laura Bellamy, Bertagna Award (Beanpot's top goaltender)
  • Kate Buesser, ECAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 16)[20]
  • Kate Buesser, New England Hockey Writers All-Star Team[21]
  • Jillian Dempsey, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of November 16)
  • Jillian Dempsey, Harvard, 2010 ECAC All-Rookie Team[22]
  • Randi Griffin, ECAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week of February 22)[23]
  • Christina Kessler, Pre-Season All-ECAC Team[24]
  • Anna McDonald, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant[25]
  • Liza Ryabkina, Beanpot Most Valuable Player

All-Ivy honors

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  • Cori Bassett, Senior, Defense, 2010 Honorable Mention
  • Kate Buesser, Forward, Junior, 2010 First Team All-Ivy
  • Leanna Coskren, Defense, Junior, 2010 Second Team All-Ivy
  • Jillian Dempsey, Forward, Freshman, 2010 Second Team All-Ivy
  • Christina Kessler, Goaltender, Senior, 2010 Honorable Mention[26]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Katey Stone". Harvard Crimson Athletics. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
  2. ^ "Three Harvard Alumnae Invited to USA Hockey Women's National Festival". July 10, 2009.
  3. ^ "Current and Former Women's Hockey Players Raise Money for Breast Cancer Awareness". July 27, 2009.
  4. ^ "Kessler Shuts Out Sweden at Under-22 Selection Camp". August 12, 2009.
  5. ^ "Harvard Picked Second in ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll; Kessler Named to Preseason All-Conference Team". September 22, 2009.
  6. ^ "Bruins Announce 2009 Carlton Award". NHL.com.
  7. ^ "Harvard Announces Women's Hockey Class of 2013". June 5, 2009. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  8. ^ "Lakers Ranked No. 1 in USCHO.com Women's Hockey Poll". Mercyhurst Athletics.
  9. ^ https://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/110709aaa.html[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Trio of Harvard Skaters Named to ECAC Hockey All-Star Game Roster". December 10, 2009. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  11. ^ "Three Harvard Alumnae Named to U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team". December 17, 2009.
  12. ^ "Botterill, Vaillancourt to Represent Team Canada at 2010 Olympics". December 22, 2009.
  13. ^ "Northeastern University Athletics | Women's Hockey 2009-10 Schedule & Results | Huskies edged by Harvard in Beanpot final". Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  14. ^ "Four Harvard Players Among Nominees for Patty Kazmaier Award". February 17, 2010.
  15. ^ "Ryabkina Featured in Sports Illustrated's Faced in the Crowd". February 18, 2010.
  16. ^ "Sixteen Years Later, She's in First Place". March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  17. ^ "Parsons Selected as Finalist for ECAC Hockey Player of the Year".
  18. ^ "Harvard Crimson Women's Hockey 2009-2010 Statistics: Overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
  19. ^ "Women's Hockey To Face Mercyhurst In NCAA Semifinals". Cornell University.
  20. ^ "Weekly Awards Presented to Buesser, Dempsey & Jamieson". November 16, 2009.
  21. ^ "Cunningham, Parsons Named to All-New England Team". ECAC Hockey. March 30, 2010. Archived from the original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  22. ^ "All-League & All-Rookie Teams Announced". February 24, 2010. Archived from the original on February 17, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  23. ^ "ECAC Hockey" (PDF). ECAC Hockey.
  24. ^ "ECAC Hockey" (PDF). ECAC Hockey.
  25. ^ "ncaa.com". Retrieved March 16, 2010.[dead link]
  26. ^ "Freshman Katie Jamieson Receives All-Ivy Accolades". 25 February 2010. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
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