2009–10 Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey season
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The Golden Knights are coached by Shannon Desrosiers and Matt Desrosiers. They are assisted by Matt Kelly.
Offseason
- July 25: Hockey Canada announced 42 players have been invited to the National Women's Under-22 Team selection camp to be held on August 7-14. Clarkson players Juana Baribeau and Katelyn Ptolemy have been invited. Of the 42 players, nearly one-third (13) are current, incoming or former ECAC Hockey standouts.
- July 27: Clarkson University Women’s Hockey co-head coach Shannon Desrosiers competed at the Ford Ironman Lake Placid on Saturday, July 25. Desrosiers finished 118th out of 2,247 competitors.
- August 12: Four student-athletes have been added for the upcoming year. Forwards Danielle Skirrow and Dominique Thibault, defenseman Hailey Wood and goaltender Kelsey Neumann will be in their freshmen year.
- September 22:Clarkson senior Dominique Thibault was chosen to the coaches’ Preseason ECAC Hockey All-League Team.
Exhibition
| Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Score |
| 9/26/2009 | OTTAWA SENATORS PWHL (exh.) | Cheel Arena | 5:30 pm | 7-3 |
Regular season
- October 5: The Clarkson women’s hockey team was ranked No. 7 in the country. The USCHO.com officials revealed it in their first Top-10 Women’s Hockey Poll of the season.
- October 13: With an undefeated record to start the season, Clarkson is now ranked fourth in the polls. This is Clarkson's highest rating ever in the national polls.
- November 7: Clarkson won its seventh straight game by defeating Dartmouth.
- February 17: Lauren Dahm and Britney Selina Dominique Thibault are among one of forty five nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.
Class of 2010
Britney Selina, Carlee Eusepi, Genevieve Lavoie, Ashleigh Moorehead, Tegan Schroeder, and Dominique Thibault were the senior class of 2010. During their four years with Clarkson, the club accumulated 81 victories. This was highlighted by two 20+ win campaigns (2007-08 and 2009-10). In addition, there were four appearances in the ECAC Hockey playoffs and two championship tournament showings in 2008 and 2010. The final year was highlighted by the Golden Knights first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament this past season.Roster
| Number | Name | Position | Height | Class |
| 4 | Katelyn Ptolemy | Defense | 5-5 | So. |
| 7 | Gabrielle Kosziwka | Forward | 5-9 | So. |
| 9 | Hailey Wood | Defense | 5-5 | Fr. |
| 10 | Danielle Boudreau | Forward | 5-6 | So. |
| 11 | Tegan Schroeder | Defense | 5-5 | Sr. |
| 14 | Brittany Mulligan | Forward | 5-11 | So. |
| 15 | Carlee Eusepi | Defense | 5-10 | Sr. |
| 16 | Daris Tendler | Forward | 5-4 | Jr. |
| 17 | Caitlin Oleksa | Center | 5-2 | Jr. |
| 18 | Courtney Olson | Defense | 5-5 | Jr. |
| 19 | Kali Gillanders | Forward | 5-11 | So. |
| 21 | Genevieve Lavoie | Forward | 5-11 | Sr. |
| 22 | Meg Omand | Forward | 5-8 | So. |
| 23 | Melissa Waldie | Forward | 5-6 | Jr. |
| 25 | Juana Baribeau | Forward | 5-7 | So. |
| 26 | Ashleigh Moorehead | Forward | 5-9 | Sr. |
| 27 | Britney Selina | Center | 5-6 | Sr. |
| 28 | Danielle Skirrow | Forward | 5-3 | Fr. |
| 31 | Kelsey Neumann | Goaltender | 5-4 | Fr. |
| 35 | Lauren Dahm | Goaltender | 5-6 | Jr. |
| 96 | Dominique Thibault | Forward | 5-11 | Sr. |
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Location | Time | Score | Record |
| 10/2/2009 | BOSTON COLLEGE | Cheel Arena | 7:00 pm | Win, 5-1 | 1-0-0 |
| 10/3/2009 | BOSTON COLLEGE | Cheel Arena | 3:00 pm | Tie, 1-1 | 1-0-1 |
| 10/9/2009 | PROVIDENCE COLLEGE | Cheel Arena | 7:00 pm | Win, 3-2 | 2-0-1 |
| 10/10/2009 | UNIVERSITY of CONNECTICUT | Cheel Arena | 3:00 pm | Win, 4-0 | 3-0-1 |
| 10/16/2009 | University of Vermont Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey The Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey program represents the University of Vermont. The Catamounts compete in Hockey East. Their first year of varsity women's hockey was in 1998-99. The Catamounts were in the ECAC at the Division III level of competition. In 2001-02, the Catamounts moved up to... |
Burlington, VT | 7:00 pm | ||
| 10/17/2009 | University of Vermont | Burlington, VT | 2:00 pm | ||
| 10/23/2009 | UNIVERSITY of NEW HAMPSHIRE | Cheel Arena | 7:00 pm | 6-2 | |
| 10/24/2009 | BOSTON UNIVERSITY | Cheel Arena | 3:00 pm | ||
| 10/27/2009 | ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY | Cheel Arena | 7:00 pm | ||
| 10/30/2009 | BROWN UNIVERSITY | Cheel Arena | 4:00 pm | ||
| 10/31/2009 | YALE UNIVERSITY | Cheel Arena | 2:00 pm | Win, 2-0 | |
| 11/6/2009 | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 7:00 pm | ||
| 11/7/2009 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | 4:00 pm | ||
| 11/13/2009 | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | 7:00 pm | ||
| 11/14/2009 | Colgate University | Hamilton, NY | 4:00 pm | ||
| 11/27/2009 | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 7:00 pm | ||
| 11/28/2009 | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 3:00 pm | ||
| 12/4/2009 | QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY | Cheel Arena | 3:30 pm | ||
| 12/5/2009 | PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | Cheel Arena | 2:00 pm | ||
| 1/8/2010 | Union College | Schenectady, NY | 7:00 pm | 3-1 | |
| 1/9/2010 | Rensselaer | Troy, NY | 4:00 pm | ||
| 1/15/2010 | Mercyhurst College | Erie, PA | 7:00 pm | ||
| 1/16/2010 | Mercyhurst College | Erie, PA | 2:00 pm | ||
| 1/22/2010 | Yale University | New Haven, CT | 7:00 pm | ||
| 1/23/2010 | Brown University | Providence, RI | 4:00 pm | ||
| 1/29/2010 | COLGATE UNIVERSITY | Cheel Arena | 7:00 pm | ||
| 1/30/2010 | CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Cheel Arena | 4:00 pm | ||
| 2/2/2010 | St. Lawrence University | Canton, NY | 7:00 pm | ||
| 2/5/2010 | RENSSELAER | Cheel Arena | 7:00 pm | ||
| 2/6/2010 | UNION COLLEGE | Cheel Arena | 4:00 pm | 3-0 | |
| 2/12/2010 | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | 7:00 pm | ||
| 2/13/2010 | Quinnipiac University | Hamden, CT | 4:00 pm | ||
| 2/19/2010 | DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | Cheel Arena | 7:00 pm | ||
| 2/20/2010 | HARVARD UNIVERSITY | Cheel Arena | 4:00 pm | ||
Player stats
| = Indicates team leader |
Skaters
| Player | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | Points/game | PIM | GWG | PPG | SHG |
| Dominique Thibault | 39 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 1.0256 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Juana Baribeau | 40 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 0.9250 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Britney Selina | 40 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 0.9000 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Melissa Waldie | 38 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 0.7895 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Carlee Eusepi | 39 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0.4872 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Kali Gillanders | 37 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0.3514 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Genevieve Lavoie | 40 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.3000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daris Tendler | 40 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.2750 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabrielle Kosziwka | 40 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0.2250 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brittany Mulligan | 35 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.2286 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hailey Wood | 40 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.1750 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Skirrow | 39 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.1795 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tegan Schroeder | 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.1500 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Boudreau | 40 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.1500 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Courtney Olson | 40 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.1000 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katelyn Ptolemy | 40 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.1000 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashleigh Moorehead | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0256 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lauren Dahm | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meg Omand | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelsey Neumann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caitlin Oleksa | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0000 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Postseason
- March 7: Cornell sophomore Kendice Ogilvie beat Clarkson goaltender Lauren Dahm at 7:52 mark in overtime. With the victory, Cornell won its first ECAC Tournament.
- March 13: Emily West scored the game winning goal in overtime as the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockeyMinnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockeyThe Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s ice hockey team plays for the University of Minnesota at the Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis. The team is one of the members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in Division I...
program defeated Clarkson and earned a trip to the Frozen Four. The final score was 3-2 in overtime.
Awards and honors
- Dominique Thibault, Pre-Season All-ECAC Team
- Juana Babineau, ECAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week of October 12)
- Lauren Dahm, ECAC Defensive Player of the Week (Week of October 12)
- Lauren Dahm, ECAC Defensive Player of the Week (Week of October 26)
- Carlee Eusepi, ECAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 9)
- Kali Gillanders, ECAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 2)
- Britney Selina, ECAC Offensive Player of the Week, (Week of October 26)
- Britney Selina, finalist for the 2009-10 ECAC Women’s Best Defensive Forward Award
- Melissa Waldie, ECAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week of October 19)
Team Awards
- Britney Selina, Most Valuable Player
- Danielle Boudreau, Coaches Award winner
- Hailey Wood, Rookie of the Year
See also
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