The 2009–10 College Hockey America women's ice hockey season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 among College Hockey America

College Hockey America

College Hockey America is a women's college ice hockey conference in the United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The conference is currently made up of four women's teams in New York and Pennsylvania....

 members.

College Hockey America Preseason Coaches’ Poll

Place	School	First Place Votes	Total Points
1	Mercyhurst	(4)	16
2	Robert Morris	(0)	12
3	Wayne State	(1)	9
4	Syracuse	(0)	8
5	Niagara	(0)	5

Pre-Season All-CHA Team

Position	Name	School	Class
F	Vicki Bendus	Mercyhurst	Jr.
F	Jesse Scanzano	Mercyhurst	Jr.
F	Brianna Delaney	Robert Morris (tie)	So.
F	Bailey Bram	Mercyhurst (tie)	So
D	Ashley Cockell	Mercyhurst	Jr
D	Chelsea Burnett	Wayne State(tie)	Sr
D	Melissa Lacroix	Mercyhurst (tie)	Jr
G	Hillary Pattenden	Mercyhurst (tie)	So
G	Lucy Schoedel	Syracuse (tie)	Jr.

• Player of the Year, Jesse Scanzano, Mercyhurst College

CIS Exhibition

Date	Location	NCAA school	CIS team	Score
Fri. Sept 25	Detroit	Wayne State	York York University York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....	Wayne State, 3-2
Sat. Sept 26	Erie, Pa.	Mercyhurst	Guelph	Mercyhurst, 10-0
Sun, Sep 27	Pittsburgh, Pa.	Robert Morris	Wilfrid Laurier 2009–10 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey season The 2009–10 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey team will represent Wilfrid Laurier University in the 2009-10 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's hockey season. The Golden Hawks will be coached by Rick Osborne. Assisting Osborne are Jim Rayburn, Cindy Eadie, and Bruce Chapman. The...	RMU, 4-0
Sun. Sept 27	Tennity Ice Pavilion	Syracuse	Guelph	Guelph, 3-1

Canadian semipro exhibition

Date	Location	NCAA school	Canadian team	Score
9/25/2009	Erie, Pa.	Mercyhurst	Vaughan Flames	Mercyhurst, 10-0

October

• October 31: Number 1 ranked Mercyhurst College suffered its first loss of the season. Fifth-ranked Minnesota Duluth skated away to a 4-3 win and a split of the two-game series at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. With the loss, the Lakers fall to 7-1 on the season.

November

• November 13: On Nov. 14, the Niagara Purple Eagles will don pink jerseys in an effort to help Pink the Rink in the annual CHA's initiative Skate for the Cure game for breast health awareness.

December

• December 6: The Robert Morris vs. Mercyhurst game on Sunday, December 6 at 1:00 p.m. has been postponed due to a water main break at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The game is rescheduled for Tuesday, February 2 at 7:00 p.m.
• December 12: Jesse Scanzano scored three goals in the third period to lead the top-ranked Mercyhurst College women’s hockey team over No. 10 St. Lawrence, 6-2.
• December 17: Former Robert Morris Colonials goaltender Brianne McLaughlin was selected as one of three goalies to the 2010 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team. McLaughlin is the first-ever Colonial to compete in the Olympic Games.

January

• January 27: The Mercyhurst Lakers (19-1-3, 6-0-1 College Hockey America) head the USA TODAY/USA Hockey Magazine poll for the 14th week and are the unanimous choice with all 19 first-place votes for the eighth time. Their only loss came in an October home split with Minnesota-Duluth, which is ranked fourth this week.
• January 30: Wayne State University's women's hockey program officially celebrates its 10th Anniversary on January 30–31. At the City Sports Center, the 2009-10 Warriors (8-11-3, 4-4-0 CHA) will host the Syracuse Orange (13-12-1, 4-4-0 CHA) in a College Hockey America series.
• January 30: Niagara became only the second team all year, and the first in the CHA team to defeat Mercyhurst. The Purple Eagles defeated the Lakers 2-1. Jenni Bauer stopped 44 of 45 shots, including all 19 fired her way in the second period in what was a scoreless game until the 42nd minute. The victory was the first-ever for the Purple Eagles over a top-ranked team and their first over the Lakers since 2004. The result snapped Mercyhurst's nation-leading 16-game unbeaten streak and 26-game CHA unbeaten run.

2010 Olympics

The following former CHA players will represent their respective countries in Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Canada Hockey Place, home of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks, and at UBC Winter Sports Centre, home of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport's UBC Thunderbirds. Twelve teams competed in the men's event and eight teams competed in the...

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Player	NCAA school	Nationality	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Medal
Meghan Agosta Meghan Agosta Meghan Agosta is a women's ice hockey forward, currently playing for Mercyhurst College. Agosta played for the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She has represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, winning gold medals at both...	Mercyhurst		Forward	9	6	15	Gold
Brianne McLaughlin	Robert Morris Colonials		Goaltender	0	0	0	Silver
Stefanie Marty	Syracuse		Forward				5th

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, College Hockey America

College Hockey America

College Hockey America is a women's college ice hockey conference in the United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The conference is currently made up of four women's teams in New York and Pennsylvania....

 offices names a player of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week
10/05/09	Vicki Bendus, Mercyhurst
10/12/09	Stefany Marty, Syracuse
10/19/09	Katrina Protopapas, Wayne State
10/26/09	Bailey Bram, Mercyhurst
11/2/09	No award given
11/9/09	Jesse Scanzano, Mercyhurst
11/16/09	Brianna Delaney, Robert Morris
11/23/09	Kelley Steadman, Mercyhurst
11/30/09	Vicki Bendus, Mercyhurst
12/7/09	Bailey Bram, Mercyhurst
12/14/09	Stefanie Marty, Syracuse
12/21/09	No award given
12/28/08	No award given
1/4/10	Vicki Bendus, Mercyhurst
1/11/10	Katrina Protopapas, Wayne State
1/18/10	Vicki Bendus, Mercyhurst
1/25/10	Sara O'Malley, Robert Morris
2/1/10	Julie Rising, Syracuse
2/8/10	Bailey Bram, Mercyhurst
2/15/10	Daniela Del Colle, Niagara
2/22/10	Kelley Steadman, Mercyhurst
3/1/10	Jess Jones, Mercyhurst
3/8/10

Defensive Players of the week

Week	Def. Player of the week
10/05/09	Daneca Butterfield, Robert Morris
10/12/09	Jacki Gibson, Robert Morris
10/19/09	Hillary Pattenden, Mercyhurst
10/26/09	Daneca Butterfield, Robert Morris
11/2/09	No award given
11/9/09	Daneca Butterfield, Robert Morris
11/16/09	Jenni Bauer, Niagara
11/23/09	Lucy Schoedel, Syracuse
11/30/09	Jenni Bauer, Niagara
12/7/09	Chelsea Burnett, Wayne State
12/14/09	Lucy Schoedel, Syracuse
12/21/09	No award given
12/28/08	No award given
1/4/10	Hillary Pattenden, Mercyhurst
1/11/10	Jill Szandzik, Wayne State
1/18/10	Delayne Brian, Wayne State
1/25/10	Hillary Pattenden, Mercyhurst
2/1/10	Jenni Bauer, Niagara
2/8/10	Melissa Lacroix, Mercyhurst
2/15/10	Gabrielle Beaudry, Syracuse
2/22/10	Hillary Pattenden, Mercyhurst
3/1/10	Chelsea Burnett, Wayne State
3/8/10

Rookies of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, College Hockey America

College Hockey America

College Hockey America is a women's college ice hockey conference in the United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The conference is currently made up of four women's teams in New York and Pennsylvania....

 offices names a rookie of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week
10/05/09	Jenna Hendrikx, Niagara
10/12/09	Isabel Menard, Syracuse
10/19/09	Isabel Menard, Syracuse
10/26/09	Jenna Hendrikx, Niagara
11/2/09	No award given
11/9/09	Jennifer Kindret, Robert Morris
11/16/09	Gina Buquet, Wayne State
11/23/09	Isabel Menard, Syracuse
11/30/09	Erin Burns, Syracuse
12/7/09	Isabel Menard, Syracuse
12/14/09	Lauren Jones, Mercyhurst
12/21/09	No award given
12/28/08	No award given
1/4/10	Lauren Jones, Mercyhurst
1/11/10	Holly Carrie-Mattimoe, Syracuse
1/18/10	Julie Ingratta, Wayne State
1/25/10	Jennifer Kindret, Robert Morris
2/1/10
2/8/10	Isabel Menard, Syracuse
2/15/10
2/22/10
3/1/10
3/8/10

Skaters

• As of February 10

Goals
Name	School	Goals
Bailey Bram	Mercyhurst	27
Vicki Bendus	Mercyhurst	27
Jess Jones	Mercyhurst	20
Jesse Scanzano	Mercyhurst	19
Ashley Cockell	Mercyhurst	19

Assists
Name	School	Assists
Jesse Scanzano	Mercyhurst	41
Vicki Bendus	Mercyhurst	35
Bailey Bram	Mercyhurst	26
Jess Jones	Mercyhurst	25

Points
Name	School	Points
Vicki Bendus	Mercyhurst	62
Jesse Scanzano Jesse Scanzano Jesse Scanzano is a Canadian ice hockey forward for the Mercyhurst College Lakers. She grew up in Montreal, Quebec and played for the Montreal Axion women's ice hockey team and participated in the 2005 Esso Women’s Nationals She was selected fifth overall in the 2011 CWHL Draft...	Mercyhurst	60
Bailey Bram	Mercyhurst	53
Jess Jones	Mercyhurst	45
Ashley Cockell	Mercyhurst	40

Power Play Goals
Name	School	PPG
Bailey Bram	Mercyhurst	12
Katrina Protopapas	Wayne State	9
Vicki Bendus	Mercyhurst	8
Brianna Delaney	Robert Morris	6
Jesse Scanzano	Mercyhurst	6

Goaltenders

• As of February 10

Goals Against
Name	School	GAA
Hillary Pattenden	Mercyhurst	1.73
Delayne Brian	Wayne State	2.08
Jenni Bauer	Niagara	2.18

Wins
Name	School	Wins
Hillary Pattenden	Mercyhurst	23
Lucy Schoedel	Syracuse	16
Bailey Bram	Mercyhurst	10

Saves
Name	School	Saves
Lucy Schoedel	Syracuse	750
Jenni Bauer	Niagara	643
Daneca Butterfield	Robert Morris	567

Shutouts
Name	School	SO
Hillary Pattenden	Mercyhurst	4
Delayne Brian	Wayne State	3
Lucy Schoedel	Syracuse	3
Daneca Butterfield	Robert Morris	1

CHA All-Tournament Team

• Forwards
  • Bailey Bram (Mercyhurst)
  • Lisa Mullan (Syracuse)
  • Jesse Scanzano (Mercyhurst)
• Defense
  • Melissa Lacroix (Mercyhurst)
  • Gabrielle Beaudry (Syracuse)
• Goalie
  • Lucy Schoedel (Syracuse)
• MVP: Ashley Cockell (Mercyhurst)

NCAA Tournament

• It was announced on March 8 that Mercyhurst will be the number one ranked team in the Frozen Four. The Lakers will host Boston University on Saturday, March 13 at 2:00 pm Eastern Time.

Record	Win %	F4	CG
0–1	.000	Mercyhurst lost to Cornell

CHA Awards and honors

Honor	Selection
Player of the Year	Vicki Bendus Vicki Bendus Vicki Bendus is a hockey player for the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey program. She was the winner of the 2010 Patty Kazmaier Award, awarded to the top player in women's NCAA hockey. She was also selected for the Canadian national women's team that will compete in the 2010 Four Nations Cup.... , F, Mercyhurst
Coach of the Year	Paul Flanagan, Syracuse
Freshman of the Year	Isabel Menard, F, Syracuse
Student Athlete of the Year	Christine Jefferson, Wayne State
CHA First Team	Vicki Bendus, F, Mercyhurst
	Jesse Scanzano Jesse Scanzano Jesse Scanzano is a Canadian ice hockey forward for the Mercyhurst College Lakers. She grew up in Montreal, Quebec and played for the Montreal Axion women's ice hockey team and participated in the 2005 Esso Women’s Nationals She was selected fifth overall in the 2011 CWHL Draft... , F, Mercyhurst
	Bailey Bram, F, Mercyhurst
	Isabel Menard, F, Syracuse
	Melissa Lacroix, D, Mercyhurst
	Cassea Schols, D, Mercyhurst
	Jenni Bauer, G, Niagara
CHA Second Team	Stefanie Marty, F, Syracuse
	Veronique Laramee-Paquette, F, Wayne State
	Brittaney Maschmeyer, D, Syracuse
	Gabrielle Beaudry, D, Syracuse
	Whitney Pappas, D, Robert Morris
	Jill Szandzik, D, Wayne State
	Lucy Schoedel, G, Syracuse
All-Freshman Team	Holly Carrie-Mattimoe, F, Syracuse
	Jenna Hendrikx, F, Niagara
	Isabel Menard, F, Syracuse
	Jenaya Townend, D, Wayne State
	Samantha Watt, D, Mercyhurst

See also

• 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
  2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
  The 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season began on October 2, 2009, ending with the 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on March 21, 2010 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis. It marked the third time that Minneapolis had hosted the Frozen Four...
  
  
• 2009–10 Eastern College Athletic Conference women's ice hockey season
  2009–10 Eastern College Athletic Conference women's ice hockey season
  The 2009–10 ECAC women's ice hockey season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive ice hockey among Eastern College Athletic Conference members.-Pre-season:...
  
  
• 2009–10 WCHA women's ice hockey season
  2009–10 WCHA women's ice hockey season
  The 2009–10 Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's ice hockey season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive ice hockey among Western Collegiate Hockey Association members.-Preseason:...
  
  

External links

• Official CHA Conference Site