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. 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.
Offseason 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.
Exhibition Sept 26 Team USA 7:07 pmUSA, 13-0
Regular season 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.
Standings
Roster 2 Katherine AllenD 5-3 FY4 Jenaca FredheimD 5-4 Sr.5 Diana Karouzos D 5-5 Jr.6 Holly Roberts -A F 5-6 Sr.8 Ashlan LambertD 5-5 Jr.9 Alecia Anderson F 5-10 Jr.10 Kylie LaneF 5-5 FY11 Courtney JosefsonF 5-2 Jr.12 Alexandra NelsonF 5-9 FY13 Felicia Nelson -CF 5-7 Sr.14 Brittany Toor F 5-5 So.15 Meaghan Pezon F 5-6 Sr.16 Danielle Hirsch - AD 5-2 Sr.17 Kelly Meierhofer D 5-9 Sr.18 Callie DahlF 5-4 FY19 Haylea SchmidF 5-7 FY20 Katie Kemmerer F 5-1 Sr.21 Elizabeth SitekF 5-7 FY22 Lisa MartinsonD 5-5 FY24 Jocelyn ZabrickD 5-5 FY25 Caitlin Hogan - AF 5-2 Sr.27 Jaclyn Daggit D 5-6 So.29 Tayler VanDenakker G 5-8 So.30 Anna DonlanG 5-8 So.37 Ashley Nixon G 5-6 Jr.
Schedule St. Cloud will compete in the Easton Holiday Showcase from January 2–3. Oct 2 Niagara University 7:07 Win, 4-3 1-0-0Oct 3 Niagara University 4:07 pmLoss, 3-1 1-1-0Oct 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 0-1Nov 14(Sat) at Bemidji State 2:07 pm5-2Nov 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 0-2Jan 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 pm3-2Jan 30 (Sat) Bemidji State 2:07 pm3-3Feb 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
Player stats = Indicates team leader
Skaters Holly Roberts37 21 28 49 1.3243 34 3 9 3Felicia Nelson 34 31 15 46 1.3529 28 4 15 0Caitlin Hogan 37 16 27 43 1.1622 55 1 5 3Meaghan Pezon 37 12 26 38 1.0270 22 3 4 0 Danielle Hirsch 32 1 14 15 0.4688 51 0 1 0Alex Nelson 37 6 6 12 0.3243 14 1 3 0Brittany Toor 36 3 7 10 0.2778 18 1 1 0Lisa Martinson 30 2 4 6 0.2000 28 1 2 0Kylie Lane 37 1 5 6 0.1622 32 0 1 0Kelly Meierhofer 37 1 4 5 0.1351 32 0 0 0Jaclyn Daggit 28 1 3 4 0.1429 6 0 1 0Callie Dahl 33 1 3 4 0.1212 22 1 0 0Jocelyn Zabrick 32 0 4 4 0.1250 34 0 0 0Katie Allen 34 0 3 3 0.0882 0 0 0 0Diana Karouzos 20 0 3 3 0.1500 18 0 0 0Tayler VanDenakker 6 0 1 1 0.1667 2 0 0 0Haylea Schmid 31 0 1 1 0.0323 0 0 0 0Jenaca Fredheim 10 0 1 1 0.1000 8 0 0 0Alecia Anderson 34 0 0 0 0.0000 12 0 0 0Ellie Sitek 20 0 0 0 0.0000 4 0 0 0Ashlan Lambert 1 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0Ashley Nixon 33 0 0 0 0.0000 6 0 0 0Courtney Josefson33 0 0 0 0.0000 8 0 0 0Katie Kemmerer 36 0 0 0 0.0000 2 0 0 0
Goaltenders Ashley Nixon331310882 1938 2.53832 1020 .926Tayler VanDenakker 6 2 4 0 20 310 3.8678 0 147 .880
Awards and honors Caitlin Hogan, Patty Kazmaier Award nominee Caitlin Hogan, WCHA Student Athlete of the Year Caitlin Hogan, Frozen Four Skills Competition participant Felicia Nelson, Patty Kazmaier Award nominee Felicia Nelson, WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of January 4) Felicia Nelson, Co-WCHA Player of the Year http://www.wcha.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/wcha/sports/w-hockey/auto_pdf/wchaw-2010awards-030410 Felicia Nelson, 2010 Women's RBK Hockey Division I All-America Second Team Ashley Nixon, WCHA Co-Defensive Players of the Week (Week of January 20)http://www.wcha.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/012010aac.html Meaghan Pezon, WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 2)
References
External links Official site