League NCAA Division I Champion Cornell Big Red | Sport Ice hockey Season MVP Catherine White | |
Duration September 2009
through March, 2010 Runners-Up Clarkson Golden Knights |
The 2009–10 ECAC Hockey women's ice hockey season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive ice hockey among ECAC Hockey members.
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Pre-season
The Saints, garnered a total of 107 points, including three of 12 first-place votes. St. Lawrence, boasts returning all-league selection senior defender Britni Smith. Last season, the team finished second in the regular-season standings with a mark of 16-5-1.
Harvard claimed three first-place votes to finish second in the poll. The Crimson earned 103 total points. Harvard is the two-time defending regular-season champion. Dartmouth gained five first place votes, and is slotted to finish third in regular-season play according to the voting. The Big Green compiled 93 points in the poll. Princeton ranks fourth in the preseason poll with 89 points. Clarkson occupies the fifth slot with 85 points, earning one first-place vote. ECAC Hockey Championship runner-up Rensselaer was selected to finish in sixth place, with 74 points.
US Olympic exhibition games
On January 3, the ECAC fielded an all-star team to take on the US Olympic Team. Caitlin Cahow (Branford, Conn.), Natalie Darwitz (Eagan, Minn.) and Jocelyne Lamoureux (Grand Forks, N.D.) each tallied two goals in pacing Team USA to victory.
October
November
In season honors
Throughout the conference regular season, Eastern College Athletic Conference offices names a player of the week each Monday.
Active players
The following active ECAC players represented their respective countries in Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
ECAC awards and honors
All-Decade team
The All-Decade team involves players who played in the ECAC between 1999-00 and 2008-09.