2009–10 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season

March 2026 August 2023 Harvard Crimson logo.svg 2009–10 Harvard Crimson women Eastern College Athletic Conference ECAC 3 USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine 7 USCHO.com/CBS College Sports 4 Katey Stone Cori Bassett Kathryn Farni Bright Hockey Center Beanpot Champions NCAA Regionals Lost 6–2 vs. Cornell 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. http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/coaches/stone_katey Katey Stone Harvard Crimson Athletics 16 April 2010 30 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110930034907/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/coaches/stone_katey dead Games will be broadcast locally on 95.3 FM WHRB. Offseason 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.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20090710_harvardusa Three Harvard Alumnae Invited to USA Hockey Women's National Festival 10 July 2009 August 17, 2009 December 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215200055/http://gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20090710_harvardusa dead 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.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20090727_chowdercup Current and Former Women's Hockey Players Raise Money for Breast Cancer Awareness 27 July 2009 August 17, 2009 December 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215192826/http://gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20090727_chowdercup dead 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.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20090812_kesslersweden Kessler Shuts Out Sweden at Under-22 Selection Camp 12 August 2009 August 17, 2009 December 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215193811/http://gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20090812_kesslersweden dead 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.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20090922_Harvard_ECAC Harvard Picked Second in ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll; Kessler Named to Preseason All-Conference Team 22 September 2009 October 1, 2009 December 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215195221/http://gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20090922_Harvard_ECAC dead Recruiting Player Nationality Position NotesLaura Bellamy Goaltender Margaret Chute Forward Jillian Dempsey ForwardBoston Bruins John Carlton Award winner in 2009http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=449590 https://web.archive.org/web/20140222202814/http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=449590 dead February 22, 2014 Bruins Announce 2009 Carlton Award NHL.com Hilary Hayssen Defense Josephine Pucci Defense Kelsey Romatowski Defense Kaitlin Spurling 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 2007http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2008-09/releases/20090605signingclass Harvard Announces Women's Hockey Class of 2013 5 June 2009 20 September 2010 15 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215195008/http://gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2008-09/releases/20090605signingclass dead Regular season 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.http://hurstathletics.com/news/2009/10/5/WHOCK_1005094806.aspx Lakers Ranked No. 1 in USCHO.com Women's Hockey Poll Mercyhurst Athletics 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.https://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/110709aaa.htmlJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 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.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20091210_ECAC_Hockey Trio of Harvard Skaters Named to ECAC Hockey All-Star Game Roster 10 December 2009 22 December 2009 15 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215195308/http://gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20091210_ECAC_Hockey dead 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.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20091217_US_Olympics Three Harvard Alumnae Named to U.S. Olympic Women's Hockey Team 17 December 2009 December 22, 2009 December 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215184052/http://gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20091217_US_Olympics dead 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.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20091222_Team_Canada Botterill, Vaillancourt to Represent Team Canada at 2010 Olympics 22 December 2009 December 22, 2009 December 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215183837/http://gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20091222_Team_Canada dead February 9: Liza Ryabkina's second-period goal beat Northeastern 1–0, as Harvard claimed the Women's Beanpot.http://gonu.com/whockey/2010/wh10-28.shtml Northeastern University Athletics Women's Hockey 2009-10 Schedule & Results Huskies edged by Harvard in Beanpot final 2010-02-10 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100214034733/http://gonu.com/whockey/2010/wh10-28.shtml 2010-02-14 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.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20100217_Kazmaier_Nominees Four Harvard Players Among Nominees for Patty Kazmaier Award 17 February 2010 February 19, 2010 December 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215183607/http://gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20100217_Kazmaier_Nominees dead February 18: Junior forward Liza Ryabkina will be featured in the Feb. 22 edition of Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd column.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20100218_Ryabkina_SI Ryabkina Featured in Sports Illustrated's Faced in the Crowd 18 February 2010 February 19, 2010 December 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101215182247/http://gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20100218_Ryabkina_SI dead 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.http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/harvard/20100503_StoneFirstHarvardGazette Sixteen Years Later, She's in First Place 5 March 2010 6 March 2010 4 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111004055014/http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/harvard/20100503_StoneFirstHarvardGazette dead March 4: Katie Buesser has been named a finalist for the ECAC Player of the Year Award.http://dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=48905&SPID=4726&DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=204901123 Parsons Selected as Finalist for ECAC Hockey Player of the Year Roster Number Name Class Position Height18 Cori BassettSenior Defenseman 5-927 Alisa BaumgartnerSophomore Forward 5-51 Laura BellamyFreshman Goaltender 5-822 Jen BrawnSenior Defenseman 5-820 Kate BuesserJunior Forward 5-615 Katharine ChuteJunior Forward 5-77 Margaret ChuteFreshman Forward 5-611 Deborah ConwayJunior Forward 5-424 Leanna CoskrenJunior Defenseman 5-514 Jillian DempseyFreshman Forward 5-48 Kathryn FarniSenior Defenseman 5-1023 Randi GriffinSenior Forward 5-64 Hilary HayssenFreshman Defenseman 5-821 Whitney KennedySophomore Forward 5-835 Christina KesslerSenior Goaltender 5-610 Anna McDonaldSenior Forward 5-92 Josephine PucciFreshman Defenseman 5-85 Kelsey RomatoskiFreshman Defenseman 5-23 Liza RyabkinaJunior Defenseman/Forward 5-917 Kaitlin SpurlingFreshman Forward 5-919 Amy UberJunior Forward 5-412 Ashley WheelerJunior Defenseman 5-8 Player stats = Indicates team leader Skaters Player Games Goals Assists Points Points/game PIM GWG PPG SHG Kate Buesser3316 24 40 1.2121 14 1 2 0Jillian Dempsey33 11 16 27 0.8182 12 1 3 1Liza Ryabkina24 15 7 22 0.9167 24 4 5 0Randi Griffin33 11 10 21 0.6364 28 47 0Leanna Coskren33 8 11 19 0.5758 14 3 4 0Cori Bassett33 4 15 19 0.5758 26 1 1 0Anna McDonald33 6 11 17 0.5152 22 1 1 0Kathryn Farni33 1 15 16 0.4848 200 1 0Josephine Pucci 31 4 9 13 0.4194 20 0 1 0Kaitlin Spurling33 9 3 12 0.3636 16 4 1 0Katharine Chute33 5 5 10 0.3030 18 0 0 0Kelsey Romatoski 23 1 7 8 0.3478 8 0 0 0Ashley Wheeler33 2 3 5 0.1515 26 1 0 0Margaret Chute33 1 3 4 0.1212 0 0 0 0Deborah Conway 31 0 2 2 0.0645 4 0 0 0Alisa Baumgartner 33 0 2 2 0.0606 12 0 0 0Hilary Hayssen33 0 0 0 0.0000 12 0 0 0Laura Bellamy18 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0Kylie Stephens3 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0Christina Kessler15 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0 http://www.uscho.com/stats/team-overall.php/harvard-crimson/womens-college-hockey/team,hu/season,20092010/gender,w/sort,PTS.html Harvard Crimson Women's Hockey 2009-2010 Statistics: Overall USCHO.com 5 August 2010 Goaltenders Player Games Played Minutes Goals Against Wins Losses Ties Shutouts Save % Goals Against Average Christina Kessler Postseason On March 13, 2010, the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program defeated the Crimson by a score of 6-2http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2010/3/13/WICE_0313103301.aspx Women's Hockey To Face Mercyhurst In NCAA Semifinals Cornell University to earn its first ever trip to the NCAA Frozen Four. Awards and honors Laura Bellamy, Bertagna Award (Beanpot's top goaltender) Kate Buesser, ECAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 16)http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/Weekly_Awards/20091611_W_Wkly_Awards Weekly Awards Presented to Buesser, Dempsey & Jamieson 16 November 2009 Kate Buesser, New England Hockey Writers All-Star Teamhttp://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/dartmouth/20103003_ParsonsCunninghamAllNewEngland Cunningham, Parsons Named to All-New England Team 30 March 2010 ECAC Hockey 12 April 2010 4 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111004055456/http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/dartmouth/20103003_ParsonsCunninghamAllNewEngland dead Jillian Dempsey, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of November 16) Jillian Dempsey, Harvard, 2010 ECAC All-Rookie Teamhttp://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/Weekly_Awards/20102402_W_All_League_All_Rookie All-League & All-Rookie Teams Announced 24 February 2010 1 February 2011 17 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180217082823/http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/Weekly_Awards/20102402_W_All_League_All_Rookie dead Randi Griffin, ECAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week of February 22)http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/Weekly_Awards/Women-s_Wkly_Award_Winners_02_22.pdf ECAC Hockey ECAC Hockey Christina Kessler, Pre-Season All-ECAC Teamhttp://ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/2009_Women-s_Preseaon_All-League_Team.pdf ECAC Hockey ECAC Hockey Anna McDonald, Frozen Four Skills Competition participanthttps://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/031010aaa.html ncaa.com 2010-03-16August 2017 medicmedic Liza Ryabkina, Beanpot Most Valuable Player All-Ivy honors 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 Mentionhttp://www.brownbears.com/sports/w-hockey/2009-10/releases/20100225u4xuqc Freshman Katie Jamieson Receives All-Ivy Accolades February 25, 2010 6 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110123155826/http://brownbears.com/sports/w-hockey/2009-10/releases/20100225u4xuqc 23 January 2011 dead dmy-all See also 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season References External links Official Site Category:Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey seasons Harvard Har Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey