2008–09 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey season

The 2008–09 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey team represented Cornell University in the 2008–09 NCAA Division I women's hockey season. Doug Derraugh was in his fourth season as head coach. He is assisted by Danielle Bilodeau and Kim Insalaco. The seniors on the team are Emma Chipman, Brianne Gilbert and Steph Ulrich.

2008–09 Cornell Big Red
women's ice hockey season
ConferenceECAC
Home iceLynah Rink
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey MagazineNot ranked
USCHO.com/CBS College SportsNot ranked
Record
Overall12–14–5
Coaches and captains
Head coachDoug Derraugh
Assistant coachesDanielle Bilodeau
Kim Insalaco

Preseason

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  • In the preseason coaches poll, Cornell was selected to finish fifth in the ECAC. Harvard led the poll with 10 first-place votes. Rebecca Johnston was honoured with a spot on the 2008 ECAC Preseason All-League team.
  • October 5: The Big Red hockey players raised over $1,600 for the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

Regular season

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  • January 13: The Big Red beat Union by a score of 3–0. Every Cornell player had at least one shot on goal. Senior Brianne Gilbert led the team in shots with 8. The Big Red had 50 shots for the first time since the 05–06 season. On February 5, 2006, Cornell had 58 shots against Union.
  • By mid-February, sophomore Rebecca Johnston was leading the Big Red with 37 points. Johnston's 37 points leads the entire ECAC league in overall points. She is also second in the league and sixth in the NCAA in points per game with 1.85. Johnston's total was the most points in a season for Cornell since the 1991–92 campaign.[1] In that season, senior Kim Ratushny scored 38 points. Freshman Catherine White was second on the team in scoring (34 points). White's point total is fourth in ECAC scoring. White has recorded the most points by a rookie since Dana Antal (36 points, 17 goals, 19 assists) in the 1995–96 season.
  • The Big Red's games against Harvard (February 13) and Dartmouth (February 14) were part of a promotion between ECAC Hockey and the American Cancer Society called Pink at the Rink. Cornell wore pink jerseys and honored its three seniors after Saturday's match.

International

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  • Rebecca Johnston was a member of Canada's Under-22 Team. The U-22 participated in the MLP Cup, held in Ravensburg, Germany from Jan. 2–6, 2009. Johnston was part of the silver medal-winning team. In the tournament, Johnston accumulated seven points (3 goals, 4 assists). Her best game was in an 11–0 victory over Russia. Johnston scored a hat trick and added an assist. In addition to the MLP Cup, Johnston played with the Canadian Senior Team in the Four Nations Cup between Nov. 4–9, 2009. Johnston was part of the silver medal-winning team.

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Skaters

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Player Games Goals Assists Points Points/game PIM GWG PPG SHG
Rebecca Johnston 26 25 20 45 1.7308 16 4 8 0
Catherine White 31 18 26 44 1.4194 28 3 6 0
Chelsea Karpenko 28 10 11 21 0.7500 31 0 1 0
Karlee Overguard 31 7 13 20 0.6452 28 2 3 0
Stephanie Holmes 16 3 13 16 1.0000 12 0 1 1
Liz Zorn 29 7 7 14 0.4828 18 1 5 1
Jess Martino 31 1 13 14 0.4516 8 0 0 0
Laura Danforth 31 6 6 12 0.3871 16 0 2 1
Sam Wauer 31 2 9 11 0.3548 28 0 1 0
Amanda Young 23 0 11 11 0.4783 34 0 0 0
Melanie Jue 27 2 7 9 0.3333 10 1 1 0
Emma Chipman 25 2 3 5 0.2000 10 0 0 0
Amber Overguard 19 2 2 4 0.2105 20 0 1 0
Brianne Gilbert 27 1 3 4 0.1481 4 0 0 0
Kendice Ogilvie 30 1 3 4 0.1333 20 0 0 0
Amber Moore 16 1 3 4 0.2500 30 0 0 0
Hayley Hughes 16 2 1 3 0.1875 12 0 0 0
Ashley Duffy 16 2 1 3 0.1875 4 1 0 0
Kelly McGinty 24 0 2 2 0.0833 2 0 0 0
Jenny Niesluchowski 18 0 1 1 0.0556 2 0 0 0
Amanda Mazzotta 6 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0
Steph Ulrich 17 0 0 0 0.0000 8 0 0 0
Jenna Paulson 22 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0
Kayla Strong 9 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0

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Goaltenders

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Player Games Wins Losses Ties Goals against Minutes GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Kayla Strong 9 4 4 1 18 521 2.0718 1 225 .926
Jenny Niesluchowski 18 7 7 2 44 1031 2.5613 2 479 .916
Amanda Mazzotta 6 1 3 2 14 327 2.5662 1 140 .909

Awards and honors

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  • Rebecca Johnston, 2008 ECAC Women's Hockey Preseason All-League team
  • Rebecca Johnston, Forward, 2009 First Team All-ECAC [3]
  • Catherine White, 2009 ECAC Rookie of the Year[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Hockey Set to Play Host to Harvard and Dartmouth".
  2. ^ "Cornell Big Red Women's Hockey 2008–2009 Statistics: Overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  3. ^ "Nicole Stock and Paige Pyett Named All-ECAC Hockey". Brown Athletics. 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Nicole Stock and Paige Pyett Named All-ECAC Hockey". Brown Athletics. 3 March 2009. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
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