The head coach is Heather Linstad. Assisting Linstad are Jaime Totten and Kirsti Anderson. The first time the 2009/10 women's ice hockey team took the ice was at Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum. It will be in exhibition play against Dawson College on September 25 at 7 p.m. The regular season began on the road at New Hampshire on October 3. UConn's regular season home opener was October 16 against the Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey program at 7 p.m.

Offseason June 19: Hockey East announced that Connecticut women's ice hockey assistant coach Jaime Totten will be one of three assistants for the Hockey East All-Star team this season. On November 22, the WHEA All-Stars will take on Team USA at New Hampshire's Whittemore Center. She was an assistant coach for the USA Women's National Under-22 team in 2008 during a three-game series against Canada. July 2: Heather Linstad announced the incoming freshman class of six student-athletes set to join the Huskies on their 2009-10 campaign. The incoming players are from four states and two provinces the class includes five skaters and one goalie. The players are: Maude Blain (from Magog, Quebec) was an assistant captain on Team Quebec when the squad earned the bronze medal at the 2007 Canada games and served as a team captain when Team Quebec took silver at the 2007 Canadian Champion. Claire Frances (from Stowe, Vermont) earned the starting goaltender spot as a freshman at Stowe High School. As a sophomore, she led the ice hockey team to a runner-up finish at the Vermont State Championships. Stowe was a two-time Vermont High School Coaches and Burlington Free Press all-league honouree. Kelly Horan (from Methuen, Massachusetts) helped Lawrence Academy to one ISL Championship and the 2007 Harrington Tournament title. Casey Knajdek (from Woodbury, Minnesota) was a five-time varsity letterwinner at Hill Murray in women's ice hockey and softball. Knajdek helped her hockey team to three consecutive conference championships while she earned all-conference accolades at the end of each championship season. Carli Pridmore (from Winnetka, Illinois) will join former teammates Jaclyn Camardo (Arlington Heights, Ill.) and Nicole Camardo (Arlington Heights, Ill.) as a freshman this season. She played with both Camardos on the Chicago Young Americans U19 squad. Elisabeth Stathopulos (from Toronto, Ontario) played for the Durham Junior Lightning Intermediate AA team, helping the team to the 2007 Ontario Provincial Championship Title.

July 20: Rebecca Hewett is among the 42 players invited to Hockey Canada's National Women's Under-22 Team selection camp held August 7–14 in Calgary, Alberta. August 19: Heather Linstad announced the addition of Kirsti Anderson to this season's coaching staff. Anderson spent the last two season as an assistant with Hamilton College’s women's ice hockey program.

Regular season January: Alexandra Garcia was between the pipes for every game of the undefeated month of January (9-0-1) for the Huskies. She had a 1.09 GAA and a .951 save-percentage. Garcia capped off the month with back-to-back shutouts at Boston Unoversotu and against Vermont. Garcia finished the month with three shutouts, after denying Robert Morris on Jan. 9. She allowed fewer than two goals in all by one contest in January and made 20 or more saves in six contests. February 17: Senior defender Cristin Allen is among 45 nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. During the month of February, Elizabeth Stathopulos registered four assists. On February 27, she assisted on the game-winning goal that beat Boston College. During February, she led all Huskies freshmen with five points. She finished her month with a rating of +3.

Standings

Roster Number Name Height Position Class 2 Jamie Tuttle5-7 Defense SO4 Jody Sydor5-8 Defense JR5 Casey Knajdek5-4 Forward/Defense FR7 Justine Cigna5-4 Forward SR8 Brittany Murphy5-5 Forward JR9 Nicole Camardo5-5 Defense SO10 Amy Hollstein5-2 Forward SR11 Jaclyn Camardo5-5 Forward SO13 Jennifer Chaisson5-10 Forward JR14 Carli Pridmore5-8 Defense FR15 Sami Evelyn5-7 Defense SO17 Jessica Lutz5-8 Forward JR18 Rebecca Hewett5-6 Defense SO19 Elisabeth Stathopulos5-8 Forward FR21 Kelly Horan5-0 Forward FR22 Lauren LeMond5-6 Forward JR25 Cristin Allen5-4 Defense SR26 Monique Weber5-8 Forward SO32 Jennie Bellonio5-4 Goaltender SR33 Christie HouserWomen Hockey Life, http://www.womenshockeylife.com/success-stories/christie-houser/5-7 Goaltender SR35 Claire Frances5-8 Goaltender FR81 Maude Blain5-7 Defense FR83 Alexandra Garcia5-5 Goaltender SO93 Tiffany Good5-7 Forward SR97 Michelle Binning5-4 Forward SR

Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Score Record 09/25/09 vs. Dawson College # Storrs, Conn. 7:00 p.m. ETWin, 6-01-0-010/03/09 at New Hampshire * Durham, N.H. 2:00 p.m. ET Loss, 3-1 1-1-010/04/09 at Northeastern * Boston, Mass. 2:00 p.m. ET Tie, 1-1 (SO Loss) 1-1-110/09/09 at St. Lawrence Canton, N.Y. 7:00 p.m. ETWin, 2-0 2-1-110/10/09 at Clarkson Potsdam, N.Y. 3:00 p.m. ET Loss, 4-0 2-2-110/16/09 vs. Syracuse Storrs, Conn. 7:00 p.m. ET Win, 3-2 3-2-110/17/09 vs. Colgate Storrs, Conn. 4:00 p.m. ET Loss, 5-2 3-3-110/23/09 at Brown Providence, R.I. 7:00 p.m. ET Win, 8-1 4-3-110/24/09 vs. Union NY Storrs, Conn. 7:00 p.m. ET 4-1 5-3-110/31/09 at New Hampshire * Durham, N.H. 5:00 p.m. ET 1-3 5-4-111/01/09 vs. Providence * Storrs, Conn. 4:00 p.m. ET1-15-4-211/08/09 at Maine Orono, Maine 12:00 p.m. ET7-26-4-211/14/09 vs. Boston College * Storrs, Conn. 1:00 p.m. ET0-06-4-311/15/09 at Boston College * Chestnut Hill, Mass. 12:00 p.m. ET0-46-5-311/27/09 vs. Quinnipiac (Nutmeg Classic) New Haven, Conn. 7:00 p.m. ET1-07-5-311/28/09 Championship Game (Nutmeg Classic) vs. Yale New Haven, Conn. 7:00 p.m. ET6-18-5-312/04/09 vs. Boston University * Storrs, Conn. 7:00 p.m. ET4-39-5-312/05/09 at Boston University * Boston, Mass. 3:00 p.m. ET1-19-5-412/08/09 at Harvard Cambridge, Mass. 7:00 p.m. ET1-29-6-401/02/10 vs. Dartmouth Storrs, Conn. 1:00 p.m. ET3-210-6-401/03/10 vs. Dartmouth Storrs, Conn. 1:00 p.m. ET3-310-6-501/08/10 at Robert Morris Pittsburgh, Pa. (Mellon Arena) 2:00 p.m. ET4-211-6-501/09/10 at Robert Morris Moon Township, Pa. 4:00 p.m. ET4-012-6-501/16/10 at Vermont * Burlington, Vt. 2:00 p.m. ET5-113-6-501/17/10 at Vermont * Burlington, Vt. 2:00 p.m. ET4-114-6-501/22/10 vs. Maine Storrs, Conn. 7:00 p.m. ET4-115-6-501/23/10 vs. Maine Storrs, Conn. 4:00 p.m. ET2-1 16-6-501/29/10 at Boston University * Boston, Mass. 7:00 p.m. ET 2-017-6-501/30/10 vs. Vermont * Storrs, Conn. 2:00 p.m. ET 2-018-6-502/06/10 vs. Boston College * Storrs, Conn. 1:00 p.m. ET3-119-6-502/07/10 vs. New Hampshire * Storrs, Conn. 1:00 p.m. ET 1-419-7-502/12/10 at Providence * Providence, R.I. 7:00 p.m. ET 3-3 19-7-602/13/10 vs. Providence * Storrs, Conn. 4:00 p.m. ET4-120-7-602/20/10 vs. Northeastern *Storrs, Conn.1:00 p.m. ET0-020-7-702/21/10 at Northeastern * Boston, Mass.1:00 p.m. ET0-220-8-7

Player stats = Indicates team leader

Skaters Player Games Goals Assists Points Points/game PIM GWG PPG SHGMichelle Binning37 20 10 30 0.8108 36 5 7 1 Monique Weber37 14 15 29 0.7838 78 3 5 1 Jennifer Chaisson37 10 15 25 0.6757 16 1 4 1 Cristin Allen37 3 21 24 0.6486 20 1 2 0 Elisabeth Stathopulous37 9 14 23 0.6216 10 2 1 0 Kelly Horan37 6 12 18 0.4865 8 1 0 0 Amy Hollstein37 8 8 16 0.4324 16 2 0 2 Brittany Murphy 37 6 10 16 0.4324 30 3 0 0 Sami Evelyn37 3 12 15 0.4054 48 1 2 0 Jessica Lutz37 3 10 13 0.3514 20 0 0 0 Jody Sydor37 2 10 12 0.3243 30 0 2 0 Rebecca Hewett 37 0 10 10 0.2703 28 0 0 0 Maude Blain 36 5 4 9 0.2500 8 0 2 1 Casey Knajdek37 2 5 7 0.1892 22 1 1 0 Tiffany Good 32 3 2 5 0.1563 8 1 1 0 Lauren LeMond37 1 1 2 0.0541 6 0 0 0 Jaclyn Camardo 37 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0Jennie Bellonio5 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0 Nicole Camardo 23 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0 Carli Pridmore 20 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0 Alexandra Garcia33 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Player Games Wins Losses Ties Goals against Minutes GAA Shutouts Saves Save %Jennie Bellonio 5 3 1 0 7 264 1.5929 0 88 .926 Alexandra Garcia33 18 8 7 53 1993 1.5954 6 718 .931

Postseason March 7: Connecticut moves to the Hockey East Tournament championship game. The Huskies had a three-goal first period and did not look back. The Huskies eliminated the top-seeded Providence Friars at Schneider Arena. Alexandra Garcia stopped 32 shots. The Huskies are in the Hockey East championship game for the second time in conference history. This is the Huskies first appearance in the championship since 2005.

March 8:Sophomore Tara Watchorn scored at 9:52 in overtime as Number 3 seeded BU defeated No. 5 seed Connecticut. The game was played at Schneider Arena on the Providence College campus. The Terriers clinched their first ever Hockey East Tournament title and earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The 2010 Hockey East Tournament Championship game was the first ever to go into overtime in the eight-year history of the league. Connecticut did not receive an at-large berth.

Awards and honors Cristin Allen, Best Defenseman Award Cristin Allen, Runner up, Hockey East Player of the Year Cristin Allen, New England Hockey Writers All-Star Team Jennifer Chaisson - Hockey East Best Defensive Forward Alexandra Garcia – Connecticut, Bauer Goaltender of the Month, January 2010 Alexandra Garcia, Runner Up, Hockey East Goaltending Champion

All Hockey East Team Cristin Allen, 2010 WHEA First-Team All-Star Alexandra Garcia, 2010 WHEA Honorable Mention All-Star Jody Sydor, 2010 WHEA Honorable Mention All-Star Monique Weber, 2010 WHEA Honorable Mention All-Star

Hockey East All Tournament team Cristin Allen, D: 2010 Women's Hockey East All-Tournament Team Michelle Binning, F: 2010 Women's Hockey East All-Tournament Team Amy Hollstein, F: 2010 Women's Hockey East All-Tournament Team

See also 2009–10 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team

References

External links Official site