2009–10 Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey season

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2009–10 Niagara Purple Eagles
women's ice hockey season
Conference3 CHA
Home iceDwyer Arena
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey MagazineNot ranked
USCHO.com/CBS College SportsNot ranked
Record
Overall6-6-4
Home0-1-1
Road4-3-1
Coaches and captains
Head coachChris MacKenzie
Assistant coachesJosh Sciba
Shivaun Siegl
Captain(s)Frances McPhail

The Purple Eagles were the third most improved team in the NCAA (behind Quinnipiac and Ohio State, respectively). The Purple Eagles only won 6 games in 2008–09. Compared to 2009–10, the Purple Eagles won 14 games, an 8 win improvement.

Jenni Bauer started in net in every game en route to earning First-Team All-CHA honors. Bauer's 2.19 goals against average and .918 save percentage ranked second in the conference. Bauer was among 45 candidates nominated for the 2010 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award (most outstanding player). Jenna Hendrikx became the first freshman to lead the Purple Eagles in goals (14) and points (24) since the 2004–05 season. Hendrix won three CHA Rookie of the Week awards and was named to the CHA All-Rookie Team

Offseason[edit]

  • April 7: Niagara welcomes seven newcomers for the upcoming season. The forwards are Kathleen Bortuzzo, Sarah Connelly, Daniela Dal Colle, Natasha Fryer, and Jenna Hendrikx. On defence, the newcomers are Carleah Angeles and Samantha Curk.[1]
  • May 20: Niagara alumnus Chris MacKenzie has been named the head coach. The announcement was made by Niagara University's Director of Athletics Ed McLaughlin. MacKenzie will be the second head coach in the history of the program.[2]
  • June 24: Niagara announced the hiring of new assistant coach Shivaun Siegl. Siegl spent the 2008–09 season as an assistant coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Her primary duties were working with goaltenders, video analysis and recruiting.[3]
  • Sept 17: Niagara has been predicted to finish fifth in the College Hockey America Preseason Coaches’ Poll, released Sept. 17 by CHA league officials.

Exhibition[edit]

Date Opponent Score Record
9/27/2009 Brock University 5-2 1-0-0

Regular season[edit]

  • November 13: On Nov. 14, the Purple Eagles will don pink jerseys in an effort to help Pink the Rink in the annual CHA's initiative Skate for the Cure game for breast health awareness.[4]
  • January 30: Niagara became only the second team all year, and the first in the CHA team to defeat Mercyhurst. The Purple Eagles defeated the Lakers 2-1. Jenni Bauer stopped 44 of 45 shots, including all 19 fired her way in the second period in what was a scoreless game until the 42nd minute. The victory was the first-ever for the Purple Eagles over a top-ranked team and their first over the Lakers since 2004. The result snapped Mercyhurst's nation-leading 16-game unbeaten streak and 26-game CHA unbeaten run.[5]
  • February 17: Jenni Bauer is among 45 nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.[6]

Standings[edit]

2009–10 College Hockey America standings
Overall Conference
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
x, y: Mercyhurst 23 19 1 3 41 0 0 7 6 0 1 0 0
Syracuse 26 13 12 1 27 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0
Wayne State 22 8 11 3 19 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0
Niagara 22 8 10 4 20 0 0 8 3 3 2 0 0
Robert Morris 25 7 17 1 15 0 0 7 0 6 1 0 0

x: Regular season champion, y: Postseason champion

Roster[edit]

Number Name Class Position Height
Carleah Angeles Fr. D
33 Jenni Bauer Jr. G 5'5"
Kathleen Bortuzzo Fr. F 5'1"
21 Kayla Colang So. F
Sarah Connelly Fr. F
Samantha Curk Fr. D 5'8"
Daniela Dal Colle Fr. F
5 Kara Edwards Jr. D 5'8"
Natasha Fryer Fr. F 5'7"
27 Rachel Hauser Sr. D 5'4"
Jenna Hendrikx Fr. F 5'10"
24 Christina Jablonski Sr. D/F 5'5"
89 Caitlin Jenkins So. F 5'4"
13 Jocey Kleiber So. D 5'6"
7 Nathalie Larsen Jr. F 5'4"
18 Jennifer MacLean Sr. F 5'7"
14 Alison Malty Sr. D 5'5"
4 Mary McKinnon Sr. F 5'3"
19 Frances McPhail Sr. F 5'7"
Erica Owczarczak So. D 5'6"
17 Megan Price Sr. D/F 5'8"
31 Amanda Rowe Sr. G 5'6"
9 Jacqueline Spring Sr. F 5'8"
22 Autumn Stuntz Jr. F 5'1"
23 Leah Whittaker So. D 5'6"
10 Sarah Zacharias So. D 5'9"
1 Jill Zelonis Sr. G 5'5"

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Schedule[edit]

Date Opponent Time Score Record
10/2/2009 at St. Cloud State (St. Cloud, Minn.) 7:07 PM Loss, 4-3[8] 0-1-0
10/3/2009 at St. Cloud State (St. Cloud, Minn.) 4:07 PM Win, 3-1[9] 1-1-0
10/9/2009 RPI (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 2:00 PM Loss, 2-0[10] 1-2-0
10/10/2009 RPI (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 2:00 PM Tie, 3-3 1-2-1
10/17/2009 at New Hampshire (Durham, N.H.) 2:00 PM Tie, 3-3 1-2-2
10/18/2009 at New Hampshire (Durham, N.H.) 2:00 PM Loss, 6-1 1-3-2
10/23/2009 at Quinnipiac (Hamden, Conn.) 7:00 PM Win, 3-2 (OT) 2-3-2
10/24/2009 at Quinnipiac (Hamden, Conn.) 4:00 PM Win, 2-1 3-3-2
11/6/2009 at Syracuse (Syracuse, N.Y.) 7:00 PM Loss, 2-1 3-4-2
11/7/2009 at Syracuse (Syracuse, N.Y.) 2:00 PM Win, 3-2 4-4-2
11/14/2009 ROBERT MORRIS (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 7:00 PM
11/15/2009 ROBERT MORRIS (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 2:00 PM
11/20/2009 MERCYHURST (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 7:00 PM
11/21/2009 MERCYHURST (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 2:00 PM
11/28/2009 at Cornell (Ithaca, N.Y.) 7:00 PM
11/29/2009 at Cornell (Ithaca, N.Y.) 2:00 PM
12/2009 WAYNE STATE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 2:00 PM
12/13/2009 WAYNE STATE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 1:00 PM
1/8/2010 COLGATE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 2:00 PM
1/9/2010 COLGATE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 2:00 PM
1/23/2010 NORTHEASTERN (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 7:00 PM 1-2
1/24/2010 NORTHEASTERN (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 2:00 PM 2-6
1/29/2010 at Mercyhurst (Erie, Pa.) 7:00 PM
1/30/2010 at Mercyhurst (Erie, Pa.) 2:00 PM
2/5/2010 SYRACUSE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 7:00 PM
2/6/2010 SYRACUSE (NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.) 2:00 PM
2/12/2010 at Wayne State (Detroit, Mich.) 7:00 PM
2/13/2010 at Wayne State (Detroit, Mich.) 2:00 PM
2/19/2010 at Robert Morris (Moon Township, Pa.) 7:00 PM
2/20/2010 at Robert Morris (Moon Township, Pa.) 7:00 PM
3/4/2010 vs. CHA Tournament (TBA) TBA

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Player stats[edit]

= Indicates team leader

Skaters[edit]

Player Games Goals Assists Points Points/game PIM GWG PPG SHG
Jenna Hendrikx 31 14 10 24 0.7742 26 3 1 0
Jennifer MacLean 31 10 12 22 0.7097 22 2 4 0
Frances McPhail 31 6 11 17 0.5484 22 1 1 0
Kathleen Bortuzzo 31 3 8 11 0.3548 6 0 0 0
Caitlin Jenkins 29 5 5 10 0.3448 26 2 4 0
Mary McKinnon 31 5 5 10 0.3226 43 0 4 0
Erica Owczarczak 29 2 7 9 0.3103 26 1 1 0
Daniela Dal Colle 31 4 4 8 0.2581 4 0 2 0
Jacquiline Spring 31 4 3 7 0.2258 16 1 0 0
Leah Whittaker 30 3 3 6 0.2000 30 1 1 1
Alison Malty 19 1 5 6 0.3158 14 1 0 0
Autumn Stuntz 31 2 3 5 0.1613 24 0 0 1
Christina Jablonski 31 1 4 5 0.1613 18 0 0 0
Carleah Angeles 22 1 4 5 0.2273 10 0 1 0
Jocey Kleiber 31 1 4 5 0.1613 22 0 1 0
Natasha Fryer 19 3 0 3 0.1579 2 0 0 0
Sarah Connelly 31 0 3 3 0.0968 0 0 0 0
Kara Edwards 21 0 2 2 0.0952 8 0 0 0
Sarah Zacharias 16 1 0 1 0.0625 2 0 0 0
Samantha Curk 5 1 0 1 0.2000 2 0 1 0
Michaela DiFazio 10 0 0 0 0.0000 2 0 0 0
Kayla Colang 4 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0
Jill Zelonis 2 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0
Amanda Rowe 1 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0
Nathalie Larsen 12 0 0 0 0.0000 2 0 0 0
Jenni Bauer 31 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0
Rachel Hauser 1 0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0 0

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Goaltenders[edit]

Player Games Wins Losses Ties Goals against Minutes GAA Shutouts Saves Save %
Amanda Rowe 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.0000 0 0 .000
Jenni Bauer 31 12 14 5 70 1869 2.2476 0 755 .915
Jill Zelonis 2 0 0 0 1 10 6.1017 0 3 .750

Postseason[edit]

On March 5, 2010, the Orange won the first playoff game in program history. Sophomore Lisa Mullan scored two goals, as the Orange defeated Niagara by a score of 5-3.[13]

Awards and honors[edit]

  • Jenni Bauer, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (November 16)[14]
  • Jenni Bauer, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (November 30)[15]
  • Jenni Bauer, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (February 1)[16]
  • Jenni Bauer, First Team All-CHA
  • Kathleen Bortuzzo, CHA Rookie of the Week (Week of February 22)[17]
  • Daniela Del Colle, CHA Player of the Week (Week of February 15)[18]
  • Jenna Hendrikx, CHA Rookie Of The Week Award (Oct 6, 2009)[19]
  • Jenna Hendrikx, CHA Rookie Of The Week Award (Oct 26, 2009)[20]
  • Jenna Hendrikx, CHA All-Rookie Team [21]

Team awards[edit]

  • Goalie Jenni Bauer and forward Jennifer MacLean were named co-MVPs.
  • Frances McPhail was honored with the Brother Steve Award, which is giving to the player that demonstrates dedication and commitment to the team. McPhail was part of the season-long “Pink the Rink” program to raise funds to fight breast cancer.
  • The Rookie of the Year award went to forward Jenna Hendrikx.
  • Daniela Dal Colle was named Most Improved Player.
  • Sophomore forward Nathalie Larsen and senior defenseman Allison Malty were honored with the Jennifer Goulet Award.[22]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Women's Hockey Release - PurpleEagles.com". Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
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  6. ^ "USA Hockey". Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  7. ^ "Women's Hockey Roster - PurpleEagles.com". Archived from the original on March 28, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
  8. ^ "St. Cloud State University Husky Athletics". Archived from the original on June 11, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  9. ^ "Women's Hockey Release - PurpleEagles.com". Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  10. ^ "Women's Hockey Release - PurpleEagles.com". Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  11. ^ "Women's Hockey Schedule - PurpleEagles.com". Archived from the original on March 19, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
  12. ^ "Niagara Purple Eagles Women's Hockey 2009-2010 Statistics: Overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
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  17. ^ "Bortuzzo Named CHA Rookie Of The Week". February 23, 2010. Archived from the original on May 1, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
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  19. ^ "Women's Hockey Release - PurpleEagles.com". Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  20. ^ http://www.chawomenshockey.com/awards.aspx?aow=64[permanent dead link]
  21. ^ http://www.chawomenshockey.com/documents/2010/3/4/200910challrookierelease.pdf?id=372[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ "Women's Hockey Announces Team Awards Winners". MSU Mavericks athletics. May 10, 2010. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2010.

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