2010–11 St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey season

2010–11 St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey season
Conference	Not ranked ECAC
Home ice	Appleton Arena
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine	Not ranked
Record
Overall	7-8-2
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Chris Wells
Assistant Coaches	Ted Wisner Mare MacDougall
Captain(s)	Karell Emard
Alternate captain(s)	Kirsten Roach and Jamie Goldsmith

The 2010–11 St. Lawrence Saints women's hockey team will represent St. Lawrence University in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I women's hockey season. The Saints will be coached by Chris Wells and play their home games at Appleton Arena. The Saints are a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and will attempt to win the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship

Offseason

Sept. 24: The Skating Saints have been ranked fifth in the preseason ECAC Hockey Poll.^[1] The poll is voted on by the conference's coaches.

Recruiting

Rylee Smith, Forward, (5'5, Hagersville, ON)
Dallas Boyd, Forward, (5'6, Hamilton, ON)
Dayle Wilkinson, Defence, (5'5, Stouffville, ON)
Bailey Habscheid, Defence, (5'5, Wymark, SK)
Mel Desrochers, Defence, (5'4, Welland, ON)
Caitlyn Lahonen, Goaltender (5'10, Warman, SK)

Exhibition

Date	Opponent	Score
Oct. 1	McGill	2-1^[2]

Regular season

October 15: Rookie goalie Caitlyn Lahonen made a career-high 30 saves versus Clarkson. She made 12 saves in the third period including three breakaway stops as the game finished in a 1-1 tie.^[3]
December 10: Vanessa Emond accumulated four points (two goals, two assists) as the Skating Saints upset the Mercyhurst Lakers. She scored the opening goal of the game at 6:34 on the power play. In the second period, she would score another goal to extend the lead to 5-0. The four point effort was a career high for Emond.
January: Assistant captain Britni Smith has already set a new career-high with 25 points this season behind 8 goals and 17 assists. Smith has already climbed to No. 2 on the all-time defenseman scoring list in St. Lawrence University history with 74 career points, behind only Annie Guay with 103. In addition, Smith is only five goals shy of Guay’s career record (25).
January 8: The Saints outshot Princeton 30-21 at Appleton Arena but were bested by a 3-1 tally. Tigers goalie Rachel Weber made 29 saves to preserve the win. Rookie Caitlyn Lahonen made 16 saves for the Saints, while senior assistant captain Karell Emard scored the home team's lone goal.^[4]
January 15: The Saints snapped a four-game losing skid with two third period goals to pull away from Dartmouth College by a 4-2 mark. Sophomore Kelly Sabatine had two goals including the game-winner. Maxie Weisz matched a season-high 34 saves. The win was the first for St. Lawrence in 2011. St. Lawrence was 1-for-2 mark on the power play and did not take a penalty the entire game.^[5]

Standings

2010–11 Eastern College Athletic Conference standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Cornell†*	22	20	1	1	41			35	31	3	1
Harvard	22	14	5	3	31			32	17	11	4
Dartmouth	22	15	7	0	30			8	5	3	0
Princeton	22	13	8	1	27			31	16	14	1
Quinnipiac	22	12	9	1	25			37	22	12	3
Clarkson	22	10	8	4	24			37	14	17	6
St. Lawrence	22	11	11	0	22			7	4	3	0
Rensselaer	22	8	12	2	18			9	4	3	1
Colgate	22	8	12	2	18			33	11	19	3
Yale	22	8	12	2	18			29	9	17	3
Brown	22	1	17	4	6			29	2	23	4
Union	22	1	19	2	4			34	2	29	3
Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll

^[6]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Goal scorers
Feb. 11	Dartmouth	2-3	Vanessa Emond, Alley Bero^[7]

Conference record

CHA school	Record
Brown
Clarkson
Colgate
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Quinnipiac
Princeton
RPI
Union
Yale

Awards and honors

Alley Bero, St. Lawrence, MLX Skates ECAC Player of the Week (Week of November 23)^[8]
Vanessa Emond, St. Lawrence, MLX Skates ECAC Player of the Week (Week of December 14, 2010) ^[9]
Bailey Habscheid, St. Lawrence, MLX Skates ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of November 23)
Kelly Sabatine, St. Lawrence, MLX Skates Player of the Week (Week of January 18, 2011) ^[10]

References

ECAC Hockey

Teams	Brown Bears men women Clarkson Golden Knights men women Colgate Raiders men women Cornell Big Red men women Dartmouth Big Green men women Harvard Crimson men women Princeton Tigers men women Quinnipiac Bobcats men women Rensselaer Engineers men women St. Lawrence Saints men women Union Dutchmen men women Yale Bulldogs men women

Venues	Meehan Auditorium (Brown) Cheel Arena (Clarkson) Class of 1965 Arena (Colgate) Lynah Rink (Cornell) Thompson Arena (Dartmouth) Bright Hockey Center (Harvard) Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (Princeton) TD Bank Sports Center (Quinnipiac) Houston Field House (Rensselaer) Appleton Arena (St. Lawrence) Achilles Rink (Union) Ingalls Rink (Yale) Boardwalk Hall (Men's tournament)

Championships & awards	Men's champions Women's champions Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Coach of the Year Best Defensive Defenseman Best Defensive Forward Ken Dryden Award Student-Athlete of the Year Most Outstanding Player in Tournament

St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey

Playing venues	Appleton Arena

Head coaches	Bernie McKinnon (1978–1996) Pam Mahoney (1996–1997) Ron Waske (1997–1999) Paul Flanagan (1999–2008) Chris Wells (2008–)

Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2009–10 2010–11

Conference affiliations	ECAC Hockey (ECAC)

Rivalries	Clarkson Golden Knights

Women's Frozen Four appearances	2004 2005 2006 2007

NCAA Tournament appearances	2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2012

Conference Tournament champions	ECAC: 2012

St. Lawrence University Canton, NY

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