College ice hockey team season
2008–09 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season
Conference ECAC Home ice Bright Hockey Center Head coach Katey Stone
The 2008–09 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team represented Harvard University. Led by Katey Stone , the Crimson went on a 12-game winning streak versus ECAC Hockey opponents. The Crimson would win the ECAC regular-season conference title for the second straight year. In addition, the Crimson would win the Ivy League title.[ 1]
Offseason
Recruiting
Player
Nationality
Position
Notes
Laura Bellamy
United States
Goaltender
Senior Goalie of the Year and All-Area Player of the Year in Duluth, Minnesota in 2009, two-time all-state selection, All-Lake Superior Conference first team in 2008-09
Margaret Chute,
United States
Forward
Minnesota Ms. Hockey top five finalist in 2009, member of the state championship team in hockey in 2007 and 2009
Jillian Dempsey,
United States
Forward
Boston Bruins John B. Carlton Award winner in 2009, member of the USA U-18 National Team that won the IIHF World Championship in 2009
Hilary Hayssen,
United States
Defense
Member of the hockey state championship team in 2007 and 2009 and the lacrosse state championship team in 2008, played high school hockey at The Blake School with Harvard teammates Katharine and Margaret Chute
Josephine Pucci,
United States
Defense
Captain of the Mid Fairfield Connecticut Stars which took silver in 2005 and bronze in 2008 and 2009 at the USA Hockey Nationals
Kelsey Romatoski,
United States
Defense
Minnesota Ms. Hockey top five finalist in 2009 led team to state hockey championship and was a member of the all-tournament team in 2005
Kaitlin Spurling,
United States
Forward
Chuck Vernon Award winner as Division I Tournament MVP in 2008, Eastern Independent League MVP in 2006 and 2007
[ 2]
Player stats
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; GW = Game winning goals; PPL = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals
Player
GP
G
A
Pts
PIM
GW
PPL
SHG
Sarah Vaillancourt
27
25
27
52
34
4
6
2
Jenny Brine
29
16
15
31
18
3
4
1
Sarah Wilson
30
13
10
23
0
3
7
0
Katharine Chute
32
5
13
18
10
0
0
0
Liza Ryabkina
32
9
6
15
32
2
3
0
Cori Bassett
27
6
8
14
22
0
4
1
Anna McDonald
32
2
9
11
32
1
1
1
Kati Vaughn[ 3]
32
1
10
11
28
1
0
0
Kate Buesser
32
6
4
10
22
1
1
0
Kathryn Farni
32
5
1
6
63
2
2
1
Randi Griffin
32
3
3
6
12
1
0
0
Leanna Coskren
30
1
3
4
18
0
0
0
Amy Uber
29
0
4
4
12
0
0
0
Jen Brawn
29
1
2
3
23
1
1
0
Nora Sluzas
26
0
3
3
14
0
0
0
Kirsten Kester
32
1
1
2
6
0
0
0
Deborah Conway
19
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
Alisa Baumgartner
31
1
0
1
10
0
0
0
Ashley Wheeler
14
0
1
1
4
0
0
0
Whitney Kennedy
26
0
1
1
6
0
0
0
Ling Ling Lok
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kylie Stephens
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Christina Kessler
28
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Brittany Martin
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
[ 4]
Awards and honors
Christina Kessler, First Team All-Ivy League
Sarah Vaillancourt , First Team All-Ivy League[ 5]
Sarah Vaillancourt, 2009 First Team All-ECAC [ 6]
Sarah Vaillancourt, 2009 ECAC Player of the Year [ 7]
References
^ "Katey Stone" . Harvard Crimson Athletics. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2010 .
^ "Harvard Announces Women's Hockey Class of 2013: GoCrimson.com" . Archived from the original on December 15, 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2011 .
^ Read Women hockey Life, http://www.womenshockeylife.com/success-stories/kati-vaughn/ [permanent dead link ]
^ "Harvard Crimson Women's Hockey 2008-2009 Statistics: Overall" . USCHO.com. Retrieved April 16, 2010 .
^ "All-Time All-Ivy: Ice Hockey" . Ivy League Sports. Archived from the original on October 28, 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2010 .
^ "Nicole Stock and Paige Pyett Named All-ECAC Hockey" . Brown Athletics. March 3, 2009. Archived from the original on January 23, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2010 .
^ "Nicole Stock and Paige Pyett Named All-ECAC Hockey" . Brown Athletics. March 3, 2009. Archived from the original on January 23, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2010 .
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