2008–09 Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's ice hockey season

The 2008-09 WCHA hockey season was the tenth season of WCHA women's play. Since its inception, WCHA teams have won the national championship every season. The defending NCAA champions were the WCHA’s Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.

Season outlook

The Bulldogs received five first-place votes and a total of 47 points in the pre-season poll (league coaches could not vote for their own team). The Bulldogs edged the Minnesota Golden Gophers, which grabbed two first-place votes, and the Wisconsin Badgers, which had one first place vote.[1] UMD, Wisconsin and Minnesota were ranked first through third in the national USA Today/US Hockey Magazine preseason college hockey poll as well. For the second consecutive season, league-member coaches have picked Minnesota Golden Gophers senior forward Gigi Marvin as the pre-season most valuable player. Four other players: Wisconsin forwards Meghan Duggan and Erika Lawler plus Minnesota Duluth goaltender Kim Martin, a Patty Kazmaier finalist last year, and teammate Haley Irwin, the forward who led the league in scoring with 60 points last season - also received votes for preseason MVP. Forward Pernilla Winberg of the University of Minnesota Duluth was selected as the pre-season WCHA Rookie of the Year. Others receiving votes included Jocelyne Lamoureux, a forward from the University of Minnesota.[2]

Regular season

Postseason

Jessie Vetter was the WCHA Final Face-Off MVP as Wisconsin won the League championship and garnered the top seed going into the NCAA championships.[7]

Awards and honors

All-WCHA Teams

Player Class Position School
Hilary Knight Sophomore Forward Wisconsin
Monique Lamoureux Freshman Forward Wisconsin
Jocelyne Lamoureux Freshman Forward Wisconsin
Melanie Gagnon Senior Defense Wisconsin
Jocelyne Larocque Sophomore Defense Minnesota Duluth
Jessie Vetter Senior Goaltender Wisconsin
Player Class Position School
Gigi Marvin Senior Forward Minnesota
Erika Lawler Senior Forward Wisconsin
Elin Holmlöv Junior Forward Minnesota Duluth
Rachael Drazan Senior Defense Minnesota
Anne Schleper Freshman Defense Minnesota
Zuzana Tomcikova Freshman Goaltender Bemidji State
Player Class Position School
Meghan Duggan Junior Forward Wisconsin
Haley Irwin Sophomore Forward Minnesota Duluth
Brooke Ammerman Freshman Forward Wisconsin
Alycia Matthews Senior Defense Wisconsin
Jaime Rasmussen Freshman Defense Minnesota Duluth
Kim Martin Junior Goaltender Minnesota Duluth
Player Position School
Brooke Ammerman Forward Wisconsin
Monique Lamoureux Forward Minnesota
Jocelyne Lamoureux Forward Minnesota
Brittany Haverstock Defense Wisconsin
Anne Schleper Defense Minnesota
Zuzana Tomcikova Goaltender Wisconsin
Player Class School
Kelli Blankenship Junior Minnesota
Rachael Drazan Senior Minnesota
Brittany Francis Junior Minnesota
Melanie Gagnon Senior Minnesota
Gigi Marvin Senior Minnesota
Michelle Maunu Junior Minnesota
Terra Rasmussen Sophomore Minnesota
Dagney Willey Senior Minnesota
Alexandra Zebro Junior Minnesota

Team of the Decade

Player Position School Nationality
Sara Bauer Forward Wisconsin  Canada
Tessa Bonhomme Defense Ohio State  Canada
Ronda Curtin Defense Minnesota  United States
Natalie Darwitz Forward Minnesota  United States
Molly Engstrom Defense Wisconsin  United States
Caroline Ouellette Forward Minnesota-Duluth  Canada
Jenny Schmidgall-Potter Forward Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth  United States
Maria Rooth Forward Minnesota-Duluth  Sweden
Jessie Vetter Goaltender Wisconsin  United States
Krissy Wendell Forward Minnesota  United States

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See also

References

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