2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season | |||
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Duration | October 8, 2009– April 10, 2010 |
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NCAA tournament | 2010 | ||
National championship | Ford Field Detroit, Michigan |
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NCAA champions | Boston College | ||
Hobey Baker Award | Blake Geoffrion (Wisconsin) |
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NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
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The 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 8, 2009 and concluded with the 2010 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game on April 10, 2010 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. Denver and Miami (OH) entered the season as the nations' two top ranked teams.
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The top 20 from USCHO.com/CBS College Sports, October 5, 2009, and the top 15 from USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine, September 29, 2009.[1]
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Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#10 RIT†* | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 109 | 51 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 145 | 90 | |
Sacred Heart | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 99 | 86 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 131 | 123 | |
Air Force | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 86 | 70 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 103 | 96 | |
Mercyhurst | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 103 | 70 | 38 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 121 | 118 | |
Canisius | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 97 | 89 | 37 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 125 | 122 | |
Army | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 80 | 83 | 36 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 98 | 114 | |
Holy Cross | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 25 | 70 | 74 | 37 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 87 | 102 | |
Bentley | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 78 | 105 | 35 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 94 | 123 | |
Connecticut | 28 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 48 | 91 | 37 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 59 | 135 | |
American International | 28 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 59 | 110 | 33 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 69 | 131 | |
Championship: RIT † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#3 Miami (OH)† | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 70 | 100 | 39 | 44 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 147 | 86 | |
Michigan State | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 73 | 64 | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 115 | 97 | |
#14 Ferris State | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 79 | 66 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 118 | 92 | |
#13 Northern Michigan | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 86 | 72 | 41 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 124 | 104 | |
#15 Alaska | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 73 | 70 | 39 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 108 | 93 | |
Nebraska–Omaha | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 85 | 83 | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 124 | 116 | |
#8 Michigan* | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 83 | 69 | 45 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 148 | 102 | |
Ohio State | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 81 | 93 | 39 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 110 | 122 | |
Notre Dame | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 65 | 76 | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 90 | 102 | |
Lake Superior State | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 66 | 90 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 93 | 118 | |
Bowling Green | 28 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 58 | 102 | 36 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 71 | 138 | |
Western Michigan | 28 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 62 | 87 | 36 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 76 | 104 | |
Championship: Michigan † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#12 Bemidji State† | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 71 | 40 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 128 | 87 | |
Robert Morris | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 47 | 60 | 35 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 94 | 121 | |
Alabama–Huntsville* | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 42 | 54 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 73 | 89 | |
Niagara | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 53 | 59 | 36 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 107 | 118 | |
Championship: Alabama–Huntsville † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#6 Yale† | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 92 | 72 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 141 | 105 | |
#9 Cornell* | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 74 | 43 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 107 | 67 | |
Union | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 81 | 60 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 134 | 100 | |
Colgate | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 78 | 70 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 118 | 119 | |
Rensselaer | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 64 | 58 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 109 | 108 | |
St. Lawrence | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 62 | 61 | 42 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 118 | 121 | |
Quinnipiac | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 71 | 63 | 40 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 123 | 114 | |
Princeton | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 65 | 76 | 31 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 91 | 103 | |
Dartmouth | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 69 | 79 | 32 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 96 | 115 | |
Harvard | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 61 | 70 | 33 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 82 | 113 | |
Brown | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 64 | 95 | 37 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 103 | 134 | |
Clarkson | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 84 | 37 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 92 | 136 | |
Championship: Cornell † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#11 New Hampshire† | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 98 | 77 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 131 | 122 | |
#1 Boston College* | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 99 | 61 | 42 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 171 | 104 | |
Boston University | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 93 | 91 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 123 | 124 | |
Maine | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 95 | 90 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 143 | 130 | |
Massachusetts–Lowell | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 82 | 72 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 114 | 92 | |
Massachusetts | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 72 | 86 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 105 | 117 | |
Merrimack | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 82 | 85 | 37 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 109 | 116 | |
Vermont | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 78 | 82 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 113 | 112 | |
Northeastern | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 70 | 87 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 93 | 100 | |
Providence | 27 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 46 | 84 | 34 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 68 | 99 | |
Championship: Boston College † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
Conference | Overall | |||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#4 Denver† | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 92 | 65 | 41 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 133 | 99 | |
#2 Wisconsin | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 109 | 76 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 171 | 111 | |
#5 St. Cloud State | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 90 | 77 | 43 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 138 | 122 | |
Minnesota–Duluth | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 90 | 77 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 126 | 109 | |
#7 North Dakota* | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 89 | 61 | 43 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 140 | 91 | |
Colorado College | 28 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 88 | 85 | 39 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 123 | 113 | |
Minnesota | 28 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 80 | 76 | 39 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 106 | 110 | |
Alaska–Anchorage | 28 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 66 | 106 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 87 | 141 | |
Minnesota State | 28 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 75 | 92 | 39 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 110 | 112 | |
Michigan Tech | 28 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 59 | 118 | 36 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 74 | 148 | |
Championship: North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll |
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the season.[2]
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Gustav Nyquist | Sophomore | Maine | 39 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 20 |
Derek Stepan | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 41 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 8 |
Cam Atkinson | Sophomore | Boston College | 42 | 30 | 23 | 53 | 30 |
Bobby Butler | Senior | New Hampshire | 39 | 29 | 24 | 53 | 20 |
Cory Conacher | Junior | Canisius | 35 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 36 |
Nick Johnson | Senior | Sacred Heart | 38 | 27 | 25 | 52 | 51 |
Chase Polacek | Junior | RPI | 39 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 48 |
Michael Davies | Senior | Wisconsin | 41 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 48 |
Brendan Smith | Junior | Wisconsin | 42 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 76 |
James Marcou | Junior | Massachusetts | 36 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 36 |
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season while playing at least 33% of their team's total minutes.[2]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Cody Reichard | Sophomore | Miami (OH) | 27 | 1,570:48 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 5 | .921 | 1.87 |
Ben Scrivens | Senior | Cornell | 34 | 2,018:28 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 7 | .934 | 1.87 |
Connor Knapp | Sophomore | Miami (OH) | 20 | 1,126:44 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 4 | .921 | 1.97 |
Carter Hutton | Senior | Massachusetts–Lowell | 27 | 1,614:12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 55 | 4 | .928 | 2.04 |
Corey Milan | Junior | Union College | 17 | 960:49 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 1 | .917 | 2.06 |
Marc Cheverie | Junior | Denver | 35 | 2,044:27 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 71 | 6 | .932 | 2.08 |
Jared DeMichiel | Senior | RIT | 38 | 2,270:08 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 79 | 6 | .921 | 2.09 |
Brad Eidsness | Sophomore | North Dakota | 41 | 2,387:54 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 84 | 3 | .914 | 2.11 |
Pat Nagle | Junior | Ferris State | 26 | 1,496:05 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 53 | 1 | .923 | 2.13 |
Scott Greenham | Sophomore | Alaska | 39 | 2,295:34 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 84 | 4 | .919 | 2.20 |
East First Team[3] | Position | West First Team[3] |
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Ben Scrivens, Cornell | G | Marc Cheverie, Denver |
Colby Cohen, Boston University | D | Brendan Smith, Wisconsin |
Brendon Nash, Cornell | D | Patrick Weircioch, Denver |
Bobby Butler, New Hampshire | F | Blake Geoffrion, Wisconsin |
Gustav Nyquist, Maine | F | Mark Olver, Northern Michigan |
Chase Polacek, Rensselaer | F | Rhett Rakhshani, Denver |
East Second Team | Position | West Second Team |
Brian Foster, New Hampshire | G | Cody Reichard, Miami (OH) |
Justin Braun, Massachusetts | D | Erik Gustafsson, Northern Michigan |
Blake Kessel, New Hampshire | D | Jeff Petry, Michigan State |
Sean Backman, Yale | F | Jack Connolly, Minnesota–Duluth |
Nick Johnson, Sacred Heart | F | Zac Dalpe, Ohio State |
Broc Little, Yale | F | Matt Read, Bemidji State |