2019–20 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
2019–20 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
	Agganis Arena was set to host the 2020 tournament
NCAA tournament	2020
National championship	Agganis Arena; Boston, Massachusetts
Patty Kazmaier Award	Elizabeth Giguere, Clarkson; ()
NCAA Division I women's ice hockey seasons
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

The 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season is the 19th season of competition in the National Collegiate division of NCAA women's ice hockey, the de facto equivalent of Division I in that sport. The season began in September 2019 and ended on March 10, 2020, following the conclusion of the ECAC Championship. The 2020 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey tournament at Agganis Arena in Boston which was supposed to be held March 20 and 22 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Changes from 2018–19

The most significant change from the 2018–19 season was the recognition of the New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) as an official NCAA conference. The NEWHA was founded in 2017 as a scheduling alliance by the six schools that then competed as National Collegiate independents—full Division I members Holy Cross and Sacred Heart, plus Division II members Franklin Pierce, Post, Saint Anselm, and Saint Michael's. Holy Cross left after the first NEWHA season of 2017–18 to join Hockey East. Shortly before the 2018–19 season, the remaining five members formally organized as a conference and began the process of gaining full NCAA recognition.^[1]

In the meantime, LIU Brooklyn had announced that it would add women's ice hockey effective in 2019–20, and would join the NEWHA at that time.^[2] Shortly after this announcement, the school's parent institution, Long Island University, announced that it would merge the athletic programs of its two main campuses (Division I Brooklyn and Division II Post) into a single Division I program^[3] that would later be unveiled as the LIU Sharks.^[4]

With the conference membership returning to six for 2019–20, the NCAA officially approved the NEWHA as a Division I conference shortly before the start of that season. This action also meant that there would be no independent programs in that season, since the NEWHA membership included all of the previous National Collegiate independents.^[5]

Polls

Regular season

Standings

2019–20 College Hockey America standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#10 Mercyhurst†*	20	13	4	3	29	68	40	34	19	10	5	107	73
Robert Morris	20	13	5	2	28	67	40	34	19	11	4	111	82
Syracuse	20	11	7	2	24	69	40	34	13	19	2	99	89
Penn State	20	7	8	5	19	38	42	36	13	15	8	70	80
RIT	20	5	13	2	12	39	72	34	12	18	4	76	103
Lindenwood	20	3	15	2	8	26	73	33	5	23	5	42	117
Championship: March 7, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com

2019–20 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Cornell	22	19	0	3	41	84	16	31	27	1	3	121	28
#6 Princeton	22	17	4	1	35	77	40	31	24	6	1	114	54
#7 Clarkson	22	14	4	4	32	63	29	36	25	5	6	110	50
Harvard	22	15	6	1	31	69	53	32	18	13	1	93	85
Yale	22	13	9	0	26	53	49	32	17	15	0	86	81
Colgate	22	11	8	3	25	71	43	38	17	15	6	110	84
#10 Quinnipiac	22	11	9	2	24	63	43	37	20	14	3	104	70
St. Lawrence	22	8	10	4	20	34	43	36	13	16	7	73	83
Union	22	5	14	3	13	39	74	34	5	24	5	52	115
Dartmouth	22	4	15	3	11	36	70	29	7	19	3	52	91
Brown	22	2	18	2	6	24	85	29	3	23	3	33	119
RPI	22	0	22	0	0	14	82	34	0	33	1	21	122
Championship: March 10, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com

2019–20 NEWHA standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Sacred Heart	21	19	2	0	38	77	31	31	20	11	0	89	77
Franklin Pierce	20	13	7	0	26	75	40	29	18	11	0	107	63
St. Anselm	20	11	8	1	23	52	35	30	14	13	3	71	63
LIU	21	11	10	0	22	79	53	32	14	18	0	100	107
Saint Michael's	20	4	15	1	9	24	66	26	5	18	3	32	82
Post	20	2	18	0	4	23	105	29	7	22	0	52	136
Championship: March 8, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com

2019–20 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Wisconsin	26	17	4	3	2	56	97	48	34	27	4	3	156	60
#3 Minnesota	24	17	5	2	0	53	86	40	35	27	5	3	137	57
#5 Ohio State	26	13	6	5	2	46	81	56	36	22	8	6	116	79
#9 Minnesota Duluth	27	11	8	5	3	41	69	60	35	18	11	6	98	77
Bemidji State	24	9	13	2	0	29	46	68	37	16	18	3	71	91
Minnesota State	27	4	16	4	3	19	40	83	37	11	20	6	71	108
St. Cloud State	24	2	21	1	0	7	32	98	35	6	25	4	62	122
Championship: March 8, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com

2019–20 WHEA standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Northeastern	27	24	3	0	48	106	20	36	30	4	2	137	35
#8 Boston University	27	18	6	3	39	77	43	36	24	8	4	108	58
Providence	27	15	10	2	32	58	53	36	18	14	4	85	71
Boston College	27	14	11	2	30	76	69	36	17	16	3	94	97
UConn	27	13	12	2	28	60	54	37	18	17	2	89	80
New Hampshire	27	12	12	3	'27	58	53	36	18	14	4	83	70
Maine	27	9	11	7	25	61	62	36	15	13	8	92	75
Vermont	27	7	14	6	20	65	84	36	10	18	8	85	109
Holy Cross	27	5	20	2	12	27	98	33	5	23	5	36	117
Merrimack	27	2	20	5	9	39	91	34	5	24	5	57	111
Championship: March 8, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com

Player stats

Scoring leaders

The following players lead the NCAA in points at the conclusion of games played on November 11, 2019.^[6]

Player	Class	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Daryl Watts	Junior	Wisconsin	12	10	19	29
Jaycee Gebhard	Senior	Robert Morris	12	7	19	26
Sophie Shirley	Sophomore	Wisconsin	12	10	14	24
Abby Roque	Senior	Wisconsin	12	9	13	22
Elizabeth Giguère	Junior	Clarkson	12	11	10	21
Grace Zumwinkle	Junior	Minnesota	12	11	9	20
Gabrielle Davis	Freshman	Clarkson	12	6	13	19
Taylor Heise	Sophomore	Minnesota	12	8	11	19
Alina Mueller	Sophomore	Northeastern	9	5	14	19

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the NCAA in goals against average.^[6]
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player	Class	Team	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Tera Hofmann	Senior	Yale	4	232:48	4	0	0	1	3	.983	0.26
Lindsay Browning	Junior	Cornell	6	364:02	5	0	1	3	3	.976	0.49
Aerin Frankel	Junior	Northeastern	9	532:23	8	1	0	8	3	.959	0.90
Michaela Kane	Senior	Saint Anselm	4	243:09	3	1	0	4	1	.945	0.99
Samantha Carpentier-Yelle	Sophomore	Connecticut	5	297:28	4	1	0	6	2	.934	1.21

Awards and honors

Elizabeth Giguere, Clarkson, Patty Kazmaier Award
Doug Derraugh, Cornell, AHCA Coach of the Year^[7]

All-America honors

Aerin Frankel, Northeastern, First Team All-American ^[8]
Jaime Bourbonnais, Cornell, CCM Hockey Women's Division I All-American: First Team^[9]
Lindsay Browning, Cornell, CCM Hockey Women's Division I All-American: Second Team

All-USCHO honors

Sarah Fillier, Princeton, All-USCHO National Honors
Carly Bullock, Princeton, All-USCHO National Honors ^[10]

CHA Awards

Emma Nuutinen, Senior, Forward, Mercyhurst, Player of the Year^[11]
Mae Batherson, Forward, Syracuse, Rookie of the Year
Mike Sisti, Mercyhurst, Coach of the Year
Lindsay Eastwood, Senior, Syracuse, Best Defenseman
Alexa Vasko, Junior, Mercyhurst, Best Defensive Forward
Abby Moloughney, Sophomore, Forward, Syracuse, Individual Sportsmanship Award
Syracuse, Team Sportsmanship Award
Kennedy Blair, Goaltender, Mercyhurst, CHA Tournament MVP

All-Conference First Team

Forward – Jaycee Gebhard, Senior, Robert Morris
Forward – Emma Nuutinen, Senior, Mercyhurst
Forward – Abby Moloughney, Sophomore, Robert Morris
Forward – Michele Robillard, Senior, Mercyhurst
Defense – Lindsay Eastwood, Senior, Syracuse
Defense – Emily Curlett, Junior, Robert Morris
Goalie – Chantal Burke, Junior, Penn State

All-Conference Second Team

Forward – Maggie Knott, Senior, Mercyhurst
Forward – Lexi Templeman, Junior, Robert Morris
Forward – Savannah Rennie, Senior, Syracuse
Defense – Izzy Heminger, Sophomore, Penn State
Defense – Sam Isbell, Senior, Mercyhurst
Goalie – Terra Lanteigne, Senior, RIT

All-Rookie Team

Forward – Madison Beishuizen, Syracuse
Forward – Jaymee Nolan, RIT
Forward – Maggy Burbidge, Robert Morris
Defense – Mae Batherson, Syracuse
Defense – Mallory Uihlein, Penn State
Goalie – Raygan Kirk, Robert Morris

ECAC Awards

Elizabeth Giguere, ECAC Hockey Player of the Year
Elizabeth Giguere, ECAC Hockey Best Forward
Dave Flint, ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year

ECAC All-Stars

First Team All-ECAC
- Elizabeth Giguere, 2019–20 ECAC Hockey First Team All-League ^[12]

Ivy League Awards

Lindsay Browning, Cornell, Ivy League Player of the Year
Izzy Daniel, Cornell, Ivy League Rookie of the Year^[13]

All-Ivy honorees

First Team All-Ivy
- Sarah Fillier, Princeton ^[13]
- Carly Bullock, Princeton
- Kristin O'Neill, Cornell
- Micah Zandee-Hart, Cornell
- Jaime Bourbonnais, Cornell
- Lindsay Browning, Cornell
Second Team All-Ivy
- Maggie Connors, F, Princeton
- Maddie Mills, F, Cornell
- Dominique Petrie, F, Harvard
- Emma Seitz, D, Yale
- Claire Thompson, D, Princeton
- Rachel McQuigge, G, Princeton
Honorable Mention All-Ivy
- Claire Dalton, F, Yale
- Kristin Della Rovere, F, Harvard
- Lotti Odnoga, D, Dartmouth
- Ali Peper, D, Harvard
- Becky Dutton, G, Harvard

HCA Awards

Aerin Frankel, Hockey Commissioners Association Women's Goaltender of the Month (November 2019)^[14]
Katy Knoll, Women’s Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Rookie of the Month, November 2019^[15]
Corinne Schroeder, Hockey Commissioners Association Women’s Goaltender of the Month (December 2019) ^[16]
Ida Kuoppala, Maine, Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Rookie of the Month (February 2020)^[17]
Carly Bullock, Princeton, Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Player of the Month February 2020^[17]
Ava Boutilier, New Hampshire, Women's Hockey Commissioners Association Goaltender of the Month February 2020^[17]

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