2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season
Duration	October 8, 2009–; April 10, 2010
NCAA tournament	2010
National championship	Ford Field; Detroit, Michigan
NCAA champion	Boston College
Hobey Baker Award	Blake Geoffrion; (Wisconsin)
NCAA Division I men's ice hockey seasons
← 2008–09	2010–11 →

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. This was the 63rd season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 115th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team.

Pre-season polls

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]

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking	Team
1	Denver (20)
2	Boston University (17)
3	Michigan (2)
4	Miami (OH) (5)
5	Notre Dame (2)
6	North Dakota
7	Cornell
8	Yale
9	Minnesota
10	Princeton
11	Massachusetts–Lowell
12	Boston College
13	Wisconsin
14	Vermont
15	St. Cloud State
16	New Hampshire
17	Ohio State
18	Minnesota–Duluth
19	Air Force
20	Northeastern

USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine
Ranking	Team
1	Miami (OH) (4)
2	Denver (13)
3	Boston University (12)
4	Michigan
5	Notre Dame (5)
6	Minnesota
7	Cornell
8	North Dakota
9	Princeton
10	Massachusetts–Lowell
11	Yale
12	Boston College
13	St. Cloud State
14	Wisconsin
15	Vermont

Regular season

Standings

2009–10 Atlantic Hockey standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	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

2009–10 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	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

2009–10 College Hockey America standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	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

2009–10 ECAC Hockey standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	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
St. Lawrence	22	9	8	5	23	62	61	42	19	16	7	118	121
Rensselaer	22	10	9	3	23	64	58	39	18	17	4	109	108
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
Harvard	22	7	12	3	17	61	70	33	9	21	3	82	113
Dartmouth	22	7	12	3	17	69	79	32	10	19	3	96	115
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

2009–10 Hockey East standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	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

2009–10 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings v t e
	Conference							Overall
	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
Minnesota State	28	9	17	2	20	75	92	39	16	20	3	110	112
Alaska–Anchorage	28	9	17	2	20	66	106	36	11	23	2	87	141
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

Player stats

Scoring leaders

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
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

Leading goaltenders

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
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

Awards

East First Team^[3]	Position	West First Team^[3]
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

References

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External links

USCHO.com

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