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.
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]
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]
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 |
Player | Position | School | Nationality |
Sara Bauer | Forward | Wisconsin | ![]() |
Tessa Bonhomme | Defense | Ohio State | ![]() |
Ronda Curtin | Defense | Minnesota | ![]() |
Natalie Darwitz | Forward | Minnesota | ![]() |
Molly Engstrom | Defense | Wisconsin | ![]() |
Caroline Ouellette | Forward | Minnesota-Duluth | ![]() |
Jenny Schmidgall-Potter | Forward | Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth | ![]() |
Maria Rooth | Forward | Minnesota-Duluth | ![]() |
Jessie Vetter | Goaltender | Wisconsin | ![]() |
Krissy Wendell | Forward | Minnesota | ![]() |
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