2009-10 Hockey East Women's Ice Hockey Season

This is the 2009-10 Hockey East Women's Season. This was the women's conference's eighth season. Each team played a 21 game conference schedule. The eight schools returned from the previous season.

Standings
The conference revised its points system for this season. A regulation win was worth 3 points. A shootout win was worth 2 points. An overtime or shootout loss was worth one point (both were considered ties for the standings). Shootout wins are also included in the wins column. Team                      GP  W  L T SW  P GF GA Providence Friars          21 11  5 5  3 30 59 44 New Hampshire Wildcats    21 13  6 2  0 28 65 41 Boston University Terriers 21 10 6 5  3 28 54 41 Northeastern Huskies      21  9  6 6  4 28 45 34 Connecticut Huskies       21 10  5 6  1 27 46 33 Boston College Eagles     21  7 10 4  4 22 41 54 Vermont Catamounts        21  5 15 1  0 11 26 55 Maine Black Bears         21  3 15 3  1 10 24 58

Format
The top six teams qualified for the conference tournament. The quarterfinal round was held at campus sites. The semifinal and final rounds were held at the Schneider Arena in Providence, Rhode Island The tournament winner earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Quarterfinals

 * Connecticut defeated Northeastern 4 to 1
 * Boston University defeated Boston College 3 to 1

Semifinals

 * Connecticut defeated Providence 3 to 2
 * Boston University defeated New Hampshire 4 to 0

Final

 * Boston University defeated Connecticut 2 to 1 in overtime

NCAA Tournament
Boston University New Hampshire
 * lost to Mercyhurst  4 to 1 in the quarterfinals
 * lost to Minnesota-Duluth 2 to 1 in the quarterfinals