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
Hobey Baker Award	Blake Geoffrion; (Wisconsin)
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The 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season began on October 8, 2009 and will conclude 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.

Pre-season polls[]

Main article: 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

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]

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

2009–10 Atlantic Hockey standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#20 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: Rochester Institute of Technology † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

2009–10 Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Miami (OH)†	28	21	2	5	2	70	100	39	37	25	5	7	131	64
#10 Michigan State	28	14	8	6	2	50	73	64	37	19	12	6	112	92
#13 Ferris State	28	13	9	6	4	49	79	66	37	20	11	6	110	83
#16 Northern Michigan	28	13	9	6	3	48	86	72	37	18	11	8	110	93
#12 Alaska	28	11	9	8	4	45	73	70	37	18	10	9	106	85
#18 Nebraska-Omaha	28	13	12	3	2	44	85	83	41	20	15	6	122	113
Michigan*	28	14	13	1	0	43	83	69	40	22	17	1	129	92
Ohio State	28	10	12	6	4	40	81	93	37	14	17	6	104	116
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: † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

2009–10 College Hockey America standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#8 Bemidji State†	18	14	3	1	29	71	40	36	23	9	4	127	82
Robert Morris	18	6	9	3	15	47	60	35	10	19	6	94	121
Alabama-Huntsville*	18	6	10	2	14	42	54	32	12	17	3	72	87
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 Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

2009–10 ECAC Hockey standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#13 Quinnipiac	4	4	0	0	8	18	7	9	8	1	0	38	20
Colgate	4	3	0	1	7	16	12	11	5	2	4	36	34
#5 Cornell	4	3	1	0	6	19	8	5	4	1	0	22	10
Rensselaer	4	3	1	0	6	14	7	12	7	4	1	32	27
Union	4	2	0	2	6	15	10	11	5	3	3	41	32
#19 Princeton	4	2	1	1	5	11	10	6	3	2	1	14	15
St. Lawrence	4	2	2	0	4	12	12	11	6	4	1	34	31
#9 Yale	4	1	1	2	4	12	13	5	2	1	2	17	15
Harvard	5	1	3	1	3	16	22	5	1	3	1	16	22
Brown	4	0	3	1	1	7	17	5	0	4	1	7	18
Clarkson	4	0	4	0	0	6	18	11	3	8	0	26	43
Dartmouth	5	0	5	0	0	9	19	5	0	5	0	9	19
Championship: † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

2009–10 Hockey East standings
	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	36	17	12	7	123	113
#4 Boston College	27	16	8	3	35	99	61	36	23	10	3	137	89
Boston University	27	13	12	2	28	93	91	36	17	16	3	118	119
Maine	27	13	12	2	28	95	90	36	17	16	3	129	119
#20 Massachusetts-Lowell	27	12	11	4	28	82	72	38	19	15	4	112	89
Massachusetts	27	13	14	0	26	72	86	36	18	18	0	105	117
Merrimack	27	12	13	2	26	82	85	36	16	18	2	109	113
#19 Vermont	27	9	11	7	25	78	82	36	16	13	7	110	106
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: † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Top 20 Poll

2009–10 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings
	Conference							Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#1 Denver †	28	19	5	4	42	92	65	36	25	7	4	120	84
#3 Wisconsin	28	17	8	3	37	109	76	35	22	9	4	138	92
#6 St. Cloud State	28	15	9	4	34	90	77	36	20	11	5	116	100
#11 Minnesota-Duluth	28	16	11	1	33	90	77	36	20	15	1	116	100
#5 North Dakota*	28	15	10	3	33	89	61	36	20	11	5	115	77
#15 Colorado College	28	12	13	3	27	88	85	36	18	15	3	116	103
Minnesota	28	12	14	2	26	80	76	36	17	17	2	101	98
Minnesota State	28	9	17	2	20	75	92	36	15	18	3	101	102
Alaska-Anchorage	28	9	17	2	20	66	106	34	11	21	2	84	130
Michigan Tech	28	4	24	0	8	59	118	34	5	28	1	71	142
Championship: North Dakota † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: Division I Men's Poll