2011–12 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season

The 2011–12 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season represented a season of play in Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey. The Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey program claimed their first CIS national title.

Canadian Interuniversity Sport encourages competition with a sense of fair-play

Offseason
  • On August 2, 2011, Jen Rawson left her assistant coaching position with the Toronto Lady Blues to assume the head coaching role for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds.[1] In the previous year, the Thunderbirds ranked sixth in the Canada West standings with a won loss record of 7-16-1. Rawson will attempt to help the squad qualify for its first trip to the postseason since the 2008-09 season.

Preseason

Carleton Ravens invitational tournament
DateTeamsRinkScoreNotes
Sept. 22Queen's vs. OttawaCarleton Rink AQueen's 4 – Ottawa 3 SO
Sept. 22Calgary vs. TorontoCarleton Rink BCalgary 3 – Toronto 1
Sept. 22Carleton vs. UBCCarleton Rink ACarleton 7 – UBC 1
Sept. 23Toronto vs. CarletonCarleton Rink AToronto 4 – Carleton 3
Sept. 23Ottawa vs. UBCCarleton Rink BOttawa 2 – UBC 0
Sept. 23Queen's vs. CalgaryCarleton Rink ACalgary 6 – Queen's 1
Sept. 24UBC vs. Queen'sCarleton Rink AQueen's 2 – UBC 0
Sept. 24Toronto vs. OttawaCarleton Rink BOttawa 3 – Toronto 2 SO
Sept. 24Calgary vs. CarletonCarleton Rink ACalgary 5 – Carleton 0
Sept. 25Calgary vs. OttawaCarleton Rink ACalgary 4 – Ottawa 2
Sept. 25Toronto vs. UBCCarleton Rink BUBC 3 – Toronto 0
Sept. 25Carleton vs. Queen'sCarleton Rink AQueen's 5 – Carleton 2

Exhibition

NCAA exhibition
DateNCAA schoolCIS schoolScoreCIS goal scorers
Sept. 23North DakotaManitobaND, 11-0[2]None
Sept. 23Ohio StateWilfrid LaurierOhio State, 3-1Katherine Shirriff[3]
Sept. 24North DakoktaManitobaND, 10-0[4]None
Sat, Sep 24Robert MorrisWaterlooRMU, 4-1[5]Kelly MacLean[6]
Sept. 30ColgateQueen's Golden GaelsColgate, 3-4Brittany McHaffie, Kristin Smith, Taryn Pilon[7]
Oct. 1VermontMcGillMcGill, 3-2Cathy Chartrand, Jordanna Peroff, Kelsi Moffatt[8]

Regular season

News and notes
  • September 27, 2011: Hayley Wickenheiser was honoured as a CIS Top Eight Academic All-Canadian. She became the first Calgary Dinos student-athlete to earn the top academic honour in CIS since soccer player Kelly Matheson in 2000.[9]
  • October 7: Leslie Oles scored twice, while adding a pair of assists as the McGill Martlets defeated Concordia by a 7-5 tally. It was the Martlets 106th consecutive victory over conference opponents. The win was also their 38th in a row over the Concordia Stingers.[10] Head coach Peter Smith earned his 301st career win.
  • October 13: During the weekend of October 14–16, all CIS hockey teams will use the RUBR brand puck. It is a Canadian-made hockey puck produced with rubber tapped naturally from the trees of Liberia.[11]
  • October 14: The Queen's Golden Gaels defeated the Chinese national women's ice hockey team by a 6-1 tally.[12]
  • October 14: Saskatchewan Huskies players Kelsey Tulloch and Danny Stone each logged a pair of goals to win their season opener versus the Regina Cougars by a 7-1 tally.[13]
  • October 16: Laura Jordan of the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds tallied two goals in a 4-2 victory over the Lethbridge Pronghorns. It was Jen Rawson's first win as the UBC head coach.[14]
  • October 29: Montreal Carabins skater Ariane Barker scored with 71 seconds left to give the squad a 3-2 win at McConnell Arena. Martlets goaltender Charline Labonte took the loss for the Martlets, giving her a 69-2 overall record in her CIS career.[15] It marked the Martlets first loss to a Quebec conference opponent for the first time in 108 games.[16]

Season standings
2011–12 Canada West standings
Overall
GP W L OL PTS
†* Calgary24204040
Alberta24143735
Saskatchewan24166234
Lethbridge24148230
Manitoba24128428
Regina24715216
UBC2412124
Championship: Calgary
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Postseason
  • On February 25, 2012, Iya Gavrilova scored the game-winning goal in the deciding game of the 2012 Canada West tournament, as the Calgary Dinos claimed their first ever tournament title.[17]

Awards and honors

OUA awards
  • Player of the Year: Morgan McHaffie – Queen's[18]
  • Rookie of the Year: Rebecca Bouwhuis – Waterloo
  • Marion Hillard Award Nominee: Jill Morillo – UOIT
  • Coach of the Year: Shaun Reagan – Waterloo

RSEQ Awards
  • Ann-Sophie Bettez, McGill, RSEQ Most Outstanding Player[19]
  • Melodie Daoust, McGill, RSEQ Rookie of the Year
  • Kristen MacDonald, Carleton, RSEQ Leadership and Social Implication Award
  • Peter Smith, McGill, RSEQ Coach of the Year

Canada West awards
  • Julie Paetsch, Saskatchewan, Player of the Year[20]
  • Kelsey Tulloch, Saskatchewan, Canada West nominee, Marion Hilliard Award
  • 2012 Canada West Rookie of the Year: Sadie Lenstra
  • 2012 Canada West Coach of the Year: Chandy Kaip, Lethbridge

Atlantic University Sport
  • Atlantic University Sport Most valuable player: Alex Normore, St. Francis Xavier
  • Atlantic University Sport Rookie of the Year: Marie-Pier Arsenault, Moncton
  • Atlantic University Sport Most sportsmanlike player, Ashlyn Somers, Mount Allison Mounties
  • Atlantic University Sport Student-athlete community service award, Kayla Blackmore, St. Thomas
  • Atlantic University Sport Coach of the Year, Bruce Donaldson, UPEI[21]

See also

References
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  9. http://www.godinos.com/news/2011/9/27/GEN_0927114720.aspx?path=whockey
  11. http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/2011/10/13/MHOCKEY_1013113842.aspx
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  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2011-10-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2011/10/16/ICEW_1016114128.aspx
  15. https://montrealgazette.com/McGill+hockey+Martlets+game+streak+comes/5628886/story.html%5B%5D
  17. http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2011-12/boxscores_post/20120225_ya3f.xml
  18. http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120224-oua
  19. http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120221-rseq
  20. http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120223-cw
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