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
| Date | Teams | Rink | Score | Notes |
| Sept. 22 | Queen’s vs. Ottawa | Carleton Rink A | Queen’s 4 – Ottawa 3 SO | |
| Sept. 22 | Calgary vs. Toronto | Carleton Rink B | Calgary 3 – Toronto 1 | |
| Sept. 22 | Carleton vs. UBC | Carleton Rink A | Carleton 7 – UBC 1 | |
| Sept. 23 | Toronto vs. Carleton | Carleton Rink A | Toronto 4 – Carleton 3 | |
| Sept. 23 | Ottawa vs. UBC | Carleton Rink B | Ottawa 2 – UBC 0 | |
| Sept. 23 | Queen’s vs. Calgary | Carleton Rink A | Calgary 6 – Queen’s 1 | |
| Sept. 24 | UBC vs. Queen’s | Carleton Rink A | Queen’s 2 – UBC 0 | |
| Sept. 24 | Toronto vs. Ottawa | Carleton Rink B | Ottawa 3 – Toronto 2 SO | |
| Sept. 24 | Calgary vs. Carleton | Carleton Rink A | Calgary 5 – Carleton 0 | |
| Sept. 25 | Calgary vs. Ottawa | Carleton Rink A | Calgary 4 – Ottawa 2 | |
| Sept. 25 | Toronto vs. UBC | Carleton Rink B | UBC 3 – Toronto 0 | |
| Sept. 25 | Carleton vs. Queen’s | Carleton Rink A | Queen’s 5 – Carleton 2 | |
Exhibition
NCAA exhibition
| Date | NCAA school | CIS school | Score | CIS goal scorers |
| Sept. 23 | North Dakota | Manitoba | ND, 11-0[2] | None |
| Sept. 23 | Ohio State | Wilfrid Laurier | Ohio State, 3-1 | Katherine Shirriff[3] |
| Sept. 24 | North Dakokta | Manitoba | ND, 10-0[4] | None |
| Sat, Sep 24 | Robert Morris | Waterloo | RMU, 4-1[5] | Kelly MacLean[6] |
| Sept. 30 | Colgate | Queen's Golden Gaels | Colgate, 3-4 | Brittany McHaffie, Kristin Smith, Taryn Pilon[7] |
| Oct. 1 | Vermont | McGill | McGill, 3-2 | Cathy 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
| Overall | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |||||||||||
| †* Calgary | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Alberta | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Saskatchewan | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Lethbridge | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Manitoba | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Regina | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||
| UBC | 24 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 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
- Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship
- 2009–10 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season
- 2006–07 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season
- 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
- 2012 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship
References
- ↑ http://www.canadawest.org/news/2011/8/2/WHOCKEY_0802115219.aspx
- ↑ http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=6403&DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205276861
- ↑ http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/092311aab.html
- ↑ http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=6403&DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205277139
- ↑ http://www.rmucolonials.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=6531&DB_OEM_ID=13900&ATCLID=205288849
- ↑ http://www.rmucolonials.com/newLiveStats/IceHockey/index.dbml?GAME_STAT_ID=573814&db_oem_id=13900
- ↑ http://www.gogaelsgo.com/news/2011/10/1/HOCKEYW_1001115944.aspx
- ↑ http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=185333[]
- ↑ http://www.godinos.com/news/2011/9/27/GEN_0927114720.aspx?path=whockey
- ↑ http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=193538
- ↑ http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/2011/10/13/MHOCKEY_1013113842.aspx
- ↑ http://www.gogaelsgo.com/news/2011/10/14/HOCKEYW_1014112015.aspx
- ↑ http://huskies.usask.ca/news/2011/October/2011-10-14-whoc/index.php
- ↑ http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2011/10/16/ICEW_1016114128.aspx
- ↑ http://www.montrealgazette.com/McGill+hockey+Martlets+game+streak+comes/5628886/story.html
- ↑ http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=211663
- ↑ http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2011-12/boxscores_post/20120225_ya3f.xml
- ↑ http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120224-oua
- ↑ http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120221-rseq
- ↑ http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120223-cw
- ↑ http://goxgo.ca/news/2012/3/2/WH_0302120611.aspx[]
External links
- The official site of CIS Women's Hockey Championship
- 2011-12 News of women's ice hockey Championship
- CIS 2012 Women's Hockey Championship
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