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[edit]

  • 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 was tasked with helping the squad qualify for its first trip to the postseason since the 2008–09 season.

Preseason[edit]

Carleton Ravens invitational tournament[edit]

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[edit]

NCAA exhibition[edit]

Date NCAA school CIS school Score CIS goal scorers
Sept. 23 North Dakota Manitoba North Dakota, 11-0[2] None
Sept. 23 Ohio State Wilfrid Laurier Ohio State, 3-1 Katherine Shirriff[3]
Sept. 24 North Dakokta Manitoba North Dakota, 10-0[4] None
Sat, Sep 24 Robert Morris Waterloo Robert Morris, 4-1[5] Kelly MacLean[6]
Sept. 30 Colgate Queen's 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[edit]

News and notes[edit]

  • 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[edit]

2011–12 Canada West standings
Overall
GP W L OL PTS
†* Calgary Dinos 24 20 4 0 40
Alberta Pandas 24 14 3 7 35
Saskatchewan Huskies 24 16 6 2 34
Lethbridge Pronghorns 24 14 8 2 30
Manitoba Bisons 24 12 8 4 28
Regina Cougars 24 7 15 2 16
UBC Thunderbirds 24 1 21 2 4
Championship: Calgary
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Postseason[edit]

  • 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[edit]

OUA awards[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Canada West Universities Athletic Association - Varsity Blues star Jen Rawson hired to lead UBC T-Birds women's hockey". Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  2. ^ Koenen, Derek (23 September 2011). "Depth proves potent in exhibition win". University of North Dakota Athletics.
  3. ^ "Ohio State Tops Wilfrid Laurier in Exhibition, 3-1". 23 September 2011.
  4. ^ Koenen, Derek (24 September 2011). "Sioux complete sweep of Bisons". University of North Dakota Athletics.
  5. ^ "Colonials Come up Victorious Again".
  6. ^ "Robert Morris University Athletics - Official Athletics Website".
  7. ^ "Div. 1 Colgate edges Gaels 4-3 in exhibition tuneup".
  8. ^ "Spotlight Athletics". Archived from the original on 6 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Wickenheiser named Top 8 Academic All-Canadian".
  10. ^ "Spotlight Athletics". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Blues to Use First-Ever Canadian-Liberian Hockey Puck".
  12. ^ "Gaels top China in friendly play".
  13. ^ "U of S Huskie Athletics". Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
  14. ^ "UBC earns split with Lethbridge, gives coach Rawson first CIS win".
  15. ^ https://montrealgazette.com/McGill+hockey+Martlets+game+streak+comes/5628886/story.html[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "Spotlight Athletics". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012.
  17. ^ "Alberta at Calgary 2/25/2012 at 8:03PM". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016.
  18. ^ "2011-12 OUA women's hockey major awards and all-stars announced". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  19. ^ "2011-12 RSEQ women's hockey major awards and all-stars announced". 21 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  20. ^ "2011-12 Canada West women's hockey major awards and all-stars announced". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012.
  21. ^ "St. Francis Xavier University - Normore named AUS Most Valuable Player". goxgo.ca. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

External links[edit]

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