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.

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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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canadawest.org/news/2011/8/2/WHOCKEY_0802115219.aspx |title = Canada West Universities Athletic Association - Varsity Blues star Jen Rawson hired to lead UBC T-Birds women's hockey |access-date=2011-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406192255/http://www.canadawest.org/news/2011/8/2/WHOCKEY_0802115219.aspx |archive-date=2012-04-06 |url-status=dead }} 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

=Carleton Ravens invitational tournament=

Date \|\| Teams\|\|Rink\|\|Score\|\|Notes
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align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 22	Queen's vs. Ottawa	Carleton Rink A	Queen's 4 – Ottawa 3 SO
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 22	Calgary vs. Toronto	Carleton Rink B	Calgary 3 – Toronto 1
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 22	Carleton vs. UBC	Carleton Rink A	Carleton 7 – UBC 1
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 23	Toronto vs. Carleton	Carleton Rink A	Toronto 4 – Carleton 3
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 23	Ottawa vs. UBC	Carleton Rink B	Ottawa 2 – UBC 0
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 23	Queen's vs. Calgary	Carleton Rink A	Calgary 6 – Queen's 1
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 24	UBC vs. Queen's	Carleton Rink A	Queen's 2 – UBC 0
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 24	Toronto vs. Ottawa	Carleton Rink B	Ottawa 3 – Toronto 2 SO
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 24	Calgary vs. Carleton	Carleton Rink A	Calgary 5 – Carleton 0
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 25	Calgary vs. Ottawa	Carleton Rink A	Calgary 4 – Ottawa 2
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 25	Toronto vs. UBC	Carleton Rink B	UBC 3 – Toronto 0
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Sept. 25	Carleton vs. Queen's	Carleton Rink A	Queen's 5 – Carleton 2
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Exhibition

=NCAA exhibition=

Date \|\| NCAA school\|\| CIS school \|\| Score \|\| CIS goal scorers
class="wikitable"
style="text-align:center; background:pink;" \| Sept. 23	North Dakota	Manitoba	North Dakota, 11-0{{cite web \|last1=Koenen \|first1=Derek \|title=Depth proves potent in exhibition win \|url=https://fightinghawks.com/news/2011/9/23/205276861.aspx \|publisher=University of North Dakota Athletics \|date=23 September 2011}}	None
style="text-align:center; background:pink;" \| Sept. 23	Ohio State	Wilfrid Laurier	Ohio State, 3-1	Katherine Shirriff{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/092311aab.html\|title = Ohio State Tops Wilfrid Laurier in Exhibition, 3-1\|date = 23 September 2011}}
style="text-align:center; background:pink;" \|Sept. 24	North Dakokta	Manitoba	North Dakota, 10-0{{cite web \|last1=Koenen \|first1=Derek \|title=Sioux complete sweep of Bisons \|url=https://fightinghawks.com/news/2011/9/24/205277139.aspx \|publisher=University of North Dakota Athletics \|date=24 September 2011}}	None
style="text-align:center; background:pink;" \|Sat, Sep 24	Robert Morris	Waterloo	Robert Morris, 4-1{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rmucolonials.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=6531&DB_OEM_ID=13900&ATCLID=205288849\|title=Colonials Come up Victorious Again}}	Kelly MacLean{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rmucolonials.com/newLiveStats/IceHockey/index.dbml?GAME_STAT_ID=573814&db_oem_id=13900\|title = Robert Morris University Athletics - Official Athletics Website}}
align="center" bgcolor="pink" \|Sept. 30	Colgate	Queen's	Colgate, 3-4	Brittany McHaffie, Kristin Smith, Taryn Pilon{{Cite web\|url=http://www.gogaelsgo.com/news/2011/10/1/HOCKEYW_1001115944.aspx\|title=Div. 1 Colgate edges Gaels 4-3 in exhibition tuneup}}
align="center" bgcolor="" \|Oct. 1	Vermont	McGill	McGill, 3-2	Cathy Chartrand, Jordanna Peroff, Kelsi Moffatt{{Cite web \|url=http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=185333 \|title = Spotlight Athletics \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906062114/http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=185333 \|archive-date=6 September 2012 \|url-status=dead}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.godinos.com/news/2011/9/27/GEN_0927114720.aspx?path=whockey|title = Wickenheiser named Top 8 Academic All-Canadian}}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=193538 |title = Spotlight Athletics |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904021756/http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=193538 |archive-date=4 September 2012 |url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/2011/10/13/MHOCKEY_1013113842.aspx|title=Blues to Use First-Ever Canadian-Liberian Hockey Puck}}
October 14: The Queen's Golden Gaels defeated the Chinese national women's ice hockey team by a 6-1 tally.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gogaelsgo.com/news/2011/10/14/HOCKEYW_1014112015.aspx|title = Gaels top China in friendly play}}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://huskies.usask.ca/news/2011/October/2011-10-14-whoc/index.php |title=U of S Huskie Athletics |access-date=2011-10-16 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709095356/http://huskies.usask.ca/news/2011/October/2011-10-14-whoc/index.php |archive-date=2012-07-09 |url-status=dead }}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2011/10/16/ICEW_1016114128.aspx|title = UBC earns split with Lethbridge, gives coach Rawson first CIS win}}
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.https://montrealgazette.com/McGill+hockey+Martlets+game+streak+comes/5628886/story.html{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It marked the Martlets first loss to a Quebec conference opponent for the first time in 108 games.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=211663 |title = Spotlight Athletics |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904115248/http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=211663 |archive-date=4 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}

=Season standings=

rowspan="2" width="15%" \| ! colspan="7" \| Overall
class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" ! colspan="15" style="background-color: #FFE6BD;" \| 2011–12 Canada West standings
width="5%" \| GP ! width="5%" \| W ! width="5%" \| L ! width="5%" \| OL ! width="5%" \| PTS
align=center \| †* Calgary Dinos	24	20	4	0	40
align=center \| Alberta Pandas	24	14	3	7	35
align=center \| Saskatchewan Huskies	24	16	6	2	34
align=center \| Lethbridge Pronghorns	24	14	8	2	30
align=center \| Manitoba Bisons	24	12	8	4	28
align=center \| Regina Cougars	24	7	15	2	16
align=center \| UBC Thunderbirds	24	1	21	2	4
colspan=16 align=center\|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.{{cite web |title=Alberta at Calgary 2/25/2012 at 8:03PM |url=http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2011-12/boxscores_post/20120225_ya3f.xml |publisher=Canadian Interuniversity Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230155859/http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2011-12/boxscores_post/20120225_ya3f.xml |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}

Awards and honors

=OUA awards=

Player of the Year: Morgan McHaffie – Queen's{{cite web |title=2011-12 OUA women's hockey major awards and all-stars announced |url=http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120224-oua |publisher=Canadian Interuniversity Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040536/http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120224-oua |archive-date=4 March 2016 |date=24 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}
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{{cite web |title=2011-12 RSEQ women's hockey major awards and all-stars announced |url=http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120221-rseq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043227/http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120221-rseq |archive-date=4 March 2016 |date=21 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}
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{{cite web |title=2011-12 Canada West women's hockey major awards and all-stars announced |url=http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120223-cw |publisher=Canadian Interuniversity Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101231725/http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120223-cw |archive-date=1 November 2012 |date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}
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{{cite web |url=http://goxgo.ca/news/2012/3/2/WH_0302120611.aspx |title=St. Francis Xavier University - Normore named AUS Most Valuable Player |website=goxgo.ca |access-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708121120/http://goxgo.ca/news/2012/3/2/WH_0302120611.aspx |archive-date=8 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}

References

External links

[http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/index The official site of CIS Women's Hockey Championship]
[http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/news 2011-12 News of women's ice hockey Championship]
[http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/index CIS 2012 Women's Hockey Championship]

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