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. thumb|450px|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.http://www.canadawest.org/news/2011/8/2/WHOCKEY_0802115219.aspx Canada West Universities Athletic Association - Varsity Blues star Jen Rawson hired to lead UBC T-Birds women's hockey 2011-09-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20120406192255/http://www.canadawest.org/news/2011/8/2/WHOCKEY_0802115219.aspx 2012-04-06 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 TeamsRinkScoreNotesSept. 22 Queen's vs. Ottawa Carleton Rink A Queen's 4 – Ottawa 3 SOSept. 22 Calgary vs. Toronto Carleton Rink B Calgary 3 – Toronto 1Sept. 22 Carleton vs. UBC Carleton Rink A Carleton 7 – UBC 1Sept. 23 Toronto vs. Carleton Carleton Rink A Toronto 4 – Carleton 3Sept. 23 Ottawa vs. UBC Carleton Rink B Ottawa 2 – UBC 0Sept. 23 Queen's vs. Calgary Carleton Rink A Calgary 6 – Queen's 1Sept. 24 UBC vs. Queen's Carleton Rink A Queen's 2 – UBC 0Sept. 24 Toronto vs. Ottawa Carleton Rink B Ottawa 3 – Toronto 2 SOSept. 24 Calgary vs. Carleton Carleton Rink A Calgary 5 – Carleton 0Sept. 25 Calgary vs. Ottawa Carleton Rink A Calgary 4 – Ottawa 2Sept. 25 Toronto vs. UBC Carleton Rink B UBC 3 – Toronto 0Sept. 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. 23North DakotaManitoba North Dakota, 11-0Koenen Derek Depth proves potent in exhibition win https://fightinghawks.com/news/2011/9/23/205276861.aspx University of North Dakota Athletics 23 September 2011None Sept. 23Ohio State Wilfrid LaurierOhio State, 3-1 Katherine Shirriffhttp://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/092311aab.html Ohio State Tops Wilfrid Laurier in Exhibition, 3-1 23 September 2011Sept. 24 North Dakokta Manitoba North Dakota, 10-0Koenen Derek Sioux complete sweep of Bisons https://fightinghawks.com/news/2011/9/24/205277139.aspx University of North Dakota Athletics 24 September 2011None Sat, Sep 24 Robert MorrisWaterloo Robert Morris, 4-1http://www.rmucolonials.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=6531&DB_OEM_ID=13900&ATCLID=205288849 Colonials Come up Victorious Again Kelly MacLeanhttp://www.rmucolonials.com/newLiveStats/IceHockey/index.dbml?GAME_STAT_ID=573814&db_oem_id=13900 Robert Morris University Athletics - Official Athletics WebsiteSept. 30ColgateQueen'sColgate, 3-4Brittany McHaffie, Kristin Smith, Taryn Pilonhttp://www.gogaelsgo.com/news/2011/10/1/HOCKEYW_1001115944.aspx Div. 1 Colgate edges Gaels 4-3 in exhibition tuneupOct. 1Vermont McGill McGill, 3-2 Cathy Chartrand, Jordanna Peroff, Kelsi Moffatthttp://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=185333 Spotlight Athletics https://archive.today/20120906062114/http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=185333 6 September 2012 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.http://www.godinos.com/news/2011/9/27/GEN_0927114720.aspx?path=whockey 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.http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=193538 Spotlight Athletics https://archive.today/20120904021756/http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=193538 4 September 2012 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.http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/2011/10/13/MHOCKEY_1013113842.aspx 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.http://www.gogaelsgo.com/news/2011/10/14/HOCKEYW_1014112015.aspx 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.http://huskies.usask.ca/news/2011/October/2011-10-14-whoc/index.php U of S Huskie Athletics 2011-10-16 https://archive.today/20120709095356/http://huskies.usask.ca/news/2011/October/2011-10-14-whoc/index.php 2012-07-09 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.http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2011/10/16/ICEW_1016114128.aspx 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.htmlJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes It marked the Martlets first loss to a Quebec conference opponent for the first time in 108 games.http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=211663 Spotlight Athletics https://archive.today/20120904115248/http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=211663 4 September 2012 dead Season standings 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 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.Alberta at Calgary 2/25/2012 at 8:03PM http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2011-12/boxscores_post/20120225_ya3f.xml Canadian Interuniversity Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20161230155859/http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2011-12/boxscores_post/20120225_ya3f.xml 30 December 2016 dead Awards and honours OUA awards Player of the Year: Morgan McHaffie – Queen's2011-12 OUA women's hockey major awards and all-stars announced http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120224-oua Canadian Interuniversity Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040536/http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120224-oua 4 March 2016 24 February 2012 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 Player2011-12 RSEQ women's hockey major awards and all-stars announced http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120221-rseq https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043227/http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120221-rseq 4 March 2016 21 February 2012 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 Year2011-12 Canada West women's hockey major awards and all-stars announced http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120223-cw Canadian Interuniversity Sport https://web.archive.org/web/20121101231725/http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120223-cw 1 November 2012 23 February 2012 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, UPEIhttp://goxgo.ca/news/2012/3/2/WH_0302120611.aspx St. Francis Xavier University - Normore named AUS Most Valuable Player goxgo.ca 26 January 2022 https://archive.today/20120708121120/http://goxgo.ca/news/2012/3/2/WH_0302120611.aspx 8 July 2012 dead 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 30em 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 Inter Category:U Sports women's ice hockey seasons