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

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Preseason 2.1 Carleton Ravens invitational tournament 3 Exhibition 3.1 NCAA exhibition 4 Regular season 4.1 News and notes 4.2 Season standings 5 Awards and honors 6 See also 7 References

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

Awards and honors

See also

• 2006–07 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season
• 2009–10 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season
• 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

References