2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

The 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season will begin in October, 2011, ending with the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game in March, 2012.

Contents

Offseason

Wayne State

Transfers

Player Position New team
Gina Buquet Forward Mercyhurst Lakers[6]
Cari Coen Forward/Defense St. Cloud State Huskies[7]
Jill Szandzik Defense Mercyhurst Lakers[8]

Season outlook

Preseason polls

Rank Team Points First place votes
1 Wisconsin 140 14
2 Boston University 116
3 Cornell 111
4 Minnesota 96
5 Boston College 85
6 Minnesota-Duluth 75
7 North Dakota 44
8 Mercyhurst 42
9 Quinnipiac 17
10 (tie) Dartmouth 12
10 (tie) Providence 12

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Exhibition

CIS Exhibition

Date NCAA school CIS school Score NCAA goal scorers
Sept. 17 Mercyhurst Wilfrid Laurier University 10-2[10] Bailey Bram (3), Kristine Grenier (3), Shelby Bram, Christine Bestland, Gina Buquet, Candice Styles
Sept. 23 North Dakota Manitoba ND, 11-0[11] Sara Dagenais, Mary Loken, Alyssa Wiebe (2), Monique Weber, Jocelyne Lamoureux (2), Andrea Dalen, Allison Parizek, Monique Weber, Ashley Holmes
Sept. 23 Ohio State Wilfrid Laurier Ohio State, 3-1[12] Kayla Sullivan, Danielle Gagne, Melissa Feste
Sept. 24 North Dakokta Manitoba ND, 10-0[13] Alyssa Wiebe, Jocelyne Lamoureux (2), Josefine Jacobsen (3), Monique Lamoureux, Monique Weber, Andrea Dalen, Michelle Karvinen
Sat, Sep 24 Robert Morris Waterloo RMU, 4-1[14] Katelyn Scott, Rebecca Vint, Thea Imbrogno, Brianna Delaney
Oct. 1 Vermont McGill McGill, 3-2 Delia McNally, Meghan Huertas[15]

CWHL Exhibition

Date NCAA school Opponent Score NCAA goal scorers
Oct. 25 Cornell Brampton Thunder (CWHL) Cornell, 6-0[17] Jillian Saulnier (2), Jessica Campbell, Olivia Cook, Kendice Ogilvie, Catherine White
Nov. 2 Mercyhurst Brampton Thunder (CWHL) Brampton, 3-1 Bailey Bram[18]

PWHL Exhibition

Date NCAA school Opponent Score NCAA goal scorers
Sept 24 Clarkson Whitby Wolves (PWHL) Clarkson, 6-0 Christine Lambert, Vanessa Gagnon, Brittany Styner, Carly Mercer, Jamie Lee Rattray, Danielle Boudreau[19]

News and notes

September

October

November

December

January

February

Regular season

Standings

Overall Conference
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Robert Morris 7 5 1 1 11 31 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
#5 Mercyhurst 7 5 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Niagara 10 4 5 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Syracuse 10 4 6 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Championship:
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Cornell 3 3 0 0 6 4 4 0 0
Quinnipiac 3 3 0 0 6 9 4 5 0
Harvard 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0
Princeton 3 2 0 1 5
Dartmouth 2 1 0 1 3
Colgate 3 1 1 1 3
St. Lawrence 3 1 2 0 3
Union 3 1 2 0 3
Clarkson 3 0 2 1 1
Brown 3 0 2 1 1
Rensselaer 3 0 2 1 1
Yale 3 0 3 0 3 6 0 6 0
Championship: To be determined
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll

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Overall Conference
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Boston College 14 9 4 1 19 43 29 8 5 2 1 22 14
Providence 17 6 8 3 15 44 43 9 5 3 1 30 21
Northeastern 14 10 4 0 20 48 25 7 5 2 0 20 12
Maine 18 9 5 4 22 8 4 3 1 26 23
Boston University 5 4 1 0 17 10
Connecticut 7 2 5 0 11 16
Vermont 16 2 10 4 8 30 61 8 2 6 0 15 27
New Hampshire 6 0 5 1 6 24
Championship: To Be Determined
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll

*Rankings based on number of wins in the conference

Conference Overall
GP W L T SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#1 Wisconsin 14 13 1 0 0 39 57 20 20 19 1 0 102 26
#2 Minnesota 14 11 3 0 0 33 55 18 20 17 3 0 91 24
#6 North Dakota 16 9 6 1 0 28 62 42 20 12 7 1 81 49
#9 Minnesota-Duluth 14 6 7 1 1 20 51 37 18 9 8 1 71 47
Ohio State 14 6 7 1 1 20 33 47 18 9 7 2 49 56
#8 Bemidji State 14 6 7 1 0 19 37 42 19 10 7 2 61 45
Minnesota State 12 2 10 0 0 6 15 37 18 6 12 0 42 54
St. Cloud State 14 1 13 0 0 3 14 81 20 2 16 2 25 96
Championship:
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll

Season Tournaments

Nutmeg Classic

The Nutmeg Classic will be contested on November 25 and 26.

Date Schools Score Notes
Nov. 25 Connecticut vs. Quinnipiac 4-2, Quinnipiac Game winning goal scored by Erica Uden Johansson[52]
Nov. 25 Robert Morris vs. Yale 1-0, Robert Morris Game winning goal scored by Thea Imbrogno[53]
Nov. 26 Connecticut vs. Yale
Nov. 26 Quinnipiac vs. Robert Morris 3-2, Quinnipiac Breann Frykas scored the game winning goal

Easton Holiday Classic

The Easton Holiday Classic will be played in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Date Schools Score
Jan. 1

Beanpot

The Beanpot will involve Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard.

Rankings

October

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking Week of October 3 Week of October 10 Week of October 17 Week of October 24 Week of October 31
1 Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin
2 Cornell Cornell Minnesota Minnesota Cornell
3 Minnesota Minnesota Cornell Cornell Minnesota
4 Boston University Boston University Boston University Boston College Minnesota-Duluth
5 Boston College Boston College Boston College Boston University Boston University
6 North Dakota Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota-Duluth North Dakota Boston College
7 Minnesota-Duluth North Dakota North Dakota Minnesota-Duluth North Dakota
8 Mercyhurst Northeastern Northeastern Mercyhurst Mercyhurst
9 Quinnipiac Dartmouth Mercyhurst Northeastern Northeastern
10 Dartmouth Mercyhurst Dartmouth Dartmouth Bemidji State and Harvard (tie)
USA Today Hockey Poll
Ranking Week of October 3 Week of October 10 Week of October 17 Week of October 24
1 Wisconsin Wisconsin
2 Cornell Cornell
3 Minnesota Minnesota
4 Boston University Boston University
5 Boston College Minnesota Duluth
6 North Dakota Boston College
7 Minnesota Duluth North Dakota
8 Mercyhurst Northeastern
9 Mercyhurst
10 Dartmouth Dartmouth

November

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking Week of November 7 Week of November 14 Week of November 21 Week of November 28
1 Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin
2 Cornell Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota
3 Minnesota Cornell Cornell Cornell
4 Boston College Boston College Boston College Boston College
5 Boston University Boston University Boston University North Dakota
6 Minnesota-Duluth Minnesota-Duluth North Dakota Mercyhurst
7 North Dakota North Dakota Mercyhurst Boston University
8 Northeastern Northeastern Minnesota-Duluth Bemidji State
9 Mercyhurst Mercyhurst Minnesota-Duluth
10 Harvard Harvard Northeastern Northeastern
USA Today/American Hockey Coaches Hockey Poll
Ranking Week of November 7 Week of November 14 Week of November 21 Week of November 28
1 Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin
2 Cornell Cornell Minnesota
3 Minnesota Minnesota Cornell
4 Boston College Boston College Boston College
5 Boston University Boston University Boston University
6 North Dakota North Dakota
7 Minnesota-Duluth Mercyhurst
8 Northeastern Minnesota-Duluth
9 Mercyhurst Harvard
10 Harvard Northeastern

December

USCHO.com/CBS College Sports
Ranking Week of December 5 Week of December 12 Week of December 29 Week of December 26
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USA Today Hockey Poll
Ranking Week of December 5 Week of December 12 Week of December 29 Week of December 26
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Scoring leaders

Awards and honors

Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Nominees

Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Finalists

Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top 3

All-conference honors

All-America honors

First team

Second team

All Ivy League honors

First Team All-Ivy

Second Team All-Ivy

Postseason tournaments

CHA championship game

ECAC championship game

Hockey East championship game

WCHA championship game

See also

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