2011–12 Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey season

2011–12 Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey season
Conference 3 CHA
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Not ranked
USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Not ranked
Record
Overall 4-5-1
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach Josh Sciba
Assistant Coaches Shivaun Siegl
Allyson Weidner
Captain(s) Kathleen Bortuzzo

The Niagara Purple Eagles represent Niagara University in College Hockey America. The Purple Eagles will attempt to qualify for the NCAA tournament for the second time in school history.

Contents

Offseason

Recruiting

Player Nationality Position Notes
Delaney Middlebrook  United States Defense Member of Minnesota Ice Cats 2010 U-19 NAHA Champions
Kelsey Gunn  Canada Defense Played for Ottawa Senators of PWHL[2]
Amy Helfrich  Canada Forward Won a gold medal with Team Alberta at the Canada Winter Games in 2011[3]
Kayla Raniwsky  Canada Forward Led the Southwest Wildcats with 42 points, including 26 goals in 36 games played during the 2010-11 season
Kalli Funk  United States Forward 2011 Minnesota State All Conference with Cretin-Derham Hall High School
Also played with Minnesota Thouroughbreds[4]
Abby Ryplanski  Canada Goaltender 2011 Liz Turgeon Player of the Year nominee

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

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Location Result Record Conference Record
9/30/2011 7:00 PM New Hampshire Niagara Univ. Loss, 4-6 0-1-0 0-0-0
10/1/2011 1:00 PM New Hampshire Niagara Univ. Loss, 2-3 0-2-0 0-0-0
10/7/2011 7:00 PM No. 4 Boston University Boston, Mass Loss, 1-3 0-3-0 0-0-0
10/8/2011 3:00 PM No. 4 Boston University Boston, Mass Loss, 2-5 0-4-0 0-0-0
10/14/2011 7:00 PM RPI Niagara Univ. Win, 5-4 OT 1-4-0 0-0-0
10/15/2011 2:00 PM RPI Niagara Univ. Win, 3-2 2-4-0 0-0-0
10/18/2011 7:00 PM St. Lawrence Niagara Univ. Loss, 3-6 2-5-0 0-0-0
10/21/2011 7:00 PM Yale New Haven, CT Win, 5-1 3-5-0 0-0-0
10/22/2011 3:00 PM Princeton Princeton, NJ Win, 3-1 4-5-0 0-0-0
10/28/2011 2:00 PM Vermont Burlington, VT Tie, 3-3 4-5-1 0-0-0

Awards and honors

References