Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey

Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey
University University of Calgary
Conference Canada West
Head coach Danielle Goyette
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Arena Joan Snyder Centre of Excellence
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Location Calgary, Alberta
Colors Red and Gold and Black

                     

The Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey team represent the University of Calgary in the CIS. The current head coach is former Olympic gold medallist Danielle Goyette. She is assisted by another former Olympic gold medallist Kelly Bechard[1], Alison Goodman, and Logan Frison.

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History

On September 16, 2010, Hayley Wickenheiser announced that she would return to the University of Calgary to complete her Kinesiology degree. She also announced that she would join the Dinos women's hockey team.[2] On October 8, 2011, Hayley Wickenheiser played in her first CIS game with the Dinos. She earned first star honours and had two goals and one assist. By season's end, Wickenheiser appeared in only 15 of 24 games due to injury and commitments with Team Canada. She tied for the conference scoring lead with 40 points and led Canada West with 17 goals on the season. Her 2.67 points-per-game average led CIS hockey. She recorded four short-handed goals on the year along with five game-winners and finished with a +22 rating. She led Canada West in all of these categories, respectively. She is the first Dino in program history to be named the Canada West MVP and the first conference all-star since the 2000 season. On March 9, 2011: As a first-year forward for the University of Calgary, Hayley Wickenheiser was named the Canadian Interuniversity Sport player of the year in women's hockey. She the became the first ever Dino to win the Brodrick Trophy as CIS MVP.

Year by year

Year Wins Losses Ties Points
2010-11 18 8 3 39

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Awards and honors

Canada West All-Stars

Year Player Position Team
2011 Hayley Wickenheiser Forward First
2011 Melissa Zubick Defense First
2011 Amanda Tapp Goaltender First

References