2011–12 CWHL season

The 2011–12 CWHL season was the fifth in league history. Regular season play begun on October 22, 2011, as the defending champion Montreal Stars host the Brampton Thunder. The league expanded from five teams to six as Team Alberta (CWHL) joined the league for competitive play. The 2012 Clarkson Cup in Niagara Falls was also contested between the Stars and Thunder, with Montreal winning its second consecutive title.

Offseason

News and notes

CWHL Draft

The following are the first ten overall picks in the CWHL Draft. For further detail, please see 2011 CWHL Draft

PickPlayer Team
1Meghan AgostaMontreal Stars
2 Molly Schaus Boston Blades
3 Meaghan Mikkelson Team Alberta (CWHL)
4 Vicki Bendus Brampton Thunder
5 Jesse Scanzano Toronto CWHL
6 Courtney Birchard Brampton Thunder
7 Catherine Ward Montreal Stars
8 Meghan Duggan Boston Blades
9Bobbi-Jo Slusar Team Alberta
10 Sommer West Burlington Barracudas

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NCAA exhibition

Date CWHL team NCAA school Score CWHL goal scorers
Oct. 25, 2011Brampton ThunderCornell Big Red women's ice hockey Cornell, 6-0[5]None
Nov. 2, 2011Brampton ThunderMercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey Brampton, 3-1Jayna Hefford, Jesse Scanzano, Vicki Bendus[6]

Regular season

News and notes

Season standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

Regular season
No. Team GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 Montreal Stars 27 22 4 1 160 66 51
2 Boston Blades 27 20 7 0 107 61 46
3 Brampton Thunder 27 18 7 2 102 80 40
4 Toronto Furies 27 9 13 5 75 105 26
5 Alberta CWHL 15 5 10 0 38 66 20
6 Burlington Barracudas 27 1 26 0 46 150 2

Team Alberta CWHL plays only half of the number of regular matches. This because of the geographical estrangement. Points are consequently adjusted with another teams.

Reference[15]

League leaders

Scoring leaders

Update 13 mars 2012
Players TEAM GP G A PTS PIM
Agosta , MeghanMeghan Agosta Montreal Stars 27 41 39 80 16
Ouellette , CarolineCaroline Ouellette Montreal Stars 27 30 36 66 12
Davidson, VanessaVanessa Davidson Montreal Stars 27 24 25 49 26
Stack, KelliKelli Stack Boston Blades 27 24 17 41 16
Apps , Gillian Gillian Apps Brampton Thunder 27 19 20 39 70
Marin, NoémieNoémie Marin Montreal Stars 24 12 22 34 16
Piper , CherieCherie Piper Brampton Thunder 25 12 21 33 10
Lawler , Erika Erika Lawler Boston Blades 26 11 22 33 10
Marvin, GigiGigi Marvin Boston Blades 27 11 21 32 24
Ward, CatherineCatherine Ward Montreal Stars 27 2 29 31 28
Bendus , Vicki Vicki Bendus Brampton Thunder 27 15 14 29 18
Vaillancourt , Sarah Sarah Vaillancourt Montreal Stars 14 10 18 28 30
Blais, EmmanuelleEmmanuelle Blais Montreal Stars 21 10 17 27 24
Engstrom , MollyMolly Engstrom Brampton Thunder 27 4 23 27 22
Harbec, SabrinaSabrina Harbec Montreal Stars 17 8 16 24 2

Goaltending leaders

Update 13 mars 2012
Player TEAM GP MIN W L OTL GA SO GAA
Schaus , MollyMolly Schaus Boston Blade 23 1386:05 16 7 0 0 0 2.38
Lavigne , JennyJenny Lavigne Montreal Stars 23 1358:13 19 4 0 0 2 2.39
Knox, LizLiz Knox Brampton Thunder 20 1206:06 13 6 1 0 1 2.94
Vanderveer , ErikaErika Vanderveer Toronto Furies 9 525:00 2 5 1 1 0 2.97
Day, LundyLundy Day Team Alberta CWHL 10 603:33 4 6 0 0 0 3.98
Small , Sami JoSami Jo Small Toronto Furies 16 933:13 5 7 2 2 1 4.11
Kessler, ChristinaChristina KesslerBurlington Barracudas 11 634:44 1 10 0 0 0 5.10
Cronin, MandyMandy CroninBurlington Barracudas 13 675:12 0 11 0 0 0 5.86

Reference[16]

Awards and honours

The 2012 CWHL Awards Banquet[17] was held on Mar. 21, 2012 in Niagara Falls, ON (during the Clarkson Cup weekend). That night, the league formally recognized the Angela James Bowl winner, the Most Valuable Player, the Goaltender of the Year, the Rookie of the Year, and the Coach of the Year.

CWHL Top Players

CWHL All-Stars

First Team All-Stars

Second Team All-Stars

CWHL All-Rookie Team

CWHL Monthly Top Scorer

Postseason

Main article: 2012 Clarkson Cup

The postseason was held at the Gale Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario. All teams played in a round robin to determine the contestants in the Clarkson Cup finals.

Date Away Home Score
March 22 Toronto Montreal Montreal, 7-0
March 22 Brampton Boston Brampton, 3-2
March 23 Toronto Boston Boston, 5-2
March 23 Brampton Montreal Montreal, 2-0
March 24 Toronto Brampton Brampton, 4-2
March 24 Boston Montreal Montreal, 5-4 (OT)
Team W L OTL GF GA
Montreal 30 0144
Brampton21076
Boston 11 11110
Toronto 03 0416

Clarkson Cup

DateLocation Final Score Attendance
25 March Gale Centre – Niagara Falls, ON Montreal Stars 4-2 Brampton Thunder 5,000

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