# 2011–12 Union Dutchwomen ice hockey season

The 2011–12 Union Dutchwomen women's hockey team represented Union College in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Dutchwomen were a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference.

## Offseason
### Recruiting

| Player | Nationality | Position | Notes |
| Shenae Lundberg | United States | Goaltender | |
| Alex Tancrell-Fontaine | United States | Defense | |
| Kelly McGrath | United States | Defense | |
| Christine Valente | United States | Forward | |
| Camille Corbin | United States | Forward | |
| Bryanne Panchuk | Canada | Forward | Won a gold medal with Team Alberta at the 2011 Canada Winter Games |

### Exhibition

| Date | Opponent | Location | Score |
| Sept. 24 | University of Montreal (CIS) | Messa Rink | Cancelled |

#### East West Showcase

| Date | Opponent | Location | Score |
| Sept. 30 | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 1-6 |
| Oct. 1 | St. Cloud State | Minneapolis, MN | 1-4 |

## Regular season

* November 4, 2011: Emilie Arseneault scored a short handed goal late into the second period to give the Dutchwomen a 2-1 conference victory over the Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey program. It was the Dutchwomen's first ECAC win since the 2009–2010 season, and only their second ECAC win since 2004.

### Standings

2011–12 Eastern College Athletic Conference standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #3Cornell | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 75 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 39 |
| #8Harvard | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 51 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 75 | 42 |
| #10Dartmouth | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 39 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 66 | 47 |
| Clarkson | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 51 | 23 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 82 | 51 |
| Quinnipiac | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 42 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 65 | 59 |
| St. Lawrence | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 47 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 85 | 63 |
| Princeton | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 35 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 49 | 48 |
| Brown | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 51 |
| Rensselaer | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 44 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 63 | 83 |
| Colgate | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 56 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 57 | 81 |
| Union | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 28 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 48 | 89 |
| Yale | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 78 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 118 |
| Championship: To be determined † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion National rankings: Conference rankings: Updated February 1st, 2012 |||||||||||||||

### Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Location | Score | Goal scorers | Record | Conf record |
| Oct. 8 | Sacred Heart | Messa Rink | 9-2 | Stefanie Thomson (2), Lauren Hoffman, Mac Purvis, Rhianna Kurio, Christine Valente, Emilie Arsenault, Bryanne Panchuk, Molly Kate Durvin | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Oct. 14 | Northeastern | Boston | 1-2 | Stefanie Thomson | 1-1-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Oct. 15 | Boston University | Boston | 2-6 | Rhianna Kurio, Christine Valente | 1-2-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Oct. 21 | Syracuse | Syracuse | | | | |
| Oct. 22 | Syracuse | Syracuse | | | | |
| Oct. 28 | Princeton | Messa Rink | | | | |
| Oct. 29 | Quinnipiac | Messa Rink | | | | |

#### Conference record

| CHA school | Record |
| Brown | 0-0-0 |
| Clarkson | 0-0-0 |
| Colgate | 0-0-0 |
| Cornell | 0-0-0 |
| Dartmouth | 0-0-0 |
| Harvard | 0-0-0 |
| Quinnipiac | 0-0-0 |
| Princeton | 0-0-0 |
| RPI | 0-0-0 |
| St. Lawrence | 0-0-0 |
| Yale | |

## Awards and honors

* Kate Gallagher, ECAC Goaltender of the Week (Week of November 7, 2011)
* Stefanie Thomson, ECAC Player of the Week (Week of October 10, 2011)
* Christiner Valente, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 24, 2011)

### Team awards

* Kate Gallagher, George Morrison Most Valuable Player Award for the second consecutive year.
* Dania Simmonds received the Ashley Kilstein Award for community service
* Dania Simmonds, Coaches' Award.
* Stefanie Thomson and freshman Alex Tancrell-Fontaine, Most Improved Player Award (tie)
* Christine Valente was named Rookie of the Year