# 2011–12 Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey season
## Offseason
### News and notes

* May 25, 2011: Dartmouth goaltender Lindsay Holdcroft competed at the Warren Strelow National Team Goaltending Camp in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Holdcroft was one of six ECAC goaltenders to compete in the camp.
* June 9, 2011: Holly Tyng has been promoted to associate head coach.
* June 20, 2011: Former Dartmouth player Correne Bredin was named as a mentor and ambassador to help promote women's hockey as part of the IIHF Ambassador and Mentor Program (AMP).
* August 19: Dartmouth head coach Mark Hudak was named an assistant coach for Team USA in the 2011 IIHF 12 Nations Tournament Series, Aug. 24-31, in Vierumäki, Finland.

## Recruiting

| Player | Nationality | Position | Notes |
| Morgan Illikainen | United States | Defense | Competed for the Grand Rapids Greenway Lightning and the Minnesota Junior Whitecaps |
| Sam Zeiss | United States | Forward | Participated at Choate Rosemary Hall, and also played for the Connecticut Polar Bears U-19 team |
| Abbie Lund | United States | Forward | In 2010, she earned all-conference and all-state honors in Minnesota |
| Karlee Odland | Canada | Forward | Played for the Medicine Hat Hounds of the Alberta Major Midget Female Hockey League |
| Katie Milligan | Canada | Forward | She played with the Ottawa Lady Senators of the PWHL |

## Regular season

* January 10: The Dartmouth Big Green and Providence Friars played each other in an outdoor game at Fenway Park in Boston. Providence skater Brooke Simpson scored her first career NCAA goal. With 1:14 remaining in regulation, Big Green forward Camille Dumais scored the game-winning goal on Providence netminder Genevieve Lacasse as the Big Green prevailed by a 3-2 mark.

### 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 | Time |
| Fri, Oct 21 | McGill (Exh.) | Hanover, N.H. | 5:00 pm |
| Sun, Oct 23 | Boston College | at Chestnut Hill, Mass. | 2:00 pm |
| Fri, Oct 28 | Clarkson * | at Potsdam, N.Y. | 7:00 pm |
| Sat, Oct 29 | St. Lawrence * | at Canton, N.Y. | 4:00 pm |
| Sun, Nov 06 | NEW HAMPSHIRE | Hanover, N.H. | 2:00 pm |
| Fri, Nov 11 | Cornell * | at Ithaca, N.Y. | 7:00 pm |
| Sat, Nov 12 | Colgate * | at Hamilton, N.Y. | 4:00 pm |
| Fri, Nov 18 | ST. LAWRENCE * | Hanover, N.H. | 7:00 pm |
| Sat, Nov 19 | CLARKSON * | Hanover, N.H. | 4:00 pm |
| Wed, Nov 23 | Harvard * | at Cambridge, Mass. | 7:00 pm |
| Sat, Nov 26 | NORTHEASTERN | Hanover, N.H. | 7:00 pm |
| Wed, Nov 30 | HARVARD * | Hanover, N.H. | 7:00 pm |
| Sun, Dec 11 | New Hampshire | at Durham, N.H. | 2:00 pm |
| Sat, Dec 31 | Providence | at Providence, R.I. | 2:00 pm |
| Tue, Jan 03 | VERMONT | Hanover, N.H. | 7:00 pm |
| Fri, Jan 06 | Quinnipiac * | at Hamden, Conn. | 7:00 pm |
| Sat, Jan 07 | Princeton * | at Princeton, N.J. | 4:00 pm |
| Fri, Jan 13 | RENSSELAER * | Hanover, N.H. | 7:00 pm |
| Sat, Jan 14 | UNION * | Hanover, N.H. | 4:00 pm |
| Fri, Jan 20 | COLGATE * | Hanover, N.H. | 7:00 pm |
| Sat, Jan 21 | CORNELL * | Hanover, N.H. | 4:00 pm |
| Fri, Jan 27 | Brown * | at Providence, R.I. | 7:00 pm |
| Sat, Jan 28 | Yale * | at New Haven, Conn. | 4:00 pm |
| Fri, Feb 03 | PRINCETON * | Hanover, N.H. | 7:00 pm |
| Sat, Feb 04 | QUINNIPIAC * | Hanover, N.H. | 4:00 pm |
| Fri, Feb 10 | at Union * | at Schenectady, N.Y. | 7:00 pm |
| Sat, Feb 11 | Rensselaer * | at Troy, N.Y. | 4:00 pm |
| Fri, Feb 17 | YALE * | Hanover, N.H. | 7:00 pm |
| Sat, Feb 18 | BROWN * | Hanover, N.H. | 4:00 pm |

#### Conference record

* CHA school
* Brown
* Clarkson
* Cornell
* Colgate
* Harvard
* Quinnipiac
* Princeton
* RPI
* St. Lawrence
* Union
* Yale

## Awards and honors

* Camille Dumais, ECAC Player of the Week (Week of January 17, 2012)
* Kelly Foley, ECAC Player of the Week (Week of October 24, 2011)
* Lindsay Holdcroft, ECAC Player of the Week (Week of October 31, 2011)
* Sally Komarek, ECAC Player of the Week (Week of November 28, 2011)
* Ali Winkel, ECAC Player of the Week (Week of November 14, 2011)