# Manitoba Bisons women's ice hockey

The Manitoba Bisons are an ice hockey team that represents the University of Manitoba. They compete in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport athletic program. Home games are contested at the Wayne Fleming Arena (located at 109 Sidney Smith St) in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

## History

On March 22, 2009, the Bisons challenged the Moncton Aigles Bleues women's ice hockey program in the bronze medal game of the 2009 CIS national women's ice hockey championship. Marieve Provost of Moncton scored the game-winner in a shootout with a 3-2 victory over Manitoba, as Moncton captured the Atlantic conference's first-ever medal at the CIS women's hockey championship.
In 2018, the program would win its first-ever national championship. Contested on March 18, the Bisons blanked the Western Mustangs women's ice hockey program in a 2-0 shutout victory.

## Year by year

| 3rd Place CIS Tournament | Conference Champions | Qualified for CIS Tournament |
| Year | Record | Head coach | GF | GA |
| 2000-01 | 7-5-0 | | 33 | 30 |
| 2001-02 | 6-6-0 | | 40 | 53 |
| 2002-03 | 4-13-3 | | 49 | 75 |
| 2003-04 | 6-13-1 | | 33 | 79 |
| 2004-05 | 7-11-2 | Jon Rempel | 41 | 66 |
| 2005-06 | 7-9-4 | Jon Rempel | 41 | 46 |
| 2006-07 | 15-9-0 | Jon Rempel | 62 | 48 |
| 2007-08 | 18-4-2 | Jon Rempel | 72 | 38 |
| 2008-09 | 21-2-1 | Jon Rempel | 97 | 38 |
| 2009-10 | 18-6-0 | Jon Rempel | 63 | 46 |
| 2010-11 | 16-5-3 | Jon Rempel | 75 | 36 |
| 2011-12 | 12-8-4 | Jon Rempel | 66 | 55 |
| 2012-13 | 10-12-6 | Jon Rempel | 63 | 79 |
| 2013-14 | 17-13-0 | Jon Rempel | 70 | 60 |
| 2014-15 | 23-14-0 | Jon Rempel | 96 | 69 |
| 2015-16 | 18-19-0 | Jon Rempel | 78 | 68 |
| 2016-17 | 21-11-0 | Jon Rempel | 94 | 53 |
| 2017-18 | 29-7-0 | Jon Rempel | | |
| 2018-19 | 21-11-0 | Sean Fisher (interim) | | |
| 2019-20 | 10-18-0 | Jon Rempel | | |
| 2020-21 | None | Jon Rempel | | |
| 2021-22 | 13-9-0 | Jon Rempel | | |
| 2022-23 | 12-16-0 | Jon Rempel | | |
| 2023-24 | 10-20-0 | Jordy Zacharias (Interim) | | |
| 2024-25 | | | | |

## USports Tournament results

In Progress
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 2019 | 2019 | #6 | First Round Consolation Bracket Fifth place game | #3 Guelph #7 PEI #8 Toronto | L 3–2 W 3–1 W 2–0 |

## Awards and honours

* Jon Rempel: 2017-18 Bison Sports Coach of the Year

### University Awards

* 2017-18 BISON SPORTS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - Female: Lauren Taraschuk
* 2017-18 BISON SPORTS STUDENT-ATHLETE LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AWARD Female: Alana Serhan

#### Bisons Athlete of the Year

| Year | Award | Name |
| 2008–09 | Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the year | Stacey Corfield |
| 2011–12 | Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the year | Addie Miles |
| 2016–17 | Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the year | Lauryn Keen |
| 2017–18 | Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the year | Venla Hovi |
* Stacey Corfield, Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the Year (2008–09)
* Addie Miles, Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the Year (2011–12)
* Lauryn Keen, Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the Year (2016–17)
* Venla Hovi, Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the Year (2017–18)

### CIS awards

| Year | Award | Recipient |
| 2009-10 | CIS Rookie of the Year | Caitlin MacDonald |
| 2009-10 | CIS First Team All-Star | Caitlin MacDonald |

### USports awards

* Venla Hovi, Player of the Game, Gold Medal Game, 2018 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship
* Lauryn Keen, 2018 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship Tournament Most Valuable Player
* Caitlin Fyten, 2018 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship Tournament All-Star Team
* Lauryn Keen, 2018 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship Tournament All-Star Team
* Alanna Sharman, 2018 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship Tournament All-Star Team

#### USports All-Canadians

* Caitlin MacDonald, 2012-13 USports Second Team All-Star

### Canada West awards

* Lauryn Keen: Canada West Female First Star of the Week (the week ending March 18, 2018)
| Year | Award | Recipient |
| 2007-08 | Canada West Rookie of the Year | Addie Miles |
| 2009-10 | Canada West Marion Hilliard Award | Stacy Corfield |
| 2009-10 | Canada West Rookie of the Year | Caitlin MacDonald |

#### Canada West All-Star selections

| Year | Player | Position |
| 2007-08 | Stacy Corfield | Canada West First Team All-Stars |
| 2007-08 | Breanna Leary | Canada West First Team All-Stars |
| 2009-10 | Stacy Corfield | Canada West First Team All-Stars |
| 2009-10 | Caitlin MacDonald | Canada West First Team All-Stars |
| 2017-18 | Erica Rieder | Defense, Canada West First Team All-Stars |
| 2017-18 | Jordyn Zacharias | Forward, Canada West First Team All-Stars |
| Year | Player | Position |
| 1999-00 | Pam Staples | Canada West Second Team All-Star |
| 1999-00 | Trina Rathgeber | Canada West Second Team All-Star |
| 1999-00 | Amber Rommelaere | Canada West Second Team All-Star |
| 2007-08 | Leanne Kisil | Canada West Second Team All-Stars |
| 2007-08 | Chantal Larocque | Canada West Second Team All-Stars |
| 2009-10 | Addie Miles | Canada West Second Team All-Stars |
| 2010-11 | Addie Miles | Canada West Second Team All-Stars |
| 2010-11 | Tara Lacquette | Canada West Second Team All-Stars |
| 2010-11 | Caitlin MacDonald | Canada West Second Team All-Stars |
| 2011-12 | Addie Miles | Canada West Second Team All-Stars |
| 2011-12 | Nellie Minshull | Canada West Second Team All-Stars |
| 2017-18 | Alanna Sharman | Canada West Second Team All-Stars |

### Canada West All-Rookie Team

| Year | Player | Position |
| 2017-18 | Sheridan Oswald | Forward |
| 2017-18 | Lauren Taraschuk | Goaltender |
| 2017-18 | Lauren Warkentin | Defense |
| 2019-20 | Kate Gregoire | Forward |

### Team MVP

| Year | Recipient |
| 1998-99 | Pam Staples |
| 1999-00 | Amber Rommelaere |
| 2000-01 | Amber Rommelaere |
| 2002-03 | Sharla Cowling |
| 2003-04 | Kristin Nickel |
| 2004-05 | Kristin Nickel |
| 2005-06 | Leanne Kisil |
| 2006-07 | Meghan "The boss" Ross |
| 2007-08 | Stacey Corfield |
| 2008-09 | Stacey Corfield |
| 2009-10 | Stacey Corfield |
| 2010-11 | |

## International

* Caitlin MacDonald, Canada, 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship (Gold Medal)
* Venla Hovi, Finland, Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

### Winter Universiade

* Stacey Corfield, 2009 Winter Universiade
* Addie Miles, Canada, 2011 Winter Universiade, Gold Medal
* Maggie Litchfield-Medd - Manitoba Canada: 2015 Winter Universiade
* Erica Rieder, Defence, Canada: 2017 Winter Universiade
* Alanna Sharman, Forward, Canada: 2017 Winter Universiade