# 2008–09 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey season

The 2008–09 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey team represented Wilfrid Laurier University in the 2008-09 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's hockey season. The Golden Hawks were coached by Rick Osborne. Assisting Osborne was Jim Rayburn. The Golden Hawks played their home games at Sunlife Financial Arena. The Golden Hawks were a member of the Ontario University Athletics and qualified for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship game.

## Exhibition

| Date | Opponent | Score | Time | Location |
| 9/26/2008 | Ohio State | 2-1 | 7:07 PM | Columbus, Ohio |
| 9/28/2008 | Niagara University Purple Eagles | 7-3 | 2:00 PM | Niagara University, Lewiston, New York |
| 10/11/2008 | Team Ontario | 1-1 | 3:00 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena, Waterloo Recreation Complex |
| 10/12/2008 | Team Ontario | 4-3 | 3:00 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena, Waterloo Recreation Complex |
| 12/28/2008 | Blue Water Jrs. | 5-0 | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena, Waterloo Recreation Complex |

## Regular season
### Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height |
| 77 | Lauren Barch | Centre | 5-6 |
| 18 | Laura Bartolini | Forward | 5-4 |
| 91 | Vanessa Bennett | Defence | 5-7 |
| 15 | Jessica Berrigan | Forward | 5-8 |
| 9 | Andrea Bevan | Defence | 5-5 |
| 1 | Chelsey Clarke | Goalie | 5-7 |
| 17 | Stephanie Crarey | Defence | 5-5 |
| 21 | Daniela Di Felice | Forward/Defence | 5-7 |
| 35 | Cindy Eadie | Goalie | 6-0 |
| 42 | Heather Fortuna | Forward | 5-7 |
| 66 | Andrea Ironside | Forward | 5-4 |
| 14 | Candace Kellough | Forward | 5-10 |
| 27 | Liz Knox | Goalie | 5-5 |
| 22 | Alicia Martin | Forward | 5-4 |
| 12 | Caitlin Muirhead | Forward | 5-5 |
| 16 | Kaley Powers | Forward | 5-7 |
| 7 | Kate Psota | Defence | 5-6 |
| 11 | Abby Rainsberry | Forward | 5-2 |
| 2 | Vanessa Schabkar | Centre | 5-7 |
| 89 | Katherine Shirriff | Centre | 5-6 |
| 37 | Alison Williams | Defence | 5-9 |

### Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Score | Time | Location |
| 10/4/2008 | Waterloo | 5-0 | 7:30 PM | CIF arena |
| 10/10/2008 | Western | 4-1 | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 10/18/2008 | Western | 5-3 | 4:00 PM | Thompson Arena |
| 10/19/2008 | Windsor | 5-0 | 3:00 PM | Pillars Ice |
| 10/25/2008 | Queen's | 2-0 | 2:30 PM | Memorial Centre |
| 10/26/2008 | UOIT | 9-0 | 3:30 PM | Campus Ice Centre |
| 11/1/2008 | Brock | 3-0 | 3:00 PM | Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre |
| 11/2/2008 | Guelph | 4-3 | 2:00 PM | Gryphon Centre |
| 11/8/2008 | UOIT | 6-0 | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 11/9/2008 | Queen's | 5-1 | 3:00 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 11/17/2008 | Guelph | 4-0 | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 11/22/2008 | Toronto | 2-0 | 7:30 PM | Varsity Arena |
| 11/23/2008 | York | 3-1 | 6:00 PM | Ice Gardens |
| 11/28/2008 | York | 3-1 | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 11/30/2008 | Toronto | 6-3 | 7:00 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 1/10/2009 | Windsor | 1-0 | 4:10 PM | Windsor Arena, Windsor |
| 1/11/2009 | Western | 5-2 | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 1/17/2009 | Brock | 2-1 | 3:00 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 1/18/2009 | UOIT | 4-0 | 7:30 PM | Campus Ice Centre |
| 1/24/2009 | Waterloo | 4-1 | 2:00 PM | CIF arena |
| 1/25/2009 | Waterloo | 8-0 | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 1/31/2009 | Toronto | 1-0 | 3:00 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 2/1/2009 | Windsor | 4-0 | 4:10 PM | Windsor Arena |
| 2/5/2009 | Guelph | 2-0 | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 2/8/2009 | Brock | 3-1 | 3:00 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 2/13/2009 | Queen's | 6-0 | 7:30 PM | Memorial Centre |
| 2/21/2009 | York | 2-3 | 2:00 PM | Ice Gardens |

### Tournaments

The Golden Hawks competed in the Bisons UMSU Tournament. In the Championship Game, Manitoba beat the Golden Hawks 3-2 in Overtime.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Time | Location |
| 1/2/2009 | Minnesota Thoroughbreds | 3-1 | 11:30 AM | Max Bell Arena |
| 1/2/2009 | Manitoba | 2-1 | 7:00 PM | Max Bell Arena |
| 1/3/2009 | Lethbridge | 2-0 | 8:00 PM | Max Bell Arena |
| 1/4/2009 | Manitoba | 2-3 (OT Loss) | 11:30 AM | Max Bell Arena |

## Player stats
### Skaters

| Player | Games Played | Goals | Assists | Points | Penalty Minutes | PP | SH |
| Andrea Ironside | 26 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 0 |
| Stephanie Crarey | 27 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

| Player | Games Played | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | GA | SO | Save % | GAA |
| Liz Knox | 23 | 1351.68 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 0.953 | 0.93 |

## Postseason
### OUA Semifinal

| Date | Game | Opponent | Score | Time | Location |
| 3/5/2009 | (Gm 1) | Queen's | 7-0 | 7:00 PM | Kingston Memorial Centre, Kingston |
| 3/7/2009 | (Gm 2) | Queen's | 3-2 | 3:00 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |

### OUA Finals

| Date | Game | Opponent | Score | Time | Location |
| 3/12/2009 | (Gm 1) | Guelph | 2-3 | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |
| 3/14/2009 | (Gm 2) | Guelph | 2-1 | 7:30 PM | Gryphon Centre |
| 3/15/2009 | (Gm 3) | Guelph | 3-2 | 7:30 PM | Sunlife Financial Arena |

### CIS Championships

| Date | Opponent | Score | Time | Location |
| 3/19/2009 | Ottawa | 6-1 | 3:00 PM | Keating Millennium Centre, Antigonish, NS |
| 3/21/2009 | Moncton | 5-3 | 3:00 PM | Keating Millennium Centre |
| 3/22/2009 | McGill | 1-3 | 7:00 PM | Keating Millennium Centre, Antigonish, NS |

## Awards and honors

* Andrea Ironside, 2008/2009 Women's Hockey OUA First Team All-Star
* Andrea Ironside, 2008/2009 Women's Hockey CIS Championship Tournament All-Star
* Andrea Ironside, Monday, November 24, 2008, Laurier Athlete of the Week

### All-Canadian honors

* Defence - Andrea Bevan, First Team
* Forward - Andrea Ironside, Second Team