# 2011–12 New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey season
## Offseason
### Recruiting

| Player | Nationality | Position | Former team |
| Brynja Bogan | United States | Defense | Participated with the Washington Pride |
| Casey Stathopoulos | United States | Forward | Competed for the Massachusetts Spitfires |
| Heather Kashman | Canada | Forward | Won silver medal at 2011 Esso Cup with the Edmonton Thunder |
| Jenna Lascelle | Canada | Forward | Participated at Ontario Hockey Academy |
| Jess Ryan | Canada | Defense | From Cloquet, Minnesota |
| Caroline Broderick | United States | Forward | Participated at Ontario Hockey Academy |
| Kayla Mork | United States | Defense | From Victoria, Minnesota |
| Moe Bradley | United States | Goaltender | Competed with the Boston Blades of the CWHL |
| Jenn Gilligan | Canada | Goaltender | Played with the Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers of the PWHL |

## Exhibition

| Date | Opponent | Time | Score | Goal scorers |
| Sat Sep. 24 | Ontario Hockey Academy | 2:00 PM | 6-1 | Hannah Armstrong, Katie Kleinendorst, Maggie Hunt, Emma Clark, Heather Kashman, Nicole Gifford |

## Regular season
### News and notes

* September 30: Heather Kashman scored her first career goal in her NCAA debut as New Hampshire bested the Niagara Purple Eagles. The six goals scored by New Hampshire marked the highest goal scoring output since Oct. 18, 2009 (also against Niagara in a 6-1 victory). It was also the highest number of goals scored by the squad in a road game since Feb. 8, 2009 at Vermont (6-2 win).
* November 18: Minnesota skater Amanda Kessel registered 5 points as the Golden Gophers defeated the Wildcats by an 11-0 tally. New Hampshire starting goalie Jenn Gilligan made 27 saves but allowed eight goals in two periods. She was replaced by Moe Bradley in the third period. Bradley stopped 11 of 14 shots as the Wildcats suffered their worst loss in the 35 year history of the program.
* November 26: Nicole Gifford scored the first hat trick of her career as the Wildcats defeated the Princeton Tigers by a 3-1 mark. The Wildcats improved to 38-5-2 lifetime against Princeton.
* January 28: Kristina Lavoie scored her first career hat trick in a 4-2 victory over Vermont.

### Standings

2011–12 Hockey East Association 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 |
| #4 Boston College | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 41 | 29 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 76 | 55 |
| #7 Northeastern | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 52 | 23 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 88 | 42 |
| Boston University | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 46 | 38 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 78 | 74 |
| Providence | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 47 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 74 | 70 |
| Maine | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 42 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 81 | 65 |
| New Hampshire | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 51 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 62 | 100 |
| Vermont | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 50 | 26 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 47 | 95 |
| Connecticut | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 42 | 81 |
| Championship: To Be Determined † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion National rankings: Conference rankings: Updated February 2nd, 2012 |||||||||||||||
*Rankings based on number of points in the conference

### Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Time | Score | Record |
| Fri Sep. 30 | at Niagara | 7:00 PM | 6-4 | 1-0-0 |
| Sat Oct. 1 | at Niagara | 1:00 PM | 3-2 | 2-0-0 |
| Fri Oct. 7 | Colgate | 7:00 PM | 3-0 | |
| Sat Oct. 8 | Syracuse | 5:00 PM | 1-2 | |
| Fri Oct. 14 | Boston College * | 7:00 PM | 1-1 | |
| Sat Oct. 15 | at Boston College * | 2:00 PM | 0-5 | |
| Fri Oct. 21 | at St. Lawrence | 4:00 PM | 2-2 | |
| Sat Oct. 22 | at Clarkson | 2:00 PM | 1-2 | |
| Thu Nov. 3 | Vermont * | 7:00 PM | 1-4 | |
| Sun Nov. 6 | at Dartmouth | 1:00 PM | 5-4 (OT) | |
| Sat Nov. 12 | at Boston U. * | 3:00 PM | 2-5 | |
| Sun Nov. 13 | at Providence * | 2:00 PM | 2-6 | |
| Fri Nov. 18 | at Minnesota | 8:00 PM | 0-11 | |
| Sat Nov. 19 | at Minnesota | 5:00 PM | 1-6 | |
| Fri Nov. 25 | Maine * | 7:00 PM | 0-3 | |
| Sat Nov. 26 | Princeton | 2:00 PM | 3-1 | |
| Tue Nov. 29 | Union | 7:00 PM | | |
| Sat Dec. 3 | Northeastern * | 2:00 PM | | |
| Sun Dec. 4 | at Northeastern * | 2:00 PM | | |
| Fri Dec. 9 | at Harvard | 7:00 PM | | |
| Sun Dec. 11 | Dartmouth | 2:00 PM | | |
| Tue Jan. 10 | at Boston College * | 7:00 PM | | |
| Fri Jan. 13 | Connecticut * | 7:00 PM | | |
| Sat Jan. 14 | Connecticut * | 4:00 PM | | |
| Thu Jan. 19 | Boston U. * | 7:00 PM | | |
| Sat Jan. 21 | at Northeastern * | 2:00 PM | | |
| Sat Jan. 28 | Vermont * | 2:00 PM | | |
| Sun Jan. 29 | at Vermont * | 2:00 PM | | |
| Sat Feb. 4 | Boston U. * | 2:00 PM | | |
| Sun Feb. 5 | at Connecticut * | 2:00 PM | | |
| Sat Feb. 11 | Providence * | 2:00 PM | | |
| Sun Feb. 12 | Providence * | 2:00 PM | | |
| Sat Feb. 18 | at Maine * | | | |
| Sun Feb. 19 | at Maine * | 3:00 PM | | |

#### Conference record
## Awards and honors

* Heather Kashman, Hockey East Rookie of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)
* Kristina Lavoie, Hockey East Player of the Week (Week of January 16. 2012)
* Kristina Lavoie, New Hampshire, Co-Hockey East Player of the Week (Week of January 31, 2011)
* New Hampshire Wildcats, Hockey East Team of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)