Queens Golden Gaels women's ice hockey

The first traces of women's hockey in Canada date back to the 1890s when it is played at the university level. The University of Toronto and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario were two of the first Canadian universities to field women’s hockey teams.
==History==
Elizabeth Graham would play hockey for Queen's University and is credited as being the first goaltender ever to wear a mask for protection. She used the mask in 1927, and the use of the mask was in the Montreal Daily Star. She actually wore a fencing mask and the speculation is that she had used the mask as a means of protecting dental work that was recently performed.
During the 1960’s, Cookie Cartwright and a group of dedicated students revived the women’s ice hockey program at Queen's University. Cartwright and the Golden Gaels would go on to capture the first women's university championship. http://www.cbc.ca/hockeyhistory/episodesummary/06/post/
After 32 long years, the Queen's women's hockey team captured their first OUA Championship in 2010-11. The team won all five of their playoff games in overtime, knocking off nationally-ranked opponents Windsor in the Quarter-final, Wilfrid Laurier in the Semifinal and Guelph in the Final. Game 1 of the OUA Championship series was historic in its own right for the Gaels as the team won the longest collegiate hockey game in history, a six-overtime marathon. The game finally game to an end after 107 minutes and 14 seconds of overtime when Morgan McHaffie banged home a rebound past Guelph goaltender Danielle Skoufranis. Queen's goaltender Mel Dodd-Moher made 66 saves for the win.
The team moved on to their first CIS Championship following the OUA playoffs where the Gaels defeated the defending champion Alberta Pandas and the host Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks to win the bronze medal.
===Notable games===
*March 3, 2011: A postseason match between the Queen's Golden Gaels and the Guelph Gryphons became the longest collegiate hockey game, male or female, Canadian or American — on record. The match began on Wednesday and it only ended on Thursday. The duration of the match was 167 minutes and 14 seconds when Queen's forward Morgan McHaffie placed a rebound past Gryphons goalie Danielle Skoufranishttp://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/948578--gaels-griffins-women-set-hockey-record in the sixth overtime period. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6177037 With the win, Mel Dodd-Moher won her fourth consecutive playoff game.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=554924 
==Season by season results==
==Year by year==
===OUA Women's===
Season 	League 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Tournament 	Nationals 	
1997-98	OUA-Women	15 	3 	9 	3 	- 	29 	61 	9 	5th 	Did not qualify 	N/A 	
1998-99	OUA-Women	20 	4 	13 	3 	- 	43 	68 	11 	5th 	Did not qualify 	N/A 	
1999-00	OUA-Women	20 	2 	18 	0 	- 	26 	87 	4 	6th 	Did not qualify 	N/A 	
2000-01	OUA-Women	22 	7 	14 	1 	- 	51 	90 	15 	4th East 	Did not qualify 	N/A 	
2001-02	OUA-Women	20 	11 	9 	0 	- 	70 	70 	22 	2nd West 	Bronze Medal 	N/A 	
2002-03	OUA-Women	22 	14 	6 	2 	- 	87 	51 	30 	2nd East 	Bronze Medal 	N/A 	
2003-04	OUA-Women	22 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2nd East 	Lost Final 	N/A 	
2004-05	OUA-Women	22 	11 	8 	1 	2 	90 	61 	25 	3rd East 	Lost Semifinals 	N/A 	
2005-06	OUA-Women	24 	14 	8 	2 	0 	 	 	30 	2nd 	4th place 	N/A 	
2006-07	OUA-Women	24 	14 	7 	1 	2 	 	 	31 	3rd 	Lost Final 	N/A 	
Season 	League 	GP 	W 	OW 	L 	OL 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Tournament 	Nationals 	
2007-08	OUA-Women	27 	12 	- 	9 	0 	69 	61 	30 	4th 	Lost Semifinals 	N/A 	
2008-09	OUA-Women	27 	13 	- 	13 	1 	57 	67 	27 	6th 	Lost Semifinals 	N/A 	
2009-10	OUA-Women	27 	15 	4 	5 	3 	93 	63 	56 	2nd 	Lost Semifinals 	N/A 	
2010-11	OUA-Women	27 	13 	2 	8 	4 	73 	58 	34 	4th 	Won Tournament 	Bronze Medal 	
2011-12	OUA-Women	26 	13 	1 	9 	3 	78 	69 	31 	4th 	Lost Quarterfinals 	N/A 	
2012-13	OUA-Women	26 	18 	2 	4 	2 	88 	43 	43 	3rd 	Won Tournament 	6th place 	
2013-14	OUA-Women	24 	13 	3 	4 	4 	72 	46 	36 	4th 	Lost Final 	N/A 	
2014-15	OUA-Women	24 	16 	- 	5 	3 	73 	43 	35 	3rd 	Lost Semifinals 	N/A 	
2015-16	OUA-Women	24 	13 	2 	7 	2 	57 	39 	45 	3rd 	Lost Quarterfinals 	N/A 	
2016-17	OUA-Women	24 	9 	5 	8 	2 	56 	59 	39 	7th 	Lost Quarterfinals 	T-7th place 	
2017-18	OUA-Women	24 	14 	3 	3 	4 	66 	38 	52 	1st 	Lost Final 	T-7th place 	
2018-19	OUA-Women	24 	14 	1 	9 	0 	50 	43 	44 	4th 	Lost Quarterfinals 	N/A 	
2019-20	OUA-Women	24 	11 	3 	9 	1 	40 	52 	40 	7th 	Lost Quarterfinals 	N/A 	
2020-21	OUA-Women	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	OUA-Women	11 	2 	1 	8 	0 	18 	31 	8 	5th East 	Lost Quarterfinals 	N/A 	
2022-23	OUA-Women	27 	7 	6 	10 	3 	71 	74 	37 	3rd East 	Lost Quarterfinals 	N/A 	
2023-24	OUA-Women	28 	12 	3 	12 	1 	67 	66 	43 	3rd East 	Lost Quarterfinals 	N/A 	
Year 	Wins	Losses	Ties	Coach 	Farthest in Postseason
2010-11	15 	8 	4 	Matt Holmberg	Bronze Medal, CIS Championships
2009-10	19 	5 	3 	Matt Holmberg	Lost in OUA Playoffs
==Awards and honors==
*Allison Bagg, 2010 OUA First Team All-Star
*Rebecca Conroy, 2010 All-CIS Second Team selection
*Mel Dodd-Moher, 2010 CIS All-Rookie teamhttp://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2009-10/releases/20100310-awards
*Mel Dodd-Moher, 2010 OUA All-Rookie Teamhttp://gogaelsgo.com/news/2010/2/23/HKY_0223102021.aspx
*Mel Dodd-Moher, Queen's player of the game: CIS Round Robin match versus Alberta Pandas (March 2011)
*Mel Dodd-Moher, 2011 CIS Tournament All-Starhttp://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2010-11/releases/20110313-final
*Matthew Holmberg was named the recipient of the Fox 40 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Male Coach of the Year during the 2011 OUA Honour Awards http://www.gogaelsgo.com/news/2011/5/13/HOCKEYW_0513111031.aspx?path=whockey
*Elizabeth Kench, 2010 OUA Second Team All-Star
* Morgan McHaffie, 2010 OUA All-Rookie Team Morgan McHaffie’s selection to the 2010 OUA All-Rookie team signified the fifth time in five years that a Queens player was selected for the honour. She tied for the OUA rookie scoring lead with 24 points.
* Morgan McHaffie, 2011 OUA Second Team All-Star
==Team Photos==
32-33QueensUWomen.jpg|1932-33 team
25-26QueensUWomen.jpg|1925-26 team
==References==
Category:Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey
Category:Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Category:Ontario Hockey Association
Category:Women's ice hockey teams in Canada