2011–12 Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey season

The Niagara Purple Eagles represent Niagara University in College Hockey America. The Purple Eagles will attempt to qualify for the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history.
==Offseason==
===Recruiting===
Player 	Nationality	Position 	Notes
Delaney Middlebrook	 	Defense 	Member of Minnesota Ice Cats 2010 U-19 NAHA Champions
Kelsey Gunn 	 	Defense 	Played for Ottawa Senators of PWHL http://oswh.goalline.ca/news2.php?news_id=374085
Amy Helfrich 	 	Forward 	Won a gold medal with Team Alberta at the Canada Winter Games in 2011 http://cg2011.gems.pro/Result/ShowPerson.aspx?Person_GUID=74db18d9-3b04-4211-993b-85becdb82caa&SetLanguage=en-CA&Gems_ScreenWidth=1280&Gems_ScreenHeight=1024&Gems_ScreenAvailWidth=1280&Gems_ScreenAvailHeight=984
Kayla Raniwsky 	 	Forward 	Led the Southwest Wildcats with 42 points, including 26 goals in 36 games played during the 2010-11 season
Kalli Funk 	 	Forward 	2011 Minnesota State All Conference with Cretin-Derham Hall High SchoolAlso played with Minnesota Thouroughbreds http://www.mnthoroughbreds.com/Player_Profile_09/Kalli_Funk.pdf
Abby Ryplanski 	 	Goaltender	2011 Liz Turgeon Player of the Year nominee
==Regular season==
===Standings===
===Schedule===
Date 	Time 	Opponent 	Location 	Result 	Record	Conference Record
9/30/2011 	7:00 PM	New Hampshire 	Niagara Univ. 	Loss, 4-6 	0-1-0 	0-0-0
10/1/2011 	1:00 PM	New Hampshire 	Niagara Univ. 	Loss, 2-3 	0-2-0 	0-0-0
10/7/2011 	7:00 PM	No. 4 Boston University	Boston, Mass 	Loss, 1-3 	0-3-0 	0-0-0
10/8/2011 	3:00 PM	No. 4 Boston University	Boston, Mass 	Loss, 2-5 	0-4-0 	0-0-0
10/14/2011	7:00 PM	RPI 	Niagara Univ. 	Win, 5-4 OT	1-4-0 	0-0-0
10/15/2011	2:00 PM	RPI 	Niagara Univ. 	Win, 3-2 	2-4-0 	0-0-0
10/18/2011	7:00 PM	St. Lawrence 	Niagara Univ. 	Loss, 3-6 	2-5-0 	0-0-0
10/21/2011	7:00 PM	Yale 	New Haven, CT 	Win, 5-1 	3-5-0 	0-0-0
10/22/2011	3:00 PM	Princeton 	Princeton, NJ 	Win, 3-1 	4-5-0 	0-0-0
10/28/2011	2:00 PM	Vermont 	Burlington, VT	Tie, 3-3 	4-5-1 	0-0-0
==Awards and honors==
* Jenna Hendrikx, CHA Player of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)http://www.chawomenshockey.com/news/2011-12_news/awardwinners103011
*Delaney Middlebrook, CHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)
*Abby Ryplanski, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of October 24, 2011)http://www.chawomenshockey.com/information/weeklyAwards/awardwinners102411
==References==
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