2017-18 CWUAA Women's Season

This is the 2017-18 Canada West Universities Athletic Association Women's ice hockey season.
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Alberta Pandas 	Edmonton, Alberta 	Clare Drake Arena
Calgary Dinos 	Calgary, Alberta 	Father David Bauer Olympic Arena
Lethbridge Pronghorns	Lethbridge, Alberta 	Nicholas Sheran Arena
Manitoba Bisons 	Winnipeg, Manitoba 	Max Bell Centre Winnipeg
Mount Royal Cougars 	Calgary, Alberta 	Flames Community Arenas
Regina Cougars 	Regina, Saskatchewan 	The Co-operators Centre
Saskatchewan Huskies 	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 	
Rutherford Arena (-2018)Merlis Belsher Place (2018-)
UBC Thunderbirds 	University Endowment Lands (Suburban Vancouver, British Columbia	Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
==Standings==
The league uses a 3 point system awarding 3 points for a regulation win (RW), 2 points for an overtime win (OW), 1 point for an overtime loss (OL), and no points for a regulation loss (RL).
Team 	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	Pts
Manitoba Bisons 	28	19	3 	1 	5 	66	39	64
Saskatchewan Huskies 	28	18	1 	2 	7 	49	31	58
UBC Thunderbirds 	28	14	5 	4 	5 	60	41	56
Alberta Pandas 	28	13	6 	4 	5 	67	43	55
Regina Cougars 	28	8 	2 	4 	14	44	64	32
Mount Royal Cougars 	28	7 	3 	1 	17	35	50	28
Calgary Dinos 	28	7 	1 	2 	18	22	51	25
Lethbridge Pronghorns	28	3 	2 	5 	18	32	56	18
==Playoffs==
All series best of 3.
===Quarter-Finals===
* UBC Thunderbirds defeated Mount Royal Cougars 2-1
* UBC Thunderbirds defeated Mount Royal Cougars 3-2
UBC Thunderbirds beat Mount Royal Cougars 2-games-to-none
* Alberta Pandas defeated Regina Cougars 2-1
* Alberta Pandas defeated Regina Cougars 2-1
Alberta Pandas beat Regina Cougars 2-games-to-none
===Semi-Finals===
* Alberta Pandas defeated Manitoba Bisons 4-1
* Manitoba Bisons defeated Alberta Pandas 2-1
* Manitoba Bisons defeated Alberta Pandas 1-0 (4ot)
Manitoba Bisons beat Alberta Pandas 2-games-to-1
* Saskatchewan Huskies defeated UBC Thunderbirds 2-1
* Saskatchewan Huskies defeated UBC Thunderbirds 2-1
Saskatchewan Huskies beat UBC Thunderbirds 2-games-to-none
===Final===
* Manitoba Bisons defeated Saskatchewan Huskies 1-0 (ot)
* Manitoba Bisons defeated Saskatchewan Huskies 5-2
Manitoba Bisons beat Saskatchewan Huskies 2-games-to-none
Manitoba Bisons (as conference champions) and Saskatchewan Huskies(as conference runner-up) advanced to the 2018 U-Sport Women's ice hockey championship tournament.
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Category:CWUAA Women's Seasons