2011–12 CIS women's ice hockey season

The 2011-12 CIS women's ice hockey season represented a season of competition in Canadian Interuniversity Sport. The Calgary Dinos claimed the gold medal in the CIS postseason tournament.
==Offseason==
*On August 2, 2011, Jen Rawson left her assistant coaching position with the Toronto Lady Blues to assume the head coaching role for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds. http://www.canadawest.org/news/2011/8/2/WHOCKEY_0802115219.aspx In the previous year, the Thunderbirds ranked sixth in the Canada West standings with a won loss record of 7-16-1. Rawson will attempt to help the squad qualify for its first trip to the postseason since the 2008-09 season.
==Preseason==
===Carleton Ravens invitational tournament===
Date 	Teams	Rink 	Score	Notes
Sept. 22		Queen’s vs. Ottawa	Carleton Rink A		Queen’s 4 – Ottawa 3 SO	
Sept. 22		Calgary vs. Toronto	Carleton Rink B		Calgary 3 – Toronto 1	
Sept. 22		Carleton vs. UBC	Carleton Rink A		Carleton 7 – UBC 1	
Sept. 23		Toronto vs. Carleton	Carleton Rink A		Toronto 4 – Carleton 3	
Sept. 23		Ottawa vs. UBC	Carleton Rink B		Ottawa 2 – UBC 0	
Sept. 23		Queen’s vs. Calgary	Carleton Rink A		Calgary 6 – Queen’s 1	
Sept. 24		UBC vs. Queen’s	Carleton Rink A		Queen’s 2 – UBC 0	
Sept. 24		Toronto vs. Ottawa	Carleton Rink B		Ottawa 3 – Toronto 2 SO	
Sept. 24		Calgary vs. Carleton	Carleton Rink A		Calgary 5 – Carleton 0	
Sept. 25		Calgary vs. Ottawa	Carleton Rink A		Calgary 4 – Ottawa 2	
Sept. 25		Toronto vs. UBC	Carleton Rink B		UBC 3 – Toronto 0	
Sept. 25		Carleton vs. Queen’s	Carleton Rink A		Queen’s 5 – Carleton 2	
==Exhibition==
===NCAA exhibition===
Date 	NCAA school 	CIS school 	Score 	CIS goal scorers
Sept. 23 	North Dakota 	Manitoba 	ND, 11-0http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=6403&DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205276861	None
Sept. 23 	Ohio State 	Wilfrid Laurier 	Ohio State, 3-1 	Katherine Shirriffhttp://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/092311aab.html
Sept. 24 	North Dakokta	Manitoba 	ND, 10-0http://www.fightingsioux.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=6403&DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=205277139	None
Sat, Sep 24	Robert Morris	Waterloo 		RMU, 4-1http://www.rmucolonials.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=6531&DB_OEM_ID=13900&ATCLID=205288849	Kelly MacLeanhttp://www.rmucolonials.com/newLiveStats/IceHockey/index.dbml?GAME_STAT_ID=573814&db_oem_id=13900
Sept. 30 	Colgate 	Queen's Golden Gaels	Colgate, 3-4 	Brittany McHaffie, Kristin Smith, Taryn Pilonhttp://www.gogaelsgo.com/news/2011/10/1/HOCKEYW_1001115944.aspx
Oct. 1 	Vermont 	McGill 		McGill, 3-2 	Cathy Chartrand, Jordanna Peroff, Kelsi Moffatthttp://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=185333
==Regular season==
===News and notes===
*September 27, 2011: Hayley Wickenheiser was honoured as a CIS Top Eight Academic All-Canadian. She became the first Calgary Dinos student-athlete to earn the top academic honour in CIS since soccer player Kelly Matheson in 2000.http://www.godinos.com/news/2011/9/27/GEN_0927114720.aspx?path=whockey
*October 7: Leslie Oles scored twice, while adding a pair of assists as the McGill Martlets defeated Concordia by a 7-5 tally. It was the Martlets 106th consecutive victory over conference opponents. The win was also their 38th in a row over the Concordia Stingers.http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=193538 Head coach Peter Smith earned his 301st career win. 
*October 13: During the weekend of October 14-16, all CIS hockey teams will use the RUBR brand puck. It is a Canadian-made hockey puck produced with rubber tapped naturally from the trees of Liberia.http://www.varsityblues.ca/news/2011/10/13/MHOCKEY_1013113842.aspx
*October 14: The Queen's Golden Gaels defeated the Chinese national women's ice hockey team by a 6-1 tally.http://www.gogaelsgo.com/news/2011/10/14/HOCKEYW_1014112015.aspx
*October 14: Saskatchewan Huskies players Kelsey Tulloch and Danny Stone each logged a pair of goals to win their season opener versus the Regina Cougars by a 7-1 tally.http://huskies.usask.ca/news/2011/October/2011-10-14-whoc/index.php
*October 16: Laura Jordan of the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds tallied two goals in a 4-2 victory over the Lethbridge Pronghorns. It was Jen Rawson's first win as the UBC head coach.http://www.gothunderbirds.ca/news/2011/10/16/ICEW_1016114128.aspx
*October 29: Montreal Carabins skater Ariane Barker scored with 71 seconds left to give the squad a 3-2 win at McConnell Arena. Martlets goaltender Charline Labonte took the loss for the Martlets, giving her a 69-2 overall record in her CIS career.http://www.montrealgazette.com/McGill+hockey+Martlets+game+streak+comes/5628886/story.html It marked the Martlets first loss to a Quebec conference opponent for the first time in 108 games.http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=211663
===Season standings===
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Overall 	Overall 	Overall 	Overall 	Overall 	Overall 	Overall 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	PTS 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
†* Calgary 	24 	20 	4 	0 	40 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Alberta 	24 	14 	3 	7 	35 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Saskatchewan 	24 	16 	6 	2 	34 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Lethbridge 	24 	14 	8 	2 	30 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Manitoba 	24 	12 	8 	4 	28 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Regina 	24 	7 	15 	2 	16 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
UBC 	24 	1 	21 	2 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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==Postseason==
*On February 25, 2012, Iya Gavrilova scored the game winning goal in the deciding game of the 2012 Canada West tournament, as the Calgary Dinos claimed their first ever tournament title.http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2011-12/boxscores_post/20120225_ya3f.xml
==Awards and honors==
===OUA awards===
*Player of the Year: Morgan McHaffie – Queen'shttp://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120224-oua
*Rookie of the Year: Rebecca Bouwhuis – Waterloo
*Marion Hillard Award Nominee: Jill Morillo – UOIT
*Coach of the Year: Shaun Reagan – Waterloo
===RSEQ Awards===
*Ann-Sophie Bettez, McGill, RSEQ Most Outstanding Playerhttp://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120221-rseq
*Melodie Daoust, McGill, RSEQ Rookie of the Year
*Kristen MacDonald, Carleton, RSEQ Leadership and Social Implication Award
*Peter Smith, McGill, RSEQ Coach of the Year
===Canada West awards===
*Julie Paetsch, Saskatchewan, Player of the Yearhttp://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/20120223-cw
*Kelsey Tulloch, Saskatchewan, Canada West nominee, Marion Hilliard Award
*2012 Canada West Rookie of the Year: Sadie Lenstra
*2012 Canada West Coach of the Year: Chandy Kaip, Lethbridge
===Atlantic University Sport===
* Atlantic University Sport Most valuable player: Alex Normore, St. Francis Xavier
* Atlantic University Sport Rookie of the Year: Marie-Pier Arsenault, Moncton
* Atlantic University Sport Most sportsmanlike player, Ashlyn Somers, Mount Allison Mounties 
* Atlantic University Sport Student-athlete community service award, Kayla Blackmore, St. Thomas
* Atlantic University Sport Coach of the Year, Bruce Donaldson, UPEIhttp://goxgo.ca/news/2012/3/2/WH_0302120611.aspx 
==References==
=== See also ===
*Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship
*2009–10 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season
*2006–07 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey season
*2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season
*2012 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship
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