2011–12 Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey season

The 2011–12 Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey season represented a season of play in Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey. The Dinos finished the season by winning the 2012 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship. It was the first CIS championship in program history.

2011–12 Calgary Dinos
women's ice hockey season
Carleton Invitational tournament champions
Canada West champions
CIS Women's Ice Hockey Champions
Conference1 Canada West
Record
Overall20-4-0
Coaches and captains
Head coachDanielle Goyette
Assistant coachesKelly Bechard
Tara Hammer
Brenda Zubick

Offseason

  • Iya Gavrilova, a member of the Russian national team since 2003, has been recruited to join the Calgary Dinos.[1]

Preseason

Carleton Ravens invitational tournament

Date Teams Rink Score
Sept. 22Calgary vs. TorontoCarleton Rink BCalgary 3 – Toronto 1
Sept. 23Queen's vs. CalgaryCarleton Rink ACalgary 6 – Queen's 1
Sept. 24Calgary vs. CarletonCarleton Rink ACalgary 5 – Carleton 0
Sept. 25Calgary vs. OttawaCarleton Rink ACalgary 4 – Ottawa 2

Regular season

  • 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.[2]

Season standings

2011–12 Canada West standings
Overall
GP W L OL PTS
†* Calgary24204040
Alberta24143735
Saskatchewan24166234
Lethbridge24148230
Manitoba24128428
Regina24715216
UBC2412124
Championship: Calgary
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

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.[3]

Awards and honors

  • Hayley Wickenheiser, Top 8 Academic All-Canadians
  • Amanda Tapp, CIS Championship Most Valuable Player
  • Amanda Tapp, Canada West female athlete of the week (Week of March 13, 2012)[4]

Canada West All-Stars

  • 2012 Canada West First Team All-Star: Iya Gavrilova, Forward[5]
  • 2012 Canada West First Team All-Star: Stephanie Ramsay, Forward
  • 2012 Canada West First Team All-Star: Hayley Wickenheiser, Forward
  • 2012 Canada West Second Team All-Star: Melissa Zubick, Forward

References

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