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2011–12 Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey season

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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

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.

Offseason

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

Preseason

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Carleton Ravens invitational tournament

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Date Teams Rink Score
Sept. 22 Calgary vs. Toronto Carleton Rink B Calgary 3 – Toronto 1
Sept. 23 Queen's vs. Calgary Carleton Rink A Calgary 6 – Queen's 1
Sept. 24 Calgary vs. Carleton Carleton Rink A Calgary 5 – Carleton 0
Sept. 25 Calgary vs. Ottawa Carleton Rink A Calgary 4 – Ottawa 2

Regular season

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  • 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

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2011–12 Canada West standings
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
Championship: Calgary
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion

Postseason

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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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  1. ^ "Canada West Universities Athletic Association - 2011-12 Canada West women's hockey preview: Superstar talent across the conference". Archived from the original on 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. ^ "Wickenheiser named Top 8 Academic All-Canadian".
  3. ^ Calgary 2 – Alberta 0 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Tapp is tops".
  5. ^ 2011-12 Canada West women's hockey major awards and all-stars announced Archived 25 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine