2012 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship

2012 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship

Season	2011–12
Teams	Six
Format	Round-robin
Finals site	Clare Drake Arena Edmonton, Alberta
Champions	Calgary Dinos (1 title)
Runner-up	Montréal Carabins
Winning coach	Danielle Goyette (1 title)
Tournament MVP	Amanda Tapp (Calgary Dinos)

The 2012 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held March 8 to March 11, 2012, in Edmonton, Alberta, to determine a national champion for the 2011–12 women's ice hockey season.^[1] The tournament was played at Clare Drake Arena and was hosted by the University of Alberta for the first time in school history.

The third-seeded Calgary Dinos won the first gold medal in program history by defeating the sixth-seeded Montréal Carabins by a score of 5–1 in the gold medal game.^[2]

Seedings

Six CIS teams qualified for the tournament and were divided into two pools to play a round-robin tournament to determine the two teams who would play in the championship game.^[3] The winner of Pool A played the winner of Pool B in the gold medal game.^[4]

Pool A

Seed	Team	Qualified	Record
1	Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks	OUA Champions	25–0–1
4	UPEI Panthers	AUS Champions	13–10–1
6	Montréal Carabins	RSEQ Finalists	13–5–2

Pool B

Seed	Team	Qualified	Record
2	McGill Martlets	RSEQ Champions	18–1–1
3	Calgary Dinos	Canada West Champions	20–4–0
5	Alberta Pandas	Canada West Finalists (Host)	14–3–7

Game summaries

Date	Time	Teams	Score	Notes
March 8	15:30 MST	Pool A #1: No. 6 Montréal vs. No. 1 Laurier	Montréal (1–0) wins 6–5	2 goals score by Kim Deschênes[5]
March 8	19:00 MST	Pool B #1: No. 3 Calgary vs. No. 2 McGill	Calgary (1–0) wins 1–0	The goal score by Sinead Tracey
March 9	15:30 MST	Pool A #2: No. 1 Laurier vs. No. 4 UPEI	Laurier (1–1) wins 3–0
March 9	19:00 MST	Pool B #2: No. 2 McGill vs. No. 5 Alberta	McGill (1–1) wins 4–0	Leslie Oles score two goals[6]
March 10	15:30 MST	Pool A #3: No. 6 Montreal vs. No. 4 UPEI	Montreal (2–0) wins 4–1[7]
March 10	19:00 MST	Pool B #3: No. 3 Calgary vs. No. 5 Alberta	Calgary (2–0) wins 4–2

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CIS Medal round

5th-place game

March 11, 2012 11:00 am

Alberta Pandas

Alberta, 1–0 3

UPEI Panthers

Clare Drake Arena, Edmonton, Alberta Attendance: 434

Game reference
	Kanesa Shewtz	Goalies	Kristy Dobson	Referees: Ashley Desjardin Amanda Verishine, Shauna Wing
	Katie Stewart Goals
	29	Shots	19

Bronze-medal game

March 11, 2012 14:00 pm

McGill Martlets[9]

McGill, 4–0 3

Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

Clare Drake Arena, Edmonton, Alberta Attendance: 384

Game reference
	Michelle Daigneault, Leslie Oles, Ann-Sophie Bettez, Melodie Daoust Goals

Gold-medal game

March 11, 2012 18:00 pm

Calgary Dinos

Calgary, 5–1 3

Montréal Carabins

Clare Drake Arena, Edmonton, Alberta Attendance: 768

Game reference
	Amanda Tapp	Goalies	Rachel Ouellette	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Amanda Allaire, Danielle McGurry
	Hayley Wickenheiser (2), Jenna Smith, Iya Gavrilova, Elana Lovell Goals Elizabeth Mantha
	28	Shots	24

Final results

Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th Place	5th Place	6th Place
Calgary Dinos[10][11]	Montréal Carabins[12]	McGill Martlets	Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks	Alberta Pandas	UPEI Panthers

Awards and honours

All-Tournament Team

Goaltender: Amanda Tapp, Calgary Dinos

Defence: Stephanie Ramsay, Calgary Dinos

Defence: Élizabeth Mantha, Montréal Carabins

Forward: Kim Deschênes, Montréal Carabins

Forward: Leslie Oles, McGill Matlets

Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser, Calgary Dinos

Other

Tournament MVP: Amanda Tapp, Calgary Dinos

R.W. Pugh Fair-Play Award: Andrea Boras, Alberta Pandas

Player of the game awards

5th-place game: Sarah Hilworth, Alberta; Laura Bradley, PEI

Bronze medal game: Michelle Daigneault, McGill; Laura Brooker, Wilfrid Laurier

Gold medal game: Elizabeth Mantha, Montreal; Hayley Wickenheiser, Calgary

References

1. "Calgary Dinos win first-ever women's hockey gold". U Sports. March 11, 2012.
2. "National champions". Calgary Dinos. March 11, 2012.
3. "2012 CIS women's hockey championship schedule". U Sports. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
4. "2011–12 women's hockey" (PDF). Canada West. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
5. les Carabins surprennent les Golden Hawks
6. Oles scores goals as Martlets tame Pandas to keep medal hopes alive at Nationals
7. les Carabins en finale nationale
8. 2012 CIS women's hockey championship schedule Women's Ice Hockey Schedule
9. Bronze medal game: McGill claims 12th medal, sixth bronze
10. National Champions
11. "Dinos win CIS Women's Hockey Championship". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
12. Les Carabins méritent la première médaille de leur jeune histoire Archived September 28, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Championship Website
• 2012 Championships Broadcast on Web