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. 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.
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. The winner of Pool A played the winner of Pool B in the gold medal game.
Pool A Seed Team Qualified 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 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 ScoreNotesMarch 8 15:30 MST Pool A #1: No. 6 Montréal vs. No. 1 Laurier Montréal wins 6–5 2 goals score by Kim Deschênesles Carabins surprennent les Golden HawksMarch 8 19:00 MST Pool B #1: No. 3 Calgary vs. No. 2 McGill Calgary wins 1–0 The goal score by Sinead TraceyMarch 9 15:30 MST Pool A #2: No. 1 Laurier vs. No. 4 UPEI Laurier wins 3–0 March 9 19:00 MST Pool B #2: No. 2 McGill vs. No. 5 Alberta McGill wins 4–0 Leslie Oles score two goalsMarch 10 15:30 MST Pool A #3: No. 6 Montreal vs. No. 4 UPEI Montreal wins 4–1les Carabins en finale nationale March 10 19:00 MST Pool B #3: No. 3 Calgary vs. No. 5 Alberta Calgary wins 4–2 2012 CIS women's hockey championship schedule Women's Ice Hockey Schedule
CIS Medal round
5th-place game
Bronze-medal game
Gold-medal game
Final results
Gold Silver Bronze4th Place5th Place 6th Place Calgary DinosNational Champions Montréal CarabinsLes Carabins méritent la première médaille de leur jeune histoire 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
External links Championship Website 2012 Championships Broadcast on Web