The Mount Royal Cougars women's ice hockey program represents Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta in the sport of ice hockey in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association conference of U Sports. The Cougars have won one national championship, in 2023. Prior to joining Canada West, the Cougars were a member of the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference, winning five conference championships.
History The Cougars women's ice hockey program first began play for the 2001–02 season and won five conference titles in their 11 years in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference. The team plays home games at the Flames Community Arena. After seeing initial challenges upon moving to the Canada West conference of CIS, the Cougars first qualified for the playoffs in 2017 where they lost in a quarterfinal sweep to the Manitoba Bisons. The team won their first playoffs series in 2020 after defeating the Saskatchewan Huskies in the quarter-final and then went on to beat the Calgary Dinos in the semi-final before losing the Canada West final to the Alberta Pandas. As a conference finalist, the Cougars qualified for their first U Sports women's ice hockey championship tournament in 2020 and won their opening game, but the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The Cougars won the 2023 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship as the 8-seed in the tournament, capturing their first national title.
National championships Year Winner Score Runner-up 2023 Mount Royal Cougars 4–3 (OT) Concordia Stingers
U Sports Tournament results 2020 #7 First RoundSemi-Finals #2 Toronto#3 SFX W 2–1Cancelled 2023 #8 First RoundSemi-FinalsGold Medal Game #1 Toronto#5 Montréal#3 Concordia W 3–2W 3–1W 4–3
Canada West awards Season Award Winner2018–19 Canada West Rookie of the Year Breanne Trotter2021–22 Canada West Most Valuable Player Tianna Ko2021–22 Canada West Goaltender of the Year Zoe DeBeauville2021–22 Canada West Coach of the Year Scott Rivett2022–23 Canada West Most Valuable Player Tatum Amy2022–23 Canada West Defencemen of the Year Emma Bergesen2023–24 Canada West Defencemen of the Year Emma Bergesen2023–24 Canada West Coach of the Year Scott Rivett2025–26 Canada West Rookie of the Year Isa MacPhee
Canada West All-Stars Summer Fomradas, 2025-26 Canada West First Team All-Star Allee Gerrard, 2025-26 Canada West Second Team All-Star Aliya Jomha, 2024-25 Canada West First Team All-Star Alex Spence, 2024-25 Canada West First Team All-Star Kaitlyn Ross, 2024-25 Canada West Second Team All-Star Emma Bergesen, 2023-24 Canada West First Team All-Star Emma Bergesen, 2022-23 Canada West First Team All-Star Tatum Amy, 2022-23 Canada West First Team All-Star Courtney Kollman, 2022-23 Canada West Second Team All-Star Zoe DeBeauville, 2021-22 Canada West First Team All-Star Tianna Ko, 2021-22 Canada West First Team All-Star Mackenzie Butz, 2021-22 Canada West First Team All-Star Courtney Kollman, 2021-22 Canada West Second Team All-Star Anna Purschke, 2019-20 Canada West Second Team All-Star Tatum Amy, 2018-19 Canada West Second Team All-Star
Cougars in professional hockey
= PWHL All-Star= PWHL Champion Player Position Team(s) League(s) Years Titles Emma Bergesen Defence Ottawa Charge PWHL 1 International Kaitlyn Ross, Goaltender, : Ice hockey at the 2025 Winter World University Games
Alex Spence, Defense, : Ice hockey at the 2025 Winter World University Games
Aliya Jomha, Forward, : Ice hockey at the 2025 Winter World University Games
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