2011–12 Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey season

2011–12 Niagara Purple Eagles
women's ice hockey season
Conference3 CHA
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey MagazineNot ranked
USCHO.com/CBS College SportsNot ranked
Record
Overall4-5-1
Coaches and captains
Head coachJosh Sciba
Assistant coachesShivaun Siegl
Allyson Weidner
Captain(s)Kathleen Bortuzzo

The Niagara Purple Eagles represent Niagara University in College Hockey America. The Purple Eagles attempted to qualify for the NCAA tournament for the second time in school history.

Offseason

  • August 23: Head coach Chris MacKenzie resigned as the head coach of the Purple Eagles. Assistant coach Josh Sciba was named interim head coach for the 2011-12 season.[1]

Recruiting

Player Nationality Position Notes
Delaney Middlebrook  United States Defense Member of Minnesota Ice Cats 2010 U-19 NAHA Champions
Kelsey Gunn  Canada Defense Played for Ottawa Senators of PWHL[2]
Amy Helfrich  Canada Forward Won a gold medal with Team Alberta at the Canada Winter Games in 2011[3]
Kayla Raniwsky  Canada Forward Led the Southwest Wildcats with 42 points, including 26 goals in 36 games played during the 2010-11 season
Kalli Funk  United States Forward 2011 Minnesota State All Conference with Cretin-Derham Hall High School
Also played with Minnesota Thoroughbreds[4]
Abby Ryplanski  Canada Goaltender 2011 Liz Turgeon Player of the Year nominee

Regular season

Standings

2011–12 College Hockey America standings
Conference Overall
GP PTS W L T GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#6 Mercyhurst† 6 9 4 1 1 24 16 24 18 5 1 118 47
Robert Morris* 6 7 3 2 1 9 9 24 14 8 2 73 44
Niagara 6 5 2 3 1 12 14 27 9 12 6 64 72
Syracuse 6 3 0 3 3 11 17 28 9 16 3 63 89
Wayne State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Championship: Robert Morris
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
National rankings:[1] Conference rankings:[2]
Updated February 2nd, 2012
  • Rankings based on number of points in the conference
  • Wayne State was scheduled to play in the 2011–12 season but the women's ice hockey program was dropped

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Location Result Record Conference Record
9/30/2011 7:00 PM New Hampshire Niagara Univ. Loss, 4-6 0-1-0 0-0-0
10/1/2011 1:00 PM New Hampshire Niagara Univ. Loss, 2-3 0-2-0 0-0-0
10/7/2011 7:00 PM No. 4 Boston University Boston, Mass Loss, 1-3 0-3-0 0-0-0
10/8/2011 3:00 PM No. 4 Boston University Boston, Mass Loss, 2-5 0-4-0 0-0-0
10/14/2011 7:00 PM RPI Niagara Univ. Win, 5-4 OT 1-4-0 0-0-0
10/15/2011 2:00 PM RPI Niagara Univ. Win, 3-2 2-4-0 0-0-0
10/18/2011 7:00 PM St. Lawrence Niagara Univ. Loss, 3-6 2-5-0 0-0-0
10/21/2011 7:00 PM Yale New Haven, CT Win, 5-1 3-5-0 0-0-0
10/22/2011 3:00 PM Princeton Princeton, NJ Win, 3-1 4-5-0 0-0-0
10/28/2011 2:00 PM Vermont Burlington, VT Tie, 3-3 4-5-1 0-0-0

Awards and honors

  • Kalli Funk, CHA Rookie of the Week (Week of November 7, 2011)
  • Kalli Funk, CHA Rookie of the Week (Week of January 31, 2011) [5]
  • Kelsey Gunn, CHA Rookie of the Week (Week of January 16, 2012) [6]
  • Jenna Hendrikx, CHA Player of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)[7]
  • Delaney Middlebrook, CHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)
  • Sarah Moses, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of November 21, 2011)[8]
  • Sarah Moses, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of January 23, 2012)[9]
  • Erica Owczarczak, CHA Player of the Week (Week of November 7, 2011)[10]
  • Kayla Raniwsky, CHA Rookie of the Week, (Week of January 23, 2012)
  • Kayla Raniwsky, CHA Rookie of the Week, (Week of February 27, 2012)[11]
  • Abby Ryplanski, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of October 24, 2011)[12]
  • Abby Ryplanski, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of November 7, 2011)
  • Kelsey Welch, Niagara University Student Athlete of the Week (Week of October 17, 2011)[13]

References

  1. ^ "MacKenzie Resigns as Head Coach".
  2. ^ "News Article".
  3. ^ "Halifax 2011 Canada Games - Registration, Scheduling & Results". Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
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  5. ^ "College Hockey America" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  6. ^ "College Hockey America" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  7. ^ "College Hockey America". Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  8. ^ "College Hockey America" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  9. ^ "College Hockey America" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  10. ^ "College Hockey America" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  11. ^ http://chawomenshockey.com/information/weeklyAwards/Feb_27-2012_release.pdf [dead link‍]
  12. ^ "College Hockey America". Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  13. ^ "Welch Earns Student-Athlete of the Week Honors".