2010–11 Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey season

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2010–11 Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey season
Conference CHA
Home iceDwyer Arena
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey MagazineNot ranked
USCHO.com/CBS College SportsNot ranked
Record
Overall0-0-0
Home0-0-0
Road0-0-0
Coaches and Captains
Head CoachChris MacKenzie
Assistant CoachesJosh Sciba
Shivaun Siegl

The Niagara Purple Eagles were unable to attempt to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the second time in school history. Goaltender Jenni Bauer was named All-CHA First Team for the second consecutive season.

Contents

Recruiting

PlayerPositionNationalityNotes
Kaleigh ChippyForwardFlag of the United States.svg  United States Chippy was a member of the Ohio Flames. The Flames play in the Tier I Elite Hockey League (T1EHL), and Chippy finished first in the Tier 1 Elite in points in 2009
Katie DodsForwardFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Dods played for the Ottawa Senators of the CWHL. She was the 2008 High School Female Athlete of the Year in Kemptville, Ontario
Jessica HitchcockForwardFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada She was captain of the Southwest Wildcats of the PWHL. She was named outstanding Female Athlete of the Year at Sandwich Secondary School for four-straight seasons
Sarah MosesGoalieFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada She played for the Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers and participated in the 2008 Winter and Summer Ontario Games. She was a 2006 Provincial and Silver Stick Gold Medalists Rorat
Kristen RichardsForwardFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Richards was the captain of the Mississauga Jr. Chiefs. She was a 2008-09 Provincial Gold Medalist and a 2007-08 Provincial and PWHL Bronze Medalist
Paige SasserGoalieFlag of the United States.svg  United States Sasser played for the National Sports Academy Mountaineers and attended the USA Hockey National Development Camp (2006, 2007). She was a three-time winner (2007-09) of the Top Goalie Award Hockey Night in Boston
May WilkersonForwardFlag of the United States.svg  United States She attended the USA Hockey National Development Camp (2006, 2007, 2008). She was also a four-year letterman member of the Dakota Boys High School Varsity Team
Chelsea WitwickeDefensemanFlag of the United States.svg  United States Witwicke played for the Minnesota Jr. Whitecaps and was a four-year letterman in hockey at Roseville High School. She was an All-State and All-Conference selection during her junior and senior seasons

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Offseason

On August 12, the Canadian Women's Hockey League hosted the 2010 CWHL Draft. The event was held at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto at 7:00pm. The first overall selection was former Ohio State hockey player and Olympic gold medallist Tessa Bonhomme. Former Olympic gold medallist Cheryl Pounder was Master of Ceremonies at the draft.

Regular season

Standings

OverallConference
GPWLTPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#5 Mercyhurst†*27225044144541111006115
Niagara 289145234168126422326
Syracuse 2811134267179105412323
Robert Morris 2951951559117132832649
Wayne State 268162185170121921939
Championship:
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll

Schedule

DateOpponentLocationTimeScoreGoal scorersRecordConf. Record
10/1/2010 QUINNIPIAC NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.7:00 PM0-3None0-1-00-0-0
10/2/2010QUINNIPIACNIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.12:00 PM1-3Natasha Fryer [6] 0-2-00-0-0
10/8/2010at Minnesota State-Mankato Mankato, Minn.7:00 PM2-3Kaleigh Chippy, Kristen Richards0-3-00-0-0
10/9/2010at Minnesota State-MankatoMankato, Minn.4:00 PM0-0None0-3-10-0-0
10/22/2010 MAINE NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.7:00 PM1-30-4-1
10/23/2010MAINENIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.2:00 PM3-11-4-1
10/29/2010at New Hampshire Durham, N.H.7:00 PM0-1 (OT)1-5-1
10/30/2010at New HampshireDurham, N.H.2:00 PM0-21-6-1
11/4/2010 ST. LAWRENCE NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.7:00 PM2-41-7-1
11/12/2010at Mercyhurst Hamilton, N.Y.3:00 PM4-32-7-11-0-0
11/12/2010at Colgate Hamilton, N.Y.3:00 PM2-13-7-1
11/13/2010at ColgateHamilton, N.Y.1:00 PM1-43-8-1
11/19/2010at RPITroy, N.Y.7:00 PM1-1 (OT)3-8-2
11/20/2010at RPITroy, N.Y.2:00 PM1-1 (OT)3-8-3
11/26/2010at Cornell Ithaca, N.Y.7:00 PM
11/27/2010at CornellIthaca, N.Y.2:00 PM
12/3/2010at MercyhurstErie, Pa.7:00 PM
12/4/2010at MercyhurstErie, Pa.2:00 PM
12/10/2010ROBERT MORRISNIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.7:00 PM
12/11/2010ROBERT MORRISNIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.2:00 PM
1/14/2011at Wayne StateDetroit, Mich.7:00 PM
1/15/2011at Wayne StateDetroit, Mich.2:00 PM
1/21/2011SYRACUSENIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.7:00 PM
1/22/2011SYRACUSENIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.2:00 PM
1/28/2011MERCYHURSTNIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.7:00 PM
1/29/2011MERCYHURSTNIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.2:00 PM
2/4/2011at Robert MorrisMoon Township, Pa.7:00 PM
2/5/2011at Robert MorrisMoon Township, Pa.2:00 PM
2/18/2011WAYNE STATENIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.7:00 PM
2/19/2011WAYNE STATENIAGARA UNIV., N.Y.2:00 PM
2/25/2011at SyracuseSyracuse, N.Y.7:00 PM
2/26/2011at SyracuseSyracuse, N.Y.2:00 PM

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Conference record

CHA schoolRecord
Mercyhurst
Robert Morris
Syracuse
Wayne State

Postseason

DateOpponentLocationTimeScoreRecord
3/3/2011vs. First Round (2011 CHA Tournament)Syracuse, N.Y.TBA

Awards and honors

Postseason

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References

  1. ↑ "MacKenzie Announces 2010-11 Recruiting Class". MSU Mavericks athletics. June 16, 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.chawomenshockey.com/news/2010/8/26/WHOCK_0826100416.aspx [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "College Hockey America Mobile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
  4. ↑ Women's Hockey Release - PurpleEagles.com Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 "College Hockey America Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  6. ↑ Women's Hockey Result - PurpleEagles.com Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Women's Hockey Schedule - PurpleEagles.com Archived March 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "College Hockey America Mobile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  9. ↑ "College Hockey America Mobile". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  10. ↑ Women's Hockey Release - PurpleEagles.com Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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