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

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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.

Contents

Offseason

Recruiting

PlayerNationalityPositionNotes
Delaney MiddlebrookFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States DefenseMember of Minnesota Ice Cats 2010 U-19 NAHA Champions
Kelsey GunnFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DefensePlayed for Ottawa Senators of PWHL [2]
Amy HelfrichFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada ForwardWon a gold medal with Team Alberta at the Canada Winter Games in 2011 [3]
Kayla RaniwskyFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada ForwardLed the Southwest Wildcats with 42 points, including 26 goals in 36 games played during the 2010-11 season
Kalli FunkFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Forward2011 Minnesota State All Conference with Cretin-Derham Hall High School
Also played with Minnesota Thoroughbreds [4]
Abby RyplanskiFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Goaltender2011 Liz Turgeon Player of the Year nominee

Regular season

Standings

2011–12 College Hockey America standings
ConferenceOverall
GP PTS WLTGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#6 Mercyhurst†69411241624185111847
Robert Morris*67321992414827344
Niagara 6523112142791266472
Syracuse 6303311172891636389
Wayne State 0000000000000
Championship: Robert Morris
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
National rankings: Conference rankings:
Updated February 2nd, 2012

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentLocationResultRecordConference Record
9/30/20117:00 PMNew HampshireNiagara Univ.Loss, 4-60-1-00-0-0
10/1/20111:00 PMNew HampshireNiagara Univ.Loss, 2-30-2-00-0-0
10/7/20117:00 PMNo. 4 Boston UniversityBoston, MassLoss, 1-30-3-00-0-0
10/8/20113:00 PMNo. 4 Boston UniversityBoston, MassLoss, 2-50-4-00-0-0
10/14/20117:00 PMRPINiagara Univ.Win, 5-4 OT1-4-00-0-0
10/15/20112:00 PMRPINiagara Univ.Win, 3-22-4-00-0-0
10/18/20117:00 PMSt. LawrenceNiagara Univ.Loss, 3-62-5-00-0-0
10/21/20117:00 PMYaleNew Haven, CTWin, 5-13-5-00-0-0
10/22/20113:00 PMPrincetonPrinceton, NJWin, 3-14-5-00-0-0
10/28/20112:00 PMVermontBurlington, VTTie, 3-34-5-10-0-0

Awards and honors

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