Alberta Pandas ice hockey

Alberta Pandas ice hockey
Alberta Pandas ice hockey
University	University of Alberta
Conference	Canada West
Head coach	Darren Bilawchuk; 1st season, 31–11–0
Arena	Clare Drake Arena ; Edmonton, Alberta
Colors	Green, Gold, and White;
U Sports Tournament championships
	2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017
Conference Tournament championships
	1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020

Last updated March 25, 2024

The Alberta Pandas ice hockey team represents the University of Alberta in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association of U Sports. The team was led by head coach Howie Draper from 1997 (the year the team joined U Sports) until 2023, when Draper left to become head coach of PWHL New York. The current head coach is Darren Bilawchuk. The program has won the most Canada West conference championships with 14 and the most U Sports national championships with eight.^[1]

Early years

In the era of the First World War, the University of Alberta formed men's ice hockey and women's ice hockey teams. The women's team played many community based teams. The University of Alberta played the Edmonton Monarchs in the Monarchs first ever game in 1918.^[3] The city of Edmonton would organize women's ice hockey into three divisions in 1930: junior, intermediate and senior. The Edmonton Monarchs and the University of Alberta were the only teams that comprised the senior division.^[4] In that same year, the University of Alberta would challenge the Edmonton Monarchs for the Alpine Cup. The Monarchs prevailed by a 1–0 score. By 1934, the University of Alberta was demoted to the intermediate division. In 1937, the University of Alberta competed for the Alpine Cup, contested at the Banff Winter Carnival. The club lost to the Calgary Avenue Grills team.^[4]

U Sports

On March 14, 2004, the Pandas won their third consecutive National Championship and their fourth in five years. The Pandas became the first team to win three consecutive championships which remains unmatched as of 2020.^[5] The win came courtesy of a 2–0 tally over the Ottawa Gee-Gees. For the season, the Pandas went 20–0–0 in Canada West play, 7–0 in the postseason, and a 35–0–0 overall mark.^[6] U Sports Player of the Year Danielle Bourgeois scored both goals in the game^[7] as Alberta outshot Ottawa 45–14 overall. The game-winning goal was assisted by Canadian national team member Delaney Collins. With the triumph, the Pandas ran their undefeated streak against U Sports opponents to 81 games. During the streak, their last loss to a U Sports team was on Oct. 13, 2001.^[7]

On March 14, 2010, the Pandas won the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship which was their seventh title in the 13 years since the tournament's inception. In the gold-medal game, they defeated the McGill Martlets by a score of 2–0.^[8] While the program did not have as much of a dominant national run in the next decade, the team managed to claim their eighth national championship in 2017 after once again defeating the Martlets in double overtime by a score of 2–1.^[9] It was also the first time that the Pandas had won the National championship while not winning their conference championship in the same year.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and financial reasons, the University of Alberta announced that the Pandas would not participate in the 2020–21 season, if one were to be held.^[10] Former Pandas Hockey defender, Taylor Kezama, a 2017 U Sports National Champion, and a 2019 Canada West champion, was one of 18 former U Sports student-athletes announced among the inaugural participants of the U SPORTS Female Apprenticeship Coach Program.^[11]

Year by year

National Tournament champions	Conference Champions

Season	Coach	Conf. Record	Overall	Standings	Postseason
1997-98	Howie Draper	None	3-1-0	Does not apply	Fifth, CIAU tournament
1998-99	Howie Draper	4-1-1	20-8-3	First	Second, CIAU tournament
1999-00	Howie Draper	15-1-1	26-3-1	First	CIAU tournament champions
2000-01	Howie Draper	13-1-2	20-6-2	Second	Did not qualify
2001-02	Howie Draper	16-0-0	33-1-0	First	CIS tournament champions
2002-03	Howie Draper	19-0-1	34-0-1	First	CIS tournament champions
2003-04	Howie Draper	20-0-0	35-0-0	First	CIS tournament champions
2004-05	Howie Draper	20-0-0	28-1-0	First	Second, CIS tournament
2005-06	Howie Draper	16-1-3	27-3-3	First	CIS tournament champions
2006-07	Howie Draper	21-3	33-4-1	First	CIS tournament champions
2007-08	Howie Draper	21-2-1	29-5-1	First	Fourth, CIS tournament
2008-09	Howie Draper	22-2	26-5	Second	Did not qualify
2009-10	Howie Draper	23-1-0	33-1	First	CIS tournament champions
2010-11	Howie Draper	17-7	25-14	Second	Fifth, CIS tournament
2011-12	Howie Draper	14-10	23-16	Second	Fifth, CIS tournament
2012-13	Howie Draper	16-12	25-16	Third	Did not qualify
2013-14	Howie Draper	20-8	23-11	Third	Did not qualify
2014-15	Howie Draper	20-8	28-14	First	Eighth, CIS tournament
2015-16	Howie Draper	16-12	21-14	Third	Did not qualify
2016-17	Howie Draper	21-7	36-9	Second	U Sports tournament champions
2017-18	Howie Draper	19-9	27-12	Third	Did not qualify
2018-19	Howie Draper	23-5	33-7	First	Fourth, U Sports tournament
2019-20	Howie Draper	20-8	28-10	First	Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[12]
2020-21	Cancelled due financial reasons caused by the COVID-19 pandemic ^[10]
2021-22	Howie Draper	13-7	22-11		Did not qualify
2022-23	Howie Draper	28-12	21-7		Did not qualify

Awards and honours

U Sports honours

Brodrick Trophy (U Sports Most Valuable Player): Lori Shupak (2002), Danielle Bourgeois (2004, 2005), Lindsay McAlpine (2007), Tarin Podloski (2009), Alex Poznikoff (2019)
U Sports Rookie of the Year: Danielle Bourgeois (2000), Madison Willan (2020)
Marion Hillard Award (Student-Athlete Community Service): Taryn Barry (2007), Janelle Froehler (2016)
Fox 40 U Sports Coach of the Year award: Howie Draper (2002, 2004, 2009, 2019)
Kirsten Chamberlin, U Sports Athlete of the Month, February 2020^[13]

U Sports Tournament honours

U Sports Championship Most Valuable Player: Danielle Bourgeois (2002, 2004), Tarin Podloski (2006), Lindsay McAlpine (2007), Stephanie Ramsay (2010), Lindsey Post (2017)

All-Canadian selections

Danielle Bourgeois, 2003 CIS First Team All-Canadian
Judy Diduck, 2003 CIS Second Team All-Canadian
Lori Shupak, 2003 CIS Second Team All-Canadian
Danielle Bourgeois, 2004 CIS First Team All-Canadian
Delaney Collins, 2004 CIS First Team All-Canadian
Judy Diduck, 2004 CIS First Team All-Canadian
Kristen Hagg, 2006 CIS First Team All-Canadian
Tarin Podloski, 2006 CIS Second-Team All-Canadian
Lindsay McAlpine, 2007 CIS First Team All-Canadian^[14]
Tarin Podloski, 2007 CIS Second Team All-Canadian
Rayanee Reeve, 2007 CIS Second Team All-Canadian
Nicole Pratt, 2010 All-CIS Second Team selection
Tarin Podloski, 2010 All-CIS Second Team selection^[15]

All-Rookie Team selections

Jessica Kampjes: 2012-13 USports All-Rookie Team^[16]

Canada West honors

Canada West All-Stars

Autumn MacDougall, Forward, 2017-18 Canada West First-Team
Alex Poznikoff, Forward, 2017-18 Canada West First-Team^[17]
Cayle Dillon, Defense, 2017-18 Canada West Second-Team
Taylor Kezama, Defense, 2017-18 Canada West Second-Team
Madison Willan, Forward, 2022-23 Canada West Second-Team

Canada West All-Rookie

Abby Krzyzaniak, Defense, 2017-18 Canada West All-Rookie

Team MVP

Season	MVP
1997-98	Krysty Lorenz
1998-99	Lori Shupak
1999-00 2000-01	Stacey McCullough
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05	Danielle Bourgeois
2005-06	Kristen Hagg
2006-07	Lindsay McAlpine
2007-08	Jennifer Newton
2008-09	Tarin Podloski
2009-10	Dana Vinge

University honours

Kristen Haag: 2021 inductee - University of Alberta Sports Wall of Fame^[18]

International

Winter Universiade

Andrea Boras^[19] Canada 2009 Winter Universiade, 2011 Winter Universiade (gold medal)
Leah Copeland Canada: 2009 Winter Universiade
Jennifer Newton Canada: 2009 Winter Universiade
Stephanie Ramsay Canada: 2009 Winter Universiade ^[20]
Rayanne Reeve Canada: 2009 Winter Universiade
Tess Houston Canada: 2015 Winter Universiade^[21]
Jessica Kampjes Canada: 2015 Winter Universiade
Alex Poznikoff, Forward, Canada: 2017 Winter Universiade ^[22]
Madison Willan, Forward, Canada: 2023 Winter Universiade (gold medal)

Olympians

Player	Event	Result
Judy Diduck ^[23]	Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics	Silver

Pandas in pro hockey

= CWHL All-Star

= NWHL All-Star

= Clarkson Cup Champion

= Isobel Cup Champion

Player	Position	Team(s)	League(s)	Years	Titles
Megan Eady		Melbourne Ice SDE	AWIHL SDHL
Michala Jefferies	Goaltender	Sydney Sirens	AWIHL	1
Autumn MacDougall	Forward	Buffalo Beauts	NWHL
Lindsey Post	Goaltender	Calgary Inferno SDE HF	CWHL SDHL	4

Pandas selected in the CWHL Draft

The following were selected in the 2010 CWHL Draft.^[24]

Player	Position	Team	Selection
Delaney Collins	Defense	Brampton Thunder	#5

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↑ "FINAL: CIS championship: Pandas put an end to Martlets 86-game winning streak with a 2-0 win". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. March 14, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
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1 2 "Golden Bears and Pandas 2020-21 Season Update". University of Alberta. June 17, 2020.
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[1] "Pandas Hockey, Team History". Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas . Retrieved June 28, 2020.

[2] "99-00 hockey Pandas inducted into Hall of Fame". University of Alberta. January 25, 2011.

[3] Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women's Hockey in Western Canada, Wayne Norton, p.136, Ronsdale Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55380-073-6

[Ice_p.140-4] 1 2 Women on Ice: The Early Years of Women's Hockey in Western Canada, Wayne Norton, p.140, Ronsdale Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55380-073-6

[5] "History, Golden Path Trophy". U Sports . Retrieved June 28, 2020.

[6] ttp://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/expressnews_template/article.cfm?id=5647%5B%5D

[Canadian_University_Sports-7] 1 2 "Canadian University Sports". Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2011-06-23.

[8] "FINAL: CIS championship: Pandas put an end to Martlets 86-game winning streak with a 2-0 win". Canadian Interuniversity Sport. March 14, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2020.

[9] "Kezama double OT winner gives Alberta 8th Golden Path National Championship". U Sports. March 19, 2017.

[cancelled-10] 1 2 "Golden Bears and Pandas 2020-21 Season Update". University of Alberta. June 17, 2020.

[11] "Taylor Kezama selected for U SPORTS Female Apprentice Coach Program". usports.ca/. March 8, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

[corona-12] "U Sports hockey championships cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Sportsnet. March 12, 2020.

[13] "February 2020 — Kirsten Chamberlin". usports.ca/. March 20, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

[14] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[15] "CIS:CIS women's hockey: Laurier goalie Knox named player of the year". Archived from the original on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2011-06-09.

[16] "McGill's Daoust named player of the year". presto-en.usports.ca. March 6, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2021.

[17] Evan Daum, Canada West Communications (February 21, 2018). "WHKY: Top three dominate all-star and all-rookie voting". canadawest.org. Retrieved May 12, 2021.

[18] Slav Kornik (2021-06-07). "University of Alberta Pandas hockey alum earns spot on Sports Wall of Fame". globalnews.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-10.

[19] "Canada West Universities Athletic Association - Canada West women's hockey trio making strides at Winter Universiade". Archived from the original on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2011-07-10.

[20] "CAN Announces Women's Ice Hockey Team for Harbin". fisu.net. January 9, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2021.

[21] "2015 Winter Universiade: CIS announces Canadian women's hockey roster". universitysport.prestosports.com. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2021-05-06.

[22] "2017 Winter Universiade: Canadian women's hockey team announced". canadawest.org. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2021-05-20.

[23] "Judy Diduck Player Profile". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2010.

[24] "Draft - CWHL - Canadian Women's Hockey League". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2011-02-01.

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