Mount Royal Cougars women's ice hockey

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Mount Royal Cougars women's ice hockey
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University Mount Royal University
Conference Canada West
Head coachScott Rivett
Since 2012-13 [1] season
Assistant coachesLauren Williams, Kelsey Leifson
ArenaFlames Community Arena
Calgary, Alberta
ColorsKerby Blue, Historic Silver, and White
     
U Sports Tournament championships
2023
U Sports Tournament appearances
2020, 2023
Conference regular season championships
(as part of Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference [2] ): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012

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. [3] Prior to joining Canada West, the Cougars were a member of the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference, winning five conference championships. [2]

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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. [4] 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. [5] 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. [6] 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. [7] 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

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
2023Mount Royal Cougars4-3 (OT) Concordia Stingers

U Sports Tournament results

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2020 #7First Round
Semi-Finals		#2 Toronto
#3 SFX		W 2-1
Cancelled
2023 #8First Round
Semi-Finals
Gold Medal Game		#1 Toronto
#5 Montréal
#3 Concordia		W 3-2
W 3-1
W 4–3

Canada West awards

SeasonAwardWinner
2018–19Canada West Rookie of the YearBreanne Trotter
2021–22Canada West Most Valuable PlayerTianna Ko
2021–22Canada West Goaltender of the YearZoe DeBeauville
2021–22Canada West Coach of the YearScott Rivett
2022–23Canada West Most Valuable PlayerTatum Amy
2022–23Canada West Defencemen of the YearEmma Bergesen
2023–24Canada West Defencemen of the YearEmma Bergesen
2023–24Canada West Coach of the YearScott Rivett

References

  1. ↑ "Scott Rivett". mrucougars.com. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Past ACAC Hockey Champions". Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Cougars claim first women's hockey gold in magical OT win". U Sports. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  4. ↑ "MRU Cougars recap 10 years in Canada West and U SPORTS". Mount Royal University. September 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Bisons eliminated from Canada West playoffs following loss to Pandas". The Manitoban . Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  6. ↑ "WHKY: Cougars capture Canada West Silver Medal". Mount Royal University . Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  7. ↑ "U Sports hockey championships cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak". Sportsnet. March 12, 2020.
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