Regina Cougars women's ice hockey | |
---|---|
University | University of Regina |
Conference | Canada West |
Governing Body | U Sports |
Head coach | Brandy West-McMaster (interim) 1st season |
Arena | The Co-operators Centre Regina, Saskatchewan |
Colors | Green and Gold |
Mascot | Reggie the Cougar and Ram-page |
U Sports Tournament appearances | |
2001, 2002, 2003 | |
Conference Tournament championships | |
2001 |
The Regina Cougars women's ice hockey program is a college ice hockey program that represents the University of Regina in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association conference of U Sports women's ice hockey. Brandy West-McMaster has served as interim head coach of the program since February 2024. [1]
Sarah Hodges served as head coach of the Regina Cougars women's ice hockey program from its inaugural season in 1998–99 through the 2023–24 season, and became the Canada West all-time leader in regular season games coached, with 588. She was named Canada West Coach of the Year following the 2015–16 season. [1]
This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by the Regina Cougars women's ice hockey program. [2] [3]
Note: Finish = Conference rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)
Won Championship | Lost Championship | Conference Champions | League Leader |
Season | Head coach | Regular season | Conference tournament results | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Finish | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | Top scorer | |||
2015-16 [4] | Sarah Hodges | 3rd | 28 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 71 | 66 | 47 | Kylie Gavelin, 27 (11+16) | Canada West semifinal loss to UBC Thunderbirds, 1–2 |
2016-17 [5] | Sarah Hodges | 5th | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 62 | 65 | 39 | Jaycee Magwood, 24 (12+12) | Canada West quarterfinal loss to Saskatchewan Huskies, 0–2 |
2017-18 [6] | Sarah Hodges | 5th | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 64 | 32 | Emma Waldenberger, 18 (8+10) | Canada West quarterfinal loss to Alberta Pandas, 0–2 |
2018-19 [7] | Sarah Hodges | 6th | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 45 | 74 | 34 | Emma Waldenberger, 17 (10+7) | Canada West quarterfinal loss to UBC Thunderbirds, 0–2 |
2019-20 [8] | Sarah Hodges | 5th | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 54 | 38 | Jaycee Magwood, 21 (11+10) | Canada West quarterfinal loss to Mount Royal Cougars, 0–2 |
2020-21 | Sarah Hodges | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||
2021-22 [9] | Sarah Hodges | 6th | 20 | 8 | – | 2 | 10 | 38 | 54 | 18 | Lilla Carpenter-Boesch, 19 (10+9) | Canada West quarterfinal loss to Alberta Pandas, 0–2 |
2022-23 | Sarah Hodges | 9th | 28 | 4 | – | 2 | 22 | 34 | 85 | 10 | Jenna Merk, 13 (3+10) | Did not qualify |
2023-24 | Sarah Hodges | 8th | 28 | 7 | – | 2 | 19 | 40 | 83 | 16 | Paige Hubbard, 17 (6+11) | Did not qualify |
Rank | Player | G | A | PTS | Class of |
1 | Brandy West | 72 | 45 | 117 | 2002 |
2 | Erin Tady | 48 | 54 | 102 | 2004 |
3 | Jaycee Magwood | 48 | 53 | 101 | 2019 |
4 | Elysia Cobbledick | 52 | 45 | 97 | 2006 |
5 | Rianne Wight | 51 | 44 | 95 | 2012 |
6 | Paige Wheeler | 46 | 43 | 89 | 2012 |
7 | Kelsey Rezansoff | 34 | 54 | 88 | 2004 |
8 | Kylie Gavelin | 39 | 45 | 84 | 2016 |
9 | Julie Foster | 30 | 52 | 82 | 2002 |
10 | Emma Waldenberger | 44 | 37 | 81 | 2018 |
11 | Joell Fiddler | 21 | 59 | 80 | 2003 |
12 | Kara McGeough | 33 | 43 | 76 | 2008 |
13 | Kelsie Graham | 26 | 50 | 76 | 2009 |
14 | Kelcie McCutcheon | 30 | 46 | 76 | 2010 |
15 | Karissa Swan | 35 | 32 | 67 | 2007 |
As of March 2022 [update]
= CWHL All-Star | = NWHL All-Star | = Clarkson Cup Champion | = Isobel Cup Champion |
Player | Position | Team(s) | League(s) | Years | Titles |
Jaycee Magwood [22] | Forward | MODO Hockey | SDHL | 3 | |
Toni Ross | Goaltender | Calgary Inferno | CWHL | 1 |
The Regina Rams represent the University of Regina, located in Regina, Saskatchewan, in the sport of Canadian football in U Sports. The Rams joined U Sports in 1999 and have competed in the Canada West Conference since then. The program has won one U Sports football conference championship, in 2000, and the team has made one appearance in the Vanier Cup championship game.
The Calgary Dinos are the athletic teams that represent the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. They were known as the "Dinosaurs" but usually referred to as the "Dinos" until 1999, when the name was officially shortened. Some of its venues are the Jack Simpson Gymnasium, McMahon Stadium, Hawkings Field, University of Calgary Aquatic Centre and a 200m Running Track.
U Sports women's ice hockey is the highest level of play of women's ice hockey at the university level under the auspices of U Sports, Canada's governing body for university sports. Women's ice hockey has been played in U Sports since the 1997-98 season, when the governing body was known as the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union, following a long stint of teams only competing in the OUA. There are 35 teams, all of which are based in Canada, that are divided into four conferences that are eligible to compete for the year-end championship. As these players compete at the university level, they are obligated to follow the rule of standard eligibility of five years.
The Toronto Varsity Blues women's ice hockey program represents the University of Toronto in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports. Three-time Olympic medalist Vicky Sunohara has served as head coach since the 2011–12 season.
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 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.
The Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey team represents the University of Calgary in U Sports women's ice hockey. The Dinos compete in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association Conference in the U Sports athletic association. The program has won one conference championship in 2012 and have made five national championship appearances with a gold medal win in 2012.
The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's ice hockey team is the women's college ice hockey team that represents the Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. The team competes as a member of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA), under the U Sports association. The Golden Hawks play their home games at Sunlife Financial Arena.
The St. Francis Xavier X-Women ice hockey team plays for St. Francis Xavier University, located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The team competes in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference of U Sports where they were an inaugural varsity member of U Sports women's ice hockey in the 1997–98 season. Representing St. Francis Xavier Athletics, the X-Women have won the most AUS championships with eleven conference championship wins, most recently in 2020.
The Manitoba Bisons are an ice hockey team that represents the University of Manitoba. They compete in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport athletic program. Home games are contested at the Wayne Fleming Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The Guelph Gryphons are an ice hockey team that represents the University of Guelph. They compete in the Ontario University Athletics Conference in U Sports. The program has yielded seven McCaw Cup conference championships and one Golden Path Trophy national championship, coming in 2019.
The Saskatchewan Huskies women's ice hockey team represents the University of Saskatchewan in U Sports women's ice hockey. The Huskies compete in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association Conference in the U Sports athletic association. Home games are contested at the Merlis Belsher Place.
The Montreal Carabins women's ice hockey team defend the colours of the Université de Montréal and are members of the Quebec Student Sports Federation (RSEQ), and compete for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship. One Carabins player have participated internationally, including the World Student Games. Home games are contested at l'aréna du CEPSUM. In addition, the Women's ice hockey team are connected to the club Montreal Carabins.
The Ottawa Gee-Gees represent the University of Ottawa in Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey. Home games are contested at the uOttawa Minto Sports Complex, and the Gee-Gees are members of the Quebec Student Sports Federation.
The Moncton Aigles Bleues women's ice hockey team represents the University of Moncton in U Sports women's ice hockey. The Aigles Bleues compete in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) Conference in the U Sports athletic association. The program has won three conference championships and has made four national championship tournament appearances with their best finish occurring in 2009 with a bronze medal victory.
Kaitlin Willoughby is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for PWHL Toronto of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
The TMU Bold women's ice hockey program represents Toronto Metropolitan University in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports. The first head coach in program history was Lisa Haley, having served in the capacity since the 2011–12 season.
The UBC Thunderbirds women's ice hockey program represent the University of British Columbia in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association. The Thunderbirds have won six conference championships in U Sports women's ice hockey, most recently in 2024, and have made six national championship appearances.
The Brock Badgers women's ice hockey team represents Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario in the sport of ice hockey in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) conference of U Sports. The Badgers program first began in 2000 and have won one OUA championship. The team is led by head coach Margot Page, who has held that position since 2015.
The UBC Thunderbirds women's basketball team represent the University of British Columbia in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association of U Sports women's basketball. The Thunderbirds have won the Bronze Baby a total of five times, including the first three championships, spanning from 1972 to 1974. The last two national championships took place in 2004 and 2008. Both victories took place against the Regina Cougars. In 2004, the Thunderbirds defeated the Cougars by a 60-53 mark, while the 2008 triumph resulted in a 67-46 final.
The Calgary Dinos women's basketball team represent the University of Calgary in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association of U Sports women's basketball. In 1989, the Dinos captured the Bronze Baby, awarded to the U Sports National Champions.