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

The Niagara Purple Eagles represent Niagara University in College Hockey America. The Purple Eagles will attempt to qualify for the NCAA tournament for the second time in school history.

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

Offseason

  • August 23: Head coach Chris MacKenzie has resigned as the head coach of the Purple Eagles. Assistant coach Josh Sciba has been named interim head coach for the 2011-12 season.[1]

Recruiting

PlayerNationalityPositionNotes
Delaney Middlebrook United StatesDefenseMember of Minnesota Ice Cats 2010 U-19 NAHA Champions
Kelsey Gunn CanadaDefensePlayed for Ottawa Senators of PWHL[2]
Amy Helfrich CanadaForwardWon a gold medal with Team Alberta at the Canada Winter Games in 2011[3]
Kayla Raniwsky CanadaForwardLed the Southwest Wildcats with 42 points, including 26 goals in 36 games played during the 2010-11 season
Kalli Funk United StatesForward2011 Minnesota State All Conference with Cretin-Derham Hall High School
Also played with Minnesota Thoroughbreds[4]
Abby Ryplanski CanadaGoaltender2011 Liz Turgeon Player of the Year nominee

Regular season

Standings

2011–12 College Hockey America standings
Conference Overall
GP PTS W L T GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#6 Mercyhurst69411241624185111847
Robert Morris*67321992414827344
Niagara6523112142791266472
Syracuse6303311172891636389
Wayne State0000000000000
Championship: Robert Morris
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
National rankings: Conference rankings:
Updated February 2nd, 2012
  • Rankings based on number of points in the conference
  • Wayne State was scheduled to play in the 2011–12 season but the women's ice hockey program was dropped

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

  • Kalli Funk, CHA Rookie of the Week (Week of November 7, 2011)
  • Kalli Funk, CHA Rookie of the Week (Week of January 31, 2011) [5]
  • Kelsey Gunn, CHA Rookie of the Week (Week of January 16, 2012) [6]
  • Jenna Hendrikx, CHA Player of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)[7]
  • Delaney Middlebrook, CHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)
  • Sarah Moses, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of November 21, 2011)[8]
  • Sarah Moses, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of January 23, 2012)[9]
  • Erica Owczarczak, CHA Player of the Week (Week of November 7, 2011)[10]
  • Kayla Raniwsky, CHA Rookie of the Week, (Week of January 23, 2012)
  • Kayla Raniwsky, CHA Rookie of the Week, (Week of February 27, 2012)[11]
  • Abby Ryplanski, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of October 24, 2011)[12]
  • Abby Ryplanski, CHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of November 7, 2011)
  • Kelsey Welch, Niagara University Student Athlete of the Week (Week of October 17, 2011)[13]

References

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