Ottawa Gee Gees women's ice hockey
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.
Exhibition
NCAA
| Date | Opponent | Score | Notes |
| November 30, 2008 | Syracuse Orange | 4-3 (OT) [1] | Game winning goal scored by Cass Breukelman |
PWHL
| Date | Opponent | Score | Notes |
| February 7, 2009 | St. Thomas | 3-1 | Goals scored by Fannie Desforges (shorthanded), Michelle Snowden (power play), Cass Breukelman |
History
Shelley Coolidge became head coach of the program in the spring of 2003. During the 2003-04 campaign, she guided the Gee-Gees to the CIS national championship game where they were defeated by the Alberta Pandas. In 2006-07 she guided the Gee-Gees to a 12-6-0 record, the best in program history.
On January 16, 2008, the Gee Gees hosted a game at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, as the Gee-Gees played the Carleton Ravens.[2] In 2008, the Gee-Gees hosted the CIS national tournament and finished with a 1-2 record in the tourney. Their only win came in a shoot-out victory over St. Francis Xavier, where the Gee-Gees prevailed by a 7-6 tally. Heading into the 2008-09 season, goaltender Jessika Audet was the oldest varsity student-athlete at uOttawa.
In her first appearance for the Ottawa Gee-Gees, Fannie Desforges scored a goal versus the York Lions in an exhibition game on September 20, 2008 as she scored a goal in a 4-0 shutout victory. In her first ever regular season game (contested on October 18, 2008), she scored her first CIS goal in a victory over the Concordia Stingers.[3]
Year by year
| Season | Wins | Losses | Ties | Division rank |
| 2008-09 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2nd |
| 2007-08 | 12 | 14 | 3 | |
| 2006-07 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
International
| Player | Event | Result |
| Kayla Hottot | 2009 Winter Universiade | Gold medal |
At the 2011 Street and Ball Hockey World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, Fannie Desforges and Danika Smith participated for Team Canada. They would claim a silver in the tournament.[4]
Other
In February 2010, Kayla Hottot was one of the female qualifiers for a Red Bull Crashed Ice competition.[5] She would advance to the 2010 Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship finals in Québec City in March 2010.[6] Other Gee Gees women's ice hockey players that have competed in the Red Bull Crashed Ice include Fannie Desforges and Dominique Lefebvre.[7]
Having competed in the Red Bull Crashed Ice competitions from 2012 to 2015, Gee Gees forward Alicia Blomberg achieved a podium finish in 2014, capturing the bronze medal in the world championships. Salla Kyhala of Finland captured the gold medal while fellow Canadian Jacqueline Legere grabbed the silver medal.[8]
Awards and honors
- Christine Allen, Second-team all-star QSSF 2006-2007
- Christine Allen, Second-team all-star QSSF 2007-2008
- Jessika Audet, 2008-09 second-team QSSF all-star
- Shelley Coolidge, 2003-04 Quebec Student Sport Federation (QSSF) Coach of the Year
- Fannie Desforges, 2008-2009 Second-team QSSF All-Star
- Fannie Desforges, Player of the Game, Game 2 of 2010 Theresa Humes Tournament[9]
- Fannie Desforges, Ottawa Gee Gees MVP (2011)[10]
- Fannie Desforges, RSEQ 2012 Second Team All-Star[11]
- Kelsey DeWit, 2008-09 second-team QSSF all-star
- Kayla Hottot, 2008 CIS tournament all-star team
- Joelle Levac, 2007-2008 CIS academic all-Canadian
- Érika Pouliot, 2008-2009 second-team QSSF all-star
- Érika Pouliot, 2012 University of Ottawa Presidents Award for Female Athletics[12]
- Danika Smith, 2005-2006 QSSF second-team all-star
- Danika Smith, 2006-2007 QSSF first-team all-star
- Danika Smith, 2008-2009 QSSF Marion-Hilliard Award for best combining sport, academic and community service
Team captains
- 2006-07, Danika Smith & Sarah McLeish
- 2007-08, Danika Smith
- 2008-09, Danika Smith
- 2010-11, Erika Pouliot
- 2011-12, Erika Pouliot
- 2012-13, Fannie Desforges
References
- http://www.suathletics.com/news/2008/11/30/OttawaWeekend113008.aspx?path=wice
- http://www.universitysport.ca/e/championships/w_hockey/2009/documents/Ottawa_Media_Guide.pdf%5B%5D
- http://www.yourottawaregion.com/sports/article/1039877--vanier-ball-hockey-players-bring-home-world-championship-silver
- http://www.redbull.ca/cs/Satellite/en_CA/Article/Red-Bull-Crashed-Ice-Qualifiers-Results-021242811959671
- http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/575803/top-64-men-and-16-women-to-advance-to-the-2010-red-bull-crashed-ice-world-championship-finals-in-quebec-city
- http://thefulcrum.ca/2012/03/gee-gee-becomes-a-world-champion/
- "Dominant Dallago 2014 World Champion". Red Bull Crashed Ice. 2013-03-24. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
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- https://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=214779%5B%5D
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