2011–12 New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey season

2011–12 New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey season
Conference	Hockey East
Record
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Brian McCloskey
Assistant coaches	Stephanie Jones Jamie Wood
Captain(s)	Katie Brock, Kailey Chappell, Nicole Gifford

Offseason

Recruiting

Player	Nationality	Position	Former team
Brynja Bogan	United States	Defense	Participated with the Washington Pride
Casey Stathopoulos	United States	Forward	Competed for the Massachusetts Spitfires
Heather Kashman	Canada	Forward	Won silver medal at 2011 Esso Cup with the Edmonton Thunder
Jenna Lascelle	Canada	Forward	Participated at Ontario Hockey Academy
Jess Ryan	Canada	Defense	From Cloquet, Minnesota
Caroline Broderick	United States	Forward	Participated at Ontario Hockey Academy
Kayla Mork	United States	Defense	From Victoria, Minnesota
Moe Bradley	United States	Goaltender	Competed with the Boston Blades of the CWHL
Jenn Gilligan	Canada	Goaltender	Played with the Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers of the PWHL

Exhibition

Date	Opponent	Time	Score	Goal scorers
Sat Sep. 24	Ontario Hockey Academy	2:00 PM	6-1	Hannah Armstrong, Katie Kleinendorst, Maggie Hunt, Emma Clark, Heather Kashman, Nicole Gifford[1]

Regular season

News and notes

• September 30: Heather Kashman scored her first career goal in her NCAA debut as New Hampshire bested the Niagara Purple Eagles. The six goals scored by New Hampshire marked the highest goal scoring output since Oct. 18, 2009 (also against Niagara in a 6-1 victory). It was also the highest number of goals scored by the squad in a road game since Feb. 8, 2009 at Vermont (6-2 win).[2]
• November 18: Minnesota skater Amanda Kessel registered 5 points as the Golden Gophers defeated the Wildcats by an 11-0 tally. New Hampshire starting goalie Jenn Gilligan made 27 saves but allowed eight goals in two periods. She was replaced by Moe Bradley in the third period. Bradley stopped 11 of 14 shots as the Wildcats suffered their worst loss in the 35 year history of the program.[3]
• November 26: Nicole Gifford scored the first hat trick of her career[4] as the Wildcats defeated the Princeton Tigers by a 3-1 mark. The Wildcats improved to 38-5-2 lifetime against Princeton.[5]
• January 28: Kristina Lavoie scored her first career hat trick in a 4-2 victory over Vermont.

Standings

2011–12 Hockey East Association standings v t e
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#4 Boston College	16	11	3	2	24	41	29		28	18	7	3	76	55
#7 Northeastern	16	11	3	2	24	52	23		28	17	6	3	88	42
Boston University	16	9	7	0	18	46	38		28	15	12	1	78	74
Providence	16	8	7	1	17	47	36		29	11	15	3	74	70
Maine	15	7	6	2	16	42	37		27	13	8	6	81	65
New Hampshire	15	4	9	2	10	27	51		28	10	15	3	62	100
Vermont	15	3	10	2	8	26	50		26	4	16	6	47	95
Connecticut	15	2	10	3	7	20	37		28	3	18	7	42	81
Championship: To Be Determined † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion National rankings:[1] Conference rankings:[2] Updated February 2nd, 2012

*Rankings based on number of points in the conference

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Time	Score	Record
Fri Sep. 30	at Niagara	7:00 PM	6-4	1-0-0
Sat Oct. 1	at Niagara	1:00 PM	3-2	2-0-0
Fri Oct. 7	Colgate	7:00 PM	3-0
Sat Oct. 8	Syracuse	5:00 PM	1-2
Fri Oct. 14	Boston College *	7:00 PM	1-1
Sat Oct. 15	at Boston College *	2:00 PM	0-5
Fri Oct. 21	at St. Lawrence	4:00 PM	2-2
Sat Oct. 22	at Clarkson	2:00 PM	1-2
Thu Nov. 3	Vermont *	7:00 PM	1-4
Sun Nov. 6	at Dartmouth	1:00 PM	5-4 (OT)
Sat Nov. 12	at Boston U. *	3:00 PM	2-5
Sun Nov. 13	at Providence *	2:00 PM	2-6
Fri Nov. 18	at Minnesota	8:00 PM	0-11
Sat Nov. 19	at Minnesota	5:00 PM	1-6
Fri Nov. 25	Maine *	7:00 PM	0-3
Sat Nov. 26	Princeton	2:00 PM	3-1
Tue Nov. 29	Union	7:00 PM
Sat Dec. 3	Northeastern *	2:00 PM
Sun Dec. 4	at Northeastern *	2:00 PM
Fri Dec. 9	at Harvard	7:00 PM
Sun Dec. 11	Dartmouth	2:00 PM
Tue Jan. 10	at Boston College *	7:00 PM
Fri Jan. 13	Connecticut *	7:00 PM
Sat Jan. 14	Connecticut *	4:00 PM
Thu Jan. 19	Boston U. *	7:00 PM
Sat Jan. 21	at Northeastern *	2:00 PM
Sat Jan. 28	Vermont *	2:00 PM
Sun Jan. 29	at Vermont *	2:00 PM
Sat Feb. 4	Boston U. *	2:00 PM
Sun Feb. 5	at Connecticut *	2:00 PM
Sat Feb. 11	Providence *	2:00 PM
Sun Feb. 12	Providence *	2:00 PM
Sat Feb. 18	at Maine *
Sun Feb. 19	at Maine *	3:00 PM

Conference record

Awards and honors

• Heather Kashman, Hockey East Rookie of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)[6]
• Kristina Lavoie, Hockey East Player of the Week (Week of January 16. 2012)[7]
• Kristina Lavoie, New Hampshire, Co-Hockey East Player of the Week (Week of January 31, 2011)[8]
• New Hampshire Wildcats, Hockey East Team of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)

References

1. "UNHWildcats.com -- University of New Hampshire Official Athletics Website:Ontario Hockey Academy at. New Hampshire | Boxscore | 9/24/2011". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
2. "UNHWildcats.com -- University of New Hampshire Official Athletics Website:Balanced Attack Propels Women's Ice Hockey Past Niagara, 6-4, In Season Opener". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
3. "UNHWildcats.com -- University of New Hampshire Official Athletics Website:Gilligan Records 27 Saves In Two Periods; Women's Hockey Loses 11-0 At No. 2 Minnesota". Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
4. "UNHWildcats.com -- University of New Hampshire Official Athletics Website:Gifford's Hat Trick Lifts Women's Ice Hockey Past Princeton, 3-1". Archived from the original on November 28, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
5. "2011-12 Game Recap - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com.
6. "HockeyEastOnline.com - NO. 3 BOSTON U. SPLITS WITH NO. 7 NORTH DAKOTA; UNH SWEEPS NIAGARA". Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
7. "Maine picks up road sweep of Boston U.; BC, UNH get four points ~No. 7 Northeastern edges Providence at the Bog ~" (PDF). HockeyEastOnline. January 16, 2012.
8. "Boston U. victorious over No. 4 BC and No. 7 Northeastern ~ Providence sweeps UConn; UNH, Vermont split two-games series ~" (PDF). HockeyEastOnline. January 30, 2012.