Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's ice hockey

The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey team represented Wilfrid Laurier University in Canadian Interuniversity Sport. The Golden Hawks play their home games at Sunlife Financial Arena and are a a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference. The program started in 1994.

History
In 2009, the Golden Hawks captured the 2009 OUA title and qualified for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship game. The Golden Hawks were defeated by the McGill Martlets by a 3-1 mark. For the 2009-10 season, Liz Knox was named the CIS Most Valuable Player. Knox enjoyed a record-breaking campaign in which she led the CIS in every major goaltending category. She won 24 of 25 starts during the regular season as the Golden Hawks compiled a 26-0-1 record. She ranked first in CIS in wins (24), shutouts (11), goals against average (0.89) and save percentage (.960). In addition, her 11 shutouts set an OUA single-season record During the 2010-11 season, freshman Laura Brooker finished fourth in the OUA in scoring with 19 goals and eight assists for 27 points. Of note, Brooke was ranked second in the nation in goals scored, tied with Hayley Wickenheiser of the Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey team. On March 13, 2011, the Golden Hawks qualified for the Bronze Medal game of the CIS National Championship. The squad was defeated by the Queen's Golden Gaels women's ice hockey team by a 1-0 score. Of note, Liz Knox earned the first shutout of the 2011 CIS National Championship tournament. She shutout the Manitoba Bisons by a 4-0 tally in the second game of the tournament.

Awards and honors

 * Andrea Ironside, 2008/2009 Women's Hockey CIS Championship Tournament All-Star
 * Andrea Ironside, Monday, November 24, 2008, Laurier Athlete of the Week
 * Liz Knox, 2010 Outstanding Woman of Laurier

CIS honors

 * Andrea Ironside, 2010 CIS Tournament All-Star
 * Abygail Laking, Finalist, 2010 CIS Rookie of the Year
 * Liz Knox, 2010 Brodrick Trophy, CIS MVP
 * Liz Knox, 2010 All-CIS First Team
 * Candice Styles, 2010 CIS All-Rooke Team

All-Canadian honors

 * Defence - Andrea Bevan, 2009 First Team
 * Forward - Andrea Ironside, 2009 Second Team
 * Laura Brooker, 2011 CIS all-rookie team
 * Alannah Wakefield, 2011 CIS all-rookie team

OUA honors

 * Laura Brooker, 2011 OUA Rookie of the Year
 * Andrea Ironside, 2008/2009 Women's Hockey OUA First Team All-Star