2017-18 CWUAA Women's Season

This is the 2017-18 Canada West Universities Athletic Association Women's ice hockey season.

Teams

Team	Centre	Arena
Alberta Pandas	Edmonton, Alberta	Clare Drake Arena
Calgary Dinos	Calgary, Alberta	Father David Bauer Olympic Arena
Lethbridge Pronghorns	Lethbridge, Alberta	Nicholas Sheran Arena
Manitoba Bisons	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Max Bell Centre Winnipeg
Mount Royal Cougars	Calgary, Alberta	Flames Community Arenas
Regina Cougars	Regina, Saskatchewan	The Co-operators Centre
Saskatchewan Huskies	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Rutherford Arena (-2018) Merlis Belsher Place (2018-)
UBC Thunderbirds	University Endowment Lands (Suburban Vancouver, British Columbia	Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre

Standings

The league uses a 3 point system awarding 3 points for a regulation win (RW), 2 points for an overtime win (OW), 1 point for an overtime loss (OL), and no points for a regulation loss (RL).

Team	GP	RW	OW	OL	RL	GF	GA	Pts
Manitoba Bisons	28	19	3	1	5	66	39	64
Saskatchewan Huskies	28	18	1	2	7	49	31	58
UBC Thunderbirds	28	14	5	4	5	60	41	56
Alberta Pandas	28	13	6	4	5	67	43	55
Regina Cougars	28	8	2	4	14	44	64	32
Mount Royal Cougars	28	7	3	1	17	35	50	28
Calgary Dinos	28	7	1	2	18	22	51	25
Lethbridge Pronghorns	28	3	2	5	18	32	56	18

Playoffs

All series best of 3.

Quarter-Finals

• UBC Thunderbirds defeated Mount Royal Cougars 2-1
• UBC Thunderbirds defeated Mount Royal Cougars 3-2

UBC Thunderbirds beat Mount Royal Cougars 2-games-to-none

• Alberta Pandas defeated Regina Cougars 2-1
• Alberta Pandas defeated Regina Cougars 2-1

Alberta Pandas beat Regina Cougars 2-games-to-none

Semi-Finals

• Alberta Pandas defeated Manitoba Bisons 4-1
• Manitoba Bisons defeated Alberta Pandas 2-1
• Manitoba Bisons defeated Alberta Pandas 1-0 (4ot)

Manitoba Bisons beat Alberta Pandas 2-games-to-1

• Saskatchewan Huskies defeated UBC Thunderbirds 2-1
• Saskatchewan Huskies defeated UBC Thunderbirds 2-1

Saskatchewan Huskies beat UBC Thunderbirds 2-games-to-none

Final

• Manitoba Bisons defeated Saskatchewan Huskies 1-0 (ot)
• Manitoba Bisons defeated Saskatchewan Huskies 5-2

Manitoba Bisons beat Saskatchewan Huskies 2-games-to-none

Manitoba Bisons (as conference champions) and Saskatchewan Huskies(as conference runner-up) advanced to the 2018 U-Sport Women's ice hockey championship tournament.

2018 CWUAA Women's Champions Manitoba Bisons