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 Ottawa Minto Sports Complex, and the Gee Gees were members of the Quebec Student Sports Federation until joining the Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey league for the 2024-25 playing season.

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 Kanata, Ontario, 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]

Head Coaches[]

1999-2001: Normand Chouinard
2001-2003: Marco Ouellette
2003-2009: Shelley Coolidge
2009-2010: Miguel Filiatrault
2010-2019: Yanick Evola
2020-Pres: Chelsea Grills

Season by Season Record[]

Team	League	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Tournament	Nationals
1988-89	LHUF										None	None
1989-90	LHUF										None	None
1990-91	LHUF										None	None
1991-92	LHUF										None	None
1992-93	LHUF										None	None
1993-94	LHUF										None	None
1994-95	LHUF										None	None
1995-96	LHUF										None	None
1996-97	LHUF										None	None
1997-98	LHUF										None	N/A
1998-99	LHUF										None	N/A
1999-00	LHUF										None	N/A
2000-01	LHUF										None	N/A
2001-02	LHUF										None	N/A
2002-03	LHUF										None	N/A
2003-04	LHUF									1st	None	Silver Medal
2004-05	LHUF	15	7	4	4	-	54	34	18	3rd	None	N/A
2005-06	LHUF	15	8	5	2	0	39	27	18	2nd	None	N/A
2006-07	LHUF	18	12	6	-	0	49	46	24	2nd	None	6th place
2007-08	LHUF	18	7	8	-	3	37	49	17	2nd	Lost Semifinals	5th place
2008-09	LHUF	18	8	8	-	2	40	51	18	2nd	Lost Final	N/A
2009-10	LHUF	20	8	11	-	1	51	67	17	3rd	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2010-11	LHUF	20	7	12	-	1	39	71	15	5th	Did not qualify	N/A
2011-12	LHUF	20	6	13	-	1	41	74	13	4th	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2012-13	LHUF	20	7	9	-	4	62	79	18	3rd	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2013-14	LHUF	20	9	11	-	0	53	67	18	3rd	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2014-15	LHUF	20	8	12	-	0	42	62	16	4th	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2015-16	LHUF	20	11	6	-	3	59	57	25	3rd	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2016-17	LHUF	20	9	10	-	1	55	59	19	4th	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2017-18	LHUF	20	10	7	-	3	44	47	23	3rd	Lost Semifinals	N/A
Team	League	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Tournament	Nationals
2018-19	LHUF	20	6	14	0	0	31	64	12	4th	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2019-20	LHUF	20	11	7	2	0	51	50	24	3rd	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2020-21	LHUF	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	LHUF	15	7	7	1	0	33	34	15	4th	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2022-23	LHUF	25	16	7	2	-	73	53	34	3rd	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2023-24	LHUF	25	8	12	5	-	47	67	21	4th	Lost Semifinals	N/A

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]

Red Bull Crashed Ice[]

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].

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^[8]
Fannie Desforges, Ottawa Gee Gees MVP (2011)^[9]
Fannie Desforges, RSEQ 2012 Second Team All-Star^[10]
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
Erika Pouliot, 2012 University of Ottawa Presidents Award for Female Athletics^[11]
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[]

2008-2009, Danika Smith

References[]

[1] ttp://www.suathletics.com/news/2008/11/30/OttawaWeekend113008.aspx?path=wice

[2] ttp://universitysport.ca/e/w_icehockey/story_detail.cfm?id=10409

[3] ttp://www.universitysport.ca/e/championships/w_hockey/2009/documents/Ottawa_Media_Guide.pdf

[4] ttp://www.yourottawaregion.com/sports/article/1039877--vanier-ball-hockey-players-bring-home-world-championship-silver

[5] ttp://www.redbull.ca/cs/Satellite/en_CA/Article/Red-Bull-Crashed-Ice-Qualifiers-Results-021242811959671

[6] ttp://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

[7] ttp://thefulcrum.ca/2012/03/gee-gee-becomes-a-world-champion/

[8] ttp://athletics.concordia.ca/intercollegiate/whockey/whockey_tournament.shtml

[9] ttp://boxscorenews.com/geegees-honored-at-annual-varsity-athletic-banquet-p17706-149.htm

[10] ttps://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=214779

[11] ttp://www.geegees.uottawa.ca/node/270&sid=16&nid=2050

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Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey
West Division	Brock Badgers - Guelph Gryphons - Laurier Golden Hawks - Waterloo Warriors - Western Ontario Mustangs - Windsor Lancers
East Division	Carleton Ravens - Nipissing Lakers - Ontario Tech Ridgebacks - Ottawa Gee-Gees - Queen's Golden Gaels - Toronto Lady Blues - TMU Bold - York Lions
Former Teams	McMaster Marauders (disbanded around 1989) - Laurentian Voyageurs (2013-2021)
List of OUA Women's Seasons	1997-98 - 1998-99 - 1999-00 - 2000-01 - 2001-02 - 2002-03 - 2003-04 - 2004-05 - 2005-06 - 2006-07 - 2007-08 - 2008-09 - 2009-10 - 2010-11 - 2011-12 - 2012-13 - 2013-14 - 2014-15 - 2015-16 - 2016-17 - 2017-18 - 2018-19 - 2019-20 - 2020-21 - 2021-22 - 2022-23 - 2023-24 - 2024-25
Ancestor Leagues	Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Union (1921-1935, 1948-1951, 1960-1971) - Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletics Association (1971-1997)
Other Women's Canadian University/College Leagues	U Sports: Atlantic University Sport Women's - Canada West Universities Athletic Association Women's - Ligue de Hockey Universitaire Féminin Canadian Colleges Athletic Association: Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference Women's - Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
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