Queens Golden Gaels women's ice hockey

The first traces of women's hockey in Canada date back to the 1890s when it is played at the university level. The University of Toronto and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario were two of the first Canadian universities to field women’s hockey teams.

History[]

Elizabeth Graham would play hockey for Queen's University and is credited as being the first goaltender ever to wear a mask for protection. She used the mask in 1927, and the use of the mask was in the Montreal Daily Star. She actually wore a fencing mask and the speculation is that she had used the mask as a means of protecting dental work that was recently performed.^[1]

During the 1960’s, Cookie Cartwright and a group of dedicated students revived the women’s ice hockey program at Queen's University. Cartwright and the Golden Gaels would go on to capture the first women's university championship. ^[2]

After 32 long years, the Queen's women's hockey team captured their first OUA Championship in 2010-11. The team won all five of their playoff games in overtime, knocking off nationally-ranked opponents Windsor in the Quarter-final, Wilfrid Laurier in the Semifinal and Guelph in the Final. Game 1 of the OUA Championship series was historic in its own right for the Gaels as the team won the longest collegiate hockey game in history, a six-overtime marathon. The game finally game to an end after 107 minutes and 14 seconds of overtime when Morgan McHaffie banged home a rebound past Guelph goaltender Danielle Skoufranis. Queen's goaltender Mel Dodd-Moher made 66 saves for the win.^[3]

The team moved on to their first CIS Championship following the OUA playoffs where the Gaels defeated the defending champion Alberta Pandas and the host Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks to win the bronze medal.^[4]

Notable games[]

March 3, 2011: A postseason match between the Queen's Golden Gaels and the Guelph Gryphons became the longest collegiate hockey game, male or female, Canadian or American — on record. The match began on Wednesday and it only ended on Thursday. The duration of the match was 167 minutes and 14 seconds when Queen's forward Morgan McHaffie placed a rebound past Gryphons goalie Danielle Skoufranis^[5] in the sixth overtime period.^[6] With the win, Mel Dodd-Moher won her fourth consecutive playoff game.^[7]

Season by season results[]

Year by year[]

OUA Women's[]

Season	League	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Tournament	Nationals
1997-98	OUA-Women	15	3	9	3	-	29	61	9	5th	Did not qualify	N/A
1998-99	OUA-Women	20	4	13	3	-	43	68	11	5th	Did not qualify	N/A
1999-00	OUA-Women	20	2	18	0	-	26	87	4	6th	Did not qualify	N/A
2000-01	OUA-Women	22	7	14	1	-	51	90	15	4th East	Did not qualify	N/A
2001-02	OUA-Women	20	11	9	0	-	70	70	22	2nd West	Bronze Medal	N/A
2002-03	OUA-Women	22	14	6	2	-	87	51	30	2nd East	Bronze Medal	N/A
2003-04	OUA-Women	22								2nd East	Lost Final	N/A
2004-05	OUA-Women	22	11	8	1	2	90	61	25	3rd East	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2005-06	OUA-Women	24	14	8	2	0			30	2nd	4th place	N/A
2006-07	OUA-Women	24	14	7	1	2			31	3rd	Lost Final	N/A
Season	League	GP	W	OW	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Tournament	Nationals
2007-08	OUA-Women	27	12	-	9	0	69	61	30	4th	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2008-09	OUA-Women	27	13	-	13	1	57	67	27	6th	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2009-10	OUA-Women	27	15	4	5	3	93	63	56	2nd	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2010-11	OUA-Women	27	13	2	8	4	73	58	34	4th	Won Tournament	Bronze Medal
2011-12	OUA-Women	26	13	1	9	3	78	69	31	4th	Lost Quarterfinals	N/A
2012-13	OUA-Women	26	18	2	4	2	88	43	43	3rd	Won Tournament	6th place
2013-14	OUA-Women	24	13	3	4	4	72	46	36	4th	Lost Final	N/A
2014-15	OUA-Women	24	16	-	5	3	73	43	35	3rd	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2015-16	OUA-Women	24	13	2	7	2	57	39	45	3rd	Lost Quarterfinals	N/A
2016-17	OUA-Women	24	9	5	8	2	56	59	39	7th	Lost Quarterfinals	T-7th place
2017-18	OUA-Women	24	14	3	3	4	66	38	52	1st	Lost Final	T-7th place
2018-19	OUA-Women	24	14	1	9	0	50	43	44	4th	Lost Quarterfinals	N/A
2019-20	OUA-Women	24	11	3	9	1	40	52	40	7th	Lost Quarterfinals	N/A
2020-21	OUA-Women	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	OUA-Women	11	2	1	8	0	18	31	8	5th East	Lost Quarterfinals	N/A
2022-23	OUA-Women	27	7	6	10	3	71	74	37	3rd East	Lost Quarterfinals	N/A
2023-24	OUA-Women	28	12	3	12	1	67	66	43	3rd East	Lost Quarterfinals	N/A

Year	Wins	Losses	Ties	Coach	Farthest in Postseason
2010-11	15	8	4	Matt Holmberg	Bronze Medal, CIS Championships
2009-10	19	5	3	Matt Holmberg	Lost in OUA Playoffs

Awards and honors[]

Allison Bagg, 2010 OUA First Team All-Star
Rebecca Conroy, 2010 All-CIS Second Team selection
Mel Dodd-Moher, 2010 CIS All-Rookie team^[8]
Mel Dodd-Moher, 2010 OUA All-Rookie Team^[9]
Mel Dodd-Moher, Queen's player of the game: CIS Round Robin match versus Alberta Pandas (March 2011)
Mel Dodd-Moher, 2011 CIS Tournament All-Star^[10]
Matthew Holmberg was named the recipient of the Fox 40 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Male Coach of the Year during the 2011 OUA Honour Awards ^[11]
Elizabeth Kench, 2010 OUA Second Team All-Star
Morgan McHaffie, 2010 OUA All-Rookie Team Morgan McHaffie’s selection to the 2010 OUA All-Rookie team signified the fifth time in five years that a Queens player was selected for the honour. She tied for the OUA rookie scoring lead with 24 points.
Morgan McHaffie, 2011 OUA Second Team All-Star

Team Photos[]

References[]

[hhof.com.Notable-1] Notable women hockey players. National Hockey League. Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum (2010). Retrieved on April 18, 2010.

[2] ttp://www.cbc.ca/hockeyhistory/episodesummary/06/post/

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[5] ttp://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/948578--gaels-griffins-women-set-hockey-record

[6] ttp://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6177037

[7] ttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=554924

[8] ttp://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2009-10/releases/20100310-awards

[9] ttp://gogaelsgo.com/news/2010/2/23/HKY_0223102021.aspx

[10] ttp://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2010-11/releases/20110313-final

[11] ttp://www.gogaelsgo.com/news/2011/5/13/HOCKEYW_0513111031.aspx?path=whockey

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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
U Sports - U Sport women's ice hockey championship