St. Francis Xavier women's ice hockey

The St. Francis Xavier X-Women represent St. Francis Xavier University, located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the Atlantic University Sport conference.

History[]

During the 2010-11 season, the X-Women remained undefeated through the AUS regular schedule (24-0) and playoffs (3-0). The team won their first conference title since 2007-08. In addition, Suzanne Fenerty won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2011 Winter Universiade in Turkey. On March 14, 2011, the X-Women played in the CIS championship game for the first team. The squad was bested by the McGill Martlets in a 5-2 defeat.^[1]

AlexNormore — Alex Normore taking a face off during the 2010-11 season

Season by Season Record[]

Team	League	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Tournament	Nationals
1997-98	AUS-Women	Exhibition Schedule Only with Conference Tournament									4th place	N/A
1998-99	AUS-Women	Exhibition Schedule Only with Conference Tournament									Won Tournament	6th place
1999-00	AUS-Women	Exhibition Schedule Only with Conference Tournament									Won Tournament	6th place
2000-01	AUS-Women	Exhibition Schedule Only with Conference Tournament									Won Tournament	6th place
2001-02	AUS-Women	10	9	1	0	-	72	17	18	2nd	Won Tournament	6th place
2002-03	AUS-Women	14	12	2	0	0	119	16	24	2nd	Lost Final	N/A
2003-04	AUS-Women	14	13	0	1	0	102	11	27	1st	Lost Final	N/A
2004-05	AUS-Women	18	16	2	0	-	122	31	44	1st	Won Tournament	5th place
2005-06	AUS-Women	21	17	2	2	0	155	32	36	1st	Won Tournament	4th place
2006-07	AUS-Women	20	17	2	-	1	106	29	37	1st	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2007-08	AUS-Women	21	21	0	-	0	126	18	42	1st	Won Tournament	6th place
2008-09	AUS-Women	24	19	3	-	2	106	42	40	2nd	Lost Final	6th place
2009-10	AUS-Women	24	18	2	-	4	85	36	40	2nd	Lost Semifinals	6th place
2010-11	AUS-Women	24	24	0	-	0	114	32	48	1st	Won Tournament	Silver Medal
2011-12	AUS-Women	24	20	4	-	0	105	40	40	1st	Eliminated in Round Robin	N/A
2012-13	AUS-Women	24	23	1	-	0	80	23	46	1st	Won Tournament	Bronze Medal
2013-14	AUS-Women	24	18	4	-	2	87	42	38	1st	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2014-15	AUS-Women	24	20	4	-	0	74	35	40	1st	Won Tournament	4th place
2015-16	AUS-Women	24	9	12	-	3	47	58	21	5th	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2016-17	AUS-Women	24	16	8	-	0	83	63	32	3rd	Lost Final	T-7th place
2017-18	AUS-Women	24	20	2	-	2	79	42	42	1st	Lost Final	6th place
2018-19	AUS-Women	28	18	7	-	3	81	43	39	2nd	Lost Final	N/A
2019-20	AUS-Women	28	22	5	-	1	85	46	45	T-1st	Won Tournament	Event Cancelled after team won quarterfinal game
2020-21	AUS-Women	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	AUS-Women	21	15	6	-	0	89	46	30	3rd	Lost Semifinals	N/A
Team	League	GP	W	L	OL	SL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Tournament	Nationals
2022-23	AUS-Women	28	20	5	2	1	110	54	43	2nd	Lost Final	N/A
2023-24	AUS-Women	28	21	5	2	0	88	54	44	1st	Lost Final	T-7th place

2004-05 season had games worth 4, 2, or 1 point. No criteria was listed for which game was worth how many points.

Postseason[]

AUS Titles: 2020, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
CIS Titles: Zero
CIS Championship Best Result: Second place, 2011
CIS Championship Appearances: Ten

Year	Finish	Record
2024	T-seventh place	0-2 record
2020	tournament cancelled after first day	1-0 record
2018	seventh place	1-2 record
2011	second place
2009	fifth place	1-2 record
2008	sixth place	0-3 record
2006	fourth place	lost to McGill 3-2 (SO)
2005	fifth place	defeated Concordia 2-1
2002	sixth place	0-3 record
2001	sixth place	0-3 record
2000	sixth place	0-3 record
1999	sixth place	0-3 record

International[]

Player	Position	Event	Result
Jenna Downey ^[2]	Defense	2011 Winter Universiade	Gold
Suzanne Fenerty	Defense	2011 Winter Universiade	Gold

Awards and honors[]

Suzanne Fenerty, 2011 St. FX Female Athlete of the Year^[3]
Suzanne Fenerty, St. FX Female Athlete of the Week (Week of March 14, 2011)^[4]

CIS honors[]

Erin Brophy, 2011 Harrow Player of the Game (awarded to player of the game in the CIS championship)
Caroline Campbell, 2011 CIS women's ice hockey tournament All-Star selection
Suzanne Fenerty, 2011 All-CIS First Team^[5]
Suzanne Fenerty, 2011 CIS women's ice hockey tournament All-Star selection
Abygail Laking, 2010 CIS All-Rookie Team^[6]
Alex Normore, 2010-11 CIS Rookie of the Year^[7]
Alex Normore, 2011 All-CIS Second Team
Alex Normore, 2011 CIS All-Rookie Team
Jenna Pitts, 2011 CIS All-Rookie Team

AUS awards[]

Alex Normore, 2011 Atlantic University Sport Rookie of the Year
Abygail Laking, 2010 Atlantic University Sport Rookie of the Year
Rebecca Davies, 2004 Atlantic University Sport Rookie of the Year
Suzanne Fenerty, 2011 AUS first all-star team
Janelle Parent, 2011 AUS first all-star team
Alex Normore, 2011 AUS first all-star team
Marilynn Hay, 2011 AUS second all-star team
Kristy Garrow, 2011 AUS all-rookie team
Alex Normore, 2011 AUS all-rookie team
Jenna Pitts, 2011 AUS all-rookie team
2012 Atlantic University Sport Most valuable player: Alex Normore, St. Francis Xavier^[8]
2012 Atlantic University Sport First Team All-Star:Defence: Suzanne Fenerty, StFX
2012 Atlantic University Sport First Team All-Star:Forward: Alex Normore, StFX
2012 Atlantic University Sport First Team All-Star:Forward: Janelle Parent, StFX
2012 Atlantic University Sport Second Team All-Star:Defence: Jenna Pitts, StFX

Postseason awards[]

Molly MacDonald Subway Player of the Game for the X-Women (March 3, 2012)^[9]
2012 AUS All-Tournament Team, Molly MacDonald

References[]

[1] ttp://www.goxgo.ca/news/2011/3/14/WH_0314111121.aspx?path=whockey

[2] ttp://www.canadawest.org/news/2011/2/5/CW_0205115408.aspx

[3] ttp://www.goxgo.ca/news/2011/4/7/MS_0407114314.aspx

[4] ttp://www.goxgo.ca/news/2011/3/14/MH_0314113621.aspx?path=mhockey

[5] ttp://www.varsityblues.ca/news/2011/3/9/WHOCKEY_0309115145.aspx

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

[7] ttp://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice

[8] ttp://goxgo.ca/news/2012/3/2/WH_0302120611.aspx

[9] ttp://www.upei.ca/athletics/womens-hockey/subway-aus-w-hockey-game-2

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Atlantic University Sport Women's
Current Teams	Dalhousie Tigers - Moncton Blue Eagles - Mount Allison Mounties - New Brunswick Varsity Reds - Prince Edward Island Panthers - St. Francis Xavier X-Women - Saint Mary's Huskies - St. Thomas Tommies
Former Teams	Acadia Axewomen (1997-2002)
List of AUS 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	Atlantic Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association (?-1973) - Atlantic Universities Athletic Association (1973-1998)
Other Women's Canadian University/College Leagues	U Sports: Canada West Universities Athletic Association Women's - Ligue de Hockey Universitaire Féminin - Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey 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