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

LizKnox 2010CISMVP — Laurier goaltender Liz Knox being honoured as the 2010 CIS Most Valuable Player.

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Year by year[]

OUA Women's[]

Season	League	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Tournament	Nationals
1995-96	OWIAA											No Tournament
1996-97	OWIAA											No Tournament
1997-98	OUA-Women	15	6	6	3	-	31	25	15	3rd	Bronze Medal	N/A
1998-99	OUA-Women	20	14	6	0	-	73	38	28	2nd	Won Tournament	4th place
1999-00	OUA-Women	20	12	6	2	-	71	50	26	3rd	Bronze Medal	N/A
2000-01	OUA-Women	22	19	3	0	-	108	48	38	1st West	Lost Final	N/A
2001-02	OUA-Women	20	19	0	1	-	89	18	39	1st West	Won Tournament	Silver Medal
2002-03	OUA-Women	22	16	2	4	-	90	36	36	1st West	Lost Final	N/A
2003-04	OUA-Women	22	12	6	3	1			28	2nd West	Won Tournament	5th place
2004-05	OUA-Women	22	17	2	2	1	62	18	37	1st West	Won Tournament	National Champions
2005-06	OUA-Women	24	20	3	1	0			41	1st	Won Tournament	Silver Medal
2006-07	OUA-Women	24	19	2	3	0			41	1st	Won Tournament	4th place
Season	League	GP	W	OW	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Tournament	Nationals
2007-08	OUA-Women	27	23	-	2	0	97	24	48	1st	Won Tournament	Silver Medal
2008-09	OUA-Women	27	26	-	1	0	108	21	52	1st	Won Tournament	Silver Medal
2009-10	OUA-Women	27	24	2	0	1	98	23	77	1st	Won Tournament	Bronze Medal
2010-11	OUA-Women	27	23	1	2	1	103	30	49	1st	Lost Semifinals	4th place
2011-12	OUA-Women	26	25	0	0	1	127	39	51	1st	Won Tournament	4th place
2012-13	OUA-Women	27	17	4	2	3	99	46	45	2nd	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2013-14	OUA-Women	24	16	2	3	3	85	46	39	2nd	Won Tournament	4th place
2014-15	OUA-Women	24	13	-	7	4	73	43	52	6th	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2015-16	OUA-Women	24	10	3	9	2	45	50	38	7th	Lost Semifinals	N/A
2016-17	OUA-Women	24	2	1	17	4	28	75	12	12th	Did not qualify	N/A
2017-18	OUA-Women	24	2	3	16	3	27	60	15	12th	Did not qualify	N/A
2018-19	OUA-Women	24	5	1	17	1	29	55	18	11th	Did not qualify	N/A
2019-20	OUA-Women	24	2	3	13	6	34	65	18	12th	Did not qualify	N/A
2020-21	OUA-Women	Season cancelled October 15th due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	OUA-Women	15	3	0	10	2	13	31	11	6th West	Did not qualify	N/A
2022-23	OUA-Women	26	2	2	17	5	30	72	15	6th West	Did not qualify	N/A
2023-24	OUA-Women	28	9	4	12	3	61	68	38	3rd West	Lost Quarterfinals	N/A

Exhibition[]

Date	Opponent	Score	Location
9/26/2008	Ohio State^[3]	2-1	Columbus, Ohio
9/28/2008	Niagara University Purple Eagles	7-3	Niagara University, Lewiston, New York
10/11/2008	Team Ontario	1-1	Sunlife Financial Arena, Waterloo Recreation Complex
10/12/2008	Team Ontario	4-3	Sunlife Financial Arena, Waterloo Recreation Complex
12/28/2008	Blue Water Jrs.	5-0	Sunlife Financial Arena, Waterloo Recreation Complex
9/24/2009	Toronto Jr. Aeros	Sunlife Financial Arena	Win, 2-0
9/26/2009	Ohio State	Columbus, Ohio	Tie, 1-1 (Ohio State scores in shootout)^[4]
9/27/2009	Robert Morris	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	RMU, 4-0^[5]
10/4/2009	Whitby Junior Wolves	Sunlife Financial Arena	Win, 8-1
10/9/2009	Chinese National Women's Team	Sunlife Financial Arena	Tie, 2-2^[6]
9/25/2010	Mercyhurst Lakers	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Loss, 7-0
10/2/2010	Ohio State	OSU Ice Rink	Loss, 2-0
12/30/2010	London Devilettes PWHL	CIF Arena	Win, 5-1^[7]

International[]

Player	Event	Result
Andrea Ironside	2009 Winter Universiade	Gold
Andrea Ironside	2011 Winter Universiade	Gold^[8]
Liz Knox	2011 Winter Universiade	Gold
Andrea Martin	2011 Winter Universiade	Gold
Candice Styles	2011 Winter Universiade	Gold

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 ^[9]
Liz Knox, 2010 Outstanding Woman of Laurier^[10]

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^[11]
Laura Brooker, 2011 CIS all-rookie team^[12]
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

References[]

[1] ttp://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=5322

[2] ttp://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=5314

[3] ttp://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=87740&SPID=10407&DB_OEM_ID=17300&Q_SEASON=2008

[4] ttp://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87741&SPID=10407&DB_OEM_ID=17300&ATCLID=204802525

[5] ttp://www.rmucolonials.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=59607&SPID=6531&DB_OEM_ID=13900&ATCLID=204802829

[6] ttp://www.athletics.wlu.ca/createarticle.php?ID=4288

[7] ttp://www.laurierathletics.com/varsityathletics/createresults.php?season=2010&sport=WHOCK

[8] ttp://www.wlu.ca/news_detail.php?grp_id=0&nws_id=7404

[laurierathletics.com-9] ttp://www.laurierathletics.com/peopleprofile.php?PCID=14958&PeopleID=2600

[10] ttp://www.wlu.ca/news_detail.php?grp_id=12052&nws_id=6380

[11] ttp://www.universitysport.ca/e/championships/w_hockey/2009/all_canadians.cfm

[12] ttp://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=5306

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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