| 2011–12 Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey season | |
|---|---|
| Conference | 3 CHA |
| Rankings | |
| USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine | Not ranked |
| USCHO.com/CBS College Sports | Not ranked |
| Record | |
| Overall | 4-5-1 |
| Coaches and captains | |
| Head coach | Josh Sciba |
| Assistant coaches | Shivaun Siegl Allyson Weidner |
| Captain | Kathleen Bortuzzo |
The Niagara Purple Eagles represent Niagara University in College Hockey America. The Purple Eagles attempted to qualify for the NCAA tournament for the second time in school history.
| Player | Nationality | Position | Notes |
| Delaney Middlebrook | Defense | Member of Minnesota Ice Cats 2010 U-19 NAHA Champions | |
| Kelsey Gunn | Defense | Played for Ottawa Senators of PWHL [2] | |
| Amy Helfrich | Forward | Won a gold medal with Team Alberta at the Canada Winter Games in 2011 [3] | |
| Kayla Raniwsky | Forward | Led the Southwest Wildcats with 42 points, including 26 goals in 36 games played during the 2010-11 season | |
| Kalli Funk | Forward | 2011 Minnesota State All Conference with Cretin-Derham Hall High School Also played with Minnesota Thoroughbreds [4] | |
| Abby Ryplanski | Goaltender | 2011 Liz Turgeon Player of the Year nominee | |
| Conference | Overall | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | PTS | W | L | T | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| #6 Mercyhurst† | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 118 | 47 | ||
| Robert Morris* | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 73 | 44 | ||
| Niagara | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 64 | 72 | ||
| Syracuse | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 63 | 89 | ||
| Wayne State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Championship: Robert Morris † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion National rankings: Conference rankings: Updated February 2nd, 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| Date | Time | Opponent | Location | Result | Record | Conference Record |
| 9/30/2011 | 7:00 PM | New Hampshire | Niagara Univ. | Loss, 4-6 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 |
| 10/1/2011 | 1:00 PM | New Hampshire | Niagara Univ. | Loss, 2-3 | 0-2-0 | 0-0-0 |
| 10/7/2011 | 7:00 PM | No. 4 Boston University | Boston, Mass | Loss, 1-3 | 0-3-0 | 0-0-0 |
| 10/8/2011 | 3:00 PM | No. 4 Boston University | Boston, Mass | Loss, 2-5 | 0-4-0 | 0-0-0 |
| 10/14/2011 | 7:00 PM | RPI | Niagara Univ. | Win, 5-4 OT | 1-4-0 | 0-0-0 |
| 10/15/2011 | 2:00 PM | RPI | Niagara Univ. | Win, 3-2 | 2-4-0 | 0-0-0 |
| 10/18/2011 | 7:00 PM | St. Lawrence | Niagara Univ. | Loss, 3-6 | 2-5-0 | 0-0-0 |
| 10/21/2011 | 7:00 PM | Yale | New Haven, CT | Win, 5-1 | 3-5-0 | 0-0-0 |
| 10/22/2011 | 3:00 PM | Princeton | Princeton, NJ | Win, 3-1 | 4-5-0 | 0-0-0 |
| 10/28/2011 | 2:00 PM | Vermont | Burlington, VT | Tie, 3-3 | 4-5-1 | 0-0-0 |
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