| 2011–12 New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey season | |
| Conference | Hockey East |
|---|---|
| Record | |
| Coaches and Captains | |
| Head Coach | Brian McCloskey |
| Assistant Coaches | Stephanie Jones Jamie Wood |
| Captain(s) | Katie Brock, Kailey Chappell, Nicole Gifford |
Offseason
Recruiting
| Player | Nationality | Position | Former team |
| Brynja Bogan |  United States |
Defense | Participated with the Washington Pride |
| Casey Stathopoulos | United States |
Forward | Competed for the Massachusetts Spitfires |
| Heather Kashman |  Canada |
Forward | Won silver medal at 2011 Esso Cup with the Edmonton Thunder |
| Jenna Lascelle | Canada |
Forward | Participated at Ontario Hockey Academy |
| Jess Ryan | Canada |
Defense | From Cloquet, Minnesota |
| Caroline Broderick | United States |
Forward | Participated at Ontario Hockey Academy |
| Kayla Mork | United States |
Defense | From Victoria, Minnesota |
| Moe Bradley | United States |
Goaltender | Competed with the Boston Blades of the CWHL |
| Jenn Gilligan | Canada |
Goaltender | Played with the Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers of the PWHL |
Exhibition
| Date | Opponent | Time | Score | Goal scorers |
| Sat Sep. 24 | Ontario Hockey Academy | 2:00 PM | 6-1 | Hannah Armstrong, Katie Kleinendorst, Maggie Hunt, Emma Clark, Heather Kashman, Nicole Gifford[1] |
Regular season
- September 30: Heather Kashman scored her first career goal in her NCAA debut as New Hampshire bested the Niagara Purple Eagles. The six goals scored by New Hampshire marked the highest goal scoring output since Oct. 18, 2009 (also against Niagara in a 6-1 victory). It was also the highest number of goals scored by the squad in a road game since Feb. 8, 2009 at Vermont (6-2 win).[2]
Standings
| Overall | Conference | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| Boston College | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 43 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 14 | ||
| Providence | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 44 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 21 | ||
| Northeastern | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 48 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 12 | ||
| Maine | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 23 | ||||
| Boston University | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | |||||||||
| Connecticut | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 16 | |||||||||
| Vermont | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 27 | ||
| New Hampshire | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | |||||||||
| Championship: To Be Determined † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Current rankings: USCHO.com Division I women's poll | |||||||||||||||
*Rankings based on number of wins in the conference
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time | Score | Record |
| Fri Sep. 30 | at Niagara | 7:00 PM | 6-4 | 1-0-0 |
| Sat Oct. 1 | at Niagara | 1:00 PM | 3-2 | 2-0-0 |
| Fri Oct. 7 | Colgate | 7:00 PM | ||
| Sat Oct. 8 | Syracuse | 5:00 PM | ||
| Fri Oct. 14 | Boston College * | 7:00 PM | ||
| Sat Oct. 15 | at Boston College * | 2:00 PM | ||
| Fri Oct. 21 | at St. Lawrence | 4:00 PM | ||
| Sat Oct. 22 | at Clarkson | 2:00 PM | ||
| Thu Nov. 3 | Vermont * | 7:00 PM | ||
| Sun Nov. 6 | at Dartmouth | 1:00 PM | ||
| Sat Nov. 12 | at Boston U. * | 3:00 PM | ||
| Sun Nov. 13 | at Providence * | 2:00 PM | ||
| Fri Nov. 18 | at Minnesota | 8:00 PM | ||
| Sat Nov. 19 | at Minnesota | 5:00 PM | ||
| Fri Nov. 25 | Maine * | 7:00 PM | ||
| Sat Nov. 26 | Princeton | 2:00 PM | ||
| Tue Nov. 29 | Union | 7:00 PM | ||
| Sat Dec. 3 | Northeastern * | 2:00 PM | ||
| Sun Dec. 4 | at Northeastern * | 2:00 PM | ||
| Fri Dec. 9 | at Harvard | 7:00 PM | ||
| Sun Dec. 11 | Dartmouth | 2:00 PM | ||
| Tue Jan. 10 | at Boston College * | 7:00 PM | ||
| Fri Jan. 13 | Connecticut * | 7:00 PM | ||
| Sat Jan. 14 | Connecticut * | 4:00 PM | ||
| Thu Jan. 19 | Boston U. * | 7:00 PM | ||
| Sat Jan. 21 | at Northeastern * | 2:00 PM | ||
| Sat Jan. 28 | Vermont * | 2:00 PM | ||
| Sun Jan. 29 | at Vermont * | 2:00 PM | ||
| Sat Feb. 4 | Boston U. * | 2:00 PM | ||
| Sun Feb. 5 | at Connecticut * | 2:00 PM | ||
| Sat Feb. 11 | Providence * | 2:00 PM | ||
| Sun Feb. 12 | Providence * | 2:00 PM | ||
| Sat Feb. 18 | at Maine * | |||
| Sun Feb. 19 | at Maine * | 3:00 PM |
Conference record
Awards and honors
- Heather Kashman, Hockey East Rookie of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)[3]
- New Hampshire Wildcats, Hockey East Team of the Week (Week of October 3, 2011)