2011–12 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season

2011–12 Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey season
ConferenceECAC
Home iceBright Hockey Center
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey MagazineNot ranked
USCHO.com/CBS College SportsNot ranked
Record
Coaches and Captains
Head CoachKatey Stone

Offseason

  • Sept. 15: In the ECAC preseason coaches poll, Harvard was picked to finish second. Harvard is one of only two teams to earn more than 100 points in the pol. Two-time defending league champion Cornell took first, gathering 121 total points and 11 first-place votes.[1]
  • Oct. 6: Former Crimson player Angela Ruggiero will be inducted into the National Italian Sports Hall of Fame. Ruggiero's induction will occur on October 22 in Chicago.[2]

Recruiting

PlayerNationalityPositionHeightShootsHometownFormer team
Hillary Crowe United StatesForward5-11REden Prairie, Minn.The Blake School
Sarah Edney CanadaDefense5-6LMississauga, Ont.Our Lady of Mount Carmel SS
Michelle Picard United StatesDefense5-6LTaunton, Mass.Noble & Greenough School
Tiana Press United StatesGoalie5-6RMinnetonka, Minn.St. Margaret's
Samantha Reber United StatesForward5-9LEdina, Minn.Edina

Exhibition

DateOpponentTimeScoreRecord
Oct 22, 2011McGill4:00 p.m.

Regular season

  • November 12: Hillary Crowe recorded her first career goal and assist in the same contest versus the Cornell Big Red.[3] The first assist of her NCAA career came on the first NCAA goal for Sarah Edney.[4]
  • January 13 to 14: Hillary Crowe registered four points in two ECAC conference wins versus RPI and Union. Of note, she assisted on the game-winning goals in both contests. In the win versus RPI, Crowe contributed with three assists in a come from behind win.[5]
  • February 3: Jillian Dempsey helped the Crimson come back from a 2-0 deficit versus Quinnipiac. In a 4-2 final tally, she registered her ninth multi-point game of the year.
  • February 4: Dempsey was one goal short of tying the NCAA record for goals in a game, netting five against Princeton. With Harvard behind 1-0 in the second period, she netted three straight markers for a natural hat trick. Late in the second, she added her fourth of the frame. Dempsey recorded a power-play and a short-handed goal also. Her fifth goal came with 41 seconds remaining in the contest.[6]
  • February 7: The Crimson faced a three-goal third-period deficit, and lost the Women's Beanpot consolation game to Boston College at Walter Brown Arena. The 4-2 loss marks the first time since 1993 that the Crimson finished fourth at the annual Beanpot.[7]

Standings

2011–12 Eastern College Athletic Conference standings
Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#3Cornell16142028752322193010739
#8Harvard1611412351242214717542
#10Dartmouth1610422239262214626647
Clarkson1610422251232816758251
Quinnipiac16104222423027151026559
St. Lawrence169522047352715848563
Princeton167721635282391044948
Brown16484122242237975051
Rensselaer165921234442881646383
Colgate163121726562781815781
Union162122620472842044889
Yale1611502147823122022118
Championship: To be determined
indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
National rankings: Conference rankings:
Updated February 1st, 2012

Schedule

DateOpponentTimeScoreRecord
Oct 28, 2011at St. Lawrence7:00 p.m.
Oct 29, 2011at Clarkson4:00 p.m.
Nov 11, 2011at Colgate7:00 p.m.
Nov 12, 2011at Cornell4:00 p.m.
Nov 18, 2011Clarkson7:00 p.m.
Nov 19, 2011St. Lawrence4:00 p.m.
Nov 23, 2011Dartmouth7:00 p.m.
Nov 26, 2011Minnesota4:00 p.m.
Nov 27, 2011Minnesota1:00 p.m.
Nov 30, 2011at Dartmouth7:00 p.m.
Dec 9, 2011New Hampshire7:00 p.m.
Dec 10, 2011at Providence1:00 p.m.
Jan 3, 2012at Connecticut7:00 p.m.
Jan 6, 2012at Princeton7:00 p.m.
Jan 7, 2012at Quinnipiac4:00 p.m.
Jan 13, 2012Union7:00 p.m.
Jan 14, 2012Rensselaer4:00 p.m.
Jan 20, 2012Cornell7:00 p.m.
Jan 21, 2012Colgate4:00 p.m.
Jan 27, 2012at Yale7:00 p.m.
Jan 28, 2012at Brown4:00 p.m.
Jan 31, 2012at Boston University Beanpot first round7:00 p.m.2-5
Feb 3, 2012Quinnipiac7:00 p.m.4-2
Feb 4, 2012Princeton4:00 p.m.10-1
Feb 10, 2012at Rensselaer7:00 p.m.
Feb 11, 2012at Union4:00 p.m.
Feb 17, 2012Brown7:00 p.m.
Feb 18, 2012Yale4:00 p.m.

Conference record

CHA schoolRecord
Brown
Clarkson
Cornell
Colgate
Dartmouth
Quinnipiac
Princeton
RPI
St. Lawrence
Union
Yale

Awards and honors

  • Laura Bellamy, ECAC Defensive Player of the Week (Week of November 21, 2011)[8]
  • Hillary Crowe, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of January 17, 2012)[9]
  • Jillian Dempsey, ECAC Player of the Week (Week of December 12, 2011)[10]
  • Jillian Dempsey, ECAC Player of the Week (Week of February 6, 2012)[11]
  • Jillian Dempsey, Harvard Athlete of the Week (Week of February 6, 2012)[12]
  • Jillian Dempsey, ECAC Player of the Week (Week of February 28, 2012)[13]
  • Jillian Dempsey, Finalist, ECAC Player of the Year (2011–12)[14]
  • Samantha Reber, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of December 12, 2011)[15]
  • Samantha Reber, ECAC Player of the Week (Week of February 6, 2012)

References

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