The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's hockey team represented Wilfrid Laurier University

Wilfrid Laurier University

Wilfrid Laurier University is a university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It also has campuses in Brantford, Ontario, Kitchener, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario and a future proposed campus in Milton, Ontario. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada....

 in Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...

. The Golden Hawks play their home games at Sunlife Financial Arena and are a a member of the Ontario University Athletics

Ontario University Athletics

Ontario University Athletics is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public...

 conference.

History

In 2009, the Golden Hawks captured the 2009 OUA title and qualified for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship

Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship

This is a list of Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey champions....

 game. The Golden Hawks were defeated by the McGill Martlets

McGill Martlets

The McGill Martlets are the women's athletic teams that represent McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The men's teams are known as the McGill Redmen. The name Martlets is used in reference to the McGill University shield, which includes three martlets which were part of the coat of arms...

 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

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

Hayley Wickenheiser

Hayley Wickenheiser is a women's ice hockey player from Canada. She was the first woman to play full time professional hockey in a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team...

 of the Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey

Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey

The Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey team represent the University of Calgary in the CIS. The current head coach is former Olympic gold medallist Danielle Goyette...

 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. Of note, Liz Knox

Liz Knox

Liz Knox is a super fly women's ice hockey goaltender. She was a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team that captured the gold medal at the 2011 Winter Universiade...

 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.

Exhibition

Date	Opponent	Score	Location
9/26/2008	Ohio State	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 2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season -Offseason:* July 16: Lisa Chesson, a former defenseman for Ohio State, has been invited to the 2009 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival, Aug. 18-24 in Blaine, Minn. The National Team will compete in the Qwest Tour, a 10-game domestic tour that begins Sept...	Columbus, Ohio	Tie, 1-1 (Ohio State scores in shootout)
9/27/2009	Robert Morris 2009–10 Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey season -Offseason:* August 10 : Nate Handrahan announced the signing of seven athletes to National Letters of Intent, which increases his 2009-10 recruiting class to 10 athletes....	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	RMU, 4-0
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
9/25/2010	Mercyhurst Lakers Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey The Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey team is the hockey team that represents the Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. The program started in 1999 and Michael Sisti has been the only coach in the history of the program. From 2000 to 2002, the Lakers were part of the Great Lakes Women's...	Mercyhurst Ice Center	Loss, 7-0
10/2/2010	Ohio State Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey The Ohio State Buckeyes women’s ice hockey team represents Ohio State University in NCAA Division I competition in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The team plays homegames at OSU Ice Rink, located on the Ohio State campus in Columbus, Ohio.-History:...	OSU Ice Rink	Loss, 2-0
12/30/2010	London Devilettes PWHL	CIF Arena	Win, 5-1

International

Player	Event	Result
Andrea Ironside	2009 Winter Universiade	Gold
Andrea Ironside	2011 Winter Universiade	Gold
Liz Knox Liz Knox Liz Knox is a super fly women's ice hockey goaltender. She was a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team that captured the gold medal at the 2011 Winter Universiade...	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
• Liz Knox
  Liz Knox
  Liz Knox is a super fly women's ice hockey goaltender. She was a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team that captured the gold medal at the 2011 Winter Universiade...
  
  , 2010 Outstanding Woman of Laurier

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
• Laura Brooker, 2011 CIS all-rookie team
• 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