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represented

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in the 2010-11

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women's hockey season. The Martlets attempted to win their third

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. Their head coach was Peter Smith and he was assisted by Amey Doyle, Stewart McCarthey and Shauna Denis. The Martlets captured the CIS title on Sunday with a 5-2 victory over the St. Francis Xavier X-Women

CIS Exhibition

CWHL exhibition

NCAA Exhibition

*October 23: The Harvard women's hockey team took a 2-1 lead into the third period but allowed a goal for a 2-2 tie at Bright Hockey Center. McGill took advantage of a five-on-three situation early in the first period as Cathy Chartrand took a feed from

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and beat Bellamy for a 1-0 lead. Harvard had several opportunities on the power play in the 17th minute, but could not score on McGill netminder Andrea Wickman. With less than a minute to play in the game, McGill pulled its goaltender. With an extra skater, Ann-Sophie Bettez and Leslie Oles almost scored. In the end, Katia Clement-Hydra converted from close range to tie the score at 2-2. The overtime stanza did not result in a game-winning goal.

Roster

Regular season

News and notes

*On September 18, 2010,

, a first-year Martlets player scored her first-ever CIS goal. It was on a 4-on-3 power play versus Wilfrid Laurier University. *On October 8, 2010, Leslie Oles, a first-year Martlets player scored once and added a pair of assists as the Martlets skated to a 7-4 win over Concordia Stingers in the season opener. The victory extended McGill's win streak to 82 consecutive games over QUHL opponents. *On February 10, 2011, Melodie Daoust signed a letter of intent to play for the McGill Martlets. She refused offers from numerous Canadian and American universities, including Cornell, Dartmouth and a full scholarship from Boston University.

Schedule

Tournaments

Bison Hockey Holiday Classic

*December 31: Charline Labonte required only 13 saves to post her 59th career shutout as McGill defeated the nationally ranked fifth overall Alberta Pandas by a 3-0 mark in the final game of the Bisons Holiday Classic tournament at Max Bell Arena. In the game, the Martlets held a 31-13 edge in shots.

was credited with the game-winner on the power-play at 5:49 of the first period. Jasmine Sheehan, a fifth-year defender scored the second goal of the game. Logan Murray, a freshman from Calgary, scored the last goal of the contest.

Postseason

Quebec semis

Quebec finals

CIS finals

McGill went into the six-team national tournament as the No. 1 seed for the fifth straight year after posting a 20-0 record to finish first in the Quebec conference for the sixth consecutive year and the seventh time in school history. Their CIS final opponents, StFX finished with a 29-1 record in league and playoff action and a silver-medal finish, the best result ever by an Atlantic conference team. The five Martlets goals were scored by

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, Jordanna Peroff, Caroline Hill, Jasmine Sheehan, and Alessandra Lind-Kenny.

Outgoing seniors

*The Martlets will lose five fifth-year seniors, including forwards Caroline Hill and Alyssa Cecere, along with defenders Lisa Zane and Jasmine Sheehan.

Awards and honors

*Jordanna Peroff, CIS finals Most Valuable Player *2011 CIS Tournament All-Stars **Defence: Cathy Chartrand, McGill **Forward: Jordanna Peroff, McGill **Forward: Leslie Oles, McGill

References

External links

McGill women’s hockey

The official site of McGill athletics & recreation

The official site of CIS Women's Hockey Championship