The 2012 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship was held March 8 to March 11, 2012, in

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, to determine a national champion for the 2011–12 women's ice hockey season. The tournament was played at

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and was hosted by the

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for the first time in school history. The third-seeded

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won the first gold medal in program history by defeating the sixth-seeded

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by a score of 5–1 in the gold medal game.

Seedings

Six CIS teams qualified for the tournament and were divided into two pools to play a

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to determine the two teams who would play in the championship game. The winner of Pool A played the winner of Pool B in the gold medal game.

Pool A

Pool B

Game summaries

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CIS Medal round

5th-place game

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

Final results

Awards and honours

All-Tournament Team

:Goaltender:

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, Calgary Dinos :Defence: Stephanie Ramsay, Calgary Dinos :Defence: Élizabeth Mantha, Montréal Carabins :Forward: Kim Deschênes, Montréal Carabins :Forward:

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, McGill Matlets :Forward:

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, Calgary Dinos

Other

:Tournament MVP:

, Calgary Dinos :R.W. Pugh Fair-Play Award: Andrea Boras, Alberta Pandas

Player of the game awards

:5th-place game: Sarah Hilworth, Alberta; Laura Bradley, PEI :Bronze medal game: Michelle Daigneault, McGill; Laura Brooker, Wilfrid Laurier :Gold medal game: Elizabeth Mantha, Montreal;

, Calgary

References

External links

Championship Website

2012 Championships Broadcast on Web
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