York Lions women's ice hockey explained

Team Name:York Lions
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University:York University
Sex:women's
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Conference:Ontario University Athletics
Conference Short:OUA
Division:East
Location:Toronto, Ontario
Coach:Dan Church
Coach Year:Since 2004-05
Arena:Canlan Ice Sports - York
Capacity:1,200
Color1:Red
Color2:Black
Color3:White
Hex1:E51837
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Usportstourneys:2020
Conference Tournament:1983, 1987, 1997

The York Lions women's ice hockey team represents York University in Toronto, Ontario in the sport of ice hockey in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports. The York Lions have won three OUA championships in their program history while making one appearance in the U Sports women's ice hockey championship tournament since its inception in 1998.

History

On February 11, 2000, the Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey program saw its longest game take place. The University of Toronto's Rhonda Mitchell scored on a 35-foot slap shot. It was the 5:07 mark of the eighth period and the Varsity Blues defeated York University. Although the victory allowed the U of T to advance to the OUA gold medal game, it was the longest in the history of Canadian women's hockey (since broken).[1] The game lasted over five hours and ten minutes. York's player of the game was goaltender Debra Ferguson,[2] as she valiantly made 63 saves over 125 minutes.

On February 5, 2011, two Lions players, forward Courtney Unruh and defender Kelsey Webster (and assistant coach Stacey Colarossi) were part of the Team Canada roster that captured gold at the 2011 Winter Universiade title as Canada defeated Finland 4–1 in the gold-medal final.[3] Autumn Mills was the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) nominee for the 2011 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Marion Hillard Award.[4]

After seven years of finishing out of the playoffs, the 2019-20 Lions team finished with a record and a third-place finish in the OUA. The Lions swept both the Waterloo Warriors and Nipissing Lakers in the OUA playoffs before losing the McCaw Cup championship to the Toronto Varsity Blues in a sudden death 1–3 loss.[5] Because the Lions were an OUA finalist, the team qualified for the U Sports women's ice hockey championship for the first time in program history in 2020.[5] However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the tournament was cancelled on the day that the Lions were scheduled to play against the McGill Martlets in the opening round game.[6] The 2020–21 season was cancelled due to the pandemic and the Lions finished last in their division following their return to play in 2021–22.

Recent results

Year Standing Post-season
2003-04 22 2 – 1 19 – 5 4th in OUA East Did not qualify for playoffs
2004-05 22 1 – 2 19 0 4 4th in OUA East Did not qualify for playoffs
2005-06 24 6 – 8 10 0 20 7th in OUA Did not qualify for playoffs
2006-07 24 9 – 1 14 0 19 7th in OUA Did not qualify for playoffs
2007-08 27 11 – 4 11 1 27 6th in OUA
2008-09 27 15 – 0 12 0 30 4th in OUA
2009-10 27 13 4 – 9 1 45 3rd in OUA
2010-11 27 7 4 – 16 0 22 7th in OUA
2011-12 26 12 1 – 12 1 28 6th in OUA
2012-13 26 6 2 – 15 3 22 9th in OUA Did not qualify for playoffs
2013-14 24 4 2 – 16 2 16 11th in OUA Did not qualify for playoffs
2014-15 24 11 – – 10 3 25 10th in OUA Did not qualify for playoffs
2015-16 24 8 1 – 11 4 27 10th in OUA Did not qualify for playoffs
2016-17 24 6 0 – 15 3 20 12th in OUA Did not qualify for playoffs
2017-18 24 8 0 – 14 2 28 10th in OUA Did not qualify for playoffs
2018-19 24 8 3 – 12 1 31 9th in OUA Did not qualify for playoffs
2019-20 24 14 0 – 8 2 44 3rd in OUA Won OUA Quarter-Final vs. Waterloo
Won OUA Semi-Final vs. Nipissing
Lost OUA Championship vs. Toronto
U Sports championship cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7]
2021-22 17 3 1 – 12 1 12 11th in OUA Did not qualify for playoffs
2022-23 27 7 2 – 18 0 12 11th in OUA Did not qualify for playoffs
2023-24 28 8 1 – 17 2 44 10th in OUA

International contests

Season Date Opponent Score
2009-10October 3, 2009Chinese Olympic hockey team1-4
2009-10October 4, 2009Chinese Olympic hockey team2-6[8]

Lions in pro hockey

= CWHL All-Star = NWHL All-Star= Clarkson Cup Champion= Isobel Cup Champion
Player Position Team League Accomplishments
Kristen BarbaraDefense2018 Clarkson Cup champion
Mandy Cole[9] Forward
Allyson Fox[10] ForwardBrampton Thunder (2007-2012) Participated in the 2010 Clarkson Cup
Kerri Palmer[11] Defense
Kelsey WebsterDefenseStrathmore Rockies (2009–10)
Calgary Inferno (2011-2016) 		WWHL
CWHL 		Won the 2016 Clarkson Cup with the Calgary Inferno

Lions selected in the CWHL Draft

Player Year Position Team Selection
Courtney Unruh2010 CWHL DraftForward
  1. 29[12]
Allyson Fox2010Forward
  1. 38
Michelle Daniels2010 Defense
  1. 47
Kelsey Webster2010 Defense
  1. 53
Mandy Cole2010Forward
  1. 59
Kerri Palmer2010 Defense
  1. 77
Kristen Barbara2016 CWHL DraftDefense
  1. 28

Lions selected in the NWHL Draft

Taylor Davison made U Sports history, becoming the highest drafted player from a U Sports team to be taken in the NWHL Draft.[13] As a side note, Davison's selection was announced by Angela James.

Player Year Team Selection
Erin Locke2020 NWHL Draft
  1. 15
Taylor Davison2021 NWHL Draft
  1. 5

Awards and honours

Team MVP

This is an incomplete list

School honours

Lions Legacy Awards

U Sports honours

OUA honours

OUA in-season

OUA All-Stars

First Team

Second Team

Postseason awards

International

Player Event Result
Courtney Unruh 2011 Winter Universiade Gold
Kelsey Webster 2009 Winter Universiade[34] Gold
Kelsey Webster 2011 Winter UniversiadeGold
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Hockey Archives . Ontario University Athletics . 10 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706192821/http://oua.ca/sports/hockey/whockey/history/ . July 6, 2011 .
  2. Web site: Saving Grace, THE LONGEST GAME IN HOCKEY HISTORY. York University, Profiles Online. 10 April 2010.
  3. Web site: CANADA MAKES IT BACK-TO-BACK GOLD AT FISU GAMES: York Lions . June 8, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314152207/http://www.yorkulions.ca/sports/wice/2010-11/releases/02-05_FISU_Gold . March 14, 2012 .
  4. Web site: MILLS RECEIVES Oua's MARION HILLARD AWARD: York Lions . June 8, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314152219/http://www.yorkulions.ca/sports/wice/2010-11/releases/02-16_Mills_OUA . March 14, 2012 .
  5. Web site: Lions make national tournament debut in Charlottetown this week. York Lions. March 11, 2020.
  6. Web site: U Sports hockey championships cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak. March 12, 2020. Sportsnet.
  7. Web site: U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021 . October 15, 2020 . usports.ca . U Sports.
  8. Web site: York Lions: York Lions . 2011-08-27 . 2012-03-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316142151/http://yorkca.prestosports.com/sports/wice/2009-10/teams/york?view=gamelog . dead .
  9. Web site: Mandy Cole - Brampton - Canadian Women's Hockey League . February 1, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124072927/http://brampton.cwhl.ca/player.asp?pid=11 . November 24, 2010 .
  10. Web site: Allyson Fox - Brampton - Canadian Women's Hockey League . February 1, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124072506/http://brampton.cwhl.ca/player.asp?pid=17 . November 24, 2010 .
  11. Web site: Kerri Palmer - Brampton - Canadian Women's Hockey League . February 1, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124072521/http://brampton.cwhl.ca/player.asp?pid=3 . November 24, 2010 .
  12. Web site: Draft - CWHL - Canadian Women's Hockey League . February 1, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101228050140/http://cwhl.ca/draft.asp . December 28, 2010 .
  13. News: DAVISON SELECTED FIFTH OVERALL IN 2021 NWHL DRAFT. yorkulions.ca/. 2021-06-30. 2021-07-27. en.
  14. News: 2010-11 York Award Winners. yorkulions.ca. 2021-06-22. en.
  15. News: 2010-11 York Award Winners. yorkulions.ca. 2021-06-22. en.
  16. News: 2012-13 York Award Winners. yorkulions.ca. 2021-06-24. en.
  17. News: 2013-14 YORK AWARD WINNERS. yorkulions.ca. 2014-07-02. 2021-06-15. en.
  18. News: 2015-16 York Award Winners. yorkulions.ca. 2021-06-24. en.
  19. News: 2017-18 YORK AWARD WINNERS. yorkulions.ca. 2018-04-17. 2021-06-10. en.
  20. News: 2018-19 YORK AWARD WINNERS. yorkulions.ca. 2019-05-22. 2021-06-10. en.
  21. Web site: MILLS' FIVE POINTS TAKE DOWN MUSTANGS: York Lions . February 1, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706213728/http://www.yorkulions.ca/sports/wice/2010-11/releases/20110131s72gk4 . July 6, 2011 .
  22. News: 2011-12 York Award Winners. yorkulions.ca. 2021-06-15. en.
  23. News: 2020-21 YORK AWARD WINNERS. yorkulions.ca. 2021-04-26. 2021-06-10. en.
  24. News: 2014-15 YORK AWARD WINNERS. yorkulions.ca. 2016-04-05. 2021-06-15. en.
  25. News: 2016-17 YORK AWARD WINNERS. yorkulions.ca. 2017-04-11. 2021-06-10. en.
  26. Web site: WEBSTER NAMED TO CIS ALL-CANADIAN TEAM: York Lions . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314152229/http://www.yorkulions.ca/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/03-11_Webster_all-Canadian . March 14, 2012 .
  27. http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wice/2011-12/releases/20120307-awards
  28. Web site: MILLS NAMED OUA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: York Lions . February 1, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706213746/http://www.yorkulions.ca/sports/wice/2010-11/releases/02-01_Mills_AotW . July 6, 2011 .
  29. Web site: WEBSTER, BOND HONOURED BY THE OUA: York Lions . June 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314152251/http://www.yorkulions.ca/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/02-23_Webster-_Bond_honoured_by_the_OUA . March 14, 2012 .
  30. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-02-01 . 2011-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713063527/http://oua.ca.ismmedia.com/ISM2//Archives/W%20Hockey/All-Stars.pdf . dead .
  31. Web site: Communications & Public Affairs Division.
  32. Web site: LANGFORD WINS WORLD GOLD WITH TEAM NEW ZEALAND: York Lions . August 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329132943/http://www.yorkulions.ca/sports/wice/2010-11/releases/04-04_Langford_worlds . March 29, 2012 .
  33. Web site: CHURCH NAMED HEAD COACH OF NATIONAL WOMen's TEAM: York Lions . August 27, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329132953/http://www.yorkulions.ca/sports/wice/2011-12/releases/08-11_Church_national_coach . March 29, 2012 .
  34. News: CAN Announces Women's Ice Hockey Team for Harbin. fisu.net. January 9, 2009 . May 4, 2021 . en.
  35. Web site: CIS:2011 Winter Universiade : CIS announces Canadian women's hockey coaches, roster . 2011-07-22 . 2012-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120201153723/http://english.cis-sic.ca/universiade/winter/2011/releases/20101203-whoc . dead .

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