2011–12 Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey season

The Cornell Big Red women's hockey team will represent Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season

The 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season will begin in October, 2011, ending with the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Ice Hockey Tournament's championship game in March, 2012.-Offseason:...

. The Big Red are coached by Doug Derragh and will aim to become the first team in ECAC to triumph in the NCAA Frozen Four championship game.

Offseason

August 5: Eight Big Red players were invited to the Canada Under-22 National Team Selection Camp from August 7-16. The players include: Amanda Mazzotta, Hayleigh Cudmore, Laura Fortino, Lauriane Rougeau
Lauriane Rougeau
Lauriane Rougeau is an ice hockey player for the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program.-Playing career:...

, Jessica Campbell
Jessica Campbell (ice hockey)
Jessica Campbell is a women's ice hockey player for the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program.-Playing career:...

, Brianne Jenner, Chelsea Karpenko, Jillian Saulnier and Catherine White
Catherine White (ice hockey)
Catherine White has competed for Hockey Canada in numerous international tournaments. Currently, she is a member of the Cornell Big Red...

.
October 17: Head coach Doug Derragh annoucned that senior players Rebecca Johnston
Rebecca Johnston
Rebecca Johnston is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. Also she plays for Cornell University.-Canada Winter Games:...

, Catherine White
Catherine White (ice hockey)
Catherine White has competed for Hockey Canada in numerous international tournaments. Currently, she is a member of the Cornell Big Red...

, Chelsea Karpenko and Amanda Young were all named team captains for the season.

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Notes
Emily Fulton	Forward		Team captain of the Bluewater Hawks of the PWHL
Monica Leck	Forward		Team captain of the Ottawa Jr. Senators in the 2010-2011 PWHL season
Katelyn Pippy Katelyn Pippy Katelyn Pippy is an American actress, best known for her role as Emmalin Holden on the Lifetime television drama Army Wives....	Goaltender		She played the 2010-2011 season with the Pittsburgh Junior Penguins. Also an actress, Pippy appeared on the TV show Army Wives Army Wives Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, their families, and an army husband whose wife is in the army. The series, shot at ABC Studios, premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007... .
Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier was part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team to a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series...	Forward		Team captain of the Toronto Aeros in the 2010-2011 PWHL Provincial Women's Hockey League The Provincial Women's Hockey League is an amateur women's ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 2004. It is considered to be the highest level of young women's amateur ice hockey in Ontario, and is sanctioned by Hockey Canada and the Ontario Women's Hockey Association.-Teams... season

Exhibition

Date	Opponent	Location	Score	Big Red scorers
10/25/2011	Brampton Thunder Brampton Thunder The Brampton Canadettes-Thunder is an ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. The Canadettes-Thunder play its home games at the Powerade Centre in Brampton, Ontario.-Team history:... (CWHL Canadian Women's Hockey League The Canadian Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's ice hockey leagues in Canada. The league was founded in 2007. The league currently has six ice hockey teams: three in Ontario, one in Quebec, one in Alberta and one in Boston, Massachusetts.... )	Ithaca, NY	6-0	Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier was part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team to a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series... (2), Jessica Campbell, Olivia Cook, Kendice Ogilvie, Catherine White Catherine White (ice hockey) Catherine White has competed for Hockey Canada in numerous international tournaments. Currently, she is a member of the Cornell Big Red...

Regular season

In her first three career NCAA games, Jillian Saulnier reigstered ten points (seven goals, three assists), along with a +6 rating. In her college debut versus the Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey
Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey
The Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey team is an NCAA Division I ice hockey team that represents Colgate University and play in ECAC Hockey. The Raiders play their home games at Starr Arena...

program, Saulnier netted four goals. In her next game versus the Yale Bulldogs, she registered one goal and two assists, while scoring two goals in her third game versus the Brown Bears women's ice hockey
Brown Bears women's ice hockey
The Brown Bears women’s ice hockey program is a NCAA Division I ice hockey team that represents Brown University. The Bears play at the Meehan Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown women's hockey is the oldest women's hockey program in the United States. It was the first collegiate women's...

squad. For the month of October 2011, she was tied for first in the ECAC in goals scored (while the other player appeared in eight games).
October 25: In a 6-2 triumph over the Colgate Raiders, freshman Jillian Saulnier
Jillian Saulnier
Jillian Saulnier was part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team to a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series...

scored four goals in her NCAA debut. It was the first four goal game for Cornell since Jessica Campbell scored four against Robert Morris in the second game of the 2010-11 season. The Big Red held a 64-12 advantage in shots on goal while also winning faceoffs by a margin of 53-27. The 64 shots were the most the Big Red took since a Feb. 6, 2000 contest against Union.
October 29: In a 9-0 win versus ECAC opponent Brown, Big Red freshman Emily Fulton scored her first career NCAA goal. At game's end, Big Red skaters totalled 23 points, as Brianne Jenner
Brianne Jenner
Brianne Jenner is a member of Canada's national women's hockey team. She made her debut for the team at the 2010 Four Nations Cup and won a gold medal. She is also a member of the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program....

and Hayleigh Cudmore led the way with three points each.
November 1: For the third consecutive contest, the Big Red scored at least nine goals in one game. Senior captain Chelsea Karpenko appeared in her 100th career game, as Jillian Saulnier
Jillian Saulnier
Jillian Saulnier was part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team to a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series...

led all Big Red players with two goals and three assists in a 9-2 triumph over the Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey
Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey
- 2008-09 Season :On March 6, 2008, it was announced that the Orange would join College Hockey America. Syraucse was the fifth school to join the conference for women's hockey....

program.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Time	Score	Record	Big Red scorers
10/25/2011	at Colgate University	Hamilton, NY	7:00 p.m.	6-2	1-0-0	Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier was part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team to a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series... (4), Chelsea Karpenko
10/28/2011	Yale University	Lynah Rink	7:00 p.m.	9-0	2-0-0	Rebecca Johnston Rebecca Johnston Rebecca Johnston is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. Also she plays for Cornell University.-Canada Winter Games:... (2), Monika Leck, Brianne Jenner Brianne Jenner Brianne Jenner is a member of Canada's national women's hockey team. She made her debut for the team at the 2010 Four Nations Cup and won a gold medal. She is also a member of the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program.... (2), Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier was part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team to a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series... , Lauriane Rougeau Lauriane Rougeau Lauriane Rougeau is an ice hockey player for the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program.-Playing career:... , Catherine White (2)
10/29/2011	Brown University	Lynah Rink	3:00 p.m.	9-0	3-0-0	Chelsea Karpenko (2), Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier was part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team to a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series... , Monika Leck, Emily Fulton, Lauriane Rougeau
11/1/2011	Syracuse University	Lynah Rink	7:00 p.m.	9-2	4-0-0	Brianne Jenner Brianne Jenner Brianne Jenner is a member of Canada's national women's hockey team. She made her debut for the team at the 2010 Four Nations Cup and won a gold medal. She is also a member of the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program.... , Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier Jillian Saulnier was part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team to a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series... (2), Chelsea Karpenko (2), Rebecca Johnston Rebecca Johnston Rebecca Johnston is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. Also she plays for Cornell University.-Canada Winter Games:... , Monika Leck, Hayleigh Cudmore, Catherine White
11/11/2011	Dartmouth College	Lynah Rink	7:00 p.m.
11/12/2011	Harvard University	Lynah Rink	4:00 p.m.
11/18/2011	at Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	7:00 p.m.
11/19/2011	at Quinnipiac University	Hamden, CT	4:00 p.m.
11/25/2011	Boston University	Lynah Rink	7:00 p.m.
11/26/2011	Boston University	Lynah Rink	4:00 p.m.
12/2/2011	at Mercyhurst College	Erie, PA	7:00 p.m.
12/3/2011	at Mercyhurst College	Erie, PA	2:00 p.m.
1/2/2012	^ vs St. Lawrence University	Akwesasne, N.Y.	4:00 p.m.
1/6/2012	at Union College	Schenectady, NY	3:00 p.m.
1/7/2012	at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, NY	3:00 p.m.
1/10/2012	Colgate University	Lynah Rink	7:00 p.m.
1/13/2012	Quinnipiac University	Lynah Rink	7:00 p.m.
1/14/2012	Princeton University	Lynah Rink	4:00 p.m.
1/17/2012	at Syracuse University	Syracuse, NY	7:00 p.m.
1/20/2012	at Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	7:00 p.m.
1/21/2012	at Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH	4:00 p.m.
1/27/2012	at St. Lawrence University	Canton, NY	7:00 p.m.
1/28/2012	at Clarkson University	Potsdam, NY	4:00 p.m.
2/3/2012	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Lynah Rink	7:00 p.m.
2/4/2012	Union College	Lynah Rink	4:00 p.m.
2/7/2012	Mercyhurst College	Lynah Rink	7:00 p.m.
2/10/2012	at Brown University	Providence, RI	7:00 p.m.
2/11/2012	at Yale University	New Haven, CT	4:00 p.m.
2/17/2012	Clarkson University	Lynah Rink	7:00 p.m.
2/18/2012	St. Lawrence University	Lynah Rink	4:00 p.m.

Awards and honors

Emily Fulton, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of November 21, 2011)
Brianne Jenner
Brianne Jenner
Brianne Jenner is a member of Canada's national women's hockey team. She made her debut for the team at the 2010 Four Nations Cup and won a gold medal. She is also a member of the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program....

, ECAC
ECAC women's ice hockey
The women’s division of the ECAC is a college athletic conference which operates in the Eastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. The conference used to be affiliated with the Eastern College Athletic Conference, a consortium of over 300 colleges in the eastern United States...

Player of the Week (Week of October 31, 2011)
Jillian Saulnier
Jillian Saulnier
Jillian Saulnier was part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team to a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series...

, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of October 31, 2011)
Jillian Saulnier, ECAC Rookie of the Week (Week of November 7, 2011)
Jillian Saulnier, ECAC Rookie of the Month (Month of October 2011)

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