Manitoba Bisons women's ice hockey

The Manitoba Bisons are an ice hockey team that represents the University of Manitoba. They compete in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport athletic program. Home games are contested at the Wayne Fleming Arena (located at 109 Sidney Smith St) in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba Bisons women's ice hockey
University	University of Manitoba
Conference	Canada West
Head coach	Jon Rempel 9th season, 114–54–16
Captain(s)	Amy Lee
Arena	Wayne Fleming Arena at Max Bell Centre
Location	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Colors	Brown, Gold, and White

History

On March 22, 2009, the Bisons challenged the Moncton Aigles Bleues women's ice hockey program in the bronze medal game of the 2009 CIS national women's ice hockey championship. Marieve Provost of Moncton scored the game-winner in a shootout with a 3-2 victory over Manitoba, as Moncton captured the Atlantic conference's first-ever medal at the CIS women's hockey championship.^[1]

In 2018, the program would win its first-ever national championship. Contested on March 18, the Bisons blanked the Western Mustangs women's ice hockey program in a 2-0 shutout victory.^[2]

Year by year

3rd Place CIS Tournament

Conference Champions

Qualified for CIS Tournament

Year	Record	Head Coach	GF	GA
2000-01	7-5-0		33	30
2001-02	6-6-0		40	53
2002-03	4-13-3		49	75
2003-04	6-13-1		33	79
2004-05	7-11-2	Jon Rempel	41	66
2005-06	7-9-4	Jon Rempel	41	46
2006-07	15-9-0	Jon Rempel	62	48
2007-08	18-4-2	Jon Rempel	72	38
2008-09	21-2-1	Jon Rempel	97	38
2009-10	18-6-0	Jon Rempel	63	46
2010-11	16-5-3	Jon Rempel	75	36
2011-12	12-8-4	Jon Rempel	66	55
2012-13	10-12-6	Jon Rempel	63	79

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USports Tournament results

In Progress

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2019	2019	#6	First Round Consolation Bracket Fifth place game	#3 Guelph #7 PEI #8 Toronto	L 3–2 W 3–1 W 2–0

Awards and honours

• Jon Rempel: 2017-18 Bison Sports Coach of the Year

University Awards

• 2017-18 BISON SPORTS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - Female: Lauren Taraschuk
• 2017-18 BISON SPORTS STUDENT-ATHLETE LEADERSHIP & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AWARD Female: Alana Serhan

Bisons Athlete of the Year

• Stacey Corfield, Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the Year (2008–09)
• Addie Miles, Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the Year (2011–12)
• Lauryn Keen, Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the Year (2016–17)
• Venla Hovi, Manitoba Bisons Female Athlete of the Year (2017–18)^[4]

CIS awards

Year	Award	Recipient
2009-10	CIS Rookie of the Year	Caitlin MacDonald ^[5]
2009-10	CIS First Team All-Star	Caitlin MacDonald

USports awards

• Venla Hovi, Player of the Game, Gold Medal Game, 2018 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship
• Lauryn Keen, 2018 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship Tournament Most Valuable Player
• Caitlin Fyten, 2018 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship Tournament All-Star Team
• Lauryn Keen, 2018 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship Tournament All-Star Team
• Alanna Sharman, 2018 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship Tournament All-Star Team

USports All-Canadians

• Caitlin MacDonald, 2012-13 USports Second Team All-Star ^[6]

Canada West awards

• Lauryn Keen: Canada West Female First Star of the Week (the week ending March 18, 2018) ^[7]

Year	Award	Recipient
2007-08	Canada West Rookie of the Year	Addie Miles^[8]
2009-10	Canada West Marion Hilliard Award^[9]	Stacy Corfield
2009-10	Canada West Rookie of the Year^[10]	Caitlin MacDonald

Canada West All-Star selections

First Team Year Player Position 2007-08 Stacy Corfield Canada West First Team All-Stars 2007-08 Breanna Leary Canada West First Team All-Stars 2009-10 Stacy Corfield Canada West First Team All-Stars 2009-10 Caitlin MacDonald Canada West First Team All-Stars^[11] 2017-18 Erica Rieder Defense, Canada West First Team All-Stars^[12] 2017-18 Jordyn Zacharias Forward, Canada West First Team All-Stars

Second Team Year Player Position 1999-00 Pam Staples Canada West Second Team All-Star 1999-00 Trina Rathgeber Canada West Second Team All-Star 1999-00 Amber Rommelaere Canada West Second Team All-Star 2007-08 Leanne Kisil Canada West Second Team All-Stars 2007-08 Chantal Larocque Canada West Second Team All-Stars 2009-10 Addie Miles Canada West Second Team All-Stars 2010-11 Addie Miles Canada West Second Team All-Stars 2010-11 Tara Lacquette Canada West Second Team All-Stars^[13] 2010-11 Caitlin MacDonald Canada West Second Team All-Stars 2011-12 Addie Miles Canada West Second Team All-Stars 2011-12 Nellie Minshull Canada West Second Team All-Stars 2017-18 Alanna Sharman Canada West Second Team All-Stars

Canada West All-Rookie Team

Year	Player	Position
2017-18	Sheridan Oswald	Forward
2017-18	Lauren Taraschuk	Goaltender
2017-18	Lauren Warkentin	Defense
2019-20	Kate Gregoire	Forward

Team MVP

Year	Recipient
1998-99	Pam Staples
1999-00	Amber Rommelaere
2000-01	Amber Rommelaere
2002-03	Sharla Cowling
2003-04	Kristin Nickel
2004-05	Kristin Nickel
2005-06	Leanne Kisil
2006-07	Stacey Corfield
2007-08	Stacey Corfield
2008-09	Stacey Corfield
2009-10	Stacey Corfield
2010-11

International

• Caitlin MacDonald,^[14]   Canada, 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship (Gold Medal)
• Venla Hovi,   Finland, Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Winter Universiade

• Stacey Corfield, 2009 Winter Universiade ^[15]
• Addie Miles,^[16]   Canada, 2011 Winter Universiade, Gold Medal
• Maggie Litchfield-Medd - Manitoba   Canada: 2015 Winter Universiade^[17]
• Erica Rieder, Defence,   Canada: 2017 Winter Universiade^[18]
• Alanna Sharman, Forward,   Canada: 2017 Winter Universiade

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