The Carleton Ravens are a collegiate women's ice hockey team based out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Competing as the women's ice hockey team of Carleton University, the Ravens currently play in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Conference and formerly played in the Quebec Student Sports Federation (RSEQ), as part of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship. The team plays its home games at the Carleton Ice House, typically on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.[1]
| Carleton Ravens women's ice hockey | |
|---|---|
 | |
| University | Carleton University |
| Conference | OUA |
| Governing Body | U Sports |
| Head coach | Stacey Colarossi |
| Assistant coaches | Tawnya Guindon, Matthew Jenkins, Tricia Zakaria |
| Arena | Carleton Ice House Ottawa |
| Colors | Red |
| Mascot | Rodney the Raven |
History
editDuring the 2006-07 regular season, Valerie Charbonneau earned her second straight nod to the RSEQ All-Star Team. Recording 540 saves, she would break the previous single season record of 532, which she set one season earlier. On February 28, 2007, she would log an astounding 53 saves in a 5-4 double overtime victory versus the Ottawa Gee-Gees, resulting in the program's first-ever playoff victory.
Earning the 2011 Carleton University Most Outstanding Graduating Female Athlete Award, Kristen Marson would play 91 games, setting a program record. In addition, she would graduate as the Ravens all-time leader in career assists with 21.
In a January 22, 2012 game against the No. 1-ranked McGill Martlets, the Ravens defeated McGill for the first time in program history via a 4-3 shootout victory. McGill had won 116 of its previous 117 games entering the upset.
On February 4, 2012, the Ravens honoured the memory of the late Daron Richardson, daughter of Ottawa Senators assistant coach, Luke Richardson. The club held a charity drive for the Daron Richardson Fund (known as Do It For Daron), a program focused on raising awareness about youth mental health. Bruce MacDonald, Daron's former coach and the father of Ravens player Kristen MacDonald participated in the ceremonial face off.[2]
On January 20, 2013, a contest at the Carleton Ice House versus the cross-town rival Ottawa Gee-Gees resulted in a shootout. Ravens forward Jessica O'Grady would record three goals in the shootout, resulting in one of the most remarkable wins in program history.[3]
In preparation for the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship, the Carleton Ice House served as the training facility for the Germany women's national ice hockey team. Former Ravens team captain Sara Seiler served as a member of the German squad.[4] Of note, the Ravens hosted Germany in an exhibition game, which saw the Germans prevail by a 3-0 tally, with goals from Julia Zorn, Franziska Busch, Andrea Lanzl.[5]
Pierre Alain era
editLongtime Hockey Canada deckhand Pierre Alain was named the new head coach of the program on May 2, 2014.[6] The coach of multiple gold medal-winning national teams, Alain promised a full rebuild of the program from the ground up, starting with recruiting.
Alain's first season in charge, 2014–15, proved to be a difficult one, as players tried to find chemistry with a strong batch of first-year recruits. Carleton sputtered to a 3-17 record, losing its final ten games in a row to slide out of playoff contention. However, an encouraging set of freshman including goaltender Katelyn Steele, defenceman Robyn Belland, and forward Sidney Weiss leave plenty of room for future optimism around the program.
Coach Alain's program began the 2015-16 campaign with a roster composed of more than 60% freshman, along with the most first-year heavy opening night lineup in Canada. Freshman Nicole Miners would lead the team in scoring with 10 points. On the final day of the season, Miners would record three assists in a winning effort versus the Ottawa Gee-Gees. Finishing the season with 10 points, she would set a program record for most points in one season by a rookie.[7]
The following season, Miners rookie scoring record would be broken. Delaney Ross, from Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, amassed eight goals and 10 assists for an 18 point campaign. Not only did she set a new Ravens standard for rookie skaters, she would establish a single-season scoring record, also becoming the first player in program history to average one point per game.[8]
Over Ross' last four games, she recorded six points, on the strength of five assists. In addition, Ross' 18 points tied her with Concordia's Audrey Belzile for the second highest scoring total in U Sports play among rookies, trailing national leader Annie Berg of the Brock Badgers by five points. Earning a spot on the 2016-17 U Sports All-Rookie Team, she became only the second player in program history to receive national recognition. Coincidentally, the other Ravens player to receive national honours also landed on the All-Rookie Team, Kerri Palmer from 2007-08.[8]
During August 2020, former Ravens player and current assistant coach Tawnya Guindon was one of 18 former U Sports student-athletes announced among the inaugural participants of the U SPORTS Female Apprenticeship Coach Program.[9] Funded through Sport Canada, the objective was to increase the number of females in coaching positions across Canadian universities, matching apprentice coaches who have recently graduated with a mentor coach.
As the 2020-21 season was shelved due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the charitable efforts of first-year recruit Emma Weller made national news.[10] Handing out wool hats and mittens, that she sewed herself, to homeless communities around the nation's capital,[11] it caught the attention of The Sports Network, who dispatched a production team to produce a feature of her efforts ahead of Bell Let’s Talk Day.
Season-by-season Record
edit| Won Championship | Lost Championship | Conference Champions | League Leader |
| Year | Coach | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05 | Marco Ouellette | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 83 | 1 | 4th, QSSF |
| 2005–06 | Marco Ouellette | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 61 | 1 | 4th, QSSF |
| 2006–07 | Marco Ouellette | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 63 | 10 | 3rd, QSSF |
| 2007–08 | Marco Ouellette | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 57 | 14 | 3rd, QSSF |
| 2008–09 | Marco Ouellette | 7 | 11 | – | 0 | 31 | 61 | 14 | 3rd, QSSF |
| 2009–10 | J.F. Messier | 8 | 12 | – | 0 | 39 | 47 | 16 | 4th, RSEQ |
| 2010–11 | Shelley Coolidge | 7 | 8 | – | 5 | 46 | 59 | 19 | 4th, RSEQ |
| 2011–12 | Shelley Coolidge | 9 | 8 | – | 3 | 53 | 75 | 21 | 3rd, RSEQ |
| 2012–13 | Shelley Coolidge | 7 | 12 | – | 1 | 46 | 85 | 15 | 4th, RSEQ |
| 2013–14 | Shelley Coolidge | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 90 | 6 | 5th, RSEQ |
| 2014–15 | Pierre Alain | 3 | 17 | – | 0 | 24 | 96 | 6 | 5th, RSEQ |
| 2015–16[12] | Pierre Alain | 5 | 15 | – | 0 | 23 | 65 | 10 | 5th, RSEQ |
| 2016–17[13] | Pierre Alain | 4 | 16 | – | 0 | 39 | 71 | 10 | 5th, RSEQ |
| 2017–18[14] | Pierre Alain | 1 | 15 | – | 2 | 25 | 60 | 8 | 5th, RSEQ |
| 2018–19[15] | Pierre Alain | 2 | 15 | – | 3 | 30 | 77 | 8 | 5th, RSEQ |
| 2019–20[16] | Pierre Alain | 2 | 14 | – | 2 | 29 | 66 | 10 | 5th, RSEQ |
| 2020–21 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
| 2021–22[17] | Pierre Alain | 4 | 11 | – | – | 20 | 61 | 8 | 5th, RSEQ |
| 2022–23[18] | Stacey Colarossi | 8 | 17 | - | – | 44 | 78 | 19 | 5th, RSEQ |
| 2023–24[19] | Stacey Colarossi | 8 | 17 | - | – | 39 | 75 | 17 | 5th, RSEQ |
Exhibition
edit| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Decision | Result | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| September 3, 2010 | vs. Team Norway | Carleton Ice House • Ottawa, ON | Victoria Powers, W | W W 2-1 | |||||||
| February 11, 2013 | vs. Team Germany | Carleton Ice House • Ottawa, ON | Tamber Tisdale, L | L 0-3 | |||||||
| October 14, 2016 | at Cornell Big Red | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, NY | Katelyn Steele, L | L 0-10 [20] | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. | |||||||||||
Season team scoring champion
edit| Year | Player | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20[21] | Annie-Pier Tremblay | 19 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| 2018–19[22] | Annie-Pier Tremblay | 20 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
| 2017–18[23] | Shannon Pearson | 20 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 2016–17 | Delaney Ross | 18 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4 |
| 2015–16 | Nicole Miners | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 2014-15[24] | Tawnya Guindon | 20 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 2013-14 [25] | Sadie Wegner | 20 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 16 |
| 2012-13 [26] | Sadie Wegner | 19 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 33 |
| 2011-12 [27] | Sara Seiler | 20 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 |
| 2010-11[28] | Claudia Bergeron | 20 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4 |
| 2009-10[29] | Claudia Bergeron | 20 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 |
Team captains
editThis is an incomplete list
Sara Seiler was the first European in the history of the program to have the captaincy bestowed upon her.[30]
- 2002-03: Tricia Zakaria
- 2003-04: Tricia Zakaria
- 2008-09: Tara O'Reilly
- 2009-10: Tara O'Reilly[31]
- 2010-11: Sara Seiler
- 2011-12: Sara Seiler
- 2012-13: Blaire MacDonald [32]
- 2013-14:
- 2014-15: Sadie Wegner[33]
- 2015-16: Tawnya Guindon
- 2016-17: Tawnya Guindon
- 2017-18: Leah Scott
- 2018-19: Leah Scott
- 2019-20: Leah Scott [34]
- 2020-21: No season held
- 2021-22:
Awards and honours
editUSports
edit- Delaney Ross, 2017 USports All-Rookie Team[35]
RSEQ
edit- Erica Skinner, 2010-11 RSEQ Leadership and Citizenship Award (Nomination for the Marion Hilliard Award - presented annually to the CIS women's hockey player who best combines academic and sport excellence with community involvement) [36]
- Kristen MacDonald, 2011-12 RSEQ Leadership and Citizenship Award (Nomination for the Marion Hilliard Award - presented annually to the CIS women's hockey player who best combines academic and sport excellence with community involvement) [37]
RSEQ All-Stars
editFirst-Team
- Kerri Palmer, 2008 RSEQ First Team All-Star[38]
Second-Team
- Caitlin Whitehead: 2023-24 RSEQ Second Team All-Star
- Valerie Charbonneau: 2005-06 RSEQ Second Team All-Star
- Valerie Charbonneau: 2006-07 RSEQ Second Team All-Star[39]
- Kristen Marson: 2006-07 RSEQ Second Team All-Star
- Kristen Marson, 2011 RSEQ Second All-Star Team[40]
- 2011-12 RSEQ SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM: Melanie McKnight
- 2011-12 RSEQ SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM: Tamber Tisdale[37]
- 2016-17 RSEQ Second Team All-Stars: Katelyn Steele, Carleton[41]
RSEQ All-Rookie
edit- Robyn Belland, 2014-15 RSEQ All-Rookie Team[42]
- 2016-17 RSEQ All-Rookie Team: Delaney Ross
- 2019-20 RSEQ ALL-ROOKIE TEAM: Nicole MacNeil, Carleton[43]
Conference weekly awards
edit- Katelyn Steele, RSEQ Female Athlete of the Week (Awarded January 10, 2017)[44]
Team Awards
editThis is an incomplete list
Most Valuable Player
edit- 2005-06: Valerie Charbonneau
- 2006-07: Caitlin Cadeau
- 2007-08: Kristen Marson
- 2008-09: Valerie Charbonneau
- 2011-12: Claudia Bergeron
- 2012-13: Blaire MacDonald
- 2013-14: Eri Kiribuchi, Goaltender
- 2014-15: Tawnya Guindon[45]
- 2015-16: Katelyn Steele[46]
- 2016-17: Katelyn Steele
- 2019-20: Jennifer Semkowski [47]
Alumni Award
edit- 2005-06: Meryl Ditchburn
- 2006-07: Michelle Higgins
- 2007-08: Jessica Bradley
- 2013-14: Jasmine Levesque
- 2014-15: Ainslee Kent
- 2015-16: Tawnya Guindon
- 2016-17: Tawnya Guindon
- 2019-20: Jennifer Semkowski
University Awards
edit- Kristen Marson: 2011 Carleton University Most Outstanding Graduating Female Athlete[48]
Ravens Athlete of the Week
edit- Kristen Marson: Carleton University’s Athlete of the Week (Week of January 18, 2011)
Ravens in professional hockey
edit| = CWHL All-Star | = NWHL All-Star | = Clarkson Cup Champion | = Isobel Cup Champion |
| Player | Position | Team(s) | League(s) | Years | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Beaver | Defence/Forward | Neuberg Highlanders Sydney Sirens |
EWHL AWIHL |
4 | Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy AWIHL Champion |
| Audrey-Ann Boutour | Forward | Neuberg Highlanders | EWHL | 1 | |
| Hedda Gjerde | Defence | MODO Vålerenga |
SDHL Norway |
||
| Tawnya Guindon | Forward | Göteborg HC Leksands IF |
SDHL | 2 | |
| Olivia Keefe | Defence | Boston Blades | CWHL | 1 | |
| Eri Kiribuchi | Goaltender | HC 2001 Kladno KJT Hachinohe Reds |
Czech SM-sarja Japan |
||
| Kristen Marson | Defence | Burlington Barracudas Toronto Furies |
CWHL | 3 | 2014 Clarkson Cup |
| Jess O'Grady | Forward | Ottawa Lady Senators Calgary Inferno Toronto Furies |
CWHL | ||
| Delaney Ross | Forward | Naprzod Janow | Poland | 1 | |
| Sara Seiler | Forward | Ottawa Raiders ERC Ingolstadt |
NWHL founded in 1999 Frauen-Bundesliga (W) |
1 | |
| Olivia Sutter | Forward | Team Alberta | CWHL | ||
| Tamber Tisdale[49] | Goaltender | OSC Eisladies Berlin | Frauen-Bundesliga (W) | 1 | |
| Alexandra Cipparone (Palm) | Forward | Segeltorps IF / Djugårdens IF | SDHL | 7 |
International
edit- Alexandra Lehman
Switzerland: 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship and 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship - Hedda Gjerde
Norway: 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I - Eri Kiribuchi
Japan: 2009 Winter Universiade[50] - Andrea Kollova[51]
Slovakia: 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship – Division I - Sara Seiler
Germany: 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship and Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament
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