York Lions women's ice hockey
York Lions athletic logo
UniversityYork University
ConferenceOUA
East Division
Head coachDan Church
Since 2004-05 season
ArenaCanlan Ice Sports - York
Toronto, Ontario
ColorsRed, Black, and White
     
U Sports Tournament appearances
2020
Conference Tournament championships
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]

The Lions hosted and defeated the Nipissing Lakers in game 2 of the 2020 OUA Semi-Final.

After seven years of finishing out of the playoffs, the 2019-20 Lions team finished with a 14–0–8–2 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

YearGPWOTWTLOTLPStandingPost-season
2003-0422211954th in OUA EastDid not qualify for playoffs
2004-05221219044th in OUA EastDid not qualify for playoffs
2005-062468100207th in OUADid not qualify for playoffs
2006-072491140197th in OUADid not qualify for playoffs
2007-0827114111276th in OUALost OUA Quarter-Final (0–1 (SO)) vs. Guelph
2008-0927150120304th in OUALost OUA Quarter-Final (0–2) vs. Brock
2009-102713491453rd in OUALost OUA Quarter-Final (2–3) vs. Windsor
2010-112774160227th in OUALost OUA Quarter-Final vs. Brock (0–2 series)
2011-1226121121286th in OUAWon OUA Quarter-Final vs. Queen's (2–1 series)
Lost OUA Semi-Final vs. Western (1–2 series)
2012-132662153229th in OUADid not qualify for playoffs
2013-1424421621611th in OUADid not qualify for playoffs
2014-1524111032510th in OUADid not qualify for playoffs
2015-1624811142710th in OUADid not qualify for playoffs
2016-1724601532012th in OUADid not qualify for playoffs
2017-1824801422810th in OUADid not qualify for playoffs
2018-192483121319th in OUADid not qualify for playoffs
2019-202414082443rd in OUAWon OUA Quarter-Final vs. Waterloo (2–0 series)
Won OUA Semi-Final vs. Nipissing (2–0 series)
Lost OUA Championship (1–3) vs. Toronto
U Sports championship cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2020-21 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7]
2021-2217311211211th in OUADid not qualify for playoffs
2022-2327721801211th in OUADid not qualify for playoffs

International contests

SeasonDateOpponentScore
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
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