Regina Cougars women's ice hockey

The Regina Cougars women's ice hockey program is a college ice hockey program that represents the University of Regina in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association conference of U Sports women's ice hockey. Brandy West-McMaster has served as interim head coach of the program since February 2024.^[1]

Regina Cougars women's ice hockey
University	University of Regina
Conference	Canada West
Governing Body	U Sports
Head coach	Brandy West-McMaster (interim) 1st season
Arena	The Co-operators Centre Regina, Saskatchewan
Colors	Green and Gold
Mascot	Reggie the Cougar and Ram-page
U Sports Tournament appearances
2001, 2002, 2003
Conference Tournament championships
2001

History

Sarah Hodges served as head coach of the Regina Cougars women's ice hockey program from its inaugural season in 1998–99 through the 2023–24 season, and became the Canada West all-time leader in regular season games coached, with 588. She was named Canada West Coach of the Year following the 2015–16 season.^[1]

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by the Regina Cougars women's ice hockey program.^[2][3]
Note: Finish = Conference rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)

Won Championship

Lost Championship

Conference Champions

League Leader

Season	Head coach	Regular season										Conference tournament results
		Finish	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Top scorer
2015-16[4]	Sarah Hodges	3rd	28	12	5	1	10	71	66	47	Kylie Gavelin, 27 (11+16)	Canada West semifinal loss to UBC Thunderbirds, 1–2
2016-17[5]	Sarah Hodges	5th	28	10	4	1	13	62	65	39	Jaycee Magwood, 24 (12+12)	Canada West quarterfinal loss to Saskatchewan Huskies, 0–2
2017-18[6]	Sarah Hodges	5th	28	8	2	4	14	44	64	32	Emma Waldenberger, 18 (8+10)	Canada West quarterfinal loss to Alberta Pandas, 0–2
2018-19[7]	Sarah Hodges	6th	28	9	2	3	14	45	74	34	Emma Waldenberger, 17 (10+7)	Canada West quarterfinal loss to UBC Thunderbirds, 0–2
2019-20[8]	Sarah Hodges	5th	28	9	5	1	13	48	54	38	Jaycee Magwood, 21 (11+10)	Canada West quarterfinal loss to Mount Royal Cougars, 0–2
2020-21	Sarah Hodges	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22[9]	Sarah Hodges	6th	20	8	–	2	10	38	54	18	Lilla Carpenter-Boesch, 19 (10+9)	Canada West quarterfinal loss to Alberta Pandas, 0–2
2022-23	Sarah Hodges	9th	28	4	–	2	22	34	85	10	Jenna Merk, 13 (3+10)	Did not qualify
2023-24	Sarah Hodges	8th	28	7	–	2	19	40	83	16	Paige Hubbard, 17 (6+11)	Did not qualify

All-time scoring leaders

Rank	Player	G	A	PTS	Class of
1	Brandy West	72	45	117	2002
2	Erin Tady	48	54	102	2004
3	Jaycee Magwood	48	53	101	2019
4	Elysia Cobbledick	52	45	97	2006
5	Rianne Wight	51	44	95	2012
6	Paige Wheeler	46	43	89	2012
7	Kelsey Rezansoff	34	54	88	2004
8	Kylie Gavelin	39	45	84	2016
9	Julie Foster	30	52	82	2002
10	Emma Waldenberger	44	37	81	2018
11	Joell Fiddler	21	59	80	2003
12	Kara McGeough	33	43	76	2008
13	Kelsie Graham	26	50	76	2009
14	Kelcie McCutcheon	30	46	76	2010
15	Karissa Swan	35	32	67	2007

Awards and honours

• Toni Ross, 2016 Hockey Canada Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Award^[10]

CIS/USports Awards

• Brandy West: 2000-01 Brodrick Trophy (awarded to the CIS Player of the Year)^[11]
• Erin Tady, CIS Rookie of the Year (2001)
• Karissa Swan, CIS Rookie of the Year (2006)

All-Canadians

• Joell Fiddler, CIS Second Team All-Canadian (2005)^[12]
• Arielle Schade, CIS All-Canadians (2006–07)^[13]
• Brandy West, CIS All-Canadian (1999-2000, 2000–01, 2001–02)

All-Rookie Team

• Erin Tady, CIS All-Rookie Team (2001)
• Karissa Swan, CIS All-Rookie Team (2006)
• Alexis Larson, CIS All-Rookie Team (2013)

Canada West honours

• Sarah Hodges, Canada West Coach of the Year in 2015-16
• Jane Kish, Canada West First Star of the Week (awarded January 14, 2020)^[14]

Canada West Player of the Year

• Brandy West, Canada West Player of the Year (1999, 2000, 2001)

Canada West Rookie of the Year

• Brandy West, Canada West Rookie of the Year (1999)

Canada West All-Stars

• Brandy West, Canada West First-Team All-Star (1999, 2000, 2001)
• Rianne Wight, 2012-13 Canada West Second Tea ^[15]
• Jaycee Magwood, 2019-20 Canada West Second-Team All-Star
• Tamara McVannel, 2019-20 Canada West Second-Team All-Star^[16]

Canada West All-Rookie

• Jaycee Magwood, 2015-16 U Sports All-Rookie Team^[17]
• Jordan Kulbida, 2017-18 Canada West All-Rookie Team^[18]
• Paige Hubbard, 2019-20 Canada West All-Rookie Team

University Awards

• 2019-20 Regina Cougars Female Rookie of the Year: Paige Hubbard^[19]

University of Regina Sports Hall of Fame

• Brandy West was the first Regina Cougars women's hockey player to be inducted into the University of Regina Sports Hall of Fame, gaining induction in 2011.^[20]

International

• Kylie Gavelin, Forward  Canada: 2017 Winter Universiade
• Alexis Larson, Defense  Canada: 2017 Winter Universiade^[21]
• Jaycee Magwood, Forward  Canada: 2017 Winter Universiade

Cougars in professional hockey

As of March 2022^[update]

= CWHL All-Star

= NWHL All-Star

= Clarkson Cup Champion

= Isobel Cup Champion

Player	Position	Team(s)	League(s)	Years	Titles
Jaycee Magwood[22]	Forward	MODO Hockey	SDHL	3
Toni Ross	Goaltender	Calgary Inferno	CWHL	1

References

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15. "2012-13 Canada West women's hockey major awards and all-stars announced". universitysport.prestosports.com. February 27, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
16. "Magwood, McVannel, Hubbard all earn Canada West honours". reginacougars.com. February 19, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
17. "2015-16 U Sports Women's Hockey Awards and All-Canadians". presto-en.usports.ca. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
18. Evan Daum, Canada West Communications (February 21, 2018). "WHKY: Top three dominate all-star and all-rookie voting". canadawest.org. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
19. "45th Annual Athletics Awards Night". reginacougars.com/. April 1, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
20. "University of Regina Sports Hall of Fame - BRANDY WEST-MCMASTER". canadawesthalloffame.org. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
21. "2017 Winter Universiade: Canadian women's hockey team announced". canadawest.org. October 7, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
22. "Sweden's MODO Hockey announces signing of Jaycee Magwood". reginacougars.com. June 12, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2021.