St. Thomas (New Brunswick) Tommies women's ice hockey

The St. Thomas Tommies women's ice hockey program represents St. Thomas University in the Atlantic University Sport conference of U Sports. In their history, the Tommies have featured 86 Academic All-Canadians. In 2019, the program captured their first-ever AUS championship.

St. Thomas Tommies women's ice hockey
University	St. Thomas University
Conference	AUS
Governing Body	U Sports
Head coach	Peter Murphy Since 2002–03 season
Assistant coaches	Genevieve David Kirk Gormley
Arena	Grant-Harvey Centre Fredericton, NB
Colors	Green and Gold
U Sports Tournament appearances
2014, 2016, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
2019

History

In the 2015–16 season, the Tommies, led by captain Kelty Apperson, soared to a 16–7–1 regular season record. With 26 points, Apperson ranked second overall in the AUS scoring race.

Finishing first place in the 2018–19 AUS regular season, boasting a 22–5–1 record, the Tommies goals against average of 1.58 ranked second in the conference. Among the most accomplished players of that season, Emily Oleksuk recorded a superlative 34 points, ranking second among all AUS skaters, fourth in U Sports. Of note, her 23 assists ranked first in both AUS and U Sports, also leading the Tommies in game-winning goals with seven, complemented by four power play goals and a plus-minus rating of +16. In the aftermath of the season, Oleksuk captured the AUS Top Defensive Player Award, a first in program history.

Season-by-season Record

Won Championship

Lost Championship

Conference Champions

League Leader

Year	Coach	W	L	OTL	Conf	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Conference Tournament
2019–20	Peter Murphy
2018–19	Peter Murphy	22	5	1					1st
2017–18	Peter Murphy
2016–17	Peter Murphy
2015–16	Peter Murphy
2014–15	Peter Murphy

Season team scoring champion

Year	Player	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	AUS rank
2019–20[1]	Mariah Carey	28	10	4	14	10	28th
2018–19[2]	Emily Oleksuk	28	11	23	34	12	2nd
2017–18[3]	Alexandra Woods		6	17	23	18	8th
2016–17[4]	Lauren Henman	24	15	14	29	18	6th
2015–16[5]	Kelty Apperson	24	12	14	26	6	2nd

Team captains

• 2015–16: Kelty Apperson
• 2016–17: Kelty Apperson
• 2017–18:
• 2018–19: Emily Oleksuk
• 2019–20: Emily Oleksuk

Rivalries

University of New Brunswick

UNB Reds victories

St. Thomas victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winning team		Losing team
1	October 14, 2018	Fredericton	St. Thomas	2	UNB Reds	1 (OT)
2	November 7, 2018	Fredericton	St. Thomas	2	UNB Reds	1
3	November 28, 2018	Fredericton	St. Thomas	2	UNB Reds	1
4	January 9, 2019	Fredericton	UNB Reds	3	St. Thomas	1
5	October 5, 2019	Fredericton	UNB Reds	3	St. Thomas	0
6	October 23, 2019	Fredericton	St. Thomas	2	UNB Reds	1
7	November 27, 2019	Fredericton	St. Thomas	2	UNB Reds	1
8	January 4, 2020	Fredericton	St. Thomas	3	UNB Reds	2
9	January 15, 2020	Fredericton	UNB Reds	5	St. Thomas	1
Series: St. Thomas leads 6–3

International

• Kelty Apperson, Forward,  Canada: Ice hockey at the 2017 Winter Universiade^[6]

Awards and honours

U Sports Awards

• Kayla Blackmore: 2012–13 Marion Hilliard Award ^[7]

U Sports Nationals

Player of the Game Award

• 2016 CIS Women's Ice Hockey Championship

Game	Players	Teams
March 17: Guelph vs. St. Thomas	Averi Nooren Taylor Cook	Guelph St. Thomas[8]
March 18: McGill vs. St. Thomas	Olivia Sutter Kelty Apperson	McGill St. Thomas[9]
March 20: Calgary vs. St. Thomas	Hayley Dowling Myfanwy Thomson	Calgary St. Thomas[10]

AUS Awards

• Julia Sharun: 2008–09 AUS Rookie of the Year
• Kayla Blackmore: 2010–11 AUS Most Sportsmanlike Player
• Kayla Blackmore: 2011–12 AUS Community Service Award
• Kayla Blackmore: 2012–13 AUS Community Service Award
• Kelty Apperson: 2015–16 AUS Most Valuable Player^[11]
• Becky Conner: 2016–17 AUS Most Sportsmanlike Player
• Emily Oleksuk: 2018–19 AUS Top Defensive Player^[12]
• Peter Murphy: 2018–19 AUS Coach of the Year

AUS All-Stars

^[13]

First Team

• Emily Hobbs, Goaltender: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
• Kayla Blackmore, Forward: 2012–13
• Kristen Wolfe, Goaltender: 2013–14
• Kelty Apperson, Forward: 2015–16,
• Eliza Snider, Defense: 2016–17 First Team
• Lauren Henman, Forward: 2018–19
• Alexandra Woods, Defense: 2017–18, 2018–19

Second Team

• Emily Hobbs, Goaltender: 2003–04
• Hannah Muir, Forward: 2003–04
• Lucrèce Nussbaum, Defense: 2008–09, 2009–10
• Julia Sharun, Goaltender: 2010–11
• Kayla Blackmore, Forward: 2011–12
• Katie Brewster, Forward: 2012–13, 2013–14
• Kelty Apperson, Forward: 2016–17
• Jessie McCann, Defense: 2015–16, 2016–17
• Abby Clarke, Goaltender: 2018–19
• Emily Oleksuk, Forward: 2018–19
• Caroline Pietroski, Goaltender: 2021–22
• Aislynn Byers, Defense, 2021–22
• Alex Woods, Defense, 2019–20, 2021–22

AUS All-Rookies

• Julia Sharun, Goaltender: 2008–09
• Kayla Blackmore, Forward: 2008–09
• Kristin Wolfe, Goaltender: 2009–10
• Amy Kelbaugh, Forward: 2009–10
• Danielle Miller, Forward: 2011–12
• Eliza Snider, Defense: 2012–13
• Becky Conner, Forward: 2014–15
• Lauren Henman, Forward: 2014–15
• Jessie McCann, Defense: 2015–16
• Lauren Legault, Forward: 2016–17
• Alexandra Woods, Defense: 2016–17
• Olivia Reid, Forward: 2017–18
• Aislynn Byers, Defense: 2019–20
• Erin Arsenault, Forward: 2019–20
• Amy Dvernichuk, Forward: 2022–23

University Awards

• Kelly Hogg: 2006 St. Thomas University Tommies Coastal Graphics Female Athlete of the Year (co-winner)
• Kayla Blackmore: 2013 St. Thomas University Tommies Coastal Graphics Female Athlete of the Year
• Kelty Apperson: 2016 and 2017 St. Thomas University Tommies Coastal Graphics Female Athlete of the Year^[14]
• Abby Clarke: 2019 St. Thomas University Tommies Coastal Graphics Female Athlete of the Year
• Florence Awde: 2022 St. Thomas University Tom McCann Memorial Trophy – Student ideal among graduating members of the University

Team Awards

Most Valuable Player 1998–99: Kristy Dionne 1999–2000: Kristy Dionne 2000–01: Natalie Oake 2001–02: Cindy Fraser 2002–03: Hannah Muir 2003–04: Emily Hobbs 2006–07: Karlee Shields 2007–08: Ashley Duguay 2008–09: Julia Sharun 2009–10: Kayla Blackmore 2010–11: Kayla Blackmore 2011–12: Kayla Blackmore 2012–13: Kayla Blackmore 2013–14: Kristin Wolfe 2014–15: Kelty Apperson 2015–16: Kelty Apperson 2016–17: Kelty Apperson 2017–18: Abby Clarke 2018–19: Abby Clarke 2019–20: Emily Oleksuk 2021–22: Mariah Carey 2022–23: Caroline Pietroski

Most Improved Player 1999–2000: Stacey Kane 2001–02: Missy Cormier 2002–03: Alanna MacNevin 2003–04: Amy Simpson 2006–07: Renee Edison 2007–08: Renee Edison 2008–09: Nicole Dube 2009–10: Amanda Burns 2010–11: Andrea Fisher 2011–12: Carly Critch 2012–13: Stephanie Gates 2013–14: Laura Bray 2014–15: Cassidy McTaggart 2015–16: Samantha Squires 2016–17: Alisha Gilbert 2017–18: Mariah Carey 2018–19: Megan Pardy 2019–20: Mariah Carey 2021–22: Libby Howatt 2022–23: Natalie McKay

Rookie of the Year 2001–02: Kelly Manual 2002–03: Hannah Muir 2003–04: Rebekah Thompson 2006–07: Karlee Shields 2007–08: Dominique Bernier 2008–09: Julia Sharun 2009–10: Amy Kelbaugh 2010–11: Jordan Miller 2011–12: Dani Miller 2012–13: Kelty Apperson 2013–14: Myfanwy Thomson 2014–15: Becky Conner 2015–16: Emily Oleksuk 2016–17: Alex Woods 2017–18: Olivia Reid 2018–19: Florence Awde 2019–20: Caroline Pietroski 2021–22: Ekatarina Pelowich 2022–23: Amy Dvernichuk

Top Defensive Player 2001–02: Kelly Manual 2002–03: Marie-Paule Deveau 2003–04: Kelly Manuel 2006–07: Rebekah Thompson 2007–08: Lucrece Nussbaum 2008–09: Lucrece Nussbaum 2009–10: Lucrece Nussbaum 2010–11: Courteney Fox 2011–12: Courteney Fox 2012–13: Courtney Fox 2013–14: Caley Steinert 2014–15: Eliza Snider 2015–16: Eliza Snider and Caley Steinert 2016–17: Eliza Snider 2017–18: Alex Woods and Teah Anderson 2018–19: Emily Oleksuk 2019–20: Alex Woods 2021–22: Alex Woods 2022–23: Aislynn Byers

Tommies in professional hockey

= CWHL All-Star

= NWHL All-Star

= Clarkson Cup Champion

= Isobel Cup Champion

Player	Position	Team(s)	League(s)	Years	Titles
Kelty Apperson	Defense	Calgary Inferno SDE Hockey	CWHL SDHL	4 Active player	2019 Clarkson Cup
Taylor Cook	Goaltender	Vålerenga	Norway

See also

St. Thomas (New Brunswick) Tommies men's ice hockey

References

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7. "McGill's Daoust named player of the year". presto-en.usports.ca. March 6, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
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14. Nathan DeLong (April 2, 2017). "Apperson, Blinn named Athletes of the Year". theaquinian.net. Retrieved 2021-06-07.

External links

• Official website