Hockey collégial féminin RSEQ

History

Prior to the existence of the League, some collegial teams played with university teams in the Quebec University Women's Hockey League (QSSF). The first-ever Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) National title for women's ice hockey was held at the end of the 1997-98 CIAU season and two Québécois college teams participated at the tournament: Cégep St-Laurent and Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. The Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA was founded in 1999 to provide opportunities for young females to develop into collegiate student-athletes. It was developed to bring together teams that regularly produce players for competition at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey championship and NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship levels, respectively. The inaugural season was in 1999-2000, and the Patriotes du collège St-Laurent won the Playoff Championship title. A national championship for college athletics in Canada was approved at the advent of the 2001-02 season.

Current teams

The Hockey collégial féminin RSEQ consists of 8 college teams:

Cheminots du Cégep St-Jérôme, localized in St-Jérôme.

Dragons du Collège Laflèche, localied in Trois-Rivières.

Dawson College Blues, localized in the west of downtown Montreal.

John Abbott Islanders, localized in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue in Montreal's West Island.

Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit, localized in Longueuil

Nordiques du Collège Lionel-Groulx, localized in Sainte-Thérèse

Patriotes du Cégep St-Laurent, localized in Montreal

Titans du Cégep Limoilou, localized in Limoilou a borough of Quebec City.

Former teams

Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, localized in Montreal.

Faucons du Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon (close in 2010) localized in Lévis, near Quebec city.

Trappeurs du Cégep Marie-Victorin (close in 2008) localized in Montreal.

Expansion

The league has ambitions to expand from 8 teams to up to 10 teams for the 2012-13 season. The two proposed teams to be added are:

Cougars du Collège Champlain localzed in Lennoxville.

Pionniers du Cégep de Rimouski localized in Rimouski.

Championship regular season

The team that claims the regular season championship does so by accumualting the best won-loss record in a season consisting of 21 matches:

2011-12 – Titans du Cégep Limoilou

2010-11 – Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit

2009-10 – Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit

2008-09 – Dawson College Blues

2007-08 – Cheminots du Cégep St-Jérôme

2006-07 – Dawson College Blues

2005-06 – Cheminots du Cégep du St-Jérôme

2004-05 – Patriotes du Cégep St-Laurent

2003-04 – Non-available

2002-03 – Non-available

2001-02 – Non-available

2000-01 – Non-available

1999-2000 – Non-available

Championship playoff

Following the regular season, a playoff is held to determine the Collégial women's champion in Quebec. A list of collégial winners includes (winner is in bold):

The semi-finals and the finals was presented at the Centre Étienne Desmarteau

winner: Patriotes du Cégep St-Laurent

Semi-finals and Championship Final game 2010

winner: Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit

Semi-finals and Championship Final game

winner:Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit

Championship Final games

winner:Cheminots du Cégep St-Jérôme

Championship Final games

winner:Dawson Blues

Championship Final games

winner:Cheminots du cégep St-Jérôme

Championship Final game

winner:Cheminots du cégep St-Jérôme

Playoff 2003-04 – Non-available

Playoff 2002-03 – Non-available

Playoff 2001-02 – Non-available

Playoff 2000-01 – Non-available

Playoff 1999-2000 – Patriotes du Collège St-Laurent

International matches

August 30, 2010 – Norway women national team vs Dragons du Collège Laflèche

August 28 and 29, 2010 – Norway women national team vs Titans du Cégep Limoilou

Scoring leaders

Individual statistics are not available for the other seasons.

Goaltending Leaders

Individual statistics are not available for the other seasons.

Season 2011-12

Player of the Year Award:

Rookie of the Year Award:

Fair-play Award:

Season 2010-11

Player of the Year Award: Mélodie Daoust, Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit.

Rookie of the Year Award: Cassandra Poudrier, Dawson Blues.

Fair-play Award: Emmanuelle Dumont, Dragons du Collège Laflèche

Season 2009-10

Player of the Year Award: Josianne Legault, Dragons du Collège Laflèche

Rookie of the Year Award: Mélodie Daoust, Lynx du Édouard-Montpetit

Fair-play Award: Emmanuelle Dumont, Dragons du Collège Laflèche

Season 2008-09

Player of the Year Award: Marie-Philip Poulin, Dawson Blues

Rookie of the Year Award: Marie-Philip Poulin, Dawson Blues

Fair-play Award: Katia Clément-Heydra, Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit

Awards and individual honors are not available for the other seasons.

Notable players

Catherine Ward, (Dawson Blues) – McGill Martlets and Canada National women Team.

Marie-Philip Poulin, (Dawson Blues) – Canada National women Team.

Ann-Sophie Bettez, (Dawson Blues) – McGill Martlets and Canada's national women's under-22 team.

Lauriane Rougeau, (Cheminots du Cegep St-Jérôme and Dawson Blues) – Montreal Stars (CWHL), Canada's National women's team Under-18 team and Canada's national women's under-22 team.

Emmanuelle Blais, (Dawson Blues) – Montreal Stars (CWHL).

Marie-Andrée Leclerc-Auger, (Cheminots du Cegep St-Jérôme) – McGill Martlets and Montreal Carabins

Kelly Sudia, (John Abbott Islanders) – Concordia Stingers, Montreal Stars (CWHL).

Donna Ringrose, (John Abbott Islanders) – Concordia Stingers, Montreal Stars (CWHL).

Tawnya Danis, (John Abbott Islanders) – Concordia Stingers, Montreal Stars (CWHL).

Josée-Ann Deschênes, (Cheminots du Cegep St-Jérôme) – Montreal Carabins and Montreal Stars (CWHL).

Mélodie Daoust, (Lynx du College Edouard-Montpetit) – McGill Martlets Canada's National women's team Under-18 team.

Roxanne Douville, (Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit) – Vermont Catamounts and Canada's national women's under-22 team.

Katia Clément-Heydra (Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit), McGill Martlets

Janique Duval (Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit), Montreal Carabins

Ariane Barker, (Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit) – Montreal Carabins

Maude Gélinas, (Lynx du Collège Édouard-Montpetit) – Montreal Carabins