| Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's ice hockey | |
|---|---|
 | |
| University | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Conference | OUA |
| First season | 1994-95 |
| Head coach | Kelly Paton 2nd season |
| Assistant coaches | Steve Langdon and Nik Knezic |
| Arena | Golden Hawks Athletic Complex Waterloo, Ontario |
| Colors | Purple and Gold |
| Mascot | Golden Hawk |
| U Sports Tournament championships | |
| 2004-05 | |
| Conference Tournament championships | |
| 1998-99, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2013-14 | |
The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's ice hockey team is the women's college ice hockey team that represents the Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. The team competes as a member of the Ontario University Athletics (OUA), under the U Sports association. The Golden Hawks play their home games at Sunlife Financial Arena.
Since joining the OUA in the 1994–95 season, the team has won 11 OUA provincial titles and 1 U Sports national title (2004–05).[1]
The current coach is former New Hampshire Wildcats Hockey East All-Star forward Kelly Paton, who took over in 2018.[2] Also a former player for the Boston Blades, Paton had previously coached the Western Mustangs women's hockey team as well as the London Devilettes of the Provincial Women's Hockey League.
Prior to Paton, the head coach was Rick Osborne. Osborne joined the team in 2003 and brought the team to 9 provincial championships and the only national title they have won. He retired after 15 seasons.[3][4]
- ^ "Ontario University Athletics (OUA)". www.oua.ca. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "Kelly Paton named head coach of Golden Hawks WHKY program". www.laurierathletics.com. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "Longtime women's hockey coach Rick Osborne announces retirement". Campus Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ Modi, Namish (2018-01-18). "Legendary Laurier coach Osborne announces retirement". WaterlooChronicle.ca. Retrieved 2020-02-25.