Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

Under the guidance of head coach Les Lawton, the 1997-98 Concordia Stingers women's hockey team posted a 32-4 win-loss record. They won all 14 of their regular season Quebec conference games. The UQTR Patriotes were no match in the playoffs as Concordia disposed of them in two straight games - the scores were 10-1 and 6-3.

The Stingers played exhibition games against the top American universities, including Brown, Dartmouth and Providence, and chalked up an 8-0 record. In fact, the Stingers did not lose to a university team on either side of the border that season.

Concordia hosted the inaugural Canadian university women's hockey championship on the Loyola campus Feb. 26 through March 1. The Stingers eked out a 1-0 victory over the Toronto Varsity Blues and then beat the Alberta Pandas 7-0 in the preliminary round. The Guelph Gryphons were dispatched 3-0 in the semifinals.

The Stingers defeated the Toronto Varsity Blues 4-1 before a sellout crowd on Loyola campus to win the gold medal at the inaugural CIAU championship. They own a piece of women's hockey history as the first ever gold medallists.

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