The Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey team was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represented Niagara University.

In 2002, Niagara appeared in the Frozen Four but lost in the semi-finals to Minnesota Duluth by a score of 3–2.

In the 2002–03 season, the team changed athletic conference from ECAC to College Hockey America.

On May 20, 2009, Chris MacKenzie was named the second head coach at Niagara in program history.

[4][5] On March 19, 2012, the school announced that it was cancelling its women's ice hockey program.