By Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press
The Canadian Women's Hockey League is expanding to Calgary and the Western Women's Hockey League has decided to disband.
The CWHL, made up of teams in Toronto, Brampton, Burlington, Montreal and Boston, announced Tuesday it plans to have a team in Calgary operating for the 2011-12 season.
The Calgary team will be made up of players from former WWHL clubs in Edmonton, Strathmore, Alta., Winnipeg and Minnesota.
Those players who aren't on the Calgary will have to find another place to play. The CWHL's business plan is to add more western teams when it can afford to do so.
"There will only be one league now across North America and that will be our leagues together," CWHL executive director Brenda Andress said.
"In the past year and half, we've looked around and said, how can we make ourselves stronger? One of the ways we've done that is to combine us into one league."
Former Strathmore Rockies player and governor Samantha Holmes says there will be short-term pain in the creation of one league.
"With the dissolving of the WWHL, we have a lot of players to take care of. We'll be working with the CWHL to try to figure out the best route to take on that," Holmes said. "The reality of it is, women's hockey is at a spot where we're either going to move ahead or stay where we are. This is our opportunity."
There was a single women's league in Canada earlier this decade called the National Women's Hockey League. Western teams broke away because of high travel costs. The NWHL suspended operations in 2007 and the current CWHL rose from the ashes, driven by the players themselves.
The CWHL owns its teams in a model similar to Major League Soccer. The league is in the process of raising money via sponsorships and fundraising to pay for the new team, which will have higher travel costs than its eastern counterparts.
Andress says operating Calgary as a pilot project next season on an abbreviated schedule will cost at least $200,000.
"Really what we're looking for is a lot more than that," she said. "To do it the way we want to do it requires close to half a million dollars."
The team has a manager, but not a coach or a home arena yet. The CWHL is looking at the new WinSport ice complex at Calgary's Canada Olympic Park as a possibility.
"I think it's a good move, but you have to do it the right way and we need really good corporate support and interest in Calgary," said Canadian national team captain Hayley Wickenheiser. "It would be nice to have a team that's housed and plays out of WinSport in the facility where Hockey Canada will be and maybe play some satellite games outside the city.
"I think we can draw some of the best players in the world to Calgary."
Wickenheiser still intends to play hockey a second year for the University of Calgary next season, but says she could play for the CWHL team in the future.
"I'm helping them as much as I can when they've asked me," she said.
One league might be more attractive to the NHL, as there have been rumblings the league is considering getting involved in women's hockey. Andress says she has been receiving advice from the NHL.
"The NHL has made statements over and over again that they believe in the women's game, support the women's hockey game," she said. "
"They're still working with us and I truly believe they will do what's right. They'll support the women's game in a way that allows us to move forward with providing a professional league. What way they're going to that, I don't know."
Copyright © 2011 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Hockey notes: Montreal Stars win Clarkson Cup
Highest honour in women's hockey
The Gazette, Postmedia News March 28, 2011
The Gazette, Postmedia News March 28, 2011
The Montreal Stars' Dominique Thibault (left) scores a goal during the Clarkson Cup final Sunday against Toronto.
MONTREAL - The Montreal Stars have been crowned 2011 Clarkson Cup champions after defeating Toronto 5-0 on Sunday in the tournament's final game.
It is the second Clarkson Cup title for the Stars, the highest honour in North American women's hockey. The Stars were perfect throughout the tournament, winning all three round-robin games and capping it off with Sunday's win.
The Stars got goals from Noémie Marin, Vanessa Davidson, Dominique Thibault, Caroline Ouellette and Sarah Vaillancourt. Montreal goalie Kim St. Pierre made 26 saves for the shutout, while Sami Jo Small made 46 saves in a losing effort.
Source: © Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette
MONTREAL - The Montreal Stars have been crowned 2011 Clarkson Cup champions after defeating Toronto 5-0 on Sunday in the tournament's final game.
It is the second Clarkson Cup title for the Stars, the highest honour in North American women's hockey. The Stars were perfect throughout the tournament, winning all three round-robin games and capping it off with Sunday's win.
The Stars got goals from Noémie Marin, Vanessa Davidson, Dominique Thibault, Caroline Ouellette and Sarah Vaillancourt. Montreal goalie Kim St. Pierre made 26 saves for the shutout, while Sami Jo Small made 46 saves in a losing effort.
Source: © Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette
Saturday, March 26, 2011
CWHL stars juggle work and play
‘We usually have to pay our own way ... it takes a big commitment’
By STEPHEN SWEET – Special to the Examiner
It's the dream of many kids to one day play hockey for a living.
For most of the women at the Clarkson Cup, that's still something that they hope to aspire to one day.
Unlike most professional sports, where the athletes will earn a living wage, players in the Canadian Women's Hockey League — or its western counterpart — often end up with a net loss by the end of the season.
"We usually have to pay our own way," said Minnesota Whitecaps defenceman Chelsey Brodt-Rosenthal. "Our vacation days from work end up going to hockey, and it takes a big commitment."
With all of the teams staying at Horseshoe Valley Resort for the length of Clarkson Cup, presented by Scotiabank, it's meant taking at least a few days off of work.
"I took an unpaid day to come here, and I was still checking my e-mails on the way here on Wednesday," said Montreal defenceman Nathalie Dery, a vice-principal at a high school in Lachine, Quebec.
Dery was named the game's second star Friday night as the Montreal Hockey Club defeated the Brampton Hockey Club 7-4 to earn a spot in Sunday's final.
"We had a really good game," Dery said. "Even when we ran into penalty trouble, we stuck to our game."
Dery keeps herself busy, thanks to work in the school, as well as being an assistant coach for Concordia University's women's hockey team. She's doing all of this while taking her Master's degree.
"On a typical day, I wake up at 5 a.m. and work at the school from 7 a.m. to (at least) 4 or 5 p.m.," Dery said.
"From there, I go and coach the Concordia practice, come home to grab supper, and then go out and practice with my team."
Some of the players, like Brampton forward and former National Team member Lori Dupuis, try to find jobs that allow them to create their own schedules.
"I think you see a lot of females in this game getting into jobs that have shift work," said Dupuis, a mortgage broker.
"It can create the ability to get times off."
Given that almost everybody who plays in the women's game has come through university, they're given the tools to succeed.
"That's one of the good things about women's hockey," Dupuis said. "We're all educated, and we can go wherever we want with our jobs."
Many of them, like Minnesota captain Winny Brodt-Brown, choose to work somewhere within the game, because of the understanding there.
"The good thing is, my boss is a hockey guy," said Brodt-Brown, who works for a hockey accessory company alongside teammate and defence partner Allie Sanchez.
"We're able to get off for tournaments and such, because they're cool with it."
For some of the more local players, like Toronto forward Frances McPhail, she wasn't able to get time off of work.
"I work at Twist Sport Conditioning in Burlington, in what's typically a 9-5 job," said McPhail, an Oakville native.
But when you have to work on days where you play a 12 p.m. game, you have to get creative.
"The past two days, I got to work at eight and worked until 10 a.m.," McPhail said. "Then, I jump in the car and drive up to Barrie to play."
It meant she missed the pre-game warmup on Thursday, though she did make it up here in time for it on Friday.
"Then, I jump back in my car, drive an hour and a half to Burlington, and work until 8:30 p.m.," McPhail said.
The players put themselves through this difficult juggling act because of both necessity to work and love for the game.
"I just enjoy the game so much," said Dery, who is considering retirement after the tournament ends. "I like it a lot, so I just live in the moment."
There's also the thought that if they don't make it through these times, the next generation won't even get that shot.
"We want to see it continue to grow, so that my nieces, 15 years from now, will have a spot to play," Brodt-Brown said. "That's why we're playing, for an opportunity."
By STEPHEN SWEET – Special to the Examiner
It's the dream of many kids to one day play hockey for a living.
For most of the women at the Clarkson Cup, that's still something that they hope to aspire to one day.
Unlike most professional sports, where the athletes will earn a living wage, players in the Canadian Women's Hockey League — or its western counterpart — often end up with a net loss by the end of the season.
"We usually have to pay our own way," said Minnesota Whitecaps defenceman Chelsey Brodt-Rosenthal. "Our vacation days from work end up going to hockey, and it takes a big commitment."
With all of the teams staying at Horseshoe Valley Resort for the length of Clarkson Cup, presented by Scotiabank, it's meant taking at least a few days off of work.
"I took an unpaid day to come here, and I was still checking my e-mails on the way here on Wednesday," said Montreal defenceman Nathalie Dery, a vice-principal at a high school in Lachine, Quebec.
Dery was named the game's second star Friday night as the Montreal Hockey Club defeated the Brampton Hockey Club 7-4 to earn a spot in Sunday's final.
"We had a really good game," Dery said. "Even when we ran into penalty trouble, we stuck to our game."
Dery keeps herself busy, thanks to work in the school, as well as being an assistant coach for Concordia University's women's hockey team. She's doing all of this while taking her Master's degree.
"On a typical day, I wake up at 5 a.m. and work at the school from 7 a.m. to (at least) 4 or 5 p.m.," Dery said.
"From there, I go and coach the Concordia practice, come home to grab supper, and then go out and practice with my team."
Some of the players, like Brampton forward and former National Team member Lori Dupuis, try to find jobs that allow them to create their own schedules.
"I think you see a lot of females in this game getting into jobs that have shift work," said Dupuis, a mortgage broker.
"It can create the ability to get times off."
Given that almost everybody who plays in the women's game has come through university, they're given the tools to succeed.
"That's one of the good things about women's hockey," Dupuis said. "We're all educated, and we can go wherever we want with our jobs."
Many of them, like Minnesota captain Winny Brodt-Brown, choose to work somewhere within the game, because of the understanding there.
"The good thing is, my boss is a hockey guy," said Brodt-Brown, who works for a hockey accessory company alongside teammate and defence partner Allie Sanchez.
"We're able to get off for tournaments and such, because they're cool with it."
For some of the more local players, like Toronto forward Frances McPhail, she wasn't able to get time off of work.
"I work at Twist Sport Conditioning in Burlington, in what's typically a 9-5 job," said McPhail, an Oakville native.
But when you have to work on days where you play a 12 p.m. game, you have to get creative.
"The past two days, I got to work at eight and worked until 10 a.m.," McPhail said. "Then, I jump in the car and drive up to Barrie to play."
It meant she missed the pre-game warmup on Thursday, though she did make it up here in time for it on Friday.
"Then, I jump back in my car, drive an hour and a half to Burlington, and work until 8:30 p.m.," McPhail said.
The players put themselves through this difficult juggling act because of both necessity to work and love for the game.
"I just enjoy the game so much," said Dery, who is considering retirement after the tournament ends. "I like it a lot, so I just live in the moment."
There's also the thought that if they don't make it through these times, the next generation won't even get that shot.
"We want to see it continue to grow, so that my nieces, 15 years from now, will have a spot to play," Brodt-Brown said. "That's why we're playing, for an opportunity."
Source: http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3045358
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Canada's Best Women's Hockey Players Battle for Clarkson Cup
Adrienne Clarkson was thrilled to hear players would not touch the hockey trophy named after her, unless they'd won it.
Canada's former governor general donated the Clarkson Cup to be given annually to the best women's hockey team in the country.
NHL players don't want their fingers on the Stanley Cup unless they've won it.
Brampton forward Cherie Piper refused to handle the trophy on its recent tour of Barrie, Ont., where the third Clarkson Cup championship opens Thursday.
"Goodness, is that superstition or what?" Clarkson said. "It's become an object of important and has magic qualities.
"That's what I like. We have to have something for women that has that magic quality the way the Stanley Cup does."
Defending champion Minnesota, Montreal, Brampton and Toronto will battle for the Clarkson Cup. The winner will be crowned Sunday (TSN, tape delay 8 p.m. ET).
The championship features Canadian Olympians Piper, Jayna Hefford, Jennifer Botterill, Gillian Apps, Sarah Vaillancourt, Caroline Ouellette and Charline Labonte, as well as Julie Chu, Jenny Potter and Molly Engstrom from the U.S. Olympic team.
After handing the Clarkson Cup to the victor the last two years, Clarkson will be travelling in Europe and unable to attend this year's tournament. She's leaving the presentation of the silver trophy to her daughters Kyra and Blaise.
Minnesota represents the four-team Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL), while the other three clubs are part of the five-team Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).
A change to the format this year has made the tournament longer. All teams play each other in a round robin Thursday to Saturday with the top two teams meeting in Sunday's final at the Barrie Molson Centre. Last year, the tournament consisted of just two semifinals and a final.
"That's a big step for us because it's more games," said Sami Jo Small, both Toronto's goalie and vice-chair of the CWHL.
"Because this is the biggest thing we have in women's hockey next to the world championship, we really wanted it to be a real festival. We wanted to create sort of a Memorial Cup-style event."
Toronto meets Brampton and Minnesota takes on 2009 champ Montreal to open the tournament Thursday.
Both women's hockey leagues in Canada are aiming for stability in the hopes their product will attract more sponsors and move them further on the road to becoming professional leagues. The CWHL is currently the more robust of the two leagues.
The CWHL brought Boston on board this season, which allowed American players on the U.S. Eastern seaboard to play in the league without having to relocate to Canada. The CWHL is a half-million dollar operation now, according to Small.
The CWHL also held a draft last summer for the first time and contracted from four to three teams in the Greater Toronto Area to make the clubs stronger and ensure parity.
The WWHL operated only three teams last season and went up to four this year with the addition of Manitoba. The league still lacks a team in Calgary. The Oval X-Treme suspended operations two seasons ago because of financial issues.
Many national team players moved from Alberta to Ontario to play in the CWHL this year, including defenceman Tessa Bonhomme and defender Delaney Collins.
Clarkson is a proponent of a women's pro league.
"They want to play hockey so much, so why do they have to have a day job and then play?" she asked. "We won our gold medal in 2010. We are really good as players.
"Why do we have to have anything like this, this idea that we're not good enough somehow to play professionally? Women want to be professional hockey players. We should be the first in the world to do it because hockey is our game."
How far the leagues are from professionalism depends on the money, Small says. While the CWHL has signed a few sponsors to three-year deals, it's still not an easy sell despite the exposure of the women's game at the 2010 Winter Games.
"It's a constant struggle," she says. "Being the sponsorship chairman of the CWHL, it's not so much you get 'no' and they're not interested in women's hockey. It's that they're supportive, but 'oh, we don't have the money right now."'
Small says the Olympics boosted the CWHL's attendance this season from "mom and dads" to an average of about 200 people per game. At $5 a ticket or $50 for season tickets, it's welcome revenue.
"We didn't really budget for much income from attendance and it definitely exceeded our expectations 10-fold," she says.
The CWHL has held off naming its teams to give prospective sponsors a say in the name, or at least get some marketing bang when they do name a team.
In the case of Toronto, they've enlisted the help of History television's "Name This" contest. From such submissions as the Toronto Fire Antz and Ontario Amazonz, the short-list includes Force, Snipes, Fury, Tornadoes and Vamps. Toronto's new name will be announced Thursday, says Small.
The team squeaked into the Clarkson Cup with a 3-1 win over Boston on March 12.
"We'd just come off a weekend where we'd lost two games to Burlington that was below us in the standings," Small says. "I'd never seen our team play like that before, diving in front of pucks and blocking shots. They really wanted to get to the Clarkson Cup."
Source: TSN (http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/story/?id=359229)
Canada's former governor general donated the Clarkson Cup to be given annually to the best women's hockey team in the country.
NHL players don't want their fingers on the Stanley Cup unless they've won it.
Brampton forward Cherie Piper refused to handle the trophy on its recent tour of Barrie, Ont., where the third Clarkson Cup championship opens Thursday.
"Goodness, is that superstition or what?" Clarkson said. "It's become an object of important and has magic qualities.
"That's what I like. We have to have something for women that has that magic quality the way the Stanley Cup does."
Defending champion Minnesota, Montreal, Brampton and Toronto will battle for the Clarkson Cup. The winner will be crowned Sunday (TSN, tape delay 8 p.m. ET).
The championship features Canadian Olympians Piper, Jayna Hefford, Jennifer Botterill, Gillian Apps, Sarah Vaillancourt, Caroline Ouellette and Charline Labonte, as well as Julie Chu, Jenny Potter and Molly Engstrom from the U.S. Olympic team.
After handing the Clarkson Cup to the victor the last two years, Clarkson will be travelling in Europe and unable to attend this year's tournament. She's leaving the presentation of the silver trophy to her daughters Kyra and Blaise.
Minnesota represents the four-team Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL), while the other three clubs are part of the five-team Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).
A change to the format this year has made the tournament longer. All teams play each other in a round robin Thursday to Saturday with the top two teams meeting in Sunday's final at the Barrie Molson Centre. Last year, the tournament consisted of just two semifinals and a final.
"That's a big step for us because it's more games," said Sami Jo Small, both Toronto's goalie and vice-chair of the CWHL.
"Because this is the biggest thing we have in women's hockey next to the world championship, we really wanted it to be a real festival. We wanted to create sort of a Memorial Cup-style event."
Toronto meets Brampton and Minnesota takes on 2009 champ Montreal to open the tournament Thursday.
Both women's hockey leagues in Canada are aiming for stability in the hopes their product will attract more sponsors and move them further on the road to becoming professional leagues. The CWHL is currently the more robust of the two leagues.
The CWHL brought Boston on board this season, which allowed American players on the U.S. Eastern seaboard to play in the league without having to relocate to Canada. The CWHL is a half-million dollar operation now, according to Small.
The CWHL also held a draft last summer for the first time and contracted from four to three teams in the Greater Toronto Area to make the clubs stronger and ensure parity.
The WWHL operated only three teams last season and went up to four this year with the addition of Manitoba. The league still lacks a team in Calgary. The Oval X-Treme suspended operations two seasons ago because of financial issues.
Many national team players moved from Alberta to Ontario to play in the CWHL this year, including defenceman Tessa Bonhomme and defender Delaney Collins.
Clarkson is a proponent of a women's pro league.
"They want to play hockey so much, so why do they have to have a day job and then play?" she asked. "We won our gold medal in 2010. We are really good as players.
"Why do we have to have anything like this, this idea that we're not good enough somehow to play professionally? Women want to be professional hockey players. We should be the first in the world to do it because hockey is our game."
How far the leagues are from professionalism depends on the money, Small says. While the CWHL has signed a few sponsors to three-year deals, it's still not an easy sell despite the exposure of the women's game at the 2010 Winter Games.
"It's a constant struggle," she says. "Being the sponsorship chairman of the CWHL, it's not so much you get 'no' and they're not interested in women's hockey. It's that they're supportive, but 'oh, we don't have the money right now."'
Small says the Olympics boosted the CWHL's attendance this season from "mom and dads" to an average of about 200 people per game. At $5 a ticket or $50 for season tickets, it's welcome revenue.
"We didn't really budget for much income from attendance and it definitely exceeded our expectations 10-fold," she says.
The CWHL has held off naming its teams to give prospective sponsors a say in the name, or at least get some marketing bang when they do name a team.
In the case of Toronto, they've enlisted the help of History television's "Name This" contest. From such submissions as the Toronto Fire Antz and Ontario Amazonz, the short-list includes Force, Snipes, Fury, Tornadoes and Vamps. Toronto's new name will be announced Thursday, says Small.
The team squeaked into the Clarkson Cup with a 3-1 win over Boston on March 12.
"We'd just come off a weekend where we'd lost two games to Burlington that was below us in the standings," Small says. "I'd never seen our team play like that before, diving in front of pucks and blocking shots. They really wanted to get to the Clarkson Cup."
Source: TSN (http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/story/?id=359229)
Monday, March 14, 2011
Montréal reigns supreme in women’s hockey
by Hélène Lapointe
photo by Pasquale Stalteri
The Montreal club has come out on top as the CWHL’s regular season Champion. They beat the number 2 seed Brampton in two straight games this weekend in Montreal. The playoff victory confirms Montréal’s considerable talents, having maintained the top spot in the league since the first puck dropped at the beginning of the season. This gives them home-ice advantage at the Clarkson Cup Championship on March 24-27 in Barrie Ontario, where North America’s best clubs will compete for the ultimate prize in elite women’s club hockey.
On Friday evening, an imposing Gillian Apps opened the scoring for Brampton, minutes into the first period. Caroline Ouellette replied for Montréal, to tie the game at 1-1, a score that stuck until the end of the game. Although Montréal dominated play with 44 shots on goal against Brampton’s 25, Brampton’s stellar goaltending, first by Laura Hosier, who was later taken off injured, and later by Kira Hurley, also stalwart in Saturday’s game. Things still winless after the 5-minute overtime, teams picked their top shooters. Finally, after 9 shots were equalized, Team captain Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux sealed the deal in front of the jubilant crowd at Concordia’s University Ed Meagher arena.
Brampton (who went to the box 9 times Friday) maintained their physical play Saturday, in front of an excitable crowd at the McGill University arena on “Fan Appreciation Night”. Brampton captain Jayna Hefford scored early, but 10 minutes later, Sabrina Harbec replied. Montreal added three goals in the third period, Brampton only 2, sealing a 4-3 victory.
A dynamic duo during their time at Harvard, Olympians Sarah Vaillancourt (Team Canada) and Julie Chu (Team USA), stood out this weekend. Vaillancourt scored one goal and two assists, including one of the most spectacular goals of the playoff, a wicked one-timer from the face-off circle that beat Hurley over her shoulder top shoulder. Chu, for her part, got three assists and mastered the blue line. “We were ready to play them,” said captain Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux. “We knew there would play a very physical game and prepared ourselves accordingly. We plan on re-living this experience at the Clarkson Cup,” she added.
THREE-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST AND FIVE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION JENNIFER BOTTERILL ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
WINNIPEG, Man. – Hockey Canada announced Monday that Jennifer Botterill, one of only four Canadians to take part in all four Olympic women’s hockey tournaments and a three-time Olympic gold medallist, is retiring from Canada’s National Women’s Team.
Botterill played 184 games in a Team Canada jersey – third all-time behind Hayley Wickenheiser and Jayna Hefford – recording 65 goals and 109 assists for 174 points, good for fifth all-time. She also played nine games for Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Team, winning a gold medal at the 1998 Christmas Cup in Germany before captaining the team in a three-game series against the United States in August 1999.
The Winnipeg, Man., native won 16 gold medals during her 14-year career (1997-2010) with Canada’s National Women’s Team, including three at the Olympic Winter Games (2002, 2006, 2010), five at the IIHF World Women’s Championship (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007) seven at the 3 Nations/4 Nations Cup (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009) and at the 2005 Torino Ice Tournament.
Botterill was named Most Valuable Player at the 2001 and 2004 IIHF World Women’s Championships, took home Top Forward honours as well in 2001 and earned a spot on the Media All-Star Team at the 2004 IIHF World Women’s Championship and 2006 Olympic Winter Games. And on February 25, 2010, Botterill set up the gold medal winning goal by Marie-Philip Poulin.
“I will always be grateful for all that hockey has given me in my playing career,” said Botterill. “I will forever treasure the experiences and opportunities that have come my way through this game. Thanks to all my teammates, coaches and trainers that have supported me over the years. I am very excited to start another chapter in my life and look forward to the possibilities that are ahead of me.”
“Throughout her career with Canada’s National Women’s Team, Jennifer Botterill has been a role model for young girls playing hockey across the country, and I am sure she will continue to do so even in retirement,” said Bob Nicholson, president and CEO of Hockey Canada. “We wish her the best in her future projects, and look forward to working with her to help continue to grow the women’s game. Her infectious smile and cheerful personality will be missed in the dressing room and on the ice.”
At the club team level, Botterill twice won gold at the Esso Women’s Nationals, in 2005 with the Toronto Aeros and 2008 with the Mississauga Chiefs, and was the first recipient of the Angela James Bowl as leading scorer of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League in its inaugural 2007-08 season, when she also picked up the league’s Top Forward award.
She spent four seasons at Harvard University (1998-2001, 2002-03), recording 319 points in 107 games and winning the Patty Kazmaier Award as the top player in U.S. women’s college hockey in 2000-01 and 2002-03, making her the only player to win the award twice. Botterill, who scored the overtime winner for Harvard to give it the American Women’s College Hockey Alliance national championship in 1999, finished her college career with at least one point in 106 of her 107 career games, including a record 80 games in a row.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Playoff Time - 2010/2011 CWHL Season
It's already that time of year... Playoffs. Feels like just last week we were hosting the first ever Women's Hockey draft and here we are, already coming to the conclusion of the 2010/2011 season.
The final standings for the regular season:
Montreal - 46 Points
Brampton - 39 Points
Boston - 21 Points
Toronto - 21 Points
Burlington - 14 Points
Montreal HC - Caroline Ouellette
Brampton HC - Gillian Apps
Brampton HC traveling to play Montreal HC this weekend for bragging rights of the first round of the playoffs. The first and second place teams will be playing Friday March 11th at 4:30pm at Concordia University (Ed Meagher Arena), Saturday March 12th at McGill University (McConnell Arena McGill) at 6:30pm and Sunday facing off at 1:30pm at Leo Crepin Arena.
March 11th, 12th, and 13th also will determine whether or not Boston HC will be making one last trip out to Ontario for the Clarkson Cup or if Toronto HC will be heading down the road to take the third and final spot from the CWHL.
Toronto is heading out on the bus at 6am tomorrow morning to play a best of 3 series against Boston. Fridays game will be played at Burbank Ice Arena at 7pm, Saturday the puck will drop at 4pm at Harvard University (Bright Hockey Center) and Sunday if needed they will play again at Harvard University at 12:00pm.
All year these two teams have battled hard on the ice and have created quite the rivalry, which will no doubt continue into this weekend. Boston have taken 5 out of the 6 games this season, 2 of which were won in Over Time.
For up to the minute scores, updates and to find out who will be qualifying for the Clarkson Cup check out www.cwhl.ca or follow us on Twitter @cwhl_insider.
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