Laval Le Mistral

Laval Le Mistral (1998–2001) was a women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The team played its home games in Colisée de Laval in Laval, Quebec , Canada.

History

Season-by-season

• See also: 1998–99 NWHL season
• See also: 1999–2000 NWHL season
• See also: 2000–01 NWHL season

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

1998-99 NWHL Season and playoffs

Le Mistral started at the end of the 1997-98 college and university yearwith a group of players limited experience at the elite Senior AAA level^[1]. Le Mistral enter to the NWHL but the team has a difficult first season: In 34 games 9 wins and 21 defeats^[2].For the playoffs, Laval Le mistral was elimined in Eastern first round: April 10, 1999- Bonaventure Wingstar 4 at Laval Le Mistral 2 and April 11, 1999- Laval Le Mistral 3 at Bonaventure Wingstar 8. The Bonaventure Wingstar wins 2 games and pass to Eastern Division Finals^[3]

1999–2000 NWHL season

Laval Le Mistral's Annie Desrosiers was second leader in the league in goals with 29. Her 45 points ranked eleventh in the league. She was an assistant captain despite being a 20-year-old. For the 2000-01 season, the team captain was 21 year-old Anik Bouchard. Two members of the Japanese National Team competed for Le Mistral: Masako Sato was second leader in Laval Le Mistral for scoring^[4][5] and her sister the defender Rie Sato . During the season, Le Mistral allowed an average of five goals per game, second last in the NWHL. Goaltender Marieve Dyotte was 5-10-1 with a 6.44 goals against average, while Vania Goeury was 2-14-3 with 4.08 GAA. During the season, Laval received 605 penalty minutes. The result was allowing 44 goals in 35 games. Anik Bouchard had 91 minutes, Isabelle Chartrand (88 minutes) and Valerie Levesque had 60 minutes.

2000-2001 NWHL Eastern Division Playoffs

Round 1: Laval Le Mistral vs Sainte-Julie Pantheres

Saturday February 26 and Sunday February 27, the Sainte-Julie Pantheres eliminated the Laval Le Mistral, winning their two game series 2-0.

Season standing

Last Current Roster 2000-01

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Notable former players

• Masako Sato, forward (Japan)
• Rie Sato, defender (Japan)^[8]
• Maren Valenti (Germany)^[9]
• Isabelle Chartrand, defender, a member of Canada's 1999 National Women's Team.
• Charline Labonte, Goaltender, a member of Canada National Team.

Award and honour

• 1998/99 Eastern Division 1st All Star Team^[10]: Annie Desrosiers (forward) and Isabelle Chartrand(defender)
• 1998/99 Eastern Division 2sd All Star Team^[11]: Vania Goeury (goalie), Anik Bouchard (defender) and Julie Pelletier (forward)
• 1999/2000 Eastern Division 1st All Star Team: Annie Desrosiers (forward) and Isabelle Chartrand(defender)

Former Staff

• General Manager: Michel Dyotte^[12]
• Head Coach: Marcel Dube^[13]
• Assistant Coach: Benoit Constantineau
• Assistant Coach: Christian Dugel

Reference

External links

• Laval Le Mistral 2000 Preview
• NWHL website
• NWHL Season 1998-99
• NWHL Season 2000-01

See also

• National Women's Hockey League NWHL was in service between 1998 and 2007.