Manitoba Maple Leafs

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Manitoba Maple Leafs

City	Winnipeg, Manitoba
League	Western Women's Hockey League
Founded	2010 (2010)
Home arena	MTS Iceplex
Colours	Black, Red and White
General manager	Bryon Stephen & Chantal Laroque
Head coach	Jill Mathez

The Manitoba Maple Leafs are a professional women's ice hockey team in the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL). The team play its home games at the MTS Iceplex in Winnipeg, Canada.

History

The team joined the WWHL on June 5, 2010.^[1] Its team president is Bryon Stephen.^[2] The franchise is in partnership with the Winnipeg Métis Federation to provide an opportunity to particiate in ice hockey for players from all ethnic backgrounds.^[3]

2010-11

In preparation of its first season, a selection camp takes place in September, 2010 for the beginning by the season on October 29 in front of Minnesota Whitecaps.^[4] The opening match at home is November 5 and the first victory of the history of Maple Leafs takes place on Sunday, November 7 at the expense of 5-2 against Edmonton Chimos.^[5] However the victories are rare for Maple Leafs in this first season. The team ends its season in the third rank in the classification of the WWHL and does not qualify itself for the qualifying rounds.

2011-12

The Canadian Women's Hockey League announced on April 19, 2011, that it would merge with the Western Women's Hockey League for the 2011-12 season. The merger would feature one team based in Edmonton and Calgary and would be combination of the former WWHL franchises the Edmonton Chimos and Strathmore Rockies. The team would play their games in various locations around Alberta.^[6]

The Manitoba Maple Leafs and the Minnesota Whitecaps continue to be active teams and are playing a number of exhibition games as the league expands to include several new teams.

Season-by-season

See also: 2010–11 WWHL season

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Year	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
2010-11	12	1	11	0	0	31	80	2

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

Season standing

Year	Regular Season	Playoffs
2010-11	3rd	no participation to playoff

References

External links

v t e Western Women's Hockey League

Clarkson Cup National Women's Hockey League Canadian Women's Hockey League

Current teams	Manitoba Maple Leafs Minnesota Whitecaps

Former teams	British Columbia Breakers Edmonton Chimos Calgary Oval X-Treme Saskatchewan Prairie Ice Strathmore Rockies

Seasons	2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013

Category

Sports teams based in Manitoba

Baseball

AA:	Winnipeg Goldeyes

Football

CFL:	Winnipeg Blue Bombers

CJFL:	Winnipeg Rifles

Hockey

NHL:	Winnipeg Jets

WHL:	Brandon Wheat Kings

MJHL:	Dauphin Kings Neepawa Natives OCN Blizzard Portage Terriers Selkirk Steelers Steinbach Pistons Swan Valley Stampeders Virden Oil Capitals Waywayseecappo Wolverines Winkler Flyers Winnipeg Blues

SJHL:	Flin Flon Bombers

WWHL:	Manitoba Maple Leafs

Soccer

PDL:	WSA Winnipeg

CMISL:	Winnipeg Alliance FC

Rugby union

RCNJC:	Manitoba

NWL:	Manitoba U20

Ringette

NRL:	Manitoba Jets Prairie Fire

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

v t e Professional Women's Hockey seasons

NWHL	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07

CWHL	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

WWHL	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11

Clarkson Cup	2009 2010 2011 2012

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