2010–11 CWHL season

The 2010–11 CWHL season is the fourth in the history of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. For the season, the league will run on a budget of $500,000 and players will pay for their own equipment.^[1]^[2]

Offseason

August 12: The Canadian Women's Hockey League hosted the 2010 CWHL Draft. The event was held at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto at 7:00pm.^[3]
August 12: The CWHL announced that the city of Boston would receive an expansion team. The unnamed team will practice at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington.^[4]
September 11: The Centre Etienne Desmarteau in Montreal, Québec, named one of the rinks in the arena in Caroline Ouellette's honour.^[5]
September 17: Former New Hampshire goaltender Erin Whitten was named head coach of the Boston expansion franchise.^[6]

News and notes

November 20–21: Montreal swept Brampton in a 2-game series. The battle between the top two teams in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League resulted in Montreal remaining undefeated. The November 20th game involved a pre-game salute. Montreal recognized Angela James, the Head Coach of Brampton for her historic induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and held a minute of silence for the passing of Pat Burns at the Étienne Desmarteau Arena.^[7]
December 19: The Blades came from behind to defeat Montreal. In doing so, they broke up Montreal’s bid for an undefeated season. Boston goalie Mandy Cronin stopped 74 shots to lead Boston to victory. Montreal had an early 2-0 lead. In the 2nd period, Blades player Sam Faber scored on an assist by Jess Koizumi. In the third period, Koizumi would tie the game. With 3:24 to play in the game, Angela Ruggiero scored the game-winning goal. She was assisted by Sam Faber and Haley Moore.^[8]
January 16: Gillian Apps scored her seventh goal of the season 2:42 into overtime as Brampton defeated the Boston Blades by a 4-3 tally. The win was the fifth in a row for Brampton who are now 11-6 on the season. The five game win streak is currently the best in the league. Brampton has yet to lose a game in 2011. In addition, they have outscored their opponents 23-9 during the streak.^[9]
January 18, 2011: The Brampton Thunder competed against the Montreal Stars at the Invista Centre in Kingston, Ontario. This is team captain Jayna Hefford's hometown and she scored a goal in front of her closest friends, family and fans. In addition, her number 15 was raised to the rafters of the Invista Centre on behalf of the Kingston Area Minor Hockey Association. As of 2012, no sweaters bearing Hefford’s number will be used in Kingston Minor Hockey.^[10]

Montreal Stars played to beat breast cancer

January 21:Georgetown, Ontario hosted a game between the Brampton Thunder and the Toronto CWHL franchise. The game featured eight former Olympians (from Brampton, Gillian Apps, Jayna Hefford, Lori Depuis, Delaney Collins and Molly Engstrom, and from Toronto, Sami Jo Small, Tessa Bonhomme and Jennifer Botterill). Brampton prevailed by a 5-2 tally.^[11]

January 29: Montreal raised awareness and funds for the Fondation du cancer du sein du Québec (FCSQ). The game featured the Montreal club in pink at Centre Etienne Desmarteau versus the Boston Blades. Montreal prevailed by a 3-0 score (goals scored by: Stephanie Denino, Sarah Vaillancourt and Tawnya Davis^[12]). 800 persons came to support the cause.^[13]
February 12: Brampton tops Boston for tenth straight victory,^[14] Montreal and Toronto win one game each.^[15]
February 19: at the MasterCard Centre, Toronto faced off against Montreal for a special event for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. There were over 500 people in attendance and many fun events for all those involved.^[16]
February 27: For their last match of the regular season, Montreal ended up on the winning side, defeating Boston 4-1 solidifying their hold on first place in the league.^[17]

Team captains

Team	Captain	Alternates
Boston Blades	None	None
Brampton Thunder	Jayna Hefford	Gillian Apps, Delaney Collins, Cherie Piper
Burlington Barracudas	None	None
Montreal Stars	Lisa-Marie Breton	Nathalie Dery, Caroline Ouellette
Toronto Aeros	Jennifer Botterill	Tessa Bonhomme

Board of Directors

January 25: The CWHL announced its Board of Directors for the upcoming season.^[18]

Member	Title
Nancy Drolet	Past Chairperson
Chris Emanuel	Chairperson, Community Director
Sami Jo Small	Vice Chairperson, Player Representative
Cassie Campbell	Treasurer, Community Director
Lori Digulla	Secretary, Community Director
Colleen Coyne	Community Director
Shannon Shakespeare	Community Director
Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux	Player Representative
Ted Dean	Community Director
Fran Rider	OWHA Delegate
Pat Nicholls	OWHA Delegate
Brenda Andress	Executive Director

Regular season

Schedule

Date	Teams	Score
October 23, 2010	Montreal @ Burlington	Montreal, 7-0
October 23, 2010	Toronto @ Brampton	Brampton, 7-3
October 24, 2010	Montreal @ Brampton	Montreal, 6-5
October 24, 2010	Burlington @ Toronto	Toronto, 2-1
October 27, 2010	Brampton @ Burlington	Brampton, 3-0
October 30, 2010	Toronto @ Montreal	Montreal, 5-3
October 30, 2010	Burlington @ Boston	Boston, 3-0
October 31, 2010	Toronto @ Montreal	Montreal, 5-4
October 31, 2010	Burlington @ Boston	Boston, 6-0
November 20, 2010	Boston @ Burlington	Burlington, 5-1
November 21, 2010	Boston @ Toronto	Boston, 4-2
November 27, 2010	Montreal @ Boston	Montreal, 3-2
November 28, 2010	Montreal @ Boston	Montreal, 4-2
December 4, 2010	Burlington @ Boston	Boston, 4-3
December 5, 2010	Burlington @ Boston	Burlington, 2-1
December 5, 2010	Toronto @ Brampton	Brampton,4-2
December 11, 2010	Toronto @ Boston	Boston, 6-4
December 12, 2010	Toronto @ Boston	Boston, 4-3
December 12, 2010	Montreal @ Brampton	Montreal 7-0
December 18, 2010	Boston @ Montreal	Montreal, 10-2
December 18, 2010	Toronto @ Brampton	Brampton 5-2
December 19, 2010	Boston @ Montreal	Boston, 3-2
December 19, 2010	Brampton @ Burlington	Brampton 6-1
January 8, 2011	Boston @ Brampton	Brampton, 5-3
January 8, 2011	Burlington @ Montreal	Montreal 9-3
January 9, 2011	Boston @ Toronto	Toronto, 9-4
January 9, 2011	Burlington @ Montreal	Montreal 3-1
January 15, 2011	Brampton @ Boston	Brampton 3-0
January 15, 2011	Montreal @ Toronto	Toronto 3-2
January 16, 2011	Brampton @ Boston	Brampton 4-3
January 16, 2011	Montreal @ Burlington	Montreal 4-3
January 19, 2011	Burlington @ Brampton	Brampton 5-1
January 21, 2011	Brampton @ Toronto	Brampton 5-2
January 22, 2011	Boston @ Burlington	CANCELLED
January 23, 2011	Boston @ Brampton	CANCELLED
January 29, 2011	Boston @ Montreal	Montreal 3-0
January 29, 2011	Brampton @ Burlington	Brampton 3-0
January 30, 2011	Boston @ Montreal	Boston 6-5
January 30, 2011	Burlington @ Toronto	Toronto 1-0
February 5, 2011	Toronto @ Boston	Boston 5-4
February 5, 2011	Burlington @ Montreal	Montreal 6-3
February 6, 2011	Toronto @ Boston	Boston 4-2
February 6, 2011	Burlington @ Montreal	Montreal 5-4
February 12, 2011	Brampton @ Boston	Brampton 5-2
February 12, 2011	Toronto @ Montreal	Toronto 5-4
February 13, 2011	Brampton @ Boston	Brampton 8-3
February 13, 2011	Toronto @ Montreal	Montreal 3-0
February 19, 2011	Montreal @ Toronto	Montreal 4-2
February 19, 2011	Brampton @ Burlington	Brampton 9-1
February 20, 2011	Toronto @ Burlington	Burlington 5-4
February 20, 2011	Montreal @ Brampton	Montreal 6-5
February 23, 2011	Burlington @ Toronto	Burlington 5-4
February 26, 2011	Burlington @ Brampton	Brampton 4-3
February 26, 2011	Montreal @ Boston	Montreal 5-4
February 27, 2011	Montreal @ Boston	Montreal 4-1

Final standings

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

CWHL Division
No.	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA
1	Montreal	26	22	2	0	2	46	125	70
2	Brampton	26	19	5	1	1	40	111	69
3	Boston	26	10	15	1	0	21	73	101
4	Toronto	26	8	13	0	5	21	83	98
5	Burlington	26	6	18	1	1	14	54	108

^[19]

Scoring Leaders


	Player/Team	GP	Goal	Assist	Pts	Pen
1	Caroline Ouellette, Montreal Stars	26	22	46	68	14
2	Jayna Hefford, Brampton Thunder	24	24	22	46	26
3	Jennifer Botterill, Toronto Aeros	22	13	25	38	12
4	Noemie Marin, Montreal Stars	17	21	14	35	10
5	Emmanuelle Blais, Montreal Stars	26	11	21	32	30
5	Julie Chu, Montreal Stars	16	5	27	32	0
7	Annie Guay, Montreal Stars	26	13	18	31	16
8	Sam Faber, Boston Blades	21	15	14	29	28
9	Cherie Piper, Brampton Thunder	13	13	12	25	6
9	Angela Ruggiero, Boston Blades	20	10	15	25	36
9	Sarah Vaillancourt, Montreal Stars	12	10	15	25	8
9	Britni Smith, Toronto Aeros	26	7	18	25	18
13	Gillian Apps, Brampton Thunder	23	10	13	23	82
13	Brooke Beazer, Brampton Thunder	23	10	13	23	16

^[20]

Goaltending Leaders


	Player/Team	GP	W	L	SO	GAA
1	Kim St-Pierre, Montreal Stars	11	10	0	3	2.08
2	Laura Hosier, Brampton Thunder	19	12	5	3	2.98
3	Sami Jo Small, Toronto Aeros	16	5	7	2	3.13
4	Kendra Fisher, Toronto Aeros	11	3	6	0	3.63
5	Christina Kessler, Burlington Barracudas	19	13	1	0	3.69
6	Mandy Cronin, Boston Blades	18	8	9	1	3.84

^[21]

Attendance

on February 28, 2011
City	Total Attendance	Home Games	Average Attendance
Brampton	3424	13 games	263
Toronto	2197	10 games	219
Boston	3471	16 games	216
Montreal	2500	14 games	178
Burlington	1141	10 games	114

^[22]

March 11 Playoff: Brampton - Montreal: 2 matches with fast rhythm

Awards and honors^[23]

Most Valuable Player: Caroline Ouellette, Montréal
Angela James Bowl: Top Scorer Caroline Ouellette, Montréal
Outstanding Rookie: Sarah Vaillancourt, Montréal
Coach of the Year: Patrick Rankine, Montréal

CWHL Top Players

Top Forward: Meghan Agosta, Montréal
Top Defender: Angela Ruggiero, Boston
Top Goaltender: Molly Schaus, Boston

CWHL All-Stars

First Team All-Stars

Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre, Montréal
Defender: Angela Ruggiero, Boston
Defender: Annie Guay, Montréal
Forward: Caroline Ouellette, Montréal
Forward: Jayna Hefford, Brampton
Forward: Sarah Vaillancourt, Montréal

Second Team All-Stars

Goaltender: Laura Hosier, Brampton
Defender: Britni Smith, Toronto
Defender: Molly Engstrom, Brampton
Forward: Jennifer Botterill, Toronto
Forward: Sam Faber, Boston
Forward: Noémie Marin, Montréal

CWHL All-Rookie Team

Goaltender: Christina Kessler, Burlington
Defender: Britni Smith, Toronto
Defender: Kacey Bellamy, Boston
Forward: Sarah Vaillancourt, Montréal
Forward: Sam Faber, Boston
Forward: Kori Cheverie, Toronto

CWHL Monthly Top Scorer

October: Noémie Marin, Montréal
November: Caroline Ouellette, Montréal
December: Caroline Ouellette, Montréal
January: Caroline Ouellette, Montréal
February: Caroline Ouellette, Montréal

Postseason

Brampton travelled to Montreal for bragging rights in the first round of the playoffs ^[24] Toronto is heading out on the bus to play a best of series against Boston.

Montreal and Toronto win each of their matches against their opponents. Montreal and Toronto participate in the Clarkson Cup Championship.

Date	Score	Time	Arena	Attendance	Notes
Friday, March 11	Toronto 4, Boston 2	7:00 PM	Burbank Ice Arena	280
Friday, March 11	Montreal 2, Brampton 1	4:30 PM	Ed Meagher Arena (Concordia University)	100	Montreal wins in shootout
Saturday, March 12	Toronto 3, Boston 1	4:00 PM	Bright Hockey Center (Harvard University)	184	Toronto wins playoff series
Saturday, March 12	Montreal 4, Brampton 3	6:00 PM	McConnell Arena (McGill University)	200	Montreal wins playoff series^[25]

Clarkson Cup

The 2011 Clarkson Cup was held from the 24th to the 27th of March, 2011. The four competing teams included three from the Canadian Women's Hockey League and the champion team of the Western Women's Hockey League, the Minnesota Whitecaps.

Date	Time	Teams	Final Score	Attendance
March 24	12:00 noon	Toronto vs Brampton	Toronto 3-2	100
March 24	6:00 pm	Minnesota vs Montreal	Montreal 5-1	240
March 25	12:00 noon	Minnesota vs Toronto	Toronto 6-0	300
March 25	7:00 pm	Brampton vs Montreal	Montreal 7-4	1,000
March 26	11:00 am	Minnesota vs Brampton	Brampton 7-2	500
March 26	3:00 pm	Toronto vs Montreal	Montreal 2-1	1,000
March 27	1:00 pm	Championship Final game	Montreal 5-0	2,300

Championship game

March 27th Sunday: The final Game concluded with the powerful Montreal team defeating Toronto 5-0.^[26] Montreal got off to a 2-0 lead in the first period, The first goal was scored by Noémie Marin on a backhand from her off wing at the 14:47 minute mark, as she converted a pass from Caroline Ouellette. The second goal was scored at the 7:29 minute mark off a face off in the Toronto end. Dominique Thibault took the draw and Vanessa Davidson skated off the boards, picked up the puck and put a quick shot behind goaltender Sami Jo Small. The lone goal of the second period was scored at 10:36 by Sabrina Harbec on a nice outside drive cutting by Annie Guay. Sabrina Harbec pulled the goalie across the crease and put the puck in the top corner. The shots at the end of the second period were 34 to 17 in favour of the Montreal Stars.

Montreal added two more goals in the third period to win 5-0. At the 5:33 minute, Julie Chu feathered a pass to Caroline Ouellette. Ouellette made a perfect low shot to score. The final goal of the game was scored with 2:42 left as Sarah Vaillancourt picked up a pass from Caroline Ouellette and she hit the mark on a quick shot from about five feet out. Toronto goalie Sami Jo Small played well in defeat ^[27] as Montreal controlled the game outshooting Toronto 51 to 26. Toronto did threaten offensively early in the game and could have turned the contest around but Montreal goalie, Kim St-Pierre, came up with exceptional saves ^[28] to earn the shutout and ultimately crown Montreal Stars as the 2011 Clarkson Cup Champions.

Playoff Records	Games wins	Games loses
Montreal	4	0
Toronto	2	2
Brampton	1	2
Minnesota	0	3

Awards and honors

Award	Winner
Top goaltender in the tournament
Player of the Game, Winning team, Clarkson Cup Final	Dominique Thibault
Player of the Game, Losing team, Clarkson Cup Final	Jennifer Botterill
Tournament Most Valuable Player	Sarah Vaillancourt
Top forward in the tournament
Top defender in the tournament

References

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↑ http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=64
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League Website

CWHL.ca

External news story

Cassie Campbell-Pascall, 2010 helped grow women's hockey on CBC Sports, February 9, 2011.
Montreal hopes Clarkson Cup win promotes women's hockey league in Globe and Mail, March 27, 2011

Canadian Women's Hockey League

Current teams:	Boston Blades Brampton Thunder Calgary Inferno Les Canadiennes Toronto Furies

Defunct teams:	Burlington Barracudas Mississauga Chiefs Ottawa Senators Quebec Phenix Toronto Aeros Vaughan Flames

Seasons	2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015

Drafts	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

All-Star Games	2014

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 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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

NWHL (US)	2015–16

Clarkson Cup	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Isobel Cup	2016

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