Canadian Women's Hockey League

Canadian Women's Hockey League
Sport	ice hockey
Founded	2007

The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) ice hockey league was founded in 2007. The league currently has six ice hockey teams in Ontario and Québec.

The Brampton Canadettes Thunder won the first CWHL championship on 22 March 2008, winning 4-3 over the Mississauga Chiefs in the final. Molly Engstrom scored the overtime-winning goal while Lori Dupuis won the Championship Game MVP honours. At season's end, Jayna Hefford was voted the league's regular-season Most Valuable Player. Jennifer Botterill won the Angela James Bowl as the league's top scorer and was voted the CWHL Top Forward. Becky Kellar was voted the CWHL Top Defender, Kim St-Pierre was voted the CWHL Top Goaltender, and Marie-Philip Poulin was voted the CWHL Outstanding Rookie. Year-end statistics can be reviewed in the 2007-08 CWHL Year in Review document at http://www.hockeymedia.ca/Womens_2009_pdf.pdf.

In 2008-09, the Stars de Montréal repeated as regular season champions, winning a league record 25 wins. At season's end, Caroline Ouellette was voted the league's regular-season Most Valuable Player. Jayna Hefford won the Angela James Bowl with a new record of 69 points and was also voted the CWHL Top Forward. Becky Kellar was voted the CWHL Top Defender, Kim St-Pierre was voted the CWHL Top Goaltender, and Laura Hosier was voted the CWHL Outstanding Rookie.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Former Teams 3 League Website 4 Team Websites 5 External news story

[edit] Teams

Team	City	Established	Primary Arena	ESSO National Championships/Clarkson Cups	Notes
Brampton Canadette Thunder	Brampton, Ontario	2007	Century Gardens	1	Moved from the NWHL following its demise in the summer of 2007.
Burlington Barracudas	Burlington, Ontario	2007	Wave Twin Rinks	0
Mississauga Chiefs	Mississauga, Ontario	2007	Iceland Mississauga	0
Montreal Stars	Montreal, Quebec	2007	Etienne Desmarteau Arena	1
Ottawa Senators	Ottawa, Ontario	2007	Bell Sensplex	0	Changed its name from Capital Canucks to Senators for 2008-09 season.
Vaughan Flames	Vaughan, Ontario	2007	Vaughan Sports Village	0

[edit] Former Teams

• Quebec Phoenix (2007-08)

[edit] League Website

• CWHL.ca

[edit] Team Websites

• Brampton Canadettes Thunder
• Burlington Barracudas (Club site)
• Ottawa Senators
• Vaughan Flames
• Vaughan Flames

[edit] External news story

• http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2007/09/27/hockey-womensleague.html