# 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

Year by year :
| Year | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1998–99 | 34 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 78 | 144 | 22 |
| 1999–2000 | 35 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 78 | 177 | 19 |
| 2000–01 | 40 | 5 | 33 | 2 | 68 | 261 | 12 |
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 year with a group of players limited experience at the elite Senior AAA level. Le Mistral enter to the NWHL but the team has a difficult first season: In 34 games 9 wins and 21 defeats. For the playoffs, Laval Le mistral was eliminated 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

### 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 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

| Year | Regular Season | Playoffs |
| 1998–1999 | 4th Eastern Division | eliminated in first round |
| 1999–2000 | 4th, Eastern Division | eliminated in first round |
| 2000–2001 | 4th, Eastern Division | eliminated in first round |

## Last roster 2000–01

Goalies :
| Number | Player | Former Team | Hometown |
| 55 | Nancy Morin | | |
| 53 | Vania Goeury | | |
| 49 | Penny Peters | | |
| 1 | Charline Labonté | National Team Canada | Greenfield Park, Quebec |
Defense :
| Number | Player |
| 27 | Marilene Galarneau |
| 25 | Mylene Daneau |
| 22 | Marie Noel Tessier |
| 19 | Laura Leslie |
| 14 | Anik Bouchard |
| 11 | Laura Leslie |
| 4 | Karine Senecal |
Forwards :
| Number | Player | Former Team | Hometown |
| 96 | Annie Desrosiers | | |
| 93 | Isabelle Giguere | | |
| 37 | Veronique Sanfacon | | |
| 28 | Julie Pelletier | | |
| 21 | Masako Sato | Japan National Team | Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan |
| 21 | Michelle Fauteux | | |
| 17 | Vanessa Parent | | |
| 16 | Genevieve Beauchamps | | |
| 9 | Valerie St-Jacques | | |
| 7 | Josee Cournoyer | | |

## Notable former players

* Masako Sato, forward (Japan)
* Rie Sato, defender (Japan)
* Maren Valenti (Germany)
* 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: Annie Desrosiers (forward) and Isabelle Chartrand(defender)
* 1998/99 Eastern Division 2sd All Star Team: 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
* Head Coach: Marcel Dube
* Assistant Coach: Benoit Constantineau
* Assistant Coach: Christian Dugel