British Columbia Breakers

The British Columbia Breakers were a professional women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The team played its home games in Langley, a suburb of Vancouver, Canada. The Owner of the Breakers was Nu Global Sports Inc.
==History==
The British Columbia Breakers were an ice hockey team in the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL). It was formed in 2004 as a charter member of the league. In 2006, it was announced that the WWHL would be absorbed into the National Women's Hockey League. However, this was short lived as the NWHL and WWHL could not reach an agreement upon a playoff schedule. As a result, the merger was not consummated. With the collapse of the NWHL in the summer of 2007, the Western Women's Hockey League was once again a completely independent league.
==Season-by-season==
*See also: 2004–05 WWHL season
*See also: 2005–06 WWHL season
*See also: 2006–07 WWHL season
*See also: 2007–08 WWHL season
*See also: 2008–09 WWHL season
In their first season, the Breakers finished with a record of five wins, 15 losses, and one tie. They were led in scoring by American veteran Cammi Granato, who had 8 goals and 11 assists for 19 points. Kyla Gillespie and Jodi Faye led the team with 9 goals each, Gillespie in only 14 games. The Breakers came fourth out of five teams and missed the playoffs.
In 2005–2006, the team finished in last place of the five teams—with a record of 21 losses and 3 ties. Melissa Anderson led the team in both goals (9) and total points (15), even though she only played 14 of the 24 games. Goaltender Jennifer Price, who faced almost 50 shots per game (and saved about 91% of them) was named the league's defensive player of the year.
The 2006 -2007 season showed some promise as the Breakers received a few new players who helped them develop their team. Under the guidance of Jeff Bandura the team had its best season to date. Even so management was pursued by the players to relieve Jeff Bandura of his duties.
In 2007-2008 Proved to be a tough rebuild from the 06-07 season, as a number of key players had left. Nat Christensen (formerly a player of the Vancouver Griffins) was appointed head coach. The 2007-2008 edition of the breakers went winless through difficult season.
In 2008-2009 the team was stronger than 07-08, and it looked to be a promising season. This season, however, was riddled with fincial problems from its ownership and proved to be costly on the players. Although the team dynamics were strong, it was not enough to save the team from being pulled at the peak of the season due to the ownership unable to front the costs he committed to. The sports management group had pulled out earlier in the season seeing the writing on the wall. The Breakers were force to end their season early and are no longer apart of the WWHL.
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Year 	GP	W	L 	T	GF	GA 	Pts
2004–05	21	5	15	1	49	98 	14
2005–06	24	0	21	3	40	127	3
2006–07	24	8	15	0	71	121	17
2007–08	24	0	22	2	23	135	2
2008–09	24	0	22	2	17	76 	2
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.
==Season standings==
Year 	Regular Season	Playoffs
2004-05	4rd 	no participation to playoff
2005-06	5rd 	no participation to playoff
2006-07	4rd 	elimined in first round
2007-08	5rd 	no participation to playoff
2008-09	5rd 	no participation to playoff
==Last Roster 2008-09==
Goalies	Goalies	 	 	
Number 	 	Player 	Former Team	Hometown
30 	 	Kayla Canning	 	Abbotsford,, British Columbia
1 	 	Desirae Clark		B.C. Breakers	Salmo, British Columbia
Defense	Defense	 	 	
Number 	 	Player 	Former Team	Hometown
77 	 	Veronica Lang 	 	Richmond, British Columbia
19 	 	Amy De Bree 	 	Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
15 	 	Katie Welsh 	BC Breakers	Abbotsford, British Columbia
7 	 	Sandra Wright 	 	Langley, British Columbia
n/a 	 	Rayna Cruickshank	 	
Forwards	Forwards	 	 	
Number 	 	Player 	Former Team 	Hometown
93 	 	Jennifer Kindret 	B.C. Breakers	Winnipeg, Manitoba
24 	 	Emily McGrath-Agg 	 	Vancouver, British Columbia
20 	 	Natashia Pellatt 	 	Langley, British Columbia
18 	 	Alana Bremillerhttp://www.westernwomenshockeyleague.com/leagues/rosters_profile.cfm?clientID=1754&leagueID=3639&teamID=174800&playerID=248462	BC Breakers 	Millbrook, New York,
17 	 	Silvia Traversa 	BC Breakers 	Vancouver, British Columbia
16 	 	Danielle Grundy 		B.C. Breakers	Kelowna, British Columbia
14 	 	Kyla Gillespie 	 	Nanaimo, British Columbia
9 	 	Katy Lacasse 	 	Comox, British Columbia
6 	 	Anne Girtz 	 	Minneapolis, Minnesota
4 	 	Stephanie Burlton 	B.C. Breakers	Vancouver, British Columbia
n/a 	 	Kathleen McDonald 	B.C. Breakers	
n/a 	 	Mary Darvill 	B.C. Breakers	West Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.westernwomenshockeyleague.com/leagues/stats_1team.cfm?leagueID=3639&teamID=174800&clientID=1754http://www.westernwomenshockeyleague.com/leagues/stats_1team.cfm?sel_roster=reserve&leagueID=3639&clientID=1754&sortby=PTS1&teamID=174800&showGameType=2
==Coaching Staff 2008-09==
* Head Coach: 	Natalie Christensen
* Assistant Coach: 	Ken Welsh
* Manager Player/Equipment: Maureen Hawkes
http://www.westernwomenshockeyleague.com/leagues/personnel.cfm?leagueID=3639&teamID=174800&clientID=1754
== References ==
==External links==
* Western Women's Hockey League Website
===See also===
* Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL)
Category:Western Women's Hockey League
Category:Women's ice hockey teams in Canada
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Defunct Teams