2015 Clarkson Cup

The 2015 Clarkson Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament that was contested in Markham, Ontario to determine the champion of the Canadian Women's Hockey League from March 4 to March 7, 2014. The Boston Blades defeated the Montreal Stars by a 3-2 tally in overtime to claim their second title.http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2015/03/07/boston-blades-beat-montreal-stars-in-ot-to-win-clarkson-cup.html The tournament was played at Markham Centennial Centre. The overtime-winning goal was scored by Janine Weber,http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/blades-top-stars-in-ot-to-win-clarkson-cup/article23353498/ who became the first European player to score a Cup-winning goal. Weber's stick that she used to score the Cup-winning goal was donated to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
==First round==
Date 	Teams 	Score
March 4	Boston vs. Toronto 	Boston, 3-0
March 4	Calgary vs. Montreal	Montreal, 4-0
March 5	Boston vs. Toronto 	Boston, 7-3
March 4	Calgary vs. Montreal	Montreal, 2-0
==Championship game==
Scoring summary	Scoring summary	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary	Scoring summary
Period 	Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st 	MON 	Ann-Sophie Bettez 	Caroline Ouellette, Emmanuelle Blais	0:31 	1–0 MON
1st 	BOS 	Hilary Knight – PP 	Kacey Bellamy, Brianna Decker 	16:29 	1-1
2nd 	None 	None 	None 	None 	None
3rd 	BOS 	Brianna Decker – PP	Monique Lamoureux, Hilary Knight 	6:17 	2–1 BOS
 	MON 	Emmanuelle Blais 	Caroline Ouellette, Lauriane Rougeau	9:54 	2–2 TIE
OT 	BOS 	Janine Weber 	Tara Watchorn, Corinne Buie 	2:12 	3–2 BOS
Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period	Shots by period
Team 	1 	2 	3 	OT 	Total
 	10 	9 	8 	1 	28
 	4 	6 	4 	1 	15
==Scoring leaders==
Player 	Team 	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Brianna Decker 	Boston 	3 	5	3	8 	10
Hilary Knight 	Boston 	3 	4	3	7 	6
Monique Lamoureux	Boston 	3 	0	5	5 	0
Janine Weber 	Boston 	3 	3	0	3 	0
Emmanuelle Blais 	Montreal	3 	2	1	3 	2
http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/scoringleaders.html?leagueid=1113
==Boston Blades – 2015 Clarkson Cup champions==
Defenders
*2 Kelly Cooke 
*4 Alyssa Gagliardi
*5 Blake Bolden 
*8 Kaleigh Fratkin 
*11 Tara Watchorn 
*15 Monique Lamoureux 
*22 Kacey Bellamy
*56 Jessica Koizumi 
Forwards
*3 Jillian Dempsey
*6 Janine Weber
*7 Casey Pickett
*10 Megan Myers 
*12 Rachel Llanes 
*13 Brianna Decker
*16 Ashley Cottrell
*17 Meghan Duggan
*18 Jordan Smelker
*23 Corinne Buie
*24 Denna Laing 
*26 Bray Ketchum 
*27 Hilary Knight (Captain)
Goaltenders
*30 Brittany Ott 
*33 Genevieve Lacasse 
;Coaching and Administrative Staff:
*Aronda Brown (General Manager)
*Digit Murphy (Head coach)
==Awards and honors==
*Most Valuable Player, Charline Labonte, Montreal Stars
*First Star of the Game, Hilary Knight, Boston Bladeshttp://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=2637147
*Second Star of the Game, Brianna Decker, Boston Blades
*Third Star of the Game, Charline Labonte, Montreal Stars
==References==
Clarkson Cup
2015