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.http://www.hour.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=20459
==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.http://www.cwhl.ca/news_20100812.asp
*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.http://www.hockeyjournal.com/news/2010/08/12_bostonlands.php
*September 11: The Etienne-Desmarteau Arena in Rosemont, Québec, named one of the rinks in the arena in Caroline Ouellette's honour.http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=9
*September 17: Former New Hampshire goaltender Erin Whitten was named head coach of the Boston expansion franchise.http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=7
==News and notes==
*Nov. 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.http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=25
*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. http://cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=40 
*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.http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=49 
*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. http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=50 
*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 Davishttp://cwhl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1425060). 800 persons came to support the cause.
*February 12: Brampton topped Boston for tenth straight victory, Montreal and Toronto win one game each.
*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.
*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.
===Board of Directors===
*January 25: The CWHL announced its Board of Directors for the upcoming season.http://cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=55
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==
===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
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===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 6 , 2010 	Toronto @ Burlington 	Toronto, 4-1
November 7, 2010 	Burlington @ Brampton	Brampton, 4-3
November 13, 2010	Toronto @ Burlington 	Toronto, 9-0
November 14, 2010	Brampton @ Toronto 	Brampton, 6-3
November 20, 2010	Boston @ Burlington 	Burlington, 5-1
November 20, 2010	Brampton @ Montreal 	Montreal, 7-6
November 21, 2010	Boston @ Toronto 	Boston, 4-2
November 21, 2010	Brampton @ Montreal 	Montreal, 3-1
November 27, 2010	Montreal @ Boston 	Montreal, 3-2
November 27, 2010	Brampton @ Toronto 	Toronto, 2-1
November 28, 2010	Montreal @ Boston 	Montreal, 4-2
November 28, 2010	Toronto @ Burlington 	Burlington, 4-1
December 4, 2010 	Burlington @ Boston 	Boston, 4-3
December 4, 2010 	Toronto @ Brampton 	Brampton, 4-3
December 5, 2010 	Burlington @ Boston 	Burlington, 2-1
December 5, 2010 	Toronto @ Brampton 	Brampton, 4-2
December 11, 2010	Montreal @ Brampton 	Montreal, 3-2
December 11, 2010	Toronto @ Boston 	Boston, 6-4
December 12, 2010	Toronto @ Boston 	Boston, 4-3
December 18, 2010	Boston @ Montreal 	Montreal, 10-2
December 19, 2010	Boston @ Montreal 	Boston, 3-2
January 8, 2011 	Boston @ Brampton 	Brampton, 5-3
January 9, 2011 	Boston @ Toronto 	Toronto, 9-4
January 15, 2011 	Brampton @ Boston 	
January 16, 2011 	Brampton @ Boston 	
January 22, 2011 	Boston @ Burlington 	
January 23, 2011 	Boston @ Brampton 	
January 29, 2011 	Boston @ Montreal 	
January 30, 2011 	Boston @ Montreal 	
February 5, 2011 	Toronto @ Boston 	
February 6, 2011 	Toronto @ Boston 	
February 12, 2011 	Brampton @ Boston 	
February 13, 2011 	Brampton @ Boston 	
==Statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
Rank	Player, team 	GP	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
1 	Caroline Ouellette, Montreal 	26	22 	46 	68 	14
2 	Jayna Hefford, Brampton 	24	24 	22 	46 	26
3 	Jennifer Botterill, Toronto 	22	13 	25 	38 	12
4 	Noemie Marin, Montreal 	17	21 	14 	35 	10
5 	Emmanuelle Blais, Montreal 	26	11 	21 	32 	30
5 	Julie Chu, Montreal 	16	5 	27 	32 	0
7 	Annie Guay, Montreal 	26	13 	18 	31 	16
8 	Sam Faber, Boston 	21	15 	14 	29 	28
9 	Cherie Piper, Brampton 	13	13 	12 	25 	6
9 	Angela Ruggiero, Boston 	20	10 	15 	25 	36
9 	Sarah Vaillancourt, Montreal	12	10 	15 	25 	8
9 	Britni Smith, Toronto 	26	7 	18 	25 	18
13 	Gillian Apps, Brampton 	23	10 	13 	23 	82
13 	Brooke Beazer, Brampton 	23	10 	13 	23 	16
===Goaltending leaders===
Rank	Player, team 	GP	W 	L	SO	GAA
1 	Kim St-Pierre, Montreal 	11	10	0	3 	2.08
2 	Laura Hosier, Brampton 	19	12	5	3 	2.98
3 	Sami Jo Small, Toronto 	16	5 	7	2 	3.13
4 	Kendra Fisher, Toronto 	11	3 	6	0 	3.63
5 	Christina Kessler, Burlington	19	13	1	0 	3.69
6 	Mandy Cronin, Boston 	18	8 	9	1 	3.84
===Attendance===
As of February 28, 2011	As of February 28, 2011	As of February 28, 2011	As of February 28, 2011	As of February 28, 2011
Team 	Home games 	Total 	Average 	
Brampton 	13 	3424 	263 	
Toronto 	10 	2197 	219 	
Boston 	16 	3471 	216 	
Montreal 	14 	2500 	178 	
Burlington 	10 	1141 	114 	
==Postseason==
Brampton travelled to Montreal and Toronto went to Boston for the first round of the playoffs. Montreal and Toronto won each of their matches against their opponents to 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 seriesMontreal reigns supreme in women's hockey,
==Clarkson Cup==
The 2011 Clarkson Cup was held March 24–27, 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 	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 	Montreal 5–0	2,300
=== Championship game ===
March 27: The final game concluded with the Montreal team defeating Toronto 5–0. Montreal got off to a 2–0 lead in the first period with the first goal scored by Noemie Marin on a backhand shot as she converted a pass from Caroline Ouellette and the second goal scored off a face off in the Toronto end when Dominique Thibault took the draw and Vanessa Davidson put a shot behind goaltender Sami Jo Small. The lone goal of the second period was scored by Sabrina Harbec on an outside drive cutting by Annie Guay. Harbec drew 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.
Montreal added two more goals in the third period to win 5–0. At 5:33, Julie Chu passed to Caroline Ouellette and made a low shot for a goal. The final goal of the game was scored with 2:42 left as Sarah Vaillancourt picked up a pass from Ouellette and scored from about five feet out. Toronto goalie Sami Jo Small played well in defeat 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 to earn the shutout and ultimately crown Montreal Stars as the 2011 Clarkson Cup Champions.
Team 	Games won	Games lost
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 	
==See also==
*2007–08 CWHL season
*2008–09 CWHL season
*2009–10 CWHL season
*2010–11 Boston Blades season
*2010–11 Montreal Stars season
==References==
Category:2010–11 ice hockey leagues
Category:Canadian Women's Hockey League