Worcester Blades

On August 12, 2010, the CWHL announced that the city of Boston would receive an expansion team for the 2010–11 CWHL season. The Boston Blades (as they would be named) would play their games and hold practices at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington.http://www.hockeyjournal.com/news/2010/08/12_bostonlands.php
==History==
On August 20, 2018, the Blades relocated to Worcester, Massachusetts. Taking on the name Worcester Blades for the 2018-19 CWHL season, home games shall be contested at the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center. 
The team would fold along with the league on March 31, 2019.
=== Coaching history===
* September 17, 2010: Former New Hampshire goaltender Erin Whitten was named head coach of the Boston expansion franchise.http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=7
*September 27, 2010: Mariel Lacina was appointed as Assistant Coach. Prior to coaching, she was a goaltender for the Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey program.http://cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=11
===Draft history===
The Boston club was able to protect some players from being selected from their roster in the 2010 CWHL Draft. Of note, the Blades have held the first pick overall in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 editions of the CWHL Draft.
===Protected players===
Player 	2009-10 Team
Caitlin Cahow 	2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team
Molly Engstrom 	2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey teamBrampton Thunder
Melissa Haber 	Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey
Cherie Hendrickson	Burlington Barracudas
Kacey Bellamy 	2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team
http://www.cwhl.ca/draft_teams.asp?tn=boston
==Free agents==
===Protected players===
Player 	College 	2009-10 Team
Danielle Ayearst	Mercyhurst 	Vaughan Flames
Jaclyn Hawkins 	Connecticut 	ZSC Lions (Zurich, Switzerland)
Jessica Koizumi 	Minnesota Duluth	Montreal Stars
Erika Lawler 	Wisconsin 	2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team
Shelley Payne 	Colby College 	Mississauga Chiefs
Angela Ruggiero 	Harvard 	2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team
Karen Thatcher 	New Hampshire 	2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team
http://www.cwhl.ca/draft.asp?tid=7
===Season-by-season===
Year 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts	Place	Clarkson Cup Playoffs
2010–11	26	10	15	1 	- 	76 	106	21 	4th 	Did not qualify
2011–12	27	20	7 	0 	- 	107	61 	46 	2nd 	1-2 in Round Robin
2012–13	24	19	4 	1 	- 	72 	39 	39 	1st 	Won Clarkson Cup
2013–14	24	13	11	0 	- 	77 	71 	26 	2nd 	Lost Final
2014–15	24	17	6 	1 	- 	94 	43 	35 	1st 	Won Clarkson Cup
2015-16	24	1 	23	0 	- 	18 	122	2 	5th 	Did not qualify
2016-17	24	2 	20	2 	- 	32 	137	6 	5th 	Did not qualify
2017-18	28	1 	24	3 	- 	41 	120	5 	7th 	Did not qualify
2018-19	28	0 	28	0 	- 	22 	155	0 	6th 	Did not qualify
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OL = Overtime losses, SL = Shootout Losses,  GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.
==References==
Category:Canadian Women's Hockey League
Category:Ice hockey in Massachusetts
Category:Women's ice hockey teams
Category:Established in 2010
Category:Disestablished in 2019