2010–11 Boston Blades season

On August 12, 2010, the CWHL announced that the city of Boston would receive an expansion team for the 2010–11 CWHL season. The unnamed team will practice at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington.http://www.hockeyjournal.com/news/2010/08/12_bostonlands.php
==Offseason==
*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
==CWHL Draft==
The Boston club was able to protect some players from being selected from their roster in the 2010 CWHL Draft.
===Protected players===
Player 	2009-10 Team
Caitlin Cahow 	2009–10 USA Hockey national women's team
Molly Engstrom 	2009–10 USA Hockey national women's teamBrampton Thunder
Melissa Haber 	Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey
Cherie Hendrickson	Burlington Barracudas
Kacey Bellamy 	2009–10 USA Hockey national women's team
http://www.cwhl.ca/draft_teams.asp?tn=boston
==Regular season==
*Dec 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 
===Schedule===
Date 	Opponent 	Score	Record
October 30, 2010 	Burlington	3-0 	1-0-0
October 31, 2010 	Burlington	6-0 	2-0-0
November 20, 2010	Burlington	1-5 	2-1-0
November 21, 2010	Toronto 	4-2 	3-1-0
November 27, 2010	Montreal 	2-3 	3-2-0
November 28, 2010	Montreal 	2-4 	3-3-0
December 4, 2010 	Burlington	4-3 	4-3-0
December 5, 2010 	Burlington	1-2 	4-4-0
December 11, 2010	Toronto 	6-4 	5-4-0
December 12, 2010	Toronto 	4-3 	6-4-0
December 18, 2010	Montreal 	2-10 	6-5-0
December 19, 2010	Montreal 	3-2 	7-5-0
January 8, 2011 	Brampton 	3-5 	7-6-0
January 9, 2011 	Toronto 	4-9 	7-7-0
January 15, 2011 	Brampton 	 	
January 16, 2011 	Brampton 	 	
January 22, 2011 	Burlington	 	
January 23, 2011 	Brampton 	 	
January 29, 2011 	Montreal 	 	
January 30, 2011 	Montreal 	 	
February 5, 2011 	Toronto 	 	
February 6, 2011 	Toronto 	 	
February 12, 2011	Brampton 	 	
February 13, 2011	Brampton 	 	
==References==
Category:Canadian Women's Hockey League
Category:Ice hockey in Massachusetts
Category:2010 in ice hockey
Category:2011 in ice hockey