3rd Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game

The 3rd Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game took place on February 12, 2017, at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The event featured three 20-minute periods, and 34 players were named as participants Jess Jones and Jillian Saulnier both scored a hat trick, becoming the first competitors in CWHL All-Star Game history to achieve the feat.
==News and notes==
===Fan balloting===
Voting for CWHL all-star captains started in January 2017. Online voting required fans to vote on the CWHL.com web site. Fans are presented with a list of 34 players. Carlee Campbell of the Toronto Furies led all players in the online voting, capturing 2088 votes. She would be named captain of Team White. Natalie Spooner and Meaghan Mikkelson both captured 11.71% of possible online votes, both sharing in the captaincy for Team Blue. Of note, this marked the first time that one team in the CWHL All-Star Game had two captains.
===Alumni coaches===
In celebration of the CWHL's tenth anniversary season, a group of four former players were named as Alumni Coaches for the All-Star Game. Among them were Lisa-Marie Breton, Tessa Bonhomme, Becky Kellar and Cheryl Pounder. Each of these alumni coaches were eligible for selection in the Frozen Fantasy Draft.
==Rosters==
===Fantasy draft===
The draft of the players took place on February 10, 2017 at 8:00 pm, Eastern time. It was held at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto.
With the first pick overall, Team White's Carlee Campbell selected Marie-Philip Poulin. It marked the second year in a row that Poulin was taken first overall in the Frozen Fantasy Draft. As Team Blue had two captains, Meaghan Mikkelson and Natalie Spooner, they were only allocated four draft picks, while Team White was allowed five picks. The remaining rosters were determined with a random stick draw.
As alumni coaches were also subject to the Frozen Fantasy Draft process, Team White once again had the prestige of the first pick overall, selecting Tessa Bonhomme. Team Blue would acquire Cheryl Pounder with the second pick overall. With their final selection, Team White picked Becky Kellar as their second alumni coach, while Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux would end up with Team Blue. 
Team White	Team White	Team White 	Team White 	Team White	Team White
Pick 	Nat. 	Player 	Team 	Pos. 	
1 	 	Marie-Philip Poulin	Canadiennes de Montreal	Forward 	
3 	 	Rebecca Johnston 	Calgary Inferno 	Forward 	
5 	 	Laura Fortino 	Brampton Thunder 	Defense 	
7 	 	Caroline Ouellette 	Canadiennes de Montreal	Forward 	
9 	 	Christina Kessler 	Toronto Furies 	Goaltender	
Team Red	Team Red	Team Red 	Team Red 	Team Red 	Team Red
Pick 	Nat. 	Player 	Team 	Pos. 	
2 	 	Ann-Sophie Bettez 	Canadiennes de Montreal	Forward 	
4 	 	Courtney Birchard 	Brampton Thunder 	Defense 	
6 	 	Brianne Jenner 	Calgary Inferno 	Forward 	
8 	 	Emerance Maschmeyer	Calgary Inferno 	Goaltender	
 	 	 	 	 	
===Players named===
Player 	Nationality	Position 	Team
Erica Howe 	 	Goaltender	Brampton Thunder
Emerance Maschmeyer	 	Goaltender	Calgary Inferno
Charline Labonte 	 	Goaltender	Canadiennes de Montreal
Christina Kessler 	 	Goaltender	Toronto Furies
Tara Watchorn 	 	Defense 	Boston Blades
Jocelyne Larocque 	 	Defense 	Brampton Thunder
Courtney Birchard 	 	Defense 	Brampton Thunder
Laura Fortino 	 	Defense 	Brampton Thunder
Meaghan Mikkelson 	 	Defense 	Calgary Inferno
Katelyn Gosling 	 	Defense 	Calgary Inferno
Lauriane Rougeau 	 	Defense 	Canadiennes de Montreal
Cassandra Poudrier 	 	Defense 	Canadiennes de Montreal
Julie Chu 	 	Defense 	Canadiennes de Montreal
Erin Ambrose 	 	Defense 	Toronto Furies
Carlee Campbell 	 	Defense 	Toronto Furies
Renata Fast 	 	Defense 	Toronto Furies
Kayla Tutino 	 	Forward 	Boston Blades
Meghan Grieves 	 	Forward 	Boston Blades
Jess Jones 	 	Forward 	Brampton Thunder
Laura Stacey 	 	Forward 	Brampton Thunder
Rebecca Vint 	 	Forward 	Brampton Thunder
Jamie Lee Rattray 	 	Forward 	Brampton Thunder
Brianne Jenner 	 	Forward 	Calgary Inferno
Jillian Saulnier 	 	Forward 	Calgary Inferno
Haley Irwin 	 	Forward 	Calgary Inferno
Rebecca Johnston 	 	Forward 	Calgary Inferno
Marie-Philip Poulin	 	Forward 	Canadiennes de Montreal
Caroline Ouellette 	 	Forward 	Canadiennes de Montreal
Ann-Sophie Bettez 	 	Forward 	Canadiennes de Montreal
Sarah Lefort 	 	Forward 	Canadiennes de Montreal
Natalie Spooner 	 	Forward 	Toronto Furies
Jenelle Kohanchuk 	 	Forward 	Toronto Furies
Kelly Terry 	 	Forward 	Toronto Furies
Michela Cava 	 	Forward 	Toronto Furies
==Game summary==
Team White skaters Jess Jones and Jillian Saulnier became the first competitors to score a hat trick in CWHL All-Star Game history. Team Blue outshot Team White by a 39-36 margin. Team Blue starting goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer stopped 14 of 17 shots, while Howe was 13 of 18. Team White starting goaltender Christina Kessler recorded shutout play, facing 18 shots, while Labonte stopped 16 of 20 shots. 
Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary 	Scoring summary
Team 	Goal 	Assist(s) 	Time 	Score
1st period: Emerance Maschmeyer (Team Blue) vs. Christina Kessler (Team White) 	1st period: Emerance Maschmeyer (Team Blue) vs. Christina Kessler (Team White) 	1st period: Emerance Maschmeyer (Team Blue) vs. Christina Kessler (Team White) 	1st period: Emerance Maschmeyer (Team Blue) vs. Christina Kessler (Team White) 	1st period: Emerance Maschmeyer (Team Blue) vs. Christina Kessler (Team White)
Team White 	Jess Jones (1) 	Carlee Campbell (1), Rebecca Johnston (1) 	07:36 	1-0, Team White
Team White 	Jess Jones (2) 	Jillian Saulnier (1), Rebecca Johnston (2) 	12:03 	2-0, Team White
Team White 	Jillian Saulnier (1) 	Marie-Philip Poulin (1) 	14:05 	3-0, Team White
2nd period: Emerance Maschmeyer and Erica Howe (Team Blue) vs. Christina Kessler and Charline Labonte (Team White)	2nd period: Emerance Maschmeyer and Erica Howe (Team Blue) vs. Christina Kessler and Charline Labonte (Team White)	2nd period: Emerance Maschmeyer and Erica Howe (Team Blue) vs. Christina Kessler and Charline Labonte (Team White)	2nd period: Emerance Maschmeyer and Erica Howe (Team Blue) vs. Christina Kessler and Charline Labonte (Team White)	2nd period: Emerance Maschmeyer and Erica Howe (Team Blue) vs. Christina Kessler and Charline Labonte (Team White)
Team Blue 	Kelly Terry (1) 	Jamie Lee Rattray (1) 	15:42 	3-1, Team White
Team White 	Jillian Saulnier (2) 	Marie-Philip Poulin (2) 	18:41 	4-1, Team White
Team Blue 	Brianne Jenner (1) 	Natalie Spooner (1), Jamie-Lee Rattray (2) 	19:20 	4-2, Team White
3rd period: Erica Howe (Team Blue) vs. Charline Labonte (Team White) 	3rd period: Erica Howe (Team Blue) vs. Charline Labonte (Team White) 	3rd period: Erica Howe (Team Blue) vs. Charline Labonte (Team White) 	3rd period: Erica Howe (Team Blue) vs. Charline Labonte (Team White) 	3rd period: Erica Howe (Team Blue) vs. Charline Labonte (Team White)
Team Blue 	Jenelle Kohanchuk (1) Power Play 	Haley Irwin (1) 	01:31 	4-3, Team White
Team White 	Rebecca Johnston (1) 	Carlee Campbell (2) 	03:08 	5-3, Team White
Team White 	Marie-Philip Poulin (1) 	Laura Stacey (1), Rebecca Vint (1) 	06:32 	6-3, Team White
Team Blue 	Haley Irwin (1) 	Jenelle Kohanchuk (1) 	06:42 	6-4, Team White
Team White 	Jess Jones (3) 	Rebecca Johnston (3) 	06:32 	7-4, Team White
Team Blue 	Jenelle Kohanchuk (2) 	Ann-Sophie Bettez (1) 	10:28 	7-5, Team White
Team White 	Meghan Grieves (1) 	Marie-Philip Poulin (3), Laura Fortino (1) 	17:20 	8-5, Team White
Team White 	Jillian Saulnier (3) Empty Net 	Unassisted 	18:52 	9-5, Team White
== References ==
Category:Canadian Women's Hockey League
2017 Canadian Womens Hockey League All-Star Game
Category:2016–17 in Canadian women's ice hockey