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The '''Vancouver Griffins''' were a team from the National Women’s Hockey League. The team was established in January 2000 by local businessman Phillip DeGrandpre. The Griffins were voted in by the NWHL in May 2000. The Griffins would become the first expansion team for the NWHL outside their traditional Ontario and Quebec base. <ref>http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_van.html</ref> The club played in New Westminster's Queens Park Arena.
| team = Vancouver Griffins
==Expansion==
| color = #002149
In 2000-01, the Vancouver Griffins played an exhibition schedule of local, CIAU and NWHL teams. The first head coach of the Griffins was Sylvain Leone. The club’s first roster was selected at a training camp in August 2000 in Abbotsford, B.C. In the 2000-01 season, the only players that were not from British Columbia were goalie Krista Cloutier of Pickardville, Alta., and Norwegian national team forward Julia Berg.
| color text = white
==First full season==
| logo =
For the 2001-02 season, the team was owned by B.C. Sports Hall of Fame inductee Diane Nelson. The head coach was Nancy Wilson. Wilson was a certified level IV master coach and former assistant with the national women's under-22 squad.
| logosize = 150px
In 2002, the Griffins played their first full season in the National Women's Hockey League. Their first season was also the first year that the NWHL has had a western division. Olympians [[Nancy Drolet]] of Canada, [[Cammi Granato]] (signed in May 2002 <ref>http://www.realwomeninsports.com/granato.php</ref>) and [[Shelley Looney]] of the US joined the team. The Griffins' roster also included Burnaby's own 18-year-old Natashia Pellatt, a graduate of Moscrop secondary. Other younger players included 15-year-old Courtney Unrah.
| city = [[Vancouver]], Canada
One of the highlights of the season was a victory over Hayley Wickenheiser and her Edmonton Chimos club by a 7-1 score. Drolet had a hat trick and Granato scored the other four goals against Edmonton.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://archive.burnabynow.com/issues02/112102/sports/112102sp1.html|title= Olympic stars play for the NWHL Griffins |author=Dan Hilborn |date=November 21, 2002|work= |publisher= Burnaby Now|accessdate=25 June 2010}}</ref>
| league = [[National Women's Hockey League (1999)|National Women's Hockey League]]
| division = Western
| founded = 2000
| folded = 2003
| arena = [[Queen's Park Arena]]
| colours = Dark blue, red & blue grey
| owner = Phillip DeGrandpre
| GM = Nancy Wilson
| coach = Sylvain Leone, Nancy Wilson
| captain = [[Cammi Granato]]
| website =
}}
The '''Vancouver Griffins''' were a professional [[women's ice hockey]] team in the [[National Women's Hockey League (1999–2007)|National Women's Hockey League]] (NWHL). The team played its home games in [[Queen's Park Arena]], in [[New Westminster]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]].


==History==
The team was established in January 2000 by local businessman Phillip DeGrandpre. The Griffins were voted in by the NWHL in May 2000. The Griffins would become the first expansion team for the NWHL outside their traditional Ontario and Quebec base.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120801190026/http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_van.html ]}} </ref>


In 2000-01, the Vancouver Griffins<ref>Vancouver Griffins 2000 Preview, SLAM! Sports, http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_van.html</ref> played 18 exhibition games against [[U Sports|Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union]] (CIAU) teams, British Columbia and Alberta provincial women's teams, and NWHL teams. The first head coach of the Griffins was Sylvain Leone. The club’s first roster was selected at a training camp in August 2000 in Abbotsford, [[British Columbia]]. In the 2000-01 season, the only players that were not from British Columbia were goalie Krista Cloutier of [[Pickardville]], [[Alberta]], and forward Julia Berg, a member of the [[Norway women's national ice hockey team]].<ref>Julia Berg stars with Vancouver Griffins, http://hockeyadventure.com/2007/08/12/julia-berg-stars-with-vancouver-griffins/</ref>


For the Griffins' 2001–02 season, the team was owned by British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame inductee Diane Nelson. The head coach was Nancy Wilson.<ref>Wilson was a certified level IV master coach and former assistant with the national women's under-22 squad.</ref> Olympians [[Nancy Drolet]] of [[Canada women's national ice hockey team]], [[Cammi Granato]]<ref>Cammi Granato signed in May 2002. Source:http://www.realwomeninsports.com/granato.php</ref>) and [[Shelley Looney]] of the [[United States women's national ice hockey team]] joined Vancouver Griffins. The Griffins' roster also included Burnaby's own 18-year-old Natashia Pellatt, a graduate of [[Moscrop Secondary School]]. Other younger players included 15-year-old Courtney Unrah. The team played 31 exhibition games against local, CIAU, British Columbia and Alberta provincial women's teams, and NWHL teams. One of the highlights of the 2001-02 season was a victory over [[Hayley Wickenheiser]] and her [[Edmonton Chimos]] club by a 7-1 score. Nancy Drolet had a hat trick and Cammi Granato scored the other four goals against Edmonton.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://archive.burnabynow.com/issues02/112102/sports/112102sp1.html|title= Olympic stars play for the NWHL Griffins |author=Dan Hilborn |date=November 21, 2002|publisher= Burnaby Now|access-date=25 June 2010}}</ref>
==Year by year==


The Griffins joined the [[Calgary Oval X-Treme]] and [[Edmonton Chimos]] as a fully scheduled three team division in the NWHL for the [[2002–03 NWHL season|2002-03]] season. The Griffins disbanded at the end of that season.
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Year by year|-
==Season-by-season==
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" | Year
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" title="Division rank" | No.
|+ Year by year
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" title="Games played" class="unsortable" | GP
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" title="Wins" | W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" title="Losses" | L
! width="7.5%" | Year
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" title="Ties" | T
! width="7.5%" title="Games played" class="unsortable" | GP
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" title="Ties" | OTL
! width="7.5%" title="Wins" | W
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" title="Goals for" | GF
! width="7.5%" title="Losses" | L
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" title="Goals against" | GA
! width="7.5%" title="Ties" | T
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" title="Points" | Pts
! width="7.5%" title="Ties" | OTL
! width="7.5%" title="Goals for" | GF
|- align=center
! width="7.5%" title="Goals against" | GA
|2000-01||6 || 18 || 14 || 4 || 0 || - || 91 || 43 || 28
! width="7.5%" title="Points" | Pts
|- align=center
|-
|2001-02||1 || 31 || 27 || 4 || 0 || - || 84 || 14 || 54<ref>Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.548, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6</ref>
|[[2000–01 NWHL season|2000-01]]|| 18 || 14 || 4 || 0 || - || 91 || 43 || 28
|- align=center
|-
|2002-03||2 || 24 || 10 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 82 || 92 || 21<ref>Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.549, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6</ref>
|[[2001–02 NWHL season|2001-02]]|| 31 || 27 || 4 || 0 || - || 84 || 14 || 54<ref name=Collins>Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.548, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, {{ISBN|978-1-55468-621-6}}</ref>
|-
|[[2002–03 NWHL season|2002-03]]|| 24 || 10 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 82 || 92 || 21<ref name=Collins/>
|}
|}

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

==Season standings==

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Regular Season
!Playoffs
|-
|2000-01
|Exhibition games only
|
|-
|2001-02
|Exhibition games only
|
|-
|2002-03
|2rd{{Clarify|date=July 2013|reason=Should this be '2nd' or '3rd'? Neither looks likely based on the won/lost record above.}}, Western Division
|no participation to playoff
|-
|}<ref name=Collins/>

==Inaugural Roster (2000-01)==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Goalies
|-
!width=5%|
!!width=10%|Player
!!width=10%|Hometown
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Krista Cloutier
|Pickardville, Alberta
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Chantal Cotton
|Vancouver, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|[[Jennifer Price]]
| Victoria, British Columbia
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Defense
|-
!width=5%|
!!width=10%|Player
!!width=10%|Hometown
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Kobi Kawamoto
|Surrey, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Erin Leslie
|Vancouver, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Patti Maskall
|Richmond, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Tamara Pickford
|Chilliwack, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Kira Sinow
|Vancouver, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Renae Stevenson
|Abbotsford, British Columbia
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Forwards
|-
!width=5%|
!!width=10%|Player
!!width=10%|Hometown
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Debbie Beaudoin
| Surrey, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Michelle McLeary
| North Vancouver, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|NOR}}
|Julia Berg
|Randaberg, Norway
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Natalie Christensen
|Abbotsford, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Alana Gray
| Coquitlam, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Danielle Grundy
|Kelowna, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Caroline Hall
| Victoria, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Glenda Olson
|Abbotsford, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Sherri Pitre
| North Vancouver, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Sherri Schmidt
|Lillooet, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
| Sonya Sneyd
|Whistler, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Kelli Stephens
|
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Elaine Topolnisky
|Logan Lake, British Columbia
|-
|-
|{{Flag icon|CAN}}
|Samantha Wong
| Vancouver, British Columbia
|-
|}<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120729134432/http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/ros_van.html ]}} </ref>


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://www.nwhl.ca/ NWHL website]
* [http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/8661/la_id/1.htm Vancouver Griffins in 2003 Esso Women's National]
* [http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=01hcegp97yjaa5lyzaem Vancouver Griffins Logo]
* [http://www.whockey.com/prov/bc/ Hockey British Columbia]

{{Professional Women's Hockey seasons}}
{{Professional Women's Hockey seasons}}

[[Category:Women's ice hockey teams in Canada]]
[[Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada]]
[[Category:National Women's Hockey League (1999–2007) teams]]
[[Category:Sport in Vancouver]]
[[Category:Defunct women's ice hockey teams in Canada]]
[[Category:Sports clubs established in 2000]]
[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Vancouver|Griffins]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 2000]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in British Columbia]]
[[Category:2003 disestablishments in British Columbia]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2003]]
[[Category:Women in British Columbia]]

Latest revision as of 18:53, 1 February 2024

Vancouver Griffins
CityVancouver, Canada
LeagueNational Women's Hockey League
DivisionWestern
Founded2000
Folded2003
Home arenaQueen's Park Arena
ColoursDark blue, red & blue grey
Owner(s)Phillip DeGrandpre
General managerNancy Wilson
Head coachSylvain Leone, Nancy Wilson
CaptainCammi Granato

The Vancouver Griffins were a professional women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The team played its home games in Queen's Park Arena, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

History[edit]

The team was established in January 2000 by local businessman Phillip DeGrandpre. The Griffins were voted in by the NWHL in May 2000. The Griffins would become the first expansion team for the NWHL outside their traditional Ontario and Quebec base.[1]

In 2000-01, the Vancouver Griffins[2] played 18 exhibition games against Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union (CIAU) teams, British Columbia and Alberta provincial women's teams, and NWHL teams. The first head coach of the Griffins was Sylvain Leone. The club’s first roster was selected at a training camp in August 2000 in Abbotsford, British Columbia. In the 2000-01 season, the only players that were not from British Columbia were goalie Krista Cloutier of Pickardville, Alberta, and forward Julia Berg, a member of the Norway women's national ice hockey team.[3]

For the Griffins' 2001–02 season, the team was owned by British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame inductee Diane Nelson. The head coach was Nancy Wilson.[4] Olympians Nancy Drolet of Canada women's national ice hockey team, Cammi Granato[5]) and Shelley Looney of the United States women's national ice hockey team joined Vancouver Griffins. The Griffins' roster also included Burnaby's own 18-year-old Natashia Pellatt, a graduate of Moscrop Secondary School. Other younger players included 15-year-old Courtney Unrah. The team played 31 exhibition games against local, CIAU, British Columbia and Alberta provincial women's teams, and NWHL teams. One of the highlights of the 2001-02 season was a victory over Hayley Wickenheiser and her Edmonton Chimos club by a 7-1 score. Nancy Drolet had a hat trick and Cammi Granato scored the other four goals against Edmonton.[6]

The Griffins joined the Calgary Oval X-Treme and Edmonton Chimos as a fully scheduled three team division in the NWHL for the 2002-03 season. The Griffins disbanded at the end of that season.

Season-by-season[edit]

Year by year
Year GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
2000-01 18 14 4 0 - 91 43 28
2001-02 31 27 4 0 - 84 14 54[7]
2002-03 24 10 13 0 1 82 92 21[7]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

Season standings[edit]

Year Regular Season Playoffs
2000-01 Exhibition games only
2001-02 Exhibition games only
2002-03 2rd[clarification needed], Western Division no participation to playoff

[7]

Inaugural Roster (2000-01)[edit]

Goalies
Player Hometown
Canada Krista Cloutier Pickardville, Alberta
Canada Chantal Cotton Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Jennifer Price Victoria, British Columbia
Defense
Player Hometown
Canada Kobi Kawamoto Surrey, British Columbia
Canada Erin Leslie Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Patti Maskall Richmond, British Columbia
Canada Tamara Pickford Chilliwack, British Columbia
Canada Kira Sinow Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Renae Stevenson Abbotsford, British Columbia
Forwards
Player Hometown
Canada Debbie Beaudoin Surrey, British Columbia
Canada Michelle McLeary North Vancouver, British Columbia
Norway Julia Berg Randaberg, Norway
Canada Natalie Christensen Abbotsford, British Columbia
Canada Alana Gray Coquitlam, British Columbia
Canada Danielle Grundy Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada Caroline Hall Victoria, British Columbia
Canada Glenda Olson Abbotsford, British Columbia
Canada Sherri Pitre North Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Sherri Schmidt Lillooet, British Columbia
Canada Sonya Sneyd Whistler, British Columbia
Canada Kelli Stephens
Canada Elaine Topolnisky Logan Lake, British Columbia
Canada Samantha Wong Vancouver, British Columbia

[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ [1][usurped]
  2. ^ Vancouver Griffins 2000 Preview, SLAM! Sports, http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_van.html
  3. ^ Julia Berg stars with Vancouver Griffins, http://hockeyadventure.com/2007/08/12/julia-berg-stars-with-vancouver-griffins/
  4. ^ Wilson was a certified level IV master coach and former assistant with the national women's under-22 squad.
  5. ^ Cammi Granato signed in May 2002. Source:http://www.realwomeninsports.com/granato.php
  6. ^ Dan Hilborn (November 21, 2002). "Olympic stars play for the NWHL Griffins". Burnaby Now. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  7. ^ a b c Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.548, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
  8. ^ [2][usurped]

External links[edit]

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