CWHL 2008/09

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The 2008/09 season was the second season of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), the highest Canadian division in women's ice hockey in the provinces of Ontario and Québec . The Stars de Montréal won the championship title in the CWHL and also secured the Clarkson Cup , which was awarded for the first time, in the final tournament - with another CWHL and two WWHL participants .

Attendees

Ottawa Lady Senators players

Only six teams from the provinces of Ontario and Québec took part in the second edition of the CWHL , as the Phénix de Québec had stopped playing after the preseason. Due to the small number of teams in eastern Canada, the league was played in a relay.

The Ottawa Capital Canucks merged with the Kanata Girls Hockey Association before the 2008/09 season , won the NHL franchise of the Ottawa Senators as a sponsor and renamed themselves based on this in Ottawa Lady Senators .

team	Location	founding	Venue
Brampton Canadettes-Thunder	Brampton , Ontario	1998	Powerade Center
Burlington Barracudas	Burlington , Ontario	2007	Appleby Arena
Mississauga Chiefs	Mississauga , Ontario	1998	IceLand Mississauga
Stars de Montréal	Montréal , Québec	2007	Center Étienne Desmarteau
Ottawa Lady Senators	Ottawa , Ontario	1998	Sandy Hill Arena
Vaughan Flames	Vaughan , Ontario	1999	Vaughan Sports Village

Regular season

The regular season began on October 4, 2008 and ended on March 1, 2009. The two teams with the highest points qualified directly for the play-off semi-finals, the other four took part in the first play-off round.

table

Game scene Ottawa versus Brampton (February 2009)

Jayna Hefford became the top scorer and top scorer

Caroline Ouellette achieved the most assists

Sami Jo Small was one of the statistically best goalkeepers

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	OTN	SON	N	Gates	Points
1.	Stars de Montréal	30th	25th	0	1	4th	135: 066	51
2.	Brampton Canadettes-Thunder	30th	22nd	0	1	7th	136: 065	45
3.	Mississauga Chiefs	30th	19th	1	1	9	101: 069	40
4th	Burlington Barracudas	30th	11	1	2	16	082: 099	25th
5.	Vaughan Flames	30th	9	0	2	19th	082: 127	20th
6th	Ottawa Lady Senators	30th	4th	0	0	26th	057: 167	8th

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTN = defeats after overtime ( overtime ), SON = defeats after penalty shoot-out ( shootout ), N = defeats
Explanations: Qualified directly for the play-off semi-finals

statistics

Best scorers

Source: hockeymedia.ca; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Jayna Hefford	Brampton	28	44	25th	69	36
Caroline Ouellette	Montréal	24	26th	33	59	6th
Jennifer Botterill	Mississauga	28	25th	30th	55	30th
Noémie Marin	Montréal		23	26th	49
Sabrina Harbec	Montréal		20th	26th	46
Lara Perks	Mississauga		20th	23	43
Summer west	Mississauga		16	22nd	38
Jana Harrigan	Burlington		18th	19th	37
Lori Dupuis	Brampton		13	24	37
Kathleen Kauth	Brampton		9	22nd	31

Best goalkeepers

Source: hockeymedia.ca; Abbreviations: Min = ice age (in minutes), S = victories, SO = shutouts , GTS = goals against goals ; Bold: Season best

player	team	Min	S.	GTS	SO
Laura Hosier	Brampton	1143	13	1.99
Kim St-Pierre	Montréal	1166	16	2.01	5
Mandy Cronin	Brampton			2.13
Sami Jo Small	Mississauga	1332	13	2.25	4th
Tania Pinelli	Burlington	924
Robyn Rittmaster	Ottawa	914

Play-offs

Quarter finals

• 7th / 8th March Mississauga 2-0 Ottawa Senators

March 7, 2009 8:00 p.m.

Burlington Barracudas

2: 2

Vaughan Flames

The Wave, Burlington

March 8, 2009 12:30 p.m.

Burlington Barracudas

2: 2

Vaughan Flames

The Wave, Burlington

March 8, 2009

Burlington Barracudas Mallory Johnston

1: 0 Stand: 2: 1

Vaughan Flames

The Wave, Burlington

Semifinals

Stars de Montréal - Burlington Barracudas

March 14, 2009

Stars de Montréal

6: 1

Burlington Barracudas

Montréal

March 15, 2009

Burlington Barracudas

3: 1

Stars de Montréal

Burlington

March 15, 2009

Burlington Barracudas

0: 1 (overtime) Stand: 1: 2

Stars de Montréal Noémie Marin (7th)

Burlington

Brampton Thunder - Mississauga Chiefs

March 14, 2009

Brampton Thunder

3: 2

Mississauga Chiefs

Brampton

March 15, 2009

Mississauga Chiefs

4: 1

Brampton Thunder

Mississauga

March 15, 2009

Mississauga Chiefs

0: 1 (overtime) Stand: 1: 2

Brampton Thunder Jayna Hefford

Mississauga

Awards

Player trophies

• Most Valuable Player : Caroline Ouellette , Montréal
• Angela James Bowl (top scorer): Jayna Hefford , Brampton
• Outstanding rookie : Laura Hosier , Brampton
• Best striker: Jayna Hefford, Brampton
• Best Defender: Becky Kellar , Burlington
• Best goalkeeper: Kim St-Pierre , Montréal

All-star teams

First All-Star Team
Attack:	Jayna Hefford - Jennifer Botterill - Caroline Ouellette
Defense:	Becky Kellar - Cheryl Pounder
Goal:	Kim St-Pierre

Second all-star team
Attack:	Jana Harrigan - Lara Perks - Sabrina Harbec
Defense:	Bobbi Jo Slusar - Ashley Pendleton
Goal:	Sami Jo Small

All-rookie team
Attack:	Noémie Marin - Brooke Beazer - Amanda Parkins
Defense:	Annie Guay - Shannon Moulson
Goal:	Laura Hosier

Clarkson Cup

→ Main article : Clarkson Cup 2009

The first final tournament for the Clarkson Cup , also Scotiabank National Canadian Women's Championship , was held from March 19 to 21, 2009 at the K-Rock Center in Kingston . The Stars de Montréal defeated the Minnesota Whitecaps 3-1 in the final , becoming the first club team to ever win the Clarkson Cup founded in 2005.

Web links

Commons : CWHL 2008/09  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website ( Memento of December 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cwhl.ca, Schedule and Results ( Memento from January 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b c} hockeymedia.ca, 2008-2009 Season Review ( Memento from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), pp. 8–11 (PDF file)
3. ^ Anne Douglas, East meets West to make history in first-ever Clarkson Cup ( Memento from August 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), March 16, 2009
4. ↑ Mike Koreen: First Clarkson Cup claimed by Canadian team. In: owensoundsuntimes.com. March 21, 2018, archived from the original on March 22, 2018 ; accessed on March 21, 2018 (English).