CWHL 2011/12

	Canadian Women's Hockey League
	◄ previous	2011/12 season	next ►
Master:	Stars de Montréal
• CWHL

The 2011/12 season was the fifth season of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), the top Canadian division in women's ice hockey . The Stars de Montréal won the regular season of the CWHL and thus qualified for the final tournament for the Clarkson Cup , which they also won (for the second time in a row).

Attendees

In the run-up to the 2011/12 season, plans were announced to unite the CWHL with the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) to establish a nationwide league. The regional ice hockey federation of the province of Alberta (however) supported the formation of a new team, which was created as a merger of the former WWHL participants Edmonton Chimos and Strathmore Rockies to represent the province in the now national Canadian Women's Hockey League . Ultimately, this step led to the dissolution of the WWHL, as the two remaining WWHL teams - the Manitoba Maple Leafs and the Minnesota Whitecaps - saw no basis for the continuation of regular game operations.

Initially, the new CWHL participant, known as Team Alberta or Alberta Honeybadgers , did not have a permanent home venue, but toured the province of Alberta with his home games. Due to the great distance to the other locations of the CWHL, the Alberta team completed only part of the scheduled games in the 2011/12 season, the table was adjusted accordingly.

Another new team were the Toronto Furies , who replaced the Toronto Eros .

A total of six teams took part in the fifth edition of the CWHL, three from the province of Ontario and one each from Alberta , Québec and the USA .

team	Location	founding	Venue
Brampton Thunder	Brampton , Ontario	1998	Century Gardens Arena
Burlington Barracudas	Burlington , Ontario	2007	Appleby Arena
Toronto Furies	Toronto , Ontario	2011	George Bell Arena
Stars de Montréal	Montréal , Québec	2007	Center Étienne Desmarteau
Boston Blades	Boston , Massachusetts , USA	2010	Ristuccia Arena, Wilmington
Team Alberta	Calgary , Alberta	2011	various

CWHL Draft

On July 21, 2011, the CWHL conducted a second draft for players to standardize the level of play of the teams and to give the newly formed team from Alberta the opportunity to fill the roster. Therefore, the Alberta team in particular made extensive use of the possibilities of the draft. The event was held at the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Center in Mississauga . In the first place, Meghan Agosta was selected by the Stars de Montréal , and the six teams secured the rights to 112 players.

#	player	place of birth	team	college
1.	Meghan Agosta (F)	Ruthven , Ontario	Montréal	Mercyhurst Lakers ( CHA )
2.	Molly Schaus (G)	Naperville , Illinois	Boston	Boston College ( HEA )
3.	Meaghan Mikkelson (D)	St. Albert , Alberta	Alberta	Wisconsin Badgers ( WCHA )
4th	Vicki Bendus (F)	Wasaga Beach , Ontario	Brampton	Mercyhurst Lakers (CHA)
5.	Jesse Scanzano (F)	Montreal , Quebec	Toronto	Mercyhurst Lakers (CHA)
6th	Courtney Birchard (F)	Mississauga , Ontario	Brampton	University of New Hampshire ( ECAC )
7th	Catherine Ward (D)	Montreal, Quebec	Montreal	Boston University (HE)
8th.	Meghan Duggan (F)	Danvers , Massachusetts	Boston	Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
9.	Bobbi-Jo Slusar (D)	Swift Current , Saskatchewan	Alberta	Wisconsin Badgers (WCHA)
10.	Summer West (F)	Bowmanville , Ontario	Burlington	Durham College ( OCAA )

Regular season

The regular season began on October 22, 2011 and ended on March 18, 2012. The four teams with the highest points qualified for the play-offs, which ended in the final of the Clarkson Cup .

table

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Stars de Montréal	27	22nd	1	4th	160: 066	51
2.	Boston Blades	27	20th	0	7th	107: 061	46
3.	Brampton Thunder	27	18th	2	7th	102: 080	40
4th	Toronto Furies	27	9	5	13	075: 105	26th
5.	Team Alberta	15th	5	0	10	038: 066	20th
6th	Burlington Barracudas	27	1	0	26th	046: 150	2

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTN = defeats after extra time ( overtime ) N = defeats
Explanations: Master of the regular season , corrected number of points

statistics

Best scorers

Source: pointstreak.com; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus, SM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Meghan Agosta	Montréal	27	41	39	80	+59	16
Caroline Ouellette	Montréal	27	30th	36	66	+52	12
Vanessa Davidson	Montréal	27	24	25th	49	+41	26th
Kelli Stack	Boston	27	25th	17th	42	+35	30th
Gillian Apps	Brampton	27	19th	20th	39	+30	70
Jayna Hefford	Brampton	27	21st	13	34	+24	28
Noémie Marin	Montréal	24	12	22nd	34	+25	16
Cherie Piper	Brampton	25th	12	21st	33	+28	10
Erika Lawler	Boston	26th	11	22nd	33	+25	10
Gigi Marvin	Boston	27	11	21st	32	+20	24

Best goalkeepers

Source: pointstreak.com; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	OTN	SON	N	GT	GTS	SVS	Sv%	SO
Molly Schaus	Boston	23	1386: 05	16	0	0	7th	55	2.38	559	91.0	0
Jenny Lavigne	Montréal	23	1358: 13	19th	0	0	4th	54	2.39	418	88.6	2
Liz Knox	Brampton	20th	1206: 06	13	0	1	6th	59	2.94	285	82.8	1
Erika Vanderveer	Toronto	9	525: 00	2	0	1	5	26th	2.97	241	90.3	1
Lundy Day	Alberta	10	603: 33	4th	0	0	6th	40	3.98	324	89.0	0
Sami Jo Small	Toronto	16	933: 13	5	2	2	7th	64	4.11	279	81.3	1
Christina Kessler	Burlington	11	634: 44	1	0	0	10	54	5.10	278	83.7	0
Mandy Cronin	Burlington	13	675: 12	0	0	0	11	66	5.86	198	75.0	0

Awards

The 2012 CWHL Awards were presented at a banquet on March 21, 2012 in Niagara Falls , Ontario .

Player trophies

• Most Valuable Player : Meghan Agosta , Montréal
• Angela James Bowl (top scorer): Meghan Agosta, Montréal
• Outstanding rookie : Courtney Birchard , Brampton
• Coach of the Year: Lauren McAuliffe , Boston
• Best striker: Meghan Agosta, Montréal
• Best Defender: Catherine Ward , Montréal
• Best goalkeeper: Molly Schaus , Boston

All-star teams

First All-Star Team
Attack:	Meghan Agosta - Caroline Ouellette - Kelli Stack
Defense:	Catherine Ward - Molly Engstrom
Goal:	Molly Schaus

Second all-star team
Attack:	Gillian Apps - Jayna Hefford - Vanessa Davidson
Defense:	Gigi Marvin - Tessa Bonhomme
Goal:	Jenny Lavigne

All-rookie team
Attack:	Meghan Agosta - Erika Lawler - Kelli Stack
Defense:	Catherine Ward - Courtney Birchard
Goal:	Molly Schaus

Clarkson Cup

Clarkson Cup 2012
Niagara Falls , Ontario
date	March 22-25, 2012
Games	7th
Teams	4th
spectator	approx. 5000
winner	Stars de Montréal
MVP	Caroline Ouellette  (Montréal)
Clarkson Cup held
←  2011	2013  →

The Clarkson Cup 2012 was the fourth edition of the competition of the same name . Only four representatives of the Canadian Women's Hockey League took part in the final tournament after the Western Women's Hockey League had stopped playing and the trophy was thus passed exclusively to the CWHL. The tournament was from 22 to 25 March 2011 at the Gale Center in Niagara Falls in the province of Ontario held. The tournament cost the city of Niagara Falls over $ 20,000 to host and was attended by over 5,000 spectators.

mode

The four participants in the final tournament first held a preliminary round ( single round ) in which the two finalists were determined. The final was decided in a single game.

Preliminary round

March 22, 2012 12:00 p.m. (local time)

Stars de Montréal S. Harbec (21:22) M. Agosta (34:40) M. Agosta (39:36) C. Ouellette (41:21) E. Blais (46:43) J. Chu (54:08 ) C. Ouellette (56:05)

7: 0 (0: 0, 0: 3, 0: 4) game report

Toronto Furies

Gale Center, Niagara Falls Spectators: k. A.

March 22, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Boston Blades A. Wohlfeiler (7:19) J. Hawkins (59:19)

2: 3 (1: 0, 0: 3, 1: 0) match report

Brampton Thunder A. Ironside (28:36) A. Riggs (33:10) J. Hefford (37:45)

Gale Center, Niagara Falls Spectators: k. A.

March 23, 2012 12:00 p.m.

Stars de Montréal M. Agosta (4:58) C. Ouellette (13:23)

2: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Brampton Thunder

Gale Center, Niagara Falls Spectators: k. A.

March 23, 2012 7:00 p.m.

Boston Blades K. Stack (3:11) K. Stack (27:50) J. Koizumi (44:26) G. Marvin (45:45) W. Naslund (49:36)

5: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 3: 1) game report

Toronto Furies B. Smith (4:19) K. Cheverie (51:33)

Gale Center, Niagara Falls Spectators: k. A.

March 24, 2012 11:00 a.m.

Toronto Furies K. Zamora (48:03) F. McPhail (48:44)

2: 4 (0: 0, 0: 3, 2: 1) game report

Brampton Thunder M. Engstrom (32:37) V. Bendus (37:29) A. Fox (37:46) L. Dupuis (59:44)

Gale Center, Niagara Falls Spectators: k. A.

March 24, 2012 3:00 p.m.

Stars de Montréal D. Thibault (19:28) C. Ward (36:43) S. Harbec (50:07) M. Agosta (58:22) C. Ouellette (60:45)

5: 4 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 0, 2: 2, 1: 0) game report

Boston Blades S. Sisk (12:42) G. Marvin (16:20) E. Lawler (47:09) E. Lawler (59:06)

Gale Center, Niagara Falls Spectators: k. A.

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Stars de Montréal	3	3	0	0	14: 04	6th
2.	Brampton Thunder	3	2	0	1	07: 06	4th
3.	Boston Blades	3	1	1	1	11:10	3
4th	Toronto Furies	3	0	0	3	04:16	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, OTN = defeats after extra time ( overtime ), N = defeats
Explanations: Qualified for the final

final

March 25, 12 1:00 p.m. (local time)

Stars de Montréal A. Cecere (20:23) C. Ouellette (24:03) V. Davidson (32:08) E. Blais (52:54)

4: 2 (0: 0, 3: 0, 1: 2) game report

Brampton Thunder C. Birchard (47:55) C. Piper (57:27)

Gale Center, Niagara Falls Spectators: k. A.

statistics

Best scorers

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Caroline Ouellette	Montréal	4th	5	3	8th	2
Meghan Agosta	Montréal	4th	4th	2	6th	0
Emmanuelle Blais	Montréal	4th	2	3	5	4th
Kelli Stack	Boston	3	2	3	5	2
Gigi Marvin	Boston	3	2	3	5	0
Vicki Bendus	Brampton	4th	1	4th	5	6th
Sabrina Harbec	Montréal	4th	2	2	4th	4th
Erika Lawler	Boston	3	2	2	4th	0

Best goalkeepers

Source: pointstreak.com; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice time (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	OTN	N	GT	GTS	SO
Jenny Lavigne	Montréal	3	180: 00	3	0	0	2	0.67	2
Liz Knox	Brampton	4th	240: 00	2	0	2	10	2.50	0
Molly Schaus	Boston	3	180: 45	1	1	1	10	3.32	0
Sami Jo Small	Toronto	2	109: 00	0	0	2	11	6.06	0

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Caroline Ouellette , Stars de Montréal
• Best striker: Erika Lawler , Boston Blades
• Best Defender: Molly Engstrom , Brampton Thunder
• Best goalkeeper: Liz Knox , Brampton Thunder
• Top scorer: Caroline Ouellette, Stars de Montréal

Web links

• Official website ( Memento of October 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Canadian Elite Women's Hockey Moves West with League's Expansion to Alberta; Tuesday April 19, 2011 ( Memento of October 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ cwhl.ca, 2011 Draft Pick Results ( Memento from August 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Pointstreak.com, League Schedule
4. ↑ pointstreak.com, Scoring Leaders ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ pointstreak.com, Goalie Leaders ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ hockeymedia.ca, 2012 AWARDS & RECOGNITION ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 23 (PDF) 
7. ↑ 2011-12 Clarkson Cup - Presented by Scotiabank - March 21-25, 2012 - Gale Center Niagara Falls ( Memento from April 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ City staff recommends against 2013 Clarkson Cup ( Memento from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
9. ^ Pointstreak.com, Scoring Leaders
10. ^ Pointstreak.com, Goalie Leaders