CWHL 2017/18

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The 2017/18 season was the eleventh season of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), the top Canadian division in women's ice hockey . Last year's winner, Les Canadiennes de Montréal , won the regular season of the CWHL, while the Markham Thunder won the Clarkson Cup for the first time in the club's history .

Due to the hosting of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea , much of the season in previous years took place without the Canadian and US top players as these with their respective hockey associations Hockey Canada or USA Hockey outside of gaming operations in a separate preparation program at the Olympic Hockey Tournament were . After the end of the tournament, Hilary Knight , Brianne Jenner and Laura Fortino , among others, returned to their respective teams.

Attendees

In the summer of 2017, the newly founded women's team of the Chinese KHL club Kunlun Red Star and the Vanke Rays , also from the People's Republic of China, were accepted. In the course of the league expansion, a salary system was introduced for the first time for the players, with the salary per season between 2,000 and 10,000 US dollars and the salary cap at 100,000 US dollars per team. In addition, individual players in the Chinese clubs receive salaries as so-called ice hockey ambassadors , which are well above the normal CWHL salaries.

team	Location	founding	Venue
Markham Thunder	Markham , Ontario	1998	Thornhill Community Center
Toronto Furies	Toronto , Ontario	2011	MasterCard Center
Les Canadiennes de Montréal	Montréal , Québec	2007	Center Étienne Desmarteau
Boston Blades	Boston , Massachusetts	2010	Larsen Skating Rink at Eruzione Center
Calgary Inferno	Calgary , Alberta	2011	Winsport Canada
Kunlun Red Star	Shenzhen , Guangdong	2017	Shenzhen Universiade Center
Vanke Rays	Shenzhen , Guangdong	2017	Shenzhen Universiade Center

CWHL Draft

On August 20, 2017, the CWHL carried out a draft for female players. The draft was carried out in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto and included the five previous teams as well as the two new participants from the People's Republic of China. First and foremost, Courtney Turner was selected by the Boston Blades . In total, the seven teams secured the rights to 113 players in 25 rounds.

#	player	team	college
01.	Courtney Turner (F)	Boston Blades	Union College
02.	Kristyn Capizzano (F)	Toronto Furies	Boston College
03.	Nicole Kosta (F)	Markham Thunder	Quinnipiac University
04th	Mélodie Daoust (F)	Les Canadiennes de Montréal	McGill University
05.	Taryn Baumgardt (D)	Calgary Inferno	Quinnipiac University
06th	Noora Räty (G)	Kunlun Red Star	Team Finland
07th	Cayley Mercer (F)	Vanke Rays	Clarkson University
08th.	Robyn Chemago (G)	Boston Blades	Dartmouth College
09.	Brittany Zuback (F)	Toronto Furies	University of Vermont
10.	Lindsay Grigg (D)	Markham Thunder	Rochester Institute of Technology

Regular season

The regular season began on October 14, 2017 and ended on March 11, 2018. The four teams with the highest points qualified for the final tournament of the Clarkson Cup .

table

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	OTN	SON	N	Gates	Points
1.	Les Canadiennes de Montréal	28	15th	3	4th	0	1	5	117: 059	45
2.	Kunlun Red Star	28	18th	2	1	0	1	6th	096: 052	43
3.	Calgary Inferno	28	15th	1	1	1	3	7th	096: 070	38
4th	Markham Thunder	28	12	0	2	4th	3	7th	081: 068	35
5.	Vanke Rays	28	10	0	4th	0	1	13	078: 097	29
6th	Toronto Furies	28	8th	0	1	1	1	17th	056: 099	20th
7th	Boston Blades	28	1	0	0	0	3	24	041: 120	5

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime , SOS = victory after penalty shoot-out, OTN = defeats after extra time, SON = defeats after penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Master of the regular Season (Commissioner's Trophy)

statistics

Best scorers

Source: thecwhl.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
Kelli Stack	Kunlun	28	26th	23	49	+25	40
Ann-Sophie Bettez	Montréal	28	20th	21st	41	+32	10
Cayley Mercer	Vanke Rays	28	15th	26th	41	+10	20th
Jamie Lee Rattray	Markham	28	22nd	17th	39	+14	22nd
Zoe Hickel	Kunlun	28	12	26th	38	+26	16
Noémie Marin	Montréal	26th	17th	14th	31	+25	12
Sarah Lefort	Montréal	28	18th	12	30th	+25	24
Hanna Bunton	Vanke Rays	28	15th	11	26th	+2	18th
Katia Clement-Heydra	Montréal	28	12	14th	26th	+17	16
Brooke Webster	Vanke Rays	26th	9	17th	26th	−3	26th

Best goalkeepers

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

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	SOL	N	SaT	GT	GTS	SVS	Sv%	SO
Noora Räty	Kunlun	20th	1159	16	0	3	551	31	1.60	520	94.4	6th
Emerance Maschmeyer	Montréal	23	1380	18th	1	4th	510	41	1.78	469	92.0	6th
Erica Howe	Markham	16	934	8th	2	5	485	34	2.18	451	93.0	3
Lindsey Post	Calgary	13	733	7th	1	4th	311	27	2.21	284	91.3	2
Liz Knox	Markham	13	781	6th	1	6th	368	29	2.23	339	92.1	0
Delayne Brian	Calgary	11	623	7th	0	4th	233	27	2.60	206	88.4	0
Elaine Chuli	Vanke Rays	27	1513	14th	1	11	851	74	2.94	777	91.3	4th
Sonja van der Bliek	Toronto	16	878	3	1	12	497	52	3.56	445	89.5	0
Amanda Makela	Toronto	10	597	4th	0	6th	333	37	3.72	296	88.9	1
Lauren Dahm	Boston	27	1458	1	3	22nd	1023	95	3.91	928	90.7	0

Awards

The 2018 CWHL Awards were presented in a gala ceremony on March 23, 2018 at the Toronto Center for the Arts .

Player trophies

• Most Valuable Player : Kelli Stack , Kunlun Red Star
• Jayna Hefford Trophy : Jamie Lee Rattray , Markham Thunder
• Angela James Bowl (top scorer): Kelli Stack, Kunlun Red Star
• Rookie of the Year : Sophie Shirley , Calgary
• Coach of the year: Tomaš Pacina , Calgary
• Best defender: Cathy Chartrand , Montréal
• Best goalkeeper: Noora Räty , Kunlun Red Star
• Humanitarian Award: Brad Morris

Clarkson Cup

Clarkson Cup 2018
Toronto , Ontario
date	March 16-25, 2018
Games	6th
Teams	4th
winner	Markham Thunder
MVP	Erica Howe  (Markham)
Clarkson Cup held
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The Clarkson Cup 2018 was the ninth edition of the competition of the same name , in which four representatives of the Canadian Women's Hockey League participated. The competition was held in play-off mode at different venues. The final was the first time on March 25, 2018 Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto in the province of Ontario played.

The Markham Thunder won the first Clarkson Cup in their club history with a 2-1 win after extra time over Kunlun Red Star .

mode

The four participants in the play-offs did not play the knockout round ( best-of-three ) on the same weekend as the final, but on match dates before. The final was decided in a single game.

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	Les Canadiennes de Montréal	0
	4th	Markham Thunder	2
						4th	Markham Thunder	2
						2	Kunlun Red Star	1
	2	Kunlun Red Star	2
	3	Calgary Inferno	1

Semifinals

Les Canadiennes de Montréal - Markham Thunder

March 16, 2018 7:30 p.m. (local time)

Les Canadiennes de Montréal E. Blais (43:12)

1: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1) Match report as of: 0: 1

Markham Thunder N. Kosta (31:58) JL Rattray (65:05)

Aréna Michel-Normandin , Montréal Spectators: k. A.

March 17, 2018 7:30 p.m.

Markham Thunder J. McParland (11:43) J. McParland (47:49) J. McParland (51:53) JL Rattray (59:41)

4: 1 (1: 1, 0: 0, 3: 0) Match report as of: 2: 0

Les Canadiennes de Montréal S. Lefort (11:25)

Bell Sports Complex, Brossard Spectators: k. A.

Kunlun Red Star - Calgary Inferno

The third and decisive game in the series was only decided in the 115th minute of the third extra time by a goal by Alex Carpenter in favor of Kunlun Red Star .

March 16, 2018 7:30 p.m. (local time)

Kunlun Red Star

0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2) Match report as of: 0: 1

Calgary Inferno D. Woodworth (8:40) L. Warren (51:35) B. Fouracres (58:14)

Angus Glen Community Center, Markham Spectators: k. A.

March 17, 2018 4:30 p.m.

Calgary Inferno B. Turnbull (38:52) I. Gavrilowa (58:57)

2: 3 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) Match report as of: 1: 1

Kunlun Red Star T. Marchin (14:00) S. Darkangelo (47:53) S. Anderson (62:32)

Angus Glen Community Center, Markham Spectators: k. A.

March 18, 2018 5:30 p.m.

Kunlun Red Star A. Carpenter (114:01)

1: 0 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report as of: 2: 1

Calgary Inferno

Angus Glen Community Center, Markham Spectators: k. A.

final

March 25, 2018 12:10 p.m. (local time)

Kunlun Red Star K. Stack (39:12)

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

Markham Thunder N. Brown (8:24) L. Stacey (62:49)

Ricoh Coliseum , Toronto Spectators: approx. 4,400

Clarkson Cup winner

Clarkson Cup winner Markham Thunder

Goalkeepers: Erica Howe , Liz Knox Defenders: Kristen Barbara , Megan Bozek , Laura Fortino , Lindsay Grigg , Jocelyne Larocque , Dania Simmonds , Alexis Woloschuk Attackers: Nicole Brown , Becca King , Nicole Kosta , Laura McIntosh , Jenna McParland , Jamie Lee Rattray , Kristen Richards , Devon Skeats , Laura Stacey , Karolina Urban , Taylor Woods Coaching staff: Jim Jackson , Candice Moxley , Kevin Stone

statistics

Best scorers

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Nicole Kosta	Markham	3	1	3	4th	+4	2
Jenna McParland	Markham	3	3	0	3	+3	0
Louise Warren	Calgary	3	1	2	3	−1	6th
Kelli Stack	Kunlun	4th	1	2	3	−1	16
Jessica Wong	Kunlun	4th	0	3	3	+1	2
Jamie Lee Rattray	Markham	3	2	0	2	+2	2

Best goalkeepers

Source: thecwhl.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.	N	SaT	GT	GTS	SVS	Sv%	SO
Erica Howe	Markham	3	203	3	0	81	3	0.89	78	96.3	0
Delayne Brian	Calgary	3	237	1	2	94	4th	1.01	90	95.7	1
Noora Räty	Kunlun	4th	314	2	2	179	7th	1.34	172	96.1	1
Emerance Maschmeyer	Montréal	2	125	0	2	53	5	2.39	48	90.6	0

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

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2. ^ Seven Olympic Medalists Return to CWHL. In: thecwhl.com. March 9, 2018, accessed April 25, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Michael Drapack: China's Kunlun Red Star officially joins CWHL. In: cbc.ca. May 19, 2017, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
4. ↑ KunLun Red Star and Vanke Rays - Two Chinese teams join the CWHL. In: filmbeats.wordpress.com. October 27, 2017, accessed November 17, 2017 . 
5. ↑ CWHL announces it will pay players in 2017-18. In: sportsnet.ca. March 13, 2016, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Kristina Rutherford: The Interview: Noora Raty on the CWHL's Chinese expansion. In: sportsnet.ca. June 14, 2017, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
7. ↑ China Wants A Gold In Hockey, And That Means Female Players Might Finally Get Paid Their Worth. forbes.com , March 22, 2018, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
8. ^ Courtney Turner selected 1st overall in CWHL draft. In: cbc.ca. June 5, 2017, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
9. ↑ CWHL Welcomes 113 New Players in 2017 Draft. In: thecwhl.com. August 21, 2017, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
10. ↑ thecwhl.com, 2017-18 CWHL Regular Season Schedule
11. ↑ thecwhl.com, Skater Stats
12. ↑ thecwhl.com, Goalie Stats
13. ^ Stack and Rattray Headline Awards Night. In: thecwhl.com. March 24, 2018, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
14. ^ CWHL Clarkson Cup Preview. In: victorypress.org. March 21, 2018, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
15. ↑ ^{a b} Rachel Brady: Olympian Laura Stacey scores overtime winner for Markham Thunder in Clarkson Cup. In: theglobeandmail.com. March 26, 2018, accessed April 24, 2018 . 
16. ↑ Inferno lose Game 3 in triple overtime, ousted from CWHL playoffs. In: calgarysun.com. March 19, 2018, accessed April 25, 2018 . 
17. ↑ thecwhl.com, Skater Stats
18. ↑ thecwhl.com, Goalie Stats