Calgary Inferno

Calgary Inferno
founding	2011
history	Team Alberta (2011-2013) Calgary Inferno (2013-2019)
Stadion	WinSport Arena A / B
Location	Calgary , Alberta , Canada
Team colors	   
league	Canadian Women's Hockey League
Head coach	Ryan Hilderman, Mandi Duhamel
General manager	Kristen Hagg
Clarkson Cups	2015/16 , 2018/19

The Calgary Inferno were a Canadian women's ice hockey team from Calgary , Alberta that was formed in 2011 after the Western Women's Hockey League was dissolved to represent the Province of Alberta in the Canadian Women's Hockey League . The Inferno had a partnership with the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League and played their home games in one of the arenas of WinSport Canada .

In the spring of 2019, the CWHL stopped playing and all teams operated directly by the CWHL, including the Inferno, were dissolved.

history

Team Alberta players in January 2012

In 2011 the Western Women's Hockey League was dissolved. The Alberta Regional Ice Hockey Federation supported the formation of a new team that was created as a merger of former WWHL participants Edmonton Chimos and Strathmore Rockies to represent the province in the now national Canadian Women's Hockey League . Initially, the team, known as Team Alberta or Alberta Honeybadgers , did not have a permanent home ground , but toured the province of Alberta with their 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 its first season, the table was adjusted accordingly.

In November 2012 that gave NHL franchise of the Calgary Flames a partnership with the CWHL and the Team Alberta known, the latter the team colors and the jersey design of the Flames took over.

In the run-up to the 2013/14 season, a fan survey was started to give the team a new identity. Ultimately, the name Calgary Inferno was chosen, whereby both the name and the design of the logo refer to the Calgary Flames.

The greatest success in the club's history was achieved in 2016 when the Inferno not only won the regular season, but also the final of the Clarkson Cup . The Inferno won the second Clarkson Cup in their club history in 2019 with a 5-2 win over Les Canadiennes de Montréal . Then the game operations of the CWHL and the Inferno were discontinued.

successes

Game scene from the 2015/16 season, Hayley Wickenheiser in the center of the picture

• 2016 Winner of the regular CWHL season
• 2016 Clarkson Cup won
• 2017 winner of the regular CWHL season

Awards

• 2014 Delayne Brian - CWHL Goalkeeper of the Year
• 2016 Delayne Brian - Most Valuable Player of the Clarkson Cup
• 2015 Rebecca Johnston - Angela James Bowl
• 2016 Elana Lovell - CWHL Rookie of the Year

Trainer

Jason Schmidt (right) was Team Alberta's first head coach in the 2011/12 season

• 2011/12: Jason Schmidt, Erin Duggan
• 2012–2014: Tim Bothwell, Kevin Haller
• 2014/15: Kevin Haller
• 2015/16: Scott Reid, Gina Kingsbury
• 2016/17: Scott Reid, Gina Kingsbury, Bob Bedier
• 2017/18: Tomas Pacina, Kelly Bechard , Juliane Jubinville, Gina Kingsbury
• 2018/19: Shannon Miller, Ryan Hilderman, Becky Klein-Swormick

Season statistics

season	Sp	S.	N	OTN	T	GT	Points	placement
2011/12	15th	5	10	0	38	66	20th	5th place
2012/13	24	3	21st	0	30th	86	6th	5th place
2013/14	24	12	11	1	62	70	25th	place 3
2014/15	24	15th	6th	3	84	64	33	place 2
2015/16	17th	13	3	1	77	49	27	1st place
2016/17	24	20th	4th	0	100	45	40	1st place
2017/18	28	17th	7th	4th	96	70	38	place 3
2018/19	28	23	4th	1	111	54	47	1st place

Legend for season statistics: GP or SP = total games; W or S = victories; L or N = defeats; T or U = tie; OTS = wins after extra time ( overtime ); OTN or OL = overtime defeats; SOS = shootout wins; SOL or SON = Shootout Losses; P = points; Pct% = wins in%; GF or T = goals; GA or GT = goals conceded

Best scorers

season	Strikers	Sp	T	V	Pt	Defenders	Sp	T	V	Pt
2011/12	Sam Hunt	15th	5	9	14th	Meaghan Mikkelson	15th	2	9	11
2012/13	Jenna Cunningham	23	4th	4th	8th	Meaghan Mikkelson	23	3	4th	7th
						Tara Watchorn	22nd	3	4th	7th
2013/14	Danielle Stone	24	15th	10	25th	Tegan Schroeder	24	1	9	10
2014/15	Rebecca Johnston	24	17th	20th	37	Jessica Wong	24	2	11	13
2015/16	Brianne Jenner	24	10	18th	28	Hayleigh Cudmore	24	2	13	15th
2016/17	Brianne Jenner	20th	9	18th	27	Meaghan Mikkelson	22nd	5	10	15th
2017/18	Brittany Esposito	25th	16	9	25th	Katelyn Gosling	28	7th	11	18th
2018/19	Rebecca Johnston	27	15th	24	39	Kacey Bellamy	27	6th	15th	21st

Web links

Commons : Calgary Inferno  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• official website
• Team profile at eliteprospects.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Final Public Communication. In: thecwhl.com. July 2, 2019, accessed October 30, 2019 . 
2. ^ Canadian Elite Women's Hockey Moves West with League's Expansion to Alberta; Tuesday April 19, 2011 ( Memento from May 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Flames team up with CWHL to support Team Alberta. In: nhl.com. November 13, 2012, accessed March 2, 2018 . 
4. ↑ The heat is on: Calgary team embraces new Inferno logo and name. In: thecwhl.com. September 23, 2013, accessed March 2, 2018 . 
5. ^ Lisa Wallace: Inferno light up Les Canadiennes in Clarkson Cup final. In: CBC Sports . February 26, 2016, accessed March 2, 2018 . 
6. ^ IIHF - Calgary wins Clarkson Cup. In: iihf.com. March 25, 2019, accessed October 29, 2019 .