NWHL 1998/99

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The 1998/1999 season was the first season of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) and the last of the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League , as the league was renamed during the season. The Bonaventure Wingstar secured the championship title of the Eastern Division, the Beatrice Eros that of the Western Division. The Brampton Thunder secured the Central Canadian Championship .

Attendees

The league started with eight participants, five more than the previous season of the COWHL: The Western Division consisted of the Beatrice Eros , Brampton Thunder , Mississauga Chiefs and the Scarborough Sting . In the newly founded Eastern Division, the teams with the Laval Le Mistral , NCCP Raiders , Montréal Jofa-Titan and the Bonaventure Wingstar played mainly teams from the province of Quebec . Thus, the league was expanded to the east of Canada and therefore renamed the National Women's Hockey League during the season .

Regular season

The regular season began on September 12, 1998.

Eastern Division

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Bonaventure Wingstar	34	13	16	5	104: 091	31
2.	Montréal Jofa-Titan	34	12	17th	5	088: 109	29
3.	NCCP Raiders	34	9	19th	6th	061: 114	24
4th	Mistral de Laval	34	9	21st	4th	078: 144	22nd

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Playoff qualifier

Western Division

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Beatrice Eros	40	37	2	1	189: 039	75
2.	Brampton Thunder	40	30th	7th	3	203: 076	63
3.	Mississauga Chiefs	40	23	15th	2	117: 075	48
4th	Scarborough Sting	40	1	37	2	032: 224	4th

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Defeats
Notes: Directly qualified for the finals , qualified for the semi-finals

statistics

Best scorers

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Stephanie Boyd	Brampton Thunder	38	21st	40	61	32
Caroline Ouellette	Bonaventure Wingstar	27	32	28	60	6th
Jeanine Sobek	Brampton Thunder	40	21st	36	57	20th
Angela James	Beatrice Eros	31	36	19th	55	47
Jayna Hefford	Brampton Thunder	27	34	19th	53	30th
Andria Hunter	Mississauga Chiefs	40	20th	21st	41	2
Annie Desrosiers	Laval Le Mistral	32	28	12	40	40
Vicky Sunohara	Brampton Thunder	24	22nd	18th	40	18th
Karen Nystrom	Brampton Thunder	25th	23	14th	37	38
Amanda Benoit	Beatrice Eros	30th	16	20th	36	16
Cindy Cryderman	Beatrice Eros	39	18th	17th	35	50
Lara Perks	Beatrice Eros	35	16	19th	35	16
Lori Dupuis	Brampton Thunder	22nd	15th	20th	35	18th
Nathalie Fournier	Bonaventure Wingstar	33	14th	21st	35	25th
Summer west	Beatrice Eros	33	11	22nd	33	38
Geraldine Heaney	Beatrice Eros	29	8th	25th	33	22nd

Best goalkeepers

Source: toronto.edu; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GTS = goals conceded ; Bold: Season best

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	U	N	GT	SO	GTS
Lauren Goldstein	Beatrice Eros	19th	859: 11	16	1	0	10	9	0.52
Kendra Fisher	Beatrice Eros	24	1099: 34	21st	1	1	28	8th	1.14
Jen Dewar	Mississauga Chiefs	19th	915: 00	11	7th	1	33	6th	1.62
Stephanie Slade	Brampton Thunder	18th	863: 22	13	3	1	32	7th	1.66
Sarah couch	Brampton Thunder	23	1103: 26	17th	4th	2	44	4th	1.79
Brenda Deneault	Mississauga Chiefs	21st	1010: 07	12	8th	1	41	3	1.82
Isabelle Leclaire	Montréal Wingstar	23	1045: 52	10	11	2	65	3	2.79
Marie-Claude Roy	Montréal Jofa-Titan	20th	897: 40	5	10	4th	59	2	2.95
Marie-France Morin	NCCP Raiders	23	1083: 40	6th	12	4th	74	3	3.07
Vania Goeury	Le Mistral	19th	855: 48	5	10	2	71	1	3.73
Stacy Kellough	Scarborough Sting	25th	1217: 50	1	22nd	2	129	0	4.76

Play-offs

Eastern Division

Semifinals

The play-off semi-finals were played back and forth

Encounters	series	April 10, 1999	April 11, 1999
Bonaventure Wingstar - Laval Mistral	2-0	4: 2	8: 3
Montréal Jofa-Titan - NCCP Raiders	2: 1	3: 1	4: 4

final

Encounters	series	April 17, 1999	April 18, 1999
Bonaventure Wingstar - Montréal Jofa-Titan	2: 1	5: 1	2: 2

Western Division

The play-off games within the Western Division were played as Best of Three . The Beatrice Eros received a bye for the final as winners of the regular season.

Semifinals

Encounters	series	March 17, 1999	March 23, 1999
Brampton Thunder - Mississauga Chiefs	2-0	5: 3	2: 1

final

Encounters	series	April 1, 1999	April 5, 1999
Brampton Thunder - Beatrice Eros	0: 2	2: 3	0: 5

Central Canadian Championship

The tournament for the Central Canadian Championship was held from April 23 to April 25, 1999 at the Jim Durell Complex in Ottawa . Initially, a single round with three games per participant was played.

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Brampton Thunder	3	3	-	0	13: 05	6th
2.	Bonaventure Wingstar	3	2	-	1	12: 09	4th
3.	Montréal Jofa-Titan	3	1	-	2	05:10	2
4th	Mississauga Chiefs	3	0	-	3	04:10	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: Finalists

3rd place match

date	encounter	Result
April 25, 1999 11:15 a.m.	Mississauga Chiefs - Montréal Jofa-Titan	2-0

final

date	encounter	Result
April 25, 1999 1:30 p.m.	Bonaventure Wingstar - Brampton Thunder	2: 5

Web links

• Final League Standings - 1998/99 at toronto.edu
• Eastern Division Playoff at toronto.edu
• Western Division Playoff at toronto.edu
• Central Canadian Championship at toronto.edu

Individual evidence

1. ^ Doug Foster: The Central Ontario Women's Hockey League has changed it's name to the: National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). In: dgp.toronto.edu. May 13, 1996, accessed February 6, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Five Teams Added to COWHL. In: dgp.toronto.edu. May 13, 1996, accessed February 6, 2018 . 
3. ↑ toronto.edu.com, League Data 1998-1999
4. ↑ toronto.edu.com, Goalie Standings - 1998-99
5. ↑ Eros Sweep Thunder, Capture 1st NWHL Western Division Playoff Championship. In: dgp.toronto.edu. May 13, 1996. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .