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2017 CWHL Draft
The 2017 CWHL draft was the eighth in the history of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. It took place on August 20, 2017, marking the first time that the Draft involved Kunlun Red Star WIH, one of two expansion teams in the league, who are also joined by the Vanke Rays. The list of prospects for the Draft included goaltender Noora Raty from Finland, forward Alexandra Carpenter and Melodie Daoust. All three were participants in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Courtney Turner Courtney Turner (born June 17, 1994) is a women's ice hockey player. She played with the Union Dutchwomen and amassed 28 career points while with the college program. She was selected first overall in the 2017 CWHL Draft by the Boston Blades, th ... was selected with the first overall pick in the draft, claimed by the Boston Blades. Top 10 picks References {{Professional Women's Hockey seasons Canadian Women's Hockey League ...
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Courtney Turner
Courtney Turner (born June 17, 1994) is a women's ice hockey player. She played with the Union Dutchwomen and amassed 28 career points while with the college program. She was selected first overall in the 2017 CWHL Draft by the Boston Blades, the second straight year that the club held the first pick in the draft. Playing career CWHL Turner was drafted first overall in the 2017 CWHL Draft by the Boston Blades. Turner appeared in 28 games during her inaugural season with the Boston Blades. She debuted on October 14, 2018, on the road versus Les Canadiennes de Montreal. Turner recorded her first career point the following day in the third period of a 5–3 loss against Montreal with an assist on a goal scored by Chelsey Goldberg Chelsey Goldberg (born January 30, 1993) is an American ice hockey player who currently plays for Team Adidas in the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). Previously, Goldberg had signed with the Boston Blades, in the Canadian .... ...
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Boston College Eagles Women's Ice Hockey
The Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey team represent Boston College in the NCAA and participate in Hockey East. The Eagles are coached by former Olympic gold medallist Katie King-Crowley and play their home games at Conte Forum. They have won the Hockey East championship three times, and made seven trips to the Frozen Four of the NCAA tournament. History The Boston Eagles women's ice hockey program was launched in 1994, under head coach Tom O'Malley, who oversaw the development of the program for five years. In 1999, Tom Babson took the helm and coached for four seasons. In the early years, the team competed in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) but struggled to build a competitive program. In 2002, they joined the newly formed Hockey East Conference for women's hockey. Tom Mutch was hired as the head coach in 2003, and the program began to see greater success. The Eagles won their first Beanpot championship in 2006, and finished second in the conference tha ...
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Lindsay Grigg
Lindsay Grigg (born May 26, 1993) is a women's ice hockey player. Having played at the NCAA level with the RIT Tigers women's ice hockey program, she was a member of the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League during the 2015–16 NWHL season, the first in league history. Grigg has also competed for the Canada women's national inline hockey team. For the 2016–17 season, Grigg has signed a contract to play with the HV71 club, part of Sweden's Riksserien league. Playing career During the 2010–11 PWHL season, Grigg played for the Oakville Hornets, serving as team captain. Of note, she would also have the honor of the captaincy bestowed upon her during her junior and senior seasons at RIT. NCAA With 6:17 left in the second overtime of the 2014 College Hockey American championship game, Grigg scored the game-winning goal, as RIT won their first conference championship in NCAA Division I play, prevailing by a 2–1 tally against the Mercyhurst Lakers. During her jun ...
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Vermont Catamounts Women's Ice Hockey
The Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey program represents the University of Vermont. The Catamounts compete in Hockey East. Their first year of varsity women's hockey was in 1998-99. The Catamounts were in the ECAC at the Division III level of competition. In 2001-02, the Catamounts moved up to Division I. For the 2005-06 season, the Catamounts moved to Hockey East. History The Vermont Catamounts women's ice hockey program was launched in 1995-1996, under head coach Bruce Garrapy. During the 2003-04 season, Kami Cote of Vermont set an NCAA record for most saves in one season with 1332. During the 2010-11 season, Roxanne Douville earned consecutive shutouts against No. 9 Providence (Jan. 30) and Maine (Feb. 5) establishing a new program record shutout streak of 164 minutes and 13 seconds. In addition, she became only the second Vermont player to be named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team. The 2013- 2014 season saw Vermont's best finish, ending the season 18-4-4, and earning f ...
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Dartmouth Big Green Women's Ice Hockey
The Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey program represents Dartmouth College. In 2001, Dartmouth participated in the inaugural NCAA Championship tournament. Since then, they have appeared in the "Frozen Four", the semifinals of the NCAA hockey tournament, three additional times. History Dartmouth College started a women’s ice hockey program on January 7, 1978, six years after first admitting women students. The Big Green defeated Middlebury by a 6–5 score. The Big Green finished their inaugural season with 7 wins, 7 losses, and 1 tie. Against Ivy League teams, the Big Green was 1–3–1. Big Green player Judy Parish Oberting was named to the first U.S. National Team that competed at the 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship. Oberting was named to the Ivy League's Silver Anniversary Team in 1999. In addition, she coached the Dartmouth's women's hockey team from 1998–2003. In 1998, Sarah Hood was one of two Ivy League players named first team All-Americans. This was the ...
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Clarkson Golden Knights Women's Ice Hockey
The Clarkson Golden Knights women's hockey team is an NCAA Division I ice hockey team that represents Clarkson University in rural Potsdam, New York. The Golden Knights have been a member of ECAC Hockey since 2004, and play home games in Cheel Arena on the Clarkson University campus. History Seasons 2003-04 to 2007-08 While men's ice hockey has existed for a long time at Clarkson University as an NCAA Division I sport, women's ice hockey had only existed at Clarkson as a varsity sport from 1974–1984, long before the women's game was at all formalized. During the varsity era, the team posted a record of 77–72–3. A club team started in the 1995–96 season and existed until the sport regained varsity status. As neither the university nor the NCAA consider the original varsity team or the club team continuous with the current one all statistics and records do not carry over from either era. In 2003, Clarkson announced that it would, for the first time, field a Division I wome ...
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Cayley Mercer
Cayley Mercer (born January 18, 1994) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She most recently played with the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) in the 2018–19 season. Mercer played with the Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey program from 2013 to 2017 and was a Top-3 Finalist for the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Award. Her career at Clarkson saw her win two Division 1 National Championships with the Golden Knights, and she graduated as the program's all-time leader in career goals scored, and second all time in career points. At the 2017 CWHL Draft, she was the first-ever player selected by the Vanke Rays, taken seventh overall. In the 2017–18 CWHL season, Mercer finished second in the CWHL with 41 points in 28 games, behind only Kelli Stack. Awards and honours *Top-3 Finalist for the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Award *First Team All American 2017 *USCHO Player of the Year 2017 *USCHO First Team Honors 2017 *Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player ...
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Finland Women's National Ice Hockey Team
The Finnish women's national ice hockey team represents Finland at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championships, the Olympic Games, the Four Nations Cup, and other international-level women's ice hockey competitions. The women's national team is overseen by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association and its general manager is Tuula Puputti. Finland's national women's program is ranked third in the world by the IIHF and had 5,858 active players . History Finland has finished third or fourth in almost every World Championships and Olympics, with one exception being a fifth place finish at the 2014 Winter Olympics and second place at the 2019 World Championship. They are ranked behind Canada (#2) and the United States (#1). Historically, Finland's primary rival was Sweden, which finished second to Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Finland finished fourth, losing the game for the bronze medal to the United States. Finland defeate ...
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Calgary Inferno
The Calgary Inferno (previously known as Team Alberta, nickname "Honeybadgers", during the 2011–12 season) was a women's ice hockey team that joined the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) for the 2011–12 season. The team played its home games at Joan Snyder Rink (Arena B) at WinSport Canada in Calgary, Alberta. After two seasons without an official name, in 2013 the team picked a moniker drawing from Calgary's National Hockey League franchise, the Calgary Flames, with whom they had a partnership. For the 2013-14 it was announced that all Inferno home-games will be streamed live by PCSN.tv. In 2019, the CWHL ceased operations, as well as all teams that it directly operated including the Inferno. History The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) announced on April 19, 2011, that it would merge with the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) for the 2011–12 season. The merger featured one team based in Edmonton and Calgary as a combination of the former WWHL franchises the ...
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McGill Martlets Women's Ice Hockey
The McGill Martlets ice hockey team represents McGill University, based in Montreal, Quebec in U Sports women's ice hockey. They are members of the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) and have won four U Sports women's ice hockey championships. Some players have participated internationally, including in the World Student Games. Home games are played at McConnell Arena. Origin name The origin of name "Martlet" is used in reference to the coat of arms of McGill University, which includes three birds. These birds were originally a part of the family crest of James McGill, founder of the university. The McGill Martlet Foundation, created in 1954, uses this heraldic symbol. The foundation is a philanthropic organization aimed at helping student athletes at McGill. In 1976, various women's teams at McGill University adopted the use of the name "Martlets". History Since 1896, women's ice hockey has existed at McGill University. In the early years of ice hockey play at M ...
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Canadiennes De Montreal
French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the twentieth century; french: Canadiens français, ; feminine form: , ), or Franco-Canadians (french: Franco-Canadiens), refers to either an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in Canada beginning in the 17th century or to French-speaking or Francophone Canadians of any ethnic origin. During the 17th century, French settlers originating mainly from the west and north of France settled Canada. It is from them that the French Canadian ethnicity was born. During the 17th to 18th centuries, French Canadians expanded across North America and colonized various regions, cities, and towns. As a result people of French Canadian descent can be found across North America. Between 1840 and 1930, many French Canadians immigrated to New England, an event known as the Grande Hémorragie. Etymology French Canadians get their name from ''Canada'', the most developed and densely populated region of New ...
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Quinnipiac Bobcats Women's Ice Hockey
The Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey program represents Quinnipiac University. The Bobcats have competed in ECAC Hockey since the 2005-2006 season where they replaced Vermont when the Catamounts moved to Hockey East. Prior to that season the Bobcats competed in College Hockey America for the 2004-2005 season, played as a Division I Independent for the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 seasons, and in the ECAC Division I Eastern division for the 2001-2002 season. The Bobcats play in the People's United Center (formerly the TD Bank Sports Center) in Hamden Connecticut. The People's United Center hosted the NCAA Women's Frozen Four in 2014 and 2019. Year by year *In their inaugural season (2001–02), the Quinnipiac Braves were in the ECAC Eastern Conference. Effective 2002–03, the team's nickname was changed to the Bobcats. They played as a Division I independent that season and 2003–04. In 2004–05, the team played in the College Hockey America Conference . The followi ...
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