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, to determine the champion of the

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. Held on March 5, 2017, the

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competed against the Canadiennes de Montreal, a rematch of the

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finals. This marked the first time that the same two teams skated in consecutive Clarkson Cup finals.

Game summary

Canadiennes de Montreal – 2017 Clarkson Cup champions

Defenders *5

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*8 Cathy Chartrand (Assistant Captain) *14 Brittany Fouracres *17 Melanie Desrochers *21

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*23 Sophie Brault *51

Cassandra Poudrier Cassandra Poudrier (born December 5, 1992) is an ice hockey player who currently plays in the CWHL for Les Canadiennes de Montreal. On October 3, 2011, she was named to the Team Canada roster that will participate in the 2011 4 Nations Cup. Pla ...

Forwards *9 Kim Deschenes *10 Noemie Marin *11 Alyssa Sherrard *13

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(Assistant Captain) *16 Sarah Lefort *19

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*20 Jordanna Peroff *24

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*29

Marie-Philip Poulin Marie-Philip Poulin-Nadeau (born March 28, 1991) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently with the PWHPA and who serves as captain of the Canada women's national ice hockey team, Canadian national team. A three-time Olympic and three-time Wo ...

(Captain) *39

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*62 Emilie Bocchia *71 Leslie Oles *76 Karell Emard Goaltenders *31 Catherine Herron *32 Charline Labonte ;''Coaching and Administrative Staff'': *Dany Brunet (Head coach) * Marc Beaudoin, Assistant coach *

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(Assistant coach) *Kelly Sudia, Technical coach * Gilles Charron, Goalie coach *

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, Assistant goalie coach *Steve Lortie, Video coach

Awards and honors

*Playoff MVP: Charline Labonte *First Star of the Game: Charline Labonte *Second Star of the Game:

*Third Star of the Game:

Jillian Saulnier Jillian Pauline Saulnier (born March 7, 1992) grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was the first female ice hockey player to represent Nova Scotia at the IIHF Women’s World Championship in 2015. She is a two-timOlympianfoTeam Canada w ...

References

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