The Cambridge Turbos is a

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team in Canada's

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(NRL) competing in the Eastern Conference in the Red division. Founded in 2003, the is team based in

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. The Turbos home arena is the Hespeler Memorial Arena, a facility which is a twin sheet arena with two Olympic Sized sheets of ice (200'x100'). The team did not compete in the NRL Championships during the

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. The team acquired its name from a curious, exuberant, long-haired

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, ( "teddy bear hamster") owned by former Turbos player, Corina Harris. While there are no remaining photos of Turbo the Hamster, his memory has been immortalized. In the past the Turbos also competed against Bourassa Royal before that NRL team was discontinued.

History

National Ringette League

The Cambridge Turbos have played in the National Ringette League since its formation in 2003–04. The team won the National Ringette League championship in 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2016–17. The NRL and the Cambridge Turbos were featured in an episode of Canada's ' Rick Mercer Report' in 2009 called "Ringette Night In Canada". Syrian hamster

League competition 2022–23 season

In 2022–23, the NRL entered its 18th season with thirteen teams competing: Western Conference * BC Thunder * Edmonton Black Gold Rush * Edmonton WAM! * Calgary RATH * Saskatchewan Heat * Manitoba Herd Eastern Conference Red * Nepean Ravens * Waterloo Wildfire * Gatineau Fusion * Cambridge Turbos Eastern Conference White * Montreal Mission * Rive-Sud Révolution * Atlantic Attack

Regular season records

Team

2022–23 Season Roster

The Cambridge Turbos compete in the 2022–23 NRL season.

2013–14 Season Roster

All-time record

Ringette World Club Championship

In November 2008, the Turbos won the first

Ringette World Club Championship The Ringette World Club Championship (RWCC) was an international ringette competition organized by the International Ringette Federation (IRF). It featured the top teams from Canada's National Ringette League (NRL), Finland's , and Sweden's Ringett ...

which gathered six teams from around the world. The Turbos won the world title with a 5–2 victory in the final against the Finnish club (LuKi-82).

References

External links

Ringette Canada

National Ringette League Website

Ontario Ringette Association

Cambridge Ringette Association

Cambridge Turbos Twitter
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