The Edmonton Storm are a women's football team in the
Western Women's Canadian Football League
The Western Women's Canadian Football League (WWCFL) is a full-contact women's Canadian football league which began play in the spring of 2011. The league plays an annual season in the spring or summer, and with eight teams it is the largest wome ...
's (WWCFL) Western Conference. The team is based in
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
, Alberta. The Storm are Alberta's oldest competitive women's tackle football club.
Team history
The Storm were founded in 2004. By 2010 there was growing momentum around women's football in Alberta, and the Storm joined together with the
Calgary Rockies and
Lethbridge Steel
The Lethbridge Steel are a women's football team in the Western Women's Canadian Football League's (WWCFL) Western Conference. The team is based in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Team history
The Steel were founded in 2010 and joined the Edmonton Storm ...
clubs to form the Alberta Female Football League (AFFL). The Storm finished atop the league in its lone season. In 2011, the AFFL was absorbed by the WWCFL, which included the Manitoba Fearless and new teams based in Winnipeg, Regina, and Saskatoon. The league began play in 2011 with the Alberta-based teams forming the Western Conference, and the four other teams forming the Prairie Conference.
The inaugural WWCFL season was a successful one for the Storm. The team was undefeated during the regular season, finishing atop the Western Conference. The team ultimately advanced to the WWCFL Final, where they faced the
Saskatoon Valkyries
The Saskatoon Valkyries are a women's football team in the Western Women's Canadian Football League's (WWCFL) Prairie Conference. The team is based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. They are the most successful WWCFL team, winning eight of the leagues ...
in Lethbridge. The Valkyries defeated the storm by a score of 35–7 to become the first WWCFL Champions.
The Storm had a successful run from 2013–2016, a period that saw two new Alberta-based teams join the WWCFL in the Northern Anarchy, based in Grande Prairie, and the Okotokz Lady Outlawz. The Storm did not lose a regular season game for four straight seasons, and they returned to the WWCFL Championship final in consecutive years in 2015 and 2016. However, they lost both finals. In 2015, they lost to the Regina Riot, while they lost again to the Valkyries in 2016.
Year by year
IFAF competitors
The following lists women from the Edmonton Storm who have competed in the
IFAF Women's World Championship
The IFAF Women's World Championship is the international championship for women in American football. The first event was held in 2010, in Stockholm, Sweden, with six countries competing. The United States took home the gold while not letting an ...
as members of
Team Canada Canadian National Team or Team Canada may refer to:
Canada at multi-sport events
* Canada at the Olympics
* Canada at the Paralympics
* Canada at the Commonwealth Games
* Canada at the Pan American Games
Canada's national sport teams
* Canada me ...
.
See also
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Women's gridiron football
Women's gridiron football, more commonly known as women's tackle football, women's American football, women's Canadian football, or simply women's football, is a form of gridiron football (American or Canadian) played by women. Most leagues pla ...
References
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Canadian football teams in Edmonton
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2004 establishments in Alberta
Sports clubs and teams established in 2004
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