Sports season
2016–17 National Ringette League season League National Ringette League Sport Ringette Duration
October 2, 2016 – February 19, 2017
March 4, 2017 – April 1, 2017 (playoff)
Number of games East: 24 West: 24 Number of teams 16[ 1] Season champions East Conference:
West Conference: Calgary Rath Season MVP Shaundra Bruvall Champions Cambridge Turbos (6th title)
The 2016–17 National Ringette League season for the sport of ringette was the 13th season of the National Ringette League and began on October 2, 2016 and ended on April 1, 2017.
The Cambridge Turbos won the championship final, setting a league record for having won six national titles, more than any other team in the league's history.[ 2]
Teams
A New team joined the 2016–17 season.
Regular Seasons
For East division red teams, they play three games each to same color and two games each to white color teams.
For East division white teams, they play four games to one same color team and two games each to rest of same color teams. They also play two games each to red color teams.
For West division team, they play six games each to same division teams.
The number of home games and that of away games may not be the same.
[ 4]
Standings
d indicates clinches the Division and the Championship (Elite Eight)
x indicates clinches the playoff
y indicates clinches the Conference and the Championship (Elite Eight)
East Conference
West Conference
Playoffs
Richmond Hill, Ottawa, Waterloo, Edmonton and Black Gold wins the knockout stage and advance to Elite Eight.
The first place Atlantic advance to the final while second place Cambridge advance to the semifinal.
Waterloo win the tiebreak mini-game against Richmond Hill and advance to the semifinal.
Cambridge beat the Waterloo and advance to the final.
Cambridge beat the Atlantic to win their sixth title.
Awards
MVP: Shaundra Bruvall (CGY )[ 5]
Stats
Regular season
Player expect goalie
Goal
East Chantal St-Laurent (58 , GAT )
West Shaundra Bruvall (43 , CGY )
Assist
East Julie Blanchette (50 , MTL )
West Shaundra Bruvall (37 , CGY )
Point
East Julie Blanchette (91 , MTL )
West Shaundra Bruvall (80 , CGY )
Goalie
Saving %
East Halli Berry (.910 , RH )
West Bobbi Mattson (.905 , CGY )
Goals against average
East Halli Berry (3.10 , RH )
West Breanna Beck (3.35 , EDM )
Win
East Emily Ferguson and Karine Doiron. (14 , WAT and ATL respectively)
West Bobbi Mattson (11 , CGY )
Playoff
References
^ "The NRL returns to Manitoba" , National Ringette League Official site, July 31, 2016
^ "Cambridge Turbos make ringette history at national championship" Archived 2017-04-05 at the Wayback Machine , Waterloo Region Record, April 3, 2017
^ "Manitoba’s National Ringette League franchise announces team name and corporate sponsors" Archived 2016-10-02 at the Wayback Machine , National Ringette League Official site, September 29, 2016
^ "National Ringette League Community Outreach Program kicks off Saturday" Archived 2016-10-30 at the Wayback Machine , National Ringette League Official site, October 26, 2016
^ "National Ringette League announces annual award winners" [permanent dead link ] , Ringette Canada, April 1, 2017