4th Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game

4th CWHL All-Star Game
123 Total
Team Purple 031 4
Team Gold 233 8
DateJanuary 20, 2019
ArenaScotiabank Centre
CityToronto, Ontario, Canada
MVPTo Be Determined
← 2017

The 4th Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 20, 2019, at Scotiabank Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The event featured three 20-minute periods.

Brigitte Lacquette served as captain for Team Purple, while goaltender Liz Knox was the captain for Team Gold. Former NHL goaltender Curtis Joseph served in the capacity of head coach for Team Purple, with Cheryl Pounder serving as assistant coach. Glenn Healy was the head coach with Team Gold, as Charline Labonte took on the role of assistant coach.

News and notes

Fan balloting

All-Star captains were selected via an online fan vote.[1] Calgary Inferno blueliner Brigitte Lacquette secured over 90 percent of the vote to be named one of the captains. Lix Knox, a goaltender from the Markham Thunder, finished in second place in the overall vote, gaining the chance to serve as the second All-Star captain.

Players named

The rosters announced in three different press releases. The first press release announcing the group of All-Stars was issued on December 3, 2018.[2]

First round

Player Nationality Position Team
Rebecca Johnston  Canada Forward Calgary Inferno
Hilary Knight  United States Forward Canadiennes de Montreal
Jocelyne Larocque  Canada Defense Markham Thunder
Rachel Llanes  United States Forward Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
Marie-Philip Poulin  Canada Forward Canadiennes de Montreal
Alex Rigsby  United States Goaltender Calgary Inferno
Laura Stacey  Canada Forward Markham Thunder
Natalie Spooner  Canada Forward Toronto Furies
Blayre Turnbull  Canada Forward Calgary Inferno
Lauren Williams  United States Defense Worcester Blades
Jessica Wong  Canada Forward Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays

[3]

Second round

Player Nationality Position Team
Erin Ambrose  Canada Defense Canadiennes de Montreal
Kacey Bellamy  United States Defense Calgary Inferno
Megan Bozek  United States Defense Markham Thunder
Hanna Bunton  Canada Forward Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
Mellissa Channell  Canada Defense Toronto Furies
Liz Knox  Canada Goaltender Markham Thunder
Halli Krzyzaniak  Canada Defense Calgary Inferno
Brigette Lacquette  Canada Defense Calgary Inferno
Emerance Maschmeyer  Canada Goaltender Canadiennes de Montreal
Jamie Lee Rattray  Canada Forward Markham Thunder
Lauriane Rougeau  Canada Defense Canadiennes de Montreal
Jillian Saulnier  Canada Forward Calgary Inferno

[4]

Third round

Player Nationality Position Team
Victoria Bach  Canada Forward Markham Thunder
Ann-Sophie Bettez  Canada Forward Canadiennes de Montreal
Alex Carpenter  United States Forward Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
Brianna Decker  United States Forward Calgary Inferno
Renata Fast  Canada Defense Toronto Furies
Laura Fortino  Canada Defense Markham Thunder
Zoe Hickel  Canada Forward Calgary Inferno
Brianne Jenner  Canada Forward Calgary Inferno
Hannah Miller  Canada Forward Shenzhen KRS Rays
Sarah Nurse  Canada Forward Toronto Furies
Noora Raty  Finland Goaltender Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays

[5]

References

  1. ^ "CWHL OPENS ALL-STAR CAPTAIN VOTING". CWHL. 2018-12-10. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  2. ^ "CWHL ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS". CWHL. 2018-12-03. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  3. ^ "CWHL ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS". CWHL. 2018-12-03. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  4. ^ "CWHL ANNOUNCES SECOND ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS". CWHL. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  5. ^ "CWHL ANNOUNCES FINAL ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS". CWHL. 2018-12-07. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-13.