2008–09 CWHL season

The 2008–09 CWHL season is the second season of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). The Montreal Stars repeated as regular season champions, winning 25 of 30 games, and won CWHL Championship. Caroline Ouellette was voted the league's regular-season Most Valuable Player. Jayna Hefford won the Angela James Bowl with 69 points and was also voted the CWHL Top Forward. Becky Kellar was voted the CWHL Top Defender, Kim St-Pierre was voted the CWHL Top Goaltender, and Laura Hosier was voted the CWHL Outstanding Rookie.

Regular season

  • En route to winning this season's Angela James Bowl as the scoring champion, Jayna Hefford became the first player in CWHL history to record 100 career points (having finished second in the previous, inaugural CWHL season's scoring race)[1] She recorded the milestone on January 17, 2009, in a win over the Montreal Stars.

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

CWHL Division
No. Team GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA
1 Montreal Stars 30 25 4 0 1 51 135 66
2 Brampton Thunder 30 22 7 0 1 45 136 65
3 Mississauga Chiefs 30 19 9 1 1 40 101 69
4 Burlington Barracudas 30 11 16 1 2 25 82 99
5 Vaughan Flames 30 9 19 0 2 20 82 127
6 Ottawa Senators 30 4 26 0 0 8 57 167

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Playoffs

Brampton vs. Mississauga

  • March 14: Brampton 3, Mississauga 2
  • March 15: Mississauga 4, Brampton 1

Burlington vs. Montreal

  • March 14: Montreal 6, Burlington 1
  • March 15: Burlington 3, Montreal 1

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Montreal Stars won the CWHL Championship

Awards and honours

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CWHL Top Players

CWHL All-Stars

First Team All-Stars

Second Team All-Stars

CWHL All-Rookie Team

Monthly Top Scorers

Clarkson Cup

Montreal Stars won the Clarkson Cup by defeating 3–1 the Minnesota Whitecaps (WWHL)[5]

References

  1. ^ "Brampton Thunder star hungers for Olympic competition". Archived from the original on 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  2. ^ Angela James Bowl Scoring Champions, p. 12, hockeyMedia Richard Scott, Up North Productions, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9918671-0-3
  3. ^ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.553, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2013-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Montreal wins first Clarkson Cup, "Montreal wins first Clarkson Cup". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-01-14.

See also