2018 National Ringette League playoffs

The 2018 National Ringette League Playoffs are the postseason tournament of 2017-18 National Ringette League season.

The Atlantic Attack won their first national title.[1]

Regular Season Standing

Format

The format is same as 2015-16. The draws are E3 vs E8, E4 vs E7, E5 vs E6 and W3 vs W4.

Knockout stage

Eastern Conference

(3) Atlantic vs (8) Rive Sud

Game 1

Atlantic Attack8–6
(3-2, 2-1, 3-1, 0-2)
Rive Sud Revolution
Caissie 3:35(1st), 7:45(2nd, PP)
Snowdon, J 6:35(2nd), 3:19 (3rd)
Proulx 0:47(1st)
LeBlanc 10:31(1st)
Snowdon, K 10:06 (3rd)
Landry 10:44(3rd)
Larocque 9:00(1st), 12:44(1st), 7:01(2nd), 3:05(3rd), 7:52 (4th, PP)
Claudine 2:08(4th)

Atlantic leads the series 1-0

Game 2

Atlantic Attack8–10
(0-2, 3-2, 2-2, 3-4)
Rive Sud Revolution
Caissie 0:33(2nd, PP), 10:19(3rd), 0:09(4th, PP)
Snowdon, B 12:28(2nd), 3:44(4th)
Snowdon, J 5:54(3rd, PP), 6:26(4th)
Doiron 3:40(2nd)
Larocque 9:11(3rd), 11:50(3rd, SH), 1:51(4th), 3:04(4th), 12:40 (4th)
Justine 12:15(2nd), 8:05(4th, SH)
Claudine 7:00(1st)
Camille 8:00(1st)
Laura 3:31(2nd)
Attendance: 250
Referee: Marco Mallet, Luc Melanson

Series ties at 1-1

Game 3

Atlantic Attack13–0
(2-0, 3-0, 3-0, 5-0)
Rive Sud Revolution
Snowdon, J 10:15(1st, PP), 0:27(4th, PP), 12:07(4th, SH)
Caissie 11:18(1st), 6:23(2nd), 4:51 (3rd)
Proulx 2:16(2nd, PP), 8:42(4th)
Landry 11:52(2nd), 9:38(3rd)
Snowdon, K 5:54(3rd), 6:25(4th)
Doiron 5:05(4th, PP)
Attendance: 260
Referee: David Jones, Luc Melanson

Atlantic wins the series 2-1

(4) Gatineau vs (7) Ottawa

Game 1

Gatineau Fusion8–6
(3-3, 2-2, 1-0, 2-1)
Ottawa Ice
St-Laurent 4:06(1st), 10:25(2nd), 4:01(3rd, PP)
Youldon 9:59(1st)
Chenier 10:54(1st, PP)
Plouffe 8:56(2nd)
Rajaobelina 2:44 (4th)
Biewald 5:48(4th)
Banning 3:01(1st)
Begin 6:57(1st)
MacDonald 10:59(1st)
Hartley 0:01(2nd)
Simzer 11:02 (3rd)
Lewis 4:53(4th)
Referee: Natalie Fortin, Norman LaForest

Gatineau leads the series 1-0

Game 2

Gatineau Fusion11–8
(3-0, 1-0, 5-5, 2-3)
Ottawa Ice
St-Laurent 4:16(1st), 4:46(1st), 0:34(3rd), 2:55(3rd), 5:32(3rd)
Biewald 2:01(3rd), 7:39(3rd, PP), 12:54(4th)
Chenier 10:29(1st)
Barrette 6:22(2nd, PP)
Youldon 2:58(4th)
Simzer 0:21 (3rd, PP), 5:04(3rd)
Begin 8:03(3rd), 5:38(4th)
Lewis 11:43(3rd, PP), 10:05(4th)
MacDonald 0:46(3rd)
MacAdam 7:49(4th, SH)
Attendance: 95
Referee: Danielle Lalonde, Natalie Fortin

Gatineau wins the series 2-0

(5) Richmond Hill vs (6) Waterloo

Game 1

Richmond Hill Lighting6–2
(3-1, 1-0, 1-0, 1-1)
Waterloo Wildfire
Reaman 2:08(1st)
Reynolds 4:34(1st)
Stinson 5:15(1st)
Simone 0:14 (2nd)
Voss 6:53(3rd)
Gibson 0:30(4th)
Youldon 4:19(1st), 11:54(4th)
Attendance: 45
Referee: Lorie Grant, Robert Drury

Richmond Hill leads the series 1-0

Game 2

Richmond Hill Lighting3–4
(1-0, 1-1, 0-2, 1-1)
Waterloo Wildfire
Barbosa 3:06(1st)
Simone 10:21(2nd)
Hurren 7:39(4th)
Youldon 5:49(2nd), 12:49(3rd, PP)
Kiviaho 2:31(3rd), 4:55(4th)
Attendance: 67
Referee: Robert Drury, Becky Jameson

Series ties at 1-1

Game 3

Richmond Hill Lighting4–2
(0-2, 2-0, 2-0, 0-0)
Waterloo Wildfire
Voss 0:47(2nd), 1:50(2nd)
Richardson 6:27(3rd, SH)
Gauthier 8:23(3rd)
Kiviaho 4:45(1st)
Markle 5:26(1st)
Attendance: 62
Referee: Brent Bunting, Robert Drury

Richmond Hill wins the series 2-1

West Conference

(3) Manitoba vs (4) BC

Game 1

Manitoba Intact8–3
(1-1, 1-0, 4-2, 2-0)
BC Thunder
Graves 6:19(1st), 3:35(2nd), 2:48(3rd, PP)
Biebrick 5:00(3rd), 7:35(3rd), 2:02(4th)
Sarahs 1:25 (3rd), 11:51(4th)
Naakka 9:53(1st), 10:32(3rd)
Ojaranta 3:30(3rd)

Manitoba leads the series 1-0

Game 2

Manitoba Intact7–5
(2-2, 2-1, 2-0, 1-2)
BC Thunder
Pacholek 8:25(1st), 5:31(4th)
Wotherspoon, K 5:07(1st)
Gallant 3:14 (2nd, PP)
Lutz 11:00(2nd, PP)
Sarahs 7:30(3rd)
Wotherspoon, J 8:35(3rd)
Naakka 7:49(1st), 12:35(1st), 7:05(4th)
Cichos 1:03(2nd)
Tajbakhsh 9:52(4th)

Manitoba wins the series 2-0

Elite Eight

  • x indicates clinches semifinal.
  • y indicates clinches final directly.

All games will play at Bell MTS Iceplex, Seven Oaks Arena and Bell MTS Place which located at Winnipeg from April 9 to April 13.

GP W L OTL PTS GF GA
y-Atlantic Attack 7 6 1 0 12 58 34
x-Cambridge Turbos 7 5 1 1 10 35 28
x-Edmonton WAM! 7 5 2 0 10 42 28
Calgary RATH 7 3 4 0 6 39 36
Richmond Hill Lightning 7 3 4 0 6 39 56
Montreal Mission 7 2 4 1 4 37 49
Gatineau Fusion 7 2 3 2 4 49 57
Manitoba Intact 7 2 4 1 4 39 50

Semifinal

Cambridge Turbos2–4
(0-0, 1-1, 0-1, 1-2)
Edmonton WAM!
Gaudet 12:53(2nd)
Adams 12:42 (4th)
Gautier 6:51(2nd, PP), 12:07(4th, EN)
Bell, J 1:29(3rd)
Bell, D 9:32(4th)

Edmonton goes to the final

Final

Atlantic Attack5–3
(2-1, 1-1, 1-0, 1-1)
Edmonton WAM!
Snowdon, J 10:45(1st, PP), 0:28(2nd, PP), 8:11(4th, PP)
Caissie 4:36 (1st)
Snowdon, B 5:38(3rd, PP)
Brown 7:19(1st)
Tomiuk 2:54(2nd)
Dreger 11:42(4th, SH)

Leaders

  • Player except goalie
    • Goal
      • East: Martine Caissie (25, ATL)
      • West: Justine Exner (12, CGY)
    • Assist
      • East: Kaitlyn Youldon (23, GAT)
      • West: Dailyn Bell (17, EDM)
    • Point
      • East: Martine Caissie (42, ATL)
      • West: Dailyn Bell (24, EDM)
  • Goalie
    • Saving %
      • East Jessie Callander (.914, CAM)
      • West Bobbi Mattson (.887, CGY)
    • Goals against average
      • East Jessie Callander (3.00, CAM)
      • West Breanna Beck (3.89, EDM)
    • Win
      • East Karine Doiron (7, ATL)
      • West Breanna Beck (5, EDM)

References

  1. ^ "Atlantic Attack wins Canadian ringette title"[permanent dead link], The Chronicle Herald, April 15, 2018