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Montreal Stars (CWHL)
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CityMontreal, Quebec
LeagueCWHL
Founded2007 (2007)
Home arenaCentre Étienne Desmarteau
ColoursBlue, Red and white
General managerMeg Hewings
Head coachPatrick Rankine
Website[1]
Montreal Stars, a Champions'great team

The Montreal Stars (French: Stars de Montréal) are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Montreal, Quebec. The team was awarded the Clarkson Cup in 2009 [1]and 2011 [2]for winning the highest honour in North American women's hockey. . The team has played in the Canadian Women's Hockey League since 2007 its inaugural season. The team plays its home games in Centre Étienne Desmarteau in Montreal [3].

Team history

The Montreal Stars have played in the CWHL since its formation in 2007. The team was formed from players from the Montreal Axion a team that played in the National Women's Hockey League before its demise[4]. Through the team's young history they have seen success in every season that it has played. In their first season, 2007–08, Montreal won 23 games out of 30 regular season contests and finished first overall in the regular season[5], but lost to Mississauga Chiefs in the playoffs that year in a two game contest. In 2008-09 the Stars won the Clarkson Cup on March 19, 2009 in Kingston Ontario, the first year that the Clarkson Cup was openly played for between competitive professional women's hockey clubs rather than National teams such as before with Team Canada and Team Sweden in 2006. The Clarkson Cup was won by Montreal by defeating the Minnesota Whitecaps in the final. The game was competitive, with the score close. Initially the game was tied at one goal apiece until Montreal flared with offence scoring two goals. Sabrina Habrec ultimately scored the game winner, in a 3-1 final score. Former Canadian Governor General Adrienne Clarkson was on hand to present the trophy to team captain Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux[6]. It was Adrienne Clarkson's hope that The Clarkson Cup be the women's equivalent to the Stanley Cup [7]. That same season, three players were named to the First and Second team all stars; Caroline Ouellette, Kim St.Pierre and Sabrina Habrec [8]. In 2009–10, the team finished in first place but did not defend the Clarkson Cup in the playoffs.

The team has had much success with league awards to its players. Kim St. Pierre has won the CHWL's award for top goaltender two season's running (2008, 2009), Caroline Ouellette was the CWHL MVP for the 2008-09, Marie-Phillip Poulin was the CWHL's rookie of the year in 2007-2008 at the age of 16 scoring over 40 points in 16 games, and finally Sabrina Harbec lead's the CWHL in scoring with 54 points in 29 games this season.[9].

Olympic connection

The team includes notable forwards Caroline Ouellette, Sarah Vaillancourt and goaltender Kim St. Pierre[10], all members of the 2010 Canadian Women's Hockey Olympic team for have win the Olympic golden medal in Vancouver[11][12]

Social implication

Montreal stars support the fight against breast cancer with a Breast Cancer Fundraising event [13]. For the occasion, the Montreal Stars played with pink jerseys [14]. Also Montreal Stars are committed to supporting amateur girl's hockey team and take their role as examples to the young girls growing up playing the sport, very seriously. The Trainings with the Stars players [15] is just one way that these athletes connect with young players. They are also available to meet the girls at the autograph sessions following most of their games, they are accessible through the team blog, and many of them are involved in various community and school girls’ hockey teams.

Season-by-season

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Year GP W L T GF GA Pts
2007–08 30 23 6 1 112 55 48
2008–09 30 25 4 1 135 65 51
2009–10 30 23 5 2 122 70 48
2010–11 26 22 2 2 125 70 46

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

Season standings

= Indicates First Place finish
= Indicates championship

The Montreal Stars have a total of 3 regular season championships and two Clarkson cups[16] in 4 Seasons of play.

Year Reg. Season Playoffs
2007-08 1st Overall Lost in Second round
2008-09 1st Overall Won the CWHL Championship and the Clarkson Cup
2009-10 1st Overall Won the CWHL Championship but lost in first round 2010 Clarkson Cup
2010-11 1st Overall Won the CWHL Championship and the 2011 Clarkson Cup

Awards and honors

Captains

Season Captain Assistant Captains
2007–08 Lisa-Marie Breton
2008–09 Lisa-Marie Breton
2009–10 Lisa-Marie Breton
2010–11 Lisa-Marie Breton Nathalie Dery, Caroline Ouellette, Kelly Sudia

Current roster 2010-11

Goaltenders
Number Player Former Team Hometown
35 Canada Jenny Lavigne Cegep Ahuntsic Lac au Saumon, Quebec
33 Canada Kim St-Pierre National Team Canada Chateauguay, Quebec
27 Canada Valerie Charbonneau Carleton University Sudbury,Ontario
Defensemen
Number Player Former Team Hometown
44 Canada Nathalie Dery Université du Québec Cap Santé, Quebec
24 Canada Stephanie Denino Princeton University St-Laurent. Quebec
19 Canada Sharon Kelly St-Mary's University Riverview, New-Brunswick
16 Canada Gillian Merrifield McGill University London, Ontario
8 Canada Tawnya Danis Concordia University Point-Claire, Quebec
4 Canada Annie Guay National Team Canada Rouyn Noranda, Quebec
Forwards
Number Player Former Team Hometown
96 Canada Sabrina Harbec St-Lawrence University St-Hubert, Quebec
86 Canada Dominique Thibault Clarkson University L'Orignal, Ontario
47 Canada Emmanuelle Blais University Minnesota-Duluth Montreal, Quebec
40 Canada Sarah Vaillancourt National Team Canada Sherbrooke, Quebec
26 Canada Lisa-Marie Breton Concordia University St-Zacharie. Quebec
25 Canada Vanessa Davidson McGill University Kirkland. Quebec
21 United States Julie Chu National Team USA Fairfield, Connecticut
18 Canada Donna Ringrose Concordia University Campbells Bay, Quebec
13 Canada Caroline Ouellette National Team Canada Montreal, Quebec
12 Canada Emilie Luck Concordia University Pointe Claire, Quebec
11 Canada Kelly Sudia Concordia University Pointe Claire, Quebec
10 Canada Noémie Marin Minnesota-Duluth Acton Vale, Quebec

Coaching staff 2010-11

  • General Manager: Megh Hewings [17]
  • Head Coach:Patrick Rankine [18]
  • Assistant Coach: Philipe Trahan [19]
  • Head Athletic Therapist: Daniel De Palma
  • Assistant Athletic Therapist: Robin Hunter
  • Outreach & Promotion relations: Fiona Robinson [20]
  • Media Relations: Hélène Lapointe [21]
  • Online Community: Sandra Bagaria [22]

References

  1. ^ TSN (2009). "STARS DOWN WHITECAPS TO CAPTURE CLARKSON CUP". News. CTV Globe media. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  2. ^ Globe and Mail, Montreal beats Toronto to win Clarkson Cup,http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/montreal-beats-toronto-to-win-clarkson-cup/article1958614/
  3. ^ Montreal Stars (2010). "Home scedule" (PDF). Archive. Montreal Stars. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  4. ^ Kamila Hinkson (March 10 2009). "Breton a Busy Bee After the Stingers' Life". Magazine. Concordian. Retrieved 2010-21-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  5. ^ Canadian Women's Hockey League (2009). "2007-08 CWHL REVIEW" (PDF). Magazine. CWHL. Retrieved 2010-21-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ^ Andrew Podnieks (2009). "Montreal Wins First Clarkson Cup". News. IIHF. Retrieved 2010-21-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ Donna Spencer (2009). "Clarkson will be on hand to award her cup". News. CTV Globemedia. Retrieved 2010-21-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ CWHL (June 18 2009). "Caroline Ouellette Named 2008-09 CWHL Most Valuable Player". News. Canadian Women's Hockey League. Retrieved 2010-21-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  9. ^ CWHL (2010). "CWHL Player stasts 2009-10". News. Canadian Women's Hockey League. Retrieved 2010-21-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  10. ^ TSN (2010). "CLARKSON CUP'S NAMESAKE READY TO HONOUR WINNING WOMEN'S TEAM". News. CTV Globe media. Retrieved 2010-21-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  11. ^ Montreal Stars (2010). "3 Stars selected go to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver". News. Montreal Stars. Retrieved 2010-21-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  12. ^ Hockey Canada (2010). "2010 Women's Olympic Hockey team Roster". News. Hockey Canada. Retrieved 2010-21-1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  13. ^ Montreal players and fans give from the heart, http://montrealstars.ca/community-communaut%C3%A9/87/montreal-players-and-fans-give-from-the-heart/
  14. ^ Photo Gallery, http://montrealstars.ca/photo-gallery/648/breast-cancer-fundraising-event/
  15. ^ Training with the Stars, http://montrealstars.ca/news/990/day-7-training-with-the-stars/
  16. ^ Montreal wins first Clarkson Cup, http://www.iihf.com/channels0809/ww/news/news-singleview/article/montreal-wins-first-clarkson-cup.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2068&cHash=9e147782a4
  17. ^ http://montrealstars.ca/team-equipe/154/meg-hewings/
  18. ^ http://montrealstars.ca/team-equipe/157/head-coach-%e2%80%93-patrick-rankine/
  19. ^ http://montrealstars.ca/team-equipe/160/assistant-coach-%e2%80%93-philippe-trahan/
  20. ^ http://montrealstars.ca/team-equipe/491/outreach-promotions-fiona-robinson/
  21. ^ http://montrealstars.ca/team-equipe/496/media-relations-h%c3%a9l%c3%a8ne-lapointe/
  22. ^ http://montrealstars.ca/team-equipe/486/sandra-bagaria-online-community/

External news story

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