2008–09 CWHL season explained

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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Most Valuable Player: Caroline Ouellette, Montreal
Angela James Bowl: Top Scorer Jayna Hefford, Brampton
Outstanding Rookie: Laura Hosier, Brampton

CWHL Top Players

Top Forward: Jayna Hefford, Brampton
Top Defender: Becky Kellar, Burlington
Top Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre, Montreal

CWHL All-Stars

First Team All-Stars

Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre, Montreal
Defender: Cheryl Pounder, Mississauga
Defender: Becky Kellar, Burlington
Forward: Jayna Hefford, Brampton
Forward: Caroline Ouellette, Montreal
Forward: Jennifer Botterill, Mississauga

Second Team All-Stars

Goaltender: Sami Jo Small, Mississauga
Defender: Bobbi Jo Slusar, Brampton
Defender: Ashley Pendleton, Brampton
Forward: Jana Harrigan, Burlington
Forward: Lara Perks, Mississauga
Forward: Sabrina Harbec, Montreal

CWHL All-Rookie Team

Goaltender: Laura Hosier, Brampton
Defender: Annie Guay, Montreal
Defender: Shannon Moulson, Mississauga
Forward: Noemie Marin, Montreal
Forward: Brooke Beazer, Brampton
Forward: Amanda Parkins, Burlington

Monthly Top Scorers

October: Sabrina Harbec, Montreal (8+11=19 points, 6 games)
November: Caroline Ouellette, Montreal (8+11=19 points, 6 games)
December: Caroline Ouellette, Montreal (7+10=17 points, 6 games)
January: Noemie Marin, Montreal (10+9=19 points, 9 games)
February: Jennifer Botterill, Mississauga (10+7=17 points, 6 games)

Clarkson Cup

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

Notes and References

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Angela James Bowl Scoring Champions, p. 12, hockeyMedia Richard Scott, Up North Productions, 2013,
Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.553, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada,
Web site: Archived copy . 2013-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032255/http://www.hockeymedia.ca/wHockey_Review_2013_byhockeyMedia.pdf . 2014-01-06 . dead .
Montreal wins first Clarkson Cup, Web site: Montreal wins first Clarkson Cup . 2011-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629014804/http://www.iihf.com/channels0809/ww/news/news-singleview/article/montreal-wins-first-clarkson-cup.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2068&cHash=9e147782a4 . 2011-06-29 .