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The 2011 Clarkson Cup will be contested at the Barrie Molson Centre

Barrie Molson Centre

The Barrie Molson Centre is a 4,195-seat multi-purpose arena in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The Barrie Molson Centre, also known as the BMC, held its first ever OHL game on December 31, 1995 when the Barrie Colts hosted the Sudbury Wolves. It is home to the Barrie Colts ice hockey team and the former...

in Barrie

Barrie, Ontario

Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, approximately 90 km north of Toronto. Although located in Simcoe County, the city is politically independent...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The four competing teams will include three from the Canadian Women's Hockey League

Canadian Women's Hockey League

The Canadian Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's ice hockey leagues in Canada. The league was founded in 2007. The league currently has six ice hockey teams: three in Ontario, one in Quebec, one in Alberta and one in Boston, Massachusetts....

and one from the Western Women's Hockey League

Western Women's Hockey League

The Western Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's hockey leagues in Canada. The league was established in 2004, and consisted of teams in Canada and one from the United States...

. All teams play each other in a round robin Thursday March 24 through Saturday March 26, with the top two teams meeting in the final Sunday March 27. In 2010 the tournament

2010 Clarkson Cup

The 2010 Clarkson Cup was contested at the Elgin Barrow Arena in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. The four competing teams included the Brampton Thunder, Minnesota Whitecaps, Mississauga Chiefs, and Montreal Stars.-Qualification:...

consisted of just two semi-finals and a final. A change to the format this year has made the tournament longer.

Qualification

The top four teams from the CWHL will compete in a tournament based on seedings. Seeds will be determined by standings at end of regular season play. On March 11 and 12, the number 1 seed with play against the number 2 seed while the number 3 seed will challenge the number 4 seed. The victors will compete on March 13 to determine the CWHL champion. The WWHL champion will be the lone team to compete in the Clarkson Cup.

Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance
March 11, 2011	Toronto @ Boston	Toronto wins 4-2	280 supporters
March 11, 2011	Brampton @ Montreal	Montreal wins 2-1 (in Shootout time)	100 supporters
March 12, 2011	Toronto @ Boston	Toronto wins 3-1	184 supporters
March 12, 2011	Brampton @ Montreal	Montreal wins 4-3	200 supporters

Boston Blades

The Boston Blades are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston Blades are a new franchise in the Canadian Women's Hockey League....

is eliminated and cannot participate in the Clarkson Cup Championship. Montreal Stars

Montreal Stars

The Montreal Stars are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Montreal, Quebec. The team was awarded the Clarkson Cup in 2009 and 2011 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...

, Brampton Thunder

Brampton Thunder

The Brampton Canadettes-Thunder is an ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. The Canadettes-Thunder play its home games at the Powerade Centre in Brampton, Ontario.-Team history:...

and Toronto Aeros will participate in the Final Tournement. Minnesota Whitecaps

Minnesota Whitecaps

The Minnesota Whitecaps are a professional women's ice hockey team in the Western Women's Hockey League . The team play its home games in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area...

complete the four aces.

Brampton Thunder

Goaltenders
Number	Country	Player	Hometown
37		Kira Hurley Kira Hurley Kira Hurley is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the New Jersey Spartans Professional Touring Team. Hurley was born in Toronto, Ontario...	Toronto, Ontario
35		Laura Hosier	Sharon, Ontario

Defensemen
Number	Country	Player	Hometown
43		Ashley Pendleton	Orton, Ontario
34		Delaney Collins Delaney Collins Delaney Collins is a women's ice hockey player. On August 23, 2011, Collins announced her retirement from international play.-Playing career:... , Assistant Captain	Pilot Mound, Manitoba
27		Kerri Palmer	Holland Landing, Ontario
24		Amber Bowman	Orton, Ontario
20		Allyson Fox	Toronto, Ontario
17		Melanie Rothon	Newmarket, Ontario
9		Molly Engstrom Molly Engstrom Molly Engstrom is an American ice hockey player of Swedish descent. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics...	Grantsburg,Wisconsin

Forwards
Number	Country	Player	Hometown
93		Mandy Cole	Peterborough, Ontario
77		Brooke Beazer	Kingston, Ontario
71		Jennefer Kirk	Brampton,, Ontario
67		Lindsay Brown	Hamilton, Ontario
66		Andrea Ironside	Collingwood,Ontario
16		Jayna Hefford Jayna Hefford Jayna Hefford is a women's ice hockey player. Hefford played forward for the Canadian women's team at the Winter Olympics in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010... , captain	Kingston, Ontario
12		Lori Dupuis Lori Dupuis Lori Dupuis is a Canadian women's ice hockey player.-Playing career:She was born in raised just outside of Cornwall, Ontario. Dupuis is a former member of the Cornwall Wolverines of the OWHA. She started with the Wolverines at the age of 10, and won Provincial "C" and "B" Championships...	Cornwall, Ontario
10		Gillian Apps Gillian Apps Gillian Mary Apps is a women's ice hockey player. She is the granddaughter of Hockey Hall of Fame member Syl Apps and the daughter of former National Hockey League player Syl Apps, Jr... , Assistant Captain	Unionville, Ontario
7		Cherie Piper Cherie Piper Cherie Piper is a Canadian ice hockey player residing in Markham, Ontario. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and plays for the Brampton Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League... , Assistant Captain	Toronto, Ontario
4		Elysia Desmier	Ottawa, Ontario
2		Bree Polci	London, Ontario

Coaching Staff

General Manager: Maria Quinto and Jody Katz
Head Coach: Peter Crosby
Assistant Coach: Phil Bateman
Assistant Coach: Kristi Alcorn

Montreal Stars

Goaltenders
Number	Country	Player	Hometown
35	Canada	Jenny Lavigne \|align=center\|Lac au Saumon, Quebec
33	Canada	Kim St-Pierre Kim St-Pierre Kim St-Pierre is a women's ice hockey player.-McGill:In 1998-99, she was the top rookie for the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team...	Chateauguay, Quebec
27	Canada	Valerie Charbonneau	Sudbury,Ontario

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Canada
|align=center|Annie Guay

Annie Guay

Annie Guay is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars . Her first tournament for the senior Canada women's national ice hockey team was at the 2010 Four Nations Cup where she won the gold medal...

|align=center|Rouyn Noranda, Quebec
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Canada
|align=center|Sabrina Harbec

Sabrina Harbec

Sabrina Harbec is a hockey player for the Montreal Stars and is the third winner of the Angela James Bowl. Prior to playing for the Montreal Stars, Harbec competed in NCAA hockey for the St. Lawrence Skating Saints women's ice hockey program. She is currently in the Top 10 in all-time NCAA scoring...

Canada
|align=center|Emmanuelle Blais

Emmanuelle Blais

Emmanuelle Blais , is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of Montreal Stars in the Canadian Women's Hockey League .-Playing career:...

Canada
|align=center|Sarah Vaillancourt

Sarah Vaillancourt

Sarah Marie Vaillancourt is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars .-Playing career:...

Canada
|align=center|Lisa-Marie Breton

Lisa-Marie Breton

Lisa-Marie Breton is an ice hockey player for the Montreal Stars. For the 2010–11 Montreal CWHL season, Breton is the team captain.-Playing career:...

United States
|align=center|Julie Chu

Julie Chu

Julie Chu is an American Olympic ice hockey player who plays the position of forward on the United States women's ice hockey team and the Montreal Stars. Chu's hometown is Fairfield, Connecticut, although she resided in Cambridge, Massachusetts during her college years while playing hockey for...

Canada
|align=center|Caroline Ouellette

Caroline Ouellette

Caroline Ouellette is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars...

Canada
|align=center|Noémie Marin

Noémie Marin

Noémie Marin is a former Olympic softball player and a hockey player with the Montreal Stars in the Canadian Women's Hockey League .-Softball:...

|align=center|Acton Vale, Quebec
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Coaching staff

General Manager: Megh Hewings
Head Coach:Patrick Rankine
Assistant Coach: Philipe Trahan

Minnesota Whitecaps

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United States
|align=center|Sanya Sandahl
|align=center| Duluth, Minnesota
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United States
|align=center|Rachael Drazan

Rachael Drazan

Rachael Drazan played several games for the 2009–10 United States national women's ice hockey team Drazan also played hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program...

|align=center|Winny Brodt

Winny Brodt Brown

Winny Brodt Winny Brodt Winny Brodt (born February 18, 1978, is an American ice hockey player. She was the first ever winner of the Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award in 1996....

|align=center|Chelsey Brodt
|align=center| Roseville, Minnesota
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|align=center|77
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Russia
|align=center|Iya Gavrilova

Iya Gavrilova

Iya Gavrilova is a hockey player who competes for Russia women's national ice hockey team. She represented Russia in women's ice hockey in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics...

|align=center|Allie Thunstrom

Allie Thunstrom

Allie Thunstrom has been a member of the United States national women's ice hockey team since 2010. She won a silver medal at the 2010 Four Nations Cup contested in St. John's, Newfoundland. She plays also for Minnesota Whitecaps, a professional women's ice hockey team in the Western Women's...

|align=center|Brooke White-Lancette

Brooke White-Lancette

Brooke White is a women's professional ice hockey player and co-founder of the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Western Women's Hockey League, as well as a hockey skills coach ....

|align=center| Gisele Marvin

Gisele Marvin

Gisele Marvin is a member of the United States national women's ice hockey team. Marvin won a silver medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games...

|align=center|Sammy Nixon
|align=center| Blaine, Minnesota
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Coaching Staff

General Manager:
Head Coach: Jack Brodt
Assistant Coach: Dwayne Schmidgall
Assistant Coach: Jim Minkoff

Toronto Aeros

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|align=center|31
|align=center|

Canada
|align=center|Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small is a women's ice hockey player.-Hockey Canada:Small is a three time Olympian, acting as a third goaltender on the Canadian women's hockey team at Turin and Nagano.-CWHL:...

|align=center|Winnipeg, Manitoba
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|align=center|25
|align=center|

Canada
|align=center|Tessa Bonhomme

Tessa Bonhomme

Tessa Bonhomme is an Olympic Gold Medalist and member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She was also a member and co-captain of the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey team in the NCAA....

Canada
|align=center|Haleigh Callison
|align=center|Smithers, British Columbia
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{|
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|align=center|

Canada
|align=center|Jennifer Botterill

Jennifer Botterill

Jennifer Botterill, OM is a retired women's hockey player who played for the Canadian national women's hockey team, Mississauga Chiefs and the Toronto Aeros. Her final game was the 2011 Clarkson Cup final, a 5-0 loss to the Montreal Stars...

Canada
|align=center|Carly Haggard
|align=center|Port Alberni, British Columbia
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Coaching Staff

General Manager: Barb Fisher
Head Coach: Dan Lichterman
Assistant Coach: Joanne Eustace
Assistant Coach: Bartley Blair

Tournament

On the first games, Toronto and Montreal went on to the victory over Brampton and Minnesota . In the second day, Sarah Vaillancourt

Sarah Vaillancourt

Sarah Marie Vaillancourt is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars .-Playing career:...

scored 3 goals during the game to lead Montreal to a 7-4 victory over Brampton. In the another match, Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small is a women's ice hockey player.-Hockey Canada:Small is a three time Olympian, acting as a third goaltender on the Canadian women's hockey team at Turin and Nagano.-CWHL:...

celebrated her 35th birthday by stopping 40 shots to lead Toronto to a 6-0 win over Minnesota. The Championships tournament runs over the weekend. Saturday, Montreal scored a crucial victory 2-1 against Toronto. This win guarantees Montreal a place in the Clarkson Cup final, on Sunday against Toronto, who also recorded two victories in the tournament .

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| Date||Time||Teams||Final Score ||Attendance
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| March 24 || 12:00 noon ||Toronto vs Brampton ||Toronto 3-2|| 100 supporters
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| March 24 || 6:00 pm || Minnesota vs Montreal ||Montreal 5-1 || 240 supporters
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| March 25 || 12:00 noon|| Minnesota vs Toronto || Toronto 6-0 || 300 supporters
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| March 25 || 7:00 pm || Brampton vs Montreal || Montreal 7-4 || 1 000 supporters
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| March 26 || 11:00 am || Minnesota vs Brampton || Brampton 7-2 || 500 supporters
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| March 26 || 3:00 pm || Toronto vs Montreal ||Montreal 2-1 || 1 000 supporters
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| March 27 || 1:00 pm || Championship Final game|| Montreal 5-0 || 2 300 supporters
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Championship game

March 27th Sunday: The final Game concluded with the powerful Montreal team defeating Toronto 5 -0. Montreal got off to a 2 - 0 lead in the first period, The first goal was scored by Noémie Marin

Noémie Marin

Noémie Marin is a former Olympic softball player and a hockey player with the Montreal Stars in the Canadian Women's Hockey League .-Softball:...

on a backhand from her off wing at 14:47 minute as she converted a pass from Caroline Ouellette

Caroline Ouellette

Caroline Ouellette is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars...

. The second goal was scored at 7:29 minute from a face off in the Toronto end as Dominique Thibault took the draw and Vanessa Davidson skated off the boards, picked up the puck and put a quick shot behind goaltender Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small is a women's ice hockey player.-Hockey Canada:Small is a three time Olympian, acting as a third goaltender on the Canadian women's hockey team at Turin and Nagano.-CWHL:...

. The lone goal of the second period was scored at 10:36 by Sabrina Harbec

Sabrina Harbec

on a nice outside drive cutting by Annie Guay

Annie Guay

. Sabrina Harbec

Sabrina Harbec

pulled the goalie across the crease and put the puck in the top corner. The shots at the end of the second period were 34 to 17 in favour of Montreal Stars

Montreal Stars

.

Montreal added two more goals in the third period to capture the 5-0 win Final game. At the 5:33 minute, Julie Chu

Julie Chu

feathered a pass to Caroline Ouellette

Caroline Ouellette

Caroline Ouellette is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars...

. Ouellette making a perfect low shot to score. The final goal of the game was scored with 2:42 left as Sarah Vaillancourt

Sarah Vaillancourt

Sarah Marie Vaillancourt is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars .-Playing career:...

picked up a pass from Caroline Ouellette

Caroline Ouellette

Caroline Ouellette is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars...

and she hit the mark on a quick shot from about five feet out. Toronto goalie Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small is a women's ice hockey player.-Hockey Canada:Small is a three time Olympian, acting as a third goaltender on the Canadian women's hockey team at Turin and Nagano.-CWHL:...

played well in defeat as Montreal controlled the game outshooting Toronto 51 to 26. Toronto did threaten offensively early in the game and could have turned the contest around but Montreal goalie, Kim St-Pierre

Kim St-Pierre

Kim St-Pierre is a women's ice hockey player.-McGill:In 1998-99, she was the top rookie for the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team...

, came up with exceptional saves to earn the shutout and ultimately crown Montreal Stars

Montreal Stars

the Clarkson Cup Champions 2011.

The Three Stars of the Game: First Star - Dominique Thibault, Montreal. Second Star - Vanessa Davidson, Montreal. Third Start - Jennifer Botterill, Toronto.

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Montreal Stars

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| Brampton

Brampton Thunder

The Brampton Canadettes-Thunder is an ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. The Canadettes-Thunder play its home games at the Powerade Centre in Brampton, Ontario.-Team history:...

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| Minnesota

Minnesota Whitecaps

The Minnesota Whitecaps are a professional women's ice hockey team in the Western Women's Hockey League . The team play its home games in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area...

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Awards and honors

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|Top goaltender in the tournament||
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| Player of the Game, Winning team, Clarkson Cup Final|| Dominique Thibault
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| Player of the Game, Losing team, Clarkson Cup Final || Jennifer Botterill

Jennifer Botterill

|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Tournament Most Valuable Player|| Sarah Vaillancourt

Sarah Vaillancourt

Sarah Marie Vaillancourt is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars .-Playing career:...

|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Top forward in the tournament||
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| Top defender in the tournament||
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Qualification

Brampton Thunder

Coaching Staff

Montreal Stars

Coaching staff

Minnesota Whitecaps

Coaching Staff

Toronto Aeros

Coaching Staff

Tournament

Championship game

Awards and honors

See also