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The Toronto Aeros are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, 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....

. The team has played in 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....

since 2007 its inaugural season as the Mississauga Chiefs. The team plays its home games in Iceland Mississauga in Mississauga and MasterCard Centre

MasterCard Centre

The MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence or commonly the MasterCard Centre is a hockey facility located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has four ice sheets and is the official practice facility for the Toronto Maple Leafs NHL hockey team, and their AHL affiliate the Toronto Marlies...

in Etobicoke. The team ceased operations after the 2009-10 CWHL season. After the league contracted, a new Toronto team titled the Toronto Fury was established.

Team history

The Toronto Aeros have played in the CWHL since its formation in 2007. This team established in 1998 as the Beatrice Aeros (named after their sponsor, Beatrice Foods Canada). The Aeros played in the National Women's Hockey League

National Women's Hockey League

The National Women's Hockey League was a women's ice hockey league. This League was in service between 1999 and 2007.-History:The NWHL superseded the old Central Ontario Women's Hockey League in 1998-99. After the old COWHL dropped down to three teams in 1997-98, the new league expanded to...

. On March 22, 1998, Dana Antal scored at 5:31 of a 10 minute overtime period on a pass from Jennifer Botterill as Team Alberta (represented by the Calgary Oval X-Treme) defeated Team Ontario (represented by the Beatrice Aeros) by a 3-2 mark to win the Esso Nationals.

During the 1999-2000 NWHL season, the Beatrice Aeros played the Sainte-Julie Pantheres in the championship game. In the second game of the final, 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...

scored the game winning goal with 9:06 left to play in the first period, and Lauren Goldstein earned the shutout for the Aeros. With the 1-0 win, Beatrice earned the championship based on goal differential.

The team change his name in 2003: the Toronto Aeros. In 2006-07. they have since re-located in Mississauga and change the name for the Mississauga Aeros

Mississauga Aeros

The Toronto Aeros are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Toronto, Ontario. The team has played in the Canadian Women's Hockey League since 2007 its inaugural season as the Mississauga Chiefs. The team plays its home games in Iceland Mississauga in Mississauga and MasterCard...

. They played their home games at the Beatrice Ice Gardens

Beatrice Ice Gardens

Canlan Ice Sports - York is the main ice rink at York University and replaces the old York University Ice Palace. It opened in 1996 as the Beatrice Ice Gardens. The arena is one of the largest in the city of Toronto and features six ice pads including one of Olympic size. The arena has been used in...

at York University

York University

York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

in Toronto, Ontario. In CWHL, the team was called the Mississauga Chiefs

Mississauga Chiefs

The Mississauga Chiefs was a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Mississauga , Ontario. The team has played in the National Women's Hockey League and after in the Canadian Women's Hockey League...

for 2 seasons (2007-08 and 2008-2009). The team adapted the name Toronto Furies

Toronto Furies

The Toronto Furies are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Toronto, Ontario. Most of the players from the inauguaral season in 2010-11 were players from the former Toronto Aeros franchise. The team adapted the name Furies after the 2011 Clarkson Cup...

after the 2011 Clarkson Cup

2011 Clarkson Cup

The 2011 Clarkson Cup will be contested at the Barrie Molson Centre in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The four competing teams will include three from the Canadian Women's Hockey League and one from the Western Women's Hockey League. All teams play each other in a round robin Thursday March 24 through...

List of NWHL Championship Cup won 1998 to 2007

1998-99 - Fran Rider Cup (second place at Esso Women's nationals)
1999-2000 - Beatrice Aeros vs Sainte-Julie Panthères, hosted in Brampton
2000-01 - Beatrice Aeros vs Sainte-Julie Panthères
2001-02 - Beatrice Aeros vs Brampton Thunder
2004-05 - Toronto Aeros vs Montreal Axion, hosted in Brampton

Season-by-season

in National Women's Hockey League (NWHL):

in Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL):

Year by year|-
Year	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1998-99	40	37	2	1	189	39	75
1999-2000	40	35	3	2	217	37	72
2000–01	40	35	2	3	222	48	73
2001–02	30	23	2	5	149	39	51
2002–03	36	32	3	1	201	54	65
2003–04	36	33	2	1	197	42	67
2004–05	36	24	8	4	142	68	54
2005–06	36	13	19	4	114	127	32
2006–07	21	15	6	0	107	51	31
2007–08	30	21	8	1	115	61	43
2008–09	26	16	8	2	n/a	n/a	34
2009–10	30	21	8	1	n/a	n/a	43
2010–11	26	8	13	5	83	98	21

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

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1998-99	National Women's Hockey League	1st Overall, Western Division	elimined in first round
1999-2000	National Women's Hockey League	1st Overall, Western Division	Won the NWHL Championship
2000-01	National Women's Hockey League	1st Overall, Western Division	Won the NWHL Championship
2001-02	National Women's Hockey League	1st Overall, Western Division	Won the NWHL Championship
2002-03	National Women's Hockey League	1st Overall, Central Division	Finalist, lost the final game
2003-04	National Women's Hockey League	1st Overall, Central Division	elimined in first round
2004-05	National Women's Hockey League	2rd, Central Division	Won the NWHL Championship
2005-06	National Women's Hockey League	4rd, last position in Central Division	no participation to playoff
2006-07	National Women's Hockey League	2rd (one division now)	elimined in first round
2007-08	Canadian Women's Hockey League	2nd, Central Division	lost final
2008-09	Canadian Women's Hockey League	3nd (one division now)	Finalist, lost final game
2009-10	Canadian Women's Hockey League	2nd (one division)	elimined in first round

Last roster (season 2010-11)

Goalies
Number		\|Player		\|Former Team	\|Hometown
31	Canada	Allison Cubberley	Elmira College	Bracebridge, Ontario
30	Canada	Kendra Fisher	Humber College	Kincardine, Ontario
1	Canada	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:...	Canadian National Team	Winnipeg, Manitoba

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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|University of British Columbia
|align=center|Smithers, British Columbia
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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
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|align=center|Port Alberni, British Columbia
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Last coaching Staff ( season 2010-11)

General Manager: Barb Fisher
Head Coach: Dan Lichterman
Assistant Coach: Joanne Eustace
Assistant Coach: Bartley Blair
Equipment Manager: Lester Tiu
Head Athletic Therapist : Jennifer Bushell
Assistant Athletic Therapist: Sharon Welsby
Student Athletic Therapist: Carrie Alderdice

Notable former player

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Geraldine Heaney

Geraldine Heaney is an Irish-Canadian ice hockey head coach and retired defenceman. She is head coach for the University of Waterloo women's hockey team...

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Cherie Piper

Forward (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...

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| Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough, Ontario

Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...

| Playing for the 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:...

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Angela James

Angela James is a Canadian former ice hockey forward, who played in the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League , and represented Team Canada internationally...

Centre (ice hockey)

The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...

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Toronto

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Ontario

| Head Coach for the 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:...

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Cassie Campbell

Cassie Campbell-Pascall is a former Canadian female ice hockey player. She was the captain of the Canadian ice hockey team during the 2002 Winter Olympics and led the team to a gold medal...

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| Brampton, Ontario

Brampton, Ontario

Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average...

| Journalist for the CBC Sports

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

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Becky Kellar (D)
| Hagersville, Ontario

Hagersville, Ontario

Hagersville is a community in Haldimand County, Ontario which gained international notoriety in 1990 for a gigantic uncontrolled tire fire which spewed toxic smoke for seventeen days...

| Playing for the Burlington Barracudas

Burlington Barracudas

The Burlington Barracudas are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Burlington, Ontario. The team has played in the Canadian Women's Hockey League since 2007 its inaugural season. The team plays its home games in Wave Twin Rinks in Burlington...

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Gillian Ferrari

Gillian Ferrari is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She was inducted into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Her Mother is from Wales and her Father was born in Italy.-Playing career:...

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| Thornhill, Ontario

Thornhill, Ontario

Thornhill is a community in the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the northern border of the city of Toronto. Once a municipal village, Thornhill is now a community and postal designation geographically split into two municipalities along Yonge Street, the city of...

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Cheryl Pounder

Cheryl Pounder is a women's ice hockey player. Pounder plays defense for the Canadian Women's Hockey League's Mississauga Chiefs, and competed in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics....

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Toronto

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Ontario

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Sari Krooks

Sari Krooks is a Finnish female ice hockey player. She played on the women's ice hockey team for Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and won a bronze medal.- References :...

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Nicole Corriero

Nicole Corriero was a 3-time All-American ice hockey forward for the Harvard Crimson. Corriero tied former Crimson player Jennifer Botterill's record for most points in one NCAA game with ten. She accomplished the feat on November 7, 2003 versus the Union Dutchwomen...

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| Thornhill, Ontario

Thornhill, Ontario

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External links

Web site of Toronto Aeros

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