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The Ottawa Senators are a women's ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

organization, based in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, 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 organization organizes teams in several age divisions, including Intermediate in the Provincial Women's Hockey League

Provincial Women's Hockey League

The Provincial Women's Hockey League is an amateur women's ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 2004. It is considered to be the highest level of young women's amateur ice hockey in Ontario, and is sanctioned by Hockey Canada and the Ontario Women's Hockey Association.-Teams...

(PWHL). The women's senior-level ice hockey

Ice hockey

team formerly 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....

(CWHL), until 2010. The senior team was formerly known as the Ottawa Capital Canucks and the Ottawa Raiders.

History

The club began as the National Capital Raiders in 1998, becoming the Ottawa Raiders in 1999. The club 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 This League was in service between 1999 and 2007.-History:The NWHL superseded the old Central Ontario Women's Hockey League in 1998-99.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...

(NWHL) from 1999 until 2007, when the league folded. In 2007-08, the club re-organized as the Ottawa Capital Canucks, playing in the CWHL. For the 2007–08 season, the team played at the Sandy Hill Arena

Ice hockey in Ottawa

Ottawa ice hockey clubs date back to the first decade of recorded organized ice hockey play. The men's senior-level Ottawa Hockey Club is known to have played in a Canadian championship in 1884...

in central Ottawa.

In 2008, the Canucks team merged its operations with the Kanata Girls Hockey Association. The new organization was named the Ottawa Senators Women's Hockey Club, was partly sponsored by the Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators

The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

NHL club, and operated three teams. The Senior AAA team played in the CWHL, the Intermediate team plays in the Provincial Women's Hockey League, and there is a Midget AA team that plays a tournament schedule. The new organization is based out of the Bell Sensplex

Bell Sensplex

The Bell Sensplex is a four-pad ice facility, located in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the primary practice facility of the Ottawa Senators NHL team. In a partnership with the City of Ottawa, it is also used for minor hockey and hosts the annual Bell Capital Cup ice hockey tournament....

in the Kanata

Kanata, Ontario

Situated in the Ottawa Valley, Kanata is located about west-southwest of Downtown Ottawa along Highway 417 at a latitude of 45°18' North and a longitude of 75°55' West, with an area of . Its northern end is just to the west of the Ottawa River....

suburb of Ottawa

Ottawa

In 2010, it was announced that the CWHL would reduce its number of teams to five. The Senior AAA Ottawa Senators were disbanded and are no longer playing in the CWHL. The Intermediates and other level programs continue.

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	34	9	19	6	61	114	24
1999-2000	35	9	20	6	61	109	24
2000–01	40	11	25	4	78	150	26
2001–02	30	14	10	6	71	72	34
2002–03	36	13	22	1	96	122	29
2003–04	36	9	23	4	85	144	22
2004–05	36	14	19	2	101	128	31
2005–06	36	21	11	4	122	77	49
2006–07	11	2	9	0	25	54	5
2007–08	30	8	19	3	58	99	19
2008–09	24	4	20	0	n/a	n/a	8
2009–10	13	5	23	2	n/a	n/a	12

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	3rd, Eastern Division	Eliminated first round
1999-2000	National Women's Hockey League	3rd, Eastern Division	Missed playoffs
2000-01	National Women's Hockey League	3rd, Eastern Division	Missed playoffs
2001-02	National Women's Hockey League	First place, Eastern Division	Finalist, lost in final game
2002-03	National Women's Hockey League	2nd, Eastern Division	Eliminated first round
2002-03	National Women's Hockey League	2nd, Eastern Division	Eliminated first round
2003-04	National Women's Hockey League	2nd, Eastern Division	Eliminated first round
2004-05	National Women's Hockey League	2nd, Eastern Division	Eliminated first round
2005-06	National Women's Hockey League	1st place, Eastern Division	Eliminated first round
2006-07	National Women's Hockey League	7th, last overall	Missed playoffs
2007-08	Canadian Women's Hockey League	2nd, Eastern Division	Eliminated first round
2008-09	Canadian Women's Hockey League	6th, last overall	Missed playoffs
2009-10	Canadian Women's Hockey League	6th, last overall	Missed playoffs

Last Roster 2009-10

Goalies
Number		\|Player		\|Former Team	\|Hometown
35	Canada	Robyn Rittmaster	Ottawa Senators Senior AAA	Halifax, Nova Scotia
30	Canada	Cassandra McNichol	Guelph University	Toronto, Ontario

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Canada
|align=center|Sharon Kelly

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Canada
|align=center|Liane Quenneville
|align=center| Carleton University
|align=center|Montreal, Quebec
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Canada
|align=center|MandiDuhamel
|align=center| Ottawa Senators Senior AAA
|align=center| Lively, Ontario
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