Edmonton Chimos

Edmonton Chimos

City	Edmonton, Alberta
League	Western Women's Hockey League
Founded	1973 (1973)
Home arena	River Cree Twin Arenas
Colours	Red, White and Blue
General manager	Dee Bateman
Head coach	Jason Schmidt

The Edmonton Chimos were a professional women's ice hockey team in the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL). The team played its home games at River Cree Twin Arenas in Edmonton, Canada. The Owner was Arlan Maschmayer.

History

The Chimos were founded in 1973^[1] following ads looking for women in the Edmonton area who wanted to play hockey. By the 1980s, they had become the dominant women's team in Alberta, capturing every Alberta provincial championship, except for one, from 1982-1997. Representing Alberta at the Esso Canadian national championships 16 times in their history, the Chimos have captured the National title four times: 1984, 1985, 1992 and 1997.

In 2001, the Chimos were approached to join the National Women's Hockey League, along with their provincial rival, the Calgary Oval X-Treme. They joined the league in 2002 with the Calgary Oval X-Treme and the Vancouver Griffins to form the NWHL's Western Division. The Griffins folded after only one season, leaving just the two Alberta teams. Consistently overmatched by their Calgary rivals, and lacking true competition in the NWHL as the West division did not fly east, the Alberta clubs broke away from the NWHL to help form the five team Western Women's Hockey League in 2004 before the two leagues were once again united under the NWHL banner in 2006. However, this was short lived as the NWHL and WWHL could not reach an agreement upon a playoff schedule. As a result, the merger was not consummated. With the collapse of the NWHL in the summer of 2007, the Western Women's Hockey League was once again a completely independent league. The goal of the new league is to promote women’s hockey in the west.^[2]

Coming next season

For 2011-12 season, The Edmonton Chimos and Strathmore Rockies will combine to form the Alberta entry into the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). The new team will play in different locations in Alberta depending on what will make sense for the new team. Despite what the press release states, the team will most likely be based out of both Calgary and Edmonton to accommodate all of western Canada's elite female players.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Season-by-season

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Year	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
2002–03	24	3	21	0	35	132	7
2003–04	12	1	11	0	9	64	2
2004–05	21	12	8	1	65	53	34
2005–06	24	16	5	3	102	47	35
2006–07	24	15	8	1	88	63	31
2007–08	24	9	11	4	74	78	22
2008–09	24	14	10	0	82	79	28
2009–10	18	7	7	4	40	48	18
2010–11	17	11	6	0	56	41	23

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

Season standings

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
2002-03	NWHL	3rd, Western	Did not qualify
2003-04	NWHL	2nd, Western	Did not qualify
2004-05	WWHL	3rd	Lost in final round
2005-06	WWHL	2nd	Lost in first round
2006-07	WWHL	2nd	Lost in first round
2007-08	WWHL	4th	Did not qualify
2008-09	WWHL	3rd	Lost in first round
2009-10	WWHL	3rd	Lost in first round
2010-11	WWHL	2nd	no participation to playoff

Current roster

Goaltenders
#	Country	Player	Catches	Age	Acquired	Former Team	Hometown
1		Keely Brown	L	40		Toronto Lady Blues - CIS	Kitchener, Ontario
31		Kristen Sugiyama	L	29	2010	Grant MacEwan Griffins - ACAC	Edmonton, Alberta

Defence
#	Country	Player	Shoots	Age	Acquired	Former Team	Hometown
6		Tegan Rose	L	23	2010	St. Albert Slash - AMMFHL	Gibbons, Alberta
9		Erin Duggan (C)	R	33	2007	Yale Bulldogs - NCAA	Beaumont, Alberta
12		Meaghan Mikkelson (A)	R	31	2007	Canadian National Women's Team	St. Albert, Alberta
14		Brittaney Maschmeyer	R	27	2010	Syracuse Orange - NCAA	Bruderheim, Alberta
17		Courtney Sawchuk (A)	L	28	2010	St. Lawrence Skating Saints - NCAA	Sherwood Park, Alberta
25		Taylor Williamson	R	23	2010		Spruce Grove, Alberta
81		Kelsey MacMillan	R	30	2009		Sherwood Park, Alberta
88		Tara Swanson	L	27	2010		Wetaskiwin, Alberta

Forwards
#	Country	Player	Shoots	Age	Acquired	Former Team	Hometown
5		Kelly Godel	R	27	2010	Edmonton Titans - NAFHA	Hythe, Alberta
8		Mallory Matheson	L	30	2008	NAIT Ooks - ACAC	Binscarth, Manitoba
11		Jennifer Moe	L	23	2010	Lloydminster Steelers - AMMFHL	Bonnyville, Alberta
16		Lauren Chiswell	L	29	2010	Grant MacEwan Griffins - ACAC	Edmonton, Alberta
18		Chelsea Purcell (A)	R	29	2010	Saskatchewan Huskies - CIS	Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan
19		Kathy Yeats	L	39			Coronation, Alberta
21		Lindsay Robinson	R	30	2009	Alberta Pandas - CIS	Edmonton, Alberta
24		Laura Dostaler	R	25	2009	Fort Saskatchewan Juniors	Beaumont, Alberta
27		Colleen Olson	R	28	2008		Sherwood Park, Alberta
33		Britney Millar	L	35		Mercyhurst Lakers - NCAA	Kingston, Ontario
77		Manuela Hebel	L	30	2010	Mannheim Kurpfalz	Freising, Germany

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Coaching staff

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Head Coach: Jason Schmidt
Assistant Coach: Chip Sawchuk
Assistant Coach: Matt Appelt
Trainer: Pat Toner

Awards and honors

Colette Prefontaine, Best Goaltender, 1998 Esso National championships^[10]

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point, goal, and assist scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed WWHL regular season.

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; G/G = Goals per game; A/G = Assists per game; * = current Chimos player

Note: Statistics kept since 2004.

Points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Danielle Bourgeois	F	63	51	48	99	1.57
Britney Millar*	F	128	34	39	73	.57
Erin Duggan*	D	88	16	35	51	.58
Meaghan Mikkelson*	D	46	19	29	48	1.04
Tricia Guest	F	40	22	19	41	1.03
Jennifer Jeffrey	D	88	7	34	41	.47
Ashleigh Schols	F	48	11	25	36	.75
Kathy Yeats*	F	147	10	26	36	.24
Aimee Whittaker	F	40	15	17	32	.80
Kristen Hagg	F	24	10	20	30	1.25

Goals
Player	Pos	G	G/G
Danielle Bourgeois	F	51	.81
Britney Millar*	F	34	.27
Tricia Guest	F	22	.55
Meaghan Mikkelson*	D	19	.41
Erin Duggan*	D	16	.18
Aimee Whittaker	F	15	.38
Suzette Gillingham	F	15	.36
Courtney Sawchuk*	D	14	.33
Cami Wooster	F	11	.46
Ashleigh Schols	F	11	.23

Assists
Player	Pos	A	A/G
Danielle Bourgeois	F	48	.76
Britney Millar*	F	39	.30
Erin Duggan*	D	35	.40
Jennifer Jeffrey	D	34	.39
Meaghan Mikkelson*	D	29	.63
Kathy Yeats*	F	26	.18
Ashleigh Schols	F	25	.52
Cassea Schols	D	23	.34
Saige Pacholok	D	21	.30
Kristen Hagg	F	20	.83

References

↑ Edmonton Chimos History, http://www.edmontonchimos.com/default.aspx?p=history
↑ Edmonton Chimos History, http://www.edmontonchimos.com/default.aspx?p=history
↑ John Down, Calgary Herald, CWHL expanding into Alberta this season, http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/CWHL+expanding+into+Alberta+this+season/4644934/story.html
↑ Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press, Canadian Women's Hockey League to add Calgary team and create one league, https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i35FFHWQg9G8fq3V_tmton8Cxn_A?docId=6614211
↑ Canadian Elite Women’s Hockey Moves West with League’s Expansion to Alberta, http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=73
↑ http://www.edmontonchimos.com/default.aspx?p=teamroster
↑ http://www.westernwomenshockeyleague.com/leagues/stats_1team.cfm?sel_roster=active&leagueID=3639&clientID=1754&sortby=PTS1&teamID=267931&showGameType=2
↑ http://www.westernwomenshockeyleague.com/leagues/stats_1team.cfm?sel_roster=reserve&leagueID=3639&clientID=1754&sortby=PTS1&teamID=267931&showGameType=2
↑ http://www.edmontonchimos.com/default.aspx?p=coachingstaff
↑ "Alberta downs Ontario 3-2 in Overtime in Gold Medal Final to win 1998 Esso Women's Nationals Hockey Championship". Hockey Canada. March 22, 1998. Retrieved 28 June 2010.

External links

Western Women's Hockey League

* Clarkson Cup National Women's Hockey League Canadian Women's Hockey League

Current teams	Manitoba Maple Leafs Minnesota Whitecaps

Former teams	British Columbia Breakers Edmonton Chimos Calgary Oval X-Treme Saskatchewan Prairie Ice Strathmore Rockies

Seasons	2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013

* Category

Professional Women's Hockey seasons

NWHL	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07

CWHL	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

WWHL	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11

NWHL (US)	2015–16 2016–17

Clarkson Cup	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Isobel Cup	2016

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