Edmonton Chimos (1980), Provincial A women's champions
Edmonton Chimos (1984), National champions
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]
For 2011-12 season, The Edmonton Chimos and Strathmore Rockies combined to form Team Alberta the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). The new team played in different locations in Alberta. The team became based out of both Calgary and Edmonton to accommodate all of western Canada's elite female players.[3][4][5] Team Alberta would later become the Calgary Inferno.
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
^Canadian Elite Women’s Hockey Moves West with League’s Expansion to Alberta, . Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
^. www.edmontonchimos.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10.
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^. www.edmontonchimos.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10.
^"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
Edmonton Chimos Facebook page
January 07, 2023
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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 Edmonton ChimosCityEdmonton AlbertaLeagueWestern Women s Hockey LeagueFounded1973 1973 Home arenaRiver Cree Twin ArenasColoursRed White and BlueGeneral managerDee BatemanHead coachJason Schmidt Contents 1 History 2 Season by season 3 Season standings 4 Current roster 5 Coaching staff 6 Awards and honors 6 1 Scoring leaders 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory Edit Edmonton Chimos 1980 Provincial A women s champions Edmonton Chimos 1984 National champions 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 For 2011 12 season The Edmonton Chimos and Strathmore Rockies combined to form Team Alberta the Canadian Women s Hockey League CWHL The new team played in different locations in Alberta The team became based out of both Calgary and Edmonton to accommodate all of western Canada s elite female players 3 4 5 Team Alberta would later become the Calgary Inferno Season by season Edit Year GP W L T GF GA Pts2002 03 24 3 21 0 35 132 72003 04 12 1 11 0 9 64 22004 05 21 12 8 1 65 53 342005 06 24 16 5 3 102 47 352006 07 24 15 8 1 88 63 312007 08 24 9 11 4 74 78 222008 09 24 14 10 0 82 79 282009 10 18 7 7 4 40 48 182010 11 17 11 6 0 56 41 23Note GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties GF Goals for GA Goals against Pts Points Season standings EditYear League Reg Season Playoffs2002 03 NWHL 3rd Western Did not qualify2003 04 NWHL 2nd Western Did not qualify2004 05 WWHL 3rd Lost in final round2005 06 WWHL 2nd Lost in first round2006 07 WWHL 2nd Lost in first round2007 08 WWHL 4th Did not qualify2008 09 WWHL 3rd Lost in first round2009 10 WWHL 3rd Lost in first round2010 11 WWHL 2nd no participation to playoffCurrent roster EditGoaltenders Country Player Catches Age Acquired Former Team Hometown1 Keely Brown L 46 Toronto Lady Blues CIS Kitchener Ontario31 Kristen Sugiyama L 35 2010 Grant MacEwan Griffins ACAC Edmonton AlbertaDefence Country Player Shoots Age Acquired Former Team Hometown6 Tegan Rose L 29 2010 St Albert Slash AMMFHL Gibbons Alberta9 Erin Duggan C R 39 2007 Yale Bulldogs NCAA Beaumont Alberta12 Meaghan Mikkelson A R 38 2007 Canadian National Women s Team St Albert Alberta14 Brittaney Maschmeyer R 33 2010 Syracuse Orange NCAA Bruderheim Alberta17 Courtney Sawchuk A L 34 2010 St Lawrence Skating Saints NCAA Sherwood Park Alberta25 Taylor Williamson R 29 2010 Spruce Grove Alberta81 Kelsey MacMillan R 36 2009 Sherwood Park Alberta88 Tara Swanson L 33 2010 Wetaskiwin AlbertaForwards Country Player Shoots Age Acquired Former Team Hometown5 Kelly Godel R 34 2010 Edmonton Titans NAFHA Hythe Alberta8 Mallory Matheson L 36 2008 NAIT Ooks ACAC Binscarth Manitoba11 Jennifer Moe L 29 2010 Lloydminster Steelers AMMFHL Bonnyville Alberta16 Lauren Chiswell L 35 2010 Grant MacEwan Griffins ACAC Edmonton Alberta18 Chelsea Purcell A R 35 2010 Saskatchewan Huskies CIS Hudson Bay Saskatchewan19 Kathy Yeats L 45 Coronation Alberta21 Lindsay Robinson R 36 2009 Alberta Pandas CIS Edmonton Alberta24 Laura Dostaler R 31 2009 Fort Saskatchewan Juniors Beaumont Alberta27 Colleen Olson R 34 2008 Sherwood Park Alberta33 Britney Millar L 41 Mercyhurst Lakers NCAA Kingston Ontario77 Manuela Hebel L 37 2010 Mannheim Kurpfalz Freising Germany 6 7 and 8 Coaching staff Edit 9 Head Coach Jason Schmidt Assistant Coach Chip Sawchuk Assistant Coach Matt Appelt Trainer Pat TonerAwards and honors EditColette Prefontaine Best Goaltender 1998 Esso National championships 10 Scoring leaders Edit 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 playerNote Statistics kept since 2004 Points Player Pos GP G A Pts P GDanielle Bourgeois F 63 51 48 99 1 57Britney Millar F 128 34 39 73 57Erin Duggan D 88 16 35 51 58Meaghan Mikkelson D 46 19 29 48 1 04Tricia Guest F 40 22 19 41 1 03Jennifer Jeffrey D 88 7 34 41 47Ashleigh Schols F 48 11 25 36 75Kathy Yeats F 147 10 26 36 24Aimee Whittaker F 40 15 17 32 80Kristen Hagg F 24 10 20 30 1 25 Goals Player Pos G G GDanielle Bourgeois F 51 81Britney Millar F 34 27Tricia Guest F 22 55Meaghan Mikkelson D 19 41Erin Duggan D 16 18Aimee Whittaker F 15 38Suzette Gillingham F 15 36Courtney Sawchuk D 14 33Cami Wooster F 11 46Ashleigh Schols F 11 23 Assists Player Pos A A GDanielle Bourgeois F 48 76Britney Millar F 39 30Erin Duggan D 35 40Jennifer Jeffrey D 34 39Meaghan Mikkelson D 29 63Kathy Yeats F 26 18Ashleigh Schols F 25 52Cassea Schols D 23 34Saige Pacholok D 21 30Kristen Hagg F 20 83See also EditWestern Women s Hockey League WWHL List of ice hockey teams in AlbertaReferences Edit 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 https 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 News CWHL Canadian Women s Hockey League Archived from the original on 2011 05 16 Retrieved 2011 05 28 Edmonton Chimos Senior AAA Hockey Roster Powered by RAMP Interactive www edmontonchimos com Archived from the original on 2011 07 10 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2011 07 18 Retrieved 2011 02 18 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy Archived from the original on 2011 07 18 Retrieved 2011 02 18 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Edmonton Chimos Senior AAA Hockey Coaching Staff Powered by RAMP Interactive www edmontonchimos com Archived from the original on 2011 07 10 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 EditEdmonton Chimos Facebook page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edmonton Chimos amp oldid 1106261072, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
