1999–2000 NWHL season

Last updated

1999-2000

Final standings

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

Contents

Eastern Division
No.TeamGPWLTGFGAPts
1 Sainte Julie Pantheres 3520871096847
2 Montreal Wingstar 35187101166246
3 Ottawa Raiders 3592066110924
4 Laval Le Mistral 3572357817719
Western Division
No.TeamGPWLTGFGAPts
1 Beatrice Aeros 4035322173772
2 Brampton Thunder 4029562086464
3 Mississauga Chiefs 40211361337948
4 Clearnet Lightning 4043334424911
5 Scarborough Sting 403343491709

[1]

Playoffs

[2]

Eastern Division Final

Montreal Wingstar vs Sainte-Julie Pantheres

Sainte-Julie Pantheres wins series 1–1 (1–0 win in overtime tiebreaker)

Western Division Final

Brampton Thunder vs Beatrice Aeros

Beatrice Aeros win series 2–0

NWHL Finals

In the first game, the Sainte-Julie Pantheres came back and tied the game 2-2. In the deciding game, Beatrice Aeros player Cherie Piper scored in the first period. That would prove to be the game-winning goal as Beatrice claimed the championship by a 1–0 score. Lauren Goldstein earned the shutout for the Aeros. Goaltender Marie-Claude Roy of the Sainte-Julie Pantheres was selected MVP for the Finals. She stopped 80 of 83 shots in the two game series. [3]

Beatrice Aeros wins title based on most goals scored. [1]

The Beatrice Aeros won the Championship of the NWHL.

Team by team

Laval Le Mistral

In 1999–2000, Laval Le Mistral's Annie Desrosiers was second in the league in goals with 29. Her 45 points ranked eleventh in the league. She was an assistant captain despite being a 20-year-old. For the 2000–01 season, the team captain was 21-year-old Anik Bouchard. Two members of the Japanese National Team competed for Le Mistral. Masako Sato was second in team scoring in 1999–2000, and her sister Rie played only one season (1999–2000). [4]

During the 1999–2000 season, Le Mistral allowed an average of five goals per game, second last in the NWHL. Goaltender Marieve Dyotte was 5-10-1 with a 6.44 goals against average, while Vania Goeury was 2-14-3 with 4.08 GAA. During the season, Laval received 605 penalty minutes. The result was allowing 44 goals in 35 games. Anik Bouchard had 91 minutes, Chartrand (88 minutes) and Valerie Levesque had 60 minutes.

Sainte-Julie Pantheres

During the 1999–2000 season, Sainte-Julie Pantheres finished ahead of the Montreal Wingstar in first place by one point. The club defeated Laval and Montreal in the playoffs, and faced the Beatrice Aeros in the finals in Brampton, Ont.

In the net, Marie-Claude Roy compiled an 11-6-4 record and a 2.02 Goals against average. The other goalie, Isabelle Leclaire, posted a 9-2-2 record and a 1.95 GAA. National team member Nancy Drolet scored 29 goals and added 17 assists. Mai-Lan Le scored 31 points in 31 games. [5]

International

The NWHL had 18 players represent their respective countries at the 2000 Women's World Hockey Championships in Mississauga, Ontario. [6] Rob Insley, of the Beatrice Aeros, will be equipment manager for Team Canada.

PlayerTeamPositionCountry
Sami Jo Small Brampton ThunderGoalie Canada
Chris Bailey Ottawa RaidersDefense USA
Therese Brisson Montréal WingstarDefenseCanada
Geraldine Heaney Beatrice AerosDefenseCanada
Becky Kellar Beatrice AerosDefenseCanada
Sue Merz Brampton ThunderDefenseUSA
Cheryl Pounder Beatrice AerosDefenseCanada
Nathalie Rivard Mississauga ChiefsDefenseCanada
Rie Sato Laval Le MistralDefense Japan
Amanda Benoit Beatrice AerosForwardCanada
Cassie Campbell Beatrice AerosForwardCanada
Nancy Drolet Saint-Julie PanthèresForwardCanada
Lori Dupuis Brampton ThunderForwardCanada
Brandy Fisher Ottawa RaidersForwardUSA
Jayna Hefford Brampton ThunderForwardCanada
Caroline Ouellette Montréal WingstarForwardCanada
Masako Sato Laval Le MistralForwardJapan
Vicky Sunohara Brampton ThunderForwardCanada

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References

  1. 1 2 Podnieks, Andrew (2009). Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-2010. p. 545. ISBN   978-1-55468-621-6.
  2. ↑ 1999-2000 NWHL Playoffs:http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1999-00/Mplayoffs.html Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "1999-2000 NWHL News Items". Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ Laval Le Mistral 2000 Preview [usurped]
  5. ↑ Sainte-Julie Pantheres 2000 Preview [usurped]
  6. ↑ "1999-2000 NWHL News Items". Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
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