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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Minnesota Whitecaps clinch WWHL Championship, http://www.minnesotawhitecaps.com/news/2009-2010/ Archived 2010-05-09 at the Wayback Machine , February 8, 2010
- ↑ "CWHL - Canadian Women's Hockey League". Archived from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ↑ "Whitecaps swamp Thunder to win Clarkson Cup". thestar.com. March 29, 2010.
- ↑ Minnesota Whitecaps: Clarkson Cup Champions, http://www.puckworlds.com/2010/6/17/1522273/minnesota-whitecaps-clarkson-cup , by Bruce Peter, 17 June 2010.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Keely Brown – women's hockey:http://avenueofathletes.ca/canadian-athletes/keely-brown-womens-hockey Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
