Boston Blades – 2015 Clarkson Cup champions
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| Goaltenders |
- Coaching and Administrative Staff
- Aronda Brown (General Manager)
- Digit Murphy (Head coach)
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| Location(s) | Markham, Ontario | |||||||||
| Dates | March 7, 2015 | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Stars: Caroline Ouellette (2023) | |||||||||
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The 2015 Clarkson Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament that was contested in Markham, Ontario to determine the champion of the Canadian Women's Hockey League from March 4 to March 7, 2014. The Boston Blades defeated the Montreal Stars by a 3-2 tally in overtime to claim their second title. [1] The tournament was played at Markham Centennial Centre. The overtime-winning goal was scored by Janine Weber, [2] who became the first European player to score a Cup-winning goal. Weber's stick that she used to score the Cup-winning goal was donated to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
| Date | Teams | Score |
| March 4 | Boston vs. Toronto | Boston, 3-0 |
| March 4 | Calgary vs. Montreal | Montreal, 4-0 |
| March 5 | Boston vs. Toronto | Boston, 7-3 |
| March 4 | Calgary vs. Montreal | Montreal, 2-0 |
| March 7 | Boston Blades | 3-2 | OT | Montreal Stars | Markham Centennial Arena | Recap |
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | MON | Ann-Sophie Bettez | Caroline Ouellette, Emmanuelle Blais | 0:31 | 1–0 MON |
| BOS | Hilary Knight – PP | Kacey Bellamy, Brianna Decker | 16:29 | 1-1 | |
| 2nd | None | ||||
| 3rd | BOS | Brianna Decker – PP | Monique Lamoureux, Hilary Knight | 6:17 | 2–1 BOS |
| MON | Emmanuelle Blais | Caroline Ouellette, Lauriane Rougeau | 9:54 | 2–2 TIE | |
| OT | BOS | Janine Weber | Tara Watchorn, Corinne Buie | 2:12 | 3–2 BOS |
| Shots by period | |||||
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
| Boston | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 28 |
| Montreal | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Brianna Decker | Boston | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| Hilary Knight | Boston | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Monique Lamoureux | Boston | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Janine Weber | Boston | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Emmanuelle Blais | Montreal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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| Goaltenders |
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