Cambridge Turbos

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Cambridge Turbos
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NicknameTurbos
City Cambridge, Ontario
League National Ringette League
ConferenceEastern
DivisionRed
Founded2003
Home arenaHespeler Memorial Arena
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Head coachScott Borland
Media
Website cambridgeringette.ca
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Championships
NRL Titles6 (2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Ringette World Club Championship 1 (2008)
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The Cambridge Turbos is a ringette team in the National Ringette League (NRL) competing in the Eastern Conference's Red Division. Founded in 2003, the is team based in Cambridge, Ontario. The Turbos home arena is the Hespeler Memorial Arena, a facility which is a twin sheet arena with two Olympic-sized sheets of ice.

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History

The team was founded in 2003 at the same time as the NRL was being established. The Turbos have played in the league since its inaugural season in 2003–04. The Turbos won their first national championship in the Open Division of the 2006 Canadian Ringette Championships (CRC).

Starting in 2008, the NRL had its own division at the annual CRC, with the winner being awarded the Jeanne Sauvé Memorial Cup as the senior national champion. The Turbos won back-to-back championships in 2008 and 2009, and became the first NRL team to win three consecutive championships, doing so from 2015 to 2017. [1] The team lost only three times en route to the 2015 title. [2] The Turbos came close to a fourth consecutive title in 2018, but settled for the bronze medal in 3rd place. [3] With 6 national titles, the Turbos are the most successful NRL team. Cambridge also hosted the CRC in 2011. [4] The Turbos won the inaugural Ringette World Club Championship in 2008 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, [5] defeating the Finnish club Luvia in the final by a score of 6–3. [6] [7] The Turbos also competed at the 2011 Club Championship. [8]

Many members of the Turbos have played for Team Canada at the World Ringette Championships, including Tatum Allen, Katherine Shaughnessy, and Erika Neubrand most recently in 2022; [9] Canada won the silver.

The Cambridge Turbos were named after a Turbos player's long-haired Syrian hamster named, "Turbo" (representative image only) Syrian hamster.jpg
The Cambridge Turbos were named after a Turbos player's long-haired Syrian hamster named, "Turbo" (representative image only)

The team name pre-dates the Turbos NRL team, and originated with a Cambridge U-12 team in 1988. The name came from squad member Corina Harris' pet hamster, Turbo, who became the team's unofficial mascot. Soon, the Cambridge ringette program adopted the name for all of its teams, as did the senior Turbos as they entered the NRL. Harris' father, who coached the team, also started a "Turbo Charge" cheer, which has continued. [10]

The Turbos were featured on an episode of the Rick Mercer Report in 2009 called "Ringette Night In Canada." [11] The episode included coverage of a NRL game between the Turbos and the now-defunct Gloucester Devils.

Regular season records

The Turbos currently competed in the Red Division of the NRL's Eastern Conference along with the Nepean Ravens, Waterloo Wildfire, and Gatineau Fusion. The Conference also has a White Division featuring the Montréal Mission, the Rive-Sud Révolution, and the Atlantic Attack. The Western Conference features six teams: the BC Thunder, Calgary RATH, Edmonton WAM!, Edmonton Black Gold, Saskatchewan Heat, and Manitoba Herd.

SeasonGPWLTPtsGFGAStandings
2019–20Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–2218117020109834th
2022–232662001213617512th

Rosters

Current roster

The Cambridge Turbos compete in the 2022–23 NRL season. [12]

(* = AP)

2022–23 Cambridge Turbos
Prov# [13] [14] PlayerPos
Flag of Ontario.svg Taylor Campbell
Flag of Ontario.svg Christyn Oda
Flag of Ontario.svg Madison Sunseth
Flag of Ontario.svg Ayton Johnston
Flag of Ontario.svg Katharine Shaughnessy
Flag of Ontario.svg Sydney Nosal
Flag of Ontario.svg Paige Lanteigne
Flag of Ontario.svg Miranda Anderson
Flag of Ontario.svg Sheri Adams
Flag of Ontario.svg Kaitlyn McGillen
Flag of Ontario.svg Avery Riley McKay
Flag of Ontario.svg Erika Neubrand
Flag of Ontario.svg Samantha Tracey
Flag of Ontario.svg Melissa Breslin
Flag of Ontario.svg Sarah Pedersen
Flag of Ontario.svg *Rachel Bettke
Flag of Ontario.svg *Jace Cormier
Flag of Ontario.svg *Claire Lodge

2013–14 season roster

2013–14 Cambridge Turbos
ProvNoPlayerPosS/CAgeHometown
Flag of Ontario.svg 1Meghan PittawayGL25Cambridge, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 3Melissa FindlayDL26Oshawa, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 4Taylor CampbellFL19Tillsonburg, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 7Kayla Albert (DAP)FL19Cambridge, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 8Jennifer GaudetCR33Cambridge, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 9Megan Hinde (DAP)FR19Paris, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 10Jenna DupuisDL20Whitby, ON
Flag of British Columbia.svg 11Kacy HannessonDR21Langley, BC
Flag of Ontario.svg 12Sydney GrangerDL20Dorchester, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 13Kaitlyn Richardson (AP)FR21Guelph, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 14Jessica Purbrick (DAP)DR18Cambridge, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 15Stacey RichardsDR19Mississauga, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 16Brittany WaldenCL27Kitchener, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 17Jessica WaldenFL27Kitchener, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 18Jacqueline GaudetFR31Cambridge, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 20Abby Richardson (AP)FL17Guelph, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 22Nadia BareyFR23Burlington, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 23Samantha McCulloughFL19Courtice, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 35Jessie CallanderGR20Mississauga, ON
Flag of Ontario.svg 44Elyssa JasperFL25Ajax, ON

All-time record

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