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| Founded | 2004 |
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| Based in | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Head coach | Eric Theroux |
| Owner(s) | Joseph Williams |
| League | WWCFL |
| Division | Western |
| Colours | |
| Mascot(s) | Storm Bear |
| League titles | 0 |
| Conference titles | 3 (2011, 2015, 2016) |
| Website | edmontonstorm |
The Edmonton Storm are a women's football team in the Western Women's Canadian Football League's (WWCFL) Western Conference. The team is based in Edmonton, Alberta. The Storm are Alberta's oldest competitive women's tackle football club.
The Storm were founded in 2004. By 2010 there was growing momentum around women's football in Alberta, and the Storm joined together with the Calgary Rockies and Lethbridge Steel clubs to form the Alberta Female Football League (AFFL). The Storm finished atop the league in its lone season. In 2011, the AFFL was absorbed by the WWCFL, which included the Manitoba Fearless and new teams based in Winnipeg, Regina, and Saskatoon. The league began play in 2011 with the Alberta-based teams forming the Western Conference, and the four other teams forming the Prairie Conference.
The inaugural WWCFL season was a successful one for the Storm. The team was undefeated during the regular season, finishing atop the Western Conference. The team ultimately advanced to the WWCFL Final, where they faced the Saskatoon Valkyries in Lethbridge. The Valkyries defeated the storm by a score of 35–7 to become the first WWCFL Champions. [1]
The Storm had a successful run from 2013–2016, a period that saw two new Alberta-based teams join the WWCFL in the Northern Anarchy, based in Grande Prairie, and the Okotokz Lady Outlawz. The Storm did not lose a regular season game for four straight seasons, and they returned to the WWCFL Championship final in consecutive years in 2015 and 2016. However, they lost both finals. In 2015, they lost to the Regina Riot, while they lost again to the Valkyries in 2016. [2] [3]
| = Indicates Division Title (regular season) |
| = Indicates Conference Title |
| = Indicates League Championship |
| Season | League | Conf. | W | L | Conf. standing | Playoff result | Ref. |
| 2011 | WWCFL | Western | 4 | 0 | 1st | Lost WWCFL Final, 35–7 vs. Saskatoon Valkyries | [4] |
| 2012 | WWCFL | Western | 1 | 3 | 3rd | Lost Western Conference Final, 20–0 vs. Lethbridge Steel | [5] |
| 2013 | WWCFL | Western | 3 | 0 | 2nd | Lost Western Conference Final, 32–27 vs. Lethbridge Steel | [6] |
| 2014 | WWCFL | Western | 4 | 0 | 1st | Lost Western Conference Final vs. Lethbridge Steel | [5] |
| 2015 | WWCFL | Western | 4 | 0 | 1st | Lost WWCFL Final, 53–6 vs. Regina Riot | [2] |
| 2016 | WWCFL | Western | 4 | 0 | 1st | Lost WWCFL Final, 81–6 vs. Saskatoon Valkyries | [3] |
| 2017 | WWCFL | Western | 2 | 2 | 2nd | Lost Consolation Final, 44–20 vs. Saskatoon Valkyries | [7] |
| 2018 | WWCFL | Western | 2 | 2 | 3rd | Lost Semi-Final, 45–0 vs. Regina Riot | [8] |
| 2019 | WWCFL | Western | 3 | 1 | 1st | Lost Semi-Final, 30–8 vs. Regina Riot | [9] |
| 2020 | WWCFL | Western | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | [10] | |||
| 2021 | WWCFL | Western | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2022 | WWCFL | Western | 3 | 1 | 2nd | Lost Semi-Final, 52–0 vs. Saskatoon Valkyries | [11] |
| 2023 | WWCFL | Western | 2 | 1 | 2nd | Forfeit Western Conference Final vs. Calgary Rage | [12] |
| Totals (2011-2023) | 32 | 10 | |||||
The following lists women from the Edmonton Storm who have competed in the IFAF Women's World Championship as members of Team Canada.
| 2010 | 2017 [13] | 2022 [14] |
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