| Calgary Oval Xtreme | |
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| City | Calgary, Alberta |
| League | Western Women's Hockey League |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Folded | 2009 |
| Home arena | Olympic Oval |
| Colours | Blue and White |
The Calgary Oval X-Treme were a professional women's ice hockey team in the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL). The team played its home games at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Oval X-Treme were a member of the National Women's Hockey League for two seasons before breaking away to help form the WWHL in 2004.
The Oval X-Treme were founded in 1995 as an amateur team for women's hockey players in Calgary, quickly developing a heated rivalry with their northern counterparts, the Edmonton Chimos. In 2002, the Oval X-Treme were approached, along with the Chimos, to join the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The two teams joined the Vancouver Griffins to form the West division of the NWHL. After the 03-04 season, where the Oval X-Treme and Chimos faced only each other due to prohibitive costs to fly out east, the two franchises left the NWHL to form the five team Western Women's Hockey League. In 2006, the two leagues were reunited under the NWHL banner. However, this was short lived as the NWHL and WWHL could not reach an agreement upon a playoff schedule. As a result, the merger was not consummated. With the collapse of the NWHL in the summer of 2007, the Western Women's Hockey League was once again a completely independent league.
The Calgary Oval X-Treme suspended activities for the 2009-10 season.
Partially as a result of the Canada national team being based in Calgary, the Oval X-Treme featured many of Canada's top women's hockey players, including Hayley Wickenheiser, Danielle Goyette and Cassie Campbell. As a result, the Oval X-Treme became the undisputed powerhouse of women's hockey in western Canada, winning five consecutive league championships, and compiling a regular season mark of 95-3-2-1 in their last five seasons.
Gina Kingsbury joined the Oval X-Treme in 2006. She had 31 points (11 goals, 20 assists) in 19 games as the Oval X-Treme went on to win the Esso Women's National Championship. [1] In her second season with the Oval X-Treme, Kingsbury scored 20 goals and added 25 assists in 23 games.
in National Women's Hockey League (NWHL):
in Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL):
| Year | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 81 | 39 |
| 2003–04 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 9 | 22 |
| 2004–05 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 18 | 51 |
| 2005–06 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 43 | 46 |
| 2006–07 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 24 | 46 |
| 2007–08 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 27 | 48 |
| 2008–09 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 143 | 34 | 42 |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.
| = Indicates First Place finish |
| = Indicates championship |
| Year | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-03 | National Women's Hockey League | first place in Western Division | NWHL Champions |
| 2003-04 | National Women's Hockey League | first place in Western Division | NWHL Champions |
| 2004-05 | Western Women's Hockey League | first place | WWHL Champions cup |
| 2005-06 | Western Women's Hockey League | first place | WWHL Champions cup |
| 2006-07 | Western Women's Hockey League | first place | WWHL Champions cup |
| 2007-08 | Western Women's Hockey League | first place | WWHL Champions cup |
| 2008-09 | Western Women's Hockey League | First place | defeat in final [2] |
| Number | Player | Former Team | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 |  | Kendall Newell | Phoenix, Arizona | |
| 1 |  | Amanda Tapp | Calgary Oval X-Treme | Calgary, Alberta |
| Number | Player | Former Team | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | | Delaney Collins | Canada National Team | Pilot Mound, Manitoba |
| 20 | | Tessa Bonhomme | Canada National Team | Sudbury, Ontario |
| 18 | | Gillian Ferrari | Toronto Aeros from 1996–2004 and Brampton Thunder from 2004–2006. | Thornhill, Ontario |
| 8 | | Carla Macleod | Canada National Team | Calgary, Alberta |
| 5 | | Colleen Sostorics - Captain | Canada National Team | Kennedy, Saskatchewan |
| Number | Player | Former Team | Hometown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | | Erica Ferrer | ||
| 29 | | Bryanne Panchuck | ||
| 28 | | Karen McLaughlin | Calgary Oval X-Treme | Listowel, Ontario |
| 27 | | Gina Kingsbury | Canada National Team | Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec |
| 14 | | Jocelyn Zabrick | ||
| 12 |  | Angela Frautschi | Switzerland National Team | Saanenland, Switzerland, |
| 11 | | Rebecca Russell | U-22 Canada National Team (2004-2005) | Lethbridge, Newfoundland |
| 10 | | Carrie Olsen | Calgary, Alberta | |
| 9 | | Cherie Piper | Canada National Team | Scarborough, Ontario |
| 7 | | Kaley Hall | U-22 Canada Team | Calgary, Alberta |
| 6 | | Katy Josephs | ||
| 4 | | Jennifer Jonsson | Oakview, Manitoba | |
| 3 | | Anja Stiefel | Switzerland National Team | Wil, Switzerland, |
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