2018–19 CWHL season – Wikipedia

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The 2018–19 CWHL season was the 12th and final season of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League.

Offseason[edit]

  • July 16: The CWHL contracted the Vanke Rays’ membership after one season to focus solely on the Kunlun Red Star team in China.[1]
  • July 19: Jayna Hefford was appointed to the position of interim commissioner of the CWHL, replacing inaugural commissioner Brenda Andress, who tendered her resignation.[2]
  • August 3: The Kunlun Red Star franchise was rebranded as the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays as part of integrating the CWHL’s two teams in China. Rob Morgan, who served as the head coach of the Vanke Rays during the previous season, was also named as the general manager for the consolidated Chinese team.[3]
  • August 20, 2018: The Boston Blades relocated to Worcester, Massachusetts and rebranded as the Worcester Blades. Home games are scheduled for the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center.[4]

One league movement[edit]

Starting in March 2018, and throughout the offseason, current and former players took to social media to promote the concept of one unified professional women’s hockey league. Players had utilized the hashtag #OneLeague to indicated their support.[5]

CWHL draft[edit]

Heading into the draft, the league reported that general managers were authorized to “pre-sign” their first and second round selections prior to the draft. The window for pre-signing expired on August 17.[6]

Head coaching and front office personnel changes[edit]

Head coaches[edit]

Front office[edit]

Team 2017–18 GM 2018–19 replacement Notes
Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays Rob Morgan Morgan coached the previous season with the Vanke Rays and was named general manager of the consolidated and rebranded China-based team.[3]
Toronto Furies Nicole Latreille Sami Jo Small On June 11, 2018, Small was named general manager of the Toronto Furies.[13]
Worcester Blades Jessica Martino Derek Alfama Alfama was named the new general manager of the Boston Blades on August 2, 2018.[14]

Standings[edit]

Final standings[15]

  Advanced to playoffs

Clarkson Cup playoffs[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Postseason awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “CWHL TO FEATURE SIX TEAMS IN 2018-19”. CWHL. July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Canadian Press (July 18, 2018). “CWHL Commissioner Brenda Andress to Step Down”. CWHL. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b Maura Sun (3 August 2018). “Kunlun Red Stars Announce Team Name Change”. Canadian Women’s Hockey League. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. ^ Jessica Rochwerg (20 August 2018). “CWHL ANNOUNCES BLADES RELOCATION TO WORCESTER”. CWHL. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  5. ^ Stephen Whyno and John Wawrow, The Associated Press (15 March 2018). “One women’s pro hockey league is the goal, but there’s no clear path to get there”. The National Post. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  6. ^ Mike Murphy (15 June 2018). “Kunlun signs Newell, Carpenter and four others re-sign with China’s CWHL clubs”. SB Nation: Ice Garden. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ^ Tammy Schwass (23 June 2018). “The Calgary Inferno Professional Women’s Hockey Team Welcome World-Renowned Coach, Shannon Miller to the Bench”. Calgary Inferno. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  8. ^ “Bob Deraney named head coach of Kunlun Red Stars”. TheIceGarden.com. 12 June 2018.
  9. ^ “Kessel New Head Coach, Dufton New Advisor”. Toronto Furies. 31 July 2018. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  10. ^ “Boston Blades introduce Paul Kennedy as new head coach”. TheIceGarden.com. July 27, 2018.
  11. ^ “Shannon Miller steps down as Calgary Inferno coach”. Duluth News Tribune. December 6, 2018.
  12. ^ “Les Canadiennes head coach Dany Brunet resigns; Caroline Ouellette to take over on interim basis”. SB Nation. 24 November 2018.
  13. ^ Donna Spencer (11 June 2018). “Sami Jo Small named GM of CWHL’s Toronto Furies”. Toronto Star. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  14. ^ “Derek Alfama Named General Manger of Boston Blades”. CWHL. 2 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  15. ^ “2018–19 CWHL Standings”. theCWHL.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i “POULIN WINS BIG AT 2019 CWHL AWARD SHOW”. CWHL. March 22, 2019. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  17. ^ a b c d e f “2019 CWHL Award Nominees”. CWHL. March 15, 2019. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.

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