January 01, 2020
As players representing Minnesota, many of them well-known U.S. Olympians, were
introduced ahead of a match against the home side from Montreal on Saturday, the
crowd at Place Bell ― officially tallied at 3,267 ― cheered. Perhaps it was in
part the name, pronounced in
March 14, 2019
For the first time since the current playoff format was introduced in 2015-16,
both semifinal series went to three games this year.
The fourth-seed Toronto Furies upset the league-leading Calgary Inferno in Game
1 on Friday, before the Inferno pulled away with two consecutive wins.
March 09, 2019
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Following Montreal's last practice ahead of the CWHL semifinals, a handful of
players decided to bring their skates in to a favorite spot for a little
pre-series prep work. One volunteered to make the trip on
February 28, 2019
This year's playoff race came down to the very last game, when the Toronto
Furies won their fifth straight contest to secure the final berth in a
tie-breaker over the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays (the first tie-break was regulation
and overtime wins).
Throughout the week,
February 06, 2019
Shenzhen took two wins in three games against the visiting Toronto Furies this
week, while the Calgary Inferno split with Les Canadiennes de Montréal to clinch
home-ice advantage for the playoffs and the Markham Thunder swept the Worcester
Blades.
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* Alex Carpenter was
January 10, 2019
In the first week back after the winter break, Les Canadiennes de Montréal swept
the Toronto Furies, the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays swept their season series
against the Worcester Blades, and the Calgary Inferno won both matches against
the Markham Thunder to maintain top spot