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Boston Blades (CWHL)
Boston Blades (CWHL)
City	Boston, Massachusetts
League	CWHL
Founded	2010
Home arena	Clark Athletic Center, University of Massachusetts Boston
Colors	Black, Yellow and White
General manager	Aronda Kirby
Head coach	Digit Murphy
Website	Boston CWHL Women's Hockey

The Boston Blades is a professional women's ice hockey team in the elite Canadian Women's Hockey League CWHL . Based in Boston, Massachusetts.^[1] The Blades play most home games at the Clark Athletic Center, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125. Directions:^[2] The rink is adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.^[3]

2014-2015 CWHL Schedule

EXHIBITION MATCHES

Saturday Jan 3, 2015 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM versus Providence College 1 Cunningham Sq Providence RI 02908

Sunday Jan 4, 2015 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM University of New Hampshire 105 Main St Durham NH 03824

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CWHL RECORD 6-5-1 ^[5]

CWHL RESULTS^[6]

VISITORS HOME DATE

Boston Blades 2 Montreal Stars 0 Sat, Oct 18

Toronto Furies 2 Boston Blades 6 Sat, Nov 15 6:30 PM UMASS -Boston

Toronto Furies 2 Boston Blades 5 Sun, Nov 16 12:30 PM UMASS -Boston

Montreal Stars 1 Boston Blades 0 Sat, Nov 22 8:00 PM UMASS -Boston

Montreal Stars 1 Boston Blades 0 Sun, Nov 23 2:00 PM UMASS -Boston

Brampton Thunder 2 Boston Blades 1 Sat, Nov 29 7:30 PM UMASS -Boston

Brampton Thunder 0 Boston Blades 6 Sun, Nov 30 12:30 PM UMASS -Boston

Calgary Inferno 8 Boston Blades 3 Fri, Dec 05 7:30 PM Ristuccia

Calgary Inferno 2 Boston Blades 4 Sat, Dec 06 7:30 PM UMASS -Boston

Calgary Inferno 2 Boston Blades 3 Sun, Dec 07 12:30 PM UMASS -Boston

Boston Blades 2 Toronto Furies 3 Sat, Dec 20 7:30 PM Mastercard Ctr

Boston Blades 2 Toronto Furies 3 Sun, Dec 21 12:45 PM Mastercard Ctr

UPCOMING MATCHES

Boston Blades Brampton Thunder Sat, Jan 17 6:50 PM Century Gardens

Boston Blades Brampton Thunder Sun, Jan 18 2:05 PM Century Gardens

Montreal Stars Boston Blades Sat, Jan 24 7:30 PM Choate Rosemary Hall

Boston Blades Toronto Furies Sat, Jan 31 7:30 PM Mastercard Ctr

Boston Blades Toronto Furies Sun, Feb 01 12:45 PM Mastercard Ctr

Boston Blades Calgary Inferno Fri, Feb 13 7:30 PM Winsport

Boston Blades Calgary Inferno Sat, Feb 14 1:00 PM Winsport

Boston Blades Calgary Inferno Sun, Feb 15 9:00 AM Winsport

Brampton Thunder Boston Blades Sat, Feb 21 7:10 PM Milton Academy

Boston Blades Montreal Stars Sat, Feb 28 6:00 PM Desmarteau Rink

Boston Blades Montreal Stars Sun, Mar 01 1:00 PM Desmarteau Rink

Source ^[7] http://cwhlboston_hockey.stats.pointstreak.com/teamschedule.html?teamid=277085

Coaches and staff 2014-15

Head Coach: Digit Murphy
Assistant Coach: Ryan Stone
General Manager: Aronda Kirby
Director of Operations: Suzanne Friedman
Sports Information: Molly Sullivan

Source ^[8]

Roster 2014-15

**Goalies**
Number		Player	College	Former Team	Hometown
33		Geneviève Lacasse	Providence College	Canadian Olympic Team	Kingston, Ontario
31		Brittany Ott	University of Maine		St. Clair Shores, Michigan

**Defense**
Number	Player	College	Former Team	Hometown
22	Kacey Bellamy	University of New Hampshire	US Olympic Team	Westfield, Massachusetts
5	Blake Bolden	Boston College	USA U18 Team	Stow, Ohio
15	Dru Burns	Boston College		Burlington, Massachusetts
8	Kaleigh Fratkin	Boston University		Burnaby, British Columbia
4	Alyssa Gagliardi	Cornell University		Raleigh, North Carolina
15	Monique Lamoureux	University of North Dakota	US Olympic Team	Grand Forks, North Dakota
19	Gigi Marvin	University of Minnesota	US Olympic Team	Warroad, Minnesota
11	Tara Watchorn	Boston University	Canadian Olympic Team	Newcastle, Ontario

**Forwards**
Number	Player	College	Former Team	Hometown
23	Corrine Buie	Providence College		Edina, Minnesota
2	Kelly Cooke	Princeton University		Andover, Massachusetts
16	Ashley Cottrell	Providence College	USA U18 Team	Sterling Heights, Michigan
3	Jillian Dempsey	Harvard University		Winthrop, Massachusetts
17	Meghan Duggan	University of Wisconsin	USA Olympic Team	Danvers, Massachusetts
27	Hilary Knight	University of Wisconsin	USA Olympic Team	Sun Valley, Idaho
26	Bray Ketchum	Yale University		Greenwich, Connecticut
56	Jess Koizumi	University of Minnesota Duluth	Montreal Stars (CWHL)	Simi Valley, California
24	Denna Laing	Princeton University		Marblehead, Massachusetts
12	Rachel Llanes	Northeastern University		San Jose, California
13	Brianna Decker	University of Wisconsin	USA Olympic Team	Dousman, Wisconsin
10	Megan Meyers	Utica College		Las Vegas, Nevada
7	Casey Pickett	Northeastern University		Wilmington, Massachusetts
20	Jenny Potter	University of Minnesota Duluth	USA Olympic Team	Edina, Minnesota
18	Jordan Smelker	RPI		Anchorage, Alaska
6	Janine Weber	Providence College	Austrian National Team	Innsbruck, Austria

Reference^[9]

Past seasons

Year	Regular Season	Clarkson Cup Playoffs
2013-14	2nd	Lost Clarkson Cup Championship Final in overtime 1-0 to the Toronto Furies^[10]
2012-13	1st	Won Clarkson Cup defeating Montreal Stars^[11]
2011-12	2nd
2010-11	3rd	lost in first round

History

On August 12, 2010, the CWHL announced that Boston would receive an expansion team for the 2010–11 CWHL season, the first US team in the CWHL.^[12]

On September 14, 2010, retired goalkeeper Erin Whitten was named Boston's first head coach.^[13] An expansion draft was held to stock the team in August.^[14] Their most significant player was free agent signing Angela Ruggiero, four-time Olympian and one of the great stars of women's hockey history.

The Boston Blades’ inaugural season included 16 home games. Their first match, on October 30, 2010, ended with a 3-0 shutout victory over the Burlington Barracudas, and the team began the season with seven victories in their first twelve matches. A seven game losing streak ensued, however, and the Blades finished with a 10-16 record, good for third place in the five team league. In the playoffs against the Toronto Aeros, the Blades lost 4-2 and 3-1 in a best-of-three series.

In the 2012-2013 season, the Boston Blades became the second USA team to capture the Clarkson Cup, the women's equivalent of the men's Stanley Cup. The Clarkson Cup is named after Canada's former Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson. The Blades beat rival Montreal for the final win, and were also regular season champions. Hilary Knight was named CWHL MVP, Geneviève Lacasse Best Goalie, and Digit Murphy Coach of the Year.

In the second last game of the regular season in 2013-14, Jessica Koizumi became the first player to register 50 career points with the Blades franchise.

Following players participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics:

United States women's national ice hockey team^[15]

Canada women's national ice hockey team
- Geneviève Lacasse
- Tara Watchorn

Notable past players

Scoring leaders

Year-by-year

Season	Leader (F)	GP	G	A	Pts	Leader (D)	GP	G	A	Pts	PPG	SHG	GWG
2010-11^[16]	Sam Faber	23	15	15	30	Angela Ruggiero	22	11	15	26	Ruggiero (6)	Faber (2)	Jessica Koizumi (3)
2011-12^[17]	Kelli Stack	27	25	17	42	Kacey Bellamy	22	5	7	12	Stack (4)	Erika Lawler and Kacey Bellamy (1)	Gigi Marvin (4)
2012-13^[18]	Hilary Knight	24	17	15	32	Anne Schleper	24	2	13	15	Knight (3)	Karen Thatcher (1)	Knight (5)
2013-14^[19]	Jillian Dempsey	24	14	14	28	Blake Bolden	23	5	14	19	Dempsey (5)	Casey Pickett (2)	Four tied with 2

All-time scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	Seasons
Jessica Koizumi	66	27	28	55	2010-present
Hilary Knight	38	25	28	53	2012-present
Kelli Stack	39	31	22	53	2011-present

Awards and honors

Hilary Knight, 2013 CWHL Player of the Year
Genevieve Lacasse, 2013 CWHL Goaltender of the Year
Jillian Dempsey, 2014 CWHL Rookie of the Year
Jillian Dempsey, 2013-14 Leading scorer among CWHL rookies

References

External links

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[1] New England journal, Blades have high aims in inaugural CWHL season

[2] ttps://www.google.com/maps/dir//umass+boston+athletic+center/data=!4m5!4m4!1m0!1m2!1m1!1s0x89e37afcbdfc4b6d:0x7b1af6bc7c794ecf

[3] ttp://www.umb.edu/athletics/about/clark

[4] ttp://boston.cwhl.ca/view/cwhlbostonblades/boston-blades-events-1

[5] ttp://cwhlboston_hockey.stats.pointstreak.com/prostats/standings.html?leagueid=1113&seasonid=13281

[6] ttp://cwhlboston_hockey.stats.pointstreak.com/prostats/leagueschedule.html?leagueid=1113&seasonid=13281

[7] ttp://cwhlboston_hockey.stats.pointstreak.com/teamschedule.html?teamid=277085

[8] Boston Coaches & Staff

[9] Boston Team Roster

[10] ttp://www.cwhl.ca/view/cwhl/news-644/news_69755

[11] ttp://www.cwhl.ca/view/cwhl/news-644/news_69755

[12] New England journal, Blades have high aims in inaugural CWHL season

[13] Erin Hamlen named coach of Boston

[14] New England Hockey Journal, Boston lands CWHL expansion team; roster announced

[15] 2014 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team Roster

[16] ttp://cwhlboston_hockey.stats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=277085&seasonid=6347

[17] ttp://cwhlboston_hockey.stats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=277085&seasonid=8067

[18] ttp://cwhlboston_hockey.stats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=277085&seasonid=9580

[19] ttp://cwhlboston_hockey.stats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=277085&seasonid=11441

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v t e Canadian Women's Hockey League
Final teams	Calgary Inferno Les Canadiennes de Montreal Markham Thunder Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays Toronto Furies Worcester Blades
Defunct teams	Burlington Barracudas Mississauga Chiefs Ottawa Senators Quebec Phenix Vanke Rays Vaughan Flames
Seasons	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Drafts	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
All-Star Games	2014 2016 2017 2019
Clarkson Cup	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Commissioners	Brenda Andress (2008–2018) Jayna Hefford Interim (2018–2019)
Outdoor Classic	2016 Outdoor Women's Classic

v t e Professional women's hockey seasons
NWHL	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07
WWHL	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
CWHL	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
NWHL/PHF	2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 ~~2023–24~~
SDHL	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
PWHPA	2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
PWHL	2023–24 2024–25
Clarkson Cup	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Isobel Cup	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e Clarkson Cup
Adrienne Clarkson Stanley Cup Abby Hoffman Cup Hockey Canada Canadian Women's Hockey League Canadian women's ice hockey history
Championships	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Winners	Canada Boston Blades (2013, 2015) Calgary Inferno (2016, 2019) Markham Thunder (2018) Minnesota Whitecaps (2010) Montreal Stars/Les Canadiennes (2009, 2011, 2012, 2017) Toronto Furies (2014)
Most Valuable Player Award	Catherine Ward (2013) Christina Kessler (2014) Charline Labonte (2015) Delayne Brian (2016) Charline Labonte (2017) Erica Howe (2018) Brianna Decker (2019)
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