2016–17 National Ringette League season explained
| 2016–17 National Ringette League season |
| League: | National Ringette League |
| Sport: | Ringette |
| Duration: | - October 2, 2016 – February 19, 2017
- March 4, 2017 – April 1, 2017 (playoff)
|
| No Of Games: | East: 24
West: 24 |
| No Of Teams: | 16[1] |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | East Conference:
West Conference: Calgary Rath
|
| Mvp: | Shaundra Bruvall |
| Playoffs: | League Playoffs |
| Finals: | Final |
| Finals Champ: | Cambridge Turbos (6th title) |
| Biggest Away Win: | BC3-17EDM
(November 26, 2016) |
| Seasonslistnames: | National Ringette League |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015–16 National Ringette League season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017–18 National Ringette League season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017–18 |
The 2016–17 National Ringette League season for the sport of ringette was the 13th season of the National Ringette League and began on October 2, 2016 and ended on April 1, 2017.
The Cambridge Turbos won the championship final, setting a league record for having won six national titles, more than any other team in the league's history.[2]
Teams
A New team joined the 2016–17 season.
Regular Seasons
For East division red teams, they play three games each to same color and two games each to white color teams.
For East division white teams, they play four games to one same color team and two games each to rest of same color teams. They also play two games each to red color teams.
For West division team, they play six games each to same division teams.
The number of home games and that of away games may not be the same.
NRL Community Outreach Program match
[4]
Standings
- d indicates clinches the Division and the Championship (Elite Eight)
- x indicates clinches the playoff
- y indicates clinches the Conference and the Championship (Elite Eight)
East Conference
| GP | W | L | SL | PTS |
|---|
| 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 40 |
| 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 38 |
| 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 35 |
| 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 34 |
| 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 31 |
| 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 30 |
| 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 28 |
| 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 15 |
| 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 13 |
| 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 11 |
| 24 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 11 | |
West Conference
| GP | W | L | SL | PTS |
|---|
| 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 39 |
| 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
| 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 30 |
| 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 24 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4 | |
Playoffs
See main article: 2017 National Ringette League playoffs.
- Richmond Hill, Ottawa, Waterloo, Edmonton and Black Gold wins the knockout stage and advance to Elite Eight.
- The first place Atlantic advance to the final while second place Cambridge advance to the semifinal.
- Waterloo win the tiebreak mini-game against Richmond Hill and advance to the semifinal.
- Cambridge beat the Waterloo and advance to the final.
- Cambridge beat the Atlantic to win their sixth title.
Awards
- MVP: Shaundra Bruvall (CGY)[5]
Stats
- Regular season
- Player expect goalie
- Goal
- East Chantal St-Laurent (58, GAT)
- West Shaundra Bruvall (43, CGY)
- Assist
- East Julie Blanchette (50, MTL)
- West Shaundra Bruvall (37, CGY)
- Point
- East Julie Blanchette (91, MTL)
- West Shaundra Bruvall (80, CGY)
- Goalie
- Saving %
- East Halli Berry (.910, RH)
- West Bobbi Mattson (.905, CGY)
- Goals against average
- East Halli Berry (3.10, RH)
- West Breanna Beck (3.35, EDM)
- Win
- East Emily Ferguson and Karine Doiron. (14, WAT and ATL respectively)
- West Bobbi Mattson (11, CGY)
- Playoff
Notes and References
- http://www.nationalringetteleague.ca/the-nrl-returns-to-manitoba-p203035-en:"The NRL returns to Manitoba"
- http://m.therecord.com/sports-story/7224096-cambridge-turbos-make-ringette-history-at-national-championship:"Cambridge Turbos make ringette history at national championship"
- http://www.nationalringetteleague.ca/manitoba-s-national-ringette-league-franchise-announces-team-name-and-corporate-sponsors-p203376-en:"Manitoba’s National Ringette League franchise announces team name and corporate sponsors"
- http://www.nationalringetteleague.ca/national-ringette-league-community-outreach-program-kicks-off-saturday-p203450-:"National Ringette League Community Outreach Program kicks off Saturday"
- http://www.ringette.ca/national-ringette-league-announces-annual-award-winners/:"National Ringette League announces annual award winners"
