4th Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game explained

Game Name:4th CWHL All-Star Game
Visitor:Team Purple
Home:Team Gold
Visitor Total:4
Visitor Per1:0
Visitor Per2:3
Visitor Per3:1
Home Total:8
Home Per1:2
Home Per2:3
Home Per3:3
Date:January 20, 2019
City:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arena:Scotiabank Centre
Mvp:To Be Determined
Previous:2017

The 4th Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 20, 2019, at Scotiabank Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The event featured three 20-minute periods.

Brigitte Lacquette served as captain for Team Purple, while goaltender Liz Knox was the captain for Team Gold. Former NHL goaltender Curtis Joseph served in the capacity of head coach for Team Purple, with Cheryl Pounder serving as assistant coach. Glenn Healy was the head coach with Team Gold, as Charline Labonte took on the role of assistant coach.

News and notes

Fan balloting

All-Star captains were selected via an online fan vote.[1] Calgary Inferno blueliner Brigitte Lacquette secured over 90 percent of the vote to be named one of the captains. Lix Knox, a goaltender from the Markham Thunder, finished in second place in the overall vote, gaining the chance to serve as the second All-Star captain.

Players named

The rosters announced in three different press releases. The first press release announcing the group of All-Stars was issued on December 3, 2018.[2]

First round

Player NationalityPositionTeam
Forward Calgary Inferno
Forward Canadiennes de Montreal
Defense Markham Thunder
Forward Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
Forward Canadiennes de Montreal
Goaltender Calgary Inferno
Forward Markham Thunder
Forward Toronto Furies
Forward Calgary Inferno
Defense Worcester Blades
Forward Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
[3]

Second round

Player NationalityPositionTeam
Defense Canadiennes de Montreal
Defense Calgary Inferno
Defense Markham Thunder
Forward Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
Defense Toronto Furies
Goaltender Markham Thunder
Defense Calgary Inferno
Defense Calgary Inferno
Goaltender Canadiennes de Montreal
Forward Markham Thunder
Defense Canadiennes de Montreal
Forward Calgary Inferno
[4]

Third round

Player NationalityPositionTeam
Forward Markham Thunder
Forward Canadiennes de Montreal
Forward Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
Forward Calgary Inferno
Defense Toronto Furies
Defense Markham Thunder
Forward Calgary Inferno
Forward Calgary Inferno
Forward Shenzhen KRS Rays
Forward Toronto Furies
Goaltender Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CWHL OPENS ALL-STAR CAPTAIN VOTING. CWHL. 2018-12-10. 2018-12-13. 2018-12-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223430/http://www.thecwhl.com/cwhl-opens-all-star-captain-voting. dead.
  2. Web site: CWHL ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS. CWHL. 2018-12-03. 2018-12-12. 2018-12-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215225352/http://www.thecwhl.com/cwhl-announces-first-round-of-all-star-players. dead.
  3. Web site: CWHL ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS. CWHL. 2018-12-03. 2018-12-12. 2018-12-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215225352/http://www.thecwhl.com/cwhl-announces-first-round-of-all-star-players. dead.
  4. Web site: CWHL ANNOUNCES SECOND ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS. CWHL . 2018-12-05. 2018-12-13.
  5. Web site: CWHL ANNOUNCES FINAL ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS. CWHL. 2018-12-07. 2018-12-13. 2018-12-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215225556/http://www.thecwhl.com/cwhl-announces-final-round-of-all-star-players. dead.