Laval Le Mistral Explained

Team:Laval Le Mistal
Logosize:150px
City:Laval, Quebec
League:National Women's Hockey League
Division:Eastern
Founded:1998
Folded:2001
Arena:Colisée de Laval
Colours:Yellow, black & white
Owner:Jacques Dyotte and Michel Dyotte
Gm:Michel Dyotte
Coach:Marcel Dube
Captain:Anik Bouchard
Alternate captains:
Annie Desrosiers

Laval Le Mistral (1998–2001) was a women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The team played its home games in Colisée de Laval in Laval, Quebec, Canada.

History

Season-by-season

See also: 1998–99 NWHL season, 1999–2000 NWHL season and 2000–01 NWHL season.

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GPWLTGFGAPts
1998–99 34 9 21 4 78 144 22
1999–2000 35 7 23 5 78 177 19
2000–0140 5 33 2 68 261 12

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

1998–99 NWHL Season and playoffs

Le Mistral started at the end of the 1997–98 college and university year with a group of players limited experience at the elite Senior AAA level.[1] Le Mistral enter to the NWHL but the team has a difficult first season: In 34 games 9 wins and 21 defeats.[2] For the playoffs, Laval Le mistral was eliminated in Eastern first round: April 10, 1999– Bonaventure Wingstar 4 at Laval Le Mistral 2 andApril 11, 1999– Laval Le Mistral 3 at Bonaventure Wingstar 8. The Bonaventure Wingstar wins 2 games and pass to Eastern Division Finals[3]

1999–2000 NWHL season

Laval Le Mistral's Annie Desrosiers was second leader in the league in goals with 29. Her 45 points ranked eleventh in the league. She was an assistant captain despite being a 20-year-old. For the 2000–01 season, the team captain was 21-year-old Anik Bouchard. Two members of the Japanese National Team competed for Le Mistral: Masako Sato was second leader in Laval Le Mistral for scoring[4] and her sister the defender Rie Sato . During the season, Le Mistral allowed an average of five goals per game, second last in the NWHL. Goaltender Marieve Dyotte was 5–10–1 with a 6.44 goals against average, while Vania Goeury was 2–14–3 with 4.08 GAA. During the season, Laval received 605 penalty minutes. The result was allowing 44 goals in 35 games. Anik Bouchard had 91 minutes, Isabelle Chartrand (88 minutes) and Valerie Levesque had 60 minutes.

2000–2001 NWHL Eastern Division Playoffs

Round 1: Laval Le Mistral vs Sainte-Julie PantheresSaturday February 26 and Sunday February 27, the Sainte-Julie Pantheres eliminated the Laval Le Mistral, winning their two-game series 2–0.

Season standing

YearRegular SeasonPlayoffs
1998–19994th Eastern Divisioneliminated in first round
1999–2000 4th, Eastern Divisioneliminated in first round
2000–20014th, Eastern Division[5] eliminated in first round

Last roster 2000–01

Goalies
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55Nancy Morin
53Vania Goeury
49Penny Peters
1Charline LabontéNational Team CanadaGreenfield Park, Quebec
Defense
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27Marilene Galarneau
25Mylene Daneau
22Marie Noel Tessier
19Laura Leslie
14Anik Bouchard
11Laura Leslie
4Karine Senecal
Forwards
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96Annie Desrosiers
93Isabelle Giguere
37Veronique Sanfacon
28Julie Pelletier
21Masako SatoJapan National TeamTomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan
21Michelle Fauteux
17Vanessa Parent
16Genevieve Beauchamps
9Valerie St-Jacques
7Josee Cournoyer

Notable former players

Award and honour

Former Staff

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. National Women's Hockey League 1998–99 Le Mistral, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1998-99/team/mistral.html
  2. Web site: National Women's Hockey League : 1998-99 . 2011-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927101536/http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1998-99/ . 2011-09-27 . dead .
  3. Web site: Wingstar Beats Jofa-Titan, Captures 1st NWHL Eastern Division Playoff Championship . 2011-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927101557/http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/playoffeast.html . 2011-09-27 . dead .
  4. Masak Sato has 13 goals and 12 assists in 35 games for the season 1999–2000. Source: http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1999-00/mis.html
  5. Web site: 1999-2000 NWHL Standings.
  6. Rie Sato played only one season with Laval Le Mistral (1999–2000). Source: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_lav.html
  7. Maren played season 2000–2001 with Laval le Mistral. Source: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_lav.html
  8. Web site: 1998-99 Eastern Division All-Star Team . 2011-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616111645/http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/all_star_east.html . 2011-06-16 . dead .
  9. Web site: 1998-99 Eastern Division All-Star Team . 2011-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616111645/http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/all_star_east.html . 2011-06-16 . dead .
  10. (french)Denis Lalonde, Le dévouement a ses revers, Web site: Canoe – Infos – Dossiers (2 de 2)Le dévouement a ses revers . 2011-01-25 . dead . https://archive.today/20120722110447/http://www.canoe.com/archives/infos/dossiers/2001/01/20010116-101945.html . 2012-07-22 .
  11. National Women's Hockey League, 1998–99 Le Mistral, http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/nwhl/1998-99/team/mistral.html