2015 Clarkson Cup

The 2015 Clarkson Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament that was contested in Markham, Ontario to determine the champion of the Canadian Women's Hockey League from March 4 to March 7, 2014. The Boston Blades defeated the Montreal Stars by a 3-2 tally in overtime to claim their second title.^[1] The tournament was played at Markham Centennial Centre. The overtime-winning goal was scored by Janine Weber,^[2] who became the first European player to score a Cup-winning goal. Weber's stick that she used to score the Cup-winning goal was donated to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

First round

Date	Teams	Score
March 4	Boston vs. Toronto	Boston, 3-0
March 4	Calgary vs. Montreal	Montreal, 4-0
March 5	Boston vs. Toronto	Boston, 7-3
March 4	Calgary vs. Montreal	Montreal, 2-0

Championship game

March 7

Boston Blades

3-2

Montreal Stars

Markham Centennial Arena

Recap

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	MON	Ann-Sophie Bettez	Caroline Ouellette, Emmanuelle Blais	0:31	1–0 MON
1st	BOS	Hilary Knight – PP	Kacey Bellamy, Brianna Decker	16:29	1-1
2nd	None
3rd	BOS	Brianna Decker – PP	Monique Lamoureux, Hilary Knight	6:17	2–1 BOS
	MON	Emmanuelle Blais	Caroline Ouellette, Lauriane Rougeau	9:54	2–2 TIE
OT	BOS	Janine Weber	Tara Watchorn, Corinne Buie	2:12	3–2 BOS

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	Total
Boston	10	9	8	1	28
Montreal	4	6	4	1	15

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Brianna Decker	Boston	3	5	3	8	10
Hilary Knight	Boston	3	4	3	7	6
Monique Lamoureux	Boston	3	0	5	5	0
Janine Weber	Boston	3	3	0	3	0
Emmanuelle Blais	Montreal	3	2	1	3	2

^[3]

Boston Blades – 2015 Clarkson Cup champions

Defenders

2 Kelly Cooke
4 Alyssa Gagliardi
5 Blake Bolden
8 Kaleigh Fratkin
11 Tara Watchorn
15 Monique Lamoureux
22 Kacey Bellamy
56 Jessica Koizumi

Forwards

3 Jillian Dempsey
6 Janine Weber
7 Casey Pickett
10 Megan Myers
12 Rachel Llanes
13 Brianna Decker
16 Ashley Cottrell
17 Meghan Duggan
18 Jordan Smelker
23 Corinne Buie
24 Denna Laing
26 Bray Ketchum
27 Hilary Knight (Captain)

Goaltenders

30 Brittany Ott
33 Genevieve Lacasse

Coaching and Administrative Staff:

Aronda Brown (General Manager)
Digit Murphy (Head coach)

Awards and honours

Most Valuable Player, Charline Labonte, Montreal Stars
First Star of the Game, Hilary Knight, Boston Blades^[4]
Second Star of the Game, Brianna Decker, Boston Blades
Third Star of the Game, Charline Labonte, Montreal Stars

References

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

Winners	Canada Boston Blades (2013, 2015) Montreal Stars (2009, 2011, 2012) Minnesota Whitecaps (2010) Toronto Furies (2014)

Most Valuable Player Award	Catherine Ward (2013) Christina Kessler (2014) Charline Labonte (2015)

* Category

Canadian Women's Hockey League

Current teams:	Boston Blades Brampton Thunder Calgary Inferno Les Canadiennes Toronto Furies

Defunct teams:	Burlington Barracudas Mississauga Chiefs Ottawa Senators Quebec Phenix Toronto Aeros Vaughan Flames

Seasons	2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015

Drafts	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

All-Star Games	2014

Professional Women's Hockey seasons

NWHL	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07

CWHL	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

WWHL	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11

NWHL (US)	2015–16

Clarkson Cup	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Isobel Cup	2016

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