The Ottawa Lady Senators is a women's ice hockey organization, based in Ottawa , Ontario, Canada. The organization organizes teams in several age divisions, including Intermediate in the Ontario Women's Hockey League (OWHL). The women's senior-level ice hockey team formerly played in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), until 2010. The senior team was formerly known as the Ottawa Capital Canucks and the Ottawa Raiders .
16-878: The club began as the National Capital Raiders in 1998, becoming the Ottawa Raiders in 1999. The club played in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) from 1999 until 2007, when the league folded. In 2007-08, the club re-organized as the Ottawa Capital Canucks, playing in the CWHL. For the 2007–08 season, the team played at the Sandy Hill Arena in central Ottawa. In 2008, the Canucks team merged its operations with
32-646: A playoff tournament was held over three consecutive days, resulting in the presentation of a gold, silver and bronze medal. For the next six seasons, the playoff champion was awarded the NWHL Champions Cup. For its final two seasons, the championship winner was awarded the Clarkson Cup . Though the NWHL and the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) were considered merged for the 2006–07 season,
48-488: A professional sports league. Mayor Fennell signed over all legal instruments for the NWHL to the Ontario Women's Hockey Association (OWHA) to lead the next steps. However, one season later, following the 2006–07 season, all existing owners quit and it appeared there would be no league. In 2007–08, players from the old NWHL joined new teams in similar markets in the newly formed Canadian Women's Hockey League . From
64-670: The 1998–99 to the 2001–02 seasons, the NWHL consisted of two divisions: the Eastern Division with Quebec -based teams, and the Western Division with Ontario -based teams. For the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons, the league had three divisions: the Eastern Division with Quebec-based teams, a renamed Central Division with Ontario-based teams, and a new Western Division with teams in Alberta (both seasons) and British Columbia (2002–03 only). The high travel costs for
80-815: The Bell Sensplex in the Kanata suburb of Ottawa . In 2010, it was announced that the CWHL would reduce its number of teams to five. The Senior AAA Ottawa Senators were disbanded and are no longer playing in the CWHL. The Intermediates and other level programs continue, and the Intermediate AA team is now a member of the Provincial Women's Hockey League. At the Intermediate AA level; [REDACTED] denotes senior national team alumnus National Women%27s Hockey League (1999%E2%80%932007) The National Women's Hockey League ( NWHL )
96-493: The 2006–07 NWHL season, the league had fallen into disarray, season records are incomplete, and the league folded shortly after the Central Division's Brampton Thunder defeated the Eastern Division's Montreal Axion to win the last ever NWHL Championship. The following is list of franchises which existed in all three divisions of the now defunct National Women's Hockey League. During its inaugural 1998–99 season ,
112-406: The Central Division with Ontario-based teams, and a renewed Western Division with teams Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Minnesota. The Eastern and Central Division teams scheduled a 35-game unbalanced but interlocking schedule, while the Western Division would only play within itself for the regular season - saving travel costs for all three divisions. The merger broke down midseason, with
128-759: The Kanata Girls Hockey Association. The new organization was named the Ottawa Senators Women's Hockey Club, was partly sponsored by the Ottawa Senators NHL club, and operated three teams. The Senior AAA team played in the CWHL, the Intermediate team plays in the Provincial Women's Hockey League , and there is a Midget AA team that plays a tournament schedule. The new organization is based out of
144-706: The NWHL. Michael Charbon designed the NWHL Logo in the same colors of the NHL logo. Commissioner Fennell sought the approval from Gary Bettman, the NHL Commissioner, and it was granted. Commissioner Fennell was instrumental in having the Championship Cup purchased and engraved annually with the Champion Team players names, coaches, and even volunteers. During the NHL strike there was talk that
160-766: The WWHL teams did not compete for the Clarkson Cup, instead playing for the WWHL Champions Cup. After the 2007 disbanding of the NWHL, the Clarkson Cup was presented to the winner of a playoff between WWHL and Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) teams, then solely to the CWHL champion after the WWHL merged with that league. A list of NWHL Championship winners and the team they met in the final: 2001-02 NWHL season Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points. The Vancouver Griffins played
176-457: The WWHL teams treating it as the 2006–07 WWHL season and the remaining NWHL teams handling their playoffs with all four teams from the Central Division and the top two teams from the Eastern Division qualifying for the postseason. In the NWHL playoffs, teams played a best-of-three series to determine the Eastern and Central Division champions, who then met for the NWHL championship. By the end of
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#1732793938588192-604: The finals. Michael Charbon (MAC Productions) worked with the Commissioner to secure broadcast times with WTN. Games were played in Brampton's Powerade Centre (now called "The CAA Centre"), coinciding with the Brampton Canadettes world's largest hockey tournament, which brought together teams from all ages and from across North America to compete. A special highlight was attending the Championship Cup games of
208-532: The two Alberta teams caused them to leave the NWHL to form the Western Women's Hockey League , reducing the NWHL to the Eastern and Central Divisions for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. The WWHL had five teams, in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Minnesota , for its own 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons. The WWHL agreed to merge with the NWHL for the 2006–07 NWHL season . The NWHL reverted to three divisions: Eastern Division with Quebec-based teams,
224-502: The women should be able to play for the Stanley Cup. Instead, Commissioner Fennell initiated talks with Governor General Adrianne Clarkson and requested consideration to rename the Championship Cup the "Clarkson Cup" as the late Governor General Lord Stanley had done for the NHL years before. The NWHL league lasted nine years before it disbanded one year after Commissioner Fennell retired 2006 after balancing Mayoral duties and growing
240-545: Was a women's ice hockey league established in Canada in service from 1999 to 2007. In its final season the league was run by the Ontario Women's Hockey Association . The NWHL superseded the old Central Ontario Women's Hockey League in 1998–99. After the old COWHL dropped down to three teams in 1997–98, the new league expanded to Brampton, Ottawa and the Montreal area (Montreal, Bonaventure and Laval) in 1998–99. The league
256-796: Was officially renamed the National Women's Hockey League on February 16, 1999 with Susan Fennell as the league's first president/Commissioner. In the inaugural season, the Beatrice Aeros won the West Division while the Bonaventure Wingstar won the East Division. Under Commissioner Fennell, the NWHL transformed to independent owners with the League negotiating to have cross Canada live television broadcast for
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