The Lethbridge Steel is a women's football team in the Western Women's Canadian Football League 's (WWCFL) Western Conference. The team is based in Lethbridge , Alberta.
9-791: The Steel were founded in 2010 and joined the Edmonton Storm and the Calgary Rockies in creating a new league, the Alberta Female Football League (AFFL). The league played just one season before the three Alberta teams became charter members of the WWCL, joining the Manitoba Fearless and new teams in Winnipeg, Regina, and Saskatoon. The WWCFL began play in 2011 as a seven-team league. The WWCFL
18-703: A score of 45–44, which ended their season. The WWCFL cancelled its 2020 and 2021 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Steel struggled after play resumed in 2022, losing their first game 69–0 and failing to win a game through the 2024 season. Two members of the Lethbridge Steel have competed in the IFAF Women's World Championship as members of Team Canada , both at the 2017 IFAF Women's World Championship : Wendy Iwaasa and Rebeckah Heninger. Edmonton Storm (football) The Edmonton Storm are
27-641: A women's football team in the Western Women's Canadian Football League 's (WWCFL) Western Conference. The team is based in Edmonton , Alberta. The Storm are Alberta's oldest competitive women's tackle football club. The Storm were founded in 2004. By 2010 there was growing momentum around women's football in Alberta, and the Storm joined together with the Calgary Rockies and Lethbridge Steel clubs to form
36-784: The Alberta Female Football League (AFFL). The Storm finished atop the league in its lone season. In 2011, the AFFL was absorbed by the WWCFL, which included the Manitoba Fearless and new teams based in Winnipeg, Regina, and Saskatoon. The league began play in 2011 with the Alberta-based teams forming the Western Conference, and the four other teams forming the Prairie Conference. The inaugural WWCFL season
45-799: The WWCFL in the Northern Anarchy, based in Grande Prairie, and the Okotokz Lady Outlawz. The Storm did not lose a regular season game for four straight seasons, and they returned to the WWCFL Championship final in consecutive years in 2015 and 2016. However, they lost both finals. In 2015, they lost to the Regina Riot, while they lost again to the Valkyries in 2016. The Storm paused operations ahead of
54-525: The Western Conference also expanded to include two new teams, the Northern Anarchy and the Okotoks Lady Outlawz. Okotokz played only the 2013 season before suspending operations. In 2018 the Steel posted a strong regular season with the best defense in the WWCFL, allowing only 33 points against during the regular season. However, they lost a dramatic first-round playoff match against Edmonton by
63-572: The first WWCFL Championship game, in which the Saskatoon Valkyries defeated the Storm to become the first league champions. Lethbridge had its most successful run from 2012–2014, losing just one regular season game in three seasons and advancing to the WWCFL title game as the Western Conference champion all three seasons. However, the Steel finished as the runner-up all three years, losing the Final to Saskatoon each year. During this period
72-541: Was a successful one for the Storm. The team was undefeated during the regular season, finishing atop the Western Conference. The team ultimately advanced to the WWCFL Final, where they faced the Saskatoon Valkyries in Lethbridge. The Valkyries defeated the storm by a score of 35–7 to become the first WWCFL Champions. The Storm had a successful run from 2013–2016, a period that saw two new Alberta-based teams join
81-450: Was divided into two conferences, with the three Alberta-based teams forming the Western Conference. In the inaugural WWCFL season the Steel posted a 1-3 record; they lost their first three matches before winning their final regular season game by a score of 34–32 over Calgary. They then lost a re-match against the Rage in the first round of the playoffs. However, Lethbridge was the host city for
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