2007–08 CWHL season

The 2007–08 CWHL season was the first season in Canadian Women's Hockey League history. Jayna Hefford was named CWHL Most Valuable Player and a CWHL Central All-Star. She led the league with 26 goals scored in 27 games played. Jayna Hefford was voted the league's regular-season Most Valuable Player. Jennifer Botterill won the Angela James Bowl after winning the league scoring title with 61 points and was voted the CWHL Top Forward.http://www.hockeymedia.ca/angelajamesbowl.html Angela James Bowl Becky Kellar was voted the CWHL Top Defender, Kim St-Pierre was voted the CWHL Top Goaltender, and Marie-Philip Poulin was voted the CWHL Outstanding Rookie.Year-end statistics can be reviewed in the 2007–08 CWHL Year in Review document at http://hockeymedia.ca/CWHL_2009_pdf.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20180807220625/http://www.hockeymedia.ca/CWHL_2009_pdf.pdf 2018-08-07 . Final standings Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points. + CWHL Division No. Team GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA1 Brampton Thunder 30 22 7 0 1 45 111 592 Mississauga Chiefs 30 21 8 0 1 43 115 613 Vaughan Flames 30 12 16 2 0 26 69 1014 Burlington Barracudas 30 11 18 0 1 23 76 98 + Eastern Division No. Team GP W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA1 Montreal Stars 30 23 6 1 0 47 115 552 Ottawa Capital Canucks 30 8 19 0 3 19 58 1043 Quebec Phenix 30 8 21 0 1 17 56 122Angela James Bowl Scoring Champions, p. 6, hockeyMedia Richard Scott, Up North Productions, 2013, 978-0-9918671-0-3 Playoffs First round Burlington 2, Ottawa 1 Mississauga 6, Vaughan 2 Second round Mississauga 4, Montreal 3 Mississauga 4, Montreal 4 Brampton 5, Burlington 2 Brampton 3, Burlington 3 CWHL championship The Brampton Thunder won the first Championship of the CWHL. Molly Engstrom scored the game-winning goal as the Thunder beat the Mississauga Chiefs by a score of 4–3 in overtime.http://www.bramptonthunder.com/news.php?k=181 Brampton Thunder News: Brampton Thunder Succe sfully [sic] Repeat as League Champions 2010-01-15 2008-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20081231073828/http://www.bramptonthunder.com/news.php?k=181 dead Lori Dupuis won the Championship Game MVP honours. Player stats Scoring leaders Player Team Goals Assists Points Jennifer Botterill Mississauga 24 37 61 Jayna Hefford Brampton 26 32 58 Sommer West Mississauga 23 25 48 Marie-Philip Poulin Montreal 22 21 43 Vicky Sunohara Brampton 13 25 38 Jana Harrigan Burlington 18 17 35 Leslie Oles Montreal 16 16 32 Caroline Laforge Montreal 12 20 32 Lisa-Marie Breton Montreal 11 21 32Lori Dupuis Brampton 17 12 29 Awards and honours http://hockeymedia.ca/wHockey_Review_2013_byhockeyMedia.pdf Archived copy 2013-11-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032255/http://www.hockeymedia.ca/wHockey_Review_2013_byhockeyMedia.pdf 2014-01-06 dead Most Valuable Player: Jayna Hefford, Brampton Angela James Bowl: Top Scorer Jennifer Botterill, Mississauga Outstanding Rookie: Marie-Philip Poulin, Montreal Championship Game MVP: Lori Dupuis, Brampton CWHL Top Players Top Forward: Jayna Hefford, Brampton Top Defender: Becky Kellar, Burlington Top Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre, Montreal CWHL All-Stars Central All-Stars Goaltender: Cindy Eadie, Brampton Defender: Becky Kellar, Burlington Defender: Molly Engstrom, Brampton Forward: Jayna Hefford, Brampton Forward: Jennifer Botterill, Mississauga Forward: Jana Harrigan, Burlington Eastern All-Stars Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre, Montreal (unanimous selection) Defender: Nathalie Déry, Montreal Defender: Lyne Landry, Ottawa Forward: Marie-Philip Poulin, Montreal (unanimous selection) Forward: Leslie Oles, Montreal Forward: Katie Weatherston, Ottawa/Montreal CWHL All-Rookie Team Goaltender: Christine Dufour, Quebec Defender: Molly Engstrom, Brampton Defender: Bobbi-Jo Slusar, Brampton Forward: Marie-Philip Poulin, Montreal Forward: Leslie Oles, Montreal Forward: Katie Weatherston, Ottawa/Montreal Monthly Top Scorers September: Jayna Hefford, Brampton (3+8=11 points, 3 games) October: Marie-Philip Poulin, Montreal (12+7=19 points, 7 games) November: Jana Harrigan, Burlington (5+3=8 points, 5 games) December: Jayna Hefford, Brampton (8+9=17 points, 7 games) January: Jayna Hefford, Brampton (7+10=17 points, 7 games) February: Jennifer Botterill, Mississauga (8+10=18 points, 6 games) References See also Canadian Women's Hockey League 2007–08 Brampton Thunder season 1