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Montreal Axion 
Founded 1998 Home arena Centre Étienne Desmarteau Based in Montreal, Quebec Division Central/Eastern Colors Dark blue, red & white Head coach Yanick Evola Captain Lisa-Marie Breton Alternate captains Annie Desrosiers, Catherine De Abreu and Cathy Chartrand General manager Sylvain Dutil Owner Robert Vegiard and France St-Louis[1] The Montreal Axion were a National Women's Hockey League team (2003 at 2007) located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Axion represented Quebec at the 2005 Esso Women's Nationals.[2] They were previously known as Bonaventure Wingstar (1998-99) and Montreal Wingstar[3] [4] (1999-2003).
Contents
History
Season-by-season
See also: 1998–99 NWHL seasonSee also: 1999–2000 NWHL seasonSee also: 2000–01 NWHL seasonSee also: 2001–02 NWHL seasonSee also: 2002–03 NWHL seasonSee also: 2003–04 NWHL seasonSee also: 2005–06 NWHL seasonSee also: 2006–07 NWHL season- Year GP W L T GF GA Pts 1998-99 34 13 16 5 104 91 31 1999-2000 35 18 7 10 116 62 46 2000–01 40 30 6 4 163 63 64 2001–02 30 11 14 5 66 78 27 2002–03 36 18 15 3 83 81 39 2003–04 36 20 11 5 113 84 46 2004–05 36 24 10 2 140 85 51 2005–06 36 14 19 3 100 122 33 2006–07 13 6 7 0 66 56 13
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.Season standings
= Indicates First Place finish = Indicates championship Year Regular Season Playoffs 1998-99 First place, Eastern Division lost in final (Silver Medal) 1999-2000 2rd, Eastern Division eliminated in first round 2000-01 First place,Eastern Division eliminated in first round 2001-02 2rd, Eastern Division eliminated in first round 2002-03 First place, Eastern Division eliminated in first round 2003-04 First place, Eastern Division eliminated in first round 2004-05 First place, Eastern Division Finalist, lost in Final game 2005-06 2rd, Eastern Division NWHL champions 2006-07 5rd,in one division finalist, lost the final game NWHL Championships
- 1998-99 finalist and lost the final game again Brampton Thunder[5]
- 2004-05 finalist and lost the final game again Toronto Aeros
- 2005-06 won the championship[6]
- 2006-07 finalist and lost the final game again Brampton[7]
Last Current Roster 2006-07
Goalies Number Player Former Team Hometown 54 
Sabrina Patenaude Montreal Axion (2005-06) Pierrefond, Quebec 53 Jennifer Lavigne Montreal Axion (2005-06) Montreal, Quebec 20 Sophie Courtemanche Montreal Axion (2005-06) 20 Krystel Boutin Montreal Axion (2005-06) Longueuil, Quebec Defense Number Player Former Team Hometown 77 Caroline Laforge Montreal Axion (2005-06) 73 Roxanne Dupuis Montreal Axion (2005-06) Montreal, Quebec 55 Catherine Ward Montreal Axion (2005-06) Montreal, Quebec 24 Catherine De Abreu Montreal Axion (2005-06) Roxboro, Quebec 19 Leanne Martell Montreal Axion (2005-06) Trenton, Nova Scotia 13 Jessica Finlayson Montreal Axion (2005-06) Seaforth, Ontario 9 Chantal Guevremont Montreal Axion (2005-06) St-Laurent, Quebec 7 Cathy Chartrand Montreal Axion (2005-06) Nomininque, Quebec 5 
Meghan Maguire Montreal Axion 2005-06 Amherst, New Hampshire Forwards Number Player Former Team Hometown 96 Dominique Thibault Montreal Axion (2005-06) Boucherville, Quebec 48 Annie Desrosiers Montreal Axion (2005-06) St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu , Quebec 27 Catherine Bertrand Montreal Axion (2005-06) Sherbrooke, Quebec 26 Lisa-Marie Breton Montreal Axion (2005-06) Montreal, Quebec 25 Melanie Mantha Montreal Axion (2005-06) Montreal, Quebec 23 Jesse Scanzano Montreal Axion (2005-06) Montreal, Quebec 22 Erika Pouliot Montreal Axion (2005-06) Montreal, Quebec 16 Valerie Hamel Montreal Azion (2005-06) Montreal, Quebec 16 Karell Emard Montreal Axion (2005-06) Richelieu, Quebec 12 Kelly Sudia Montreal Axion (2005-06) Pointe-Claire, Quebec 11 Anouk Grignon-Langlais Montreal Axion (2005-06) Outremont, Quebec 7 Veronique Sanfacon Montreal Axion (2005-06) Beauport, Quebec 6 Sarah Smiley Montreal Axion (2005-06) Toronto, Ontario 5 Cynthia Morin Montreal Axion (2005-06) Notable players
- Therese Brisson Defender
- Charline Labonte Goalie
- Caroline Ouellette Forward
- Gina Kingsbury Forward[9]
- Angela Ruggiero (2005-2006)
- Jesse Scanzano Forward (2005-06 and 2006-07)
- France St-Louis[10] Forward (1998-99 and 1999-2000)
- Kim St-Pierre[11] Goalie (2006-2007)
Coaching Staff
- General Manager: Sylvain Dutil
- Head Coach: Yanick Evola [12], Julie Healy (for Montreal Wingstar, season 2000-01)[13]
References
- ^ (french) Denis Lalonde - Le dévouement a ses revers, http://www.canoe.com/archives/infos/dossiers/2001/01/20010116-101945.html
- ^ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/8849/la_id/1.htm
- ^ Montreal Wingstar Roster 2000-2001: http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/ros_mtl.html
- ^ Montreal Wingstar 2000 Preview, http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/pre_mtl.html
- ^ http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people/vv1/NWHL/1998-99/central.html
- ^ http://www.bramptonthunder.com/news.php?k=92
- ^ (French) Le Thunder de Brampton remporte le Championnat de la LNHL. http://wnp.typepad.fr/sports/2007/04/le_thunder_de_b.html , 24 april 2007.
- ^ http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=42412&seasonid=1408
- ^ Gina Kingsbury played the 2004-05 season with the Montreal Axion. She led the team with 31 goals and added 29 assists, finishing the 30-game season with 60 points.Source: http://www.ctvolympics.ca/team-canada/athletes/athlete=3263/competitive-history/index.html
- ^ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/6109/la_id/1.htm
- ^ (French) LHNF - L'Axion, championne dans l'est, http://wnp.typepad.fr/sports/2007/03/lhnf_laxion_cha.html , 22 march 2007
- ^ (French) http://wnp.typepad.fr/sports/2007/03/lnhf_lavalanche.html LNHF - L'Avalanche l'emporte sur l'Axion], 18 march 2007.
- ^ (french) Denis Lalonde,Le dévouement a ses revers,http://www.canoe.com/archives/infos/dossiers/2001/01/20010116-101945.html
See Also
- National Women's Hockey League NWHL was in service between 1998 and 2007.
Links
- NWHL/COWHL website for 2000-01
- NWHL website
- Meg Hewings, Women got game Not just another pretty face-off in Hour.ca , December 9th, 2004.
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- Ice hockey teams in Montreal
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- Ice hockey teams in Quebec
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