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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

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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.^[4] Lori Dupuis won the Championship Game MVP honours.

Player stats

Scoring leaders

Awards and honours

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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

^ "Angela James Bowl".
^ Year-end statistics can be reviewed in the 2007–08 CWHL Year in Review document at http://hockeymedia.ca/CWHL_2009_pdf.pdf Archived 2018-08-07 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Angela James Bowl Scoring Champions, p. 6, hockeyMedia Richard Scott, Up North Productions, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9918671-0-3
^ "Brampton Thunder News: Brampton Thunder Succesfully [sic] Repeat as League Champions". Archived from the original on 2008-12-31. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2013-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)