Strathmore Rockies

Strathmore Rockies
City	Strathmore, Alberta
League	Western Women's Hockey League
Founded	2008 (2008)
Home arena	Strathmore Family Center
Colours	Black, Purple and White
General manager	Samantha Holmes
Head coach	Tom Molloy

The Strathmore Rockies were a professional women's ice hockey team in the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL). The team played its home games in Strathmore Family Center Arena,^[1] in Strathmore, Alberta, Canada.

History

Their first season in the WWHL was in 2008-09 and its team founders were Samantha Holmes and Brigitte Lessard.^[2] The idea to start her own team stemmed from the fact that there were many elite hockey players in Calgary, but not all of them had the opportunity to play for the Calgary Oval X-Treme. Holmes and Lessard founded the Strathmore Rockies so that elite level players in Alberta would have another team to compete for. Holmes also handled the day-to-day tasks of running the Strathmore team. Part of her accomplishments included player scouting, sponsorship and marketing campaigns to operate the team. She is also captain of the Rockies and runs local skills clinics in Calgary for young women's players.^[3]

2011-12 season

The Strathmore Rockies and Edmonton Chimos combine to form the new Team Alberta CWHL entry into the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).^[4]^[5]^[6]

Season-by-season

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Year	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
2008–09	23	6	16	1	36	126	13
2009–10	18	7	7	4	40	48	18
2010–11	11	0	10	1	21	64	1

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points,

Season standings

Year	Regular Season	Playoffs
2008-09	4th^[7]	eliminated in first round
2009-10	3rd	eliminated in first round
2010-11	4th	no participation to playoff

Notable player

Bobbi-Jo Slusar

References

↑ Built in 1990, the Arena has 700 seating in bleachers, with the potential for 500 more seats on the floor, in http://www.strathmorerockies.com/webpage/1002072/1000566
↑ http://www.strathmorerockies.com/webpage/1002075/1000566
↑ http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/sports/story.html?id=d1aef14d-31fc-4b22-b71f-176719f31d9b&k=71946&p=1
↑ John Down, Calgary Herald, CWHL expanding into Alberta this season, http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/CWHL+expanding+into+Alberta+this+season/4644934/story.html
↑ Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press, Canadian Women's Hockey League to add Calgary team and create one league, https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5i35FFHWQg9G8fq3V_tmton8Cxn_A?docId=6614211
↑ Canadian Elite Women’s Hockey Moves West with League’s Expansion to Alberta, http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=73
↑ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.553, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6

External links

Western Women's Hockey League

* Clarkson Cup National Women's Hockey League Canadian Women's Hockey League

Current teams	Manitoba Maple Leafs Minnesota Whitecaps

Former teams	British Columbia Breakers Edmonton Chimos Calgary Oval X-Treme Saskatchewan Prairie Ice Strathmore Rockies

Seasons	2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013

* Category

Professional Women's Hockey seasons

NWHL	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07

CWHL	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

WWHL	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11

NWHL (US)	2015–16 2016–17

Clarkson Cup	2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Isobel Cup	2016

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