The Edmonton Chimos were a professional women's ice hockey team in the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL). Founded in 1973, the team closed out its 38-year existence playing its home games at River Cree Twin Arenas in Edmonton, Canada. At that time, the team owner was Arlan Maschmayer.
History
The Chimos were founded in 1973Edmonton Chimos History, http://www.edmontonchimos.com/default.aspx?p=history following ads looking for women in the Edmonton area who wanted to play hockey. By the 1980s, they had become the dominant women's team in Alberta, capturing every Alberta provincial championship, except for one, from 1982 to 1997. Representing Alberta at the Esso Canadian national championships 16 times in their history, the Chimos have captured the National title four times: 1984, 1985, 1992 and 1997. In 2001, the Chimos were approached to join the National Women's Hockey League, along with their provincial rival, the Calgary Oval X-Treme. They joined the league in 2002 with the Calgary Oval X-Treme and the Vancouver Griffins to form the NWHL's Western Division.
The Griffins folded after only one season, leaving just the two Alberta teams. Consistently overmatched by their Calgary rivals, and lacking true competition in the NWHL as the West division did not fly east, the Alberta clubs broke away from the NWHL to help form the five team Western Women's Hockey League in 2004 before the two leagues were once again united under the NWHL banner in 2006. However, this was short lived as the NWHL and WWHL could not reach an agreement upon a playoff schedule. As a result, the merger was not consummated. With the collapse of the NWHL in the summer of 2007, the Western Women's Hockey League was once again a completely independent league. The goal of the new league is to promote women’s hockey in the west.
For 2011–12 season, The Edmonton Chimos and Strathmore Rockies combined to form Team Alberta the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). The new team played in different locations in Alberta. The team became based out of both Calgary and Edmonton to accommodate all of western Canada's elite female players.John Down, Calgary Herald, CWHL expanding into Alberta this season, https://calgaryherald.com/sports/CWHL+expanding+into+Alberta+this+season/4644934/story.htmlDonna Spencer, The Canadian Press, Canadian Women's Hockey League to add Calgary team and create one league, Canadian Elite Women’s Hockey Moves West with League’s Expansion to Alberta, Team Alberta would later become the Calgary Inferno.
Season-by-season - Year GP W L T GF GA Pts 2002–03 24 3 21 0 35 132 7 2003–04 12 1 11 0 9 64 2 2004–05 21 12 8 1 65 53 34 2005–06 24 16 5 3 102 47 35 2006–07 24 15 8 1 88 63 31 2007–08 24 9 11 4 74 78 22 2008–09 24 14 10 0 82 79 28 2009–10 18 7 7 4 40 48 18 2010–11 17 11 6 0 56 41 23
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.
Season standings YearLeagueReg. seasonPlayoffs 2002-03 NWHL 3rd, Western Did not qualify 2003-04 NWHL 2nd, Western Did not qualify 2004-05 WWHL 3rd Lost in final round 2005-06 WWHL 2nd Lost in first round 2006-07 WWHL 2nd Lost in first round 2007-08 WWHL 4th Did not qualify 2008-09 WWHL 3rd Lost in first round 2009-10 WWHL 3rd Lost in first round 2010-11 WWHL 2ndno participation to playoff
Roster The following roster is from . #CountryPlayerCatchesAgeAcquiredFormer TeamHometown1Keely BrownLToronto Lady Blues - CISKitchener, Ontario31Kristen SugiyamaL2010Grant MacEwan Griffins - ACACEdmonton, Alberta#CountryPlayerShootsAgeAcquiredFormer TeamHometown6Tegan RoseL2010St. Albert Slash - AMMFHLGibbons, Alberta9Erin Duggan (C)R2007Yale Bulldogs - NCAABeaumont, Alberta12Meaghan Mikkelson (A)R2007Canadian National Women's TeamSt. Albert, Alberta14Brittaney MaschmeyerR2010Syracuse Orange - NCAABruderheim, Alberta17Courtney Sawchuk (A)L2010St. Lawrence Skating Saints - NCAASherwood Park, Alberta25Taylor WilliamsonR2010Spruce Grove, Alberta81Kelsey MacMillanR2009Sherwood Park, Alberta88Tara SwansonL2010Wetaskiwin, Alberta#CountryPlayerShootsAgeAcquiredFormer TeamHometown5Kelly GodelR2010Edmonton Titans - NAFHAHythe, Alberta8Mallory MathesonL2008NAIT Ooks - ACACBinscarth, Manitoba11Jennifer MoeL2010Lloydminster Steelers - AMMFHLBonnyville, Alberta16Lauren ChiswellL2010Grant MacEwan Griffins - ACACEdmonton, Alberta18Chelsea Purcell (A)R2010Saskatchewan Huskies - CISHudson Bay, Saskatchewan19Kathy YeatsLCoronation, Alberta21Lindsay RobinsonR2009Alberta Pandas - CISEdmonton, Alberta24Laura DostalerR2009Fort Saskatchewan JuniorsBeaumont, Alberta27Colleen OlsonR2008Sherwood Park, Alberta33Britney MillarLMercyhurst Lakers - NCAAKingston, Ontario77Manuela HebelL2010Mannheim KurpfalzFreising, Germany and
Coaching staff
Head Coach: Jason Schmidt Assistant Coach: Chip Sawchuk Assistant Coach: Matt Appelt Trainer: Pat Toner
Awards winners Colette Prefontaine, Best Goaltender, 1998 Esso National championships
Scoring leaders These are the top-ten point, goal, and assist scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed WWHL regular season.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; G/G = Goals per game; A/G = Assists per game; * = current Chimos player
Note: Statistics kept since 2004.
Points Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G Danielle Bourgeois F 63 51 48 99 1.57 Britney Millar* F 128 34 39 73 .57 Erin Duggan* D 88 16 35 51 .58 Meaghan Mikkelson* D 46 19 29 48 1.04 Tricia Guest F 40 22 19 41 1.03 Jennifer Jeffrey D 88 7 34 41 .47 Ashleigh Schols F 48 11 25 36 .75 Kathy Yeats* F 147 10 26 36 .24 Aimee Whittaker F 40 15 17 32 .80 Kristen Hagg F 24 10 20 30 1.25
Goals Player Pos G G/G Danielle Bourgeois F 51 .81 Britney Millar* F 34 .27 Tricia Guest F 22 .55 Meaghan Mikkelson* D 19 .41 Erin Duggan* D 16 .18 Aimee Whittaker F 15 .38 Suzette Gillingham F 15 .36 Courtney Sawchuk* D 14 .33 Cami Wooster F 11 .46 Ashleigh Schols F 11 .23
Assists Player Pos A A/G Danielle Bourgeois F 48 .76 Britney Millar* F 39 .30 Erin Duggan* D 35 .40 Jennifer Jeffrey D 34 .39 Meaghan Mikkelson* D 29 .63 Kathy Yeats* F 26 .18 Ashleigh Schols F 25 .52 Cassea Schols D 23 .34 Saige Pacholok D 21 .30 Kristen Hagg F 20 .83
Honours
ContinentalCompetitionsTitlesSeasonsNationalCompetitionsTitlesSeasons Hockey Canada's National Championships for the Abby Hoffman Cup 4 1984, 1985, 1992, 1997 Alberta Cup (provincial championship) 15 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997
See also Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) List of ice hockey teams in Alberta
References
External links Edmonton Chimos Facebook page