4th Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game

The 4th Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 20, 2019, at Scotiabank Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The event featured three 20-minute periods.

4th CWHL All-Star Game
123 Total
Team Purple 031 4
Team Gold 233 8
DateJanuary 20, 2019
ArenaScotiabank Centre
CityToronto, Ontario, Canada
MVPTo Be Determined
← 2017

Brigitte Lacquette served as captain for Team Purple, while goaltender Liz Knox was the captain for Team Gold. Former NHL goaltender Curtis Joseph served in the capacity of head coach for Team Purple, with Cheryl Pounder serving as assistant coach. Glenn Healy was the head coach with Team Gold, as Charline Labonte took on the role of assistant coach.

News and notes

Fan balloting

All-Star captains were selected via an online fan vote.[1] Calgary Inferno blueliner Brigitte Lacquette secured over 90 percent of the vote to be named one of the captains. Lix Knox, a goaltender from the Markham Thunder, finished in second place in the overall vote, gaining the chance to serve as the second All-Star captain.

Players named

The rosters announced in three different press releases. The first press release announcing the group of All-Stars was issued on December 3, 2018.[2]

First Round
PlayerNationalityPositionTeam
Rebecca Johnston CanadaForwardCalgary Inferno
Hilary Knight United StatesForwardCanadiennes de Montreal
Jocelyne Larocque CanadaDefenseMarkham Thunder
Rachel Llanes United StatesForwardShenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
Marie-Philip Poulin CanadaForwardCanadiennes de Montreal
Alex Rigsby United StatesGoaltenderCalgary Inferno
Laura Stacey CanadaForwardMarkham Thunder
Natalie Spooner CanadaForwardToronto Furies
Blayre Turnbull CanadaForwardCalgary Inferno
Lauren Williams United StatesDefenseWorcester Blades
Jessica Wong CanadaForwardShenzhen KRS Vanke Rays

[3]

Second Round
PlayerNationalityPositionTeam
Erin Ambrose CanadaDefenseCanadiennes de Montreal
Kacey Bellamy United StatesDefenseCalgary Inferno
Megan Bozek United StatesDefenseMarkham Thunder
Hanna Bunton CanadaForwardShenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
Mellissa Channell CanadaDefenseToronto Furies
Liz Knox CanadaGoaltenderMarkham Thunder
Halli Krzyzaniak CanadaDefenseCalgary Inferno
Brigette Lacquette CanadaDefenseCalgary Inferno
Emerance Maschmeyer CanadaGoaltenderCanadiennes de Montreal
Jamie Lee Rattray CanadaForwardMarkham Thunder
Lauriane Rougeau CanadaDefenseCanadiennes de Montreal
Jillian Saulnier CanadaForwardCalgary Inferno

[4]

Third Round
PlayerNationalityPositionTeam
Victoria Bach CanadaForwardMarkham Thunder
Ann-Sophie Bettez CanadaForwardCanadiennes de Montreal
Alexandra Carpenter United StatesForwardShenzhen KRS Vanke Rays
Brianna Decker United StatesForwardCalgary Inferno
Renata Fast CanadaDefenseToronto Furies
Laura Fortino CanadaDefenseMarkham Thunder
Zoe Hickel CanadaForwardCalgary Inferno
Brianne Jenner CanadaForwardCalgary Inferno
Hannah Miller CanadaForwardShenzhen KRS Rays
Sarah Nurse CanadaForwardToronto Furies
Noora Raty FinlandGoaltenderShenzhen KRS Vanke Rays

[5]

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References
  1. "CWHL OPENS ALL-STAR CAPTAIN VOTING". CWHL. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  2. "CWHL ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS". CWHL. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  3. "CWHL ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS". CWHL. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  4. "CWHL ANNOUNCES SECOND ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS". CWHL. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  5. "CWHL ANNOUNCES FINAL ROUND OF ALL-STAR PLAYERS". CWHL. 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
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