Laval Le Mistral


Laval Le Mistral was a women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League. The team played its home games in Colisée de Laval in Laval, Quebec, Canada.

History

Season-by-season

YearGPWLTGFGAPts
1998–993492147814422
1999–20003572357817719
2000–014053326826112

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

1998–99 NWHL Season and playoffs

Le Mistral started at the end of the 1997–98 college and university year with a group of players limited experience at the elite Senior AAA level. Le Mistral enter to the NWHL but the team has a difficult first season: In 34 games 9 wins and 21 defeats. For the playoffs, Laval Le mistral was elimined in Eastern first round: April 10, 1999– Bonaventure Wingstar 4 at Laval Le Mistral 2 and
April 11, 1999– Laval Le Mistral 3 at Bonaventure Wingstar 8. The Bonaventure Wingstar wins 2 games and pass to Eastern Division Finals

1999–2000 NWHL season

Laval Le Mistral's Annie Desrosiers was second leader in the league in goals with 29. Her 45 points ranked eleventh in the league. She was an assistant captain despite being a 20-year-old. For the 2000–01 season, the team captain was 21-year-old Anik Bouchard. Two members of the Japanese National Team competed for Le Mistral: Masako Sato was second leader in Laval Le Mistral for scoring and her sister the defender Rie Sato. During the season, Le Mistral allowed an average of five goals per game, second last in the NWHL. Goaltender Marieve Dyotte was 5–10–1 with a 6.44 goals against average, while Vania Goeury was 2–14–3 with 4.08 GAA. During the season, Laval received 605 penalty minutes. The result was allowing 44 goals in 35 games. Anik Bouchard had 91 minutes, Isabelle Chartrand and Valerie Levesque had 60 minutes.

2000–2001 NWHL Eastern Division Playoffs

Saturday February 26 and Sunday February 27, the Sainte-Julie Pantheres eliminated the Laval Le Mistral, winning their two-game series 2–0.

Season standing

Last roster 2000–01

NumberPlayerFormer TeamHometown
55Nancy Morin
53Vania Goeury
49Penny Peters
1Charline LabontéNational Team CanadaGreenfield Park, Quebec

NumberPlayerFormer TeamHometown
96Annie Desrosiers
93Isabelle Giguere
37Veronique Sanfacon
28Julie Pelletier
21Masako SatoJapan National TeamTomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan
21Michelle Fauteux
17Vanessa Parent
16Genevieve Beauchamps
9Valerie St-Jacques
7Josee Cournoyer

Notable former players