Toronto Furies

Toronto Furies
2018–19 CWHL season
City Toronto, Ontario
League Canadian Women's Hockey League
Founded 2011
Home arena Mastercard Centre
Colors Blue and white
         
Owner(s) CWHL
General manager Sami Jo Small
Head coach Courtney Kessel
Captain Natalie Spooner
Website toronto.thecwhl.com
Franchise history
2010–2011 Toronto CWHL
2011–present Toronto Furies
Championships
Playoff championships 1 (2013–14)

The Toronto Furies are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Toronto, Ontario, as members of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. The team was established in 2010 largely from the remains of the former Mississauga Chiefs franchise. The Toronto Furies play their home games at the Mastercard Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The team adopted the name "Furies" after the 2011 Clarkson Cup.

The club captured the 2014 Clarkson Cup championship.

History

Prior to the 2010–11 season, the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) underwent a structural reorganization. The CWHL considered the restructure a relaunch of the league.[1] Among the changes included the Mississauga Chiefs, Ottawa Senators and Vaughan Flames teams ceasing operations,[2] adding a new team in Toronto. The relaunch also branded the five teams after their respective locations, simply calling the new teams by their locations such as "Toronto CWHL". However, the CWHL teams that were playing in previous markets were commonly referred to as their former names, and the new Toronto team was sometimes called the Toronto Aeros after a former NWHL team that ceased operations in 2007[3] or Toronto HC.[4] The league held its first player draft on August 12, 2010, although it was only for the three Greater Toronto Area teams as the league decided that since they do not pay a salary, it would be unfair to force players to be based outside their hometown.[5] The new Toronto team protected former Mississauga Chiefs' Jennifer Botterill and Sami Jo Small and acquired many of the former Chiefs' players in the draft.[6]

The Toronto CWHL team advanced to the championship game in the 2011 Clarkson Cup where it lost 5–0. The team then adopted the Toronto Furies name after the season ended. The decision behind naming the franchise Furies was featured on an episode of History Television's program What's In a Name? aired on September 12, 2011.[7] Players voted on one of five names suggested by fans. The five names that fans suggested included: the Toronto Force, Toronto Tornadoes, Toronto Snipes, Toronto Furies and the Toronto Vamps.

Two Furies players became the fourth and fifth women to play 150 career games in 2013–14. On November 16, 2013, Kristy Zamora reached the milestone. On November 23, 2013, a 4–2 victory over Brampton provided Meagan Aarts with her 150th game.

During the 2013–14 CWHL season, there were a handful of milestones which the Furies reached. On February 9, 2014, a victory against the defending Clarkson Cup champion Boston Blades provided Furies goaltender Sami Jo Small with the 60th victory of her career. With the win, she became the first CWHL goaltender to reach the 60 wins plateau.[8] A March 8 game against the Brampton Thunder resulted in Meagan Aarts earning the 100 point in her CWHL career.[9]

The Furies defeated the Boston Blades by a 1–0 tally in overtime to claim their first Clarkson Cup title in 2014.[10] The tournament was played at Markham Centennial Centre. With the victory, Natalie Spooner became the first woman in hockey history to claim the gold medal in the Olympic Winter Games and the Clarkson Cup in the same year.

During the summer of 2016, Kori Cheverie retired from the Furies with three franchise records: points (82), games played (152) and power play goals (14). In addition, she holds the league record for most consecutive games played with 152.

On June 11, 2018, inaugural member Sami Jo Small was named general manager of the Furies.[11] Among her first moves was signing Courtney Birchard as their new head coach. In addition, Ken Dufton was named as an advisor to the team.[12] On the free agent market, Small signed goaltender Elaine Chuli[13] and forward Shiann Darkangelo to contracts in August 2018.

Sami Jo Small

Season-by-season records

Year Coach GP W L T/OTL GF GA Pts Finish Playoffs
2011–122791357515264thEliminated in 2012 Clarkson Cup round-robin

Season standings

= Indicates First Place finish
= Indicates championship
Year League Reg. Season Playoffs Head coach
2010-11 CWHL 3rd place (12 wins) Clarkson Cup finalists
2011-12 CWHL 4th place (9 wins)
2012-13 CWHL 4th place (10 wins) 3rd place, Round Robin Sommer West
2013-14 CWHL 4th place (10 wins) Clarkson Cup champions Sommer West
2014-15 CWHL Sommer West
2015-16 CWHL Sommer West
2016-17 CWHL Did not qualify Sommer West
2017-18 CWHL Did not qualify Jeff Flanagan
2018-19 CWHL Courtney Kessel

Current roster

Updated August 15, 2018.[14][15]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
Canada Elaine Chuli G L 24 2018 Waterford, Ontario
United States Shiann Darkangelo LW L 24 2018 Royal Oak, Michigan

Scoring leaders

Year-by-year

SeasonLeader (F)GPGAPtsLeader (D)GPGAPtsPPGSHGGWG
2010-11[16]Jennifer Botterill25143044Britni Smith2982129Tessa Bonhomme (4)Three tied with 1Bonhomme (3)
2011-12[17] Mallory Deluce2012921Tessa Bonhomme2441216Kori Cheverie (6)Three tied with 1Deluce (4)
2012-13[18]Rebecca Johnston2481725Tessa Bonhomme24459Six tied with 1Natalie Spooner (3)Spooner (3)
2013-14[19] Carolyne Prevost23111223Michelle Bonello2221012Prevost and Alyssa Baldin (4)Prevost (1)Katie Wilson (3)
2014-15Jenelle Kohanchuk2171017Megan Bozek223710Carolyne Prevost (4)NonePrevost (3)
2015–16Natalie Spooner22171330Michelle Bonello24088Spooner (5)Spooner (2)Kori Cheverie (2)
2016–17Natalie Spooner2013720

All-time scoring leaders

PlayerGPGAPtsSeasons

Draft picks

  • These are the first selections for every respective draft that Toronto participated in.
Draft yearPlayerPickCollege
2010Tessa Bonhomme1st OverallOhio State Buckeyes
2011Jesse Scanzano[20]5th OverallMercyhurst Lakers
2012Rebecca Johnston2nd OverallCornell Big Red
2013Katie Wilson2nd OverallMinnesota Duluth Bulldogs
2014Megan Bozek2nd OverallMinnesota Golden Gophers
2015Emily Fulton2nd OverallCornell Big Red
2016Renata Fast2nd OverallClarkson

Awards and honors

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Elite Women's Hockey Action Starts". CWHL.ca. October 21, 2010. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010.
  2. ↑ "NEWS - The "NEW" Canadian Women's Hockey League" (Press release). Ottawa Senators. June 7, 2010. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Aeros History". TorontoAeros.com. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ "What it's all about..." CWHL.com. February 25, 2011. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Women's Elite Hockey "First Ever" Draft". CWHL.ca. August 12, 2010. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Toronto 2010–11 draft". Archived from the original on April 5, 2011.
  7. ↑ http://tvguide.ca/watercooler/reviewsandpreviews/articles/110912_whats_name_mh.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.cwhl.ca/view/cwhl/news-644/news_133141
  9. ↑ http://www.cwhl.ca/view/cwhl/news-644/news_144155
  10. ↑ http://cwhl.ca/view/cwhl/news-644/news_145233
  11. ↑ Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press (11 June 2018). "Sami Jo Small named GM of CWHL's Toronto Furies". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  12. ↑ Press Release (31 July 2018). "Kessel New Head Coach, Dufton New Advisor". Toronto Furies. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Press Release (1 August 2018). "Toronto Adds Free Agent Goaltender Elaine Chuli". Toronto Furies. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Toronto Furies Roster". Toronto Furies. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Toronto Furies Elite Prospects". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  16. ↑ "CWHL: Boston Blades | Pointstreak Stats". Cwhlboston_hockey.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  17. ↑ "CWHL: Boston Blades | Pointstreak Stats". Cwhlboston_hockey.stats.pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  18. ↑ http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=277087&seasonid=9580
  19. ↑ http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=277087&seasonid=11441
  20. ↑ http://www.cwhl.ca/news.asp?id=76
  21. ↑ "Sudbury Lady Wolves and Red Deer Chiefs to meet for gold medal at 2015 Esso Cup; award winners announced : NR.052.15". hockeycanadawest.ca. 2015-04-25. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  22. ↑ http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=2415210
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