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The Calgary Inferno (previously known as Team Alberta, nickname "Honeybadgers", during the 2011–12 season) was a women's team that joined the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) for the 2011–12 season. The team played its home games at Joan Snyder Rink (Arena B) at in , . After two seasons without an official name, in 2013 the team picked a moniker drawing from Calgary's National Hockey League franchise, the , with whom they had a partnership. For the 2013-14 season, it was announced that all Inferno home-games would be streamed live by PCSN.tv.

In 2019, the CWHL ceased operations, as well as all teams that it directly operatedincluding the Inferno.


History
The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) announced on April 19, 2011, that it would merge with the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) for the 2011–12 season. The merger featured one team based in and as a combination of the former WWHL franchises the and Strathmore Rockies. The team would play their games in various locations around Alberta. Chimos Part of Merger With CWHL Strathmore Rockies founder, Samantha Holmes-Domagala, joined the sponsorship division of the CWHL to look after the requirements of the expansion team. On July 21, 2011, philanthropist Joan Snyder donated $2 million to with the goal of ensuring priority rink access to female hockey players at all levels and help expand the CWHL with the creation of Team Alberta. Part of the donation covered the new addition to the Athletic and Ice Complex at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary and serve as the future home to . It also included four hockey rinks, one of which was called the Joan Snyder Rink. Team Alberta would benefit with the allocation of free practice time, a dressing room exclusive to the club. The Joan Snyder Rink give priority to women's hockey bookings, but it also served as the Team Alberta's home rink.[2]

The first general manager was , while the first head coach was Jason Schmidt. On July 21, 2011, the franchise participated in its first CWHL Draft. With the third overall pick in the 2011 CWHL Draft, Team Alberta selected Meaghan Mikkelson. With the first pick overall in the 2012 CWHL Draft, the team selected Hillary Pattenden. On October 28, 2011, Team Alberta played its first game in the CWHL versus the Burlington Barracudas. Laura Dostaler scored the first goal in Team Alberta history in a 4–2 victory. Other goals were scored by Meghan Hunter, Jenna Cunningham and Courtney Sawchuk.

On September 23, 2013, after two years without an official name, the team was announced as the Calgary Inferno at the ' arena, Scotiabank Saddledome, prior to a pre-season game between the Flames and the New York Rangers. On March 13, 2016, the Calgary Inferno defeated Les Canadiennes de Montreal in an 8–3 final to capture its first Clarkson Cup. Contested at Ottawa's Canadian Tire Centre, the first Clarkson Cup final held in an NHL arena, Blayre Turnbull, Brianne Jenner, Jessica Campbell and Rebecca Johnston each scored twice. Goaltender was recognized as the Most Valuable Player of the Clarkson Cup playoffs.

On February 2, 2014, Danielle Stone broke two scoring records in Calgary Inferno franchise history. She began by topping Samantha Hunt's franchise record for most points in one season of 14 in a 2–1 shootout win against the Montreal Stars. In the same game, she set a new record for most points in one season by an Inferno rookie. In that same game, logged a goal, providing her with seven points in the first five games of her CWHL career, a new franchise record for the Inferno.

At the 3rd CWHL All-Star Game in 2017, and both scored a hat trick, becoming the first competitors in CWHL All-Star Game history to achieve the feat.


Season-by-season
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Current roster
Updated August 8, 2018.

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Coaching staff
  • Kristen Hagg: general manager
  • Shannon Miller: head coach


Former staff
  • , assistant coach
  • : head coach, 2012–14
  • Erin Duggan: assistant coach, 2011–12
  • : head coach, 2014–15; assistant coach, 2012–14
  • Samantha Holmes-Domagala & Matt Appelt: general manager, 2011–12
  • : assistant coach
  • Jason Schmidt: coach, 2011–12
  • Jeff Stevenson: general manager


Scoring leaders

Year-by-year
GWG
Cunningham(2)
2012-13
Mikkelson (2)
2013-14
Jenna Cunningham (3)
Jessica Campbell (5)
Saulnier (4)


All-time

Awards and honours
  • , 2014 CWHL Goaltender of the Year
  • , 2016 Clarkson Cup Most Valuable Player
  • Jessica Campbell, 2014–15 CWHL Leader, Game Winning Goals (5)
  • Rebecca Johnston, 2015 Angela James Bowl winner
  • Elana Lovell, 2016 CWHL Rookie of the Year


2011 draft picks
In preparation of its first season, the Team Alberta CWHL selected several players during a special draft of the league held on July 21, 2011, in Mississauga, Ontario.
Former team
Canada women's national ice hockey team
Canada women's national ice hockey team
Toronto Lady Blues women's ice hockey
Saint Mary's Huskies
St. Lawrence Skating Saints women's ice hockey
Strathmore Rockies (WWHL)
Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey
Strathmore Rockies (WWHL)
Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey
Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey
Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey
Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey
Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey
Alberta Pandas women's ice hockey
Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey
Red Deer College Queens
Strathmore Rockies (WWHL)
Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey
Alberta Institute of Technology Ooks women's ice hockey
Strathmore Rockies (WWHL)
Alberta Pandas women's ice hockey
College Manhattanville Valiants women's ice hockey
Neumann University Knights women's ice hockey
(WWHL)
Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey
Saint Mary's Huskies
New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey
Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey
Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey
Mount Royal Cougars women's ice hockey
Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey
(WWHL)
SAIT Polytechnic Trojans women's ice hockey
(WWHL)
Grant MacEwen Griffins women's ice hockey
(WWHL)
Saint Mary's Huskies
Alberta Pandas women's ice hockey
Grant MacEwen Griffins women's ice hockey
Calgary Dinos women's ice hockey
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Ooks women's ice hockey
SAIT Polytechnic Trojans women's ice hockey
SAIT Polytechnic Trojans women's ice hockey
Buffalo State College Bengals women's ice hockey
Mount Allison Mounties women's ice hockey
Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey
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