The Calgary Oval X-Treme were a professional women's ice hockey team in the

Western Women's Hockey League The Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) was a women's hockey league in Canada. The league was established in 2004, and consisted of teams in Canada (some former National Women's Hockey League teams) and one from the United States. The league offic ...

(WWHL). The team played its home games at the

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. The Oval X-Treme were a member of the

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for two seasons before breaking away to help form the WWHL in 2004.

History

The Oval X-Treme were founded in 1995 as an amateur team for women's hockey players in Calgary, quickly developing a heated rivalry with their northern counterparts, the

Edmonton Chimos The Edmonton Chimos were a professional women's ice hockey team in the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL). The team played its home games at River Cree Twin Arenas in Edmonton, Canada. The Owner was Arlan Maschmayer. History The Chimo ...

. In 2002, the Oval X-Treme were approached, along with the Chimos, to join the

(NWHL). The two teams joined the

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to form the West division of the NWHL. After the 03-04 season, where the Oval X-Treme and Chimos faced only each other due to prohibitive costs to fly out east, the two franchises left the NWHL to form the five team Western Women's Hockey League. In 2006, the two leagues were reunited under the NWHL banner. 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 Calgary Oval X-Treme suspended activities for the 2009-10 season. Partially as a result of the Canada national team being based in Calgary, the Oval X-Treme featured many of Canada's top women's hockey players, including Hayley Wickenheiser, Danielle Goyette and Cassie Campbell. As a result, the Oval X-Treme became the undisputed powerhouse of women's hockey in western Canada, winning five consecutive league championships, and compiling a regular season mark of 95-3-2-1 in their last five seasons. Gina Kingsbury joined the Oval X-Treme in 2006. She had 31 points (11 goals, 20 assists) in 19 games as the Oval X-Treme went on to win the Esso Women's National Championship. In her second season with the Oval X-Treme, Kingsbury scored 20 goals and added 25 assists in 23 games.

Season-by-season

in National Women's Hockey League (NWHL): *See also: 2002–03 NWHL season *See also: 2003–04 NWHL season in Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL): *See also:

2004–05 WWHL season The 2004–05 WWHL season was the first season of the Western Women's Hockey League. Previously this league did not exist and the western teams were in a division of the National Women's Hockey League The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), forme ...

*See also: 2005–06 WWHL season *See also: 2006–07 WWHL season *See also: 2007–08 WWHL season *See also:

2008–09 WWHL season Final standings Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points. Playoffs semi-finals *March 7, 2009: Calgary 9, Strathmore 0 *March 7, 2009: Minnesota 4, Edmonton 0 Final WWHL Champion ...

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

Season standings

Last Roster 2008-09

and

Coaching Staff 2008-09

* ''General Manager:'' Kathy Berg * ''Head Coach:'' Bjorn Kinding * ''Assistant Coach:'' Bart Doan

Awards and honors

:NWHL Division titles won: 2002-03, 2003-04. :Championship of the NWHL: 2002-03, 2003-04. :WWHL Regular season titles won: 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09. :WWHL Champions cup: 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08. : Esso Canadian national championships won: 1998, 2001, 2003, 2007.

Notable players

* Dana Antal * Kelly Bechard *

Tessa Bonhomme Tessa Bonhomme (born July 23, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and is a television sports reporter for The Sports Network (TSN). She was an Olympic gold medallist as a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team ...

* Cassie Campbell * Delaney Collins * Danielle Goyette * Kaley Hall *

Samantha Holmes Samantha Holmes (born June 23, 1977) played for the Canadian national women's ice hockey team from 2000 to 2005. She is also the founder of the Strathmore Rockies ice hockey team. Early life As a child, Samantha Holmes-Domagala attended t ...

* Gina Kingsbury * Kim McCullough *

Carla MacLeod Carla Rae MacLeod (born June 16, 1982) is a retired member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. Through her paternal grandmother, MacLeod is related to former Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice Richard. Playing career MacLeod was born ...

Cherie Piper Cherie Piper (born June 29, 1981) is a Canadian former ice hockey player residing in Markham, Ontario. She was a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and played for the Brampton Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWH ...

Colleen Sostorics Colleen Kay Sostorics (born December 17, 1979 in Kennedy, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian retired women's ice hockey defenseman. She has played extensively for Canada at the international level, including three Olympic gold medals ( 2002 in Tur ...

* Hayley Wickenheiser

References

{{Professional Women's Hockey seasons Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada Oval X-Treme, Calgary Ice hockey clubs established in 1995 Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2009 Women's ice hockey teams in Canada Western Women's Hockey League teams 1995 establishments in Alberta 2009 disestablishments in Alberta Women in Alberta