2008 Abby Hoffman Cup

2008 Abby Hoffman Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Charlottetown Civic Centre, Capital Arena
DatesMarch 11–15, 2008
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Mississauga Chiefs (1st title)
Runners-up Brampton Canadettes-Thunder
Third place Calgary Oval X-Treme
Tournament statistics
Games played16
Awards
MVPHayley Wickenheiser (Calgary)

The 2008 Abby Hoffman Cup was the 27th and final staging of Hockey Canada's Esso Women's National Championships. The six-day competition was played in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The Mississauga Chiefs won the Abby Hoffman Cup[1] for the first time after a 3–2 double overtime victory over the Brampton Canadettes-Thunder.

The 2008 Hockey Canada competition featured the top-two teams from the Canadian Women's Hockey League and the top-two teams from the Western Women's Hockey League.

In the 2008 final, Mississauga's Cherie Piper scored the game winner in double overtime.[2]

Alongside the four-team "club" division, a four-team "all-stars" division featured provincial teams from Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Team Manitoba were the division winners.

In 2008-09, Hockey Canada's Women's National Championships for the Abby Hoffman Cup was replaced by the Clarkson Cup. Like the last edition of the Abby Hoffman Cup, the first edition of the Clarkson Cup featured the top-two teams from the CWHL and the top-two teams from the WWHL.

Teams participating

Final round

Gold medal game

March 15, 2008
16:00		 Mississauga3–2Brampton
Attendance: 1,100
Game reference
Referee:
France Lapratte
Jen Raimondi, Cherie Piper, Cherie PiperGoalsVicky Sunohara, Gillian Apps
36Shots40

References

  1. ^ "Historic trophies". Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "Mississauga, Manitoba capture women's crowns" The Ottawa Citizen, March 16, 2008, p. D3.
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