Laval Le Mistral

Laval Le Mistral (1998–2001) was a women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The team played its home games in Colisée de Laval in Laval, Quebec, Canada.

Laval Le Mistal
City	Laval, Quebec
League	National Women's Hockey League
Division	Eastern
Founded	1998
Folded	2001
Home arena	Colisée de Laval
Colours	Yellow, black & white
Owner(s)	Jacques Dyotte and Michel Dyotte
General manager	Michel Dyotte
Head coach	Marcel Dube
Captain	Anik Bouchard Alternate captains: Annie Desrosiers

History

Season-by-season

See also: 1998–99 NWHL season, 1999–2000 NWHL season, and 2000–01 NWHL season

Year by year

Year	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1998–99	34	9	21	4	78	144	22
1999–2000	35	7	23	5	78	177	19
2000–01	40	5	33	2	68	261	12

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.^[1] Le Mistral enter to the NWHL but the team has a difficult first season: In 34 games 9 wins and 21 defeats.^[2] For the playoffs, Laval Le mistral was eliminated 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^[3]

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^[4][5] 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 (88 minutes) and Valerie Levesque had 60 minutes.

2000–2001 NWHL Eastern Division Playoffs

Round 1: Laval Le Mistral vs Sainte-Julie Pantheres

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

Year	Regular Season	Playoffs
1998–1999	4th Eastern Division	eliminated in first round
1999–2000	4th, Eastern Division	eliminated in first round
2000–2001	4th, Eastern Division[6]	eliminated in first round

Last roster 2000–01

Goalies

Number		Player	Former Team	Hometown
55		Nancy Morin
53		Vania Goeury
49		Penny Peters
1		Charline Labonté	National Team Canada	Greenfield Park, Quebec

Defense

Number		Player	Former Team	Hometown
27		Marilene Galarneau
25		Mylene Daneau
22		Marie Noel Tessier
19		Laura Leslie
14		Anik Bouchard
11		Laura Leslie
4		Karine Senecal

Forwards

Number		Player	Former Team	Hometown
96		Annie Desrosiers
93		Isabelle Giguere
37		Veronique Sanfacon
28		Julie Pelletier
21		Masako Sato	Japan National Team	Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan
21		Michelle Fauteux
17		Vanessa Parent
16		Genevieve Beauchamps
9		Valerie St-Jacques
7		Josee Cournoyer

^[7]

Notable former players

• Masako Sato, forward (Japan)
• Rie Sato, defender (Japan)^[8]
• Maren Valenti (Germany)^[9]
• Isabelle Chartrand, defender, a member of Canada's 1999 National Women's Team.
• Charline Labonte, Goaltender, a member of Canada National Team.

Award and honour

• 1998/99 Eastern Division 1st All Star Team:^[10] Annie Desrosiers (forward) and Isabelle Chartrand(defender)
• 1998/99 Eastern Division 2sd All Star Team:^[11] Vania Goeury (goalie), Anik Bouchard (defender) and Julie Pelletier (forward)
• 1999/2000 Eastern Division 1st All Star Team: Annie Desrosiers (forward) and Isabelle Chartrand(defender)

Former Staff

• General Manager: Michel Dyotte^[12]
• Head Coach: Marcel Dube^[13]
• Assistant Coach: Benoit Constantineau
• Assistant Coach: Christian Dugel

See also

• National Women's Hockey League (1999–2007) (NWHL)