The National Ringette League (NRL) today presented its annual awards, which recognize the performance of NRL athletes during regular season play. The awards were presented at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Canadian ringette championships, which have been taking place in Burnaby, British Columbia.…
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The LMRL Thunder made British Columbia ringette history Saturday. With a 7-2 win over the Montreal Mission in the National Ringette League's championship game, the Thunder became the first B.C. team to win a gold medal in a national final.…
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The National Ringette League (NRL) today announced the finalists for its annual awards program. The awards program recognizes the performance of NRL athletes during regular season play with trophies for Most Valuable Player, Best Forward/Centre, Best Defenseman, Best Goaltender and Rookie of the Year. These awards, along with awards for Coach of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Scoring Champion and Goal Scoring Title, will be announced during the NRL Championship tournament awards ceremony being held on April 14, 2012 in Burnaby, BC.…
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With playoffs set to take place this weekend in the East and some important games taking place in the West, National Ringette League (NRL) teams will be laying it all on the line to secure one of the eight spots up for grabs at the NRL Championship tournament that will take place in Burnaby, BC from April 8-14, 2012.…
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With only five weeks left in regular season play, three Western Conference teams in the National Ringette League (NRL) have secured their spot at the NRL Championship tournament that will take place in Burnaby, BC from April 8-14, 2012. Prairie Fire, Lower Mainland Ringette League (LMRL) Thunder and Calgary RATH will be joined by a fourth team that will be decided as regular season play finishes up.…
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With just under ten weeks left in the National Ringette League (NRL) season, teams are on the home stretch to secure a spot at the NRL Championship tournament in Burnaby, BC from April 8-14, 2012. Today the league announces its Elite Eight rankings as well as its December stars.…
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Turku, Finland – Sunday, January 1, 2011 – In an exciting overtime final, Finland’s Luvian Kiekko -82 (LuKi-82) dashed Canada’s only hope of a medal at the 2011 world club ringette championship, downing the defending world club champion Cambridge Turbos 8-7 and picking up the bronze medal. …
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Turku, Finland – Saturday, December 31, 2011 – The defending world club champion Cambridge Turbos were denied a chance at repeat gold today when they were downed 3-1 by Lapinlahden Luistin -89 (LL-89) in the semi-finals. Emily Bakker (Mitchell) scored the lone goal for Cambridge, assisted by Jacqueline Gaudet (Cambridge), while goalie Meghan Pittaway (Cambridge) made 44 saves and earned game MVP honours for Cambridge. Anne Pohjola continued her scoring streak to pick up two goals for LL-89 and goalie Johanna Mikkonen made 29 saves to also receive game MVP honours. The Turbos will now move on to play Luvian Kiekko -82 (LuKi-82) for bronze tomorrow after that team was downed 5-4 in overtime by Raision Nuorisokiekko ry (RNK) in the other semi-final game today. Susanna Tapani scored four goals and an assist, including the game winning goal for RNK.…
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Turku, Finland – Friday, December 30, 2011 – After beating Richmond Hill Lightning on the last day of round-robin play, Cambridge Turbos have finished in fourth place and will meet the top team, Lapinlahden Luistin -89 (LL-89) in semi-final play tomorrow. Second place Luvian Kiekko -82 (LuKi-82) will meet third place Raision Nuorisokiekko ry (RNK) in the other semi-final game. Richmond Hill Lightning finished in fifth and will play sixth place Sweden.…
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Turku, Finland – Thursday, December 29, 2011 – Despite each posting wins over Sweden on day two of the 2011 world club championship, Richmond Hill Lightning and the Cambridge Turbos could not beats the Finns again today. The Lightning faced a 12-3 loss to Luvian Kiekko -82 (LuKi-82) and the Turbos were downed 5-2 by Raision Nuorisokiekko ry (RNK). Lapinlahden Luistin -89 (LL-89) are at the front of the Finnish pack, picking up a 9-3 win over LuKi-82 and a 9-6 win over RNK, which puts them at a 3-0 record and the only team undefeated. The Lightning and Turbos both stand at a 1-2 record going into the last day of round-robin play, while LuKi-82 and RNK are 2-1 and Sweden is 0-3.…
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As we embark on our National Ringette League Championship tournament in Burnaby, we are focusing our ten thoughts on the teams who will be representing our league and competing for the NRL title. We reached out for ideas on a theme for this edition of the Ten Things and are pleased to present “Mountains to climb - the view from Burnaby” - enjoy!…
I think that the Eastern playoffs were closer than they looked. This was especially the case in the two game sweeps in Southern Ontario. The Atlantic Attack gave the Richmond Hill Lightning all they could handle, especially in game two where Karen McWilliams scored with nine seconds to go, to clinch a spot at the national championships. In the other southern Ontario series, the Quebec City Cyclones gave the Cambridge Turbos a ton of trouble in game one, coming up only one goal short against the perennial powerhouse.…
