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The 2010–11 Montreal Stars season is the fourth in the history of the franchise. The Stars compete in the Canadian Women's Hockey League and will attempt to win its second Clarkson Cup in franchise history.
Contents
Offseason
Standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.
Postseason
Montreal wins the playoff against Brampton and wins the CWHL Championship. Montreal ends the season on a high! Taking inspiration from their two spectaculars wins, the team participate in Clarkson Cup Championship.
Clarkson cup
This year, the Clarkson Cup Championship include three teams from the Canadian Women's Hockey League and the champion team of the Western Women's Hockey League.
Montreal first game: The Stars wins 5 to 1 against Minnesota Whitecaps. In the second game, Sarah Vaillancourt scored 3 goals to lead Montreal to a 7-4 victory over Brampton. Saturday, the third day of the tournament, Montreal Stars scored a crucial victory 2-1 against Toronto. This win guarantees Montreal a place in the Clarkson Cup final, on Sunday against Toronto, who also recorded two victories in the tournament.
Championship game
March 27th Sunday: The final Game concluded with the powerful Montreal team defeating Toronto 5 -0. Montreal got off to a 2 - 0 lead in the first period, The first goal was scored by Noémie Marin on a backhand from her off wing at 14:47 minute as she converted a pass from Caroline Ouellette. The second goal was scored at 7:29 minute from a face off in the Toronto end as Dominique Thibault took the draw and Vanessa Davidson skated off the boards, picked up the puck and put a quick shot behind goaltender Sami Jo Small. The lone goal of the second period was scored at 10:36 by Sabrina Harbec on a nice outside drive cutting by Annie Guay. Sabrina Harbec pulled the goalie across the crease and put the puck in the top corner. The shots at the end of the second period were 34 to 17 in favour of Montreal Stars.
Montreal added two more goals in the third period to capture the 5-0 win Final game. At the 5:33 minute, Julie Chu feathered a pass to Caroline Ouellette. Ouellette making a perfect low shot to score. The final goal of the game was scored with 2:42 left as Sarah Vaillancourt picked up a pass from Caroline Ouellette and she hit the mark on a quick shot from about five feet out. Toronto goalie Sami Jo Small played well in defeat as Montreal controlled the game outshooting Toronto 51 to 26. Toronto did threaten offensively early in the game and could have turned the contest around but Montreal goalie, Kim St-Pierre, came up with exceptional saves to earn the shutout and ultimately crown Montreal Stars the Clarkson Cup Champions 2011.
Hockey Canada Selection Camp
Five Montreal Stars players invited: Caroline Ouellette, Kim St-Pierre, Sarah Vaillancourt, Emmanuelle Blais and Noemie Marin have been invited to Canada’s National Team selection camp. The chosen players will represent women's national team at the 2011 World Women’s Championships held in Switzerland, in April 16–25, 2011. The Hockey Canada selection camp, which takes place from April 2 to 5 at the Toronto MasterCard Centre.