Burlington Barracudas

Burlington Barracudas
City	Burlington, Ontario, Canada
League	CWHL
Founded	2007 (2007)
Home arena	Appleby Ice Center
Colours	Orange, Black, White
General manager	Maria Quinto
Head coach	Berardino Quinto
Website	Burlington Hockey Club - CWHL

The team line up for the National Anthem

The Barracudas discussing strategy

The Burlington Barracudas are a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The team has played in the Canadian Women's Hockey League since 2007 its inaugural season. The team plays its home games in Appleby Ice Center in Burlington. The team is currently coached by Berardino Quinto and Jessica Rattle.

History

Burlington qualified for the CWHL playoffs during every season in club history but failed to qualify for the Clarkson Cup. During the 2009–10 CWHL season, Ashley Johnston of the Burlington Barracudas was the youngest Ontario player to play in the CWHL.^[1] The team fails to qualify itself for the playoff rounds during the end of season 2010-11.

Season-by-season

• See also: 2007–08 CWHL season
• See also: 2008–09 CWHL season
• See also: 2009–10 CWHL season
• See also: 2010–11 CWHL season
• See also: 2011–12 CWHL season

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

Season standings

Community events

• On November 18, 2011, several Burlington Barracudas players (including Christina Kessler, Shannon Moulson, Ashley Stephenson, Jana Harrigan, Amanda Shaw, Annina Rajahuhta, Samantha Shirley, Amanda Parkins, and Lindsay Vine) competed in the first ever Hockey Helps The Homeless Women’s Tournament. Said tournament was held at the Magna Centre in Newmarket, Ontario.^[4]
• Barracudas players Christina Kessler and Shannon Moulson were part of an event at Power Play Sports in Niagara Falls, Ontario on December 20, 2011 to promote the 2012 Clarkson Cup (to be held in Niagara Falls). After the event, they met players from the NFGHA (Niagara Falls Girls Hockey League) for photographs and autographs.^[5]

Awards and honors

2007-08

CWHL Top Players

• Top Defender: Becky Kellar, Burlington

CWHL All-Stars

Central All-Stars

• Defender: Becky Kellar, Burlington
• Forward: Jana Harrigan, Burlington

Monthly Top Scorers

• November: Jana Harrigan, Burlington (5+3=8 points, 5 games)^[6]

2008-09

CWHL Top Players

• Top Defender: Becky Kellar, Burlington

Draft history

2010 Draft

The following were players selected by the Barracudas in the 2010 CWHL Draft. Because the league contracted from six to five teams, it was possible for some teams to reacquire players.

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• Protected players

Current Roster 2011-12

Christina Kessler

Goalies

Number		Player	Former Team	Hometown
30		Allison Cubberley	Elmira Soaring Eagles	Bracebridge, Ontario
35		Christina Kessler[9]	Canada women's national ice hockey team	Mississauga, Ontario
1		Mandy Cronin	Boston Blades	York, Maine

Defense

Number		Player	Former Team	Hometown
55		Amanda Nois	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey	Brampton, Ontario
23		Shannon Moulson	Mississauga Chiefs	Mississauga, Ontario
15		Mallory Johnston	Colgate University	Chatham, Ontario
12		Ashley Stephenson	Mississauga Chiefs	Mississauga, Ontario
4		Amanda Shaw[10]	Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey	St Thomas, Ontario

Forwards

Number		Player	Former Team	Hometown
91		Amanda Parkins	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey	Kitchener, Ontario
44		Sommer West	Mississauga Chiefs	Bowmenville, Ontario
32		Jana Harrigan	Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey	Burlington, Ontario
27		Samantha Shirley	Vaughan Flames	Mississauga, Ontario
24		Brayden Ferguson	St. Francis Xavier athletic teams	Toronto, Ontario
21		Sarah Dagg[11]	Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers	Paris, Ontario
19		Lindsay Vine	Niagara Purple Eagles women's ice hockey	Oakville, Ontario
18		Dayna Kanis[12]	Guelph Gryphons women's ice hockey	Georgetown, Ontario
16		Sara Lynch	Western Mustangs women's ice hockey	Owen sound, Ontario
11		Anniina Rajahuhta	Finland women's national ice hockey team	Helsinki, Finland
9		Joanne Eustace	Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey	Torbay, Newfoundland
7		Kelly Hart[13]	Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey	Ajax, Ontario

Reference^[14]

Coaching staff 2011-12

Barracudas'Head Coach Berardino Quinto

• General Manager: Maria Quinto
• Head Coach: Berardino Quinto
• Assistant Coach: Jessica Rattle
• Equipment Manager: Diane Cruickshanks & Madelaine Bird
• Marketing Coordinator: Deanne Johnstone
• Head Athletic Therapist: Nancy Spence
• Assistant Athletic Therapist: Glenn Burke
• Assistant Athletic Therapist: Carm Chan

Reference^[15]

Former Olympian players

Number	Player	Hometown	Present situation
4	Becky Kellar (Defender)	Burlington, Ontario	Retreat
55	Danijela Rundqvist[16] (Forward)	Stockholm, Sweden	plays maintaining for the club Tornado in the Russian Women's Ice Hockey league and with the Sweden women's national ice hockey team

Current Olympians

For 2011-12, the team included notable players Christina Kessler, member of the 2010 Canada women's national ice hockey team and Anniina Rajahuhta member of Finland women's national ice hockey team.

References

External links

• Burlington Barracudas on CWHL Website
• Burlington Hockey Club - CWHL
• Barracudas open Oct. 23 as CWHL retools for ‘10-11