Women’s Hockey

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Montréal Canadiennes
2007-19
🏆: 4 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2017)
Toronto Furies
2010-19
🏆: 1 (2014)
Canadian Women’s Hockey League, 2010-19

Established in 2007, the Canadian Women’s Hockey League became the first centralized women’s league in Canada to truly gain a national holding, following decades of disorganized league play across the country. However, Toronto only had teams in their suburbs, with a Toronto-based team only joining the league in 2010. The Toronto Aeros, facing the Montréal Stars, saw the rivalry evolve into Les Canadiennes vs. the Furies, with each team keeping ties to their NHL counterparts, the Canadiens and Maple Leafs. The Canadiennes largely dominated the decade, attracting the top stars of the women’s game to both cities, before the league abruptly shut down in 2019, but future professional women’s hockey competitions, whether in the PWHPA or PHF, have picked up the rivalry where the Furies and Canadiennes left it.

# Date Location Winner Score
2010-11 season (Stars vs. Aeros)
Stars win season series 4-2
001. Oct. 30 Montréal Stars 5-3
002. Oct. 31 Montréal Stars 5-4 (SO)
003. Jan. 15 Toronto Aeros 3-2 (SO)
004. Feb. 12 Châteauguay Aeros 5-4
005. Feb. 13 Châteauguay Stars 3-0
006. Feb. 19 Toronto Stars 4-2
2011-12 season (Stars vs. Furies)
Stars win season series 5-1
Montréal leads all-time series 9-3
007. Nov. 26 Windsor Stars 12-3
008. Nov. 27 Windsor Stars 8-4
009. Jan. 7 Montréal Stars 3-0
010. Jan. 8 Montréal Furies 3-1
011. Feb. 18 Montréal Stars 6-3
012. Feb. 19 Montréal Stars 7-4
2012-13 season (Stars vs. Furies)
Stars win season series 4-2
Montréal leads all-time series 13-5
013. Nov. 24 Montréal Furies 5-4 (SO)
014. Nov. 25 Montréal Stars 5-1
015. Jan. 5 Toronto Stars 4-0
016. Jan. 6 Toronto Furies 4-3
017. Mar. 2 Montréal Stars 6-2
018. Mar. 3 Montréal Stars 3-2
2013-14 season (Stars vs. Furies)
Stars win season series 5-0
Montréal leads all-time series 18-5
019. Nov. 16 Montréal Stars 3-0
020. Nov. 17 Montréal Stars 4-3
021. Feb. 15 Toronto Stars 5-4
022. Feb. 16 Toronto Stars 4-3
023. Mar. 2 Toronto Stars 3-2
2014-15 season (Stars vs. Furies)
Stars win season series 4-2
Montréal leads all-time series 22-7
024. Nov. 29 Montréal Furies 4-3 (SO)
025. Nov. 30 Montréal Stars 4-0
026. Jan. 10 Toronto Stars 5-0
027. Jan. 11 Toronto Furies 3-2
028. Feb. 21 Montréal Stars 6-1
029. Feb. 22 Montréal Stars 5-1
2015-16 season (Canadiennes vs. Furies)
Canadiennes win season series 6-0
Montréal leads all-time series 28-7
030. Oct. 31 Toronto Canadiennes 5-1
031. Nov. 1 Toronto Canadiennes 5-2
032. Nov. 28 Montréal Canadiennes 3-1
033. Nov. 29 Montréal Canadiennes 6-3
034. Jan. 9 Toronto Canadiennes 5-1
035. Jan. 10 Toronto Canadiennes 3-1
2016-17 season (Canadiennes vs. Furies)
Canadiennes win season series 4-2
Montréal leads all-time series 32-9
036. Oct. 22 Montréal Canadiennes 2-1
037. Oct. 23 Montréal Canadiennes 4-1
038. Nov. 19 Toronto Furies 2-1
039. Nov. 20 Toronto Furies 5-2
040. Feb. 4 Brossard Canadiennes 2-0
041. Feb. 5 Brossard Canadiennes 2-1 (OT)
2017-18 season (Canadiennes vs. Furies)
Canadiennes win season series 4-1
Montréal leads all-time series 36-10
042. Dec. 3 Toronto Canadiennes 8-3
043. Dec. 9 Montréal Canadiennes 7-1
044. Dec. 10 Montréal Canadiennes 7-3
045. Jan. 20 Sarnia Canadiennes 7-3
046. Jan. 21 Toronto Furies 3-2
2018-19 season (Canadiennes vs. Furies)
Canadiennes win season series 5-0
Montréal wins all-time series 41-10
047. Oct. 27 Toronto Canadiennes 1-0
048. Oct. 28 Toronto Canadiennes 7-0
049. Jan. 5 Brossard Canadiennes 3-1
050. Jan. 6 Brossard Canadiennes 6-3
051. Feb. 9 Montréal Canadiennes 4-1

CANADIENNES vs. FURIES, BY THE NUMBERS
Total Games Played:
51
All-Time Record:
Montréal wins 41-10

Longest Montréal Undefeated Streak:
10 games (Feb. 21, 2015Oct. 23, 2016)
Longest Toronto Undefeated Streak:
2 games (2 times, latest Nov. 1920, 2016)
Largest Montréal Victory:
12-3 (Nov. 26, 2011)
Largest Toronto Victory:
5-2 (Nov. 20, 2016)
Most Goals, Game, Montréal:
12 (Nov. 26, 2011)
Most Goals, Game, Toronto:
5 (3 times, latest Nov. 20, 2016)
Most Goals, Game, Combined:
15 (Nov. 26, 2011)
Least Goals, Game, Combined:
1 (Oct. 27, 2018)

# Date Location Winner Score
2011 Clarkson Cup Final (Stars vs. Aeros)
Stars
win series 2-0
P01. Mar. 26 Barrie Stars 2-1
P02. Mar. 27 Barrie Stars 5-0
2012 Clarkson Cup Round Robin (Stars vs. Furies)
Stars win series 1-0
Montréal leads all-time series 3-0
P03. Mar. 22 Niagara Falls Stars 7-0
2013 Clarkson Cup Round Robin (Stars vs. Furies)
Stars
win series 1-0
Montréal leads all-time series 4-0

P04. Mar. 21 Markham Stars 2-0
2014 Clarkson Cup Round Robin (Stars vs. Furies)
Furies win series 1-0
Montréal leads all-time series 4-1

P05. Mar. 21 Markham Furies 2-1 (SO)
2016 Clarkson Cup Semifinal (Canadiennes vs. Furies)
Canadiennes
win series 2-0
Montréal wins all-time series 6-1
P06. Feb. 26 Montréal Canadiennes 5-1
P07. Feb. 27 Brossard Canadiennes 7-1

CANADIENNES vs. FURIES (PLAYOFFS), BY THE NUMBERS
Total Games Played:
7
All-Time Record:
Montréal wins 6-1
All-Time Record, Series Wins: Montréal wins 4-1
Longest Montréal Undefeated Streak:
4 games (Mar. 26, 2010Mar. 21, 2013)
Longest Toronto Undefeated Streak
: 1 game (Mar. 25, 2014)
Largest Montréal Victory
: 7-0 (Mar. 22, 2012)
Largest Toronto Victory:
2-1 (Mar. 25, 2014)
Most Goals, Game, Montréal: 7 (2 times, latest Feb. 27, 2016)
Most Goals, Game
, Toronto: 2 (Mar. 25, 2014)
Most Goals, Game, Combined:
8 (Feb. 27, 2016)

Least Goals, Game, Combined: 2 (Mar. 21, 2013)


Montréal
2021-22
🏆: 1 (2021)
Toronto
2021-22
🏆: 0
Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association, 2020-22

Following the dissolution of the CWHL in 2019, and following player dissatisfaction with the NWHL, a group of 200+ professional women’s hockey players formed the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA), who began touring North America in the 2019-20 hockey season. Starting in the 2020-21 season, the “Dream Gap Tour” showcased featured regional teams, with Montréal winning the first Canadian Secret Cup Championship in 2021, returning for cross-border showcases with American teams in 2021-22. However, the league dissolved regional teams in 2022-23, moving to a borderless model of travelling teams moving forward.

# Date Location Winner Score
2021 Dream Gap Tour
Montréal
wins season series 2-1
Montréal leads all-time series 2-1

P01. May 24 Tsuut’ina Montréal 3-2
P02. May 27 Tsuut’ina Toronto 4-3
P03. May 30 Calgary Montréal 4-2
2021-22 Dream Gap Tour
Montréal
wins season series 2-1
Montréal leads all-time series 4-2

P04. Nov. 12 Truro Montréal 4-1
P05. Feb. 27 Ottawa Montréal 2-1
P06. Mar. 26 Peterborough Toronto 4-1

Montréal Force
2022-23
🏆: 0
Toronto Six
2020-23
🏆: 1 (2023)
Premier Hockey Federation, 2022-23

Initially formed in 2015 as the National Women’s Hockey League, the NHWL began as the American counterpart to the CWHL, but differed from the CWHL by offering a salary cap, a first for a pro women’s hockey league. While only American teams made up the league (which rebranded as the PHF in 2021) for its first five seasons, Toronto joined as the league’s sixth franchise in 2020, and Montréal joined as the league’s seventh team in 2022, continuing the rivalry for one season after the PWHPA eliminated city-based teams that same season.

# Date Location Winner Score
2022-23 season (Force vs. Six)
Six wins season series 3-1

001. Jan. 7 Rimouski Six 3-2 (SO)
002. Jan. 8 Rimouski Six 3-2
003. Feb. 11 Toronto Force 3-1
004. Feb. 12 Toronto Six 2-1

PWHL Montréal
2024-
🏆: 0
PWHL Toronto
2024-
🏆: 0
Professional Women’s Hockey League, 2024-

After years of contention between the PHF and PWHPA, the women’s hockey world was rocked in June 2023 when the PHF was purchased by a group of investors in partnership with the PWHPA, with the intent of forming a singular women’s league. That league, the Professional Women’s Hockey League, kicked off in January 2024, with six charter franchises, three each in the United States and Canada, with two of the founding members playing out of Montréal and Toronto.

# Date Location Winner Score
2024 season (Montréal vs. Toronto)
Toronto wins season series 5-0
001. Jan. 20 Montréal Toronto 4-3 (SO)
002. Feb. 16 Toronto Toronto 3-0
003. Mar. 8 Toronto Toronto 3-0
004. Mar. 17 Pittsburgh Toronto 2-1
005. Apr. 20 Montréal Toronto 3-2 (OT)