National Ringette League playoffs

The National Ringette League playoffs are the knockout match, round robin, and tournament for determining the champion for National Ringette League (NRL).

The National Ringette League (NRL) playoffs began during the league's second season which was the 2005-06 season. In 2008, the NRL playoffs replaced the national championships for the Under-19 years and Open divisions at the Canadian Ringette Championships and have been conducted in this manner since.[1]

The 2010–11 season introduced the new "NRL Championship Tournament" replacing the Championship qualifying rounds and takes place in just one city with the intention of allowing the league to create a media event and to hold attention. The top 10 teams in the league's regular season participate in the championship tournament crowning the team champion of the league. Starting in the 2011–12 season, 8 teams played a full round robin known as the "Elite Eight" to determine the champion.

Format

The current format consists of three parts: Knockout match, Elite Eight, and Tournament.

  1. Knockout Stage: the best-of-three match to determine which of the three Eastern conference teams and which one of the Western conference teams advance to the Elite Eight.
  2. Elite Eight: the eight-team round robin matches. Each team plays seven games one time. These games began being held in one city starting in the 2011-12 season.
  3. Championship Tournament: the semifinal and final. Second and third place teams in Elite Eight go to the semifinal, and the winner goes against the top team in Elite Eight.

History

Season Development
2005-06 NRL playoffs began during the league's second season
2008 The NRL playoffs replaced the national championships for the Under-19 years and Open divisions at the Canadian Ringette Championships and have been conducted in this manner ever since.[1]
2010-11 The playoffs were held in just one city.
2011-12 The "Elite Eight" (a round-robin tournament) and the new "Championship Tournament" started. The NRL Championship Tournament replaced the Championship qualifying rounds.
2015-16 The number of teams in the Western conference became 4, and the Knockout stage consisted of five Eastern conference teams and three Western conference teams.
2016-17 The number of Western Conference teams became 5, but the number of teams advancing to the Elite Eight remained the same.

Final results

Year Champion Result Runner-up
2011 Edmonton WAM! 4-2 Cambridge Turbos
2012 LMRL Thunder 7-2 Montréal Mission
2013 Calgary RATH 6-5 Prairie Fire
2014 Ottawa Ice 7-4 Cambridge Turbos
2015 Cambridge Turbos 6-2 Richmond Hill Lighting
2016 Cambridge Turbos 5-3 Gloucester Devils
2017 Cambridge Turbos 6-5 Atlantic Attack
2018 Atlantic Attack 5-3 Edmonton WAM!
2019 Calgary RATH 5-3 Atlantic Attack
2022 Calgary RATH - Edmonton WAM!

Records

  • All records are from 2011 playoffs.
  • Stats updated as of end of 2018 playoffs.

Playoffs appearance

TeamAppearanceKnockout stageElite Eight[2][3]SemifinalFinal[2]
Atlantic Attack 745(3)02(2)
BC Thunder[4] 422(2)11(0)
Edmonton Black Gold Rush 222(0)00(0)
Bourassa Royal 440(0)00(0)
Calgary RATH 808(8)21(0)
Cambridge Turbos 828(6)55(2)
Edmonton WAM! 616(5)32(1)
Gatineau Fusion 551(0)00(0)
Gloucester Devils 775(0)11(1)
Lac St. Louis Adrenaline 220(0)00(0)
Manitoba Intact 221(0)00(0)
Manitoba Jets[5] 101(1)00(0)
Montréal Mission 837(5)01(1)
Ottawa Ice 886(0)31(0)
Prairie Fire[5] 303(3)01(1)
Quebec City Cyclones[6] 331(0)00(0)
Richmond Hill Lighting 887(0)11(0)
Rive-Sud Révolution 550(0)00(0)
Waterloo Wildfire 663(0)10(0)
Whitby Wild[5] 110(0)00(0)

Team records

  • The overtime loss(es) will be counted as OTL in team records but not in final game records.
TeamGPWLOTLSL
Atlantic Attack 46202510
BC Thunder 2211920
Black Gold Rush 2051500
Bourassa Royal 102701
Calgary RATH 61322720
Cambridge Turbos 72531630
Edmonton WAM! 50321620
Gatineau Fusion 91800
Gloucester Devils 62283130
Lac St.Louis Adrenaline 51400
Manitoba Intact 114610
Manitoba Jets 70601
Montréal Mission 57282720
Ottawa Ice 63372600
Prairie Fire 159510
Quebec City Cyclones 134900
Richmond Hill Lighting 69392811
Rive Sud Revolution 1111000
Waterloo Wildfire 39152310

Final game record

TeamGPWL[7]%Most recent appearancesMost recent titles
Calgary RATH 22019
Atlantic Attack 211.50020182018
BC Thunder[8] 1101.00020122012
Cambridge Turbos 532.60020172017
Calgary RATH 1101.00020132013
Edmonton WAM! 211.50020182011
Gloucester Devils 101.0002016Never
Montréal Mission 101.0002012Never
Ottawa Ice 1101.00020142014
Prairie Fire 101.0002013Never
Richmond Hill Lighting 101.0002015Never

Notes and references

  1. "Stinger Sports Ringette Equipment | About Ringette". stingersports.ca. Stinger Sports. 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. The number in parentheses means the team clinched this round directly as a seed.
  3. Ten teams participated in Elite Eight in 2011 playoffs.
  4. Include one season as LMRL Thunder
  5. Defunct team
  6. Inactive team
  7. This includes overtime loss(es).
  8. As LMRL Thunder
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