The Clarkson Cup is an ice hockey trophy that serves as the women's hockey equivalent of the Stanley Cup. Like the Stanley Cup, it was created by and named for a Governor General of Canada, in this case, the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (French: ) is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional hockey league in Canada and the United States. ... The Governor General of Canada (French: Gouverneure générale du Canada or Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative in Canada of the Canadian Monarch, who is Canadas Head of State; Canada is one of sixteen Commonwealth realms, all of which share a single... Adrienne Louise Clarkson (née Poy) (Chinese: ; pinyin: , Hakka: Ńg Pên-kî, Cantonese: Ng5 Bing1 zi1), PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, LL.D (born February 10, 1939) is an accomplished Canadian journalist. ...

History

With the 2004-05 NHL season cancelled because of lockout, the Stanley Cup, for the first time since the Spanish Flu pandemic, would not be awarded. Governor General Adrienne Clarkson proposed in February 2005 that, since the Stanley Cup was to be awarded to the best professional hockey team of the year, it should be awarded to the best women's hockey team, as they were still playing. However, fans of both the men's and women's games did not like the idea, with many preferring the creation of a new trophy for professional women's hockey supremacy. The 2004-05 NHL season would have been the 88th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Chart of deaths in major cities The 1918 flu pandemic, commonly referred to as the Spanish flu, was a category 5 influenza pandemic between 1918 and 1920 caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1. ... February 2005 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Pope John Paul II is taken to a hospital suffering from a serious case of influenza. ...

On September 14, 2005, Clarkson announced the creation of a new trophy for women's hockey. The Clarkson Cup, like the Stanley Cup, is made of silver, with the design honours going to Nunavut Arctic College in Iqaluit. The cup itself is small, not much larger than mugs most people use for coffee. September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nunavut Arctic College is funded by the Government of Nunavut and has several campuses and centres spread out throughout Nunavut, Canada. ... Governing Body Iqaluit Municipal Council Location Land area 52. ...

The trophy was first awarded to the Canadian national women's hockey team on July 10, 2006. It is expected that the cup will eventually be contested as the championship of the National Women's Hockey League, the top women's league in Canada. However, the high travel costs between western Canada and eastern Canada for women's teams (which led to the Calgary Oval X-Treme and Edmonton Chimos to break away from the NWHL for two seasons — 2004–2005 and 2005–2006 — and form the Western Women's Hockey League) may preclude the trophy from being contested in a one-on-one finals series, akin to the Stanley Cup Finals, at the present time. It is expected that a Clarkson Cup tournament may involve more than two teams, similar to how the Memorial Cup or the Esso Women's Nationals tournament is presently organized. The Canadian national womens ice hockey team is controlled by Hockey Canada. ... July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The National Womens Hockey League (NWHL) is the highest level of womens ice hockey in the world. ... The Calgary Oval X-Treme are an ice hockey team in the Western Womens Hockey League. ... The Edmonton Chimos are an ice hockey team in the National Womens Hockey League. ... The Western Womens Hockey League (WWHL) is one of two womens hockey leagues in Canada. ... The Memorial Cup is the championship trophy of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). ... The Esso Womens Nationals is the Canadian womens senior ice hockey championship, established in 1982. ...

Champions

See also: Stanley Cup Challenge Games

Canadian silversmith Beth M. Biggs was commissioned to make the Clarkson Cup. She designed and build the sterling trophy and collaborated with 3 Inuit artists, Okpik Pitseolak, Therese Ukaliannuk and Pootoogook Qiatsuk. The Inuit artists designed some of the decoration on the cup. There are images of Sedna, arctic animals, ancient masks, and the flowers of the provinces and territories of Canada. // This is a list of Stanley Cup Challenge Games from 1893 to 1914. ... The Canadian national womens ice hockey team is controlled by Hockey Canada. ... Melody Davidson is the current head coach of the Canadian national womens hockey team. ... The Swedish national womens ice hockey team or Damkronorna is controlled by Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. ... Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy. ... In Inuit mythology, Sedna (Inuktitut Sanna, ᓴᓐᓇ) is a sea goddess and master of the animals, especially mammals such as seals, of the ocean. ...

External links

• Women to skate after Clarkson Cup (TSN)
• Governor general creates 'Clarkson Cup' (CBC)
• Clarkson donates trophy to women's hockey (TSN)