Monday, October 30, 2017
Hanna Bunton Makes History
Hanna makes history in CWHL
Hanna Bunton (Hockey Canada photo)
Belleville's Hanna Bunton has earned a place in the Canadian Women's Hockey League recordbook.
Bunton scored the historic first goal — the game-winner — for the Vanke Rays in their inaugural contest in the CWHL last weekend, a 3-0 win over the Toronto Furies at the MasterCard Centre in Toronto.
Bunton added an assist and was named First Star.
Bunton also had a goal for Vanke in the weekend rematch, a 3-2 Toronto victory.
The St. Theresa graduate and former Ivy League standout at Cornell University is one of a handful of Canadian and American players on the rosters of two CWHL expansion teams from China — Vanke and the Kunlun Red Star.
Other teams in the CWHL are Montreal Canadiennes, Calgary Inferno, Markham Thunder and Boston Blades. Teams play a 30-game regular season and Montreal leads the current standings with a 4-and-0 record, followed by Calgary (3-1).
The unique expansion to China by the professional CWHL was announced in June, with the two new entries playing five groups of road games in North America during the 2017-18 season. Each North American-based team will make one road trip to China.
The expansion is intended to help increase the development of the Chinese women's hockey program in preparation for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
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