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The Minnesota Whitecaps are a professional women's ice hockey team. The team play its home games in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota area. The Whitecaps do not have a home rink, and so must reach out to Minnesota youth hockey programs that can either afford to buy ice time at rinks suitable for Whitecaps home games or have had that ice time donated to them. In exchange, the Whitecaps use part of that ice time to put on clinics for the youth players, who receive free tickets to the games and whose hockey associations receive 100 percent of the proceeds from ticket sales. Some programs have raised more than $1,500 in a single night from the arrangement.〔Andrew Baker, Whitecaps have talent but lack cash, http://www.mndaily.com/2010/10/12/whitecaps-talent-exceeds-cash, Mndaily.com, october 12 2010.〕 The team is currently independent, following the dissolution of the Western Women's Hockey League in the early 2010s. The team is playing games against teams in the National Women's Hockey League but is not an official member of that league.〔http://www.mnwhitecaps.com/news_article/show/561081?referrer_id=643054〕 The Whitecaps have also 2 junior teams: U19 and U17.〔http://www.minnesotawhitecaps.com/jr-whitecaps/jr-whitecaps-blue-u-19/〕〔http://www.minnesotawhitecaps.com/jr-whitecaps/jr-whitecaps-silver-u17/〕 ==History== The Whitecaps had been part of the Western Women's Hockey League from the fall of 2004 until the summer of 2006. In July 2006 it was announced that team along with other WWHL teams would be joining the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) for the 2006-07 season. However, this was short lived as the NWHL and WWHL could not reach an agreement upon a playoff schedule. As a result, the merger was not consummated. With the collapse of the NWHL in the summer of 2007, the Western Women's Hockey League was a completely independent league.〔Pat Borzi, Women Pay for a Chance to Play, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/sports/hockey/26ice.html?_r=1, NY Times in January 26, 2007〕 The Whitecaps takes gains 3 championships during the regulars seasons WWHL: 2008-09, 2009–10 and 2010-11. During the qualifying WWHL rounds 2008-09, in March 7, 2009, Minnesota Whitecaps take gain the semi-final match 4-0 against Edmonton Chimos. The next day, the Whitecaps overcome Calgary Oval X-Treme by the score of 2-0 in the championship match in Calgary. During the 2009 Clarkson Cup, Whitecaps surprises against Brampton Thunder and Calgary Oval X-Treme. Whitecaps goes then to finale match of the Clarkson Cup but are undone 3-1 by the Montreal Stars who take win the Clarkson Cup.〔( Montreal wins first Clarkson Cup )〕 The following season, 2009–10, the Whitecaps take gain again of the WWHL Championship. The first match of the WWHL qualifying round takes place on Friday, February 5, 2010 in Minnesota Pagel Ice Arena and Whitecaps beats Strathmore Rockies by the score of 6-3.〔(Minnesota Whitecaps clinch WWHL Championship Minnesota Whitecaps clinch WWHL Championship )〕 During the second match, held on Saturday, February 6 the Victory Memorial Ice Arena, Whitecaps beats Strathmore in the account 4-1.〔(Minnesota Whitecaps clinch WWHL Championship Minnesota Whitecaps clinch WWHL Championship )〕 The third match held on Sunday, February 7, to the Graham Arena sees Strathmore winning just 4-3 on Whitecaps.〔(Minnesota Whitecaps clinch WWHL Championship Minnesota Whitecaps clinch WWHL Championship )〕 These two victories in three matches give to Whitecaps the championship of the league and the invaluable ticket for the 2010 Clarkson Cup tournament at Richmond Hill, Ontario, (March 26 to 28).〔(Minnesota Whitecaps clinch WWHL Championship Minnesota Whitecaps clinch WWHL Championship )〕 Whitecaps stands out from it big winners of the tournament and beat 4-0 Brampton Thunder in finale match ( March 28)〔 ( Minnesota wins Clarkson Cup )〕.〔(Dan Robson, CBC-sport.ca, Minnesota Whitecaps capture Clarkson Cup )〕 It is the only conquest of the Clarkson Cup by Minnesota Whitecaps.〔(Minnesota Whitecaps: Clarkson Cup Champions )〕 The route of Whitecaps in the 2011 Clarkson Cup is more difficult. Every qualified team has to meet 3 other teams in a phase of group and both better are in confrontation in the match of finale on March 27, 2011. Now Whitecaps knows the defeat in each of their 3 matches of group and are eliminated〔( Montreal opens Clarkson Cup with win )〕〔(Locals chase Cup dream )〕.〔(Kirk powers Brampton past Minnesota at Clarkson Cup )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minnesota Whitecaps」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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