The History . . .
The Whitecaps were part of the Western Women’s Hockey League (WWHL) 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.
The Whitecaps took three regular season championships in the WWHL, 2008–09, 2009–10, and 2010–11, qualifying to participate in the Clarkson Cup tournament for the Canadian women’s ice hockey championships against teams from the Canadian Women’s Hockey League.
During the qualifying WWHL rounds 2008–09, the Whitecaps won the semifinal match 4–0 over the Edmonton Chimos. The next day, the Whitecaps defeated the Calgary Oval X-Treme by the score of 2–0 in the championship match in Calgary. During the 2009 Clarkson Cup, the Whitecaps upset both the Brampton Thunder and the Calgary Oval X-Treme. The Whitecaps then played in the final match of the tournament but lost by a score of 3–1 to the Montreal Stars, who would take home the Clarkson Cup.
The following season, 2009–10, the Whitecaps took the WWHL Championship. The first match of the WWHL qualifying round took place on February 5, 2010, at the Minnesota Pagel Ice Arena and the Whitecaps defeated the Strathmore Rockies by a score of 6–3. During the second match on February 6 at Victory Memorial Ice Arena, the Whitecaps beat Strathmore by a score of 4–1. The third match on February 7 at the Graham Arena, Strathmore won 4–3 over the Whitecaps. The Whitecaps 2–1 record advanced the team to the 2010 Clarkson Cup tournament in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Whitecaps beat the Brampton Thunder 4–0 in final game and won their only Clarkson Cup.