2016–17 CWHL season
The 2016 Commissioners Trophy winning Canadiennes de Montreal took on the Brampton Thunder during opening weekend.The defending Clarkson Cup champion Calgary Inferno played their first game of the season on October 22, as they hosted the Brampton Thunder.Ottawa's Canadian Tire Centre was the host venue for the Clarkson Cup finals for the second consecutive year.[4] The CWHL All-Star Game was held at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on February 11, 2017.Jess Jones of the Brampton Thunder and Jillian Saulnier of the Calgary Inferno both scored a hat trick as members of Team White,[5] becoming the first competitors in CWHL All-Star Game history to achieve the feat.