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Cambridge Turbos

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Cambridge Turbos
NicknameTurbos
CityCambridge, Ontario
LeagueNational Ringette League
ConferenceEastern
DivisionRed
Founded2003
Home arenaHespeler Memorial Arena
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Head coachScott Borland
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Websitecambridgeringette.ca
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Championships
NRL Titles6 (2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Ringette World Club Championship1 (2008)
Current season

The Cambridge Turbos is a ringette team in the National Ringette League (NRL) competing in the Eastern Conference's Red Division. Founded in 2003, the is team based in Cambridge, Ontario. The Turbos home arena is the Hespeler Memorial Arena, a facility which is a twin sheet arena with two Olympic-sized sheets of ice.

History

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The team was founded in 2003 at the same time as the NRL was being established. The Turbos have played in the league since its inaugural season in 2003–04. The Turbos won their first national championship in the Open Division of the 2006 Canadian Ringette Championships (CRC).

Starting in 2008, the NRL had its own division at the annual CRC, with the winner being awarded the Jeanne Sauvé Memorial Cup as the senior national champion. The Turbos won back-to-back championships in 2008 and 2009, and became the first NRL team to win three consecutive championships, doing so from 2015 to 2017.[1] The team lost only three times en route to the 2015 title.[2] The Turbos came close to a fourth consecutive title in 2018, but settled for the bronze medal in 3rd place.[3] With 6 national titles, the Turbos are the most successful NRL team. Cambridge also hosted the CRC in 2011.[4] The Turbos won the inaugural Ringette World Club Championship in 2008 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,[5] defeating the Finnish club Luvia in the final by a score of 6–3.[6][7] The Turbos also competed at the 2011 Club Championship.[8]

Many members of the Turbos have played for Team Canada at the World Ringette Championships, including Tatum Allen, Katherine Shaughnessy, and Erika Neubrand most recently in 2022;[9] Canada won the silver.

The Cambridge Turbos were named after a Turbos player's long-haired Syrian hamster named, "Turbo" (representative image only)

The team name pre-dates the Turbos NRL team, and originated with a Cambridge U-12 team in 1988. The name came from squad member Corina Harris' pet hamster, Turbo, who became the team's unofficial mascot. Soon, the Cambridge ringette program adopted the name for all of its teams, as did the senior Turbos as they entered the NRL. Harris' father, who coached the team, also started a "Turbo Charge" cheer, which has continued.[10]

The Turbos were featured on an episode of the Rick Mercer Report in 2009 called "Ringette Night In Canada."[11] The episode included coverage of a NRL game between the Turbos and the now-defunct Gloucester Devils.

Regular season records

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The Turbos currently competed in the Red Division of the NRL's Eastern Conference along with the Nepean Ravens, Waterloo Wildfire, and Gatineau Fusion. The Conference also has a White Division featuring the Montréal Mission, the Rive-Sud Révolution, and the Atlantic Attack. The Western Conference features six teams: the BC Thunder, Calgary RATH, Edmonton WAM!, Edmonton Black Gold, Saskatchewan Heat, and Manitoba Herd.

Season GP W L T Pts GF GA Standings
2019–20 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22 18 11 7 0 20 109 83 4th
2022–23 26 6 20 0 12 136 175 12th

Rosters

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Current roster

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The Cambridge Turbos compete in the 2022–23 NRL season.[12]

(* = AP)

2022–23 Cambridge Turbos
Prov #[13][14] Player Pos
Ontario Taylor Campbell
Ontario Christyn Oda
Ontario Madison Sunseth
Ontario Ayton Johnston
Ontario Katharine Shaughnessy
Ontario Sydney Nosal
Ontario Paige Lanteigne
Ontario Miranda Anderson
Ontario Sheri Adams
Ontario Kaitlyn McGillen
Ontario Avery Riley McKay
Ontario Erika Neubrand
Ontario Samantha Tracey
Ontario Melissa Breslin
Ontario Sarah Pedersen
Ontario *Rachel Bettke
Ontario *Jace Cormier
Ontario *Claire Lodge

2013–14 season roster

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2013–14 Cambridge Turbos
Prov No Player Pos S/C Age Hometown
Ontario 1 Meghan Pittaway G L 25 Cambridge, ON
Ontario 3 Melissa Findlay D L 26 Oshawa, ON
Ontario 4 Taylor Campbell F L 19 Tillsonburg, ON
Ontario 7 Kayla Albert (DAP) F L 19 Cambridge, ON
Ontario 8 Jennifer Gaudet C R 33 Cambridge, ON
Ontario 9 Megan Hinde (DAP) F R 19 Paris, ON
Ontario 10 Jenna Dupuis D L 20 Whitby, ON
British Columbia 11 Kacy Hannesson D R 21 Langley, BC
Ontario 12 Sydney Granger D L 20 Dorchester, ON
Ontario 13 Kaitlyn Richardson (AP) F R 21 Guelph, ON
Ontario 14 Jessica Purbrick (DAP) D R 18 Cambridge, ON
Ontario 15 Stacey Richards D R 19 Mississauga, ON
Ontario 16 Brittany Walden C L 27 Kitchener, ON
Ontario 17 Jessica Walden F L 27 Kitchener, ON
Ontario 18 Jacqueline Gaudet F R 31 Cambridge, ON
Ontario 20 Abby Richardson (AP) F L 17 Guelph, ON
Ontario 22 Nadia Barey F R 23 Burlington, ON
Ontario 23 Samantha McCullough F L 19 Courtice, ON
Ontario 35 Jessie Callander G R 20 Mississauga, ON
Ontario 44 Elyssa Jasper F L 25 Ajax, ON

All-time record

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cambridge Turbos make ringette history". Waterloo Region Record. April 4, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via pressreader.
  2. ^ Abbott, Chris (April 15, 2015). "Campbell, Turbos win NRL championship". Norfolk & Tillsonburg News. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Cambridge Turbos win bronze, Waterloo Wildfire fourth". Waterloo Region Record. April 15, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  4. ^ "National Ringette Championships in Cambridge". CTV News. March 30, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  5. ^ Martell-Crocker, Alayne (November 5, 2008). "World's best hit the ice at inaugural world club ringette championship". National Ringette League. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  6. ^ "Cambridge-Luvia final at world club ringette championships". Soo Today. November 7, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  7. ^ Doucet, Bill (November 12, 2008). "Turbos the best in the world". Cambridge Times. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "Turbos power up to defend world title". Waterloo Region Record. December 2, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  9. ^ Shetty, Aastha (October 26, 2022). "3 Cambridge Turbos off to Finland to play for Canada's junior national ringette team". CBC News. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  10. ^ Corina Harris (2017). "The Story Behind The Cambridge Turbos Name". cbridge.ca. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  11. ^ Rick Mercer Report (March 4, 2009). "RMR: Ringette Night in Canada". YouTube. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  12. ^ "THEY'RE BACK! NRL IS BACK". ringetteontariogames.com. Ringette Ontario. November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  13. ^ "THEY'RE BACK! NRL IS BACK". ringetteontariogames.com. Ringette Ontario. November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  14. ^ "NRL – Cambridge Ringette Association". cambridgeringette.ca. Cambridge Ringette Association. 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
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