With the announcement of their official 26-player roster earlier this week, the Calgary Inferno are heading into the 2016-17 season with a new objective: to solidify their place as the elite team in the CWHL.
The Inferno earned that title with their commanding 8-3 win in the Clarkson Cup Final over Les Canadiennes de Montreal in March. The romp came as a surprise not just to Les Canadiennes (who had been the team to beat heading into the Final), but to many who had been watching both teams all season long. But it's hard to bet against a team as chock-full of Olympians as the Inferno is, and that experience and talent came together at the perfect time.