CWHL: Les Canadiennes at Brampton Thunder series preview

Les Canadiennes have a new captain, and new hopes for a return to the Clarkson Cup for a third straight year after two straight losses in the final. The core of their returns and should be in place as they take on the Brampton Thunder (0-1-1) in Brampton this weekend.

The last time these two teams played it was a frenzied, playoff atmosphere with physicality and great hockey. Montreal scored two goals in the final minutes and won in a shootout in the first game, and the second game was a hard fought 5-2 win.

Montreal won five of the six games they played but this year Brampton comes in with the goal of making the Clarkson Cup final that just eluded them. They were the only team to beat both…