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Rosters and single-game tickets announced for 2013 National Women's Under-18 Championship

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October 23, 2013
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CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada, in partnership with Hockey Alberta, Hockey Calgary and Girls Hockey Calgary, announced Wednesday the eight provincial and regional rosters for the 2013 National Women’s Under-18 Championship, taking place Nov. 6-10 at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Canada Olympic Park.

All 22 players who played with Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team and defeated the United States in a three-game series in Lake Placid, N.Y., in August will play at the national championship, including Karly Heffernan (Sherwood Park, Alta./Edge School, JWHL) and Hannah Miller (North Vancouver, B.C./Okanagan Hockey Academy, JWHL), who also helped Canada win gold at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship in Heinola and Vierumäki, Finland, in January.

The 2013 National Women’s Under-18 Championship host committee also announced Wednesday that single-game tickets are now on sale, and can be purchased by clicking HERE. Admission for preliminary round game days is $12 per person, tickets to both placement games and semifinals Saturday, Nov. 9 are $14.50 each and tickets to both the bronze and gold medal games Sunday, Nov. 10 cost $17 each, not including applicable fees. Full event ticket packages are still available for just $60, and include access to all 18 games.

Additionally, Hockey Canada is now offering a special ticket package for $40, which includes tickets to both National Women’s Under-18 Championship medal games, National Women’s Team Midget Series games Jan. 17 and 19, as well as Team Canada’s game against the United States on Dec. 12, all taking place at the Markin MacPhail Centre. Please click HERE to purchase or email [email protected] for more information.

Eight provincial and regional entries will face off at the 2013 National Women’s Under-18 Championship. Defending gold medallist Ontario Blue will play in Group A, along with Team Atlantic, British Columbia and Quebec, while Group B consists of last year’s silver medallist Manitoba, bronze medallist Ontario Red, Alberta and Saskatchewan. All preliminary round games, as well as the semifinals and bronze medal game, will be webcast at hockeycanada.fasthockey.com, while the gold medal game will be broadcast on TSN/RDS, official broadcasters of Hockey Canada.

The 2013 National Women’s Under-18 Championship marks the first time Alberta has hosted the event since its 2001 inception in Trois-Rivières, Que. The National Women’s Under-18 Championship is held annually, although it is replaced by the Canada Winter Games every four years.

This year’s tournament will help celebrate the 25th anniversary of Girls Hockey Calgary, which was established in 1988 by local women’s hockey advocates Suzanne Jackett and Shannon Miller. Miller went on to win a silver medal as head coach of Canada’s National Women’s Team at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.

The 2013 National Women’s Under-18 Championship will bring together the best female hockey players born in 1996 or later. The tournament serves as an important platform for Hockey Canada scouts, led by general manager of National Women’s Team programs Melody Davidson, who will evaluate candidates for the Canadian contingent that will compete at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship in Budapest, Hungary in March.

A number of Canadian women’s hockey stars have competed at the National Women’s Under-18 Championship, including players who are now centralized in Calgary with Canada’s National Women’s Team in preparation for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

  • Meghan Agosta-Marciano (Jan. 2005 – Ontario Red)
  • Gillian Apps (2001 – Ontario Red)
  • Vicki Bendus (Jan. 2005 – Ontario Blue; Nov. 2005 – Ontario Red)
  • Courtney Birchard (Nov. 2005 – Ontario Red)
  • Bailey Bram (2007 – Manitoba)
  • Mélodie Daoust (2007, 2008, 2009 – Quebec)
  • Laura Fortino (2007, 2008 – Ontario Red)
  • Haley Irwin (Jan. 2005 – Ontario Red)
  • Brianne Jenner (Nov. 2005 – Ontario Blue; 2007, 2008 – Ontario Red)
  • Rebecca Johnston (Nov. 2005 – Ontario Red)
  • Jocelyne Larocque (Jan. 2005, Nov. 2005 – Manitoba)
  • Marie-Philip Poulin (Nov. 2005, 2007, 2008 – Quebec)
  • Lauriane Rougeau (Nov. 2005, 2007 – Quebec)
  • Natalie Spooner (Nov. 2005, 2007 – Ontario Red)
  • Jennifer Wakefield (Jan. 2005, Nov. 2005 – Ontario Red)
  • Catherine Ward (Jan. 2005 – Quebec)
  • Tara Watchorn (2007 – Ontario Red)

NOTE TO MEDIA: Please contact Kristen Lipscombe, Hockey Canada’s coordinator of communications, for any National Women’s Under-18 Championship interview requests at (403) 826-4819 or [email protected].

For more information on Girls Hockey Calgary, please visit www.girlshockeycalgary.com; for more information on Hockey Calgary please visit www.hockeycalgary.ca; and for more information on Hockey Alberta, please visit www.hockeyalberta.ca.

For more information on the 2013 National Women’s Under-18 Championship, please visit www.hockeycanada.ca/nwu18c, and follow via social media at www.facebook.com/womensu18 and www.twitter.com/hc_nwu18.

For more information:

Esther Madziya
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 284-6484 

[email protected] 

Spencer Sharkey
Manager, Communications
Hockey Canada

(403) 777-4567

[email protected]

Jeremy Knight
Manager, Corporate Communications
Hockey Canada

(647) 251-9738

[email protected]

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