MONTREAL, QC - The Coaching Association of Canada announced this year's prestigious sport leadership award
recipients on November 2nd, and Danièle Sauvageau, of Deux-Montagnes (QC) has won in the female high
performance category. The CAC also announced that the recipient of the National Sport Administrator Award is
Shelley Williams, of the Middleton (NS) District Minor Hockey Association.
Sauvageau was head coach of Canada's Olympic champion women's national hockey team. She joined the squad
the previous season, taking a sabbatical from her job as a Montreal police officer. She is a NCCP Level 4
hockey coach. Sauvageau was recently appointed as CAC's Official Spokesperson.
Determined to make a difference and to bring about change, Williams became the volunteer president of the
Middleton District Minor Hockey Association. She also handled the secretary's job, was the ice coordinator,
and became coach of the one female team then in Middleton, taking NCCP Level 1 in order to do the job
effectively. Today, the community boasts strong female Pee Wee, Bantam, and Midget divisions, growth that
shows no signs of slowing down.
She also serves as the South Shore Valley regional representative on the Nova Scotia Female Hockey Council
and was the treasurer of the Nova Scotia Bantam/Midget Developmental Female Hockey League in 19.
She was an organizer of the 2001 Midget Provincial Championships and is heavily involved in regional and
national initiatives on female hockey development. In 1997 her valuable contribution was recognized when she
was chosen as her hockey association's Volunteer of the Year.