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The 1996 All Star Game of the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League will be held on Thursday, March 7 at Chedoke Twin-Pad Arena in Hamilton. Game time is 8:00 p.m.
The legendary North York Aeros, Ontario's 1996 Senior "AA" champions, will meet an all-star team made up of players from the other five teams in the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League.
Senior "AA" is the highest division in the Ontario Women's Hockey Association, and the highest calibre of play in the world. (It is from this level that players are chosen for Canada's National Team.) The Central Ontario Women's Hockey League is made up of the only six teams in Ontario designated Senior "AA": North York Aeros, Toronto Red Wings, Peterborough Skyway, London Devilettes, Mississauga Chiefs, and Hamilton Golden Hawks.
The League All Star Game is an annual showcase of the best female hockey talent in Ontario. It is a demonstration of the female game played at its highest calibre: clean, fast, skilful hockey in which body contact is permitted but intentional body-checking is not allowed.
The Olympic rink (blue) at Chedoke Twin-Pad Arena is an ideal venue for the game. Fans will be able to watch the game from the comfort of armchair seats and the players will have plenty of room on the ice in which to demonstrate their fine skills.
North York Aeros will represent Ontario at the National Women's Hockey Championship in Moncton, N.B. March 21 to 24. Proceeds from the All-Star Game will help to defray their travel costs for that event.
Interest in Female Hockey has been growing at a rapidly increasing rate since the announcement of its inclusion as a medal sport in the Winter Olympics, beginning in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. The 1997 World Women's Hockey Championship in Kitchener will be a qualifier for the Olympics. Both events are bound to include many of the players taking part in the C.O.W.H.L. All-Star game.
The March 7 game will be an ideal opportunity for hockey fans to get to know the stars and future stars of this very popular spectator sport. Admission rates are $4 for adults, $2 for ages 12 to 18 and seniors 65 and over, and free admission for children under 12. Tickets may be purchased in advance at all Hamilton Golden Hawks home games, Thursdays at 8 p.m. at Chedoke Twin Pad Arena.
Background information about the league and the players in the March 7 game is available upon request.
For more information, call Bev Mallory, 905-664-6049, or Cathy Phillips, 905-525-3043.
Here are the rosters for the North York Aeros, and for the All-Star Team.
1 Jen Dewar 31 Joan McDonnell (Team USA 1987)
9 Justine Blainey 10 Kelly Smith 11 Cheryl Pounder (Team Canada 1994) 21 Nathalie Rivard (Team Canada 1992) 91 Geraldine Heaney (Team Canada 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996)
2 Cindy Cryderman 4 Erin Rourke 6 Amy Turek 16 Marianne Grnak (Team Canada 1994, 1995, 1996) 17 Lisa Hanlon 33 Amanda Benoit 44 Sommer West 55 Stephanie Kay 64 Karen Spence 71 Sari Krooks (Team Finland 1990, 1992, 1994)
The Provincial Champions North York Aeros will enhance their team with these players for the All Star game and while at the National Women's Hockey Championship in Moncton, New Brunswick, March 21 to 24, 1996:
From the Hamilton Golden Hawks
25 Kira Misikowetz 4 Lorna MacKendrick
From the London Devilettes
12 Linda Coulter 22 Melissa Laviolette
From the Mississauga Chiefs
8 Carol Cooper 12 Jenny Pettersen 18 Margot Page (Team Canada 1990, 1992, 1994) 25 Liz Duval 31 Stephanie Slade
From the Peterborough Skyway
9 Heidi Scrivanich 12 Kelly Sage 14 Michelle Rosenberg 87 Heather Richardson
From the Toronto Red Wings
8 Angela James (Team Canada 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996) 15 Karen Nystrom (Team Canada 1992, 1994, 1996) 22 Stephanie Boyd (Team USA 1994, 1995) 29 Brenda Denault 44 Laurie Taylor-Bolton
For players stats check out the All-Star Game Stats Page
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