The championship game can be seen live on TSN Friday evening beginning at
Complete coverage of the Male hockey portion of the Canada Winter Games can be found here or by visiting the official Canada Winter Games site at www.2007canadagames.ca.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Update on the Boys
Congratulations to the Team Manitoba Male Under-17 team, who have reached the finals at the Canada Winter Games! The boys will face off against Team Ontario. Their semi-final victory over Alberta on Wednesday guaranteed them their highest finish ever as well as securing them their first medal since a Bronze in 1991 (a team which included current Team Manitoba Female Under-18 Head Coach Peter Woods as an Assistant Coach).
The championship game can be seen live on TSN Friday evening beginning at9:30 PM CST.
The championship game can be seen live on TSN Friday evening beginning at
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
How We Got Here
For many of the players on the team, the process to be a part of Team Manitoba started over a year ago with each player attending one of 5 regional try out camps throughout the province in early February. From there the top 136 players were selected to attend the Program of Excellence Spring Evaluation tournament in April at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. The players were split onto eight teams and competed in a tournament format all vying for one of 40 spots in the Summer Camp.
The Coaching Staff and Evaluators selected a list of 4 goalies, 12 defensemen and 24 forwards from the tournament to attend the Summer Evaluation Camp in Brandon in late June. It was a very competitive and grueling process for all of the athletes involved as they fought to be a part of the evaluation roster. Some tough decisions were made as the staff whittled the list down to 26 players.
The 26 player Evaluation Roster then took part in two tournaments in late September and early October. The first tournament was the University of Manitoba Bison Pre-Season Invitational. The team opened with a loss to the Shattuck St. Mary's Sabres before following that up with victories over Team Saskatchewan and the University of Manitoba to earn a rematch in the Championship final against Shattuck. The tone in the rematch was quite different with Team Manitoba ultimately avenging their earlier loss with a 4-3 overtime victory.
The following weekend the team headed down to Grand Forks, North Dakota for the University of North Dakota Sioux-per Series. This was the final opportunity for players to make an impression on the coaching staff and some nervous performances early on led to Team Manitoba dropping their first two games before steadying the ship and finishing off with three straight victories.
Following the conclusion of the tournament the coaching staff selected the final 20 player roster. The team has gotten together over the past few months to practice as well as played a pair of exhibition games. The team posted a dominant victory over the Notre Dame Hounds as well as playing an excellent game against the Winnipeg Bantam AAA Sharks, losing by a 3-0 margin.
The final preparations for the team take place next Thursday and Friday, March 1st and 2nd as they practice in Winnipeg before flying out to Whitehorse.
You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. - Wayne Gretzky
The Coaching Staff and Evaluators selected a list of 4 goalies, 12 defensemen and 24 forwards from the tournament to attend the Summer Evaluation Camp in Brandon in late June. It was a very competitive and grueling process for all of the athletes involved as they fought to be a part of the evaluation roster. Some tough decisions were made as the staff whittled the list down to 26 players.
The 26 player Evaluation Roster then took part in two tournaments in late September and early October. The first tournament was the University of Manitoba Bison Pre-Season Invitational. The team opened with a loss to the Shattuck St. Mary's Sabres before following that up with victories over Team Saskatchewan and the University of Manitoba to earn a rematch in the Championship final against Shattuck. The tone in the rematch was quite different with Team Manitoba ultimately avenging their earlier loss with a 4-3 overtime victory.
The following weekend the team headed down to Grand Forks, North Dakota for the University of North Dakota Sioux-per Series. This was the final opportunity for players to make an impression on the coaching staff and some nervous performances early on led to Team Manitoba dropping their first two games before steadying the ship and finishing off with three straight victories.
Following the conclusion of the tournament the coaching staff selected the final 20 player roster. The team has gotten together over the past few months to practice as well as played a pair of exhibition games. The team posted a dominant victory over the Notre Dame Hounds as well as playing an excellent game against the Winnipeg Bantam AAA Sharks, losing by a 3-0 margin.
The final preparations for the team take place next Thursday and Friday, March 1st and 2nd as they practice in Winnipeg before flying out to Whitehorse.
You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. - Wayne Gretzky
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Welcome!
Welcome to the Team Manitoba Female Under-18 hockey team blog! This site will profile Team Manitoba's journey at the Canada Winter Games. The Games run from February 23 - March 10, 2007 in Whitehorse, Yukon. The Female hockey portion takes place in Week Two. Team Manitoba will depart on Friday, March 2nd and will see their first action on Monday, March 5th as they take on the Northwest Territories to open the tournament. Keep checking back to the site for frequent updates from players and staff leading up to and throughout the games.
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