Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CANADA=92S_NATIONAL_WOMEN=92S_TEAM_COACHING_?= STAFF NAMED
> June 22, 2000
>NR050.00
>
> CANADA=92S NATIONAL WOMEN=92S TEAM COACHING STAFF NAMED FOR
> THE 2002 WINTER OLYMPICS IN SALT LAKE CITY
>
> CALGARY, AB - Danièle Sauvageau has been named full-time
head coach
>of Canada=92s National Women=92s Olympic Team through the 2002
Winter Olympic
>Games in Salt Lake City, USA, the Canadian Hockey Association
announced
>Thursday.
>
> Sauvageau was an assistant coach for Canada=92s Olympic Team at
the
>1998 Winter Olympics and an assistant at the 1997 Women=92s World
Hockey
>Championship. She was head coach at the 1999 Women=92s World
Hockey
>Championship in Finland, where Canada won gold. This past
season, Sauvageau
>became the first-ever woman coach in the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League,
>as she was an assistant coach with the Montreal Rocket.
>
> Melody Davidson, of Oyen, AB and Wally Kozak, of Wadena, SK
were
>named as Sauvageau=92s assistant coaches, and will join her to
form the
>Olympic coaching staff for the next two seasons.
>
> Sauvageau, of Deux-Montagnes, QC becomes the second-ever
full-time
>head coach of Canada=92s Women's Olympic Team. She will begin her
duties
>immediately and will work from both her home in Montreal and
from the CHA
>office in Calgary over the course of the 2000-2001 season. As
per CHA
>policy, terms of her contract were not released.
>
> ''I am thrilled about my appointment as head coach of
Canada=92s
>National Women's Team for the 2002 Winter Olympics,'' said
Sauvageau. ''I
>look forward to two exciting years ahead for the coaching staff
and the
>challenge of representing our country at these major
competitions. I am
>especially appreciative of the support of my employer, the
Montreal Urban
>Community Police Service, in my coaching career. ''
>
> Davidson was the head coach of the National Women=92s Team this
past
>year, guiding the Team to a sixth consecutive title at the 2000
Women=92s
>World Hockey Championship. Davidson is currently the head
coach of the
>Women=92s Program at Connecticut College. Kozak was an assistant
with Team
>Canada in 1999-2000 and runs the Oval X-Treme Women=92s Hockey
Program in
>Calgary, AB. Both assistant coaches will be part-time for the
2000-2001
>season and then will become full-time for the 2001-2002
season.
>
> The three coaches were selected following a thorough
selection
>process conducted by the National Women=92s Team Policy Committee.
The
>committee included the following CHA representatives: Tom
Renney,
>Vice-president, Hockey, Denis Hainault, Director, High
Performance, René
>Marcil, Officer-at-large, CHA and Byron Stephen, Chair of the CHA=
Female
>Council.
>
> ''Canada's National Women's team has fashioned a highly=
impressive
>record over the years and Danièle Sauvageau has been a=
central part of
>that,'' said Renney. ''She has done an outstanding job and,=
clearly, we
>believe she is the best choice to lead our team at the 2001=
World
>Championship and the 2002 Winter Olympics. We feel the combination=
of these
>three people provides Team Canada with outstanding coaching as we=
prepare
>for Salt Lake City.''
>
> ''Danièle has been involved in the women=92s game for a=
number of
>years and has experience both at the Worlds and at the Olympics,''=
said
>Gaëtan Robitaile, General Manager, Women=92s High Performance=
Program. =93I look
>forward to working with the entire coaching staff as we prepare for=
the 2002
>Winter Olympics.=94
>
> Over the next few weeks, the coaching staff and Robitaille=
will
>solidify plans for the 2000-2001 season, which will include games=
in Canada
>and the USA, leading up to the 2001 Women=92s World Hockey=
Championship April
>2-8, 2000 in Minneapolis, USA. The first tour of duty for Sauvageau=
and the
>coaching staff will be the National Women=92s Development Camp=
August 13-21 at
>the Father Bauer Arena in Calgary, AB.
>
> Planning for the 2001-2002 season, reviewing aspects such as
>scheduling and the centralization of players in preparation of the=
2002
>Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA will be finalized by=
Robitaille and
>the coaching staff over the next few months.
>
>For up to date information on Canada=92s National Women=92s Team=
and the
phone/tél.: 1-403-777-3609
>fax/téléc.: 1-403-777-3635
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