WOMEN-IN-HOCKEY Digest 101

Topics covered in this issue include:

  1) Team Canada 1996 Roster Announced
	by "Andria L. Hunter" 

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Date: 	Fri, 10 Nov 1995 14:34:29 -0500
From: "Andria L. Hunter" 
To: email@hidden
Subject: Team Canada 1996 Roster Announced
Message-ID: 

Hi there!

Here is the article which was posted to the rec.sport.hockey 
newsgroup by Phil Legault of the CHA (Canadian Hockey Association).

Andria Hunter

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 * Subject: Canadian Women's Team
 * From: email@hidden (plegault)
 * Date: 10 Nov 1995 13:38:36 GMT

Wednesday, November 8, 1995

CANADIAN WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM NAMED FOR 1996 PACIFIC RIM CHAMPIONSHIP

OTTAWA - Canadian Hockey announced today the coaching staff and team that would 
represent Canada at the 1996 IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship next April 
in Vancouver.

Head coach Shannon Miller of Calgary will lead the best 20 players in Canada 
today to the Women's Pacific Rim Championship along with assistants Mel Davidson, 
also of Calgary, and Karen Hughes of Agincourt, Ont.

Canadian Hockey held a first evaluation camp for the national women's team 
program for 53 invited players just north of Toronto in mid-October.  
"The camp really showed us the depth of talent that Canada has in women's 
hockey," says Bob Nicholson, Canadian Hockey senior vice-president of hockey 
operations.

"We had a tough time in cutting down the group to a roster of 20 players 
for the 1996 Pacific Women's Rim Championship.  There were some very hard 
decisions that had to be made."

Shannon Miller, five-year veteran of the national program, hopes she 
can provide the team with some of the leadership necessary to keep the 
Canadian national women's team moving forward.  "I have been fortunate 
to work with the last two world championship teams, the last one as an 
assistant, but I believe my biggest test so far was at last year's Pacific 
Women's Rim Championship," says Miller.

"With 16 rookies and two new assistant coaches, we still passed the test 
with a gold medal in the final against the United States."

Looking to the future of the national women's team, Miller sees the need 
to move on.  "For the past two years, we've been evaluating and initiating 
players at an introductory level," adds Miller.  "We're now going to take 
these players to the next level of preparation for international games.

"We've had the chance to decide on the type of team we want and which 
players we want to fill those roles."  The type of player Miller looks 
for is one that combines size and strength with skating abilities for the 
international game, and its open-ice brand of hockey, and a player that 
can read and react to the flow of the game.

The former Calgary police officer will oversee the whole plan for the 
1996 team, but she has strong support from Mel Davidson providing player 
evaluation, scouting, and video, and Karen Hughes playing a strong technical 
role, and preparing the on ice practice plans.

The 1996 Canadian Pacific Rim team includes goalkeeper Manon Rhˇaume, 
and three-time gold medalists Angela James, France St-Louis, Judy Diduck, 
Geraldine Heaney, and Stacy Wilson.

Team Canada's 1996 roster is as follows:

Goalkeepers (2) - Danielle Dube, Vancouver; Manon Rhˇaume, Charlesbourg, Que.

Defence (6) - Therese Brisson, Fredericton, N.B.; Cassie Campbell, 
Brampton, Ont.; Judy Diduck, Sherwood Park, Alta.; Rebecca Fahey, 
Sackville, N.B.; Geraldine Heaney, Weston, Ont.; Fiona Smith, Edmonton.

Forwards (12) -Nancy Deschamps, Montreal; Nancy Drolet, Drummondville, Que.; 
Lori Dupuis, Williamstown, Ont.; Danielle Goyette, St. Nazaire, Que.; 
Marianne Grnak, Richmond Hill, Ont.; Angela James, Thornhill, Ont.; 
Luce Letendre, Brossard, Que.; Karen Nystrom, Scarborough, Ont.; 
Laura Schuler, Scarborough, Ont.; France St. Louis, St. Hubert, Que.; 
Hayley Wickenheiser, Calgary; Stacy Wilson, Moncton, N.B.

Coaching Staff - Head coach: Shannon Miller, Calgary; and, 
Assistant coaches:  Melody Davidson, Castor, Alta.; Karen Hughes, Agincourt, Ont.

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