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2019 BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP March 21-24, 2019 Peace River District Minor Hockey Association North Peace Arena Fort St John BC BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE MIDGET FEMALE BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS Hosted by Peace River District Minor Hockey Association/ The BC Peace Midget Predators Fort St John, BC March 21st to 24th, 2019 “Lead, Develop and Promote Positive Lifelong Hockey Experiences” 2 | P a g e BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE TABLE OF CONTENTS Contact Information Page – 4 General Championship Information Page – 5 Opening/Closing Ceremonies Page - 6 Arena Information Page – 7 Attending Team Requirements Page – 8 Schedule Page – 9 Apparel Page - 10 About Fort St John Page – 11/12 Health Care Facilities Page – 13 Sport Store/Skate Sharpening Page – 14 Area Attractions Page – 15-17 Transportation Information Page – 18 Restaurants Page - 19 Accommodations Page – 20 Map Page – 21 3 | P a g e BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE CONTACT INFORMATION Host Association Peace River District Minor Hockey Trudy Alexander 250-787-7133 [email protected] Jim McDonald 250-500-1552 [email protected] Main Contact Brook Goulet 250-263-8440 [email protected] Tournament Lead Laura Beamish 250-793-7046 [email protected] BC Hockey Representative Sean Orr Senior Manager, Communications and Events, BC Hockey 250-652-2978 [email protected] 4 | P a g e BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION March 21-24, 2019 Coaches & Managers Meeting All coaches and managers must attend Date: March 20, 2019 Time: Location: Northern Grand Meeting Room Banquet All teams must attend (players + 3-4 staff) Date: March 20, 2019 Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Northern Grand Hotel All officials and BC Hockey representatives are welcome to attend Banquet 5 | P a g e BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE Opening Ceremonies Date: Thursday March 21st, 2019 Time: TBD Location: North Peace Arena Opening Ceremonies will take place on Thursday, March 21st on ice at the North Peace Arena. TEAM ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. The two teams participating in the game immediately following the ceremonies should be dressed in full equipment. The remaining teams are asked to wear appropriate team attire and their HOME jerseys. SKATES and HELMETS must also be worn. Please arrive ready at least 15 mins before starting time. Closing Ceremonies Date: Sunday March 24th, 2019 Time: After final championship game Location: North Peace Arena Closing Ceremonies will be held following the final championship game. The Fair Play Award will be presented at this time also. All teams are encouraged to attend the closing ceremonies, but it’s not mandatory. 6 | P a g e BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE ARENA ADDRESS North Peace Arena 9805-96 Avenue, Fort St. John B.C. The North Peace Arena provides skating opportunities and are home to the Junior Huskies hockey team as well as the Senior Flyers hockey team. The ice is used for a variety of skating programs including figure skating, public skating, minor hockey, women’s and men’s hockey and learn to skate programs. We have hosted the Allan Cup, U17 Hockey Challenge and multiple provincial championships in our facility. We will be hosting the Coy cup this year on March 26-30, 2019. 7 | P a g e BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE ATTENDING TEAM REQUIREMENTS Once your team has earned their spot in the Championships, we will require the following information. • Official Team Picture. Ensure the quality of the picture is good as we will be using it in our program and all other championship print material. Please list the names of everyone in order as they appear in the team picture. • Association Logo - Please send an image of your association logo and your home and away jersey colors. • Contact Information - Please provide Head Coach and Manager names, home/cell numbers, and email addresses. • Mandatory Equipment Checks. The RMC will do an equipment check before the start of each team’s first game and randomly after that time. Players with illegal/worn equipment will not be able to participate using the illegal equipment. Bring extra helmet screws, gloves and tape. Ensure your local Risk Management Coordinator or District Director does an equipment check with your team before coming to the championships to avoid any disappointments. Most frequent illegal equipment findings: glove palms, helmet fit and J hooks, stick plugs and neck guards with BNQ certification not clearly visible. Goalie helmets must have chin cups and side straps. A complete registration package with detailed instructions will be sent to the team manager once you have qualified. 8 | P a g e BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE MIDGET FEMALE BC CHAMPIONSHIPS Final Schedule TBA 9 | P a g e BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE APPAREL All apparel will be ordered through BC Hockey. A link and more info will be provided to qualifying teams. https://2019-midget-female.itemorder.com/ Orders placed by March 7, 2019 will be delivered to the tournament and handed to the team managers at the banquet. The cutoff to all ordering will be April 15, 2019 and those orders will be delivered directly to the home of the individual that placed the order. 10 | P a g e BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE ABOUT FORT ST JOHN Our History Over the years the community has been moved a number of times for varying economic reasons. The present location is thought to be its sixth. The original trading post built in the area was named Rocky Mountain House (not to be confused with the modern Alberta town by that name). It was established one year after Sir Alexander Mackenzie explored the area in 1793. One of a series of forts along the Peace River constructed to service the fur trade, it was located southwest of the present site of Fort St. John. The Dunneza and Sikanni First Nations used it as a trading post. It was also used as a supply depot for further expeditions into the territory. The fort closed in 1805. Fort d'Epinette was built in 1806 by the North West Company. It was renamed Fort St. John in 1821 following the purchase of the North West Company by the Hudson's Bay Company. This fort was located about 500 metres downstream from the mouth of the Beatton River, which at that time was known as the Pine River (d'epinette in French). It was shut down in 1823. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1958.[3][4] Former flag of Ft. St. John. After a lapse of nearly forty years, Fort St. John was reopened in 1860 on the south side of the Peace River, directly south of the present community. It was moved in 1872 by Francis Work Beatton directly across the river. This community lasted until 1925 when the river ceased to be the main avenue of transportation and the fort was moved closer to where settlers were establishing homesteads. The new town was constructed at Fish Creek, northwest of the present community, on the new trail to Fort Nelson. It did not shut down until 1975. In 1928, C. M. Finch moved his general store to two quarters of land where he also built a government building to house the land, telegraph and post offices. The present site for the town was firmly established after he donated five acres (20,000 m²) for a Roman Catholic Church and additional land for a hospital. 11 | P a g e BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE . Infrastructure[edit] Fort St. John is the transportation hub of the region. The main highway, Highway 97 (Alaska Highway), built in 1942 by the United States Army, runs through the city, north to Fort Nelson, the Yukon, and Alaska. As the highway goes over the Peace River to Dawson Creek, it reduced the community's dependence on the river for transportation. Within the city the streets are laid out in a grid pattern. The main streets are the north-south 100 Street and the east-west 100 Avenue. The rail line that runs by the eastern and northern borders was extended from Chetwynd by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway with the first train arriving in 1958. The only commercial airport between Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson is the Fort St. John Airport (CYXJ) located a few miles east of the city. The two runway airport has Air Canada Jazz, WestJet and other smaller airlines such as Central Mountain Air and Swanberg Air with regularly scheduled flights and North Cariboo Air providing chartered flights. Greyhound Bus lines, which has a bus stop in the city, operates a route along the highway, north to Whitehorse (via Fort Nelson) and south to Dawson Creek. The city's water and sewer infrastructure pumps water from 4 deep wells located near the Peace River with a backup source being Charlie Lake;[23] it is filtered, chlorinated and fluoridated before being distributed. The water has been rated by the BC Ministry of Environment as being "Very hard." [23] Sewage is processed in one of two lagoons. The lagoon south of the city releases the processed effluent into the Peace River and the lagoon north of the city releases into the Beatton River. Storm sewers run with the sanitary sewers but storm discharge is directed into the rivers without going through the lagoons. The city's fire department consists of volunteer and professional members, covering the city plus five miles (8 km) into the rural areas. 12 | P a g e BC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP - MIDGET FEMALE Today The City of Fort St. John is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Peace River Regional District, the city encompasses a total area of about 22 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi) with 18,609 residents at the 2011 census[2] Located at Mile 47, it is one of the largest cities along the Alaska Highway.