GERALDINE HEANEY Incorporated February 6th, 1981 www.owha.on.ca A spectacular defenseman, Geraldine Heaney has been compared to a female Bobby Orr. Born October 1, 1967 in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, Heaney began playing for the Toronto Aeros of in 1980 at the age of 13. She played a total of 18 seasons with the Aeros of the Ontario Women's Hockey Association, winning six provincial championships during that time as well as Most Valuable Defenceman in 1987-1988, 1991-1992 and 1992-1993. Geraldine played for the Canadian National Women's Hockey Team, winning gold medals at the IIHF World Women's Championships in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001. In doing so, she was the only player to have played in all seven of those gold medal wins. Heaney was named an All- Star in the 1992 and 1999 championships. At the 1992 and 1994 championships, she earned the Directorate Award as the tournament's best defenceman. Geraldine Heaney participated in every Women’s National Championship from 1987 to 2001 – the only player to do so. Heaney participated in two Olympic Winter Games during her career, winning silver at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan (the first time the women's game was admitted to Olympic competition) and gold at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Participating in every Women's National Championship from 1987 to 2001, Heaney was the sole player to do so. Heaney won seven IIHF World Championship Gold medals. She was named Best Defender at the 1993, 1997 and 2001 and was the Most Valuable Player in 1992. She earned a gold medal at the 2000 Esso Women's National Hockey Championship, and a bronze medal at the 2001 tournament. At the World Roller Hockey Championship, Geraldine won a gold medal in 1992 and silver in 1994. In 2008, Heaney was joined by Cammi Granato and Angela James in being inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame. She followed her colleagues into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2013 Geraldine Heaney captured Olympic gold in 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS OWHA Representatives 2 Royal Proclamation 3 OWHA Provincials Champions 2013-2014 5 OWHA Sanction Tournaments 6 OWHA Provincial Championship Stats 7 New Membership 7 Registration Report 8 Team & Players Registration Statistics 9 OWHA Certification Clinics 10 Development Programmes 11 Living Your Dreams 12 Quest for Gold & Promotions 13 PWHL and CIS 14 CWHL Clarkson Cup 15 National Female Esso Cup Championships Sudbury Lady Wolves 16 Stoney Creek Sabres 17 2014 Ontario Winter Games 18 National U18 Women’s Championships 20 2014 Women’s World National U18 Championships 22 2014 Women’s Olympic Hockey Champions 23 Dodge Caravan Kids 24 In Loving Memory 25 2014 Pan-American Games 26 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship 27 OWHA Discipline Report 28 Injury Reports 33 2013 World Girls Hockey Weekend 34 Friends of the OWHA 34 ONTARIO WOMEN’S HOCKEY ASSOCIATION 5155 Spectrum Way, Building #3 Mississauga, Ontario, L4W 5A1 Tel: 905-282-9980 Fax: 905-282-9982 www.owha.on.ca [email protected] 2013-2014 OWHA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Suzanne Essex Chairperson Fran Rider President Bryan Chappell Past Chairperson Ted Dean 1st Vice-Chairperson Bill Williamson 2nd Vice-Chairperson Doug Tiffin 3rd Vice-Chairperson Mary Ann Blunt Secretary Debbie MacDonald Treasurer Grahame Rumsby Regional Director – Central Teresa Muto Regional Director – Central East Betty Solomon Regional Director – Central West Steven Leu Regional Director – Eastern Tammy Reynolds Regional Director – Northern Jim Richardson Regional Director – Toronto Rob Perry Regional Director – Western Karen Phibbs OHA Delegate Board of Regents Mayor Hazel McCallion Professor Ed Ratushny Kay Cartwright Celia Southward Frank Champion-Demers * Fran Rider Carl Noble Doug Nicholls Bryan Chappell Thanks to Director Operations Pat Nicholls Manager Finance Rita Song Manager Administration Shirley Merritt Head Scout Brian Hart Clinic Coordinator Diane Boles Discipline Coordinator Doug Nicholls Referee-in-Chief Laurie Taylor-Bolton Web Master Betty-Ann Armstrong 2 Royal Proclamation The Prime Minister of Canada declares May 9, 2014, the National Day of Honour to recognize the important work done by our Forces' members. The Ontario Women’s Hockey Association thanks former Stouffville-Markham Girls Hockey Association player, Cpl Katherine Thomasen (nee White), Air Force, and her colleagues for their outstanding service to Canada! TEAM OWHA 2013 - 2014 The Ontario Women’s Hockey Association has completed another, wonderful season of success at all ages and levels of participation. House League and competitive programmes are providing positive hockey experiences, valuable life skills and lifetime friendships. Ontario High Schools are offering female teams and the OUA/CIS provide educational opportunities as players move into successful careers. Senior women continue to enjoy hockey as they balance family, work and recreation. The OWHA established another historical first with the implementation of its proposal to Hockey Canada to hold a “Long Game” in order to unify the country and promote female hockey. Players from Newfoundland to British Columbia participated in games at the atom, pee wee, bantam and midget levels with girls on Team White or Team Red. Scores carried from province to province as players at all ages gained the joy of playing for Team Canada. Sincere thanks to Brampton Canadettes for hosting the day and to RYR for the donation of jerseys and socks. The OWHA is pleased to share with members that there are many non-traditional career opportunities. We partner with Air Georgian and OWHA Alumni, Mallory Deluce, to encourage female hockey players to become a pilot with their Cadet Program. Doors continue to open to OWHA participants as companies value the traits learned through participation in the team sport of hockey. The 2014 season was special as the Canadian Women’s Hockey Team captured the hearts of the country with their drive and remarkable comeback to defeat their archrivals, Team USA to win the gold at Sochi Olympics. Eleven OWHA players led the team with Brianne Jenner starting the comeback. Congratulations to all members of Team Canada for the championship victory and special thanks to the organizations, coaches and supporters who assisted their development. The second victory on the international scene saw Team Canada capture gold at the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship in Hungary. The team was led by OWHA players with Captain Laura Wildfang providing great leadership. The OWHA also achieved great success at the National level as Team Ontario Red captured the gold and Team Ontario Blue the silver at the U18 National Championship in Calgary. 3 For the first time since its inception in 2009, the Esso Cup was held in Ontario with Team Ontario Sudbury Lady Wolves winning bronze in a close game against the Host Team Stoney Creek Sabres. Congratulations to both teams and sincere thanks to Glen Boles, the Stoney Creek Girls Hockey Association and the volunteers on a great event. The OWHA continues to be a leader on the international scene and answered the call from Hockey Canada to assist the Mexican Ice Hockey Federation through participation in the first Pan American Games competition. Congratulations to Sudbury Lady Wolves on being crowned champions. In April 2014, women’s hockey received special recognition as the 2013 Women’s World Hockey Championship was named event of the year by the CSTA. The championship was also nominated for the event of the year by Ottawa Tourism. The OWHA has been recommended as a partner of CSIO (Canadian Sports Institute Ontario) as part of the Ontario High Performance Sport Initiative (OHPSI) Program for 2014 - 2016. This is the culmination of 2 years of extensive presentations with the OWHA graduating from the HPMP (High Performance Management Program). This was a highly competitive process with the successful sports being able to best demonstrate significant and enhanced progress on NSO/PSO alignment and a strong linkage through the High Performance Management Program (HPMP) tied to OHPSI strategic goals and targets. The OWHA sincerely thanks Melody Davidson for her participation in the final presentation and also thanks Bob Nicholson, Scott Smith, and Dean McIntosh of Hockey Canada for their support. We are pleased to report a 13% decrease in the total number of suspensions called and we congratulate the teams and associations that are supporting fair and safe hockey. There is still work to do to cut down the high number of coaching staff suspensions as there were 336 suspensions to staff with 141 at the novice, atom and peewee levels. This season, we implemented a tougher discipline to put bullying and cyberbullying in perspective. If an individual deliberately attempts to injure someone physically, they are assessed a match penalty. If an individual intentionally says, writes or posts hurtful comments, it is deemed that these are deliberate attempts to injure emotionally. It is important that all stakeholders do their best to provide a safe and enjoyable environment where players, volunteers, officials and supporters can excel and share their love of hockey. The Ontario Women’s Hockey Association is a collective of players, teams, administrators, officials, associations, leagues and supporters working as a team to provide positive hockey experiences. We sincerely thank everyone for their commitment to the players and programmes as we continue to strengthen the OWHA and also have a positive impact on the growth and development of female hockey throughout Canada and the world. The Essence of Teamwork Respect is earned. WINNING TEAMS… The strength of the team Honesty is appreciated. Trust each other Is each individual member… Trust is gained. Respect each other The strength of each member Loyalty is returned. Understand each other ~Unknown Is the team Phil Jackson Enjoy each other 4 2013-2014 OWHA PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONS Five hundred and fourty-nine teams participated in the 2013-14 Provincial Championships.