Junior Women's Hockey League

  Team Sweden is in the US having a camp at Bowdoin College in Maine prior to the 4 Nations Tournament that will be held in Newfoundland.

As part of their preparation they will play the NAHA White Team in a scrimmage on November 3, 2pm, Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington MA. This is quite a privilege for the NAHA players, as the only other scrimmage Team Sweden will participate in will be against Team USA prior to the 4 Nations event. The girls will have the opportunity to play against top Swedes who are attending college in the US and many Swedish Olympians.

 The JWHL Playoffs for the Major Junior Division have been selected for  the 2010-2011 season. The University of Wisconsin will be the host site, and the dates are March 11-13, 2011. It's the goal of the JWHL to have their weekends set on as many college campuses as possible, and this venue is a great fit. Many thanks to the UW coaching staff and administrator Paul Hickman for their help! The JWHL 2010-2011 schedule will be posted soon.

 NAHA White returned to the McGill University Martlet Showdown in Montreal after a few years absence, and took home the Championship in a thriller- a 7-6 overtime game that was eventually decided in a shootout.

 Along the way to the finals, NAHA went 4-0 with wins over Okanagan Hockey Academy (BC), College Edouard Montpetit (QC), and John Abbott College (QC), and then an OT semifinal win over Oakville. That set the table for the 3rd meeting this year with Montpetit in the finals. In the second weekend of the year at Nepean White lost 4-0 in a game that showed they'd done their physical testing the week before. They were primed for the Saturday morning game in the round robin, and in a game with great pace and transition, won 4-2. No one saw the run and gun game coming for the finals, but in a game where teams traded leads, it came down to a goal with 1 minute left by White to force OT, that White dominated but couldn't convert. 

 The shootout saw White goalie Kaitlyn Evans stop the first 2 shooters from Montpetit, while Annie Pankowski and Amanda Pelkey burried their chances to seal the Championship for White!

 Both NAHA teams head to Ottawa late on Thursday after practice to participate in the Nepean Showcase.

Teams come from across Canada to participate, including BC, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec.

Tournament website, click here.