Kitchener Girls Hockey Day
Posted Jan 22, 2012 06:00:00 AM.
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The first ever Kitchener Girls Hockey Day hits the ice at the Activa Sportsplex.
Games run from 7am up until about 10pm and feature girls starting at the Atom level, all the way to Midget.
Kitchener Minor Hockey currently has close to 450 girls playing in its’ programs.
Leah Nairn is one of those players.
“I just started playing hockey last year for my high school team…and then joined Kitchener Minor Hockey.” Nairn told 570’s Gary Doyle Show.
Pee-wee level player, Meagan Fergusson was inspired by her older sister. “She started playing before me and I always looked up to her because she was my older sister.”
“The idea was to bring them together so it could be a celebration of every girl who plays hockey in Kitchener.” said Mike Richmond, chair of Kitchener Girls Hockey Day.
Olympic Gold Medalist and former Laurier hockey star Cheryl Pounder will be
at the arena from 9 until 11am.
She will drop a puck at one of the games and sign autographs afterwards.
