Starting today, Hockey Manitoba is proud to celebrate IIHF World Girls Ice Hockey Weekend taking place from October 4th to 6th. There are various events scheduled to take place throughout the province, ranging in size and scope, with the common goal of celebrating and growing the female game, and uniting people through grassroots programming led by female hockey associations, minor hockey associations and communities.

The Parkland Minor Hockey Association (PMHA) will be hosting an event this weekend in Dauphin for the fourth straight year. PMHA uses the event as part of an overall female hockey recruitment and attraction strategy. This year’s event will include a skills development session, a lunch and learn and their annual Mothers vs Daughters game.

“We have eight associations throughout the Parkland and not every female hockey player gets a chance to play female hockey so this is the one weekend during the year that they can come together and play with other like-minded individuals and have that experience.” said Ann Ransom, main organizer of the Parkland event.

Ransom said the World Girls Ice Hockey weekend has had a direct impact on female participation in the area.

“When we started in 2016, we were just starting a female hockey program and we were barely able to scratch together enough kids to form an atom team but over the last four years, we now have teams in atom, peewee, bantam and midget plus a Bantam AAA team.” Ransom said.

Below is a list of events scheduled to take place in Manitoba:

Parkland Minor Hockey Association	On- and Off-Ice skills sessions, Moms vs. Daughters game	10/05/2019	Dauphin, Man.
Pembina Valley Minor Hockey Associations	3 v 3 tournament, Road hockey & Celebration	10/05/2019	Morden, Man.
Red Sucker Lake Female Hockey	Road hockey & Watch the 2016 Olympic Gold Medal game	10/05/2019	Red Sucker Lake, Man.
Ste. Anne Minor hockey Association	On- and Off-ice skills sessions & classroom activities.	10/06/2019	Ste. Anne, Man.
St. Vital Victorias Peewee AA Female	Road Hockey & Celebration	10/05/2019	Winnipeg, Man.
Winnipeg East Female Hockey Association	On- and Off-Ice Skills Sessions & Celebration	10/05/2019	Winnipeg, Man.
APHA Polar Bears	Floorball & Celebration	10/06/2019	Winnipeg, Man.
University of Manitoba Bisons Women’s Hockey Team	Tournament/Jamboree, Off-Ice Skills Sessions & Celebration	10/12/2019	Winnipeg, Man.
Altona Minor Hockey Association	On- and Off-Ice Skills Sessions & Watch a Game	11/03/2019	Altona, Man.
Landmark Minor Hockey Association	Recruitment Event & Off-Ice Skills Sessions	10/13/2019	Ste. Anne, Man.
Île-des-Chênes Minor Hockey	On- and Off-Ice Skills Sessions & Celebration	10/05/2019	Île-des-Chênes, Man.
Lorette Minor Hockey	On- and Off-Ice Skills Sessions & Celebration	10/05/2019	Île-des-Chênes, Man.
Macdonald Hockey	On- and Off-Ice Skills Sessions & Celebration	09/29/2019	Starbuck, Man.