WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is pleased to release the team rosters for the 2024 Female Under-16 Program of Excellence Spring Evaluation Tournament which will be held from April 5 – 7, 2024 at hockey for all centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

This camp will be the first phase of the Female U16 POE which is a program for emerging high performance Female U16 athletes with a focus on preparing these athletes to enter into high performance U18 hockey.

The Female U16 Spring Evaluation Tournament will see a total of 186 athletes participating.

Hockey Manitoba is excited to announce the group of coaches who will be leading the 2024 Female U16 Program of Excellence. This year’s program will be led by Brooke Anderson, Rachel Dyck, Autumn Garnham, Kelsey McHolm, Tori Murphy, Sam Strassburger, and Riley Sveistrup.

Brooke Anderson, Autumn Garnham, Kelsey McHolm, and Riley Sveistrup return for their second year with the Female U16 POE while Rachel Dyck, Tori Murphy, and Sam Strassburger are entering into their first experience with the Female U16 POE. We are very excited to have this talented group of coaches leading our U16 athletes through the Spring Evaluation Tournament from April 5-7 and into the summer camps in June and August 2024.

The Female U16 Program of Excellence has been redesigned as a development focused program for Female Under-16 athletes in Manitoba. The goal of the program is to teach our up-and-coming female athletes the skills, concepts and tactics specific to the Female U18 Program of Excellence, ensuring that these athletes are given the proper development time in order to move to the U18 level and beyond.

Hockey Manitoba is pleased to recognize CCM Hockey and the Western Hockey League as Official Partners of the Program of Excellence. The POE is our high performance program that offers developing athletes who are on track to be elite with the opportunity to represent their province while providing a solid development path to the National and International stages.

For more information about the Hockey Manitoba Program of Excellence please visit www.hockeymanitoba.ca/programs/poe/.