Hayleigh Craig of the University of Alberta Pandas is now a three-year veteran on the team and a mainstay on one of the top teams in the country, as the Pandas were listed third in the nation amongst USport teams in the most recent rankings on October 24. They are looking to end a seven-year […]
RED DEER – The hockey competition at the 2024 Alberta Winter Games will have a slightly different look than previous events. New for 2024, the competing teams at the Alberta Winter Games will be club teams – U15 AA for the Male competition and U13 AA for the Female competition. The Games take place February […]
This month’s alumni spotlight focuses on Isabelle Lajoie. University of Alberta Pandas forward Izzy Lajoie became comfortable on the ice at an early age, but it wasn’t due to the sport of hockey. Lajoie played ringette until she made the switch over to hockey to play in the U12 division. “I had grown up around […]
This month’s alumni spotlight focuses on Laura Jardin. Laura Jardin’s hockey career was started thanks to a Bratz doll. Yes, the popular children’s toy by MGA Entertainment that was created in 2001 to rival Mattel’s Barbie doll. “I started playing hockey when my parents signed me up for a ‘free try it day’ with Girls […]
RED DEER – Team Alberta has selected the group of 20 athletes representing Alberta at the 2023 National Women’s Under-18 Championship, November 5-11 in Dawson Creek, BC. Two goaltenders, six defence and 12 forwards were selected for this year’s squad, which features six players who represented Alberta earlier this year at the 2023 Canada Winter […]
RED DEER – Hockey Alberta is excited to announce the dates for the 2024 Spring Showcase. The three-week event features the Alberta Cup (April 24-28), Alberta Challenge (May 1-5), and Prospects Cup (May 8-12), and is returning to the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre at Red Deer Polytechnic. For the Alberta Challenge and Prospects […]
RED DEER – Hockey Alberta is excited to launch the Female Coach Development Network in the 2023-24 season. The new pilot program is for female coaches across the province to connect and learn from each other. The network is free to join and open to coaches at all levels and ages that are currently coaching […]
RED DEER – Player registration is open for the 2024 Arctic Winter Games Selection Camps. Team Alberta North is sending a Junior Female and U15 Male team to the 2024 games in Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Mat-Su), Alaska, March 9-16. The U15 Male Selection Camp is in Peace River, Nov. 24-26. Male athletes born in 2009-2010 and […]
EDMONTON – KidSport’s Oil Country Hockey Assist Program is back! The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation and KidSport Alberta have teamed up once again to launch the second season of the KidSport Oil Country Hockey Assist Program. Players registered in Red Deer area and north are eligible to apply for the program. Approved applicants will have […]
RED DEER – Fifteen athletes from the Alberta Female Hockey League (AFHL) U18 AAA division have received invites to attend the Team Alberta Female Fall Camp. The 15 players represent five clubs, including: Calgary Fire (Alyssa Barrette) Edmonton Jr. Oilers (Chloe Goofers; Ella Lloyd; Layla Matthew) Lloydminster Steelers (Claire Carruthers; Emily Hourie; Hannah Lundquist) Red […]
