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Potomak Duo Invited to Fall Festival
8/27/2019 1:18:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Sarah Potomak and Amy Potomak are among the 47 players invited to Hockey Canada's BFL National Women’s Team Fall Festival.
MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota redshirt senior Sarah Potomak and redshirt sophomore Amy Potomak are among the 47 players invited to Hockey Canada's BFL National Women's Team Fall Festival, set for Sept. 9-15 in Liverpool, N.S., Hockey Canada announced Tuesday.
The BFL National Women's Team Fall Festival is an annual training camp aimed at helping develop and evaluate the nation's top female players. It marks the first opportunity for the coaching staff to work with the athletes on and off the ice this season, and is a critical component of selecting the team that will go for gold on home ice at the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship next spring in Halifax and Truro, N.S.
A. Potomak is one of 10 players on the Fall Festival roster who also was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team for the three-game series against the United States in Lake Placid, N.Y., earlier this month. S. Potomak returns to the ice for Canada's National Women's Team after attending the 2018 Fall Festival; she was named to Team Canada for the 2018 Four Nations Cup but was unable to compete to due injury.
The athletes selected for the annual camp will be split in two teams – Red and White – for the week-long camp. The camp will feature four games, two intrasquad and two against local junior hockey clubs, along with practices and off-ice sessions.
Player selections were led by Gina Kingsbury, Hockey Canada's director of women's national teams, along with Melody Davidson, Hockey Canada's head scout for women's national teams.
"This camp will set the tone for this season, and we are excited to start the second year of our four-year Olympic cycle as we look ahead to competing at the IIHF Women's World Championship on home ice," said Kingsbury. "Fall Festival allows us to evaluate our depth chart, continue to grow as a group and strengthen our team identity on and off the ice."
All practices at the BFL National Women's Team Fall Festival in Liverpool are free and open to the public. Fans can also reserve their spot to watch Team Canada by purchasing a ticket package for $20 plus fees and taxes at TicketPro.ca or the Queens Place Emera Centre box office. The package includes one ticket to each of the four games, which run from Sept. 11-14.
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The BFL National Women's Team Fall Festival is an annual training camp aimed at helping develop and evaluate the nation's top female players. It marks the first opportunity for the coaching staff to work with the athletes on and off the ice this season, and is a critical component of selecting the team that will go for gold on home ice at the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship next spring in Halifax and Truro, N.S.
A. Potomak is one of 10 players on the Fall Festival roster who also was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team for the three-game series against the United States in Lake Placid, N.Y., earlier this month. S. Potomak returns to the ice for Canada's National Women's Team after attending the 2018 Fall Festival; she was named to Team Canada for the 2018 Four Nations Cup but was unable to compete to due injury.
The athletes selected for the annual camp will be split in two teams – Red and White – for the week-long camp. The camp will feature four games, two intrasquad and two against local junior hockey clubs, along with practices and off-ice sessions.
Player selections were led by Gina Kingsbury, Hockey Canada's director of women's national teams, along with Melody Davidson, Hockey Canada's head scout for women's national teams.
"This camp will set the tone for this season, and we are excited to start the second year of our four-year Olympic cycle as we look ahead to competing at the IIHF Women's World Championship on home ice," said Kingsbury. "Fall Festival allows us to evaluate our depth chart, continue to grow as a group and strengthen our team identity on and off the ice."
All practices at the BFL National Women's Team Fall Festival in Liverpool are free and open to the public. Fans can also reserve their spot to watch Team Canada by purchasing a ticket package for $20 plus fees and taxes at TicketPro.ca or the Queens Place Emera Centre box office. The package includes one ticket to each of the four games, which run from Sept. 11-14.
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