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Trio Selected for Hockey Canada Virtual Camp
6/22/2020 3:10:00 PM | Women's Hockey
Gophers Olivia Knowles, Amy Potomak, and Anne Cherkowski have been selected for the BFL Canada National Women’s Development Team Summer Camp.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Gophers Olivia Knowles, Amy Potomak, and Anne Cherkowski are among 50 players selected to participate in the BFL Canada National Women's Development Team Summer Camp, Hockey Canada announced Monday.Â
Fifty players, including eight goaltenders, 16 defense, and 26 forwards, are attending the BFL Canada National Women's Development Team Summer Camp, presented by Sobeys, meeting weekly until athletes return to university in the fall. Cherkowski is one of five players who won a silver medal at the 2020 IIHF U18 Women's Championship on the development team camp roster.
"It is important to recognize the accomplishment of these athletes being  identified in our program at the under-18 and development level; they are a big part of our future moving forward," Gina Kingsbury, director of women's national teams with Hockey Canada, said in a statement. "The virtual sessions taking place allow us to connect and educate our athletes on their development. We are also trying to take advantage of this opportunity to connect our next-gen athletes with our current senior athletes, creating a strong tie between generations of our program."
As the virtual meetings progress through the summer, the athletes will cover topics that include at-home strength and conditioning plans, mental performance plans and check-ins, nutrition, dry-land skills, skating simulations, team-building activities, short-term international competition preparation and meetings with coaches.
The online sessions will take place up to twice weekly, with critical information being communicated to athletes to allow them to continue to evolve as high-performance athletes in this new environment, and will utilize the strengths and experience of Canada's National Women's Program leadership to help connect one-on-one, athlete-to-athlete.
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Fifty players, including eight goaltenders, 16 defense, and 26 forwards, are attending the BFL Canada National Women's Development Team Summer Camp, presented by Sobeys, meeting weekly until athletes return to university in the fall. Cherkowski is one of five players who won a silver medal at the 2020 IIHF U18 Women's Championship on the development team camp roster.
"It is important to recognize the accomplishment of these athletes being  identified in our program at the under-18 and development level; they are a big part of our future moving forward," Gina Kingsbury, director of women's national teams with Hockey Canada, said in a statement. "The virtual sessions taking place allow us to connect and educate our athletes on their development. We are also trying to take advantage of this opportunity to connect our next-gen athletes with our current senior athletes, creating a strong tie between generations of our program."
As the virtual meetings progress through the summer, the athletes will cover topics that include at-home strength and conditioning plans, mental performance plans and check-ins, nutrition, dry-land skills, skating simulations, team-building activities, short-term international competition preparation and meetings with coaches.
The online sessions will take place up to twice weekly, with critical information being communicated to athletes to allow them to continue to evolve as high-performance athletes in this new environment, and will utilize the strengths and experience of Canada's National Women's Program leadership to help connect one-on-one, athlete-to-athlete.
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