Hockey Canada recently released the 47 players selected to attend the Women’s National Under 22 Strength and Conditioning Camp. BC-born Melinda Choy, Hillary Pattenden and Rayna Cruickshank were selected to attend the camp. The camp will be held April 30 – May 3 at the Norma Bush Arena in Calgary.
Melinda Choy was born in Victoria, BC and currently plays goalie for the Women’s Ice Hockey team at UBC. Choy finished the 2008-09 regular season with a record of 7-14-1 and finished with 2 shutouts on the season.
Hillary Pattenden was born in Surrey, BC and just finished her freshman season with Mercyhurst Women’s Hockey team. In 2008, Pattenden helped her team win the Midget Female Championship and at the 2008 Western Canadian Female Midget Championship she was named Top Goaltender and selected to the first team All-Star squad.
Rayna Cruickshank is a native of Cumberland, BC is a member of the Comox Valley Minor Hockey Association. Cruickshank has been at the National level before as she also attended the 2008 National U18 Camp and was a member of the silver medal winning 2009 IHHF World Women’s Under 18 Championship.
The 47 players will be put through fitness testing and skating drills over the course of the four-day camp. Please note that the focus for all on-ice sessions will be on skating techniques, and there will be no pucks on the ice.
Hockey Canada will also use the camp as an opportunity to get to know the players and give them off-ice training techniques, as well as proper nutritional guidance. Using the 2008-09 on-ice evaluation and performance at this camp, Hockey Canada officials will make their selections for an August Under 22 camp, which will lead to selections for the National Women's Under 22 Team for the 2009-2010 season.
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