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Welcome! We hope that you and your family consider the Female Hockey
Program for your daughter’s sport activity. We would be happy to answer
all of your questions regarding the Female Hockey Program at any time.
Our Female Hockey Program believes that hockey is for life. There are
opportunities for higher-level competitive hockey and for those players
just looking for an activity.
Our player base is made up of new players, transfers from boys’ hockey,
or transfers from ringette. Every year, we have new players join our
Female Hockey Program at different age levels.
The Female Hockey Program is proud to support our players through
several initiatives made possible by past committee volunteers and the
Stars Cup for Life tournament. We are pleased to announce our support
for team development. Each team has options for on-ice or off-ice team
training. Secondly, all players will have the option to receive
equipment bags or clothing. Finally, we have enough jerseys (home &
away) for each player with our own Stars/ Saints logo. Our Female Hockey
Program has the same look from the Atoms to the Midgets.
The Female Hockey Program is also pleased to announce the Stars Cup for
Life Scholarship. This scholarship will financially assist a female
Midget player looking to continue their education.
Our season-ending hockey tournament is known as the Stars Cup for Life.
We have teams from Ontario, Saskatchewan and rural Manitoba that travel
to play in this competitive tournament. Look for us at Southdale and
other south-Winnipeg arenas from March 27-29, 2009.
Who We Are
The St. Boniface Female Hockey Committee (SBFHC) is responsible for
organizing, promoting and advancing the female minor ice hockey program
in St. Boniface and Transcona. The SBFHC is a voting member of the St.
Boniface Minor Hockey Association. St. Boniface is the only hockey
association in Winnipeg with a female hockey committee.
The SBFHC is comprised of a convener, vice-convener, Stars Cup for Life
tournament chair, treasurer, secretary and a representative from the
Transcona Minor Hockey Association. For 2008/09, the SBFHC has added a
position responsible for the Bantam AA program. Additional members are
appointed from the SBFHC hockey teams. These members assist in the
decisions of the SBFHC, including the preparation and execution of the
Stars Cup for Life tournament (held in late March).
Female teams are formed according to Winnipeg Minor Hockey Association
rules based upon the number of players registered at each age division.
The number of registered players and the minimum/ maximum roster size
determines the number of teams to be entered. The number of teams
entered then determines the number of teams at the A1, A2, and A3 level
of play.
Female hockey is categorized into the following:
Atom: 8-10 yrs - A1; A2; A3
Peewee: 11-12 yrs - A1; A2; A3
Bantam: 13-14 yrs - AA: A1; A2; A3
Midget: 15-17yrs - AA: A
Female teams are assigned to community centres within the St. Boniface
and Transcona areas. The benefits of this assignment include access to
community gyms and outside practice ice. All the female teams are known
either as the “Stars”, or, in the case of the AA programs, the “Saints”.
For more information on the St. Boniface Female Hockey Committee,
contacts and their programs, visit
http://www.starsfemalehockey.ca/.
Patrick Martin
St. Boniface Female Hockey
(h) 334-8137
martinps@mts.net
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