Student-Athletes Added to Hockey Canada's Creating Coaches Program

Of the nine student-athletes welcomed into the 4th cohort of the program, FIVE (5) are from Ontario! The student-athletes will receive training and mentorship through the program during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons.

• Brianna Bowman (Wilfrid Laurier University, OUA)
• Madison Cronkwright (Brock University, OUA)
• Maggi Dewolf-Russ (University of Windsor, OUA)
• Charlotte Melindy (Queen’s University, OUA)
• Keiara Raitt (University of Waterloo, OUA)

Creating Coaches was launched in 2021 through a partnership between Hockey Canada, U SPORTS and the Hockey Canada Foundation to provide current U SPORTS student-athletes with opportunities to begin their coaching careers while still playing university women’s hockey.

Each student-athlete will be an assistant coach for a U13, U15 or U18 girls’ hockey team and receive coach education, professional development opportunities and an honorarium.

Congratulations to all the student-athletes from the U SPORTS women’s hockey programs across the country, especially during National Coaches Week! #ThanksCoach

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