BC Hockey’s Female Under 18 level is the third and final stage of the High Performance Program. It is an opportunity for the top players in the Province to train and compete at an elite level and is meant to introduce players to the beginning of the Hockey Canada Program of Excellence. 

 

The U18 program is designed to emulate national and international competitions. Starting at Zone Camps, players will be required to complete challenging fitness tests and on-ice sessions. Those selected from their zones will be invited to the 2012 BC Cup where the top one hundred players will vie for an invitation to Provincial Camp and ultimately a spot on Team BC to compete at the National U18 Women’s Championships.

 

Our U18 athletes will be evaluated on their play at the National Competition and successful players will be invited to the Hockey Canada U18 Identification Camp. The High Performance Program prepares players for the National program where they will undergo the same fitness testing and attend similar types of camps. This year three (3) BC players were invited to the Hockey Canada Identification Camp; Jordan Krause, Kimberly Newell and Julia McKinnon. Jordan Krause was selected to play for Team Canada at the World Under 18 Championships in the Czech Republic.

 

 

Player Eligibility: Born in 1995 or 1996

At the Female U18 Zone Camps, players are evaluated (non-public information) and selected to advance to the second stage of the program; the Female U18 BC Cup. Content of the Zone Camps include both practice and game sessions, as well as fitness testing. 

 

Selected players from the evaluation camps will be placed onto one of five teams in a Jamboree format. The teams will be created by the Branch Coordinator based on the rankings from District camp. The first two days of the event consist of practices, off ice technical training and fitness testing. The remainder of the competition will be games where players are evaluated on their performance. Approximately the top 46 players will advance to the Provincial Camp. 

 

BC Hockey High Performance Provincial Camp is a four-day camp run by the Team BC staff, provincial instructors and experts in the areas of strength and conditioning, nutrition, and other sport science principals. Throughout the camp players are evaluated on their play, their fitness/strength, their attitude, and their perceived contribution to a winning team. Selected players will advance to the Team BC Summer Strength and Conditioning Camp.

 

Summer Camp will be a weekend camp where the shortlisted players will begin to work on team concepts, training, and prepare for the National competition. The camp is designed from the National program and the focus will be on developing player’s strength, conditioning, fitness, and nutrition.

 

Team BC will come together for a preparation tournament prior to competing in the games. This will give the team an opportunity to play games together before competing at the National Championship. Players will be evaluated within the tournament environment and final roster (20) announced.

The National championship is held in various regions and time zones across the country and Team BC athletes often compete on club teams all over Canada. Therefore it is necessary for Team BC to have a pre-stage camp prior to competing in the National Championship. The pre-stage camp is designed to ensure players are adequately rested, time zone acclimatization (if necessary), team building, and team practices/systems work.

 

Players selected to Team BC this season will represent BC at the 2012 Female National U18 Championship in Dawson Creek BC.