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NHL Club Lends Support To Canadian Women’s Hockey League Team
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Tuesday they will partner with the Toronto Furies of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) to support women’s hockey and assist in providing elite athletes with a competitive, development-focused place to play. The Maple Leafs also announced that the Furies’ game against Team Alberta on Saturday, November 17 will be relocated to Air Canada Centre and will be free for all hockey fans to come out and celebrate our game.
“The Maple Leafs consider it a core value to be a leader in the local community and we have an obligation to help influence the game at all levels,” said Dave Poulin, Toronto Maple Leafs Vice-President of Hockey Operations. “We are delighted to begin this partnership and we are really looking forward to seeing the Furies in action at Air Canada Centre.”
The Maple Leafs will invest $30,000 annually for five years towards coaching costs and to help offset equipment, uniforms and travel expenses. The Furies will also receive support through the Leafs website, at Leafs home games and on Leafs TV. Toronto Furies’ players and coaches will also be invited to participate in other Leafs Community & Sports Partnerships initiatives including Scotiabank Girls HockeyFest, Tim Hortons Toronto Maple Leafs Coaches’ Open House and Scotiabank Girls Only Learn to Skate Clinics.
Toronto Furies General Manager Rebecca Davies said, “This partnership isn’t only an essential development step for the Toronto Furies, but for the female game as a whole. To have an influential franchise like the Maple Leafs step up and support our team is going to result in our players and coaches gaining access to resources that will allow them to compete at an elite level on the ice as well as gain exposure off of it.”
Saturday evening at Air Canada Centre will have a pre-game autograph session at Gate 1 with Leafs’ Alumni Wendel Clark, Gary Leeman, Johnny Bower and former standout women’s hockey Olympians Jennifer Botterill, Geraldine Heaney, Cheryl Pounder and Hockey Hall of Famer Angela James. The game is free for all hockey fans and gates open 6:30 p.m., puck drop is 7:30 p.m.
“We’re thrilled and excited to be a part of the Leafs family. They have been integral in leading the way for us to develop similar partnerships with other NHL clubs including one also announced today with the Calgary Flames and Team Alberta,” said Brenda Andress, Commissioner of the CWHL. “This important alliance with the Leafs truly captures the essence of our strategic plan with a team-to-team affiliation that will bring exposure, growth and awareness to both our league and women’s hockey across North America.”
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