The Brampton Canadet – home to the largest of Women € ™ s Hockey Tournament
Like many sports that have received public attention because of the exposure they receive at the professional level, hockey for many years been regarded as a â € œmanâ € € ™ s game. Perhaps hockey, like some other sports like soccer and rugby, has more justification for it like other sports, after all, is pretty hard when playing at the highest level, with body checking, fights, and players that look like skyscrapers rights.
However, despite the hardness of the game, there were always women and girls who wonder why they can t ™ € € ™ s CanadaSquares attend, the most popular sport. Although the answer has always been that you can play hockey, it is only recently that women € ™ s Hockey received no public attention in Canada or not. In fact, one could argue that until the Canadian Women € ™ s team took the gold in the Winter Olympics 1996, women € ™ s hockey was not a virtual entity.
Well, the city of Brampton Ontario, is clearly in evidence against the popular idea. For decades, the city has hosted a large concentration of women € ™ s teams from around the world in three days of the tournament. Brampton Canadet The tournament began long before Team Canada skated on Olympic ice, with the first tournament held back in 1967.
As the popularity of Women ™ € s hockey and women's desire to play the sport has grown worldwide, so the number of participants in the tournament Canadet. The Easter tournament has grown steadily in number each year and this year (2008) more 400 teams from Canada, USA, England, Japan, Russia, Kazakhstan and other European countries are expected to compete.
The competition itself same is not limited to one per œleagueâ € €, no championships at all levels, from Pee-Wee to Midget to double and triple rooms, which are inspected by some scholars, High and college recruiters. There is really no better place to showcase talent, with exposure of the tournament receives!
Thus if you're interested in seeing a high quality tournament with a long history and some of the highest quality anywhere in hockey, please Brampton this weekend Easter. And if you play at € ™ s women's team might be worth checking in registering your team!
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