Thursday, January 12, 2006
2007 IIHF World Women's Hockey Championships
Hockey Canada announced today that the 2007 IIHF World Women's Hockey Championships will be held in Winnipeg, in early April 2007!
Winnipeg beat out Halifax, St. John's, and Sherbrooke, and Toronto for the event.
It seems Hockey Canada can't get enough events into Winnipeg these days. If Winnipeg can put on a good event for the Women in 2007, it'll definetly boost our chances of getting the World Juniors back here in 2009, which is Canada's next slot. The city of Toronto has also made clear its intentions to bid on that championship however.
The good news is, that the tournament in Vancouver this year was not as succesful as it could have been, and the last three "small cities" in North America to host the tournament have been unrivaled successes (Winnipeg - '99, Halifax '03, Grand Forks '05).
The '05 bid for Grand Forks relied entirely on Winnipegers coming down to attend games, and it payed off big time. Winnipegers showed up in droves, and drove the ticket prices way up too. More beer was sold at the first game Canada, than the entire previous season of UND Fighting Souix hockey (one of the highest-atteneded teams in university hockey in North America). Winnipeg deserves the 2007 Women's Worlds, and the 2009 World Juniors.
Winnipeg beat out Halifax, St. John's, and Sherbrooke, and Toronto for the event.
It seems Hockey Canada can't get enough events into Winnipeg these days. If Winnipeg can put on a good event for the Women in 2007, it'll definetly boost our chances of getting the World Juniors back here in 2009, which is Canada's next slot. The city of Toronto has also made clear its intentions to bid on that championship however.
The good news is, that the tournament in Vancouver this year was not as succesful as it could have been, and the last three "small cities" in North America to host the tournament have been unrivaled successes (Winnipeg - '99, Halifax '03, Grand Forks '05).
The '05 bid for Grand Forks relied entirely on Winnipegers coming down to attend games, and it payed off big time. Winnipegers showed up in droves, and drove the ticket prices way up too. More beer was sold at the first game Canada, than the entire previous season of UND Fighting Souix hockey (one of the highest-atteneded teams in university hockey in North America). Winnipeg deserves the 2007 Women's Worlds, and the 2009 World Juniors.
