Every year, thereSA国际影视传媒檚 a weekend set aside for girls hockey players to get out on the ice and play with other girls and just enjoy playing.

That weekend was Oct. 4 to 6 as World Girls Hockey Weekend happened around the planet and the Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association joined in on the fun with other cities and leagues on Oct. 5 at the Arnaitok Arena for a fun day of skills, drills and games.

Alexia Cousins, the associationSA国际影视传媒檚 vice-president of female hockey, helped to put on the daySA国际影视传媒檚 proceedings and said nearly all of the 50 girls signed up to play this season turned up.

SA国际影视传媒淥ur youngest group, the initiation-novice group, had a few missing but the other two groups had just one or two missing,SA国际影视传媒� she said. SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 so good to see interest in girls hockey growing.SA国际影视传媒�

The initiation-novice division was first up on the ice and they played chariot races with the goaltenders from the bantam-midget division and some small-area games, said Cousins.

SA国际影视传媒淲e have some of our initiation players still learning to skate but we have some real strong novice girls,SA国际影视传媒� she said. SA国际影视传媒淚t was a chance for them to get their feet under them and get used to the ice.SA国际影视传媒�

The atom-peewee division had 19 players come out to play and that meant there were enough players to have a full-ice game.

SA国际影视传媒淲e split the girls into two teams with two lines each,SA国际影视传媒� said Cousins. SA国际影视传媒淭he older girls were on the ice to help out.SA国际影视传媒�
The bantam-midget group was the last to do their thing and they stuck to skills competitions, which included a game of 10-puck, where players took turns trying to beat the goaltender.

The winning team was able to choose the punishment for the losers, which Cousins said turned out to be two hard laps of the full ice surface.

There was a party to be had once it was all done which included pizza, cake and drinks for everyone along with some extra goodies.

SA国际影视传媒淪ome of the parents brought Timbits and other treats for the girls,SA国际影视传媒� said Cousins. SA国际影视传媒淭he older girls got a toque and we gave the younger ones a buffer-style neck warmer.SA国际影视传媒�

This yearSA国际影视传媒檚 event was a change from the last two years as it was held on ice at the Arnaitok Arena. The previous years saw the girls playing on the gymnasium floor at Inuksuk High School.

SA国际影视传媒淚t was good to get them on ice skating this year,SA国际影视传媒� said Cousins. SA国际影视传媒淚 was so happy with how everything turned out and it was very successful. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 the first time ISA国际影视传媒檝e been involved in this and everyone who came out made it a lot of fun. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 got me looking forward to the rest of this season.SA国际影视传媒�