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Colleen Sostorics
Colleen Kay Sostorics (born December 17, 1979 in Kennedy, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian retired women's ice hockey defenseman. She has played extensively for Canada at the international level, including three Olympic gold medals ( 2002 in Turin, 2006 in Salt Lake City, and 2010 in Vancouver). At the Women's World Championships, Sostorics has helped Canada to three gold and three silver medals, and at the 4 Nations Cup, she has captured five gold medals and one silver medal. When not playing with Canada, she competes at the club level for the Calgary Oval X-Treme who now play in the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL). Playing career Minor hockey Colleen Sostorics began playing hockey in her hometown of Kennedy, Saskatchewan, on the local boys' teams until the age of 17. In 1996, she captained her boys' hockey team at the bantam level. She played for Team Saskatchewan at the 1995 Canada Winter Games and the 1997 National Under-18 Championship. University After completing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kennedy, Saskatchewan
Kennedy ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Wawken No. 93 and Census Division No. 1. The village lies just south of Provincial Highway 48 about 3 km west of Highway 9. Kennedy is home to the Moose Mountain Pro Rodeo which takes place every year on the third weekend in July. There is a post office (Canada Post), bank (Credit Union), bar/restaurant (Kennedy Hotel), store (Mann's Foods) with gas station, SGI, a K-8 school, and a few other amenities. There are two parks; one is located on schoolgrounds and one by the campgrounds. History Kennedy incorporated as a village on November 5, 1907. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kennedy had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2005 IIHF World Women's Championships was held April 2–9, 2005, in Linköping, at Cloetta Center (now called the Saab Arena), and Norrköping, at Himmelstalundshallen, in Sweden. USA won their first gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the defending champions Canada in a penalty shootout. Sweden won their first medal at the World Women Championships, defeating Finland 5–2 in the bronze medal game. The championship was expanded to nine teams for 2006, so there was no relegation at any level. Top Division Preliminary round Group A ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Placement round Bracket 5–8th place semifinals Seventh place game Fifth place game Final round Bracket Semifinals Bronze medal game Final Final standings Awards and statistics Scoring leaders ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes''SourceIIHF.com/small> Goaltending leaders (minimum 40% team's tota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Calgary
The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being instituted into a separate, autonomous university in 1966. It is composed of 14 faculties and over 85 research institutes and centres. The main campus is located in the northwest quadrant of the city near the Bow River and a smaller south campus is located in the city centre. The main campus houses most of the research facilities and works with provincial and federal research and regulatory agencies, several of which are housed next to the campus such as the Geological Survey of Canada. The main campus covers approximately . A member of the U15, the University of Calgary is also one of Canada's top research universities (based on the number of Canada Research Chairs). The university has a sponsored research revenue of $380.4 million, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Winter Games
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories, participating. The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, and since 1994, have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games (), held in Olympia, Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement (which encompasses all entities and individuals involved in the Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and Multiculturalism, multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World Immigration to Canada, immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of New France, French and then the much larger British colonization of the Americas, British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 4 Nations Cup
The 2003 4 Nations Cup was the eighth playing of the annual women's ice hockey tournament. It was held in Skövde, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ..., from November 5–9, 2003. Results Final Table Final 3rd place External linksTournamenton hockeyarchives.info {{DEFAULTSORT:4 Nations 2003–04 2003–04 in Finnish ice hockey 2003–04 in Swedish ice hockey 2003–04 in Canadian women's ice hockey 2003–04 in American women's ice hockey 2003–04 2003–04 in women's ice hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 4 Nations Cup
The 2007 4 Nations Cup was held in Leksand, Sweden from November 7 to November 11, 2007. All games were played at the . The teams involved were , the , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 4 Nations Cup
The 2006 4 Nations Cup, an annual women's ice hockey tournament, was held at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, and took place from 7 to 11 November 2006. Results 7 November 2006 8 November 2006 10 November 2006 Final standings Finals Bronze medal match 11 November 2006 Gold medal match 11 November 2006 Statistics Top scorers Goalies External links 2006 4 Nations Cup (Hockey Canada) on Wayback Machine3/4 Nations Cup at the Women's Hockey Web See also * 4 Nations Cup The 4 Nations Cup is an annual women's ice hockey tournament, held between four major national teams in the sport; currently, these are Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland. Until 2000, when Sweden joined, the tournament was the 3 Nation ... {{DEFAULTSORT:4 Nations 2006–07 2006–07 in Finnish ice hockey 2006–07 in Swedish ice hockey 2006–07 in Canadian women's ice hockey 2006–07 in American women's ice hockey 2006–07 2006–07 in women's ic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 4 Nations Cup
The 2004 4 Nations Cup was the ninth playing of the annual women's ice hockey tournament. It was held in Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,303. The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsburg ... and Burlington, Vermont, from November 10–14, 2004. Results Preliminary round ''All times are local ( UTC−5).'' Bronze Medal Gold Medal External linksTournamenton hockeyarchives.infoNewson HockeyCanada.caNewson HockeyCanada.caTournamenton TeamUSA.usahockey.com {{DEFAULTSORT:4 Nations 2004-05 2004–05 in Finnish ice hockey 2004–05 in Swedish ice hockey 2004–05 in Canadian women's ice hockey 2004–05 in American women's ice hockey 2004-05 2004–05 in women's ice hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 4 Nations Cup
The 2002 4 Nations Cup was the seventh playing of the annual women's ice hockey tournament. It was held in Kitchener and Mississauga, Ontario, from November 6–10, 2002. Results Final Table Final 3rd place External linksTournamenton hockeyarchives.info {{DEFAULTSORT:4 Nations Cup 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ... 2002–03 in Finnish ice hockey 2002–03 in Swedish ice hockey 2002–03 in Canadian women's ice hockey 2002–03 in American women's ice hockey 2002–03 2002–03 in women's ice hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 3 Nations Cup
The 2001 3 Nations Cup was the sixth playing of the annual women's ice hockey tournament. It was held in Finland, from November 2–7, 2001. The United States withdrew from the tournament due to the September 11 attacks. Results Final Table External linksTournamenton hockeyarchives.info {{DEFAULTSORT:3 Nations Cup 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ... 2001–02 in Finnish ice hockey 2001–02 in Swedish ice hockey 2001–02 in Canadian women's ice hockey 2001–02 2001–02 in women's ice hockey November 2004 sports events in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
