The hockey community is tight knit and strong... it can move mountains with it’s momentum. Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this tragedy. Broncos there are few twigs outside the women’s locker room just in case you need a back up...
#sticksoutforhumboldt
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Meet the 2020/2021 Freshman
Name: Elise Hugens
Position: Goaltender
Hometown: Sherwood Park, AB
Club Team: Edmonton Pandas
Provincial Team: Team Alberta U18
So happy to have you in the blue and gold! 🐥💙
Meet the 2020/2021 Freshman
Name: Ashton Thorpe
Hometown: West Kelowna, BC
Club Team: Okanagan Hockey Academy
Provincial Team: Team BC U18
Very excited to have you join the T-bird fam! 🐥💙
Meet the 2020/2021 Freshman
Name: Olivia Buckley
Position: Forward
Hometown: Trail, BC
Club Team: Okanagan Hockey Academy
Provincial Team: Team BC U18
Excited to see you in the T-bird jersey! 🐥💙
Congratulations to Pasco Valana on being named the Goalie Consultant for Hockey Canada’s National Women’s Team! This achievement is so well deserved and we are lucky to have you as a Thunderbird.
Meet the 2020/2021 Freshman
Name: Sierra LaPlante
Position: Defence
Hometown: Calgary, AB
Club Team: Calgary Fire
Provincial Team: Team Alberta U18
Welcome to the family! 🐥💙
So proud of 4th year player Mikayla Ogrodniczuk for everything she has done and continues to do with regards to mental health awareness. An amazing initiative and platform!
That’s all she wrote.
After a truly incredible season & a stellar playoff run, your Bird’s finish the season with another “W” placing 5th at nationals.
We are so thankful for all the support we received this year and couldn’t be more proud of this group — truly something special
Congratulations to Logan Boyd and Celine Tardif who were presented with their gold helmets this weekend. To receive a helmet a player must play in over 120 regular season games. Logan has played in 140 regular season games setting a new CanadaWest record and Celine played in 137
Congratulations to Dom Di Rocco, a former player, assistant coach and the current Almuni Director, on her new coaching position with SDE Hockey! We are so proud of you,
@domdirocco
, and we wish you the best of luck! 💙💛
Meet the 2020/2021 Freshman
Name: Sophia Gaskell
Position: Defence
Hometown: Port Moody, BC
Club Team: Greater Vancouver Comets
Provincial Team: Team BC U18
Beyond excited to have you join the team! 🐥💙
Bench boss Graham Thomas has been selected as the assistant coach for Team Black at the Hockey Canada U-22 Development Camp. Camp will take place August 3-11 in Calgary, Alberta. Congrats coach and goodluck! 🐥
TRANSFER
Excited to announce that Joelle Fiala will make her way west to Point Grey campus to don the Blue and Gold this Fall!
Joelle will join the Faculty of Science and brings a wealth of experience to our program both in the classroom and on the ice.
Welcome Joelle! 🐥💙
We are extremely excited and proud to announce that Rylind MacKinnon and Kate Stuart have been invited to Canada's National Women's Program selection camp ahead of
#WomensWorlds
What a huge honour and we cannot wait to cheer the pair on 👏🏼😄 Congratulations Ladies
2018/2019 Seniors | Join these ladies on Oct. 5 for our home opener & Oct. 6 to celebrate girls hockey weekend in partnership with the Grindstone Award Foundation 🏒
UBC FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Named a first team Canada West All-Star and first team All-Canadian, MacKinnon was also awarded the conference's Defenceman of the Year.
Her 21 total points were second among all conference skaters and tops for all U SPORTS blue liners
Meet the 2019/2020 Freshman
Name: Chanreet Bassi
Position: Forward
Hometown: Lake Counrty, BC
Program: Sauder School of Buisness
Welcome to the family!! 🐥💙
Meet the 2019/2020 Freshman
Name: Reese Hiddleston
Position: Goalie
Hometown: White Rock, BC
Program: Kinesiology
Beyond excited to have you join the team! 🐥💙
Congrats to our very own, Amy de Bree, on being named the top BC High Performance Female Coach of the Year as a part of the BFL Female Coach of the Year Awards! She is one of 17 of the country’s best female hockey coaches to receive this outstanding recognition.
Third year goaltender Tory Micklash set a program record for most career shutouts on Friday night with 10 and again on Saturday with 11. Tory was previously tied with 5th year goaltender Amelia Boughn and former Thunderbird Melinda Chou who both sit at 9. Congratulations Tory!
Huge thank you to the Koroll family for providing the girls with an amazing pre-game meal this past weekend in Saskatoon. A home cooked meal on the road is always something the girls look forward to 🐥💙💛
We are excited to announce the signing of Jacquelyn Fleming who will be wearing the blue and gold for this upcoming year 🐥💙
Welcome to the TBird family
Today we celebrate the amazing accomplishments of the women who are breaking down barriers in sport and other facets of life. We recognize the trail blazers who came before us, the group with us today and the generations to come
Our very own
#94
, Kennesha Miswaggon, is one of 3 Indigenous players from Northern Manitoba making a huge impact on college hockey. Her persistent hard work has led her to where she is today. We are so proud of you, Neesh! Continue to be an inspiration 💛
O Canada! 🇨🇦
4⃣6⃣ players will wear the 🍁 with Canada's National Women's Development Team and Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team for series against 🇺🇸.
Development roster ➡️
U18 roster ➡️
In 2017, we gave Scotty Baxter his very own jersey. He’s one of the kindest guys we’ve ever known. He gave his heart & passion to our program. You put up a hell of a fight, Scotty. You’ll truly be missed. Rest easy up there. We’ll never forget you & how you greatly impacted us 💛
Last night we hosted the 2nd annual Ice & Dice fundraiser in support of our programs players. We want to thank all of the sponsors, donors and attendees for showing us your support throughout the night. Thank you so much for making it such a successful night!! 💛💙🐥🎲
Our girls are committed to making a change on campus, especially around the topic of mental health awareness. Today they took part in the Reach Out and Run (ROAR) which is an annual 5km mental health walk & run organized by the UBC Mental Health Awareness Club &UBC TAC
Thunderbirds Women's Hockey is back! 🏒
The ‘Birds rank 3rd in the Canada West Coaches Poll ahead of the 21-22 season.
Get caught up on all you need to know before the season kicks off this weekend!
#gobirdsgo
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Danielle Dube (2016) sharing a bit about her time at UBC on Rogers Hometown Hockey. Such an amazing teammate, role model and person. We are so grateful to have you as part of the Tbird family 💙💛💙
Congratulations to recruits Jaylyn Morris and Vanessa Schaefer on winning gold at the 2023 Canada Winter Games with Team BC 🥇
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Another huge shoutout to Hanna Perrier and Leighanna Rizarri who had a strong tournament while representing Team Alberta 👏🏼
Today is
#BellLetsTalk
Day. Join us today and everyday in conversation to help end the stigma.
Retweet this, and Bell will donate 5¢ to Canadian mental health initiatives.
@ubctbirds
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@USPORTSca
Girls had a great time at the annual holiday Old Birds game last week. It’s always a pleasure to play alongside these amazing role models and we can’t thank you enough for all that you do for our program 🎅🏽🤶🏽 ☃️🌲
#tbirdhockey
#family
#tbirdculture
#tradition
#gobirdsgo
Congratulations to Kennesha Miswaggon and the rest of Balmoral Hall for winning the JWHL Championship!
Kennesha had 4 goals in playoffs including the game winner in the finals.
#futurebird
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BEYOND proud to have
@CCMHockey
as our sponsor. Not only do they have a great product but they are an amazing company. Huge ambassadors for the women’s game!
#PayDecker
Your UBC Women’s Hockey team will be opening up their 2018/2019 season Oct. 5 & 6 with a pair of games against UofL
Friday night: 7pm
Saturday: 2pm
The first 100 girls through the door will receive a free IIHF World Girls Hockey Weekend Headband