Mississauga Girls Hockey League (MGHL)

General Information

The Mississauga Girls Hockey League (MGHL) is now participating in the 1998-99 hockey season. This is their 32nd year of operation. The MGHL will be expanding extensively, at all levels of competition. Play is scheduled for Mondays at the Iceland Complex at Matheson and Kennedy. The remainder of this page contains information about the league for last season (1997-98) that will be updated shortly.

1997-98 Executive

  Derek Williams
  Dave Pritchard
  Debbie Kennedy
  Alberto Violo
  Fred Stefaniuk
  Tom Dallimore
  Paul Boyes
  Sue Woloshansky
  Pam Johnstone
  Dave Shirley
  Terry Snell
  Dan Bednis
  Joe Cabral

Welcome Message from the President

Welcome to the 1997-98 hockey season! This is my first message to the membership, but I can assure you that it won't be my last. The successes over the past several years combined with the tremendous popularity and publicity from last year's World Championship have served to increase the demands on our organization. Since we are faced with skyrocketing expectations for development and growth, we have spent a good deal of time over the summer with the league's business, to ensure a smooth start to the new year. I am prowd of the efforts and enthusiasm shown thus far by everyone on the new 1997-98 executive, as we usher in a new era in Women's Hockey leading up to the Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan in '98.

Over the summer significant changes have taken place. We believe that these changes will greatly benefit your daughters and the MGHL League, providing the foundation for future growth and development. Because we fund the Rep programme ice costs via Bingo, this year we switched to the Meadowvale Bingo at Battleford and Erin Mills Parkway. The expansion of our Rep Programmes from 10 to 14 teams necessitated the move from Bingo City.

We are also excited about our new Hockey Development Programme. We have dedicated and qualified personnel leading this project, under Dan Dednis, our Hockey Development Director. Detail for the programme will be forthcoming.

Al Dawson, General Manager of the Senior AAA Chiefs, is pleased to announce the new head coach, Tim Manastersky.

We have met with the City Recreation and Parks personnel regarding ice allocations. While every effort is being made to obtain all of the ice we require, there is still a shortage of prime time ice in our community. Flexibility and cooperation will be necessary, as we may not always have the opportunity for prime time ice allocation.

We welcome any comments, questions, or suggestions you have. Should you have any concerns, at any time during the season, please forward them, in writing, to an Executive's attention, for their consideration and acknowledgment.

As always, we are looking for volunteers in both the house league and rep programmes. If you can donate a few hours this season, please leave a message for Deb Kennedy, indicating the area you are interested in, at the Clubhouse number, (905)812-9382.

Yours in Women's Hockey,

Derek Williams
August 1997

Volunteers Needed

House league coaches and assistants are needed!

House league division convenors are needed in some divisions!

Duties of a Convenor: