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for us and that does make our program more
reputable.”
In addition to these programs that
Solverson, Novotny, and Pacey are building,
other programs across the state are
women like Kristen Bowness and Sara Bustad
– former USA Women’s Hockey intern – of
the Tampa Bay Lightning Made program.
“They did such a great job last year
with some of these Lightning Made
programs doing the street hockey and
going to the schools,” Solverson said. “They
were responsible for 50% growth of girls’
for the girls in the state. Kristen has a lot of
things on the horizon for this year.”
Some of those projects include expanding
(TBSA) at the Clearwater Ice Arena, as well
as the Wesley Chapel, Brandon, and Ellenton
ice arenas. The goal of these programs is to
create their own girls’ house team district,
which Solverson says she and Novotny are
“very excited to support.”
Another up and coming hockey program
Women’s Hockey League (FWHL), which
was founded in 2002, and is led by league
president Karen Ota O’Brien. The FWHL hosts
a C League division, and is open to female
players aged 18 years and older. This year’s
discuss and plan the future growth of girls’
and women’s hockey programs in Florida.
went to talk to them to see if we can work
on growing the girls game because if they
help us grow the younger girls – if some of
these women can come out and help us while
we’re there at Try Hockey for Free or a clinic
– eventually these girls are going to end up
playing in the women’s game,” Solverson
said.
“We have to make it fun so the girls
don’t quit playing hockey at 15 years old; it
will keep them playing so that at 18 they can
all very excited about helping because at the
end of the day, we all want to create more
added.
like SAHOF, FWHL, and the Florida Girls
Hockey Program, in addition to the
successes of teams like the Orlando
Express, and the Lightning Made Hockey
Program, Florida has seen dramatic
growth in the number of female hockey
players of all ages in the last decade.
With more girls playing hockey,
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