Caroline ouellette girls hockey celebration
December 15 to 18, 2022
Montreal, QC
our Mission
Founded by Olympian Caroline Ouellette in 2014, the Girls Hockey Celebration
is a not for profit organization that aims to promote and develop female hockey.
We offer young girls ages 5 to 15 the opportunity to participate in an all girls hockey event and to take part in a tournament with fun and competitive games. Our mission is to inspire young girls in hockey by allowing them to meet successful role models in athletic and academic that represent our Olympians and National Team players.
We hope that the Girls Hockey Celebration will help foster the love for hockey while contributing to the personal development of our young athletes.
Important dates
July 3, 2022: REGISTRATION OPENS
NOVEMBER 13, 2022: Deadline for teams and individual players to send application form and payment required covering all registration fees.
NOVEMBER 25, 2022: Notification sent to teams and individual players taking part in the 2021 Girls Hockey Celebration.
DECEMBER 5, 2022: Deadline to update your team roster on HCR while including your affiliated players. For teams coming from outside of Quebec, please email your roster to celebrationhockey13@gmail.com
DECEMBER 6, 2022: The official schedule is sent to teams.
DECEMBER 15 TO 18, 2022: Caroline Ouellette Girls Hockey Celebration
DECEMBRE 20, 2022: Selection of the best Quebec U13 players to form the Quebec Étoiles team that will participate in the Quebec International Peewee Tournament.
February 8 to 19, 2023: Quebec International Peewee Hockey Tournament
Cancellation Policy
Training fees are based on expenses such as ice rental, equipment fees and officiating. There will be no refund for team registrations. For individual players, an administrative charge of 50$ of the total registration fee will be assessed against all refunds.
We offer each team
• Tournament in divisions U9, U11, U13, and U15.
• A minimum of 3 games guaranteed.
• Meeting & autograph and picture sessions with our Olympians.
• On-ice session for all goaltenders and players from the U9 division.
Eligibility
We accept team registrations as well as individual player registration.
With our individual player registrations, we will place players in the appropriate division based on their current level. We will form teams and assign coaches to each team. Please make sure to carefully read the details pertaining to each division. Players must be registered with Hockey Canada HCR to take part in the Celebration. Please note that the Celebration is able to register a participant for this event including for example, a ringette player or one that is not registered this season. To learn more about the process, write us by clicking here
The Celebration, it’s
- The largest girls' hockey tournament for girls under 15 in Quebec.
- Meet and greet with our Olympians.
- On-ice session for the goaltenders.
- On-ice skill development session for U9 players.
- Following the U13-AAA All Star Game, the selection of the best U13 players in Quebec to form the Quebec Étoiles team which takes part annually in the Quebec International Pee-Wee Tournament.
- The LHEQ All-Star U15-AAA game.
- The Quebec Étoiles Alumni All-Star game.
- A refereeing initiation program.
- A mentoring program for female coaches.
- A free try hockey session.
- CCM Get in the Game: an initiation to hockey program that includes 8 on-ice sessions for girls age 4 to 12.
our Olympians
Olympians Caroline Ouellette, Marie-Philip Poulin, Lauriane Rougeau, Charline Labonté, Kim St-Pierre, Mélodie Daoust, France St-Louis, Catherine Ward, Noémie Marin and Julie Chu have been part of the Celebration in our previous editions.
U9
- 3 games guaranteed.
- 1 final game for the two best teams.
- 1 on-ice skill development session with our coaches.
- 1 on-ice goalie development session for the goaltenders.
U11 A & B
U13 A & AA
U15 A & AA
- 3 games minimum guaranteed.
- Semi-finals for the 4 best teams if 6 or more teams in the division.
- 1 final for the two best teams.
- 1 on-ice goalie development session for the goaltenders.
U13 AAA
- 3 games minimum guaranteed
- Semi-finals for the 4 best teams
- 1 final for the two best teams
- 1 on-ice goalie development session for the goaltenders.
- All Star game to Showcase the best players from the U13-AAA division.
- Selection of the best 19 players for the Quebec Étoiles team that will participate in the prestigious Quebec Peewee Tournament next February in the BB boys division.
Try Hockey Session
- Offers to girls ages 4 to15 who want to discover the sport of hockey
- Full equipment can be provided if needed
The celebration in numbers
Over its 5 editions, the Caroline Ouellette Girls Hockey Celebration has hosted
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Testimonials
I wanted to write while the girls are still so excited from the weekend. I can’t tell you how important this event was for them.
Today you presented a Player of the Game award to Toby, and I think it was the proudest moment in her life. She is so inspired by you and your teammates, and I think for the rst time, she feels lucky to be a girl in hockey and no longer jealous of the boys with NHL dreams.
This weekend I saw her play with more intensity than in all her years playing with boys, and I’m sure it’s because of the very special atmosphere. You are giving these girls such a fantastic opportunity. Congratulations on an amazing event!
(Also, I should mention that as a parent, I so appreciated your message about getting good grades in school!)
My younger daughter participated in the try hockey program and my older daughter competed in the hockey festival. She is a goalie on the pee wee A team for the Canadienne de Montréal.
I would like to thank you and the many people who helped organized the hock- ey weekend. It was a fantastic experience. I would also like to thank you for taking the initiative to both put the spotlight on girls hockey and contribute to the development of girls hockey in Quebec.
You and the other women on the Montreal Stars who participated in the week- end provided such great mentorship to the girls. It is quite inspirational.