Toronto Leaside Wildcats
One of Ontario's largest girls and women's hockey associations
Who they are
Toronto Leaside Wildcats
The Toronto Leaside Girls Hockey Association, who play as the Wildcats, are one of the largest hockey associations for women and girls in Ontario. More than sixteen hundred participants, from three-year-olds in Learn to Play through to adults. Around thirty teams from U9 to U18 in the Ontario Women's Hockey League, plus senior teams in the Golden Blades league.
Every one of their teams has at least one woman in a leadership role on the team staff. That is a policy, not a coincidence, and it is the sort of thing that decides whether a nine-year-old girl can picture herself still playing at nineteen.
What they do for Open Ice
Program PartnerWhat Toronto Leaside Wildcats does for Open Ice
The Toronto Leaside Wildcats are a Program Partner. Girls come to every Open Ice camp. The Wildcats are the reason hockey does not have to end for them when the camp does.
The Wildcats are also a Community Referral Partner: they share the Open Ice application, and their own partner link, open-ice.org/apply?ref=leaside-wildcats, with the families in their association. See every referral partner.
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Thank you
Thank you, Toronto Leaside Wildcats
Thank you. Money buys ice and gear. It does not buy a rink that says yes, a coach who knows what to do with a child who has never skated, or somewhere for that child to keep playing in September. You gave us those, and those are the parts that turn a good week into a way in.
Andrew AdairFounder and President, Open Ice Initiative
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