The Wickenheiser International Women's Hockey Festival is an international female junior Ice Hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 tournament. The tournament was the brainchild of Canadian hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser

Hayley Wickenheiser

Hayley Wickenheiser is a women's ice hockey player from Canada. She was the first woman to play full time professional hockey in a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team...

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Tournament

The first tournament will be held in Burnaby

Burnaby, British Columbia

Burnaby is a city in British Columbia, Canada, located immediately to the east of Vancouver. It is the third-largest city in British Columbia by population, surpassed only by nearby Surrey and Vancouver....

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 at the Canlan Ice Sports, Burnaby 8 Rink on November 18 to 21, 2010.

Format

The tournament is a round robin format with Pee Wee, Bantam, Midget and Junior/Senior teams participating.

Charity

The Festival donates all proceeds of the tournament to two charities: Right to Play

Right to Play

Right To Play is an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world...

and KidSport.