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Cathy Craipley
9525 - 77 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Canada
T8V-4T7
 
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PROUD TO BE CANADIAN!
Welcome to the Grande Prairie Panther's Website!

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Thank you for visiting the Grande Prairie Panther Women's Hockey Club website!!

The Grande Prairie Panthers have been in existence in Grande Prairie since 1987 with various names and sponsors over the years. The Panthers, by tradition, have been a high achieving team and have attained many Provincial medals and medals at the national level in the Western Shield.   

This season, the Panthers captured the gold medal at the Western Canadian Shield in Winnipeg after becoming Alberta Provincial Champions in March.

As far as team committment goes, we are a member of the Peace Country Female Hockey League...you can check them out under our links.   

If you think you would like to come on out and play with us, please contact Cathy at the email listed for this site. We are looking to recruit new players and we would love to hear from you :)



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Friday, August 31
Panthers Recruiting for 2012/13 Season!!

Want to be part of a  winning tradition in Grande Prairie!!    Do you want to play competitive hockey in a  laid back atmosphere with a bunch of great ladies?    No dryland training, no politics, .....just hockey without the bs!!.    Then the Panthers is where you want to be.....     We have many spots to fill as some of our previous players are off to college so come on out!!

Tryouts will be held Sept 11 @ 9:30pm (informal skate) ,  Sept 16 @ 8pm and Sept 23 @ 8pm.   All skates will be at the Dave Barr Arena.      $10 per skate.  Come on out and skate with us :) 

 Please email me at kgarrett@telusplanet.net or call me at 780-513-0829 for more info or

See you on the ice :)



Friday, August 31
Panthers Gold in Alberta, Silver at Western Canadians 2012!!



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WesternCanadianShield Champs 2011
Western Canadian Shield Champions 2011!!!
Sunday, July 24
Western Canadian Shield Champions 2011

Panthers prowl to a third straight Alberta banner

By Terry Farrell, Herald-Tribune staff

Updated 4 months ago

Grande Prairie hockey has a dynasty in its midst.

The Grande Prairie Panthers won the Senior Female A Provincial Hockey Championships in Edmonton over the weekend, to successfully defend their title... again.

It's a three-peat.

The Panthers were nearly perfect in Edmonton. They opened with a 2-2 tie against the Edmonton Renegades on Thursday, then ran the table, winning their final two round- robin games, and both playoff contests.

"It was a pretty good weekend – the girls played really well," said coach Darren Craipley.

The Panthers beat the Calgary Unknowns 6-0 on Friday, then completed the round robin with a 7-2 victory over the Westlock Bandits on Saturday night.

Their 2-0-1 record was identical to that of the Renegades, but based on a superior goals differential, the Edmonton team took top spot in the pool.

No worries.

The Panthers played the Calgary Rivulettes – the top team in the other pool – in a crossover semifinal match and won 3-1, setting up a rematch against the Renegades for the championship banner.

The Renegades earned their spot in the championship match with a 5-0 victory over the Bon Accord Raiders.

The Panthers made the proper adjustments from the round-robin and beat the Renegades 4-0 in the final.

"I have three No. 1 lines on my team, so that makes it pretty simple for me," said Craipley. "I just got them to tighten up defensively and let them take care of the rest."

The Panthers did have a bit of an ace in the hole for the playoffs. Former national U-22 team member Steph Jones, who coaches the Quadra Chemicals Midget AAA female Storm, could not make it to the round-robin games, but joined the team for the playoff round.

She had two goals in the championship game.

Maryanne Ottahal and Kayla Scobey scored the other Grande Prairie markers in the gold-medal match and Cathy Craipley picked up the shutout, her second of the tournament. She was the goalie of record in every game for the Panthers.

"We picked up Daniella Alfonso from Hythe as back-up, but Cathy played all the games," he said. "She's a really good goalie and she played really well."

Good thing. It could have caused some off-ice strife had Darren felt the need to pull Cathy at any point. They are married.

"Yeah, boy, if there comes a day where she's off, that will be a little rough," he said laughing.

The Panthers prepared for provincials with play in the Peace Country Female Hockey League, A senior league similar to the men's North Peace Hockey League, in that there are teams of different calibres playing against each other throughout the season, in preparation for their respective provincial runs.

The Panthers are the only 'A' squad in the league, but still had to get through the Raiders, who play out of the Northern Alberta Female Hockey Association, to qualify for provincials. The Panthers won that two-game, total-goal series, winning 5-2 in Bon Accord, then 3-2 in Grande Prairie.

The Raiders still qualified for the provincials by beating an Edmonton team for a back-door berth.

Bon Accord was the only team in the tournament that the Panthers has seen prior to the weekend. Craipley said not knowing the opposition did not call for much adjustment in his preparation of the team for its games.

"Well, I know we have a great team – we have won the 'Albertas' two years in a row, so as long as we are playing our best, I believe we can handle anybody," he said. "That's how I approached it."

Next up for the Panthers is a trip to Manitoba for the longest-running female hockey tournament in existence – the Western Shield – to battle for the Western Canadian championship.

The Panthers won the bronze medal at the tournament last year and are looking to improve on that.

"We are definitely going for gold this year," Craipley said.

The 2011 Western Shield runs April 8-10, at the Dakota Community Centre in Winnipeg where the Panthers were successful in winning the gold medal.



   
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