Playing Hockey for Team Canada: A Dream Come True
Grade 12 student, Teagan Grant attained another lifelong dream this summer when she made the roster for Canada’s National Women’s U18 team.
“I remember when my Bantam coaches first started to encourage me to tryout for Team Canada,” said Teagan. “The more success I experienced, the more I realized it was attainable.”
“I remember when my Bantam coaches first started to encourage me to tryout for Team Canada,” said Teagan. “The more success I experienced, the more I realized it was attainable.”
A defenseman for the Toronto Junior Aeros for the past three years and former Temiskaming Shores Puckhound, Teagan was invited to train with the Team Canada U18 August camp during summer 2017. The youngest of the 44 girls in attendance, she was released at the end of camp her first year, but invited back again this summer having gained that much more experience and maturity.
Next year, Teagan will be playing for the University of Wisconsin, which is ranked first in the NCAA Womens’ Hockey program. She committed in December 2016 on a full hockey scholarship, after considering other offers from Princeton, the University of Minnesota and Ohio State.
“My very first call came in Grade 8 from the Cornell coach who was very complimentary and encouraging and told me I had Olympic potential,” remembers Teagan. Those inspirational words, coming from someone who has coached Olympians on Canada’s National Women’s team, always stayed with her and have helped push her to progress and improve each year.
Now that she is part of the National program, Teagan plans to juggle the academic requirements of her Grade 12 year and still make time to play for the CDS Senior Girls’ Hockey team as often as possible. This time next year, she’ll be practicing with the Wisconsin Badgers and very well may be focussed on her next goal. We can only imagine what that might be and wish her all the best!
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Following the week-long selection camp, players were evaluated and offered the opportunity to play a three-game series against the USA in Calgary the third week of August. Team Canada came home victorious winning 2 out of 3 games and now has their sights set on the IIHF World championships in Obihiro, Japan in January.
Next year, Teagan will be playing for the University of Wisconsin, which is ranked first in the NCAA Womens’ Hockey program. She committed in December 2016 on a full hockey scholarship, after considering other offers from Princeton, the University of Minnesota and Ohio State.
“My very first call came in Grade 8 from the Cornell coach who was very complimentary and encouraging and told me I had Olympic potential,” remembers Teagan. Those inspirational words, coming from someone who has coached Olympians on Canada’s National Women’s team, always stayed with her and have helped push her to progress and improve each year.
Now that she is part of the National program, Teagan plans to juggle the academic requirements of her Grade 12 year and still make time to play for the CDS Senior Girls’ Hockey team as often as possible. This time next year, she’ll be practicing with the Wisconsin Badgers and very well may be focussed on her next goal. We can only imagine what that might be and wish her all the best!
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Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
13415 Dufferin Street King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
