PWHL Ottawa's Brianne Jenner brings girls' hockey camp to the capital
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After a breakthrough inaugural season, PWHL Ottawa team captain Brianne Jenner is bringing new opportunities to the city's young female hockey players.
After a breakthrough inaugural season, PWHL Ottawa team captain Brianne Jenner is bringing new opportunities to the city's young female hockey players.
Jenner launched her girls' hockey academy this week in Ottawa; an annual hockey camp allowing girls between the ages of seven and 16 to get on the ice with Ottawa's top female hockey stars.
"I think that's a big piece of the draw for our camp is that we've got a whole staff of female coaches, all playing at the pro or NCAA level," said Jenner.
Being held at the Jim Durrell Arena, 125 girls signed up for the week-long camp, eager to learn from their idols.
"She teaches us about lifting sticks, edges, skating, and shooting," said 12-year-old Hannah Thompson.
But beyond the skills required to play the game, Jenner's hockey camp offers representation for young girls in a sport that has historically been male dominated.
"If you can see it, you can believe it, you can be it," said PWHL defenceman Zoe Boyd, one of the camp's guest coaches.
