UOIT Ridgebacks Media Release
Thursday, January 24, 2008

Ridgebacks Women’s Hockey Lands Top Recruit From Parry Sound

Oshawa (OUA) – The UOIT Ridgebacks women’s hockey team is pleased to announce the addition of Meggie Mcnabb (Parry Sound, ON) to the lineup for the 2008-09 OUA season.

"We are very pleased to add Meggie to the lineup for next season,” Ridgebacks head coach Gary Pitcher commented. “Her enthusiasm towards the program combined with her natural skill on the ice will compliment nicely with the group of players we already have on the team. Meggie is a player that we expect to lead by example and make an immediate impact for the Ridgebacks on the blueline."

“My goal playing hockey for UOIT is to work together with our team and coaches to become the best team in the OUA,” Mcnabb stated when asked about joining the team. “As a player, I look forward to continue to develop my hockey skills and contribute to the team. I will continue to play my agitating style and try to force opposing teams off their game. I can’t wait to start school, meet my new teammates and get on the path towards winning a championship.”

Mcnabb, a left-handed defender, played the last two seasons with the Toronto Rattlers (AA Intermediate), a team in which traveled across Canada and the United States. Prior to joining the Rattlers, Mcnabb completed five years of intensive training with Hockey Tech International in Toronto, ON. The training program has been in operation as a full-time, year round school for the past 17 years and is considered by many to be among the best full time hockey training schools in North America.

In 2006, Mcnabb had the honour of winning a silver medal at the National Aboriginal Games in Montréal, Quebec, as a proud representative and member of the Beausoleil First Nation.

A QUICK LOOK AT MEGGIE MCNABB

Date of Birth: January 15, 1988
Hometown: Parry Sound, Ontario
Position: Defense
Shoots: Left
Favourite Player: Bobby Orr

1998: Began playing organized hockey in Parry Sound Minor Hockey Association
1998: Played goalie on Parry Sound Phantoms Girls Hockey and the Parry Sound Select Boys Team
1999-2002: Played Defense with Parry Sound Girls Hockey in Simcoe Hockey League as well as the Parry Sound Boys Team
2002-2005: Played Defense with Clearview AA Midget and Bantam (three years) in NMWHL
2002-2003: Won a provincial Silver Medal with Clearview
2003-2004: Won the NMWHL Championship
2003-2004: Finalist at the All-Ontario Winter Games
2003-2006: Captain of the Rosseau Lake College High School team
2004-2006: First female in school history to play for Rosseau Lake College in the ISSA
2005-2006: Assistant captain for Willowdale Red Wings (Midget AA in the NMWHL)
2006: Won a silver medal in the 2006 National Aboriginal games, Montreal, Quebec, as a member and representative of the Beausoleil First Nation.
2001-2006: Completed five years of an intensive on ice training with Hockey Tech International in Toronto, ON
2006-2008: Played for the Toronto Rattlers (AA Intermediate), represented the team as an assistant captain in 2007-08

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Durham College and UOIT Athletics
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