17th April 2024, Klagenfurt – The second in the series of the WHPP educational events will build on the lessons learned from the first year of the project, focusing on the young girls under the age of 18. The event will maintain its dual focus, combining on-ice learning experiences with off-ice workshops. This comprehensive approach ensures that participants receive a well-rounded education in various aspects of ice hockey, including skills development, strategy and mental preparation. During the three-day event participants will attend presentations and workshops held by IIHF experts: Alexia CHEYROUX (FRA), Erika HOLST (SWE), Kristi Kehoe (USA), Satu Kiipeli (FIN), Katja PASANEN (FIN) and Florence SCHELLING (SUI).
Alexia CHEYROUX (FRA) is a former ice hockey player in the French women’s championship. Linesperson in the French men’s professional leagues – Ligue Magnus, Division 1 – since 2010 and at the IIHF competitions since 2019 (2019 – WW U18 D2, Spain; 2021 – Olympic pre-qualification, Italy; 2022 – WW U18 D1A, Hungary; 2023 – WW U18A, Sweden). In 2022 she also attended USA Hockey Officiating Development Camp in Minnesota.
Erika HOLST (SWE) is a former Swedish National Team ice hockey player, representing Sweden at nine World Championships and winning silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She played with the Segeltorps IF and Riksserien in Swedish elite league and with the University of Minnesota Bulldogs when they won the first three NCAA women’s championships in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Currently she is the Head Coach of Frolunda HC women’s team in Sweden’s Division 1.
Kristi KEHOE (USA) is currently the Sports Director of the Anaheim Lady Ducks, with over 28 years of playing and coaching experience. She played NCAA Division 1 at Northeastern University; where she led her team as a forward in goals, points, and assists for three seasons. Since retiring from playing, Kristi has gained experience at all levels of hockey as a Head Coach, Associate Head Coach, and Assistant Coach within NCAA Division 1 and 3, Jr Hockey, IIHF Hockey China U18, and working within the USA Hockey system. She has been the Director of Player Development for the New England District within USA Hockey for eight years, and also has worked all USA Hockey Development Camps on the girls side, holding roles as; Mentor Coach, Head Coach, Skills Coach, and On-ice Director. She prides herself on being an advocate for Girls’ and women in hockey.
Satu KIIPELI (FIN) is a former Finnish national team player with Olympic and World Championship appearances. Three time national NCAA D1 Champion with University of Minnesota-Duluth and Finnish Champion with Oulun Karpat. Current she is the Head Coach of Oulun Karpat in Finnish Women’s League. She holds master’s degree in sport administration and is certified pro coach.
Katja PASANEN (FIN) works as a mental performance coach in several different sports. She has worked as Head Coach of the IFK Helsinki U16 and U18 women’s teams and HPK senior women’s team. Already as a player and then later as a coach she was interested, how can she help players play at their level. She has studied e.g. sports psychology, behavior, sports medicine and social psychology, etc. Currently she is mental coach of Finish men’s top-level league team Rauman Lukko. “The higher the level of performance in top sports, the smaller the technical differences in the sport become, and the mental control of strengths becomes more prominent.” (www.katjapasanen.fi)
Florence SCHELLING (SUI) is an Olympic and World Championship bronze medalist and MVP. As a goalie, she represented the Swiss Women’s National Team for 15 years, including at at the Winter Olympics of 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. She played at Northeastern University in the NCAA and Linköping’s HC for three seasons in the Swedish SDHL.
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11th April 2024, Klagenfurt – The capital of the Austrian region of Carinthia has been chosen to be this year’s host of the 2nd WHPP Ice Hockey Festival and Academy. From 19th to 21st of April the city of Klagenfurt will welcome over one hundred young female ice hockey players from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.
The second in the series of the WHPP educational events will build on the lessons learned from the first year of the project, focusing entirely on the young girls under the age of 18. The event preserves the well-received dual focus of on the ice learning experience, combined with off the ice workshops. The WHPP Consortium believes this comprehensive approach ensures that participants receive a well-rounded education in various aspects of ice hockey, including skills development, strategy and mental preparation.
In order to enhance the real-game learning opportunities, the WHPP Festival will be played with four mixed teams, compiled from the five project partner countries at the beginning of the event. The games on Saturday will be played there on three, with referees officiating the games in a two-person-system, while the games on Sunday will be played five on five, with referees officiating the games in a three-person-system.
At the same time, the focus of the WHPP Academy will be on the target groups’ education. During the three days event participants will attend presentations and workshops held by IIHF experts: Alexia CHEYROUX (FRA), Erika HOLST (SWE), Kristi Kehoe (USA), Satu Kiipeli (FIN), Katja PASANEN (FIN) and Florence SCHELLING (SUI).
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21st December 2023, Vienna – The 2nd WHPP Consortium Meeting wrapped up the first year of the 2023-2025 project Co-Founded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union aimed at the development of women’s ice hockey in the Danube region.
Representatives from the national hockey federations of Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia joined by the Sport Institute of Finland and University of Ljubljana and the International Ice Hockey Federation took a look back on the first period of the three-year effort and designed course of action for the second leg of the project.
Partners to the enterprise discussed lessons learned from the 2023 WHPP Festival that took place in Maribor (SLO) earlier this year hosting women’s teams from all five countries. As the WHPP is designed also to evolve and improve itself, the participants of the meeting agreed that takeaways from the maiden event in Slovenia should be used in setting up the project’s future activities, bearing in mind its primary objective – to benefit women hockey players, coaching and other team staff, game officials, and other persons involved in women’s ice hockey.
The 2024 WHPP Festival which is set to take place from 19th to 21st April next year in Klagenfurt (AUT) will increase focus on the educational aspects with on the ice application of theoretical knowledge offered at the off the ice sessions with the experts provided by the IIHF.
Furthermore, the partners agreed that different team format will have a positive effect on the social interactions between the participants and thus the exchange of knowledge between them. Nevertheless, the event will not lose its competitive component which will, with the new approach, allow the young girls across the region to make new friendships through sport. This will be of additional significance as the participating ice hockey federations are more oriented to take part in the Klagenfurt event with younger (U18) hockey players.
The two-day meeting was also the opportunity to discuss different challenges each federation is facing on an operational and strategic level, as well as the various approaches in tackling them.
The members of the WHPP Consortium also agreed the next meeting will take place in December next year in Vierumäki (FIN).
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2nd WHPP Ice Hockey Festival & Academy experts from Europe and USA
/0 Comments/in Coaching, Development, Game Officiating, News, Players /by WHPP PR17th April 2024, Klagenfurt – The second in the series of the WHPP educational events will build on the lessons learned from the first year of the project, focusing on the young girls under the age of 18. The event will maintain its dual focus, combining on-ice learning experiences with off-ice workshops. This comprehensive approach ensures that participants receive a well-rounded education in various aspects of ice hockey, including skills development, strategy and mental preparation. During the three-day event participants will attend presentations and workshops held by IIHF experts: Alexia CHEYROUX (FRA), Erika HOLST (SWE), Kristi Kehoe (USA), Satu Kiipeli (FIN), Katja PASANEN (FIN) and Florence SCHELLING (SUI).
Alexia CHEYROUX (FRA) is a former ice hockey player in the French women’s championship. Linesperson in the French men’s professional leagues – Ligue Magnus, Division 1 – since 2010 and at the IIHF competitions since 2019 (2019 – WW U18 D2, Spain; 2021 – Olympic pre-qualification, Italy; 2022 – WW U18 D1A, Hungary; 2023 – WW U18A, Sweden). In 2022 she also attended USA Hockey Officiating Development Camp in Minnesota.
Erika HOLST (SWE) is a former Swedish National Team ice hockey player, representing Sweden at nine World Championships and winning silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She played with the Segeltorps IF and Riksserien in Swedish elite league and with the University of Minnesota Bulldogs when they won the first three NCAA women’s championships in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Currently she is the Head Coach of Frolunda HC women’s team in Sweden’s Division 1.
Kristi KEHOE (USA) is currently the Sports Director of the Anaheim Lady Ducks, with over 28 years of playing and coaching experience. She played NCAA Division 1 at Northeastern University; where she led her team as a forward in goals, points, and assists for three seasons. Since retiring from playing, Kristi has gained experience at all levels of hockey as a Head Coach, Associate Head Coach, and Assistant Coach within NCAA Division 1 and 3, Jr Hockey, IIHF Hockey China U18, and working within the USA Hockey system. She has been the Director of Player Development for the New England District within USA Hockey for eight years, and also has worked all USA Hockey Development Camps on the girls side, holding roles as; Mentor Coach, Head Coach, Skills Coach, and On-ice Director. She prides herself on being an advocate for Girls’ and women in hockey.
Satu KIIPELI (FIN) is a former Finnish national team player with Olympic and World Championship appearances. Three time national NCAA D1 Champion with University of Minnesota-Duluth and Finnish Champion with Oulun Karpat. Current she is the Head Coach of Oulun Karpat in Finnish Women’s League. She holds master’s degree in sport administration and is certified pro coach.
Katja PASANEN (FIN) works as a mental performance coach in several different sports. She has worked as Head Coach of the IFK Helsinki U16 and U18 women’s teams and HPK senior women’s team. Already as a player and then later as a coach she was interested, how can she help players play at their level. She has studied e.g. sports psychology, behavior, sports medicine and social psychology, etc. Currently she is mental coach of Finish men’s top-level league team Rauman Lukko. “The higher the level of performance in top sports, the smaller the technical differences in the sport become, and the mental control of strengths becomes more prominent.” (www.katjapasanen.fi)
Florence SCHELLING (SUI) is an Olympic and World Championship bronze medalist and MVP. As a goalie, she represented the Swiss Women’s National Team for 15 years, including at at the Winter Olympics of 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. She played at Northeastern University in the NCAA and Linköping’s HC for three seasons in the Swedish SDHL.
2nd WHPP Ice Hockey Festival and Academy
/0 Comments/in News /by WHPP PR11th April 2024, Klagenfurt – The capital of the Austrian region of Carinthia has been chosen to be this year’s host of the 2nd WHPP Ice Hockey Festival and Academy. From 19th to 21st of April the city of Klagenfurt will welcome over one hundred young female ice hockey players from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.
The second in the series of the WHPP educational events will build on the lessons learned from the first year of the project, focusing entirely on the young girls under the age of 18. The event preserves the well-received dual focus of on the ice learning experience, combined with off the ice workshops. The WHPP Consortium believes this comprehensive approach ensures that participants receive a well-rounded education in various aspects of ice hockey, including skills development, strategy and mental preparation.
In order to enhance the real-game learning opportunities, the WHPP Festival will be played with four mixed teams, compiled from the five project partner countries at the beginning of the event. The games on Saturday will be played there on three, with referees officiating the games in a two-person-system, while the games on Sunday will be played five on five, with referees officiating the games in a three-person-system.
At the same time, the focus of the WHPP Academy will be on the target groups’ education. During the three days event participants will attend presentations and workshops held by IIHF experts: Alexia CHEYROUX (FRA), Erika HOLST (SWE), Kristi Kehoe (USA), Satu Kiipeli (FIN), Katja PASANEN (FIN) and Florence SCHELLING (SUI).
Official flyer of the 2024 Klagenfurt event
Friday, 19th of April 2024
ICE RINK KLAGENFURT
TEAMS’ PROGRAM
Saturday, 20th of April 2024
ICE RINK KLAGENFURT
TEAMS’ PROGRAM
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
ICE RINK KLAGENFURT
TEAMS’ PROGRAM
WHPP Consortium takes a look back at 2023 and makes plans for 2024
/0 Comments/in Governance, News /by WHPP PR21st December 2023, Vienna – The 2nd WHPP Consortium Meeting wrapped up the first year of the 2023-2025 project Co-Founded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union aimed at the development of women’s ice hockey in the Danube region.
Representatives from the national hockey federations of Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia joined by the Sport Institute of Finland and University of Ljubljana and the International Ice Hockey Federation took a look back on the first period of the three-year effort and designed course of action for the second leg of the project.
Partners to the enterprise discussed lessons learned from the 2023 WHPP Festival that took place in Maribor (SLO) earlier this year hosting women’s teams from all five countries. As the WHPP is designed also to evolve and improve itself, the participants of the meeting agreed that takeaways from the maiden event in Slovenia should be used in setting up the project’s future activities, bearing in mind its primary objective – to benefit women hockey players, coaching and other team staff, game officials, and other persons involved in women’s ice hockey.
The 2024 WHPP Festival which is set to take place from 19th to 21st April next year in Klagenfurt (AUT) will increase focus on the educational aspects with on the ice application of theoretical knowledge offered at the off the ice sessions with the experts provided by the IIHF.
Furthermore, the partners agreed that different team format will have a positive effect on the social interactions between the participants and thus the exchange of knowledge between them. Nevertheless, the event will not lose its competitive component which will, with the new approach, allow the young girls across the region to make new friendships through sport. This will be of additional significance as the participating ice hockey federations are more oriented to take part in the Klagenfurt event with younger (U18) hockey players.
The two-day meeting was also the opportunity to discuss different challenges each federation is facing on an operational and strategic level, as well as the various approaches in tackling them.
The members of the WHPP Consortium also agreed the next meeting will take place in December next year in Vierumäki (FIN).