My Hockey Speeches/Interviews

Here are some speeches that I have given at various hockey banquets, athletic banquets, schools, etc. I have a number of my speeches online, but I'll just include links to a few of them because they are rather repetitive! :-) I'll include one for each year.

List of All Speeches

1992/Downey	Grades 1-4, Downeyville School
1992/GE	General Electric Canada Conference
1992/Norwood	Norwood High School Athletic Banquet
1992/SouthCavan	Grades 1-4, South Cavan School
1992/TASSS	Thomas A Stewart Secondary School Athletic Banquet
1992/UnitedCounties	United Counties Girls' Hockey Banquet
1993/MVP	MVP (Margot Verlaan-Page) Girls' Hockey Camp
1993/Swiss.highschool1	Computer Sci. Class, High School in Switzerland
1993/Swiss.highschool2	English Class, High School in Switzerland
1993/WestLincoln	West Lincoln High School Athletic Banquet
1994/Churches	Young's Point & Lakefield United Churches
1994/Examiner_interview	Peterborough Examiner Interview
1994/Gainsborough	Gainsborough Public School
1994/Lakefield	Lakefield High School, 2 classes
1994/PGHA	Peterborough Girls' Hockey Assoc. Awards Banquet
1994/SouthCavan	South Cavan Public School, Education Week
andria/article/women_hockey_vol2.html	Article I wrote for Women's Hockey magazine
1998/OUA	OUA Ontario University Hockey awards banquet
1998/Etobicoke	Etobicoke Atom C Team
1998/MGHL	MGHL Banquet (Peewee & Atom)
1999/EasterSeals	Easter Seals Kickoff Luncheon
1999/MGHL	MGHL Banquet (Peewee)
2001/PenaltyFree	2002 Penalty Free Sweepstakes
2002/Nationals	2002 Esso Nationals Banquet
2003/Smithville	2003 South Lincoln High School Athletic Banquet
2007/PboroHOF	2007 Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame
2015/Keene	2015 Hockey Day in Keene

List of Available Interviews

1995/Sarah_interview.txt	Interview for an Essay
1997/Aileen_interview.txt	Interview for an Assignment
1997/Phillip_interview.txt	Interview for Inline Hockey News
1997/RGraham_interview.txt	Interview for Inline Hockey News
1998/CBC_post_interview.txt	Interview for CBC Radio - Olympic Preview
1998/CBC_preview_interview.txt	Interview for CBC Radio - After Olympics
1998/Justwomen_interview.txt	Interview for Just Sports for Women
1998/Belling_interview.txt	Interview for Bellingham newspaper
1999/Cookbook_interview.txt	Interview for Hockey CookBook Charity
1999/CExplorer_interview.txt	Interview for Career Explorer magazine
2000/Elle_interview.txt	Interview for Elle
2001/Strang_interview.txt	Interview for Angela Strang
2001/Lake_interview.txt	Interview for Stephanie Lake
2004/Ronnie_interview.txt	Interview for Ronna Bouchard
2006/Dan_interview.txt	Interview for Dan Akeson
2006/Morgan_interview.txt	Interview for Morgan Moorcroft
2006/Zoe_interview.txt	Interview for Zoë Brouns
2015/Mark_Staffieri_interview.txt	Interview for Mark Staffieri

Links to Selected Speeches

Notice that the first line of all of these speeches is always the same! :-) I was not born with a gift for Public Speaking! It's scary stuff! :-)

1992 TASSS speech

This is the speech that I gave at my old high school in Peterborough on June 3rd, 1992. I was the guest speaker for their end of the year athletic awards banquet. This was just after the first world championship.

1993 MVP speech.

This is the speech that I gave at Margot Page's girls' summer hockey camp on July 8th, 1993. I instructed at the camp that summer, and was a guest speaker one evening.

1994 PGHA speech.

This is the speech that I gave at the PGHA (Peterborough Girls' Hockey Association) banquet on April 30, 1994. This was just after my 2nd world championship.

Women's Hockey Magazine Article.

This is an article that I wrote for the March/April 1997 issue of the former Women's Hockey magazine.

1998 OUA Awards Banquet Speech.

This is the speech that I gave at the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Women's Hockey awards banquet on February 13th 1998. The OUA 1998 allstars were awarded at this banquet.

1999 Easter Seals Speech

I was the guest speaker for the Easter Seals Kickoff Luncheon in Peterborough, Ontario on February 1st, 1999.

2002 Milk Energy Penalty Free SweepStakes Speech

I was the guest speaker for the 2002 Milk Energy Penalty Free SweepStakes, which was held at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto on December 7th, 2001. Ron McLean was the MC, and Paul Henderson also spoke briefly at this media event.

2002 Esso Nationals Banquet

I was the guest speaker for the 2002 Esso Nationals Women's Championship, which was hosted by the communities of Arnprior and Renfrew from March 6-10,2002.

2003 South Lincoln High School Athletic Banquet

I was the guest speaker for the 2003 South Lincoln High School Athletic Banquet on June 5th, 2003. This is where my Dad went to high school.

2007 Sports Hall of Fame Induction

This is the speech that I said when I was inducted into the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame. Here are some photos of the event.

2015 Otonabee Hockey Association

I was recognized for contribution to women's hockey with a banner that was hung in the Otonabee Memorial Community Centre arena. Here are some photos of the event.

Links to Selected Interviews

1995 Sarah interview

This is an interview that I answered for a woman who was writing an essay about me for her English class.

1997 Aileen interview

This is an interview that I answered for a second year Kinesiology student at McMaster University. She was writing a debate paper for her Sport Sociology class.

1997 Headline Hockey News

This is an interview that I answered for Phillip Brents of the Headline Hockey News. The interview took place after the 1997 Inline hockey season. His article appeared in the Inline Hockey News.

1997 Inline Hockey News

This is an interview that I answered for Rich Graham of the Inline Hockey News. The purpose of the interview was to get my thoughts on the USA Hockey InLine Cup. It took place in October 1997, just after receiving the 1997 Inline Hockey News female amateur athlete of the year award.

1998 CBC Radio Pre-Olympic Interviews

This outlines some interview questions that I was asked by CBC Radio to preview women's hockey in the 1998 Winter Olymipcs. There were interviews in 11 different cities across Canada, and each interview was 6-7 minutes long. The interviews were similar, but varied a little from host to host.

1998 CBC Radio Post-Olympic Interview

This outlines some interview questions that I was asked by CBC Radio Vancouver after the 1998 Winter Olymipcs.

1998 Just Sports for Women

This is an interview that I had with Debbie Goldberg for the Just Sports for Women web page. The article talked about women's hockey in the Olympics.

1998 Bellingham interview

This is an interview that I had with Dennis Rimmer for a newspaper in Bellingham, Washington. The article talked about women's hockey in the Olympics.

1999 Hockey Cook Book interview

This is an interview that I had for a Hockey Cook Book that was used to raise money for charity.

2001 interview for College student

This is an interview that I had with a college student in the Journalism program at Holland College, PEI.

2004 interview for high school student

This is an interview that I had with a high school student in Glastonbury, CT for her English class.

2015 interview for Mark Staffieri

Marc specializes in writing about women's hockey. You can read more about him on wikia.

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