2020 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms Women’s Hockey Championship begins Thursday
#8 seed UPEI Panthers start their tournament Friday against #1 Alberta
Charlottetown, PEI (March 9, 2020)—UPEI is proud to host the 2020 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms Women's Hockey Championship! The puck drops for the tournament's opening game on Thursday, March 12, and wraps with the gold-medal game on Sunday, March 15, at 6 pm!
The Panthers enter the tournament seeded eighth of eight teams. They kick off their tournament on Friday with a 7 pm match up with number-one seed University of Alberta. The game will feature a performance by Island musicians, twins Ava and Lily Rashed.
Read a full tournament preview including profiles of each of the eight teams at USPORTS.ca.
Tickets for the tournament are available at the Eastlink Centre Box Office located at 46 Kensington Road, Charlottetown. The office is open Monday to Friday, 11 am to 5 pm. On Saturday and Sunday, the office opens at noon. You can also purchase tickets online at any time at eastlinkcentrepei.com.
Livestreaming in English is available for free worldwide on CBCSports.ca, CBC Gem, the CBC Sports App for iOS and Android devices, with French digital coverage carried on USPORTS.LIVE.
Go Panthers Go!
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Media contact: Ron Annear, UPEI
(902) 566-0991, annear@upei.ca