February 4, 2014

File No.:2016 U18 Fred Banham Peace River Regional District PO Box 810 Dawson Creek, BC V1G 4H8 Re: City of Dawson Creek Update on 2016 IIHF U18 Women’s World Hockey Championships We are happy to report to you that the City of Dawson Creek passed a major hurdle and has been shortlisted by Hockey Canada as a viable option for hosting this prestigious IIHF event. Our past proven success with large scale and multifaceted sporting events such as Hockey Canada’s 2012 National Women’s Under 18 Hockey Championship, 2012 Swiss Chalet Men’s National Curling Finals, 2010 Grey Power Player curling Championships and hosting the 2009 Hockey Canada National Women’s Team centralization camp, give us an advantage as a prime candidate to secure this bid. When Dawson Creek wins this bid, it will complete our “Triple Crown” in hosting high performance female hockey events and we will be only the second city in Canada to host this International event. As requested please find attached a few video clips about our communities past experience working with Hockey Canada and their Athletes. Moreover, please find the summary of the event, proposed budget and past event articles. We are currently working towards the next steps with Hockey Canada and preparing for their site visit in March 2014 by the Selection Committee. We know it is early in the process and we have not been awarded the event, but we would like to be in a position of strength when the Selection Committee comes to Dawson Creek. Saying that, we would like to be able to present the Selection Committee with the Peace River Regional Districts support and commitment (that when we get the event) Peace River Regional District would be willing to become a funding partner of the 2016 IIHF Under 18 Women’s World Championships. It is early to identify specifics; however we are looking to create a partnership with

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Peace River Regional District. We believe that we can accommodate and accomplish this through a variety of ways and are looking for a financial commitment of $50,000 per year for three years, totaling $150,000. Once again we want to thank you for taking the time to meet with us and we look forward to talking with you in the near future to discuss the opportunities and the partnership. Yours truly,

Barry Reynard Director of Community Services City of Dawson Creek 250.784.3605 breynard@dawsoncreek.ca

Ryan MacIvor General Manager Global Spectrum Facility Management, Encana Events Centre 250.795.3304 rmacivor@dawsoncreekeventscentre.com

NATIONAL WOMEN’S UNDER-18 TEAM ÉQUIPE NATIONALE FÉMININE DES MOINS DE 18 ANS

TEAM CANADA/ÉQUIPE CANADA

A glimpse at the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship

Between 2007 and 2010, the number of registered female players worldwide grew from 153,665 to 170,872. Women’s hockey is on the rise in almost every part of the world and there are teams in North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa and Latin America (IIHF.com).

36 countries applied to enter their national team in the 2011 IIHF World Women’s Championship program and 18 in the women’s U18 category (IIHF.com).

The following competitions are sanctioned by the IIHF today:

o IIHF World Women’s Championship since 1990

o Women’s ice hockey tournaments at the Olympic Winter Games since 1998

o IIHF European Women’s Champions Cup since 2004

o IIHF World Women’s U18 Championship since 2008

o IIHF Women’s Challenge Cup of Asia since 2010

Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team successfully defended its gold medal at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship, edging the United States 2-1 in overtime Saturday, Jan. 5 at Heinola Arena in Heinola, Finland.

The United States scored at 18:04 in the first and managed to hold off Canada until late in the third, but a

beautiful high shot from Catherine Dubois (Quebec City, Que./Limoilou, Collégial AA) in the last 13 seconds sent the game into overtime. It took just 58 seconds into the extra frame for Karly Heffernan (St. Albert, Alta./Edge School, JWHL) to score the exciting game-winning goal for a storybook ending for Canada at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship. Kimberly Newell (Burnaby, B.C./Princeton University, ECAC) made 39 saves for the win.

Canada and the United States have met in all six gold medal games at the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship. Canada also won the world championship in Jan. 2012, shutting out the United States 3-0 in Zlin, Czech Republic, and in 2010, defeating its cross-border rival 5-4 in overtime in Chicago, Ill. The U.S. took gold in 2008, 2009 and 2011.

Canada’s Halli Krzyzaniak (Neepawa, Man./Pursuit of Excellence, Midget AAA) was named best defenceman of the 2013 tournament, as selected by the IIHF directorate, while Sweden’s Minatsu Murase was named best goaltender and Katherine Schipper of the United States was named best forward. The top three Canadian players, as selected by the IIHF directorate, are forwards Hanna Bunton (Belleville, Ont./Whitby, PWHL) and Dubois, along with Krzyzaniak.

Captain Kristyn Capizzano (Oakville, Ont./Mississauga, PWHL), alternate captains Emily Clark (Saskatoon, Sask./Okanagan Hockey Academy, JWHL) and Krzyzaniak, along with Ashleigh Brykaliuk (Brandon, Man./Westman, MFMHL) and Dubois, all return to the 2013 world championship-winning team after winning the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship in Zlin.

Last year’s Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team, broken down by province: o Alberta – three (Taryn Baumgardt*, Eden Murray*, Karly Heffernan*) o British Columbia - three (Kimberly Newell*, Hannah Miller*, Alexa Ranahan*)

o Manitoba - three (Ashleigh Brykaliuk*, Halli Krzyzaniak*, Cassidy Carels*) o Ontario – eight (Hanna Bunton*, Kristyn Capizzano*, Jessica Dodds, Kristin Gilmour, Corie Jacobson,

Sydney McKibbon*, Alex Moore, Sarah Nurse)

o Prince Edward Island – one (Sarah Steele*) o Quebec – three (Geneviève Bannon*, Catherine Daoust*, Catherine Dubois*)

o Saskatchewan – one (Emily Clark*)

NATIONAL WOMEN’S UNDER-18 TEAM ÉQUIPE NATIONALE FÉMININE DES MOINS DE 18 ANS

TEAM CANADA/ÉQUIPE CANADA

Last year’s Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team roster also included:

o seventeen players were also members of Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team for a three-game series against the U.S. Women’s Under-18 Team in August in Blaine, Minn., winning two of the three games;

o five players who returned after winning a gold medal at the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship in Prerov and Zlin, Czech Republic: (Brykaliuk, Capizzano, Clark, Dubois, Krzyzaniak);

o two players who won a gold medal with Ontario Blue at the 2012 National Women’s Under-18 Championship in Dawson Creek, B.C. (Dodds, Jacobson);

o three players who won a silver medal with Manitoba at the 2012 National Women’s Under-18 Championship in Dawson Creek, B.C. (Brykaliuk, Carels, Krzyzaniak);

o six players who won a bronze medal with Ontario Red at the 2012 National Women’s Under-18 Championship in Dawson Creek, B.C. (Bunton, Capizzano, Gilmour, McKibbon, Moore, Nurse);

o one player who won a gold medal with the Pembina Valley Hawks at the 2012 Esso Cup, Canada’s National Female Midget Championship, in Charlottetown, P.E.I. (Carels);

o One player who attended the 2012 IIHF High Performance Camp in Vierumäki, Finland (Heffernan).

ALL-TIME CANADA’S NATIONAL WOMEN’S UNDER-18 TEAM RECORD VS./FICHE DE TOUS LES TEMPS DE L’ÉQUIPE NATIONALE FÉMININE DU CANADA C. TEAM GP W L T GF GA ÉQUIPE PJ V D N BP BA United States/États-Unis 24 13 11 0 70 67 Finland/Finlande 6 6 0 0 46 1 Germany/Allemagne 5 5 0 0 56 2 Hungary/Hongrie 1 1 0 0 4 1 Switzerland/Suisse 4 4 0 0 53 3 Sweden/Suède 5 5 0 0 35 4 Japan/Japon 5 4 1 0 13 6 Czech Republic/République tchèque 2 2 0 0 24 2 Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 7 1 Norway/Norvège 2 2 0 0 8 1 Russia/Russie 1 1 0 0 6 3 TOTAL 53 41 12 0 300 88

Follow Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team at www.twitter.com/hc_women; become a fan of Hockey Canada at www.facebook.com/hockeycanada; and please visit our official website at www.hockeycanada.ca/nwt.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Kristen Lipscombe, Hockey Canada’s coordinator of communications, at (403) 826-4819 or klipscombe@hockeycanada.ca.

IIHF World Women's Under-18 ChampionshipRevenues

Line Item Description Low projected High

R01 Hockey Canada 240,000.00$ 240,000.00$ 240,000.00$

R02 Provincial - Host BC Program Grant 10,000.00$ 15,000.00$ 20,000.00$

R03 Municipal 100,000.00$ 100,000.00$ 100,000.00$

R04 Minor Hockey 3,500.00$ 5,000.00$ 7,000.00$

R05 PRRD and other municipalities 100,000.00$ 100,000.00$ 100,000.00$

R06 BC Hockey 5,000.00$ 5,000.00$ 5,000.00$

R07 Corporate Sponsors 325,000.00$ 350,000.00$ 375,000.00$

R08 Ticket Sales 50,500.00$ 60,500.00$ 65,500.00$

R09 Merchandise Sales 15% 20% 25%

R09A Hockey Canada 2,500.00$ 3,500.00$ 5,000.00$

R09B Cap Sales - Ticket package 8,000.00$ 10,750.00$ 12,000.00$

R10 50/50 Draws 3,000.00$ 5,000.00$ 7,500.00$

R11 Program Sales 600.00$ 800.00$ 1,200.00$

Concession - 10% of net 1,500.00$ 2,000.00$ 2,500.00$

R12 Fundraiser - CA/Silent Auction

R13 Other - Misc. 3,000.00$ 5,000.00$ 75,000.00$

Total 852,600.15$ 902,550.20$ 1,015,700.25$

Expenditures

Line Item Description

E01 Event Cancellation Insurance 1,500.00$ 1,500.00$ 1,500.00$

E02 Players/Officials snacks, shower supplies etc 2,000.00$ 1,500.00$ 1,250.00$

E03 Facility Costs

Encana Events Centre 65,000.00$ 60,000.00$ 55,000.00$

Memorial Arena 22,500.00$ 20,000.00$ 17,500.00$

E04 Team Accommodations 271,200.00$ 239,560.00$ 226,000.00$

E05 Team meals 169,260.00$ 162,750.00$ 156,240.00$

E06 Team Transportation 175,000.00$ 160,000.00$ 160,000.00$

E07 Officials - Hotels, Meals, & Travel 35,260.00$ 35,260.00$ 35,260.00$

E08 On Ice/Off Ice Officials Game Fees ($500/game) 11,000.00$ 11,000.00$ 11,000.00$

E09 Servicing Costs - Sponsorships 4,000.00$ 3,500.00$ 3,000.00$

E10 Sponsorship commissions -$ -$ -$

E11 Hockey Canada Finance - Staffing $2500 @ 24 months 60,000.00$ 60,000.00$ 60,000.00$

E12 -$ -$ -$

E13 Hockey Canada/Steering Committee 17,000.00$ 15,000.00$ 12,500.00$

E14 -$ -$ -$

E15 IIHF Services ($100/day per diem + accomodations) 8,000.00$ 8,000.00$ 8,000.00$

E16 Event Administration expenses 2,250.00$ 2,000.00$ 1,750.00$

E17 Advertising/Promotion 32,500.00$ 30,000.00$ 27,500.00$

E18 Printing (Program & Ticket Printing) 2,500.00$ 2,000.00$ 1,500.00$

E19 Opening & Closing Ceremonies 2,000.00$ 2,000.00$ 2,000.00$

E20 Signage & Pageantry 5,000.00$ 5,000.00$ 5,000.00$

E21 Player Gifting 11,250.00$ 8,750.00$ 6,250.00$

E22 Hospitality (VIP Services & Media) 4,250.00$ 4,000.00$ 3,750.00$

E23 Volunteers - Apparel 5,000.00$ 4,500.00$ 4,000.00$

E24 Meals - Volunteers 18,000.00$ 16,500.00$ 15,000.00$

E25 Office Expenses 5,000.00$ 4,000.00$ 3,000.00$

E26 Special Events - Awards 5,000.00$ 5,000.00$ 5,000.00$

E27 -$ -$ -$

E28 Laundry & Towel Service 3,500.00$ 3,000.00$ 2,500.00$

E29 Medical 3,000.00$ 2,500.00$ 2,000.00$

E30 Doping (As per bid requirements) 20,000.00$ 10,000.00$ 10,000.00$

E31 Contingency 25,000.00$ 20,000.00$ 15,000.00$

E32 Accreditation 1,250.00$ 1,000.00$ 750.00$

Total 987,220.00$ 898,320.00$ 852,250.00$

NET BALANCE (134,619.85)$ 4,230.20$ 163,450.25$