COLLEEN KOHEN

COLLEEN KOHEN Colleen played fifteen of her twenty-three years in organized hockey with the Brampton Canadettes Girls Hockey Association, developing and fine tuning her skills along the way. Little did she realize that one day her dedication and hard work would pay off in the opportunity to represent Canada in the first-ever Women’s World Hockey Championship. In 1987 the Hamilton Golden Hawks were the Canadian National Champions that would represent Canada in the World Championship event in North York, Ontario. Team Canada was allowed to add three additional players to its roster, and Colleen was named as one of them. Colleen was a major force in helping Canada win the McCallion World Cup Trophy, emblematic of Women’s World Hockey supremacy. Colleen scored the second Team Canada goal in the gold medal game. She was also named the Most Valuable Player in the semi-final game that saw Canada defeat Sweden 8-2. As a member of the Golden Hawks she also won the gold medal at the 1988 Canadian National Championships. Colleen excelled in basketball, volleyball and track and field as a student at J.A. Turner Secondary School in Brampton. She was a recipient of the Murray Hadlow Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sports. In addition to playing as a member of the Canadettes, Colleen was extensively involved as a referee. Colleen was a recipient of a Brampton Civic Award in 1988 along with her Team Canada teammates from Brampton, Maureen Van De Ven and Pat White. Inducted November 24, 1999