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What a great ride it was!

We should all be proud of the work everyone did.
We may not have received top billing but we are Hockeyville
This has brought our community closer together
Your Hockeyville committee wants to thank everyone that helped out

We are putting together a DVD to commemorate this wonderful event
The cost is only $5.00
If you would like a copy send us an email with the following
Name
Phone #
The number of copies you would like
dvd@woolwichhockeyville.ca
Come and cheer our Sugar Kings tonight

Terrace,BC 1,923,456
Humboldt, SK 1,810,100
Woolwich Township, ON 1,163,142
Harbour Grace, NL 754,936
Thetford Mines, QC 739,365

Woolwich Wild              Woolwich Wildcats              Elmira Sugarkings

 

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Cam seems to have no problem handling the pressure of submiting votes on multiple devices while Graham looks a bit frazzled.
Must be that NHL pressure that Cam is used to.
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Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig voting for hockeyville
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Mayor Strauss is taking a break after submitting half of his 1000 votes.
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Al McDonough, wanna-be NHLer, Bob Burnham, and Wendel Clark at the Home Hardware Show in St. Jacobs
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If Harold Albrecht has time to come to the voting centre can you spare 30 minutes?
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Robbie Snyder is putting in his madatory 1000 votes. have you?
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In Florida they are coco nuts about Woolwich
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The UK is voting for us
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They are voting in Los Angeles for us
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Sugar King Captain Pat Shantz getting a birthday cup cake in the face
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Graham, LuAnn , Tom, Marni & Jake holding a satellite team meeting at the World Famous Elbo Room in Ft. Lauderdale
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Tom, Jake, Graham and hostess Allie discuss how best to showcase Woolwich in South Fla.
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Reed shouting instructions to Vote Woolwich
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Uncle Sam working hard forWoolwich in Florida
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South Africa is ready
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We are even getting all the barn yard residents to vote for us
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VOTING TIPS

 

The #1 tip we have is don't try to beat the system. Only vote for 1 centre at a time. This means don't try to send multiple votes even for our centre.

By Computer

New tip select the longest of the 2 words only when you vote

When you click on the vote button from this website it will take you directly to the Woolwich page.
If you can't read the Captcha code click on the icon.
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Once you have voted you can just click on the back button and then refresh the Captcha code to vote again. No need to close the window.

By Text Message
You can program the 222111 code into your contact list to make it easier to vote. Then you can just use the name from the contact list.

By Phone
If you are doing this from you cell phone you can program the 1-866-533-8066 into your contact list. After the phone number put a pause by adding a comma.
I will update this when the voting start as I don't know what our number will be.

We are encouraging you to come and vote in one of our voting centres.

The main voting centre will be at the Youth Centre in the arena.

We will be holding a 24 hours of voting party at the Youth Centre in the Elmira Arena. It is starting at 11 pm on Saturday February 28th until 11 pm on Sunday .

We encourage everyone to have their own voting parties in their homes. Invite your friends over and VOTE VOTE VOTE !!!

You can also go to one of these other centres
Elmira Public Library
Tues March 3 10:00 am - 8:30 pm
Wed March 4 1:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Free wireless for your laptop!

 

We are also looking at setting up voting centres in other Woolwich locations. Stay tuned for more information.

 

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Click here to view articles posted for our center.

Click here to view local newspaper articles.

Leanna Pendergast's Hockeyville News
Hockeyville News

Leeanna Pendergast MPP Member's Statement Woolwich Hockeyville March 4 2009
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Leeanna Pendergast MPP Woolwich Hockeyville 2009
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The largest hockey family in Canada the Wang's have a message
This Hockeyville has a HEART! Vote Woolwich
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Official Woolwich Hockeyville Theme Song
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Harold Albrecht in House of Commons
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Leeanna Pendergast's Member's Statement in the Legislature
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CBC HNIC Woolwich Video Segment
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24 Hours of Hockey recap
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Dennis Wideman endorsement
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PICS

 

Click here to view some of the pictures

Thank you to everyone that submitted pictures.

A special thank you to Robert Larivière, Calla Studios and The Woolwich Observer for taking many of these pictures.

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Click here to email all your friends

When you click on the link above it will launch your email program and auto populate the subject and body. You must be using an email program like Outlook for this to work. All you need to do is delete the email address and add their friends. Email all your friends and ask them to inform all of their friends. We need everyone's help to make Woolwich Canada's Hockeyville.

If you want to volunteer please email us at Volunteers@WoolwichHockeyville.ca
Email your suggestions to: Robert@WoolwichHockeyville.ca
You can email LuAnn or Graham at the following
LuAnn@WoolwichHockeyville.ca
Graham@WoolwichHockeyville.ca

Join our Facebook group to get notified of news and upcoming events
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What is this all about?

Hockeyville is a national competition that is looking for the community that best embodies the spirit of hockey and hometown pride. They want to hear your stories about your best hockey memories, your favorite hockey moment or why you are passionate about hockey and your community. Your entry does not need to be long, just tell us in your own words why you think Woolwich should be Canada's Hockeyville.

What's at stake?

The winners get the following:

1st Place

  • $100,000 from Kraft to upgrade the home arena endorsed by the winning community.
  • An NHL® pre-season game hosted in the community arena.
  • A CBC Hockey Night in Canada broadcast from their community.

The top four remaining communities are awarded: 

  • $25,000 from Kraft to upgrade the home arena endorsed by the community.
  • A CBC Hockey Night in Canada broadcast from their community.

Selection Process

The top five communities are determined by audience vote. Once the top five are revealed, voters are re-invited to vote for the Grand Prize Community.

 

 

 

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Thank you to everyone who offered to volunteer last weekend.
We had so many responses we were unable to use everyone!
Your community support is appreciated.
Woolwich Hockeyville Committee

Volunteers (either individual or in teams) to donate time to vote as

part of a Voting Marathon Feb 28 – Mar 4

The locations are TBD but will include various locations in Elmira as well as possible other Woolwich Villages (ie Conestogo, Winterbourne, St. Jacobs)

Please respond by emailing volunteers@woolwichhockeyville.ca

In your email please note

  • days & times you/your team would be available
  • your preferred voting location (Elmira, other..)
  • your daytime and evening phone numbers

 

We will contact you mid to late next week to confirm

 

Here are some of our hometowns boys and girls that have made made it
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Darryl Sittler

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Ric Seiling

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Rod Seiling

dan snyder
Dan Snyder

dennis wideman
Dennis Wideman
ryan black
Ryan Black

vaughan
Vaughan MacDonald
Kory Lorentz

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Floyd “Butch” Martin
John Tanner
John Tanner, Goalie for Quebec Nordiques
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Marc Potvin (Detroit, Hartford, Los Angeles)
Mark Vines, NHL Linesmen, 10 years,
Mike Bishop (Elmira) - Boston
Randy Pearce (Elmira) - Washington
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Cam Stewart (Conestogo) - Boston
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Jamie Wright (Elmira) - Dallas, Calgary, Philadelphia, World Jr (1996 - gold medal)
Mike Parson
Steve Parson
Mark Noot Sledge hockey world champions and Olympic gold medalists.
Jeff Snyder Sledge hockey world champions and Olympic gold medalists.

If you can think of someone that I have missed please let me know.
Robert@WoolwichHockeyville.ca