This past weekend, the AAA Richardson Pioneer Gold Wings held an alumni game featuring seventeen former Gold Wing players, ranging from girls who played during the inaugural season in 2006, to members of the 2014 national championship team. The alumni team skated to a 9-0 win over the 2019/2020 Gold Wings.
Listed below is the roster from the 2020 Alumni Team, and what they've been up to since their years with the Gold Wings.
Toni Giraudier (Ross) – 2008- 2011
- Played 5 years with the Regina Cougars
- Played one season of pro hockey with the Calgary Inferno CWHL team
- Earned her degree in Nursing and is working towards her Nurse Practitioner designation
Karlee Jensen – 2013-2015
- Attends the U of R and is working towards her Bachelors degree in Education
Sarah Emde (Puryk) – 2007- 2010
- Played hockey for NAIT after graduating
Sarah Spence – 2009- 2012
- Played for the Lethbridge Pronghorns
Ashten Sinclair – 2013- 2016
- Attends the U of S and is in her final year of her Bachelors of Kinesiology degree, with hopes to take Physiotherapy next year.
- Is the student trainer for the U of S huskies women’s hockey team.
Kassidy Sjostrand – 2012- 2015
- Played for Assiniboine Community College in Brandon and achievedher social work diploma
- Is currently taking Dental Hygiene through SaskPolytech.
Alex Clarke (Blair) – 2008- 2011
- Attended the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth MN. Where she played hockey for 4 year and obtained her Bachelor of Science inFinance.
Katelyn Blair – 2015- 2018
- Attends the U of S and is working towards her business degree
Tessa Wilson – 2012- 2014
- Played 2 years with the U of R cougars and 1 year with SAIT
- Obtained her degree in kinesiology
Alyssa Kaczmar – 2006-2007
- Works for the Weyburn Police Department as a Police Officer
Madison Colbow – 2012- 2015
- Played 2 years with SAIT and one year with the U of S Huskies
- Achieved her diploma in Communications Media- Radio Television and Broadcast News
Rianne Watson (Wight) – 2006- 2008
- Played 5 years with the U of R cougars
- Works in Weyburn as a Registered Nurse
Kylie Gavelin – 2010- 2012
- Played 5 years with the U of R cougars taking business
Jenica Whitrow– 2012- 2014
- Obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the U of S
- Currently working on her last semester of her Bachelor of Education
Brooke Mead – 2015- 2017
- Played with Assiniboine Community College in Brandon aftergraduating and now plays for the Minot State University Beavers.
- She is working towards her Bachelors of Nursing.
Jensen Hammer – 2013- 2016
- Attends the U of S working on her Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Caitlin Dempsey – 2011- 2014
- Played 2 years with the U of R cougars, and then transferred to the U of S to take Pharmacy.
- Is currently in her last semester of Pharmacy.