November 4, 2005
Toronto -- The Canadian Hockey League today announced the continuation of the Canada Post Cup three stars program for the 2005-06 CHL season.
Throughout the entire season, the three stars of each game in the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League will be awarded points towards the Canada Post Cup. The first star will receive 10 points, the second star will receive five points and the third star will receive two points.
There are three segments of the program and the top player for each segment in each division of the three leagues will receive a $100 donation from Canada Post for their league's education program.
The overall winner from each league at the conclusion of the 2005-06 season, will be recognized at the CHL Awards Ceremony and Canada Post will donate $2,500 in each winner's name to their respective league education program. Canada Post will be donating more than $10,000 to the league educational programs through this event.
Fans and media can follow the progress of the Canada Post Cup on the Internet at www.chl.ca, as well as each of the respective league websites.
"Our league educational programs are a very important building block for the student-athletes that compete in the Canadian Hockey League and we are very proud to continue this outstanding program with Canada Post," said CHL President David Branch. "This program provides us with a fantastic opportunity to partner with Canada Post to recognize some of the CHL's brightest stars while contributing to our league education programs."
Bob Waite, senior vice-president of Communications and Stakeholder Relations, added that the company was pleased to be partnering with the CHL again this year. "Canada Post is proud to support the CHL's education program. This initiative not only supports the players and their pursuit of higher education, it also brings an important awareness to the overall importance of education to the fans who enjoy the game. It's a program that makes the grade with players and fans."
Canadian Controlled Media Communications (CCMC), the CHL's exclusive sales agency, facilitated the partnership, which also included regional in-ice logos in team venues and partner level sponsorship of the CHL's major special events.
About the Canadian Hockey League
The Canadian Hockey League is the world's largest development hockey league with 58 teams in ten Canadian provinces and five American states. The CHL is made up of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League. Last season, more than nine million fans attended CHL games in the regular season, playoffs and the MasterCard Memorial Cup national championship. The CHL supplies more players to the National Hockey League than any other league. More than 300 graduates attend Canadian Universities on scholarships from CHL teams.
About Canada Post
Canada Post delivers over 10 billion pieces of mail each year to 14 million addresses. Its 60,000 employees and 7,000 post offices the largest retail network in the country serve 31 million Canadians and over 1 million businesses from coast to coast to coast. In 2004, net income for Canada Post and its affiliates, which include Purolator Courier Ltd., Progistix-Solutions Inc., Intelcom Courier Canada Inc., epost and Innovapost (jointly owned by Canada Post and CGI), was CDN$ 147 million on revenues of CDN$ 6.7 billion. Canada Post is a world leader, providing innovative physical and electronic delivery solutions, creating value for our customers, employees and Canadians. Canada Post connects Canadians from anywhere... to anyone. Website: http://www.canadapost.ca.
About CCMC
CCMC is one of North America's leading sports and entertainment multi-media marketers, with extensive business ventures in publishing, radio, television broadcast sales and production, event production, management and sponsorship sales, website design and maintenance. CCMC's properties include ScoreGolf, the Canadian Hockey League, Campus, and Shotrock Curling and are the official publishers for both the National Hockey League and the Canadian Football League.
For More Information:
Canadian Hockey League
Chris McCarthyDirector of Marketing and Special Events
Tel: (416) 332-9711, ext. 324
Email: cmccarthy@chl.ca
www.chl.ca
CCMC
Ryan Hudecki
Director of Marketing and Product Development
Tel: (416) 928-2909, ext. 242
Email: ryan@ccmc.ca
Canada Post
Cindy Daoust
Manager, Marketing PR
Tel: (613) 734-4258
Email : cindy.daoust@canadapost.ca
