Golf Day Hot Stove Event
We're excited to welcome special guests to the evening dinner: Olympic medalist, Meghan Agosta and NHL player, Duane Sutter.
About Meghan Agosta
Meghan Agosta has been a member of the Canadian Women’s National Hockey Team since 2004. She has played in four Olympic Winter Games, winning gold in Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and recently winning a silver medal in Pyongchang, South Korea. With nine goals and six assists, she was the top scorer at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and was voted Most Valuable Player and Best Forward as well as being named to the Media All-Star Team. Agosta has also been a part of eight world championship teams, winning gold in 2007 and 2012 to go with six silver medals.
After Sochi 2014, Agosta took a break from hockey to focus on her career in Law Enforcement. After attending the Police Academy, Agosta is now a full time police constable with the Vancouver Police Department. She returned to the National Team program in the fall of 2015, competing at the World Championships in 2016 and 2017. While playing for the Montreal Stars of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League in 2012-13, Agosta became the first player to win the Angela James Bowl in back-to-back seasons as the CWHL’s leading scorer. In 2011-12 she had set the CWHL’s single season scoring record.
Collegiately, Agosta had played for Mercyhurst University where she was named four times as a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award as the top women’s NCAA player. Without a CWHL team in Vancouver, Agosta keeps her skills sharp by practicing with a local Midget AAA team (Valley West Hawks), plays for the Vancouver Police hockey team (Centurions), plays on an over 30 team (Devils) and works with a skills coach out of UBC (Mike Sommers).
GETTING INTO THE SPORT
Meghan was inspired to play hockey because of her older brother Jeric who was a good hockey player. Her older sister was a figure skater so her parents put her in that sport first, but she was more interested in playing with a stick and ball on the neighbourhood streets. At age six, after a year of begging, her parents relented and registered her in hockey. In her first game, she scored 19 of her team’s 21 goals and was immediately moved up a level. She played with boys until peewee minor AAA because girl’s hockey was just in its infancy at that time.
Duane Sutter
Duane Calvin Sutter (born March 16, 1960) is a Canadian former National Hockey League player and head coach. He was a four-time Stanley Cup winner with the New York Islanders.
He is one of the famed six Sutter brothers to play in the NHL.
Duane was drafted by the New York Islanders in 1979 in the first round (17th overall). During the following season he made his debut for the Islanders, and as a rookie was a key contributor to the Islanders first Stanley Cup championship. Duane Sutter, who was dubbed "Dog" by his teammates because he yapped and barked before and during games, also contributed to the ensuing 1981, 1982 and 1983 Stanley Cup championships. Playing in the corners of the rink, Duane Sutter was tough but skillful. Sutter had an underrated passing ability and scoring touch.
In the 1980–81 season he was joined by his younger brother, Brent, on the team and they played together until Duane was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks in 1987. Duane and Brent won two of their Stanley Cups together in 1982 and 1983.[1]
After the 1983 Cup win, Duane had the distinction of winning four Stanley Cup championships in his first four seasons in the NHL. He and Brent led all players with 7 and 5 points during the first three games of that series.
He played for the Blackhawks for three seasons, but after the 1989–90 season he retired.
During 1996–98 and 2000–03 he was a part of the coaching staff in the Florida Panthers (1996–98 and 2002–03 he was assistant coach and during 2000–02 he was head coach)