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LRG Official Becomes 1st Female to Referee in the OHL
Hello All,
I’d like to congratulate Hillary Brennan on her OHL debut last night (Sept 3, 2022) in Guelph. Her next game she will be refereeing is the Knights vs. Sting game on Friday September 9, 2022. Puck drop is at 7pm.
For those of you that don’t know Hillary here is some background on her amazing journey.
Hillary has been an official for 9 years now and is currently a level 3C. She first started with the London referees Group when she entered high school as a way of making extra money. She also played competitive hockey for the London Devilettes U22 (Junior). When graduating high school Hillary had offers to play University hockey, but instead decided to focus on school and stick with refereeing.
With her foundation set and London Referee experience Hillary moved up to North Bay to attend Nipissing University where she joined the NOHA and got selected into the NOJHL, where she became the 1st female hockey official to officiate in the junior league up there. After completing her degree Hillary returned home to continue to hone her craft while entering the working world.
Some of her recent accomplishments include: U15 AAA OHF Linesperson - April 2022, U18AA Female Ontario Summer Games (Gold Medal - Linesperson) - May 2022, being selected to attend the 1st ever OHL officiating prospect combine in Belleville, being invited to the OHL main camp, and now the first female referee skating some OHL preseason games.
When I spoke to Hillary about these amazing accomplishments, I asked her what she would tell the next generation of young officials. Here is what she had to say… ‘continue to remind yourself why you're there and why you're doing what you're doing. As an official in any sport, it's really easy to get lost in the negativity and to doubt yourself and your ability. But at the end of the day as long as you're out there doing something that you're passionate about and that you love there's no amount of pessimism or criticism that'll inhibit you from doing what you want to do’
Again, a BIG congratulations to Hillary as she starts her OHL journey.
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