The 2018-19 Battle of the GTA began at the Thornhill Community Centre Saturday night as the Markham Thunder and Toronto Furies played the first game of a home-and-home split (tomorrow’s Furies “home” game will be held in Oakville instead of the MCC).
The game was billed as an “Epic Ladies Night Out” by the organization See What She Can Do. For $25 (including game ticket), participants could arrive an hour and a half before puck drop and listen to talks from Thunder GM Chelsea Purcell, former GM, two-time Olympian and three-time World Champion Lori Dupuis and Furies GM, three-time Olympian and four-time World Champion Sami Jo Small.