Ellen Lowden, a North Toronto hockey mom for girls, is taking to the calling quite seriously. Mrs. Lowden, 53, of Cranbrooke Ave., was recently chronicled in the Toronto Star for her gumption (with the help of husband Jim) in learning how to become a head coach of her daughter’s hockey team. For Ellen Lowden, that meant learning which end of the rink was which. She was terrified, she told The South Bayview Bulldog. The moment of truth came seven years ago at Leaside Arena and Ellen has not looked back. Tomorrow (Tuesday, April 28,, 2015) she will be overseeing a day-long girls tournament for the Toronto Catholic School Board at Don Montgomery Arena at 2462 Eglinton Ave. E. The event is for girls in grades 5 to 8 and 28 schools have signed up with just under 150 girls skating. It is a volunteer undertaking so it does not cost the players or the schools anything to attend. The games will run back to back starting at 9 a.m. with a championship tilt sometime in the early afternoon. Mrs. Lowden’s growing interest in girls hockey prompted her to start a line of girls hockey dress. She operates under the name Goldiegear, a name chosen to honour her mom, Goldie. It is a fascinating foray into what is so-far a niche market where business is buoyed along by the sheer fun. Goldiegear
