Tickets are still available for the Belleville Senators\u2019 annual Women in Sports Night tomorrow (Saturday, January 3, 2026) , which features a pregame speakers panel\u00a0that includes plenty of local and major-league experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0panel, which is free\u00a0with\u00a0a ticket for Saturday\u2019s game against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL Affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers), begins at 5:00 p.m. inside CAA Arena and will be hosted by Kay and Katie from the Babes of Quinte Podcast.\u00a0And,\u00a0fans who attend the panel will have a chance to win a pair of tickets to see an Ottawa Charge PWHL game!\u00a0<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s panellists include:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kati Parrott\u00a0is the Senior Director of Marketing for the Ottawa Senators, overseeing all demand generation and brand equity initiatives for the organization.\u00a0Nearly two\u00a0years into her role, she brings a fresh, cross-industry lens to sport, shaped by her background in beauty and fashion. Her career journey reflects a passion for brand building, creativity, and advancing women\u2019s leadership across industries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jackie Jarrell\u00a0grew up in Belleville on her family dairy farm and played minor hockey with the boys\u2019 Belleville Bobcats \u201cAA\u201d and the Quinte Red Devils \u201cAAA\u201d,\u00a0followed by a short stint with the Belleville Bearcats. At\u00a016, Jackie played for the Durham Lightning of the National Women\u2019s Hockey League (NWHL)\u00a0(which evolved into the current PWHL). She had an NCAA Division 1 Ice Hockey Scholarship to Mercyhurst University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Medicine and a master\u2019s degree in Exercise Science. A former captain and two-time World Champion with Canada\u2019s national inline hockey team, Jackie won a total of 10\u00a0World Championship Medals (two gold, six silver, two bronze). She has owned and operated\u00a0Gold Performance Training\u00a0for the past 10 years and works there\u00a0as a Registered Kinesiologist & Strength & Conditioning Coach\u00a0with several of the Quinte Area\u2019s top athletes.\u00a0She\u00a0also\u00a0currently\u00a0serves as\u00a0the Director of Fitness and Training of the National Hockey League Officiating Department,\u00a0where she leads a team of 100 men. This position makes her the first female ever to have a full-time fitness position in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gia\u00a0Spiropoulos\u00a0was raised in Belleville and\u00a0developed her love for basketball through the Belleville Spirits and Kingston Impact basketball clubs. Her talent and dedication led her to compete in Canadian university basketball, playing for the University of Waterloo, Queen\u2019s University, and Lakehead University. She\u00a0completed\u00a0her master\u2019s degree at Lakehead\u00a0and\u00a0continued her playing career, taking\u00a0on a leadership role by coaching the women\u2019s basketball\u00a0team, and was later recognized as the institution\u2019s Athlete of the Year.\u00a0At the provincial and international levels,\u00a0Gia\u00a0represented Team Ontario during her development years and went on to compete as a member of the Greek National Team for six years. She also fulfilled a lifelong goal by playing professionally in Greece, where she earned\u00a0additional\u00a0team and league recognitions.\u00a0Committed to giving back to the sport,\u00a0Gia\u00a0has coached within the Belleville Spirits organization and at the AAU level, working with high-performance youth athletes. She is currently a teacher and coach within the Ontario independent\u00a0schools\u2019\u00a0athletics program, supporting both girls\u2019 and boys\u2019 basketball teams and continuing to mentor the next generation of athletes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Morgan\u00a0McHaffie is in her third year as Head Coach, Queen\u2019s Women\u2019s Hockey, after being Assistant Coach for seven years with the Gaels. McHaffie led the Gaels to a 10-14-1-1 record in the regular season and advanced to the OUA quarterfinals in 2024-25. McHaffie played five years with Queen\u2019s, winning two OUA Championships and a CIS bronze medal, and was named a CIS All-Canadian in her final year. She was the OUA MVP and also awarded the Queen\u2019s Athletics Outstanding Performance of the Year award in 2012-13. On March 3, 2011, in a postseason game against the Guelph Gryphons, McHaffie ended the longest collegiate hockey game on record by firing home a rebound past Gryphons goalie Danielle Skoufranis in the sixth overtime period. The game lasted 167 minutes and 14 seconds.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Women in Sports Night continues with the Senators supporting the Belleville Bearcats Girls Hockey Association throughout the night. The Sens will wear Bearcats jerseys in the warm-ups, raising funds for Bearcats programs through\u00a0an online auction.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In-game,\u00a0the Senators are welcoming\u00a0DJ K-Lav\u00a0to provide music and entertainment throughout the night, with Quinte Broadcasting\u2019s Alana Cameron\u00a0joining as guest public address announcer and former Hits955 morning show host Charity Brown\u00a0as guest in-arena host.\u00a0Broadcast coverage for the night will be provided\u00a0by\u00a0CKWS-TV Kingston\u2019s Kaytlyn\u00a0Poberznick\u00a0and\u00a0Alexa Hoskin, a\u00a0former player at Quinnipiac University (NCAA) and a Belleville native.\u00a0Fans will also have a chance to win a pair of PWHL tickets through a \u201cSelfie from Your Seats\u201d contest in-game!\u00a0<\/p>\n
To register for the panel,\u00a0or get more information on the game, or any of our special guests,\u00a0click here to visit the Belleville Sens Women in Sports Night web page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Single-game tickets\u00a0for the\u00a0Belleville Sens 2026 Women in Sports Night<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0all home games in the 2025-26 season are now on sale\u202fvia Ticketmaster<\/a>\u202for at the Belleville Sens Box Office\u00a0located\u00a0inside the Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre. Details\u202fon\u202fseason seat memberships<\/a>,\u202fflex packs<\/a>,\u202fpremium seating<\/a>,\u00a0the\u202fBusiness Edge program<\/a>,\u00a0and more can be found by\u202fvisiting the Belleville Sens Website<\/a>.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2014\u00a0<\/p>\n Visit the Belleville Sens website:\u202fwww.bellevillesens.com<\/a>\u00a0 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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