Westwood, Ontario
| Asphodel-Norwood | |
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| Township (lower-tier) | |
| Township of Asphodel-Norwood | |
Highway 7 through Norwood
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| Motto: The Friendly Town | |
 Asphodel-Norwood
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| Coordinates: 44°21′N 78°00′W / 44.350°N 78.000°WCoordinates: 44°21′N 78°00′W / 44.350°N 78.000°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| County | Peterborough |
| Incorporated | January 1, 1998 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Township |
| • Reeve | Terry Low |
| • Federal riding | Peterborough |
| • Prov. riding | Peterborough |
| Area | |
| • Land | 160.98 km2 (62.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,041 |
| • Density | 25.1/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal Code | K0L 2V0 |
| Area code(s) | 705 |
| Website | www.asphodelnorwood.com |
Asphodel-Norwood is a township in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, in Peterborough County.
The township comprises the communities of Birdsall, Birdsall Station, Norwood and Westwood.
The township was created in its current form on January 1, 1998 when the township of Asphodel and the village of Norwood were amalgamated.
Norwood has four schools in three buildings. Norwood District Public School (elementary), St. Paul's Elementary School (Catholic), Norwood Intermediate Public School (grade 8) and Norwood District High School. Norwood intermediate is now a wing of the Elementary school.
Norwood has a modern single pad arena, a baseball diamond, a skateboard park, a children's splash pad and a playground. The high school has soccer, rugby and football pitches. Norwood currently is home to the Norwood Vipers an OHA Sr. A hockey team. The town hockey teams are referred to as the Norwood Hornets.
The Norwood Hornets Minor Hockey Association (previously known as Norwood Minor Sports) has operated minor hockey programs for more than 80 years in the community of approximately 1,300.
The NMHA has operated out of three arenas since the Association's inception in the 1920s. Originally the minor hockey programs skated in the Trent Valley League (TVL) holding games at the Spring Street Arena located north of Spring Street and south of Hwy. 7 (between Pine and Hwy.45). The Spring Street Arena was an outdoor facility that featured Norwood taking on TVL rivals such as neighboring Havelock, Hastings, Warsaw, Douro, Marmora and Keene.
In the mid-1950s, the G.A. Brethen Coliseum was built originally for use for the Norwood Fair, however, was converted into a hockey arena and was used until the year 2001 when the new Asphodel-Norwood Community Centre opened. Around this time, the Norwood programs participated in the Hastings & District League against newer opponents such as Ennismore, Warkworth and Campbellford.
In the early 1980s, former National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender Marv Edwards settled in Norwood and implemented the Fundamentals In Action (FIA) skills development system. The program paid immediate dividends as the Hornets had unprecedented success from 1983 to 1992—winning seven (7) OMHA titles and participating in twelve (12) OMHA Finals between 1983 and 1994.
It was believed that much of Norwood's minor hockey success was attributed to the Brethen Coliseum's small, tight quarters. The ice surface was measured at 186 feet long by 72 feet wide. (NHL regulation ice is 200 x 85). The Coliseum's ice was approximately 23% smaller than the traditional North American ice surface.
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