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WOMEN-IN-HOCKEY Digest 307
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) a question of strategy
by JACQUELINE TA
2) Re: a question of strategy
by Lou Fischer
3) Looking for scheduler for Univ. of Penn.
by Mary Wood
4) Re: a question of strategy
by "Jan de Regt"
5) New Princeton coach
by "Nate.Ewell"
6) re: a question of strategy
by email@hidden (Christina McCormick)
7) more competitive?
by JACQUELINE TA
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 96 10:36:57 cst
From: JACQUELINE TA
To: email@hidden
Subject: a question of strategy
Message-ID:
I'm wondering whether it is more typical for teams to play a
few players heavy minutes, or to play all players about
equal time. I can understand that in power play or penalty
killing situations, you would want your best players out
there. However, under normal situations, it seems to me
that you would want to give everyone a chance to play so
that they can get better. I guess I am asking this because
I am one of those people who is not yet a star player on my
team. However, how will I ever become a great player if
I never get a chance to get on the ice?
Just wondering what other people do out there...
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 09:38:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lou Fischer
To: JACQUELINE TA
Cc: email@hidden
Subject: Re: a question of strategy
Message-ID:
the way we handle is is that we all pay the same amt of $$$$ therefore
we're all entitled to the same amt of playing time. if we're in a crunch
in the last minute or two of a game we may throw out a "power line" but
that's it. if we have a penalty kill, usually the 3 forwards on the line
decide who sits and it is usually the less-skilled of the three.
-Lou
On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, JACQUELINE TA wrote:
> I'm wondering whether it is more typical for teams to play a
> few players heavy minutes, or to play all players about
> equal time. I can understand that in power play or penalty
> killing situations, you would want your best players out
> there. However, under normal situations, it seems to me
> that you would want to give everyone a chance to play so
> that they can get better. I guess I am asking this because
> I am one of those people who is not yet a star player on my
> team. However, how will I ever become a great player if
> I never get a chance to get on the ice?
>
> Just wondering what other people do out there...
>
>
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 13:28:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mary Wood
To: email@hidden
Subject: Looking for scheduler for Univ. of Penn.
Message-ID:
I lost the E-mail address for the person looking to schedule games for
the University of Pennsylvania. Could you please contact me? I need to
discuss scheduling games between U. Penn and Chesapeake Bay Lightning.
Mary Wood, Manager
Chesapeake Bay Lightning
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 96 14:57:04 EST
From: "Jan de Regt"
To: email@hidden, email@hidden
Subject: Re: a question of strategy
Message-ID:
In our recreational league, all the players get equal ice time for
virtually the entire game. If our team is in a penalty kill
situation, then four strong players are put out. If you don't use
strong skaters in a penalty kill, your team won't be able to cover
all the ice and all the other players, and the chances of being scored
on is even greater. And, if a new player is put in that situation and
is scored on it could really be demoralizing and lead the player feel
that they had let the team down, when in fact the team should not have
put a novice in that situation in the first place. The only other
times a specific line is put out has been during the last two minutes
of the game, if the game is really close.
Another situation that often influences the amount of play time a
particular line or player gets is how the opposing team puts their
line out. If they have a really high caliber line that plays every
other shift, it may be that your team needs to put their best line out
every other shift to try and keep from being scored on so often.
So, amount of play time depends somewhat on the situation at hand, and
somewhat on the nature of the team and game.
In general, if the game is close, and it's the last few minutes of
play time, a team will put the line out that has the best chance of
scoring. This strategy doesn't always work, but on average it works
better than just putting the next line out. (That's why the
professionals do it, but it doesn't always work with them either!)
There is a girl on our team who also plays on another team. She is on
the third or maybe fourth line there, and plays literally only a few
minutes each game. Some games she has traveled to but gotten NO ice
time at all!! If you find you are in a situation like that, it may be
in your best interest to find another team where you'll get more play
time. If you're getting lots of time, but not as much as the best
skaters, then that's probably as much as you can hope for, at least
for now!
Improving at hockey is like improving at any other skill, it takes
*patience*, practice and time. Good luck!!
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Subject: a question of strategy
Author: email@hidden at smtpgate
Date: 8/28/96 12:04 PM
I'm wondering whether it is more typical for teams to play a
few players heavy minutes, or to play all players about
equal time. I can understand that in power play or penalty
killing situations, you would want your best players out
there. However, under normal situations, it seems to me
that you would want to give everyone a chance to play so
that they can get better. I guess I am asking this because
I am one of those people who is not yet a star player on my
team. However, how will I ever become a great player if
I never get a chance to get on the ice?
Just wondering what other people do out there...
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 96 14:55 EDT
From: "Nate.Ewell"
To: email@hidden
Subject: New Princeton coach
Message-ID:
The new Princeton women's hockey head coach is Jeff Kampersal, a 1992
Princeton graduate and four-year defenseman for the Tigers' men's team.
He replaces Lisa Brown-Miller, who resigned to join her husband in the
Detroit area and train for the US national team.
Kampersal was an honorable mention All-ECAC defenseman for the Tigers
and played one year for the Richmond Renegades of the ECHL before becoming
director of youth hockey at the Bridgewater Sports Arena in Bridgewater,
NJ, and head coach of the New Jersey Rockets youth organization in
Bernardsville, NJ.
Nate Ewell
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 96 20:38:03 GMT
From: email@hidden (Christina McCormick)
To: email@hidden
Subject: re: a question of strategy
Message-ID: <3225FFAB@cmccorm>
> I'm wondering whether it is more typical for teams to play a
> few players heavy minutes, or to play all players about
> equal time. I can understand that in power play or penalty
> killing situations, you would want your best players out
> there. However, under normal situations, it seems to me
> that you would want to give everyone a chance to play so
> that they can get better. I guess I am asking this because
> I am one of those people who is not yet a star player on my
> team. However, how will I ever become a great player if
> I never get a chance to get on the ice?
>
> Just wondering what other people do out there...
>
>
>
Well, in Australia, in the Dolphins, we try to rotate so all players get even
amounts of ice time, but the stronger players are naturally on the first line.
For the power play, the first line is usually out there on the ice.
I was in the same situation last year, and I went to as many general skating
session as I could to build my skating abilities, and practised like mad with a
puck at home. I shot pucks at the fence in my back yard too. I've now just
"graduated" to the first line!
hope this helps.
Chrissy.
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 96 17:40:58 cst
From: JACQUELINE TA
To: email@hidden
Subject: more competitive?
Message-ID:
Thanks to everyone for the encouraging replies! I have been
trying to push for more equal playing time (for both me and
the even newer players), but have not always been able to
get the desired results. I hope others out there keep trying
too.
One thing I noticed was that some people said that it was a
question of how "competitive" a team is. This seems to mean
that a team that is more competitive would naturally weight
the playing time much more heavily towards the better
players. Do teams who play equal times tend to lose a lot
more than? It seems to me that a team with depth in talent
would do better in the long run, and that can only be
achieved by playing everyone. Also, even if someone (like
me) can't skate so well, we can be good passers and still
help the team.
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