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Women-in-Hockey Digest     Sunday, October 5 1997     Volume 01 : Number 027



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   Tournamnet 1-4 Jan 98
   Placement on PeeWee A or B
   Re: Placement on PeeWee A or B

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Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 08:34:38 -0700
From: Marc Inglis 
Subject: Tournamnet 1-4 Jan 98

The Ridge Medows Female Hockey Association will be holding a tournament, 4
games guaranteed - 1 to 4 Jan 98.  Tournament is open for the following
divisions:

Pee Wee A  Pee Wee AA  Midget A  Midget AA  Woman's AA and Woman's AAA

All games will be played at Twin Rinks, Pitt Medows B.C.

For more info call Marc at 945-3094, Dave at 463-0905 or by e-mail as note
above.

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Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 20:55:17 -0400
From: Deborah Minden 
Subject: Placement on PeeWee A or B

We still don't know whether Jessica, our 11 year old daughter, will be
playing PeeWee A or PeeWee B this year.  This is her 4th year playing
hockey.  I kind of feel between a rock and a hard place.  I was warned by
the Hockey Chair at our rink that they were having a tough time placing
Jess.  She is the only girl on the PeeWees.  He mumbled something about
"chauvinism" and walked away.  That was a month ago.  We have had a month
of practice, and it is clear that we don't have an A and a B team, we have
a B and a C team, but the parents don't see it that way.  So they are
fielding an A and B team.  If we get pushy and have Jess placed on the A
team she will be with kids who play at her level.  She is actually a better
skater than all but a couple and is a good defenseman.  If she is placed on
the B team, she will be with kids she could destroy in her sleep.  She is
having a terrible year socially and academically-mostly in her head, and we
are afraid her self-esteem will really take a beating is she is placed with
kids she thinks are the dregs.  She says she doesn't care.  Last year she
was placed on the Squirt B team, which turned out to be the best thing.
Her coach was terrific.  Her best friend Andrew doesn't care where he is
placed and will happily go to the B team.  She is a lot more aggressive and
competitive than he is.

So after worrying about PeeWee all last year, we are concerned she will be
placed below her level.  We don't know if it is better to risk a broken
bone (some of those PeeWees are big) or a broken heart.  Any thoughts?

Debbie

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Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 21:08:38 -0700 (MST)
From: email@hidden (Laurie Solgon)
Subject: Re: Placement on PeeWee A or B

At 08:55 PM 10/5/97 -0400, Deborah Minden wrote:

>So after worrying about PeeWee all last year, we are concerned she will be
>placed below her level.  We don't know if it is better to risk a broken
>bone (some of those PeeWees are big) or a broken heart.  Any thoughts?
>
Debbie,
        My daughter is in her first Bantam year.  Her first "travel team"
year was as a first year Peewee.  She has played both years of Squirt and
Peewee.  She tried out for the travel team and made it according to her
ability.  We live in Tucson, Az. and there aren't many girls playing out
here at all.  Usually there are 1 to 2 other girls on Rachel's team every year.
        The boys on her team see her as a teammate, not a girl.  She dresses
with them and is perceived as no different.  She has also never been hurt.
Of course in hockey there are no guarantees.  But she has found that if she
gets rid of the puck quickly, she can avoid getting hit too much.  It also
helps to be a good skater.
        The bottom line is, your daughter should be challenged and play up
to her ability, because if she plays down to a lower level, she may not try
to get any better and get lazy instead or pick up the habits of the not so
talented.  Do whatever you have to do.  Fight for her right to be put on the
team that she deserves to be on according to her ability.
        For the past two summers my daughter has skated at the local rink
that doesn't have a good summer program yet.  So the kids skated by age, not
division.  She's 13 and skated with the 14-17 year olds.  Hitting was
allowed, but the bigger kids were told to go easy on the ones where there
was a big size difference.  And they complied.  She was challenged, and
didn't have a "wasted" summer because she didn't have to skate down. 
        Don't ever let anyone talk you out of doing what you feel is best
for your daughter.  Your instincts are probably right.

Laurie Solgon (hockey mom) 
        

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