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Women-in-Hockey Digest Thursday, December 24 1998 Volume 01 : Number 335
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MINNESOTA WOMEN'S HOCKEY
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:34:53 -0600
From: "Craig Roberts"
Subject: MINNESOTA WOMEN'S HOCKEY
THIS WEEK--Minnesota will have three weeks off following their second tournament
championship of the season at the Bison Invitational, hosted by the University
of Manitoba.
MINNESOTA RECENTLY--The fourth-ranked Gophers started slowly but cruised to a
3-0 record and the championship of Manitoba's Bison Invitational at the Max Bell
Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Minnesota opened tournament play Friday with a 3-1 win over the tournament
hosts. Despite a 54-19 advantage in shots on goal, the Gophers were held
scoreless through the game's first 35 minutes before Kris Scholz (Hugo,
Minn./Stillwater Area) scored on the power play to give her team a 1-0 lead.
Bison goalie Pam Staples continued to keep her team within striking distance,
finishing the game with 51 saves, but Minnesota put the game away midway through
the final period as Shannon Kennedy (Woburn, Mass./Buckingham Browne & Nichols)
and Amber Hegland (Farmington, Minn./Farmington) scored goals 1:24 apart.
Manitoba spoiled the shutout bid of Erica Killewald (Troy, Mich./Troy), who
tallied 19 saves, when Karen Mamchuk scored with 46 seconds to play.
Just 13 hours later, the Gophers took on Alberta and, behind four-point efforts
by Winny Brodt (Roseville, Minn./Roseville Area) and Jenny Schmidgall (Edina,
Minn./Edina), earned a 9-2 win. Minnesota got four of its nine goals from
special teams, including three power play goals.
Schmidgall scored two of the Gophers' three power-play goals and Brodt the other
while and Brittny Ralph (Brooklyn Center, Minn./Brooklyn Center) scored a
short-handed goal. Minnesota had a 41-18 advantage in shots on goal and Crystal
Nicholas (Tulsa, Okla./Tulsa Union) won her fifth consecutive start with a
16-save effort.
With a 7-0 win over Manitoba, the Pandas earned a spot in the championship game
but the Gophers again prevailed, taking an 8-2 win from Alberta as Schmidgall
and Ambria Thomas (Fairbanks, Alaska/West Valley) each scored a pair of goals.
Minnesota got off to a fast start as Schmidgall scored at 1:03 of the opening
period, made it 2-0 at 11:58 with a power-play goal and the Gophers carried a
4-0 lead into the first intermission before tacking on two more goals in each of
the final two periods. Killewald stopped 19 shots as Minnesota outshot the
Pandas 33-21.
SCORING SPREE--After being held scoreless by Harvard in her first collegiate
game, Jenny Schmidgall has put together 10-game point- and goal-scoring streaks,
tallying 17 goals and 33 points during that time.
In her last four games, the 1998 Olympian has scored seven goals and 17 points.
During her 10-game streak, she has five multiple-goal, five multiple-assist and
eight multiple-point games.
SISTER ACT--In Minnesota's last five games, sisters Courtney and Shannon Kennedy
have combined for eight goals, including two game-winners, and 17 points.
Shannon has scored goals in each of her last four games and recorded the
game-winning goal in Friday's 3-1 win over Manitoba while Courtney, who has four
goals in her last four games, has scored a pair of power-play goals and has a
plus/minus rating of +11 during her last four games. After scoring just one
point in her first four games, she has now scored five goals and nine points in
her last seven games.
LIKE A ROCK--The goaltending of Erica Killewald and Crystal Nicholas continued
to be the Gophers' most consistent area of play.
As the team's number-one goalie, Killewald has not allowed more than two goals
in eight starts this season, boasting a 1.36 goals against average and a .939
save percentage, including marks of 1.48 and .953 versus ranked opponents this
season.
The duo has combined to allow just 15 goals in 13 games and only Harvard, which
scored an empty-net goal, has scored more than two goals in a game against
Minnesota this season.
STREAKING--The Gophers have put together a 10-game winning streak, a school
record, and an 11-game unbeaten streak, tying a school record.
Since a 3-1 loss to Harvard, Nov. 5, the Gophers have scored 74 goals in 11
games, including three 10-goal games. At the same time, they have allowed just
11 goals while outshooting opponents 469-187, an average of 42.6-17.0.
REPRESENTING THEIR COUNTRY--First-year center Jenny Schmidgall and sophomore
blueliner Winny Brodt played for the U.S. Women's Select Team at the Three
Nations Cup in Finland, Dec. 10-15.
Canada grabbed a 2-1 win over the United States, Dec. 10, in the tourney opener.
Dec. 11, the U.S. posted a 3-2 win over Finland as Schmidgall assisted on the
game-tying goal and then scored the game-winner 56 seconds into the third
period.
After a two-day respite, the U.S. again fell to Canada, Dec. 14, 4-3 in a
shootout before closing out play with a 4-3 win over Finland.
Schmidgall, who played in the 1998 Olympics, and Brodt, a member of the 1996
U.S. Women's Select Team, were chosen from the USA Hockey Women's Festival for
the national team and were joined by Gopher head coach Laura Halldorson, who
served as the teamÍs assistant coach.
THE COACH--Now in her second season behind the Minnesota bench and ninth season
as a college head coach, Laura Halldorson has established herself as one of the
nation's premier coaches in womenÍs hockey, sporting an 91-83-13 overall record
and a 32-8-4 mark at Minnesota.
She began her head coaching career at Colby College, where she led the White
Mules, one of only two non-Division I schools at the time in the 12-team Eastern
Collegiate Athletic Conference, to a 12-9-1 overall record in 1995-96, earning
ECAC Co-Coach of the Year honors as well as being named the New England Hockey
WritersÍ Coach of the Year. While at Colby, she also recruited and coached ECAC
Player of the Year Meaghan Sittler.
At the national level, she was the assistant coach for the gold medal-winning
team at the 1998 U.S. Olympic Festivaland also served as an assistant for the
U.S. Women's Select team that competed in the Three Nations Cup in Finland.
A native of Plymouth, Minn., and a 1981 graduate of Wayzata High School,
Halldorson played four years at Princeton, where she was a co-captain and
all-conference performer while leading the Tigers to three Ivy League titles.
She graduated from Princeton in 1985 with a degree in psychology.
A member of the 1987 U.S. National Women's Team and three national club
championship teams with the Minnesota Checkers, Halldorson returned to her alma
mater in 1987 to begin her collegiate coaching career as an assistant.
IT'S HOME„The home of Gopher Women's Hockey is Mariucci Arena (9,700). One of
the finest college hockey facilities in the country, Mariucci Arena will be
Minnesota's home until the new women's hockey facility, scheduled to open in the
fall of 2000, is completed.
Known as one of the toughest arenas in the nation on visiting teams, the Gophers
are 14-3-4 in the five-year-old building.
ON THE AIR--A pair of Gopher games will be aired live by Midwest Sports Channel
this season.
The first telecast was MinnesotaÍs clash with Harvard, Nov. 5, in the opening
game of the All-American East-West Challenge.
The second will be part of a doubleheader with the Minnesota menÍs team on Feb.
20. The women's game gets underway at 2:30 p.m. as the Gophers take on
Providence, to be followed by the men's clash with St. Cloud State at 7:05 p.m.
Veteran broadcaster Frank Mazzocco will handle play-by-play duties while former
Minnesota North Star Tom Reid does the color commentary.
ON THE AIR, PART II--Eight Gopher games will be carried by KKMS-980 AM radio
this season, beginning Nov. 27 with the Princeton Thanksgiving Invitational.
KKMS broadcast the Nov. 27-28 games from Princeton's Hobey Baker Rink and will
carry Minnesota's Jan. 29-30 games from the Towse Center at the University of
New Hampshire Invitational.
Additionally, KKMS will carry four home games: Feb. 5 versus Cornell; Feb. 7
versus Minnesota State, Mankato; Feb. 21 versus Providence; and Feb. 26 versus
Brown.
Tom Witschen will call all of the play-by-play action with former Gopher
volleyball standout Sarah Pearman handling the color commentary.
GONE POLLING--Minnesota maintained its position in both the U.S. College Hockey
Online and American Hockey Magazine/USA Today polls. Harvard also remained in
the top spot in both polls.
USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll (Dec. 15, 1998)
Team (1st Place Votes) Record Pts LW
1. Harvard (5) 10-1-0 25 1
2. New Hampshire 7-1-3 20 2
3. Brown 5-1-3 15 3
4. Minnesota 8-1-1 8 4
5. Providence 6-2-2 6 5
Others receiving votes: Northeastern 1.
U.S. College Hockey Online Poll (Dec. 14, 1998)
Team (1st Place Votes) Record Pts LW
1. Harvard (10) 10-1-0 100 3
2. New Hampshire 7-1-3 89 1
3. Minnesota 6-1-1 79 4
4. Brown 5-1-3 71 2
5. Providence 5-2-2 59 6
6. Northeastern 4-3-2 52 5
7. Princeton 7-4-0 35 8
8. Dartmouth 4-2-2 28 7
Others receiving votes: Cornell 7.
UP NEXT--The Gophers will return to action after an 18-day break when they play
host to St. Cloud State, Jan. 9, at Mariucci Arena.
That game kicks off stretch of nine games in 23 days during the month of January
as the Gophers hit the busiest part of their schedule.
THE POWER PLAY--As a team, Minnesota is 20-for-56 (35.7%) on the power play
after going 5-for-10 at the Bison Invitational. The Gophers' 46 power plays have
resulted in 79:52 of power-play time and they average a goal every 4:00 while on
the power play. Here are the individual power-play numbers.
Player GP G A Pts SOG Pct.
Jenny Schmidgall 11 5 7 12 21 .238
Kris Scholz 13 3 7 10 7 .429
Nadine Muzerall 11 4 4 8 15 .267
Courtney Kennedy 11 3 2 5 10 .300
Emily Buchholz 12 1 4 5 5 .200
Winny Brodt 11 1 3 4 5 .200
Brittny Ralph 12 1 2 3 8 .125
Shannon Kennedy 12 0 3 3 4 .000
Matty Brekken 9 0 2 2 2 .000
Amber Hegland 13 1 0 1 2 .500
Laura Slominski 12 1 0 1 2 .500
Tai Thorsheim 12 0 1 1 0 .000
Tracy Engstrom 13 0 0 0 2 .000
Angela Borek 12 0 0 0 2 .000
Ambria Thomas 11 0 0 0 2 .000
Kelly Olson 8 0 0 0 1 .000
Megan Milbert 8 0 0 0 1 .000
Minnesota 13 20 35 55 87 .230
Opponents 13 5 9 14 47 .106
THE PENALTY KILL--As a team, Minnesota is 42-for-47 (89.4%) killing penalties
with their opponents having spent 80:49 on the power play, averaging a goal
every 16:10. Here are the individual penalty-kill numbers.
Player GP G A Pts SOG Pct.
Nadine Muzerall 11 2 0 2 5 .400
Brittny Ralph 12 1 0 1 2 .000
Tracy Engstrom 13 0 1 1 0 .000
Jenny Schmidgall 11 0 0 0 3 .000
Shannon Kennedy 12 0 0 0 2 .000
Laura Slominski 12 0 0 0 2 .000
Ambria Thomas 11 0 0 0 2 .000
Kris Scholz 13 0 0 0 1 .000
Emily Buchholz 12 0 0 0 1 .000
Tai Thorsheim 12 0 0 0 1 .000
Winny Brodt 11 0 0 0 1 .000
Matty Brekken 9 0 0 0 1 .000
Kelly Olson 8 0 0 0 1 .000
Megan Milbert 8 0 0 0 1 .000
Minnesota 13 3 1 4 23 .130
Opponents 13 0 0 0 3 .000
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Craig Roberts, University of Minnesota
Assistant Sports Information Director
Check out the Gophers on the Web at http://www.gophersports.com
Or call the Diet Coke Gopher Sports Hotline at (612) 626-STAT
GO GOPHERS!
For women's college hockey statistics go to:
http://www.gophersports.com/sportsNews/press_release.asp?news_id=273
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Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 05:00:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Jessica Yeo
Subject: poll
hey, i found a poll at espn's site asking about who
should be the athlete(newsmaker) of the year. Please
go there and on the right there is a blue background
with names on it. Towards the bottom there is us
womens hockey. they are WAY behind the leader, so
please pass this on to everyone you know, and help
them rise up. (Even if you are Canadian like me, id
rather see womens hockey up there)
http://espn.go.com/interact/chat/abc98athlete.html
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Jessica (AirYeo) Yeo#4 Sylvania Maple Leafs
The Womens Hockey World
http://www.angelfire.com/oh/whockey
Official Defiance Bulldogs Girls Soccer Site
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/3955/index.html
Official Sylvania Maple Leafs Site
http://www.angelfire.com/oh/SylvaniaMapleLeafs
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Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:42:16 EST
From: email@hidden
Subject: Re: poll
How do you vote? This stupid site just confuses me =)
*sheesh*
- -- J
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