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Women-in-Hockey Digest Tuesday, October 12 1999 Volume 01 : Number 510
In this issue:
Re: Torn MCL
MINNESOTA WOMEN'S HOCKEY
3 Nations Cup
RE: 3 Nations Cup
Wisconsin Women's Varsity Inaugural Game
USA Hockey Calendars
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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:55:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Susan Gottfried
Subject: Re: Torn MCL
Injuries? Just my topic... knees are the reason I had to quit coaching 2
years ago and am just now getting ready to return to the ice for some
mild skating.
Everyone has said good stuff on this topic, but one thing I've learned:
No matter who you are or what your medical condition (MCL or C-Section or
whatever), find good medical help. Find people who take you seriously as
an athlete, even if you're only a weekend warrior. Don't be laughed at
for playing hockey, folks!
There are tons of doctors out there; it's a matter of finding a team who
will give you the respect you deserve and who will help rehab you and get
you back in shape. Same for physical therapists. And if you use an
athletic trainer, make sure he or she is an ATC -- athletic trainer,
certified. These are the people who are qualified to work the benches
behind our favorite pro (and college) sports teams. Ask for credentials.
And after the long trip I've had with my left knee (I have a condition
that's possibly from birth, but is definitely rare: my left tibia and
fibula are rotated. It's a condition called torsion and it may keep me
off the ice permanently because it's altered my mechanics -- how I move),
I've learned that sometimes, sports medicine doctors are better than
orthopedists.
Best of luck to all of you on the mend. I break every six months or so
with the knee and I know how absolutely frustrating and demoralizing all
of this can be.
Find good medical care and full steam ahead! :)
S.
Susan Helene Gottfried, MFA
Author, the Erroll Weiss Hockey Girl novels
(please direct all publication inquiries to author's representation)
Freelance copy editor and fiction book editor
on sabbatical from coaching until the books hit the shelves
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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:23:58 -0500
From: "Craig Roberts"
Subject: MINNESOTA WOMEN'S HOCKEY
THIS WEEK„Minnesota begins its third season of women's hockey with a
home-and-home series versus St. Cloud State. Friday's game will be the Gophers'
home-opener as they take on the Huskies at 7:05 p.m. The two teams meet in St.
Cloud at 3:05 p.m. Saturday.
SEASON OUTLOOK„The last two seasons have been stepping stones for the Minnesota
women's hockey program.
In year one, the Gophers played their first game in front of a women's
collegiate hockey record crowd of 6,854. They went on to post a 21-7-3 record
and finish fourth at the inaugural American WomenÍs College Hockey Alliance
National Championship.
Last year, Minnesota tallied 29 wins against four losses and three ties, won
three tournament titles during the season and eventually finished third at the
AWCHA Championship, held at Mariucci Arena.
The 1999-2000 brings a new league and a new feeling to Gopher Women's Hockey.
Featuring a 24-game league schedule and a conference tournament, the Western
Collegiate Hockey Association-Women's League offers Minnesota a chance to face
traditional rivals such as Ohio State and Wisconsin.
Minnesota will play a 34-game regular-season schedule for the first time in
three seasons, followed by the WCHA-Women's League playoffs, a three-day
tournament at the Bloomington Ice Gardens, March 2-4. The ultimate goal for the
Gophers will be a return trip to the AWCHA Championship, March 24-25, and a run
at that title.
Minnesota returns 18 players from last year's squad and expects to be in the
thick of the hunt for the conference title.
Much of those hopes lie with junior goalie Erica Killewald (Troy, Mich./Troy).
Last season she established herself as one of the nation's elite goalies and
will be one of the main cogs in the Gopher machine this season.
After leading the nation with a 1.24 goals against average and a .947 save
percentage, Killewald earned all-tournament honors at the AWCHA Championship,
where she turned in back-to-back 40-plus save efforts. She also finished second
nationally shutouts (7) and third in winning percentage (.788) and earned both
the team's Most Improved Player and Most Valuable Player Awards for her efforts.
Sophomore goalie Crystal Nicholas (Tulsa, Okla./Union) will provide solid
support. The sophomore from Tulsa, Okla., posted a perfect 10-0-0 record and
tied Killewald with seven shutouts. She also sported an 0.85 GAA and a .907 save
percentage.
Killewald and Nicholas posted remarkable numbers last year but they got plenty
of help from the team's defense as well.
With junior two-time All-American Courtney Kennedy (Woburn, Mass./Buckingham
Browne & Nichols) leading the way, Minnesota led the nation with a 1.17 goals
against average and just 19.61 shots on goal allowed per game.
Kennedy, a first-team All-American at Colby College before transferring to
Minnesota last season, was a repeat All-American selection as she led the Gopher
defense with 16 goals, 33 points and a plus/minus rating of +47.
Three other veterans return on the blueline for Minnesota in juniors Angela
Borek (Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville), Emily Buchholz (Waupun, Wis./Waupun) and
Kelly Olson (Little Canada, Minn./Roseville). Buchholz set a school record for
defense last year by tallying 19 assists. Borek had career highs with eights
assists and nine points last year, while Olson has seen action in 61 games
during her first two seasons and, after missing five of the first seven games
last year, was in the lineup for 29 consecutive games.
Head coach Laura Halldorson also has the luxury of having two forwards with
experience on the blue line.
Junior Winny Brodt (Roseville, Minn./Roseville) was the MVP of the 1998 AWCHA
Championship at New Hampshire while playing defense but spent much of last
season at center.
This past summer, she saw action at forward and defense with the USA Hockey
under-22 team in a three-game series against Canada.
Junior Megan Milbert (South St. Paul, Minn./South St. Paul) began her career at
defense and has seen action on both sides of the blueline and at all three
forward positions, primarily at right wing.
Eight Minnesota forwards topped the 30-point mark last season and six return for
the upcoming year.
A pair of career 100-point career scorers lead the way for Minnesota in juniors
Kris Scholz (Hugo, Minn./Stillwater Area) and Nadine Muzerall (Mississauga,
Ontario/Kimball Union Academy).
Scholz, a right wing who will serve as a Gopher captain for the third
consecutive year, finished eighth nationally in scoring, posting career highs in
goals (17), assists (35) and points (52).
Muzerall, also a right wing, who may see action at center, and a two-time
second-team All-American, was 11th nationally with 48 points. She tied for
second in the nation with seven game-winning goals and led the team with 10
first goals and has 62 career goals in 61 games.
She has not only scored a lot of goals, but she also has a knack for scoring
important goals. Last year, she tied for second nationally with seven
game-winning goals, led the Gophers with 10 first goals and accounted for three
of MinnesotaÍs five goals in the AWCHA Championship, including the game-winner
versus Brown.
Brodt, who moved from defense to center in January, flourished at center.
Finishing tied for 15th nationally in scoring with 45 points, she had 10 goals
and 36 points in 21 games after moving up front.
Junior left wing Ambria Thomas (Fairbanks, Alaska/West Valley), who scored 51
points as a frosh, started slowly last year due to a shoulder injury but tallied
39 points while finishing tied for 18th in the nation in assists (24).
Fellow portsider, senior Shannon Kennedy (Woburn, Mass./Buckingham Browne &
Nichols) enters the 1999-2000 campaign with 82 career games under her belt, the
most of any Golden Gopher. The team's senior co-captain set career highs with 24
assists and 37 points last season, tying for 18th nationally in assists and 12th
with four game-winning goals.
The final member of that group of six players is sophomore right wing Laura
Slominski (Burnsville, Minn./Burnsville). The team's Unsung Hero Award winner as
a rookie last year, she contributed 10 goals and 32 points.
The remaining group of forwards includes sophomore center Tracy Engstrom
(Willmar, Minn./Willmar), who scored 12 goals and 27 points as a frosh, along
with juniors Milbert, left wings Betsey Kukowski, Sarma Pone (Minneapolis,
Minn./Minneapolis Southwest) and Tracy Donaghue (Osseo, Minn./Maple Grove) and
junior right wing Lacey Franzmeier (Stacy, Minn./Forest Lake).
Three Minnesotans make up the incoming class of frosh, all of whom are forwards,
including a pair of Roseville Area graduates.
Ronda Curtin (Roseville, Minn./Roseville Area), the 1999 Ms. Hockey Award
winner, leads the group and is joined by Roseville teammate Allyson Sundberg
(St. Paul, Minn./Roseville Area). The duo were co-captains for the Raiders'
unbeaten state championship team last season.
Curtin brings a scoring touch to the Gophers after tallying 249 goals and 465
points in 105 games at Roseville.
They are joined by Gwen Anderson (North St. Paul, Minn./North St. Paul), who
spent the last two seasons with the Minnesota Thoroughbreds.
THE CAPTAINS„Minnesota will be led by co-captains Kris Scholz and Shannon
Kennedy this season.
Scholz served as an assistant captain during the 1997-98 season and was one of
the team's co-captains last season.
The team's lone senior, Kennedy is the Gophers' most experienced collegiate
player with 82 career games.
A NEW SEASON, A NEW LEAGUE„The 1999-2000 season sees the beginning of the
Western Collegiate Hockey Association-Women's League with seven members.
Joining Minnesota are Bemidji State; Minnesota-Duluth; Minnesota State, Mankato;
Ohio State; St. Cloud State; and Wisconsin.
The teams will play each other four times for a total of 24 league games. All
seven teams will qualify for the WCHA Championships, to be held March 2-4, at
the Bloomington Ice Gardens in Bloomington, Minn.
THE SERIES„Minnesota holds a 3-0-0 lead in its all-time series with St. Cloud
State, including one game while the Huskies were a club team. The Gophers have
won each of those three games by a 10-0 score.
WHEN LAST WE MET„Minnesota scored six times in the opening 20 minutes and
coasted to a 10-0 victory in the semifinals of the Midwest Showdown at Mariucci
Arena, March 7, 1999.
Shannon Kennedy scored the game's first two goals, both on the power play, and
Megan Milbert also added a pair of goals for the Gophers, who were 4-for-4 on
the power play and held a 36-2 advantage in shots on goals.
THE COACH„Entering her third season behind the Minnesota bench and 10th season
as a college head coach, Laura Halldorson has established herself as one of the
nation's premier coaches in womenÍs hockey, sporting a 109-86-15 overall record
and a 50-11-6 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, Halldorson was the assistant coach for the gold
medal-winning team at the 1998 USA Hockey Women's Festival and was the head
coach of the silver medal-winning team at the 1999 event. Last December, she
served as an assistant for the U.S. National team that competed in the Three
Nations Cup in Finland. She was also an assistant for the National Under-22 team
this past summer.
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 WomenÍs Hockey is Mariucci Arena (9,700). One of
the finest college hockey facilities in the country, Mariucci Arena will be
MinnesotaÍs home until the new womenÍs hockey facility, scheduled to open in the
2001, is completed.
Known as one of the toughest arenas in the nation on visiting teams, the Gophers
are 25-5-5 in the six-year-old building.
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Craig Roberts, University of Minnesota
Assistant Sports Information Director
Phone: (612) 624-0522 Fax: (612) 624-8018
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!
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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 20:11:58 EDT
From: email@hidden
Subject: 3 Nations Cup
I just learned that the 3 Nations Cup will be in Montreal next month. Does
anyone know where I can get more information, re: tickets, lodging, schedule,
etc. Thanks.
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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 18:45:08 -0700
From: "Phil & Debbie Cottrell"
Subject: RE: 3 Nations Cup
On a slightly related note, whatever happened to the Pacific Rim tournament?
I believe it was last held in Richmond, BC in 1996. This part of the world
seldom gets good women's hockey...
Phil, Victoria, BC
> I just learned that the 3 Nations Cup will be in Montreal next month.
Does anyone know where I can get more information, re: tickets, lodging,
schedule, etc. Thanks.
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 02:44:25 GMT
From: email@hidden
Subject: Wisconsin Women's Varsity Inaugural Game
Since I haven't seen any personal accounts of this game posted yet, I
figured I would take the opportunity to post some comments.
It's hard to express in words the feelings I had walking into this
momentous event. Having played for the UW Club team as a graduate student
and having wanted to see women's hockey as a varsity sport for years, this
was a dream come true. As I headed towards some good corner seats with my
friend and the band was playing "On Wisconsin!", I was a bit teary eyed. Of
course the fact that I was a band member during my undergrad days added to
the emotions.
It was great to see women in the spotlight. Everything from the programs
specially prepared for the inaugural weekend to the opening ceremonies to
the sieving of the opposing goalie during team introductions to the actual
dropping of the puck as the game got under way was amazing. I am very glad
I was able to attend this history making event.
At the game I ran into another women who had played on the club team and
was able to reminisce a bit. I also saw one member of a team associated
with the women's league in which I currently play hockey.
I was impressed by the number of fans present who had obviously attended
men's games in the past (based on the knowledge of the cheers). To me this
says the crowd was a hockey crowd interested in the expansion of the sport,
not just a crowd interested in a novelty that will wear off in a few weeks.
It was disappointing that while the crowd was large, it was not a full
house. Yes, the fact that the Badgers lost was also a bit of a
disappointment, however, I personally was so happy to see this dream come
true, that the score was not all that important in the end.
All in all it was a great evening and "A Great Day For Hockey".
Wendy Istvanick
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:54:35 -0400
From: Ken
Subject: USA Hockey Calendars
If anyone on the list is selling the USA Hockey Year 2000 fundraiser
calenders, please get in touch!
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