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Women-in-Hockey Digest Monday, February 7 2000 Volume 01 : Number 599
In this issue:
USA-Canada Game Tape
Ont. Sr. Provincials (A, AA)
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Las Vegas Women's RESULTS
Re: Las Vegas Women's RESULTS
Las Vegas Pick-up hockey?
Wisconsin Women's Hockey Release
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:25:15 EST
From: email@hidden
Subject: USA-Canada Game Tape
OK, so I'm a masochist. Does anyone have a video tape of the USA-Canada game
they can send me?
Thanks a lot! :-)
Jill
# 77 LI Hurricanes
# 77 Chicago Ice
"Only you can prevent hockey stick fires."
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:30:18 -0500
From: "Dawn Elliott"
Subject: Ont. Sr. Provincials (A, AA)
Does anyone have the results of this weekend's provincial tournament?
We got beat out in the quarters, but would like to know who won...
Dawn
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:04:31 -0600
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THIS WEEK-Fourth-ranked Minnesota (22-5-0, 15-2-0 WCHA) plays three games this
week. Tuesday, the Gophers end a seven-game homestand by taking on Minnesota
State, Mankato (8-16-2, 3-12-2 WCHA) at 7:05 p.m. They will then be on the road
this weekend for a key league series, taking on first-place and third-ranked
Minnesota-Duluth (19-2-2, 17-0-1 WCHA) in a pair of 7:05 p.m. games at Pioneer
Hall.
GOPHER REWIND-Junior Nadine Muzerall (Mississagua, Ontario/Kimball Union
Academy) and frosh Ronda Curtin (Roseville, Minn./Roseville Area) both had big
weekends in leading Minnesota to a 4-1, 6-0 sweep of Ohio State.
Muzerall scored twice in both games and tallied five points in Saturday's
shutout victory. She scored back-to-back goals Saturday to break open a 1-0 game
and set up both of Curtin's goals, as well as one by Tracy Engstrom (Willmar,
Minn./Willmar), who had a goal in each game.
Junior Erica Killewald (Troy, Mich./Troy) and sophomore Crystal Nicholas (Tulsa,
Okla./Union) each earned a win in goal. Killewald stopped 18 of 19 shots in
FridayÍs win while Nicholas had 13 saves to earn the shutout Saturday.
MSU, MANKATO RECENTLY-The Mavericks garnered three points with a 2-2 overtime
time and a 5-4 win at Bemidji State to move to within two points of fourth place
in the WCHA standings.
Friday, Jennie Padgett stopped 31 of 32 shots through 50 minutes of play to
enable Minnesota State, on goals by Ashleigh Miller and Katie Ingram, to take a
2-1 lead into the final 10 minutes of regulation play. However, she went was
injured midway through the third period and the Beavers scored on their first
shot after Katie Beauduy came in cold off the bench. Beauduy went on to stop
Bemidji StateÍs final 10 shots to preserve the tie as the hosts had a 43-27
advantage in shots on goal.
Sunday, the Mavericks jumped out to a 2-0 lead early and led 3-0 on Tristin
Stephenson's power-play goals at 6:37 of the second period. The Beavers
responded with four straight goals, including two on the power play and one
short handed, to take a 4-3 lead with 14:23 to play in the final period. Miller,
who scored in the opening period, tied the game at 12:30 of the third period and
got the game winner to complete her hat trick with 3:25 to play. Beauduy had 27
saves to pick up the victory.
MINNESOTA-DULUTH RECENTLY-The Bulldogs dropped their first two games of the
season, falling 5-1 and 3-2 to fifth-ranked New Hampshire on the road over the
weekend.
Saturday, the Wildcats scored just 15 seconds into the game and led 3-0 after
one period before going on to outshoot their guests 35-21. Pamela Pachal scored
UMD's lone goal, coming at 10:36 of the third period.
Sunday saw the teams trade goals through the first two periods. Jenny Hempel's
power-play goal with 2:28 left in the first period tied the game at 1-1 and
Hanne Sikio scored on the power play to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead at 4:32 of
the second. The Wildcats came back to score later in the second and got the
game-winner with 6:44 to play in the game.
UMD goalie Tuula Puputti stopped 30 shots in both games as New Hampshire outshot
its guests 35-21 in the opener and 33-32 in the finale.
THE FIRE STILL BURNS-Had she not played a game this season until Dec. 11,
Nadine Muzerall would still rank fourth in the nation with 25 goals, having
scored in each of her last 12 games. As it is, her 35 goals and 14 power-play
goals both lead the nation.
During her 12-game streak, Muzerall has six multiple-goal games and 20 goals in
her last seven games. She also has 10 power-play goals, three game-winning goals
and 35 points during the streak to go along with a plus/minus rating of +20.
Muzerall has also record four hat tricks, all in a row, during the streak and
set school records with five goals and seven points in a 10-0 win over Bemidji
State on Jan. 22.
When she scores, the Gophers are 19-1-0 this season when she has scored a goal
and 2-4-0 when she has played an not scored a goal. During her career, Minnesota
is 54-4-2, a .917 winning percentage, when she scores and just 11-12-4 when she
has played and not scored.
WE'RE IN IT TOGETHER„Since joining together as linemates early in the season,
both Ambria Thomas and Laura Slominski have become two of Minnesota's top
players and both have been piling up points recently.
Both collected an assist in each game against the Buckeyes with Thomas extending
her point-scoring streak to 12 games.
During her scoring streak, Thomas has piled up 28 points. A key member of
Minnesota's special teams, she is tied for the national lead with five
short-handed goals and leads the team with 25 points on special teams, 19 on the
power play and six short handed.
Slominski has scored points in 11 of the Gophers' 12 games during the current
winning streak. She has also accumulated 28 points in her last 12 games and has
amassed 41 of her 47 points in 21 games since being paired with Thomas, who has
also scored 41 points during that span.
Slominski has also been a key special teams player, especially on the penalty
kill where she has scored a nation-best eight points.
CURTIN CALL„Two-time WCHA-Women's League rookie of the week Ronda Curtin has
scored five goals and nine points in her last three games and has 17 points,
scoring in 11 games, during the team's 12-game winning streak.
She has scored four of the team's last 12 game-winning goals, including both
against Ohio State, and has three power-play goals in her last three games.
CurtinÍs nine power-play goals this season are tops in the nation among rookies.
TURNING ONE HUNDERED-Senior co-captain Shannon Kennedy (Woburn,
Mass./Buckingham, Browne & Nichols) recorded her 100th career point when she set
up Ronda Curtin's power-play goal Friday.
Of her 100 points, 53 have come in 60 games at Minnesota. Kennedy scored 47
points, on 25 goals and 22 assists, in 47 games during her two seasons at Colby
College before transferring to Minnesota last season.
TOUGH TENDERS-Goalies Erica Killewald and Crystal Nicholas have each won six
games during the team's 12-game winning streak.
Killewald won her sixth consecutive start Friday, during which time she has
posted a 1.67 goals against average and a .925 save.
Nicholas picked up her second shutout of the season Saturday and has started six
of the Gophers' last 10 games. She has a 1.33 goals against average and a .919
save percentage in those six games.
With Saturday's win, she now has 20 career victories without a loss and leads
the nation in winning percentage (1.000) while ranking fourth in goals against
average (1.37).
POWERING UP„Minnesota's power play has helped spark its 12-game winning streak.
The Gophers have scored on the power play in 11 straight games, going 23-for-59
(39.0%).
During it last eight games, Minnesota is 19-for-42 (45.2%) and, in 17 league
games, the Gophers are averaging nearly two power-play goals per game, going
30-for-85 (35.3%). Their 31.0% success rate this season is tops in the nation.
NATURAL BORN KILLERS-By killing all seven Ohio State power plays over the
weekend, Minnesota has killed 88 of 92 (95.7%) since Nov. 7.
While allowing just four power-play goals in their last 19 games, Minnesota has
scored 10 short-handed goals. The Gophers are third nationally in combined
special teams percentage (.601) and lead the nation in net special teams goals
(+37).
THE SERIES-The Gophers have won all eight meetings with Minnesota State while
dropping the first two games in their series with Minnesota-Duluth.
Minnesota owns a 4-0-0 record against the Mavericks in Mariucci Arena. This
weekend's trip to Duluth will be the Gophers' first to face the Bulldogs as a
varsity program. Last year, Minnesota beat UMD's club team 10-0 at the Duluth
Entertainment & Convention Center.
WHEN LAST WE MET-The Gophers defeated MSU, Mankato 7-1 and 10-0, Jan. 14-15, in
Mankato. Nadine Muzerall led the way with four goals on the weekend, including a
hat trick in the series finale which kicked off her run of four consecutive hat
tricks. Five other players had four points on the weekend and 15 of Minnesota's
17 players scored points.
The Bulldogs catapulted into the upper echelon of the national rankings for the
first time when they came to Minneapolis, Dec. 3-4, and left with 5-4 and 1-0
wins. Former Gopher Jenny Schmidgall had two goals and two assist in the opening
victory while another former Gopher, Brittny Ralph, also scored twice, including
the game-winner. Joanne Eustace scored the only goal in the final game of the
series.
FIRST GOAL WINS...USUALLY-Ohio State struck for the first goal of the weekend
just 2:16 into Friday's game but Minnesota did not allow any goals during the
next 117:14.
The Gophers are now 5-5-0 on the season when their opponent scores first and
17-0-0 when they themselves score first.
In three seasons, Minnesota has scored first in 69 of 92 games and is 63-3-3 in
those games. The Gophers have been scored upon first just 24 times and are
9-13-2 in those games.
SHE'S THE BOSS„Now in her third season behind the Minnesota bench and 10th as a
head coach, Laura Halldorson has established herself as one of the nation's
premier coaches in women's hockey, sporting a 130-91-15 overall college record
and a 71-16-6 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
Writers' Coach of the Year. While at Colby, she also recruited and coached U.S.
National Team members Meaghan Sittler and Barb Gordon.
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.
BEHIND THE MSU, MANKATO BENCH-Todd Carroll is in his second year at Minnesota
State, Mankato after spending seven seasons as an assistant menÍs coach at his
alma mater, St. Olaf, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1986. He also
served as a graduate assistant at St. Cloud State before returning to St. Olaf.
In two season, he has amassed a record of 21-31-1.
BEHIND THE UMD BENCH-Shannon Miller is guiding the Bulldogs during their first
season of competition after spending last season at the school preparing for
their inaugural season. A 1985 graduate of the University of Saskatchewan,
Miller coached the Canadian National team before taking on her current position.
She guided the Canadian team to the silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics,
the first to feature women's hockey as a medal sport. In her first season, she
is 19-2-2.
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, it is also known as one of
the toughest arenas in the nation on visiting teams. The Gophers are 36-8-5 in
the six-year-old building.
ON THE AIR-The Gophers have three regular-season games remaining on their
schedule that will be broadcast live by WDGY-630 AM, including this weekend's
series at Minnesota-Duluth. Minnesota's game at St. Cloud State, Feb. 19, will
also be broadcast live, beginning at 3 p.m. Veteran broadcaster Tom Witschen
will call all of the action with Gophers assistant soccer coach Richard Drake
joining him for the color commentary.
ON THE AIR II-Tuesday's game against MSU, Mankato will be the final Gopher
Women's Hockey game on Midwest Sports Channel this season. The Sports Connection
airs at 6:30 p.m. with Frank Mazzocco and Tom Reid calling the action, beginning
at 7:05 p.m.
UP NEXT-The Gophers will face St. Cloud State in a home-and-home series next
weekend. The series opener will be Friday, Feb. 18, at 7:05 p.m. when the teams
square off at Mariucci Arena. They will do battle in a 3:05 p.m. matinee the
following day at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.
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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, 7 Feb 2000 10:43:38 -0800
From: email@hidden (Megan Bryant)
Subject: Las Vegas Women's RESULTS
The 4th Annual Las Vegas Women's Hockey Classic was held this past weekend.
33 women's teams this year!
There were 5 divisions:
1 Upper Intermediate
1 Intermediate
3 Novice
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Upper Intermediate:
Champion: Michigan Artic Hawks
Final game: Michgan Artic Hawks v.s. Alaska Artic Stars 5-3 Hawks
Pool play:
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Alaska Artic Stars v.s. Calgary Cobras 2-1 Alaska
So. Calif. Rays v.s. Michigan Artic Hawks 4-3 California
Mich. Artic Hawks v.s. Arizona Assault 5-1 Michigan
Calgary Cobras v.s. So. Calif. Rays 4-2 Michigan
Arizona Assault v.s. So. Calif. Rays 3-0 California
Mich. Artic Hawks v.s. Alaska Artic Stars 3-2 Michigan
Alaska Artic Stars v.s. Arizona Assault 7-5 Alaska
Calgary Cobras v.s. Mich. Artic Hawks 3-2 Michigan
So . Calif. Rays v.s. Alaska Artic Stars 3-1 Alaska
Arizona Assault v.s. Calgary Cobras 6-2 Calgary
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Intermediate
Champion: San Diego Heartbreakers 2-1 in DOUBLE overtime
Final game: San Diego v.s. California Polar Cats
Pool play:
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Columbus Capitals v.s. California Ice Vixens 3-2 Columbus, Ohio
So. Calif. Rays v.s. S.D. Heartbreakers 4-0 San Diego
Calif. Polar Cats v.s. San Jose Team Abby 4-1 Polar Cats
San Jose Team Abby v.s. So. Calif. Rays 4-3 Rays
S.D. Heartbreakers v.s. Colubus Capitols 2-0 San Diego
Calif. Ice Vixens v.s. Calif. Polar Cats 3-2 Polar Cats
S.D. Heartbreakers v.s. San Jose Team Abby 3-2 San Jose
Columbus Capitols v.s. Calif. Polar Cats 6-0 Polar Cats
So. Calif. Rays v.s. California Ice Vixens 2-0 Ice Vixens
Semi-Finals
San Diego Heartbreakers v.s. California Ice Vixens S.D 3-2 (ot)
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Novice RED division:
Champion: Arizona State University She Devils
Final game: A.S.U. v.s. Tucson Chilly Peppers 5-2 A.S.U.
Pool Play:
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Calgary Confederate Moms v.s. Texas Tornados 2-0 Texas
A.S.U. She Devils v.s. Los Angeles Chill 3-1 A.S.U.
Tucson Chilly Peppers v.s. So. Cal. Mustangs 4-1 Tucson
Detroit Ice Pack v.s. Houston Sirens 2-1 Detroit
Texas Tornados v.s. A.S.U. She Devils 4-1 A.S.U.
Los Angeles Chill v.s. Calgary Confed. Moms 2-1 Los Angeles
So. Calif. Mustangs v.s. Detroit Ice Pack 6-3 So. Cal.
Houston Sirens v.s. Tucson Cilly Peppers 2-1 Tucson
So. Calif. Mustangs v.s. Houston Sirens 5-0 So. Cal.
Calgary Confederate Moms v.s. A.S.U. She Devils 4-2 Calgary
Tucson Chilly Peppers v.s. Detroit Ice Pack 6-0 Tucson
Los Angeles Chill v.s. Texas Tornados 4-1 Texas
Semi-Finals:
A.S.U. v.s. So. Cal. Mustangs A.S.U. 9-2
Tucson v.s. Texas Tornados Tucson 5-2
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Novice Blue Division:
Champion: Vancouver Ice Girls
Final Game: Vancouver v.s. New England C.C.I. Blizzard 3-2 Vancouver
Pool Play:
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So. Cal. Black Widows v.s. Houston Harpies 3-2 Houston
California Polar Cats v.s. New England Blizzard 3-1 New England
San Diego Heartbreakers v.s. Vancouver Ice Girls 6-1 Vancouver
Los Angeles Lady Hornets v.s Phoenix Inferno 3-0 Phoenix
Houston Harpies v.s. Vancouver Ice Girls 3-0 Vancouver
New England Blizzard v.s. Los Angeles Hornets 6-0 New England
Phoenix Inferno v.s. California Polar Cats 2-1 Polar Cats
San Diego Heartbreakers v.s. So. Cal. Black Widows 3-2 Black Widows (ot)
Houston Harpies v.s. San Diego Heartbreakers 3-0 Houston
Los Angeles Lady Hornets v.s. California Polar Cats 5-2 Los Angeles
Vancouver Ice Girls v.s. So. Cal. Black Widows 9-1 Vancouver
New England Blizzard v.s. Phoenix Inferno 2-0 New England
Semi Finals:
Vancouver Ice Girls v.s. Los Angeles Lady Hornets 4-0 Vancouver
New England Blizzard v.s. Houston Harpies 5-1 New England
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Novice Green Division :
Champion: University of Arizona Wildcat Icers
Final Game: UofA v.s. Columbus Capitols 1-0 UofA
Pool play:
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A.S.U. She Devils v.s. Columbus Capitols 12-0 Columbus
Univ. of Arizona Wildcat Icers v.s. Austin/LA Roadrunners 0-0 TIE
San Diego Heartbreakers v.s. San Jose Valenti Rebels 3-1 San Jose
Austin/LA Roadrunners v.s. A.S.U. She Devils 3-0 Austin/LA
San Jose Valenti Rebels v.s. UofA Wildcat Icers 2-1 UofA
Columbus Capitols v.s. San Diego Heartbreakers 6-5 Columbus
San Diego Heartbreakers v.s. A.S.U. She Devils 9-1 San Diego
San Jose Valenti Rebels v.s. Austin/LA Roadrunners 4-0 San Jose
Columbus Capitols v.s. UofA Wildcat Icers 3-1 UofA
Semi Finals:
Columbus Capitols v.s. San Jose Valenti Rebels Caps win. score?
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Men's Divison:
Champions: Los Angeles Hornets
Final game: Chicago Thunder v.s. Los Angeles Hornets 3-1 Hornets
Pool play:
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Chicago Thunder v.s. The Boulder O.J. & the Slashers 8-4 Chicago
Los Angeles Hornets v.s. Texas Ice Hounds 4-1 Los Angeles
Boulder O.J. v.s. Los Angeles Hornets 2-0 Boulder, Co.
Texas Ice Hounds v.s. Chicago Thunder 10-0 Chicago
Los Angeles Hornets v.s. Chicago Thunder 2-1 Los Angeles
Texas Ice Hounds v.s. Boulder O.J. 8-0 Boulder, Co.
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M. Bryant
310 448 7551
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 14:47:35 EST
From: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Las Vegas Women's RESULTS
Hey!.....you got the scores wrong for the Sirens-Detroit game!
That was our only WIN of the tournament .
And the score doesn't reflect the "battle" that went on.
We held on to a 2-1 lead with their goalie pulled the last minute, and their
6 skaters to our 3 skaters the last 16 seconds (3 of us in the box the last
16 seconds!)
Thanks for a great game, Detroit!
Terry Pendergast
Houston Sirens #7 D
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 15:04:16 EST
From: email@hidden
Subject: Las Vegas Pick-up hockey?
I wonder how many of the folks on teams that were eliminated by Saturday
am-afternoon would have been interested in playing drop-in or pick up hockey
(mixing up players of all the teams) Saturday nite?
The other ice sheet at the Gardens was empty after 9pm and when many of us
called the rink about drop-in, we were told there was no ice available. The
rink people only snapped to this idea too late Saturday nite, after many
calls from members of many teams.
I'm thinking of suggesting an extra ice slot or two for drop in to David
Cohen, the organizer as an option for next year. He could let the rink know
that there will be many people in town that will want to play after their
teams are eliminated and they could schedule a women's drop-in accordingly.
You would pay the rink for drop-in, just like you do at home.
I would have loved to have the opportunity to play WITH some of the folks we
played against in a less intense atmosphere.
What do y'all think?
Terry P.
Sirens #7 D
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Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 17:25:44 -0600
From: "Paul Capobianco"
Subject: Wisconsin Women's Hockey Release
THIS WEEK: Wisconsin (16-10-2, 13-6-1 WCHA) attempts to add to its season-long win streak of six games when it travels to play MSU, Mankato (8-16-2, 3-12-2 WCHA) at the Midwest Wireless Civic Center in Mankato, Minn. The Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12 series is scheduled for 2:05 p.m., both days.
BLACK JACK: Winner of her last nine games, and unbeaten in her last ten is freshman goaltender Jackie MacMillan (Buffalo, Minn.). Last week's WCHA Player of the Week had her best weekend of the season, recording her first career shutout and turning away 44 of 45 (.978) St. Cloud State shots in two victories. MacMillan stopped 18 shots on Saturday in her shutout, then came back Sunday and stopped 25 shots in a 4-1 win.
MacMillan is now third in the WCHA and seventh in the county in win percentage at .750 (10-3-1). Her 2.69 goals against average and .909 save percentage are both good for fourth in the conference. MacMillan has not allowed more than two goals in her last ten games.
WINNING ISN'T EVERYTHING...: Freshman Kelly Kegley (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) added three more goals this past weekend to increase her goal-scoring streak to six games. Kegley has 11 goals and two hat tricks in the six games. She also set the record for fastest two goals with a pair in 10 seconds against Ohio State on Jan. 22, and earned WCHA Player of the Week honors for that weekend's play. Perhaps most impressive is Kegley's four game-winning goals in the last five games. The center scored both game-winners this past weekend in a sweep of St. Cloud State, and notched a game-winner against Bemidji State last weekend and one the week before against Ohio State.
Kegley now has five game-winners on the season and shares the WCHA lead for game-winners in conference games. She also ranks second in the WCHA for all games and holds a share of fourth in the nation in the category. For the season, she has 19 goals and 10 assists for 29 points. The Badgers are 11-0-1 when Kegley scores a goal.
MICHELLE SHOCKED: Sophomore Michelle Sikich (Apple Valley, Minn.) had her second five-point weekend of the season with a goal and four assists against St. Cloud State. Sikich scored her third short-handed goal of the season with two assists in Sunday's game, and had a pair of assists on Saturday. With the short-handed tally, she moved into a third-place tie for short-handed goals in the country. Sikich shared the national lead last year with four goals short-handed.
With 14 goal and 14 assists on the season, Sikich is fourth on the Badgers with 28 points. Sikich currently has an eight-game point-scoring streak (8-8=16).
THE WCHA TOURNAMENT: Wisconsin, along with the rest of the WCHA, will gather in Bloomington, Minn., on March 2-4, for the inaugural WCHA Tournament. All seven conference members will take part in the event at the Bloomington Ice Gardens.
The regular-season conference champion receives a first-round bye on Thursday, March 2, while seed 2 faces seed 7, seed 3 faces seed 6, and seeds 4 and 5 face off to advance to the semifinals on Friday. On Saturday, the third-place game takes place at 3:30 p.m., with the championship game at 7:00 p.m.
The winner of the tournament gets an automatic berth to the American Women's College Hockey Alliance Championship, which currently serves as the national championship for women's hockey. Four teams qualify for the national tournament including the WCHA Tourney champion, ECAC regular season and tourney champions, and one at-large qualifier.ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE: After 28 games of the Wisconsin women's hockey inaugural season, six players can say they have played in every game the Badgers have ever played. Kendra Antony, Melanie Schmitt, Bridget Buchholz, Liz Jankowski, Julia Ortenzio and Gretchen Anderson make up the iron group.
MISCELLANY: The Badgers have been called for less penalties than its opponent in 17 of its 28 games and are 8-7-2 in those games. When the UW is called for the same amount or more infractions than its opponent, it is 8-3-0...The UW is 10-0-1 when reaching 30 shots, 12-1-1 when holding its opponent under 30 shots, and 12-1-1 when outshooting its opponent...Kendra Antony has yet to go more than one game without registering a point. The frosh has points in 21 of her 28 games and has led the team in points since the first game of the season.
THE MAVERICKS: MSU, Mankato (8-16-2, 3-12-2 WCHA) currently hold down the final spot in the WCHA with eight points, but sit just two points out of a fourth-place log jam consisting of St. Cloud State, Bemidji State and Ohio State. The Mavericks took three of four points from Bemidji State last weekend with a 5-4 win and 2-2 tie with the Beavers. Ashleigh Miller recorded a hat trick in the MSU win and added a goal in the tie. Tristin Stephenson had a goal and four assists in the series.
Stephenson leads MSU on the season with 15 goals and 15 assists. Kim Corona with 14 and Miller with 11 give the Mavericks three scorers in double figures. Corona has 24 total points to rank second on the team, while Ryann Geldner (9-11=20) follows Corona in third.
Katie Beauduy and Jennie Padgett share the goaltending duties. Beauduy has the better record (6-7-1) than Padgett (2-9-1), but Padgett (3.62 GAA, .890 save percentage) leads in the other major goaltending categories over Beauduy (4.33 GAA, .866 save percentage).
Todd Carroll (St. Olaf, 1986) is in his second year as head coach for MSU, Mankato. Carroll assisted the St. Olaf men's team for seven years before starting the program for the Mavericks. He sports a 22-31-2 career mark for MSU.
The Badgers swept the Mavericks in Madison on Dec. 3-4 in the team's previous meetings. Wisconsin edged past MSU 3-2 in the first game on a Michelle Sikich power-play goal with 11 seconds remaining in regulation. Sikich then scored a hat trick in a 5-2 win the second game that included two short-handed goals. Jackie MacMillan won both games in the nets for the Badgers with 21 and 13 saves, while Beauduy made 38 saves and Padgett stopped 46 shots in the losses for the Mavericks. Kim Corona scored two of MSU's four goals in the series.
MSU, Mankato plays at Minnesota on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 7:05 p.m., before the series with Wisconsin. The Tuesday night contest will be televised live on MSC.
ONE FOR YOU, ONE FOR ME: The Badgers have five players averaging at least a point per game. Kendra Antony leads the group with 37 points in 28 games (1.32 points per game). Kelly Kegley follows with 29 points in 22 games (1.32). Michelle Sikich, with 28 points in 22 games (1.27), Sis Paulsen, with 31 points in 25 games (1.24), and Kerry Weiland, with 26 points in 26 games (1.00), complete the quintet.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE: The Badgers notched their first win in program history with a 2-1 victory at Ohio State on Friday, Oct. 15. Michelle Sikich (So., Apple Valley, Minn.) tallied the game-winner at 9:52 of the third period and Chanda Gunn (Huntington Beach, Calif.) made 30 saves to earn the win.
IF YOU PLAY IT, THEY WILL COME: The Wisconsin women's ice hockey team opened up its inaugural season on Friday, Oct. 8 against Minnesota-Duluth. Gov. Tommy Thompson, Olympic Gold Medalists Cammi Granato and Karyn Bye, U.S. National Team coach Ben Smith and other VIPs attended. The second-largest women's collegiate ice hockey crowd attended, with 3,892 people at the Kohl Center.
The largest crowd to attend a women's collegiate ice hockey game came together on Nov. 2, 1997 when Minnesota held its inaugural game against Augsburg at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. 6,854 people showed up and saw the Golden Gophers shutout Augsburg 8-0.
The Badgers also attracted 2,209 fans to their game with the U.S. National Team in Fond du Lac, Wis., on Jan.8. The sold-out crowd was standing room only.
SIGNINGS: The Badgers announced the signing of their first three recruits for the class of 2004 on Nov. 18. Defender Nicole Uliasz (Perkasie, Penn.), forward Stephanie Millar (Hudson, Wis.) and forward Meghan Hunter (Oil Springs, Ontario) signed national letters of intent last week and will attend Wisconsin starting the fall semester of 2000.
HEAD COACH JULIE SASNER: Head coach Julie Sasner (Harvard, 1988) is in her first year with the Badgers after spending six years at the helm of Cornell. The Badgers first coach sports a 16-10-2 record behind the bench for Wisconsin, and is 69-71-8 lifetime. She led Big Red to a 53-61-6 mark and the 1995-96 team to its first Ivy League title since 1990 with an 8-1-1 record. She also directed Cornell to a 15-8-3 record in 1997-98 and a 16-7-2 mark during the 1995-96 season. She was named the 1995 Coach of the Year by the American Women's Hockey Association.
A member of the first U.S. Women's National Team in 1990, she has since helped coach the team at the 1999 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship. She was also the head coach for the U.S. Women's Select Team that competed in the Three Nations Cup held in Finland in December of 1998. She earned her first U.S. head coaching position, leading the U.S. Women's National Team to a silver medal at the Pacific Women's Hockey Championship in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1996.
HER ASSISTANTS: Trina Bourget (New Hampshire, 1994), Tracy Cornell (Cornell, 1997) and Mike Dibble (Wisconsin, 1978) will serve as the Badger assistant coaches for the inaugural season.
Bourget coached the past two years at Division III Sacred Heart University and led the Pioneers to the No. 8 national ranking in just the third year of the program's existence. Named the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference's Coach of the year for her team's 15-4-3 mark for the 1998-99 season, Bourget was named runner-up for the American Women's Hockey Coaches Association Coach of the Year Award. Bourget spent her playing days with the University of New Hampshire.
Cornell coached Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass., to a 24-4-2 record last year, the most successful season in school history. Her team captured second during the regular season and advanced to the NEPSAC Championship. Her playing experiences include four years at Cornell and one as a professional player in Switzerland with the SC Reinach Lions. While at Cornell, she was a two-time All-Ivy League player and a co-captain her senior year.
Dibble coached Sun Prairie High School from1980-86. While coaching Sun Prairie, he also served as the coaching program director for the the state of Wisconsin's WAHA from 1979-86. In 1987, he became the Central District coaching director, a position held until 1992. At the national level, Dibble was a part of the original staff of USA Hockey's National Goaltender Camp and coached the U.S. National Midget Team in 1986. Most recently he served as coach of the U.S. National 17-Selects in 1994. The former men's hockey goaltending standout ranks on numerous Badger top-10 lists, was the Badgers' 1975 MVP and helped the squad to the 1977 NCAA Championship. A draft pick of the New York Islanders in 1974, the Minneapolis, Minn., native was the alternate goalie for the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team.
NCAA GIVES FINAL APPROVAL FOR WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2001: Indianapolis, IN - The NCAA announced has announced that during the Jan. 9-10 NCAA convention in San Diego, Calif., its membership adopted legislation to establish an official championship in women's ice hockey, effective with the 2000-01 season. The specific format and field size of the championship has not yet been determined.
Currently, 53 institutions (25 Division I, two Division II and 26 Division III) sponsor women's ice hockey as a varsity sport. Of those institutions, seven are part of the WCHA and 34 are ECAC members: 13 in the Division I women's league, 17 in the women's alliance and four as independents.
The NCAA Division III Presidents Council also has announced that it intends to introduce legislation for a vote during the 2001 NCAA Convention that would establish a Division III national championship, effective with the 2001-02 academic year.
American Women's College Hockey Alliance, sponsored by USA Hockey, currently conducts championships at the Divisions I and III levels. The 2000 championships will be held March 24-25 at Northeastern University's Matthews Arena.
COLLEGE HOCKEY STATS: Information regarding all collegiate women's ice hockey teams can be found at: www.collegehockeystats.com. Box scores, standings and statistics are updated following each night's action in college hockey.
UPCOMING FOR THE BADGERS: Wisconsin takes a week off before heading to Minnesota of its final series of the season. The Badgers will face the Gophers on Feb. 26-27 at 2:05 p.m., the same weekend the Badger men will take on Minnesota on Feb. 25-26 at 7:05 p.m.
US COLLEGE HOCKEY ONLINE COMPUTER RANKINGS:
1999-2000 Division I Women's Pairwise Rankings (PWR)
Rk Team GP W- L- T Win% Rk RPI Rk PWR
1 Minnesota 27 22- 5- 0 0.8148 3 0.6141 3 9
2 Brown 19 14- 2- 3 0.8158 2 0.6366 1 8
3 Harvard 19 13- 3- 3 0.7632 4 0.6154 2 7
4 NNH 22 16- 6- 0 0.7273 5 0.6083 4 6
5 Minn.-Duluth 23 19- 2- 2 0.8696 1 0.6027 5 5
6 Northeastern 24 15- 6- 3 0.6875 6 0.5875 6 4
7 Dartmouth 22 15- 7- 0 0.6818 7 0.5686 8 3
8 Providence 22 13- 6- 3 0.6591 8 0.5758 7 2
9 Wisconsin 26 14-10- 2 0.5769 9 0.5084 9 1
10 Niagara 19 10- 8- 1 0.5526 10 0.4960 10 0
The Pairwise Ranking compares only those at or above .500, judging them by five criteria: record against common opponents, record in last 16 games, head to head competition, record against other teams at or above .500, and the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). For each comparison won, a team receives one point. The final PWR ranking is based on the number of points (comparisons) won against teams at or above .500. Ties are settled by the RPI.
Paul Capobianco
University of Wisconsin
Assistant SID
PH: 608-263-1983
Fax: 608-265-8051
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www.wisc.edu/ath
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