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WOMEN-IN-HOCKEY Digest 439
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) New Times Article
by email@hidden
2) Admin: How to get off of, get help for WOMEN-IN-HOCKEY
by The List Mom
3) Re: Texas Hockey?
by "Anne K. Ritchie"
4) Goalies needed
by email@hidden
5) Re: ESSO NATIONALS
by Kelly Connelly
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Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 22:07:22 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: New Times Article
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Apparently in my haste to spread the news I forgot to attach the article. So
here it is.
Blackthorn
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<h5>January 9, 1997</h5><br>
<h2>Women's Hockey's Fiercist Rivals Get Ready to Face Off Again</h2>
<h5>By ADAM GERSHENSON</h5>
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<p> <img src=3D"/images/h.gif" align=3Dleft alt=3DH>ockey games are not=
supposed to last longer than
"Braveheart." So, when the score remained Providence 1, New
Hampshire 1 five hours into the ECAC women's ice hockey
championship game last March, Joe Bertagna, the league
commissioner, called the coaches into a conference. Bertagna had
heard the methodical moan of the Zamboni seven times. It was time
to stop the match.
<p> "The quality of play had slipped," he said recently, recalling
how exhausted skaters were leaning on opponents, struggling to
remain upright. "The referees had skated too many miles. There was
no provision except to play continuous overtimes, but I was afraid
of injuries, and I didn't want to hide behind the rule book."
<p> But the ECAC is the sole conference with a varsity women's
hockey schedule, and the battle on the ice was for the national
championship. Providence Coach Jackie Barto and her Wildcat
counterpart, Karen Kay, looked incredulously at the commissioner,
then demanded that the game continue. As the coaches stormed toward
their respective locker rooms, Bertagna wrangled a promise that
they would meet again if the eighth period did not produce a
winner.
<p> The trio never reconvened. At 5 minutes and 35 seconds into the
eighth period, Brandy Fisher, New Hampshire's left wing, snapped a
wrist shot that sailed over goalie Meghan Smith's outstretched
glove, banged off the post and caromed into the net. After 145
minutes and 35 seconds of game time, the longest collegiate hockey
game in history had finally answered the question of who was the
best team in the land.
<p> Or had it? Since the 12-team ECAC began tournament play in 1983,
Providence has won six championships to New Hampshire's five, and
Providence was aiming for its fifth consecutive crown when Fisher's
goal ended the Lady Friars' quest. Members of both teams now
consider last year's classic just one memorable battle in an
ongoing war.
<p> The next skirmish starts Saturday, when the Lady Friars return
to New Hampshire's Towse Rink. "To play them and beat them means
everything. That's what we look forward to," said Alison Wheeler,
Providence's senior center.
<p> Since both teams are currently undefeated in league play and
league standings determine tournament seedings, the rematch figures
to be especially hard fought. As Coach Kay said, "Women's hockey
has no goons, but these girls like to hit, especially in the
corners."
<p> Checking is illegal in women's ice hockey, and while denizens of
Madison Square Garden's blue seats might howl that hockey without
checking is like non-alcoholic beer, several hockey experts believe
the no-hitting rule enhances the game. Unlike National Hockey
League contests, which have grown notorious for grabbing, trapping
and holding techniques, women's hockey spotlights adroit
stickhandling, alert passing and open-ice rushes.
<p> "I hate to say it, but I'm falling in love with the way the
game is played," said Ben Smith, former head coach of the
Northeastern men's varsity and current coach of the USA Women's
National Select Team. "The skating and the skill game takes you
back to the hockey we old-timers remember."
<p> Smith's team, which features six Providence alumnae and five New
Hampshire graduates, will form the core of an American squad
considered a favorite to win the gold medal when women's hockey
debuts at the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998.
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<p> The 1996-97 Wildcats, led by the all-ECAC defensewoman Heather
Reinke, skate even faster than they did last year. Their two most
potent scorers, Fisher and the sophomore center Carisa Zaban, have
returned, and have meshed so well with new recruits that Zaban
recently said, "Our offense is stacked."
<p> Don't cry for the Lady Friars just yet. Sarah Decosta, one of 11
freshmen, is a brilliant goaltender who supplanted Smith the
instant she arrived on campus. Since New Hampshire's only goalie
with collegiate experience, Dina Solimini, graduated last spring,
the Friars now hold a decisive advantage between the pipes.
<p> Providence coaches raked the Midwest for a bumper crop of
freshmen, while New Hampshire tapped the pipeline in Alaska for a
pair of first-year players who are just learning the significance
of the feud.
<p> "We didn't sweat the sweat the upperclassmen did, but we've had
it explained to us pretty well," said Carrie Jokiel, a left wing
from Anchorage. "There's a lot of tension between these two
teams."
<p> Along with the tension, mutual respect has developed. Kay was a
teammate of Barto's when both skated for Providence in the early
'80s, and they have remained friendly. Players on both teams praise
the talent and toughness of their opponents, and not one player
offers disparaging remarks about the rival team.
<p> But deep down, little has changed since last March. While a tie
is a conceivable result of Saturday's contest, to the participants
it is unthinkable.
<p> "It's going to be a duel," said Myia Yates, Providence's
sophomore right wing.
<p> The participants still believe that a hockey game should end
with just one team standing.<br>
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Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 11:30:17 -0600
From: "Anne K. Ritchie" <email@hidden>
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Texas Hockey?
Message-ID: <email@hidden>
Cheryl L. Smart wrote:
>
> Texas Skaters,
>
> I have just been informed that I will be moving to Fort Hood, Texas this
Fort Hood is near Killeen, which is near Belton, which is home to the
Central Texas Stampede of the Western Professional Hockey League. The
league started operations this season, so I don't know how successful it
will be, but at least this indicates an interest in hockey in the area.
The hockey facility in Belton probably hosts activities other than minor
league hockey, so you stand a good chance of being able to play.
According to my map, Belton is at most a 30-minute drive from Killeen,
which is (I think) where most people who work at Fort Hood live. It's
also where crazy folks shoot people at Luby's Cafeteria, but that's
another story...
BTW, there may be a women's tournament in Dallas over Labor Day. Lea
Sanford knows more, so keep your eyes open.
Later
--
Anne K. Ritchie Houstonian. Texan. American. Netizen.
My opinions are my own . . .
and I'll share them if I damn well want to.
http://starbase.neosoft.com/~aritchie/
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Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 15:05:23 -0500 (EST)
From: email@hidden
To: email@hidden
Subject: Goalies needed
Message-ID: <email@hidden>
Hello,
The Chelsea Comets are a new women's team in Manhattan. We are looking for
goalies. Our ice time is 11:00 pm on Saturdays at the Sky Rink at Chelsea
Piers which is a new indoor facility. If there are any questions you can
contact me.
Deborah Brecher
(201)767-1089
Chelsea Comets
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Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 17:27:52 +0000
From: Kelly Connelly <email@hidden>
To: email@hidden
Subject: Re: ESSO NATIONALS
Message-ID: <email@hidden>
Ev Podolsky wrote:
>
> I am looking for any information on the Senior women's Canaian Nationals
> for 1997. Any information that can be forwarded would be appreciated.
> Thank you
>
> Evelyn Podolsky
The Esso Nationals run March 6-9 in Richmond, British Columbia.
Contact Becki Bookham at 604 574 7248 or 9843. Hope this helps you.
Kelly Connelly
Managing Editor, Canada
Women's Hockey Magazine
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