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Women-in-Hockey Digest Wednesday, November 4 1998 Volume 01 : Number 306
In this issue:
Re: Canadian Women's National Team
Canadian National Women's Team
GOPHER WOMEN'S HOCKEY
McGill goalie named to Canadian National Team
women's websites
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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 08:39:36 +0000
From: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Canadian Women's National Team
2 November 1998
NR078.98
NATIONAL WOMEN'S TEAM NAMED FOR 3 NATIONS CUP TOURNAMENT CALGARY, AB
- -- The 21-player roster of women who will compete for Canada at the
1998 3 Nations Cup tournament in Kuortane, Finland was named Monday,
the Canadian Hockey Association announced.
Head coach Daniele Sauvageau and assistants Karen Hughes and Ken
Dufton chose the team following an evaluation camp in Montreal from
Oct. 5-12. The roster of two goalies, seven defenders and 12 forwards
includes 14 Olympians, as well as two former World Champion players
who were not on the 1998 Olympic team.
Two Olympians not on the National Women's Team for 3 Nations Cup
tournament in Finland from Dec. 10-16 are Hayley Wickenheiser of
Calgary and Jennifer Botterill of Winnipeg. Both will be members of
Canada's Under-22 Women's National Team that will compete in Europe in
December. Two other Olympic silver medalists not named to this team
are Laura Schuler, who is recovering from knee surgery, and goaltender
Leslie Reddon, who remains a candidate for the National Women's Team
for the 1999 Women's World Championship in Espoo, Finland from March
8-14.
The National Women's Team will compete against Finland and the United
States at the December tournament, which Canada is using as an
evaluative tool for its players, including young goaltenders Kim
St-Pierre of Montreal and Sami Jo Small of Winnipeg. Canada's roster
includes defenders Nathalie Rivard of Cumberland, ON, who was a
member of Canada's gold medal-winning 1992 Women's World Championship
team, and Cheryl Pounder of Toronto, who helped Canada win a gold
medal at the 1994 Women's World Championship in Lake Placid, NY.
"This team is a mixture of veterans and talented, up-and-coming
younger players who will get the opportunity to be exposed to
competition at the international level," said Sauvageau. "This is
really step three of the process in our development year, following
the Under-22 National Women's Camp in Calgary in August and the
National Women's Team Evaluation camp in Montreal last month.
"The value of the Under-22 Women's team is that it allows more players
to experience international competition. This year, 42 high
performance players will be exposed to the international game and that
has to help us develop depth in our program over the next few years."
Sauvageau noted that the selection of a 20-player team to compete at
the 1999 Women's World Championship will be a process comprising the
two evaluation camps, the 3 Nations Cup, the Under-22 event in
December and another event planned for the National Women's Team in
January.
"We're still the World Champions and our aim is to defend that title
this season," said Sauvageau. "But we also are on a four-year cycle to
prepare for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and
so it's important that we perform well in every phase of the
development process."
- -- 30 --
For more information:
John MacKinnon
Manager, communications
(403) 777-3609
The Players are:
Sami Jo Small Kim St. Pierre
Therese Brisson Judy Diduck
Geraldine Heaney Cheryl Pounder
Natalie Rivard Fiona Smith
Amanda Benoit Cassie Campbell
Nancy Drolet Lori Dupuis
Danielle Goyette Jayna Hefford
Tracy Luhowy Kathy McCormack
Karen Nystrom France St. Louis
Vicky Sunohara Sommer West
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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 08:56:44 +0000
From: email@hidden (Danielle Dufour)
Subject: Canadian National Women's Team
NATIONAL WOMEN'S TEAM NAMED FOR 3 NATIONS CUP
TOURNAMENT CALGARY, AB
- -- The 21-player roster of women who will compete for Canada at the
1998 3 Nations Cup tournament in Kuortane, Finland was named Monday,
the Canadian Hockey Association announced.
Head coach Daniele Sauvageau and assistants Karen Hughes and Ken
Dufton chose the team following an evaluation camp in Montreal from
Oct. 5-12. The roster of two goalies, seven defenders and 12 forwards
includes 14 Olympians, as well as two former World Champion players
who were not on the 1998 Olympic team.
Two Olympians not on the National Women's Team for 3 Nations Cup
tournament in Finland from Dec. 10-16 are Hayley Wickenheiser of
Calgary and Jennifer Botterill of Winnipeg. Both will be members of
Canada's Under-22 Women's National Team that will compete in Europe in
December. Two other Olympic silver medalists not named to this team
are Laura Schuler, who is recovering from knee surgery, and goaltender
Leslie Reddon, who remains a candidate for the National Women's Team
for the 1999 Women's World Championship in Espoo, Finland from March
8-14.
The National Women's Team will compete against Finland and the United
States at the December tournament, which Canada is using as an
evaluative tool for its players, including young goaltenders Kim
St-Pierre of Montreal and Sami Jo Small of Winnipeg. Canada's roster
includes defenders Nathalie Rivard of Cumberland, ON, who was a
member of Canada's gold medal-winning 1992 Women's World Championship
team, and Cheryl Pounder of Toronto, who helped Canada win a gold
medal at the 1994 Women's World Championship in Lake Placid, NY.
"This team is a mixture of veterans and talented, up-and-coming
younger players who will get the opportunity to be exposed to
competition at the international level," said Sauvageau. "This is
really step three of the process in our development year, following
the Under-22 National Women's Camp in Calgary in August and the
National Women's Team Evaluation camp in Montreal last month.
"The value of the Under-22 Women's team is that it allows more players
to experience international competition. This year, 42 high
performance players will be exposed to the international game and that
has to help us develop depth in our program over the next few years."
Sauvageau noted that the selection of a 20-player team to compete at
the 1999 Women's World Championship will be a process comprising the
two evaluation camps, the 3 Nations Cup, the Under-22 event in
December and another event planned for the National Women's Team in
January.
"We're still the World Champions and our aim is to defend that title
this season," said Sauvageau. "But we also are on a four-year cycle to
prepare for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and
so it's important that we perform well in every phase of the
development process."
- -- 30 --
For more information:
John MacKinnon
Manager, communications
(403) 777-3609
PLEASE SEE ATTACHED ROSTER
3 Nations Cup Roster
Small, Sami Jo
St-Pierre, Kim
Brisson, Therese
Diduck, Judy
Heaney, Geraldine
Kellar, Becky
Pounder, Cheryl
Rivard, Natalie
Smith, Fiona
Benoit, Amanda
Campbell, Cassie
Drolet, Nancy
Dupuis, Lori
Goyette, Danielle
Hefford, Jayna
Luhowy, Tracey
McCormack, Kathy
Nystrom, Karen
St-Louis, France
Sunohara, Vicky
West, Sommer
And there you have it. Hot off the wire.
Danielle
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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:30:35 -0600
From: "Craig Roberts"
Subject: GOPHER WOMEN'S HOCKEY
THIS WEEK„Minnesota hosts the All-American East-West Challenge, Nov. 5 and 7-8,
featuring defending national champion New Hampshire, along with Harvard and
Minnesota State, Mankato.
The Gophers open play by taking on Harvard, Thursday, at 7:05 p.m., followed by
SaturdayÍs 1:30 p.m. tilt with New Hampshire.
MSU, Mankato faces Harvard at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and concluds the tournament
by taking on New Hampshire at 1 p.m. Sunday.
MINNESOTA RECENTLY„The Gophers kicked off the 1998-99 season with an 11-1 win at
Minnesota State, Mankato Friday.
Nadine Muzerall (Mississauga, Ontario/Kimball Union Academy) got MinnesotaÍs
scoring started with a short-handed goal just 1:48 into the opening period but
the Mavericks retaliated on the same power-play to tie the score at 1-1.
Shannon Kennedy (Woburn, Mass./Buckingham Browne & Nichols) scored her first
goal as a Gopher at 7:53 and Minnesota never looked back, tacking on three more
goals in the opening period, two by frosh Laura Slominski (Burnsville,
Minn./Burnsville), five more in the second period and one goal in the third
period.
Muzerall and Slominski, along with Brittny Ralph (Brooklyn Center,
Minn./Brooklyn Center) and newcomer Amber Hegland (Farmington, Minn./Farmington)
all scored two goals in the game. Kris Scholz (Hugo, Minn./Stillwater Area) had
a career-high four assists while Matty Brekken (Devils Lake, N.D./Devils Lakes)
had a goal and three assists. Those two joined Muzerall and Ralph in having
four-point nights.
The Gophers held a 45-6 advantage in shots on goal, with Erica Killewald (Troy,
Mich./Troy) recording five saves.
ABOUT HARVARD„The Crimson, coming off a 14-16-0 record a year ago, look to be a
contender in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference this season with the
return of team-scoring leader Angie Francisco and goalie Crystal Springer and
the addition of three Olympians to the roster.
Francisco, a Duluth, Minn., native, finished second in the nation with 36
assists and added 21 goals for 57 points, while Springer grabbed the starting
goaltending duties as a sophomore and finished 11-9-0 with a 3.82 goals against
average and an .874 save percentage.
Harvard also returns a pair of key players from the past. senior A.J. Mleczko
and sophomore Tammy Shewchuk both missed last season due to commitments to their
respective national teams. Mleczko helped lead Team USA to the gold medal, while
Shewchuk spent much of last season with Team Canada.
Two of the newest additions to the Crimson lineup include Angela Ruggiero, who
also was a member of Team USA at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and Jen Botterill, a
silver medalist as a member of Team Canada.
NEW HAMPSHIRE RECENTLY„The Wildcats have split a pair of exhibition games and
will be playing their first regular season game of the 1998-99 year against
Minnesota at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
New Hampshire hosted Team Denmark, Oct. 20, and pounded the Danish team 11-1
behind a two-goal, three-point performance by Nicki Luongo. The Wildcats got
goals from 10 different players and points from 15 players. Alicia Roberts and
Melissa MacDonald split time in goal, combining for seven saves.
Friday, New Hampshire faced a tougher test in the form of defending Canadian
Intercollegiate Athletic Union champion Concordia, suffering a 4-1 loss to the
Stingers.
The WildcatsÍ lone goal was a third-period power-play tally by Melissa
McKenzie. New Hampshire outshot Concordia 24-21, with Roberts making 17 saves.
MINNESOTA STATE, MANKATO RECENTLY„The Mavericks, in their first season of
varsity competition, lost 11-1 to the Gophers in their debut Friday.
MSU was tied 1-1 with the Gophers early on as Michelle Sikich scored the
MavericksÍ first goal, a power-play tally, at the 2:44 mark of the opening
period.
Former Minnesota goalie Sarah Harms stopped 27 shots for MSU before giving way
to Jenny Padget, who recorded seven saves.
MILESTONE GAMES„With the rapid growth of girlsÍ and womenÍs hockey, FridayÍs
game held significance for the state of Minnesota as it was be the first meeting
between NCAA Division I womenÍs hockey programs from the state.
With MSU, Mankato beginning as a Division I program „ it is Division I in menÍs
hockey and Division II in all other sports „ the game also marked the first
meeting of in-state Division I womenÍs programs in any sport.
ThursdayÍs Minnesota-Harvard game will be the first womenÍs collegiate hockey
game to be broadcast live by a commercial station. Midwest Sports Channel will
carry the game with the opening faceoff slated for 7:05 p.m. CST.
IN WITH THE NEW„Six of MinnesotaÍs eight new players saw action in FridayÍs win
over MSU, Mankato and five of the six got on the scoreboard.
Laura Slominski led the way with two goals and an assist while co-captain Amber
Hegland, a senior who spent the last four years as a member of the Gopher
softball team, also tallied a pair of goals.
Shannon Kennedy had a goal and an assist while recording a team-high nine shots
on goal. Sister Courtney Kennedy (Woburn, Mass./Buckingham Browne & Nichols) and
frosh Tracy Engstrom (Willmar, Minn./Willmar) each had an assist.
The only two newcomers to not see action were Jenny Schmidgall (Edina,
Minn./Edina), who sat out the game after missing practice, and backup goalie
Crystal Nicholas (Tulsa, Okla./Union).
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER„As the first player to sign a National Letter of Intent
with the Gopher womenÍs hockey team, Jenny Schmidgall was expected to be a key
player in MinnesotaÍs inaugural season.
However, the first-year center was sidetracked by a stint with Team USA, where
she was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
During her stint with Team USA, Schmidgall scored nine goals and 21 points in
30 games, including two goals and five points in six games during the Olympics.
She will be making her first appearance in a Gopher uniform Thursday versus
Harvard.
DIDNÍT MISS A BEAT„Centering the GophersÍ top line once again, Nadine Muzerall
picked up right where she left off last year after leading the nation in goals
per game and points per game.
After opening the game with a short-handed goal at the gameÍs 1:48 mark, she
assisted on Shannon KenndyÍs game-winner, picked up her second goal on the
power-play at 10:14 of the second period and assisted on Brittny RalphÍs
power-play goal less than four minutes later.
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING„Besides the newcomers who got on the scoresheet
Friday, sophomore left wing Tracy Donaghue (Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo) tallied
her first career assist, setting up Sarma Pone (Minneapolis, Minn./Southwest) at
18:58.
Last season, Donaghue scored one goal while playing in 11 games. She notched
her first career goal in a 10-0 win over Wisconsin, Feb. 7, 1998.
REPRESENTING THEIR COUNTRY„In December, Jenny Schmidgall and Winny Brodt will
play for Team USA at the Three Nations Cup in Finland.
The pair was chosen from the USA Hockey WomenÍs Festival for the national team
and will be joined by Gopher head coach Laura Halldorson, who will serve as the
teamÍs assistant coach, as part of the USA contingent.
THE COACHES„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
nationÍs premier coaches in womenÍs hockey.
She began her 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 Festival. In December, she will serve as an
assistant for the U.S. National team that competes 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 WomenÍs 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.
Harvard coach Katey Stone enters her fifth season behind the Crimson bench with
a 45-62-3 career mark. A 1989 graduate of New Hampshire, she has an extensive
background working with USA Hockey and has served as the vice president of the
American WomenÍs Hockey CoachesÍ Association.
One of the most successful coaches in womenÍs college hockey, New HampshireÍs
Karen Kay begins her seventh season as the WildcatsÍ head coach. She has posted
a winning record in each of her seven seasons at UNH and led the Wildcats to the
first American WomenÍs College Hockey Alliance national championship last
season. Kay has won more than 20 games in each of the last five seasons and
sports a career record of 132-44-15 for an impressive .730 winning percentage.
Minnesota State, Mankato coach Todd Carroll is in his first season as a
collegiate head coach. A 1986 graduate of St. Olaf, Carroll served as a graduate
assistant with the menÍs program at St. Cloud State for two seasons before
returning to his alma mater to serve as an assistant coach, spending seven
seasons with the Oles before accepting his current position in 1997. He is
currently 0-1-0.
ITÍS 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
fall of 2000, is completed.
Known as one of the toughest arenas in the nation on visiting teams, the
Gophers were 12-2-3 there last season.
ON THE AIR„A pair of Gopher games will be aired live by Midwest Sports Channel
this season.
The first of the two telecasts will be ThursdayÍs clash with Harvard in the
opening game of the All-American East-West Challenge. The broadcast gets
underway at 7 p.m. with veterans Frank Mazzocco and Tom Reid calling the action.
MSC will also carry the Gopher womenÍs hockey team as part of a doubleheader
with the Minnesota menÍs team on Feb. 20. The womenÍs game gets underway at 2:30
p.m. as the Gophers take on Providence, to be followed by the menÍs clash with
St. Cloud State at 7:05 p.m.
TOUGH SCHEDULE„Of the nine other teams ranked in the U.S. College Hockey Online
preseason poll, the Gophers will face eight of them for a total of 12 games.
In addition, Minnesota will face defending Canadian Interuniversity Athletic
Union champion Concordia twice, and 1998 CIAU runner-up Toronto once.
GONE POLLING„Minnesota is ranked fourth in this weekÍs U.S. College Hockey
Online poll. New Hampshire garnered nine of 10 first-place votes and the
defending national champions earned the top spot in the poll while Harvard is
ranked fifth.
Team (1st Place Votes) Record Pts LW
1. New Hampshire (9) 0-0-0 99 1
2. Brown 0-0-0 84 2
3. Northeastern (1) 0-0-0 77 3
4. Minnesota 1-0-0 71 4
5. Harvard 0-0-0 69 5
6. Providence 0-0-0 40 7
7. Dartmouth 0-0-0 39 6
8. Princeton 0-0-0 31 8
9. Cornell 0-0-0 7 9
10. St. Lawrence 0-0-0 3 10
UP NEXT„Minnesota goes on the road for a pair of games next weekend when they
traverse MinnesotaÍs Iron Range to face Bemidji State and Minnesota-Duluth.
The Gophers open the weekend Saturday, Nov. 14, by taking on the Beavers at the
John Glas Fieldhouse (2,500). Game time in Bemidji is 2 p.m.
Minnesota will trek east across the Iron Range for its meeting with the
Bulldogs Sunday, Nov. 15, in Duluth. Game time at the Duluth Entertainment and
Convention Center is scheduled for 2 p.m.
THE POWER PLAY„As a team, Minnesota was 3-for-8 (37.5%) on the power play versus
Minnesota State, setting a school record for power-play goals in a game. The
GophersÍ eight power plays resulted in 11:31 of power-play time and they
averaged a goal every 3:50 while on the power play. Here are the individual
power-play numbers.
Player GP G A Pts SOG Pct.
Brittny Ralph 1 1 1 2 6 .167
Nadine Muzerall 1 1 1 2 2 .500
Kris Scholz 1 0 2 2 0 .000
Shannon Kennedy 1 0 1 1 2 .000
Laura Slominski 1 1 0 1 1 1.000
Matty Brekken 1 0 1 1 0 .000
Courtney Kennedy 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Ambria Thomas 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Minnesota 1 33 4 6 13 .231
Opponents 1 1 2 3 1 1.000
THE PENALTY-KILL„As a team, Minnesota was 3-for-4 (75.0%) killing penalties
versus MSU with the Mavericks having spent 6:10 on the power-play, averaging a
goal every 6:10. Here are the individual penalty-kill numbers.
Player GP G A Pts SOG Pct.
Nadine Muzerall 1 1 0 1 2 .500
Matty Brekken 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Shannon Kennedy 1 0 0 0 1 .000
Minnesota 1 1 0 1 4 .250
Opponents 1 0 0 0 0 .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!
Women's National Collegiate Ice Hockey Stats are at:
www.gophersports.com/sportsNews/press_release.asp?news_id=273
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Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 19:08:53 PST
From: "Dan Madden"
Subject: McGill goalie named to Canadian National Team
McGill rookie earns spot on Team Canada roster
McGill rookie goalie Kim St. Pierre has earned a spot on the
Canadian National Women's Hockey Team that will visit
Finland in December for the 3-Nations Cup. The 19 year old
Chateauguay, Quebec resident impressed the coaching staff at final
40 evaluation camp in Montreal. The Finland tournament will be St.
Pierre's first international experience.
"Kim has worked very hard for this and has remainded very focused
on making the Canadian team," said McGill General
Manager Dan Madden. "She has earned a spot on the Canadian roster
for the same reasons we recruited her to McGill. She
possesses a great attitude, has a super work ethic, and shows up to
play every game." said Madden.
"St. Pierre has the necessary tools to play at the elite level,"
said Madden. "She has good size, great concentration and is very
focused."
While the McGill netminder is in her first season with the
Martlets, she is expected to help elevate the program to the next level.
"There's no doubt that with Kim joining Team Canada it gives our
program a boost," said Madden. "I strongly believe that Kim
will help us to attract elite players to McGill. We're serious
about icing a competitive team to rival all university programs in
Canada and the United States.
St. Pierre is not the only McGill member to be involved with Team
Canada's selection process. Forward Dana Rittmaster
attended the Eastern Canadian evaluation camp this past summer in
Nova Scotia. Rittmaster, in her 2nd season with McGill,
captained the Nova Scotia under-18 team in 1997. She has been named
captain of this years McGill team.
The McGill coaching staff also has ties to Canada's National
Women's program. Head coach Caroline Blanchet and Assistant
Anny Bergeron are on-ice instructors and evaluators with Team Canada.
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:51:55 EST
From: email@hidden
Subject: women's websites
The Womens & Girls Ice Hockey Site is now up and running (officially). We are
seeking information on teams, tournaments, camps, and any products that are
exclusive to womens hockey. All tournament and team info is welcome. The
address is www.freeyellow.com/members4/ebanietti.
Also - The Northeast Ohio Women's Hockey Organization site is up. It has
interesting info on a "hockey cruise" if you can believe that. We are seeking
people from Kent, Cleveland, Canton, Akron, Toledo... Ohio to join teams.
("Iggy" please e-mail, we need a goalie!) The site is
www.freeyellow.com/members4/ebanietti/page4.html.
Contact Lori at email@hidden.
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