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Women-in-Hockey Digest Wednesday, November 11 1998 Volume 01 : Number 311
In this issue:
MINNESOTA WOMEN'S HOCKEY
All American Womens & Girls Tournament in Blaine, MN
Re: All American Womens & Girls Tournament in Blaine, MN
Re: more girls in the game
Inline tournament in N.Calif.
Cammi the commentor
Re: Cammi the commentor
Hockey Night in Boston
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 16:32:33 -0600
From: "Craig Roberts"
Subject: MINNESOTA WOMEN'S HOCKEY
THIS WEEK„Minnesota is on the road for a pair games this weekend as the Gophers
traverse the Iron Range to face Bemidji State and Minnesota-Duluth.
Saturday, Minnesota is in Bemidji, Minn., to face the Beavers at 2 p.m. at the
John Glas Fieldhouse. Sunday, the Gophers face the Bulldogs in Duluth, Minn., at
2 p.m. at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center.
MINNESOTA RECENTLY„The Gophers fell to 1-1-1 on the season after tying and
losing in their first two home games of the season.
In the opener of the All-American East-West Challenge, Thursday, Harvard handed
Minnesota a 3-1 defeat, scoring once in each period, including an empty-net goal
with 11 seconds to play.
Kris Scholz (Hugo, Minn./Stillwater Area) scored the GophersÍ lone goal while
Erica Killewald (Troy, Mich./Troy) stopped 35 of 37 shots.
Minnesota then skated to a 1-1 tie with defending national champion New
Hampshire Saturday. The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead in the second period but the
Gophers came back to tie the score with 9:44 to play in the game when Jenny
Schmidgall (Edina, Minn./Edina) scored her first career goal. Killewald stopped
30 shots in the game.
BEMIDJI STATE RECENTLY„In its first season as a varsity program, Bemidji State
opened the season Saturday at home with a 4-2 loss to Gustavus Adolphus.
Jennifer Bina scored both goals for the Beavers, including a short-handed goal,
while goalie Janet Hicks stopped 52 of 56 shots.
Prior to SaturdayÍs game, the Beavers will take on St. Benedict Tuesday in a 4
p.m. game in St. Joseph, Minn.
ABOUT MINNESOTA-DULUTH„In their last season as a club program, the Bulldogs are
gearing up for their 1999 start as a varsity program. This season, UMD is under
the direction of Shannon Miller, who led Canada to the silver medal at the 1998
Winter Olympics.
THE ALL-AMERICAN EAST-WEST CHALLENGE„Harvard topped the field at the
All-American Challenge, defeating both Minnesota, 3-1, and Minnesota State,
Mankato, 8-0. New Hampshire tied the Gophers, 1-1 in overtime, while handing
MSU, Mankato a 10-0 loss.
The Crimson led the way with three all-tournament selections in forwards Tammy
Shewchuk and A.J. Mleczko, along with Angela Ruggiero on defense. New Hampshire
had two players on the team, forward Tina Carrabba and defense Nicki Luongo,
while Minnesota goalie Erica Killewald rounded out the squad.
ON THE BOARD„After being held without a point by Harvard, Gopher frosh center
Jenny Schmidgall scored her first collegiate goal to tie New Hampshire at 1-1
with 9:44 to play in the third period.
On the weekend, Schmidgall had five shots to go along with her goal and had an
even plus/minus rating.
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, sporting a 81-83-13 overall record
and a 22-8-4 mark at Minnesota.
Halldorson 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, Halldorson 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.
Bemidji StateÍs Ruthann Cantile is in her first season as a varsity college
hockey coach. The 1997 graduate of Western Michigan coached the BroncosÍ club
program for two seasons, leading them to the 1998 national club championships.
Shannon Miller is directing the UMB club program this season while she prepares
to the BulldogsÍ first season of varsity competition in 1999-2000. A 1985
graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, Miller has worked with CanadaÍs
national teams since 1992, serving as an assistant for the 1992 and 1994 gold
medal-winning teams at the World Championships.
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 are 12-3-4 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 ThursdayÍs clash with Harvard 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 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.
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 radio this
season, beginning Nov. 27 with the Princeton Thanksgiving Invitational.
KKMS will broadcast all three games from PrincetonÍs Hobey Baker Rink and will
also carry MinnesotaÍs three games from the Towse Center, Jan. 29-31, at the
University of New Hampshire,
Additionally, KKMS will carry two home games, with Tom Witchen calling the
play-by-play.
ON THE AIR, PART III„SaturdayÍs game at Bemidji State will be broadcast live by
KKBJ 1360 AM out of Bemidji. The broadcast can be heard via the internet at
http://info.bemidji.
msus.edu/Sports.
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 fell one spot to fifth in this weekÍs U.S. College Hockey
Online poll. New Hampshire held onto the number one position with Harvard
jumping from fifth to second.
Team (1st Place Votes) Record Pts LW
1. New Hampshire (4) 1-0-1 92 1
2. Harvard (4) 2-0-0 88 5
3. Brown (1) 0-0-0 79 2
4. Northeastern (1) 0-0-0 77 3
5. Minnesota 1-1-1 64 4
6. Cornell 2-0-0 40 NR
7. Providence 0-0-0 37 7
8. Dartmouth 1-1-0 24 6
THE POWER PLAY„As a team, Minnesota is 3-for-19 (15.8%) after an 0-for-11
weekend on the power play. The GophersÍ 19 power plays have resulted in 31:41 of
power-play time and they average a goal every 10:34 while on the power play.
Here are the individual power-play numbers.
Player GP G A Pts SOG Pct.
Brittny Ralph 3 1 1 2 7 .167
Nadine Muzerall 3 1 1 2 4 .500
Kris Scholz 3 0 2 2 1 .000
Shannon Kennedy 3 0 1 1 3 .000
Laura Slominski 3 1 0 1 1 1.000
Matty Brekken 3 0 1 1 0 .000
Courtney Kennedy 3 0 0 0 3 .000
Winny Brodt 3 0 0 0 3 .000
Jenny Schmidgall 2 0 0 0 2 .000
Ambria Thomas 3 0 0 0 1 .000
Minnesota 3 3 6 9 25 .120
Opponents 3 2 4 6 20 .100
THE PENALTY-KILL„As a team, Minnesota is 10-for-12 (83.3%) killing penalties
with their opponents having spent 20:53 on the power play, averaging a goal
every 10:27. Here are the individual penalty-kill numbers.
Player GP G A Pts SOG Pct.
Nadine Muzerall 3 1 0 1 2 .500
Matty Brekken 3 0 0 0 1 .000
Shannon Kennedy 3 0 0 0 1 .000
Minnesota 3 1 0 1 4 .250
Opponents 3 0 0 0 0 .000
UP NEXT„Minnesota returns home for a single game when it hosts Minnesota State,
Mankato, Friday, Nov. 20. Game time at Mariucci Arena is set for 7 p.m.
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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, 10 Nov 1998 15:46:44 -0700
From: "Erickson, Pamela J (Pam)** CTR **"
Subject: All American Womens & Girls Tournament in Blaine, MN
The Colorado Xtreme attended this great tournament in Minnesota. The
facilities were wonderful. New, clean, well managed. The facility has four
beautiful ice rinks with 4 locker rooms each. There is an area to place
your gear together if a locker room is not clear yet. There are viewing
windows for all arenas as well as bleachers with heaters.
The Best Western - Kelly Inn in Fridley was very hospitible. They worked
with us on arranging a great check out time and keeping some sense of order.
The hotel had a beautiful pool area with homework tables already set up.
The girls of course didn't like that, but since they missed a day of school
flying out, they had to do some school work.
The tournament was fun. Our girls had a blast, ran into girls they had met
at summer camps like Rinksport (held in Colorado Springs, CO) and Dartmouth.
Friendships were renewed.
The Colorado Xtreme competed in the 19 and Under division B. This was their
first tournament outside the Rocky Mountain district. They made it into the
Championship game and lost 2-1 to the Chicago Shooting Stars. We played
well. Refereeing was, well, you know how refereeing goes. Sometimes good
and sometimes not. One can only hope bad calls go both ways.
We are looking forward to a very successful season. There is good quality
hockey for girls in Colorado. We work very hard developing and working with
girls from along the Front Range. We pride ourselves in that. We look
forward to attending this tournament again and others across the country.
Maybe we will see you at some of them.
And thanks to the organizers of this tournament. It was a great time. If
you didn't go this year, plan to go next year.
> Pam Erickson
> email@hidden
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:11:13 -0800
From: Mary Owen
Subject: Re: All American Womens & Girls Tournament in Blaine, MN
Hey there Pamela,
>>At 03:46 PM 11/10/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>Refereeing was, well, you know how refereeing goes. Sometimes good
>>and sometimes not. One can only hope bad calls go both ways.
I was one of the refs at that tourney...in fact I don't know if you know
this or not but 2 of the female refs who reffed games were the same refs
who were in Nagano, and one of the officials is more than likely the 2002
USA Hockey representative for Salt Lake City. In all the officiating crew
that was flown in was very VERY high calibre. Maybe you had the guys...I
dunno, but a great deal of experience was on the ice at that tournament.
Just a plug for the zebras...
m-
p.s. calls never go for or against...bounces maybe, luck perhaps, but not
calls.
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Mary Owen, Senior Technical Writer
Information Engineering Group
>BEA Systems, Inc.
>2315 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95131
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:11:55 EST
From: email@hidden
Subject: Re: more girls in the game
In a message dated 11/10/98 6:42:26 AM Eastern Standard Time,
email@hidden writes:
<< But they
really have to stay focused. I don't think they are snots. In public, 99%
of the players are as pleasant and open as can be. Would you want your
neurosurgeon responding to an adoring med student in the middle of your
surgery;-)
Debbie >>
I can see that they have to stay focused, but by that token, they shoudl not
grant interviews between periods either. What if they give awya the teams;
strategy while soemone else form the otehr team is listening? Seems kinds
silly, doesn't it? A high-five is certainly not all that distracting.
Now, to use your analgy - I cannot POSSIBLY compare ice hockey to
neurosurgery. Although the docs should probably get paid more the the jocks.
:-)
Jill
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:54:48 -0800
From: David
Subject: Inline tournament in N.Calif.
Hey everyone! Here's the info about our upcoming tournament.
Water City Roller Hockey is in Marina, just 5 miles north of
Monterey.
Water City Roller Hockey 1st Annual Winter Siren Splash
Saturday, December 12th Guarantee 3 games
Fee: $350 per team, $100 deposit by Nov. 25th holds spot
Prizes: 1st place team and individuals, top scorer and top goalie
Rules: USA Hockey Inline no checking, no off-sides
Two 20 minute halves
Information: Tournament director Ron Hardy (831) 384-0144/883-4022
Water City Roller Hockey
2800 2nd Ave.
Marina, CA 93933
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:35:35 -0800
From: email@hidden (Megan Bryant)
Subject: Cammi the commentor
There is an article about Cammi in the LA Times today.
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/SPORTS/PLASCHKE
It is an articla AND an interview with her. It lets her tell her story.
If you can't get it online, I can e-mail it to you.
Megan #11 Polar Cats
http://www.polarcats.com
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 15:50:26 -0500
From: Debbie Minden
Subject: Re: Cammi the commentor
Meg,
Its a good article. I think the author was fair. I know it can be jarring
to hear a different voice, or see a different face. Let's hope everyone
else gives Cammi the chance to grow into the new job.
Debbie
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 17:40:51 -0700
From: "Erickson, Pamela J (Pam)** CTR **"
Subject: Hockey Night in Boston
Does anyone have any information on Hockey Night in Boston? Things like web
pages, email addresses, names, etc.?
Any info would be appreciated.
> Pam Erickson
> email@hidden
>
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