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Women-in-Hockey Digest Thursday, December 30 1999 Volume 01 : Number 568
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Polar Bear tournament
Hockey equipment
Re: Polar Bear tournament
Re: Hockey equipment
Re: Polar Bear tournament
USA Select tournament in Fussen Germany
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 14:08:12 -0600
From: "Craig Roberts"
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Subject: BRODT EARNS STAR TRIBUNE HONOR
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BRODT NAMED ONE OF MINNESOTA'S TOP 100 SPORTS FIGURES OF THE CENTURY
Minnesota junior defense Winny Brodt ranked 85th in the Minneapolis Star
Tribune's list of the state's Top 100 Sports Figures of the Century.
The Gophers' scoring leader through 17 games and the nation's top scorer on
defense, she was the lone female hockey player on the list and one of four
Minnesota Golden Gophers to earn a spot on the list.
In naming Brodt to the list, the Star Tribune article stated "In the second year
of a girls' high school state tournament, Brodt set the standard by which all
others would be judged."
During her senior season, in which she was the first recipient of the Ms. Hockey
Award, Brodt scored 60 goals and 126 points in leading Roseville Area High
School to a 26-0 record. She was also named the MVP of the inaugural American
Women's College Hockey Alliance National Championship in 1998, leading New
Hampshire to the title, before returning home to play for Minnesota.
She is currently competing with the U.S. Women's Select Team at the Christmas
Tournament in Lake Placid, N.Y., while the University on break.
Other Golden Gophers named to the list were golfing great Patty Berg (5th),
current Women's Athletics Director Chris Voelz (22nd) and former basketball
standout and current administrative assistant for Women's Athletics Linda
Roberts (55th).
For more on these four standouts, visit the official website of Golden Gopher
Athletics at www.gophersports.com.
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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: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 07:53:44 -0600
From: "Karen Harker"
Subject: New to list
I just signed on this list, and I hope it is active.
Karen R. Harker
UT Southwestern Medical Library
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390-9049
214-648-5073
http://www.swmed.edu/library/
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 10:15:12 -0500
From: Gary Goldberg
Subject: Polar Bear tournament
Folks,
Any comments, observations, thoughts about the Polar Bears tournament in
Hartford CT from those who attended/participated? I think it would be
important to give the directors of the tournament some constructive
feedback about how the tournament could be improved. For starters, I think
there probably needs to be some work on a better matching of teams. I saw
a lot of blow-outs between teams with totally unmatched skill levels. The
less frequent games we saw where the teams were well matched were actually
a lot of fun to watch. The blow-outs were not a whole lot of fun.
It was a good experience overall, though, just getting so many people
together from across this country and from Canada who are interested in the
continuing development of this sport for girls and women.
- --GG
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 10:05:16 -0600
From: "Karen Harker"
Subject: Hockey equipment
I am new to this list and to hockey in general, but I have been working on my skating for the last several months. I am ready to start learning the game, and have a Christmas gift to spend on equipment. I would like to know a few things before I spend it all:
1) Is it worth the extra expense of getting "women's" pants and shoulder pads?
2) What are the best brands and models to get, considering that I can spend up to $300 for all equipment sans skates?
3) This is a bit of a naive question, but what is the difference between "hockey pants" and "hockey girdles"?
Also, are there any women in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area on this list? I'm interested in women's only teams.
Thanks.
Karen
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 11:19:19 EST
From: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Polar Bear tournament
In a message dated 12/30/99 10:12:08 AM Eastern Standard Time,
email@hidden writes:
<< For starters, I think
there probably needs to be some work on a better matching of teams. I saw
a lot of blow-outs between teams with totally unmatched skill levels. >>
I played in the tournament and I noticed the same thing, but it's not the
choice of the organizers. Every team in the tournament is either in the 12
and under, 15 and under, or 19 and under. Then each team gets to choose
either to play in group 1, 2, or 3 (1 being the best). This is why match ups
were bad.
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:16:30 -0500
From: "Ron Goldey"
Subject: Re: Hockey equipment
Karen,
The women's shoulder pads are probably worthwile, however, hockey pants are
pretty much hockey pants. Interestingly enough, Women's pants are often less
expensive than men's, so definitely look at cost as a contributing factor.
Louisville, Bauer, Cooper, Protex (formerly Takla), Rawlings, CCM, all make
good ones. Expect to pay $70-$110 for pants. Here's just one website of many
to look at:
http://www.strategicprofitsinc.com/sportsexchange/page14.html
My suggestion would be to stay away from the girdle/shell system, and go
with a good pair of pants with integrated padding. Btw, Be sure to buy high
quality elbow pads and knee pads. Cheap ones will be really noticed when you
hit the ice or boards.
Ron Goldey
#16's dad
Go Big Red
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:34:29 -0500
From: Louise
Subject: Re: Polar Bear tournament
At 11:19 AM 30/12/99 -0500, email@hidden wrote:
>In a message dated 12/30/99 10:12:08 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>email@hidden writes:
>
><< For starters, I think
> there probably needs to be some work on a better matching of teams. I saw
> a lot of blow-outs between teams with totally unmatched skill levels. >>
>
>I played in the tournament and I noticed the same thing, but it's not the
>choice of the organizers. Every team in the tournament is either in the 12
>and under, 15 and under, or 19 and under. Then each team gets to choose
>either to play in group 1, 2, or 3 (1 being the best). This is why match ups
>were bad.
Don't the organizers get any additional information about team calibre?
Does the form ask what league you play in and what place you're in, or ask
you to give the scores of some exhibition games? (Ontario tournaments used
to do that back before OWHA categorization...) Do they look up how your
team did in the tournament the year before? Do they consult with the USA
Hockey District Girls' Reps and the OWHA Regional Directors? Do they give
advice to would-be entrants who phone wondering where to place themselves?
Do they move teams who mis-classify themselves?
If it's impossible to get better ranking information before the tournament,
one wonders whether it would work better to start the tournament with some
kind of seeding round or two, then winners to A, losers to B or something.
I think it *is* the choice of the organizers in some ways, whether to work
at doing a good job of classifying teams or not.
Louise
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 17:22:34 EST
From: email@hidden
Subject: USA Select tournament in Fussen Germany
The 22-and under USA Select team won the Christmas Cup in Fussen Germany.
Going 4-0 the USA Team completed its sweep by defeating Switzerland 5-0 this
morning, Eastern Time. Bodes well for things to come.
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