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Women-in-Hockey Digest Monday, March 15 1999 Volume 01 : Number 390
In this issue:
Report on USA/Finland from USA Hockey
Women's Sports magazine
Canada Wins Women's World Championship 3-1 Over USA
Press Release on Canadian Victory
Geraldine Heaney Jersey on Auction
More on Canadian Win
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 00:29:48 -0800
From: "Phil & Debbie Cottrell"
Subject: Report on USA/Finland from USA Hockey
U.S. Women's National Team Downs
Finland, 3-1, To Advance To 1999 IIHF
Women's World Championship
Gold-Medal Game
(ESPOO, Finland - March 13, 1999) - Forward
Natalie Darwitz (Eagan, Minn.) scored the
game-tying and game-winning goals to lead the
1999 United States Women's National Team to a
3-1 victory against host Finland here Saturday
night.
With the win, the U.S. earned the right to
face Canada in the gold-medal game of the 1999
International Ice Hockey Federation Women's
World Championship tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. (11:00
a.m. EST). Canada, the four-time World
Champion, advanced to the gold-medal game by
virtue of its 4-1 victory against Sweden in the
other
semifinal game played earlier today. Finland
and
Sweden will play in the bronze-medal game, set
for
tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. (7:00 a.m. EST).
Both teams were held scoreless until forward
Kirsi
Hanninen gave Finland a 1-0 lead with only two
seconds remaining in the first period as she
beat
U.S. goaltender Erin Whitten (Glens Falls,
N.Y.)
on a slap shot from the blue line.
The U.S. responded early in the second stanza
when Darwitz tied the game at one goal apiece.
Skating on the power-play, Darwitz banged home
a
Cammi Granato (Downers Grove, Ill.) rebound in
front of the net at 6:46. Forward Karyn Bye
(River
Falls, Wis.) also assisted on the play.
Darwitz, the youngest member of the 1999 U.S.
Women's National Team at age 15, gave the U.S.
the lead for good at 16:27 of the second
period.
Forward Shelley Looney centered the puck from
behind the net to Darwitz, who beat Finnish
goaltender Tuula Puputti from the top of the
crease with a low wrist shot.
Forward Krissy Wendell (Brooklyn Park, Minn.)
took a feed from defenseman Sue Merz
(Greenwich, Conn.), and beat Puputti on a
breakaway at the 15:00 minute mark of the third
period to seal the victory for Team USA.
"Both teams played well tonight," said U.S.
Head
Coach Ben Smith (Gloucester, Mass.). "I think
we
played a more relaxed game, and it paid off. We
showed great poise on specialty teams, and Erin
Whitten turned in an outstanding performance."
Tomorrow's gold-medal game marks the fifth time
in as many IIHF Women's World Championships
that the U.S. and Canada will meet in the
finals.
Canada has won the gold medal in all four
previous
tournaments (1990, 1992, 1994 and 1997). The
U.S. has captured four straight silver medals,
while
Finland is the four-time bronze-medal winner.
USA 0 2 1 --
3
Finland 1 0 0 --
1
First Period
Scoring: 1, FIN, Hanninen (Lehto,
Vaarakallio), 19:58.
Penalties: Mounsey, USA
(hooking), 3:51; Reima, FIN (body checking),
13:12.
Second Period --
Scoring: 2, USA, Darwitz
(Granato, Bye), 6:46 (pp). 3, USA, Darwitz
(Looney), 16:27.
Penalties: Kovalainen, FIN
(holding), 4:57; Bailey, USA (interference),
7:20;
Mounsey, USA (roughing), 10:49.
Third Period
Scoring: 4, USA, Wendell (Merz),
15:00.
Penalties: Bye, USA (charging), 2:40;
Hanninen, FIN (body checking), 9:12; Bailey,
USA
(roughing), 18:40.
Goaltenders: USA, Whitten (23 shots, 22 saves).
FIN, Puputti (28 shots, 25 saves).
Shots On Goal: USA 7-13-8-28.
FIN 10-5-8-23.
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 07:19:27 -0600 (CST)
From: LM
Subject: Women's Sports magazine
Laura wrote:
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I couldn't agree more with this statement. I subscribed last year and
almost immediately regretted it. The picture of the hockey players was
the only worthwhile thing in the magazine all year.
another Laura
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:39:19 -0800
From: "Phil & Debbie Cottrell"
Subject: Canada Wins Women's World Championship 3-1 Over USA
Woo Hoo, we're back on top! Very poised, professional win over a strangely
lacklustre American side.
Press releases later. Phil.
42.47 1-3 CAN 91. HEANEY, Geraldine (18. DROLET, Nancy)
40.25 1-2 PP1 CAN 15. GOYETTE, Daniella (22. WICKENHEISER, Hayley, 18.
DROLET, Nancy)
39.26 2 Min USA 25. DUNN, Tricia CROSS
34.16 2 Min USA 4. RUGGIERO, Angela HI-ST
33.00 2 Min USA 24. BAILEY, Chris ROUGH
33.00 2 Min CAN 12. DUPUIS, Lori HOOK
31.53 1-1 CAN 13. OUELLETTE, Caroline (16. HEFFORD, Jayna)
29.09 1-0 USA 12. SCHMIDGALL, Jenny (20. KING, Katie)
25.22 2 Min CAN 6. BRISSON, Therese HOLD
19.55 2 Min CAN 4. KELLAR, Becky INTRF
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 15:16:44 -0800
From: "Phil & Debbie Cottrell"
Subject: Press Release on Canadian Victory
March 14, 1999
CANADA'S NATIONAL WOMEN'S TEAM
CAPTURES FIFTH CONSECUTIVE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 3-1 VICTORY OVER
THE UNITED STATES
ESPOO, FINLAND -Team Canada defeated the United States 3-1 to
capture a
fifth consecutive World Championship Sunday in Espoo, Finland.
The first period was scoreless although both teams had quality
chances. Canada's
goaltender Sami Jo Small, of Winnipeg MB, made 11 first period
saves, including
stopping USA forward Katy King on a partial breakaway. USA
goaltender Erin
Whitten was equally brilliant, robbing Danielle Goyette, of
Calgary AB, from in
close.
Team USA opened the scoring at 9:09 of the second period. The
tournament's
leading scorer Jenny Schmidgall put it over Small during a USA
power play.
Canada replied at 11:53 of the same period when Caroline
Ouellette, of
Montreal QC, tucked it behind Whitten on a wrap around play.
Canada took the lead for good at 0:25 of the third period.
Goyette tipped home
a Hayley Wickenheiser shot from the point on a power play. At
2:47, Geraldine
Heaney, of Weston ON, gave Canada a two-goal lead with a drive
from the
point.
Canada's forecheck and defensive took over from there, helping
capture their 25
th consecutive win in the history of the championship. In the
World
Championship's five year history, Canada has never lost a
game, with a 25-0-0
record, including five straight gold medals (1990, 1992, 1994,
1997, and 1999).
Scoring summary
1st period
No scoring
2nd period
9:09 USA Jenny Schmidgall (Katy King)
11:53 CAN Caroline Ouellette (Jayna Hefford)
3rd period
0:25 CAN Danielle Goyette (Hayley Wickenheiser, Nancy Drolet)
PPG
2:47 CAN Geraldine Heaney (unassisted)
Shots
(CAN) Sami Jo Small: 11-8-8--27
(USA) Erin Whitten: 6-14-10--30
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:44:51 -0600
From: Glynis Peters
Subject: Geraldine Heaney Jersey on Auction
> The Canadian Hockey Association are running an on-line auction for Geraldine Heaney's
> 1997 world Championship jersey. You can put in a bid at:
> www.canadianhockey.ca/auction
After her great goal in today's final in Finland, her jersey may have gone up in value.
Glynis Peters
Wakefield, Quebec
CANADA
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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 08:27:38 -0800
From: "Phil & Debbie Cottrell"
Subject: More on Canadian Win
Canada gets revenge
By NEIL STEVENS -- Canadian
Press
ESPOO, Finland -- Nuts to Nagano.
The Canadian women's hockey team is celebrating today
and putting
its 1998 Olympic loss to the United States behind them
after a 3-1 win
over the Americans on Sunday for another world
championship.
Make that five in a row and a perfect 25-0 record in
world
tournaments.
"It was awesome," centre Vicky Sunohara said of winning
gold again.
"It was a great game.
"In the third period, we played like I've never seen us
play before.
Everybody, veterans and rookies, deserves this because
everybody
was on fire. Every piece of the puzzle was there."
The puzzle was fairly scrambled after the Olympic
setback. Coming
into this tournament, coach Daniele Sauvageau insisted on
playing
down any revenge factor.
But the loss of the Olympic gold medal remained in the
back of every
player's mind.
"It was on purpose that we didn't want that shadow
coming into this
world championship," Sauvageau explained. "But to get rid
of that,
deep down inside, we knew we needed to come back as No.
1.
"That was the goal: to get rid of Nagano, especially for
some players
who hurt very badly by that. I was there. I remember very
clearly that
day. But now I think that this day will be one to
remember."
Sami Jo Small's fabulous goaltending, great team
defence, outstanding
forechecking, and goals by rookie Caroline Ouellette and
veterans
Danielle Goyette and Geraldine Heaney made it happen.
Jenny
Schmidgall had given the Americans a 1-0 lead.
"Canada really did a great job of battling back after
that first goal,"
said U.S. goalie Erin Whitten.
"They had a lot at stake from what we had done to them
at the
Olympics," said Team USA captain Cammi Granato. "Sami Jo
Small
was there for every shot we had.
"We had some great scoring chances but she really stood
her ground
and didn't give much up. If you can't score, you're not
going to win."
The game was tied 1-1 at the second intermission and
then Canada
pulled away. Goyette's power-play goal 25 seconds into
the third
period created a Canadian surge that could not be halted.
"That power-play goal made a huge difference," said
Whitten.
"We were excited to be playing for our country and are
thoughts
were, 'Don't leave anything in the tank. Just keep going
and empty it.'
That's what we did," said Canadian defender Cheryl
Pounder. "We're
going back with gold and it's pretty exciting."
Small and teammates Hayley Wickenheiser and Jayna
Hefford were
selected to the tournament's first all-star team. Hefford
led all
Canadians in scoring with nine points.
"We all come from different parts of the country but
when we came
together we really gelled," said Small, who was named to
the first
all-star team at her first worlds.
France St-Louis and Geraldine Heaney are the only two in
the lineup
to have been on all five world winners. St-Louis, 40,
announced her
retirement. Heaney, 31, will play on.
"Both teams are really close," Heaney said of the hot
Canadian-U.S.
rivalry. "Both the Olympic game and this game were close.
"It just comes down to which team is more prepared at
the moment.
We were down a goal but we just kept going. This was the
first time
we were ranked second so there wasn't as much pressure.
It was have
fun and just go out and play the game."
Wickenheiser won her third world title at the age of 20.
She's the best
power forward in the world and will be a big part of the
Canadian
team for years to come.
"It's nice to come back from last year and beat the
U.S.," she said.
"We played a solid game and deserved to win.
"It's very satisfying. Nagano is something you can never
really forget
and for a lot of the players on the team that was a
bitter feeling. This
year, to stand there and here O Canada, it was very
exciting. We
know there's a lot of work ahead towards the next
Olympics now but
we'll take this one and be very happy about it."
Said Hefford: "Everybody in the room feels proud to be a
Canadian
right now. To stand on the blue line and hear your anthem
is the best
feeling in the world."
First Period--None.
Second Period--1, United States, Schmidgall (King),
9:09. 2,
Canada, Ouellette (Hefford), 11:53.
Third Period--3, Canada, Goyette (Wickenheiser, Drolet),
:25 (pp).
4, Canada, Heaney (Drolet), 2:47.
Shots on goal--Canada 6-14-10--30. United States
11-8-8--27.
Goalies--Canada, Small. United States, Whitten.
A--5,247.
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