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Women-in-Hockey Digest Sunday, March 28 1999 Volume 01 : Number 401
In this issue:
Lack of TV Coverage of the ACWHA Championship game
Re: National College Women's Ice Hockey Championship
Re: National College Women's Ice Hockey Championship
Re: National College Women's Ice Hockey Championship
MINNESOTA WOMEN'S HOCKEY
AWCHA Championship game
UNH-Harvard BOX Score
Victoria Stinger Tournament Results
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 14:35:55 -0500
From: Gary Goldberg MD
Subject: Lack of TV Coverage of the ACWHA Championship game
Here is a copy of the letter that I just sent to the editor of the
USCollegeHockey.com website. Note that this website is an associate of
espn.com so whatever is communicated to them will also get back to ESPN.
>To: email@hidden
>From: email@hidden
>Re: Lack of TV Coverage of the AWCHA Championship game
>Can you tell me why there is no national TV coverage tonight of the AWCHA
>Championship game? It is without a
>doubt the most important game of the year in Women's Ice Hockey in
>America!! The Men's college games are all
>being covered. There is simply no excuse for this type of discrimination
>after what happened in ice hockey at
>Nagano.
>An explanation for this kind of deplorable decision-making is due to the
>fans of Women's Ice Hockey across this
>country!
>Thank you very much.
I would strongly encourage anyone who feels as strongly about this issue to
send similar email letters to ESPN and to any other places where you think
there might be the potential to appreciate this concern and affect the
decisions that are made about sports programming. Thanks.
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 14:51:25 EST
From: email@hidden
Subject: Re: National College Women's Ice Hockey Championship
In a message dated 3/27/99 2:00:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
email@hidden writes:
<< http://espn.go.com/sitetools/contact/othersports.html >>
Your idea is extremely excellent and because of it I sent a letter, moments
ago. However, that site will only send letters to the website, ESPN.com. To
send a letter to the actual network, the site indicated below will be more
beneficial. ;o)
http://espn.go.com/sitetools/contact/lettersespn.html
The defensewoman formerly known as...
Nat the Cat, goaler extraordinaire.
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 15:06:58 -0500
From: Val Schmitt
Subject: Re: National College Women's Ice Hockey Championship
Gary Goldberg MD wrote:
> Well, it is a rematch tonight of the blue of the UNH Wildcats and the
> crimson of Harvard. UNH have their title to defend and something to prove
> after their narrow defeat last week by Harvard in the ECAC championship
> title game. The game starts at 7 PM tonight in Minneapolis but, as far as
> I can tell, there is no way for anyone on the east coast to watch this
> game. It will not be televised.
Last night a UNH-Harvard game was on either NESN or Fox Sports New England - we
almost didn't realize that it was women's hockey (just thought it was one of
the men's college games) until the announcer said "and she passes..." Was that
a replay of an earlier game (I'm pretty sure it was being played at Brown), or
just an early round tournament game?
I hate to admit this, but the level of play wasn't what I expected. It wasn't
bad, it just wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Was I spoiled by watching
mostly olympic/international caliber (aside from games I see before/after my
games) games before? And am I the only one who feels this way, and I'm just
being too critical?
Just curious. I'll be interested to see whether the game tonight is on also -
it wasn't listed, but then neither was the men's game on NESN/FSNE (forget
which game was where, but the 2 games were both on those 2 channels at the same
time...).
- --Val
Val Schmitt ** email@hidden Life is change.
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/vschmitt Growth is optional.
work: email@hidden Choose wisely.
Nighthawks Ice Hockey C Team Co-Captain #22 --Karen Kaiser Clark
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:29:09 -0500
From: Gary Goldberg MD
Subject: Re: National College Women's Ice Hockey Championship
Val,
The game you saw on NESN was the taped game that occurred at Brown last
Sunday afternoon. It was the ECAC Division I women's championship game
between Harvard and UNH that I reported on here. I was there at the game
and have to say that I thought it was damn good hockey and fun to watch. A
lot of good goaltending, some pretty exciting scoring plays and a see-saw
back and forth battle that was finally won by Harvard 5-4 in overtime. The
game tonight is a rematch between these two teams. It should be one
humdinger of a game. It is also interesting to note that the two top seeds
in the country are also the two teams that battled it out for the ECAC
championship. Which tells you a lot about where the best players are
coming from--or at least where they are deciding to go to school.
I wasn't sure how to take your remarks. At first you say that you did not
realize that you were watching a women's college hockey game, which implied
that it did not really differ in caliber from a men's college game. Then
you say that you were disappointed in the caliber of play. I guess if you
are used to watching international play between Team USA and Team Canada,
this might not quite make it to that level. But it is really awfully close
and likely to be the best women's ice hockey you are going to see between
American teams. A number of the players on the two teams were former or
current Olympians. I did not see the broadcast and maybe there was
something lost between the live action and the TV coverage, but I thought
the game seen live was a major notch up from from your typical men's
college game during the regular season and was at least equivalent in
action and player skill to a men's Junior A level. I found the team
strategizing and the emphasis on skilled passing, shot deflection and
defensive player coverage to really draw the more sophisticated fan into
the game. There was also significant speed and open ice movement with
end-to-end rushing that I personally find to be the most exciting part of
the game. Not a lot of defensive traps or locks that really slow the game
down and defeat the purpose of playing it on ice. There was also no lack
of exciting scoring plays but still with some damn good goaltending at both
ends of the rink. I would be interested in hearing specifics about why you
felt the level of play was not as high as you expected.
- --Gary
>>
>>I hate to admit this, but the level of play wasn't what I expected. It wasn't
>>bad, it just wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Was I spoiled by
>>watching
>>mostly olympic/international caliber (aside from games I see before/after my
>>games) games before? And am I the only one who feels this way, and I'm just
>>being too critical?
>>
>>Just curious. I'll be interested to see whether the game tonight is on also -
>>it wasn't listed, but then neither was the men's game on NESN/FSNE (forget
>>which game was where, but the 2 games were both on those 2 channels at
>>the same
>>time...).
>>
>>--Val
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 19:30:45
From: "Craig Roberts"
Subject: MINNESOTA WOMEN'S HOCKEY
GOPHERS USE LATE GOALS TO CLAIM THIRD AT AWCHA CHAMPIONSHIP
Minnesota scored a pair of late goals and goalie Erica Killewald stopped 40
shots for the second straight night as the Gophers defeated Brown 3-0 in
the third-place game at the American Women's College Hockey Alliance
Division I National Championship.
Ambria Thomas got Minnesota on the board first at 7:17 of the second period
as she deflected a Tracy Engstrom shot for her 15th goal of the season.
The Bears came back seven minutes later as Meredith Ostrander also scored
on a deflection, tipping in a Tara Mounsey shot to even the score at 1-1.
Brown finished the second period with a 20-11 advantage in shots on goal
during the second period but Killewald kept her team alive by turning back
19 of those shots and the score remained 2-2 late into the final period.
With 5:20 left on the clock, Tracy Engstrom banged home a loose puckfor
what appeared to be the game-winner and Nadine Muzerall scored her 30th
goal of the season into an empty net with 1:27 left in the game.
However, the Bears went on a power play with 18 seconds to play and Cara
Gardner made it 3-2, the first power-play goal allowed by the Gophers in 28
kills.
Minnesota closes out its second season of play with a 29-4-3 record while
Brown finishes at 20-7-4.
GAME SUMMARY
Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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Brown............... 0 1 1 - 2
Minnesota........... 0 1 2 - 3
1st period - None. Penalties - Angela Borek, MINN (elbowing) 15:49; Cara
Gardner, BROWN (slashing) 17:51; Tamra Jones, BROWN (roughing) 19:28;
Ambria Thomas, MINN (roughing) 19:28.
2nd period - 1, MINN, Ambria Thomas 15 (Tracy Engstrom, Winny Brodt) 07:17.
2, BROWN, Meredith Ostrander 10 (Tara Mounsey) 14:10. Penalties - Shannon
Kennedy, MINN (holding) 08:03.
3rd period - 3, MINN, Tracy Engstrom 12 (Winny Brodt, Ambria Thomas) 14:40.
4, MINN, Nadine Muzerall 30 (Jenny Schmidgall) 18:33 (empty net). 5, BROWN,
Cara Gardner 7 (Kathleen Kauth, Ali Kenney) 19:47 (pp). Penalties - Kelly
Olson, MINN (hooking) 01:38; Courtney Kennedy, MINN (roughing) 19:42.
Shots on goal - BROWN 8-20-14-42; MINN 12-11-7-30. Power plays - BROWN 1 of
4; MINN 0 of 1. Goalies - BROWN, Ali Brewer 20-7-4 (29 shots-27 saves);
MINN, Erica Killewald 19-4-3 (42-40). Referee - Sarah Perkins. Linesman:
Michelle Boutin, Julie Piacentini. A - NA.
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Craig Roberts
Assistant Sports Information Director
Women's Intercollegiate Athletics
University of Minnesota
Check out our website at www.gophersports.com
Or call the Diet Coke Gopher Sports Hotline
612-626-STAT (7828)
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 23:39:38 -0500
From: Gary Goldberg MD
Subject: AWCHA Championship game
Folks,
It looks like another incredible game between Harvard and UNH. According
to the hockey ticker at USCollegeHockey.com, the score is 5-5 at the end of
regulation time!! This is not the game to miss because noone thought it
would draw a national TV audience. Oh well!
- --Gary
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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 14:19:30 -0500
From: "Milton"
Subject: UNH-Harvard BOX Score
Does any have the box score from the National Championship game or know
where I can get it?
Thanx,
Milton
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Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 20:34:58 -0800
From: "Phil & Debbie Cottrell"
Subject: Victoria Stinger Tournament Results
The first annual Lindal Sportsmanship Tournament was held this weekend in
Victoria, BC, featuring senior women's rec teams from the Island, Vancouver
and Oregon and hosted by the Victoria Stingers.
Playoff Standings:
1. Campbell River Sgt. O's
2. Comox Valley Breakers
3. Killarney Icebreakers (Vancouver)
4. Kerry Park Lightnings (Mill Bay)
Other teams participating were Stingers I, II and III, Nanaimo Islanders,
Rose City Bandits, Rose City Bandits Too (Portland) Gartley Station
Spitfires (Sidney) and CFB Esquimalt Tritons.
Phil, Victoria, BC
Phil and Debbie: ICQ #5997159.
Phil moderates e-mail lists on the Victoria Salsa Hockey Club and British
author Nick Hornby. Check them out at: www.onelist.com
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