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Women-in-Hockey Digest Monday, November 1 1999 Volume 01 : Number 529
In this issue:
womens roller hockey
Tournaments
FW: Level the Playing Field For Women- Globe and Mail
MINNESOTA WOMEN'S HOCKEY
Wisconsin Women's Hockey Release
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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:15:38 -0500
From: Michelle Mesnick
Subject: womens roller hockey
Does anyone have information on women's roller hockey leagues in MA?
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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:50:20 -0500
From: vicki thomas
Subject: Tournaments
Hi,
I'm looking for dates for the Scarborough tournament - I believe it is
in February.
I'm also looking for dates for the Senior AA provincials - also in
February.
thanks,
vicki thomas
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 12:38:59 -0800
From: "Phil & Debbie Cottrell"
Subject: FW: Level the Playing Field For Women- Globe and Mail
I think this message was meant to go to the whole list, not to me
specifically.
Phil
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From: Chuck Collins [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: November 1, 1999 8:27 AM
To: Phil & Debbie Cottrell
Subject: Re: Level the Playing Field For Women- Globe and Mail
Folks,
My daughter is playing hockey for the New Westminster Women's AAA team.
I've been searching for a resource that might have some info about
that league. Do you know any?
- - Chuck Collins
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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:13:27 -0600
From: "Craig Roberts"
Subject: MINNESOTA WOMEN'S HOCKEY
THIS WEEK-After five straight road games, Minnesota returns home this weekend to
face two of the country's top three ranked teams.
The fifth-ranked Gophers will take on third-ranked Brown, Friday at 7:05 p.m. at
Mariucci Arena. Sunday, Minnesota will meet top-ranked Harvard, beginning at
2:05 p.m.
GOPHER REWIND-For the second weekend in a row, Minnesota travelled to the East
Coast and split a two-game series, this time at Northeastern, winning 3-1 Friday
before dropping a 4-1 decision Saturday.
Despite being outshot 12-3 in the opening period Friday, the Gophers were able
to jump out to a 1-0 lead when Shannon Kennedy (Woburn, Mass./Buckingham Browne
& Nichols) scored her first goal of the season on a give-and-go play with Nadine
Muzerall (Mississauga, Ontario/Kimball Union Academy).
Minnesota wrested control of the game from the Huskies early in the third period
when Muzerall scored from the top of the crease after Tracy Engstrom (Willmar,
Minn./Willmar) had threaded a pass from the left corner through traffic.
Northeastern closed to within a goal at 3:57 of the final period with a
power-play goal but the Gophers were able to hold onto the one-goal lead until
Muzerall scored into an empty net with 13 seconds to play, giving Erica
Killewald the win after she had stopped 26 shots.
The Huskies wasted little time in getting after their guests Saturday.
Northeastern scored a power-play goal at 8:33 of the opening period and held
Minnesota without a shot on goal for nearly 18 minutes.
It still did not keep the Gophers from remaining in the game. Ambria Thomas
(Fairbanks, Alaska/West Valley) scored less than two minutes into the second
period and the score remained tied for 25 minutes until Northeastern scored
power-play goals 1:21 apart and added a clinching goal with 2:57 to play in the
game.
The Huskies outshot Minnesota 35-20 for the game, with Killewald turning aside a
season-high 31 shots.
ABOUT THE BEARS-Brown begins this season facing the same opponent with which
they ended last season. The Bears finished fourth at the 1999 American Women's
College Hockey Alliance National Championship, falling 3-2 to the Gophers in the
third-place game.
Although returning 15 of 18 letterwinners, Brown will be without three of those
players, including Tara Mounsey, an All-American in 1999 and a member of the
1998 U.S. Olympic team. She and fellow blueliner, Cara Gardner, are playing with
the Bears' field hockey team, which has qualified for NCAA tournament play. Jill
Graat, who recently had surgery, will also be out of the lineup.
However, Brown is not lacking of talent. Returning is All-American goalie Ali
Brewer, who led the nation with 13 shutouts last year while posting a 20-7-4
record with a 1.34 goals against average and a .940 save percentage.
Kathleen Kauth returns after scoring a team-high 18 goals last year while Jordan
Jiskra, who has moved from forward to defense until Mounsey and Gardner return,
returns after scoring 16 goals and 36 points.
ABOUT THE CRIMSON-Harvard lost its top gun in A.J. Mleczko, who scored 113
points and won the Patty Kazmaier Award last season, but the Crimson have plenty
of fire power remaining to make a run at defending their national title.
Leading a group of 16 returning letterwinners is Tammy Shewchuk, the MVP of last
year's AWCHA Championship and a first-team All-American. She racked up 51 goals
to lead the nation and scored 105 points.
She is joined up front by a group of tallented forwards, led by Jen Botterill,
who had 37 goals and 88 points last season, and Angie Francisco, who had 16
goals and 51 points.
The Crimson's defense is anchored by 1998 U.S. Olympian Angela Ruggiero. Last
season, she racked up 21 goals and 61 points from the blueline.
Behind Ruggiero, Harvard has a pair of outstanding goalies. Crystal Springer
was 21-1-0 with a 1.61 goals against average and a .924 save percentage while
Allison Kuusisto, in a backup role, was 12-0-0 as her backup, including a win in
the title game at last year's national championship.
THE CAPTAINS-Minnesota is led by co-captains Kris Scholz (Hugo, Minn./Stillwater
Area) and Shannon Kennedy this season.
Scholz served as an assistant captain during the 1997-98 season and was one of
the team's co-captains last season. She is the team's second-leading career
scorer with 107 points in 72 games.
The team's lone senior, Kennedy is the Gophers' most experienced collegiate
player with 88 career games and 88 career points.
G-A-G ON THIS-With two goals on the weekend, both in Friday's 3-1 win, Nadine
Muzerall is still maintaing a goal-a-game pace for her career. The two goals
give her 67 over the past three years, matching the number of games she has
played during that time.
Minnesota is 39-3-2 over the last three seasons when Muzerall scores a goal,
including a 32-1-1 record in the last 34 games in which she has found the twine.
TOMMY, CAN YOU HEAR ME-On the day she turned 21, Ambria Thomas inched closed to
the 100-point mark in her career, scoring her 42nd career goal and 96th career
point in Saturday's 4-1 loss at Northeastern.
She also became the first player to top the +100 mark in career plus/minus
rating and is now +101 in 69 games.
TURNING 40-Goalie Erica Killewald posted her 40th career win with Friday's 3-1
victory. It also marked the third straight game in which she had stopped 26 of
27 shots and the 15th consecutive game in which she had allowed three or fewer
goals, a streak which was snapped Saturday.
During those 15 games, in which she allowed more than two goals just once (3-2
OT loss to New Hampshire, Mar. 26), she posted an 11-3-1 record with a 1.05 GAA
and a .938 save percentage.
FIRST GOAL WINS...USUALLY-The first goal continues to be the key in Minnesota
games. The Gophers scored first Friday and are now 50-3-3 all-time in games in
which they score first. However, when allowing the first goal, as they did
Saturday, they are 4-10-2.
THE SERIES-Brown leads Minnesota 3-1-1 in five meetings. The teams met three
times last year, all at Mariucci Arena, and split the season series, 1-1-1.
Harvard has won both of its meetings with the Gophers, both in Minnesota. This
is the third consecutive year the Crimson will be playing Minnesota at Mariucci
Arena the first weekend in November, the last two years having come to
participate in the All-American Tournament.
WHEN LAST WE MET-Minnesota used a pair of late goals to break a 1-1 tie and
defeat Brown 3-2 in the third-place game of the AWCHA Championship, March 27,
1999. Tracy Engstrom set up Ambria Thomas for the game's first goal at 7:17 of
the second period and then broke the 1-1 tie with 5:20 to play in the game.
Nadine Muzerall scored into an empty net with 1:27 to play but Cara Gardner
scored on the power play for Brown with 13 seconds remaining. Erica Killewald
stopped a career-high 41 shots in the game for Minnesota.
When Harvard came to Minnesota last year, the Crimson scored a goal in each
period, including A.J. Mleczko's empty-net goal with 11 seconds to play in the
game, to post a 3-1 win over the Gophers, Nov. 5, 1998. Killewald had 35 saves
to lead Minnesota.
THE COACH-Now in her third season behind the Minnesota bench and 10th season as
a college head coach, Laura Halldorson has established herself as one of the
nation's premier coaches in women's hockey, sporting a 113-88-15 overall record
and a 54-13-6 mark at Minnesota.
She began her head 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
Writers' Coach of the Year. While at Colby, she also recruited and coached U.S.
National Team members Meaghan Sittler and Barb Gordon.
At the national level, Halldorson was the assistant coach for the gold
medal-winning team at the 1998 USA Hockey Women's Festival and was the head
coach of the silver medal-winning team at the 1999 event. Last December, she
served as an assistant for the U.S. National team that competed in the Three
Nations Cup in Finland. She was also an assistant for the National Under-22 team
this past summer.
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 Women's 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.
BEHIND THE BEAR BENCH-Brown's Digit Murphy begins her 11th season with the Bears
with a 160-70-20 record, including three ECAC regular-season titles. She is a
1983 graduate of Cornell, where she was a four-time All-Ivy League honoree and
served as the teamÍs captain as a junior and senior.
A FRIENDLY RIVALRY-Despite the rivalry between Minnesota and Brown, the teams'
head coaches are close friends.
Brown coach Digit Murphy asked her Minnesota counterpart, Laura Halldorson, to
be the godmother for the fourth of four children, son, Sean Michael, born Sept.
29, 1999. The christening was held Oct. 24 in Providence, R.I., where the
Gophers were playing Providence College, and Halldorson was in attendance for
the Sunday-morning ceremony.
BEHIND THE CRIMSON BENCH„Harvard's Katey Stone begins her sixth season with the
Crimson sporting a 78-63-5 record. A two-sport athlete at New Hampshire, where
she graduated from in 1989, Stone led the ice hockey team to a pair of ECAC
titles. She also earned All-American honors twice in lacrosse and was a member
of the Wildcats' 1985 NCAA championship team.
IT'S HOME-The home of Gopher Women's Hockey is Mariucci Arena (9,700). One of
the finest college hockey facilities in the country, Mariucci Arena will be
Minnesota's home until the new womenÍs hockey facility, scheduled to open in
2001, is completed.
Known as one of the toughest arenas in the nation on visiting teams, the Gophers
are 26-5-5 in the six-year-old building.
NEXT UP-Minnesota returns to WCHA action, Nov. 12-13, when the Gophers travel to
Columbus, Ohio, to take on Ohio State. Both games are slated for 7 p.m. EST
starts.
BREAK IT DOWN-Here is a breakdown of MinnesotaÍs record this season.
When Scoring first......................3-0-0
When Opponent scores first..............1-1-0
When Leading after 1st period...........3-0-0
When Trailing after 1st period..........1-1-0
When Tied after 1st period..............0-1-0
When Leading after 2nd period...........3-0-0
When Trailing after 2nd period..........1-1-0
When Tied after 2nd period..............0-1-0
In Overtime.............................0-0-0
When Outshooting opponent...............2-0-0
When Outshot by opponent................2-2-0
When Shots are even.....................0-0-0
When Having 0-19 shots..................0-0-0
When Having 20-29 shots.................2-2-0
When Having 30-39 shots.................0-0-0
When Having 40-49 shots.................2-0-0
When Having 50+ shots...................0-0-0
When Opponent has 0-19 shots............2-0-0
When Opponent has 20-29 shots...........2-1-0
When Opponent has 30-39 shots...........0-1-0
When Opponent has 40-49 shots...........0-0-0
At Mariucci Arena.......................1-0-0
On the road.............................3-2-0
At neutral site.........................0-0-0
THE POWER PLAY-As a team, Minnesota went 0-for-9 on the power play over the
weekend and are 7-for-28 (25.0%) on the season. The Gophers' 28 power plays have
resulted in 40:51 of power-play time, averaging a goal every 5:50 while on the
power play. Here are the individual power-play numbers.
Player GP G A Pts SOG Pct.
Ronda Curtin 6 3 0 3 8 .375
Laura Slominski 6 1 2 3 2 .500
Nadine Muzerall 6 1 2 3 6 .167
Winny Brodt 6 0 3 3 5 .000
Tracy Engstrom 6 1 1 2 2 .500
Ambria Thomas 6 1 1 2 4 .250
Courtney Kennedy 6 0 2 2 5 .000
Shannon Kennedy 6 0 1 1 3 .000
Kelly Olson 6 0 1 1 0 .000
Emily Buchholz 4 0 0 0 3 .000
Minnesota 6 7 13 20 38 .184
Opponents 6 6 7 13 22 .273
THE PENALTY-KILL„As a team, Minnesota was 3-for-7 killing penalties over the
weekend and is 19-for-25 (76.0%) on the season. Its opponents have spent 30:24
on the power play, averaging a goal every 5:04. Here are the individual
penalty-kill numbers.
Player GP G A Pts SOG Pct.
Laura Slominski 6 0 0 0 2 .000
Tracy Engstrom 6 0 0 0 2 .000
Minnesota 6 0 0 0 4 .000
Opponents 6 0 0 0 5 .000
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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: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 16:17:05 -0600
From: "Paul Capobianco"
Subject: Wisconsin Women's Hockey Release
THIS WEEK: The University of Wisconsin (5-2-1, 3-2-1 WCHA) returns
home after completing an undefeated road trip (5-0-1). The Badgers
have no time to rest, however, as defending national champion and
top-ranked Harvard (0-0-0) comes to Wisconsin on Friday, Nov. 5. The
game is slated for 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton,
Wis. On Sunday, third-ranked Brown (0-0-0) comes to Madison and the
Kohl Center for a 1:05 p.m. contest.
DIRECTIONS TO CAPITOL ICE ARENA: From UW Campus: Take University
Avenue westbound. Stay on University Avenue through Middleton where it
becomes Highway 14. Turn right at the first light past the Beltline
(Highway 12) on Pleasant View Road. Make a relatively quick left at
the *T* stop onto University Green. Follow the road curve to the right
where the street becomes Evergreen. Stay on Evergreen until the road
curves left. Capitol Ice Arena is the green building on the right
side.
TRICK AND TREAT: Defenseman Sis Paulsen (Fr., Eau Claire, Wis.)
treated the St. Cloud State faithful to Wisconsin*s first-ever hat
trick when she scored three goals and an assist on Friday. Paulsen
scored the game-winner in UW*s 6-1 victory in the second period before
adding a pair of goals in the third.
STREAKING: Three Badgers currently boast four-game point-scoring
streaks. Sis Paulsen heads the trio with four goals and five assists
for nine points in the past four games. Kendra Antony (Fr., Yorkton,
Sask.) has tallied three goals and six assists, while Michelle Sikich
(So., Apple Valley, Minn.) has two goals and five assists over the
four-game span.
Roberta Shufeldt (Jr., Romulus, Mich.) has points in three
straight contests. She notched her first career goal in Saturday*s 5-0
win and had assists against Wayne State (Mich.) on Oct. 23 and SCSU on
Oct. 29. Shufeldt has a goal and two assists for the season.
KELLY MAKING THEM GREEN: Kelly Kegley (Fr., Inver Grove Heights,
Minn.) saw her first action of the season against St. Cloud State this
past weekend. Kegley, coming off a knee injury, scored three goals and
an assist in the series. She scored a goal in Friday*s 6-1win, then
tallied two goals and an assist, and was plus-4 in the Badgers 5-0
shutout over SCSU Saturday. The forward scored the first and
game-winning goal in the shutout.
TEAM DEFENSE: The Badgers, who are unbeaten in their last six games,
have two shutouts in the past three contests. They shutout Wayne State
(Mich.) on Oct. 23 and blanked St. Cloud State on Oct. 30. Their
stingy defense has allowed just four goals during their unbeaten
string. Wisconsin allowed one in a 2-1 over Ohio State, one in a 1-1
tie with OSU, one in a 5-1 win over Findlay, none in a 5-0 blanking of
Wayne State (Mich.), one in a 6-1 game over St. Cloud State and none
in a 5-0 shutout of SCSU.
GOOSE EGGS: Jennifer Neary (Fr., Dallas, Texas) earned the Badgers*
first solo shutout with a 12-save shutout against St. Cloud
State this past Saturday. She made four stops in the first period,
one in the second and seven in the third.
Neary was also a part of the first shutout in Badger history.
She shared the honor with Chanda Gunn (Fr., Huntington Beach, Calif.)
as the duo made 15 saves against Wayne State (Mich.) on Oct. 23. Gunn
made 10 saves before giving way to Neary with 11:46 to go in the
contest. Neary stopped five shots in her first extended appearance of
the season.
On the season, Neary is 2-0-0 with a 0.45 GAA, .971 save
percentage and has allowed just one goal in 131:55 worth of action.
Gunn is 3-1-1 with a 1.44 goals against average and a .945 save
percentage.
FROM THE POINT: Sis Paulsen (Fr., Eau Claire, Wis.) leads all
defenseman in the WCHA, and ranks second on the Badger scoring chart
with four goals and eight assists. In conference action, Paulsen has
three goals and five assists for a league-leading eight points.
The Badgers travel to Paulsen*s hometown of Eau Claire, Wis.,
for a weekend series with WCHA-opponent Bemidji State. The games,
slated for Hobbs Ice Arena, face-off on Nov. 13 and 14 at 3:05 p.m.
DEFENSE IN NAME ONLY: Defenseman own three of the top four spots on
the Wisconsin scoring chart. Sis Paulsen leads the defensive corps and
is second on the team with four goals and eight assists. Michelle
Sikich (So., Apple Valley, Minn.) sits third with three goals and five
assists, while Kerry Weiland (Fr., Palmer, Alaska) ranks fourth with
four goals and three assists.
As a whole, Badger defenseman account for 11 goals and 17
assists. That is 28 of the team*s 63 points.
OUT OF THE BLOCKS: Wisconsin*s Kendra Antony scored goals in the
Badgers* first three games, including the first four goals in UW
history.
On Friday, Oct. 8, Antony tallied the Badgers* historical
first goal. It came on the power play at 2:25 of the first period and
gave Wisconsin a 1-0 lead over Minnesota-Duluth. The goal, coming on a
wrap-around, was set up by Leslie Toner (Fr., Wausau, Wis.). Toner
gets credit for the program*s first assist.
Antony, who leads the Badgers with 13 points on seven goals
and six assists, has scored at least one point in seven of the Badgers*
eight games.
IT FEELS GOOD: The Badgers notched their first win in program history
with a 2-1 victory at Ohio State on Friday, Oct. 15. Michelle Sikich
(So., Apple Valley, Minn.) tallied the game-winner at 9:52 of the
third period and Chanda Gunn (Huntington Beach, Calif.) made 30 saves
to earn the win.
IF YOU PLAY IT, THEY WILL COME: The Wisconsin women*s ice hockey team
opened up its inaugural season on Friday, Oct. 8. Gov. Tommy Thompson,
Olympic Gold Medalists Cammi Granato and Karyn Bye, U.S. National Team
coach Ben Smith and other VIPs attended. The second-largest women*s
collegiate ice hockey crowd
attended. 3,892 came to the Kohl Center for the opening night.
The largest crowd to attend a women*s collegiate ice hockey
game came together on Nov. 2, 1997 when Minnesota held its inaugural
game against Augsburg at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. 6,854
people showed up and saw the Golden Gophers shutout Augsburg 8-0.
TELEVISION COVERAGE: The Inaugural game of Badger women*s hockey was
televised by Wisconsin Public Television. Shown on tape delay, Rob
Hudson and Turina Bakken called the game.
Hudson is currently a sports anchor for Madison*s WMTV-channel
15 and has performed play-by-play for several men*s hockey games over
the past two years.
Bakken, a former UW-Madison club hockey team player, currently
plays for the Madison Edge as a winger. Bakken is also a professor of
marketing at Madison Area Technical College.
WPT will also broadcast the Badger hockey game against
Minnesota on November 20. That game will also be shown tape delayed at
9:00 p.m.
PRACTICE SCHEDULE: The Badgers practice at the the Dane County
Coliseum this week. Please contact Paul Capobianco at 608-263-1983 for
times.
HEAD COACH JULIE SASNER: Head coach Julie Sasner (Harvard, 1988) is
in her first year with the Badgers after spending six years at the
helm of Cornell. The Badgers first coach sports a 5-2-1 record behind
the bench for Wisconsin, and is 58-63-7 lifetime. She led Big Red to a
53-61-6 mark and the 1995-96 team to its first Ivy League title since
1990 with an 8-1-1 record. She also directed Cornell to a 15-8-3
record in 1997-98 and a 16-7-2 mark during the 1995-96 season. She was
named the 1995 Coach of the Year by the American Women*s Hockey
Association.
A member of the first U.S. Women*s National Team in 1990, she
has since helped coach the team at the 1999 International Ice Hockey
Federation Women*s World Championship. She was also the head coach for
the U.S. Women*s Select Team that competed in the Three Nations Cup
held in Finland in December of 1998. She earned her first U.S. head
coaching position, leading the U.S. Women*s National Team to a silver
medal at the Pacific Women*s Hockey Championship in Vancouver, British
Columbia in 1996.
HER ASSISTANTS: Trina Bourget (New Hampshire, 1994), Tracy Cornell
(Cornell, 1997) and Mike Dibble (Wisconsin, 1978) will serve as the
Badger assistant coaches for the inaugural season.
Bourget coached the past two years at Division III Sacred
Heart University and led the Pioneers to the No. 8 national ranking in
just the third year of the program*s existence. Named the Eastern
Collegiate Athletic Conference*s Coach of the year for her team*s
15-4-3 mark for the 1998-99 season, Bourget was named runner-up for
the American Women*s Hockey Coaches Association Coach of the Year
Award. Bourget spent her playing days with the University of New
Hampshire.
Cornell coached Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass., to a
24-4-2 record last year, the most successful season in school history.
Her team captured second during the regular season and advanced to the
NEPSAC Championship. Her playing experiences include four years at
Cornell and one as a professional player in Switzerland with the SC
Reinach Lions. While at Cornell, she was a two-time All-Ivy League
player and a co-captain her senior year.
Dibble coached Sun Prairie High School from1980-86. While
coaching Sun Prairie, he also served as the coaching program director
for the the state of Wisconsin*s WAHA from 1979-86. In 1987, he became
the Central District coaching director, a position held until 1992. At
the national level, Dibble was a part of the original staff of USA
Hockey*s National Goaltender Camp and coached the U.S. National Midget
Team in 1986. Most recently he served as coach of the U.S. National
17-Selects in 1994. The former men*s hockey goaltending standout ranks
on numerous Badger top-10 lists, was the Badgers* 1975 MVP and helped
the squad to the 1977 NCAA Championship. A draft pick of the New York
Islanders in 1974, the Minneapolis, Minn., native was the alternate
goalie for the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team.
WHERE HAVE I DONE THIS BEFORE?: Sophomore Michelle Sikich (Apple
Valley, Minn.) played last year in an inaugural collegiate women*s ice
hockey game. Sikich captained Minnesota State, Mankato*s first-year
squad. The Mavericks opened their season against Minnesota.
Sikich was also a part of the inaugural state girl*s ice
hockey championship. While with Apple Valley High School in Minnesota,
Sikich helped the team win the first girl*s high school championship
in the United States back in 1995.
THE CRIMSON: Harvard comes to Wisconsin with the title of defending
national champion. The top-ranked team in the land will be playing its
first game of the season against the Badgers.
Harvard, who went 33-1-0 en route to its title during the
1998-99 season, is coached by Katey Stone. In her sixth year with the
Crimson, Stone sports a 78-63-3 career coaching record.
The Crimson are a dangerous offensive team with junior forward
Tammy Shewchuk. Shewchuk accumulated 51 goals and 54 assists for 105
points in 31 games last season. She was the first collegiate women*s
hockey player to surpass the 50-goal plateau. Jennifer Botterill, a
sophomore forward and member of the 1998 Canadian Olympic Team, racked
up 37 goals, 51 assists and 88 points in 28 games a year ago.
Defenseman Angela Ruggiero, also a sophomore, scored 21 goals and had
40 assists for 61 points in 1998-99.
Crystal Springer returns for her senior season in goal. She
went 21-1-0 with a 1.61 GAA and .924 save percentage as a junior.
THE BEARS: Brown opens its season this upcoming weekend against
Minnesota on Friday before playing the Badgers Sunday. Ranked third,
the Bears finished the 1998-99 campaign with a 20-7-4 mark and were
the only team to defeat Harvard.
Margaret Degidio Murphy leads the Bears and holds a 160-70-20
record in her 11th year coaching Brown.
Junior Tara Mounsey headlines the Bears* roster. A member of
the 1998 U.S. Olympic Team, she paced Brown scorers with 14 goals and
24 assists for 38 points last year. Jordan Jiskra ranked second with
16 goals and 20 assists for 36 points.
Ali Brewer backstops the Bears in goal. The senior played
every minute of Brown*s 1998-99 season, putting up a 1.37 GAA and .940
save percentage in the process. Last year, Brewer was runner-up for
The Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the top collegiate women*s ice
hockey player annually.
WCHA FAX-ON-DEMAND: The WCHA now has a fax-on-demand system for
women*s hockey. To retrieve a document, dial 770-563-1131 then
enter your pin number (your 10-digit fax number). The WCHA passcode is
9242#. From there, enter the document you want followed by # key.
Press 3, then the # key and finally the * key. Document 2000 gives a
listing of all the codes for the WCHA schools.
BIG TEN FAX-ON-DEMAND: Information on Badger women*s hockey can now
be retrieved using the Big Ten Conference*s fax-on-demand system.
Using the Infoconnection System, information will be posted as
follows:
Entire Release: 3365
Statistics/Results: 3366
Roster/Schedule: 3367
Latest Game Report: 3368
BADGERS IN THE WCHA: Several Badgers rate in WCHA statistics.
Goaltender Chanda Gunn leads the WCHA in save percentage (.938) and is
fourth in GAA (1.95). Overall, Gunn leads in both save percentage
(.946) and GAA (1.44). Sis Paulsen leads WCHA defenseman and is tied
for fifth among all skaters in scoring (3-5=8), is tied for third in
power-play points (1-2=3), and is tied for fifth in assists. In all
games, Paulsen leads defenseman and is tied for fourth in scoring
(4-8=12), is tied for second in game-winning goals (two), ranks third
in assists (eight), is tied for fourth in power-play points (1-2=3)
and is tied for ninth in goals (four). Kendra Antony is tied for the
lead in power-play goals (three), tied for third in power-play points
(3-0=0), and is tied for fifth in goals and points (5-3=8). She ranks
third overall in scoring (7-6=13), tied for first in power-play goals
(three), third in power-play points (3-1=4), fourth in goals (seven),
and tied for fifth in assists (six). Kerry Weiland is tied for second
in conference defenseman scoring (3-3=6), is fourth in overall
defenseman scoring (4-3=7), is tied for ninth in goals overall (four)
and is tied for fourth overall in power-play points (1-2=3). Michelle
Sikich is tied for fifth in conference defenseman scoring (1-4=5) is
tied for second in all games in game-winning goals (two) and defensmen
scoring (3-5=8), and is tied for eighth in assists (five). Leslie
Toner is tied for fourth in overall power-play points (1-2=3). As a
team, the Badgers rank second overall in penalty killing at 86.2%
(25-29) and rank third in power play percentage at 15.6% (6-38).
COLLEGE HOCKEY STATS: Information regarding all collegiate women*s
ice hockey teams can be found at:
www.collegehockeystats.com. Box scores, standings and statistics are
updated following each night*s action in college hockey.
HOME, SWEET HOME: The Badgers will play home games in five different
arenas during the 1999-2000 season. After the opening weekend at the
Kohl Center, the Badgers* next home game comes almost a month later
when they host defending national champion Harvard. The game with the
Crimson, on November 5, will take place at Capitol Ice Arena in
Middleton, Wis. On November 7, the UW will return to the Kohl Center
to host Brown. The following weekend, Bemidji State *comes* to play
the Badgers in Eau Claire, Wis., at Hobbs Arena. The weekend of
November 19, long-time Wisconsin rival Minnesota comes to Madison to
play at the Dane County Coliseum. The Coliseum will play host to eight
games throughout the season. Finally, the UW will host the U.S.
National Team on January 8 at the Blue Line Ice Center in Fond du Lac,
Wis.
UPCOMING FOR THE BADGERS: Wisconsin hosts Bemidji State for a
conference series. The games, scheduled for Nov. 13 and 14 at 3:05
p.m. will be played at Hobbs Ice Arena in Eau Claire, Wis.
Paul Capobianco
Assistant Women's SID
University of Wisconsin
Phone: (608) 263-1983
Fax: (608) 265-8051
email@hidden
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