Re: Fw: Team USA Earns Silver Medal at Women's World Championship

[Louise Mallory <email@hidden>]

Is this series of re-posted awkwardly-formatted press releases the only
commentary we're going to have on the World Championship?  Were any
of you lucky enough to attend the championships?  What about those
of you with broadcast television;  was the coverage good?  

I was interested to see the new format, with the three pools of three and
the second-round pool before the medals.  That means more close
games, not just for the top teams but for all teams.  That's a good
idea.

I can't decide what I think about re-creating the pink sweaters of 1990
and then selling them on eBay to raise money for hockey and for breast
cancer research.  I was a tournament volunteer in 1990, and at the
time my feelings about the sweaters were mixed.  Were they a
tongue-in-cheek tribute to earlier times?  Or were they a marketing
ploy foisted on the women's game by outsiders from male hockey, who
didn't understand how degrading they might feel to those of us who
remembered all the Lipstick and Sweetheart tournaments, all the
diminutive team names, all the publicity focusing on the surprising
femininity of the players?  In 1990, the players were good sports
about the bright-pink and white uniforms; it's hardly surprising that
they're good sports about them now.  

Louise

At 09:01 AM 11/04/2007, hockeytoronto.com wrote:

 
----- Original Message -----
From: USA Hockey Media
To: email@hidden
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 1:05 AM
Subject: Team USA Earns Silver Medal at Women's World Championship

USA Hockey, Inc.
National Governing Body
for the sport of ice hockey
Ron DeGregorio
President
Dave Ogrean
Executive Director
1775 Bob Johnson Drive
Colorado Springs, Colorado
80906-4090
Phone: 719.576.8724
Fax: 719.538.1160
www.usahockey.com
Media & Public Relations Staff
Dave Fischer, Director
 email@hidden
719.538.1171
Christy Jeffries, Manager
 email@hidden
719.538.1169
Andy Madden, Coordinator
National Team
Development Program
 email@hidden
734.327.9251 x17
Craig Stancher,
Brian Fishman Intern
 email@hidden
719.538.1172
USA Hockey is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation and the United States Olympic Committee.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact: Christy Jeffries (email@hidden)
Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Team USA Earns Silver Medal at Women’s World Championship
U.S. Women’s National Team Falls to Canada, 5-1, in Gold-Medal Game

WINNIPEG – The U.S. Women’s National Team earned the silver medal at the 2007 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship, posting a 5-1 loss to Canada in the gold-medal game at the MTS Centre tonight. Team USA finished the nine-team tournament with a 3-0-1-1 (W-OTW-L-OTL) record.

“I want to congratulate my team on the commitment they made for the last three weeks,” said Mark Johnson, head coach of Team USA. “They gave themselves an opportunity to win a gold medal and we came up a little bit short tonight, but I am very proud of their effort.”

Despite the teams trading penalties early in the opening frame, both were successful on the penalty kill to keep the game scoreless. The best chance for Team USA came in the waning seconds of the period when Natalie Darwitz’s (Eagan, Minn.) shot from the left faceoff circle dinged the post behind Canadian netminder Kim St-Pierre.

Canada’s Jennifer Botterill broke the scoring drought less than a minute into period two as she put a wrister over Team USA netminder Chanda Gunn’s (Huntington Beach, Calif.) glove at :58.

Canada tallied twice more in the latter half of the middle stanza to take a 3-0 lead. Jayna Hefford scored at 11:33, shoving the puck under Gunn’s extended left leg after the initial save had been made. The goal was reviewed, but stood as called. Hayley Wickenheiser put a high wrister in the far-side top corner from the left faceoff dot at 16:27 to close out second-period scoring.

After Danielle Goyette gave Canada a 4-0 lead at 9:22 of the third period, U.S. captain Krissy Wendell (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) put Team USA on the scoreboard. Darwitz wrapped around the back of Canada’s net and dumped the puck in front of the goal. Erika Lawler (Fitchburg, Mass.) tipped it to Wendell, who put a backhander in from the left post at 10:08.

Canada closed out the scoring with a breakaway goal at 17:16 for the 5-1 final score.

Team USA was 0-for-6 on the power play while killing off all seven of Canada’s man-advantage opportunities.

NOTES: Wendell was named the U.S. Player of the Game ... Molly Engstrom (Siren, Wis.) earned the Directorate Award as the Top Defenseman of the tournament ... Angela Ruggiero (Harper Woods, Mich.), Darwitz and Wendell all made the All-Star Team, as voted on by the media ... Wendell finished as the scoring leader for Team USA with 12 points (5-7) in five games ... Team USA has won one gold medal and eight silvers in the nine previous IIHF Women’s World Championships … Hilary Witt, head women’s ice hockey coach at Yale University, and Erin Whitten Hamlen, associate head women’s ice hockey coach at the University of New Hampshire, are serving as assistant coaches for Team USA.

GAME SUMMARY

Scoring By Period

USA 0-0-1 -- 1
CAN 0-3-2 -- 5

First Period – Scoring: None. Penalties: CAN, Botterill (kneeing), 1:06; USA, Marvin (hooking), 3:31; CAN, Agosta (cross checking), 4:08; USA, Resor (interference), 7:47.

Second Period – Scoring: 1, CAN, Botterill (Ouellette, Macleod), :58; 2, CAN, Hefford (Sunohara), 11:33; 3, CAN, Wickenheiser (Collins, Sostorics), 16:27. Penalties: CAN, Sunohara (tripping), 5:53; USA, Darwitz (interference), 6:23; USA, King (interference), 13:04; CAN, Hefford (slashing), 17:46.
 
Third Period – Scoring: 4, CAN, Goyette (Vaillancourt, Ouellete), 9:22; 5, USA, Wendell (Lawler, Darwitz), 10:08; 6, CAN, Vaillancourt (unassisted), 17: 16. Penalties: CAN, Apps (hooking), :14; USA, Wendell (cross checking), 7:06; USA, Knight (hooking), 11:36; USA, Wendell (high sticking), 13:31; CAN, Vaillancourt (interference), 15: 07.

Shots By Period   1    2     3    Total
USA                    8    6     8     22
CAN                  10   14   10    34

Goaltending (SH-SV)       1        2       3      Total
USA, Gunn, 60:00        10-10  14-11 10-8    34-29
CAN, St-Pierre, 60:00     8-8     6-6    8-7     22-21

Power Play: USA 0-6; CAN 0-7
Penalties: USA 7-14; CAN 6-12
Officials: Referee-Joy Tottman; Linesmen-Sanna Mattila, Heather Richardson
Attendance: 15,003

Team USA 2007 IIHF Women’s World Championship Schedule/Results
April 3-10 • Winnipeg & Selkirk, Man.

Date        Opponent                  Location                 Time (CDT)/Result
March 30 Sweden (ex.)             Grand Forks, N.D.  W, 7-1
April 1    Sweden (ex.)              Warroad, Minn.      W, 5-0
April 3    Kazakhstan                Selkirk                      W, 9-0
April 5    China                          Selkirk                      W, 9-1
April 7    Canada*                    Winnipeg                 L, 4-5 (SO)
April 8    Finland*                    Winnipeg                W, 4-0
April 10  Canada^                    Winnipeg                 L, 1-5

*Qualifying Round   ^Gold-Medal Game

# # #
 
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Women-in-hockey mailing list      (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
http://plaidworks.org/mailman/listinfo/women-in-hockey_plaidworks.org

_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Women-in-hockey mailing list      (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
http://plaidworks.org/mailman/listinfo/women-in-hockey_plaidworks.org