------------------------------ THIS FILE CONTAINS MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES ABOUT WOMEN'S HOCKEY THAT WERE MAILED TO THE HOCKEYL COLLEGE HOCKEY MAILING LIST. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 18:24:25 -0500 From: Melissa #21 Subject: RPI Women's Ice Hockey Well, my coach told us today that our team (see subject line? :) ) has finally been approved to go Varsity status, which is great :) ...I'm not sure excatly which division we're going to be in, but I would assume that it would be the ECAC. :) - Melissa #21 (Penguin) Gary Bettman sucks!! _/. Go RPI Lady Engineers!! .\_ Keep smiling!! Go Penguins, Yankees, and NY Jets!!! MST3K Rules! :) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 11:10:21 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: forfeit changes standings As we approach the big last weekend of ECAC Women's League play, the ECAC has decided that because St. Lawrence and Bowdoin were unable to arrange a date to play their league match at Canton, NY, St. Lawrence will be awarded a league win and Bowdoin a league loss. The forfeited game means that the Colby - St. Lawrence game (at Waterville, ME) on Sunday could decide the final playoff spot! There was always a chance of this, but now Colby, Dartmouth, St. Lawrence and UNH have a little more to think about this weekend. I'll have to say, I thought something like that might happen when I heard early this season about the problems of the schedule between the Saints and the Polar Bears. I think everyone would have preferred if the ECAC had either taken a strong lead in making the two teams work it out, or if the ECAC had made its decision sooner. Two days before the games that count is rather late. I would think that Colby and Dartmouth are particularly upset as it most impacts their drive for the playoffs. Here is the updated league table. From past experience the forfeit appears to be a 0-0 home win for St. Lawrence (should be 1-0). ECAC Women: standings => Feb 17 1995 ECAC League Overall TEAM W L T PTS GF GA W L T PTS Brown 10 1 1 21 79 29 15 2 3 33 UNH 9 2 1 19 88 22 17 8 2 36 Providence 9 3 0 18 70 23 14 8 4 32 Northeastern 8 2 2 18 52 25 13 9 5 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Princeton 9 3 0 18 58 17 14 5 1 29 Dartmouth 7 3 2 16 47 23 15 6 4 34 Harvard 7 3 2 16 42 23 11 8 2 24 Colby 7 4 1 15 53 40 12 5 1 25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- St. Lawrence $7 5 0 14 48 35 7 7 0 14 RIT 4 8 0 8 21 49 4 10 0 8 Cornell 4 8 0 8 33 59 7 14 0 14 Boston College 3 9 1 7 37 62 11 10 1 23 Middlebury 2 11 0 4 18 65 8 11 0 16 Yale 1 11 0 2 14 70 3 17 0 6 Bowdoin 0 $14 0 0 13 131 2 16 0 4 $=Bowdoin forfeits win to St. Lawrence * = ECAC League match - Home team listed first Sat 02/18 *Brown __ - Northeastern __ 2:00 pm *Colby __ - Dartmouth __ 1:00 pm *Cornell __ - Yale __ 2:00 pm *UNH (@Dart) __ - St. Lawrence __ 12:00 pm *Providence __ - Harvard __ 1:30 pm *RIT __ - Princeton __ 12:15 pm *Middlebury __ - Boston C. __ TBA Sun 02/19 *Brown __ - Harvard __ 2:00 pm SC (NE) *Colby __ - St. Lawrence __ 1:00 pm *Cornell __ - Princeton __ 2:00 pm *UNH (@Dart) __ - Dartmouth __ 4:00 pm *Providence __ - Northeastern __ 12:30 pm *RIT __ - Yale __ 12:15 pm I feel the real problem here may be MONEY. If this was an ECAC Men's game, if would have happened. Still, the Women's League is young, and as I understand it, there will be more changes to the league next year, including a new league. I think the women's game is going to see much change with teams moving in and out of the Div. I league over the next couple of years. It is an interesting time of growth and change for the sport and AD's. From what I have seen and heard, things are and will be better for women's ice hockey, but considering the flux, problems like this forfeit are bound to happen. Stronger leadership from the ECAC would be helpful I believe. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 09:51:14 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Men 1 - Dartmouth 2 [deleted account of Dartmouth 2 -- Harvard 1 men's college hockey game...] I noticed last night that many of the Harvard Women's team were attending the game. I had to think what a nice tribute it would have been to have all the team and their newly won Beanpot at the match. They could have introduced them during a stoppage in play. I am sure the Bright population would have been thrilled to acknowledge their achievement, and it might have help boost the Harvard Men. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 08:56:54 -0600 From: Erik Biever Subject: Augsburg adds women's hockey Details from the St Paul Pioneer Press: Augsburg College will add women's ice hockey to its intercollegiate athletic program for the 1995-96 season, becoming the first Minnesota college or university to make it a varsity sport. Women's hockey will become the 19th varsity sport (ninth for women> at Augsburg. It will be funded on a level equal with the men's program, according to women's athletic director Marilyn Florian, and the schedule will consist primarily of games against club teams. <> I expect to see a few more announcements like this before next season. Minnesota now has girls' high school hockey, with 24 schools competing this year. The first Minnesota girls' high school tournament will happen next weekend. -- Erik ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 13:23:16 EST From: "Edward N. Ferguson" Subject: Women's club hockey: Maine 2 - RPI 0 (condensed from The Maine Campus) The Maine Women's Ice Hockey team played its best game of the season Saturday to shut out the visitor's from RPI 2 - 0. The win assures Maine of one of the top two seeds in the ECAC Club Hockey Tournament. The Maine defense held RPI to 3 shots on goal while the team fired 24 on RPI goalkeeper Diane Boyd. Maine scored early (Dawn Porter from Stacy Rondeau) and kept constant pressure on Boyd, but she held the bears off until the third when Porter scored again with assists from Mary Beth Collins and K. D. Dennison. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 14:54:57 -0500 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Women's Hockey: Ontario University Finals York University hosted the OWIAA (Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association) hockey finals this past weekend. The top 4 teams in the league qualified for the final tournament. Guelph University and the University of Toronto won their games on Saturday advancing them to the championship game on Sunday. Guelph University won the championship game by a 3-2 score to claim the 94-95 OWIAA title. Saturday Feb 18th: 2:00 pm University of Toronto 4 --- Wilfrid Laurier University 1 4:00 pm Guelph University 4 --- Queen's University 0 Sunday Feb 19th: 2:00 pm Guelph University 3 --- University of Toronto 2 . . . . At the OWIAA banquet on Friday night, the All-star teams for the league were announced. I'll try to remember them as best as possible. The names in parenthesis which are followed by a question mark are unknown or may not be correct. If anyone knows the names that I'm forgetting, please post. OWIAA First All-Star Team Forward: Lori Dupuis [UT], Andria Hunter [UT], Amy Turek [WL] Defense: Nathalie Rivard [UT], Stacey Harvey [QU] Goalie: Jen Dewar [GU] OWIAA Second All-Star Team Forward: Liz Duval [GU], Becky Reid [UT], (___)? Defense: Cassie Campbell [GU], (___)? Goalie: (Michelle Clayton [YU] & Stephanie Backman [QU])? Legend: GU = Guelph University QU = Queen's University UT = University of Toronto WL = Wilfrid Laurier University YU = York University Andria Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 21:41:34 -0500 From: Balsam79@AOL.COM Subject: Women Natnl Team - Tryouts? Does anyone know whether the National tryouts originally scheduled for sometime in March in NY are still on? I have been hunting for this info and believe the information was posted last fall. I would appreciate any info you might have on this. Thanks. Sandy Smith ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 10:03:31 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: All-Let-it-rip teams ECAC Women: rhun All-Let-it-rip Teams These are the players that I felt most let-it-rip during the 9495 ECAC Women's league games. Edgy exciting play is what these women are all about. 1st team: G: Erin Villiotte (Harvard) D: Bree Cheatham (Northeastern) - Kelley Roberts (UNH) A: Katie King (Brown) - Kathy Issel (Princeton) - Stephanie O'Sullivan (PC) 2nd team: G: Meghan Smith (PC) D: Joy Woog (Brown) - Sue Reece (Princeton) A: Alison Wheeler (PC) - Wendy Tatarouns (UNH) - Becky Kellar (Brown) Power play unit: Pts: Barb Gordon (Colby) - Karen Chernisky (Princeton) Low: Sarah Devens (Dartmouth) - Nan Gorton (Brown) - Danielle Solari (Brown) Rookies: G: Sarah Tueting (Dartmouth) D: Keri-Anne Allan (Northeastern) - Catherine Hanson (PC) A: Meaghan Sittler (Colby) - Janna Dewar (Cornell) - Brandy Fisher (UNH) League MVP: Katie King (Brown) Led her team to the league title with brilliant skating, passing and finishing. King is a tremendous talent and should give Team USA Women additional fire-power. She is a great team player, but can also hit the jets and do it on her own. Coach of the Year: Laura Halldorson (Colby) Energized her team with a wonderful flowing attack. Halldorson is doing great things at Colby and bringing some much needed offensive ideas to the ECAC. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 19:59:10 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Players-of-the-week Feb 21 1995 From: ECAC Sports News - Feb 21 1995 ECAC Co-Players-of-the-week: UNH: Tricia Dunn Helped her team to two league wins over the weekend. Dunn had the winning goal and 4 assists against St. Lawrence. Against Dartmouth she put in two goals. Harvard: AJ Mleczko The big sophomore center scored a goal and an assist in the Beanpot win over Northeastern. Against PC, AJM had a hat trick and an assist to record Harvard's first win ever over the Friars. At Brown she got the only Crimson goal in a loss. ECAC Rookie-of-the-week: PC: Meghan Smith The first-year netminder turned aside 24 shots against Northeastern in a decisive league match. The win gave PC home ice against NU in the play-offs. This is Smith's third Rookie-of-the-week award. Women's scoring leaders - ECAC league games Player/School GP G A PTS Issel/Princeton 14 13 29 42 Tatarouns/UNH 14 26 15 41 O'Sullivan/Providence 14 23 17 40 Sittler/Colby 14 19 16 35 Chernisky/Princeton 14 24 10 34 King/Brown 14 23 11 34 Women's goalie leaders - ECAC league games (min. 8 games) Player/School GP Min G Svs Pct GAA Hill/Princeton 8 417 11 130 .92 1.42 Solimini/UNH 12 566 16 176 .92 1.50 Witchger/Brown 8 397 13 266 .95 1.77 Tueting/Dartmouth 13 712 27 328 .92 2.05 Flatt/Northeastern 12 632 25 316 .93 2.13 ECAC Women's Ice Hockey Championship Brown University - Meehan Auditorium Semifinals - Saturday March 4th 12 noon and 3:00 pm Final - Sunday March 5th 2:00 pm Correction to scores post wrong or missed earlier this week: Williams 1 - Bowdoin 1 *Middlebury 2 - Boston C. 4 Boston U. 1 - RPI 5 The Hockey-L archive files: 9495WCNF STAND & 9495WCMP SCHEDULE will be updated soon. I hope to have the times (and location for the UNH-Harvard) for the ECAC quarterfinals tomorrow. (Note these numbers are the ECAC's) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 09:54:43 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: play-off preview ECAC Women: play-off preview Well, this was a whole lot easier last season. The top two teams were obvious. This year you never know who is going to win. Just when a team appears to be on a roll, bang, someone comes in and beats them big. This championship is wide open. It is interesting that for the first time the final four of the Women's ECAC will not include all of the Big Three (UNH, NU, PC). The Ivies are on the rise. Sat 02/25 ECAC Quarterfinals #1 Brown __ - #8 St. Lawrence __ 2:00 pm #2 UNH __ - #7 Harvard __ 7:30 pm (@Rochester) #3 Princeton __ - #6 Dartmouth __ 7:30 pm #4 Providence __ - #5 Northeastern __ 7:30 pm #1 Brown over #8 St. Lawrence The Bears have had their problems recently, but I expect their big attack to carry them through this round. The Brown defense looked better on the SC tape of the Harvard game and goalie Witchger seemed back in form. St. Lawrence has had an up and down season. At times beating the better teams (PC, Dartmouth) and then loosing to BC and Harvard. Right now they must be on a high having won at Colby for the final play-off spot. I look for a high scoring contest. #2 UNH over #7 Harvard The Wildcats are on a roll. Provided they stay positive and go out and get the goals I expect them to blow past the Crimson. Harvard has had an impressive run. They beat Northeastern to win the Beanpot and they beat PC in Providence in a league match for their first win ever over the Friars. The Crimson also tied UNH for their first ever non-loss just two weeks ago. The key for Harvard is the play of goalie Erin Villiotte. If the Wildcats can get to her early, they should advance easily. If they don't, it will be a long hard afternoon. #3 Princeton over #6 Dartmouth This is going to be a tremendously close match. The Tigers won the first match 3-0 in New Jersey. Big Green won the return contest in New Hampshire 5-3. Princeton has a core of skillful seniors and I believe they will carry the team past Dartmouth. Big Green also is busy mid-week with its last Ivy League game of the season (Harvard). A win would make them Co-champions with Princeton! These two teams are going to be up for this match. #4 Providence over #5 Northeastern This could be a very low scoring contest. PC has a strong rookie goaltender in Smith and some explosive fire-power on the attack. NU has a strong defense and a great goalie in Flatt, but lack the finishers. The Huskies can surprise you and if they get their skating legs moving, watch out. I think that the Friars will be ready, provided they don't play it too tight. Sat 03/04 ECAC Semifinals at Brown #1 Brown over #4 Providence The Bears have won both meetings this season. I know PC was unlucky not to win the last match, which counted in the league standings. I see this as a game where a two goal lead means nothing. I expect that both teams will be flying in this Providence derby. The edge will go to Brown if their attackers let rip. #3 Princeton over #2 UNH In the back of my mind I hear a voice saying: UNH is on a roll, they almost won the league and they will win the play-offs. The Wildcats have a very strong squad. If they open it up and get the goals, while goalie Solimini takes care of her end, they will be very difficult to stop. I have to believe that the Tiger's will come out on top like they did at the start of the season at Baker Rink. Princeton won that league match 4-3. In a scoring contest Princeton will prevail. I am not sure that UNH will be able to shut down the Tiger's who are on a mission. Sun 03/05 ECAC Final at Brown #1 Brown over #3 Princeton An all Ivy final? If this occurs, it will be a great game for women's hockey. These two teams have a lot of character and skill. I think that the Bears will pull it out because they have the experience from being in last year's final four, and they have the home ice advantage. The Tigers have done the double on Brown, beating them 4-6 in Meehan and 4-1 at Baker. It is a shame one of these teams has to loose. I expect the lead to change hands many times, but I predict that Brown will pull off the Championship to go with their league title. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 10:16:00 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Ivy League Women: final standings 9495 Ivy League Women: final standings TEAM W L T PTS GF GA Princeton # 8 2 0 16 45 17 Dartmouth # 7 1 2 16 53 18 Brown 6 2 2 14 52 25 Cornell 4 6 0 8 26 48 Harvard 3 7 0 6 26 35 Yale 0 10 0 0 5 64 #=Co-Champions Ivy League Women: 9495 composite schedule * = ECAC League match - Home team listed first Nov 94 -------------------------------------------------------- Sat 11/19 *Brown 10 - Cornell 3 2:00 pm *Harvard 0 - Dartmouth 2 12:00 pm Tue 11/29 Brown 9 - Yale 0 7:00 pm Dec 94 -------------------------------------------------------- Sat 12/03 *Harvard 3 - Princeton 1 1:00 pm Sun 12/04 *Harvard 7 - Yale 0 1:00 pm Tue 12/06 Harvard 5 - Brown 7 7:00 pm Wed 12/07 Princeton 7 - Yale 0 7:30 pm Sat 12/10 Princeton 3 - Harvard 0 1:30 pm Jan 95 -------------------------------------------------------- Sat 01/07 *Princeton 3 - Dartmouth 0 1:30 pm Sun 01/08 *Cornell 4 - Harvard 3 OT 2:00 pm *Yale 3 - Dartmouth 10 2:00 pm Sat 01/14 Cornell 0 - Dartmouth 9 2:00 pm Yale 1 - Harvard 2 2:00 pm Sat 01/21 *Dartmouth 1 - Brown 1 3:00 pm Sat 01/28 Brown 4 - Princeton 6 2:00 pm Yale 0 - Cornell 4 2:00 pm Sun 01/29 Harvard 2 - Cornell 4 1:00 pm *Yale 1 - Princeton 6 2:00 pm Feb 95 -------------------------------------------------------- Sat 02/04 Cornell 2 - Brown 7 2:00 pm Dartmouth 10 - Yale 0 3:00 pm Sun 02/05 Dartmouth 5 - Princeton 3 3:00 pm Wed 02/08 Brown 3 - Dartmouth 3 7:00 pm Princeton 7 - Cornell 1 4:00 pm Sat 02/11 *Yale 0 - Brown 5 2:00 pm Sun 02/12 *Dartmouth 5 - Cornell 2 2:00 pm *Princeton 4 - Brown 1 1:30 pm Sat 02/18 *Cornell 4 - Yale 0 2:00 pm Sun 02/19 *Brown 5 - Harvard 1 2:00 pm *Cornell 2 - Princeton 5 2:00 pm Wed 02/22 Dartmouth 8 - Harvard 3 7:30 pm (Please send all corrections to: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 19:52:38 -0500 From: Tony Biscardi Subject: Women - Wesleyan 8, BU 0 - from a unique perspective Wednesday night, Wesleyan's women's hockey team defeated Boston University by a score of 8-0. Due to a very unlikely series of circumstances (one ref cancelling on short notice and the list of backups not being able to make it), an intramural ref had to be called up to ref as the second official (2 ref, no linesman) in the game. Thus, this game summary is coming from the ref on the ice... me. Although the game was not bad in the first period, BU's lack of depth (2 lines) and Wesleyan's solid puck control wore BU down and Wesleyan opened up to a 7-0 lead at the end of two. Wesleyan's defense clamped down in the neutral zone in the third, forcing most of the action to take place in the BU end. The scoring, however, let up by a combo of Wesleyan's focus on control, BU's defensive shell, and some solid goaltending by BU. The reffing: The calls were pretty much evenly split early in the game, but with most of the rest of the game taking place in the BU defensive end, most of the penalties for the rest of the way wound up against BU. (most penalties committed are committed by a defending player, the rest tend to happen in mid ice... rarely does a team with the puck commit a penalty) Overall, it was a clean game with no altercations and, although there are always little battles in front of the net and along the boards, there were no major incidents or arguments between the players. It was a different perspective for a serious game (I've only done intramural games and those are not exactly the same) if for no other reason than the fact that you feel you are being judged more closely for any call/non-call. In judging myself, I would have to say I did OK based on the fact that a few people complained that I supposedly made a bad call in the third period on this one play where the girl who fell *supposedly* "took a dive" and I called a trip on the play. Two things came to mind... first: 3 periods of hockey and one team had no complaint and the other felt I made *a* bad call... wow. second: Announcer and former coach Bob Norton's words come to mind... "If you feel a stick around you like that... start moving the feet! If you've got your feet moving, you'll get the hooking or tripping call every time!" They are probably right. It probably WAS a dive. But it was a good one. In my mind, I saw the stick around her and her feet moving. When she then fell, my arm went up. With a side angle, I might have called it differently, but from my angle in the corner (tripped player trying to get away from corner with defensive player right in front of me), I would make the same call again. One thing that does not change from intramurals to real hockey is that the angle the ref is it makes a *HUGE* impact on how he/she sees the play and thus, what is called. Overall, it probably was not a very good game to watch, but it was a relatively clean game, and that is (in my mind as a ref) probably the most important thing. BU is a much better team than they were in past years as the new coach isn't expecting them to be better and screaming at them when they are not. It appears that no one is being expected to do something that they can not while the individuals who can are allowed to create as they can. Wesleyan has the overall skill to potentially make a move in the future into the ever-expanding ECAC. The most impressive part of their team is the puck control displayed by the defensemen. The stickhandling and agressive skating allowed for quick movement through the neutral zone. Although I don't know the exact numbers, I'm sure the shot differential reflected this. (I don't believe BU put any shots on the Wesleyan goalie in the third period.) Well, that's the unusual perspective of an inter-collegiate hockey game, from the view of a backup ref on the ice trying to be perfect and hoping he's at least OK. Tony PS - I know I have a LONG way to go before I would ever consider myself a "good" ref, but my first intercollegiate experience was an interesting one (and nerve-wracking). The only sick thing is that I actually sort of liked it. PPS - Now that really *IS* sick! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 09:58:36 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: quarterfinal results ECAC Women: quarterfinal results Sat 02/25 ECAC Quarterfinals #1 Brown 1 - #8 St. Lawrence 2 2:00 pm #2 UNH 6 - #7 Harvard 1 7:30 pm (@Rochester) #3 Princeton 5 - #6 Dartmouth 3 7:30 pm #4 Providence 4 - #5 Northeastern 3 7:30 pm Fri 03/03-05 AWHCA Club Championships (Troy, NY) TBA Sat 03/04 ECAC Semifinals at Brown ? #2 UNH __ - #8 St. Lawrence __ 12:00 pm ? #3 Princeton __ - #4 Providence __ 3:00 pm ?=pairings not confirmed Sun 03/05 ECAC Final at Brown # __ - # __ 2:00 pm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 21:30:12 -0500 From: Ryan G Stone Subject: RPI Women...Win & Tie This Weekend the RPI Women's team defeated Vermont 4-0 in Burlington and Tied Colgate 3-3 in OT at home. These games increased RPI's record to 10-8-3 Overall, and 9-2-2 in Club East games. They clinched 1st eastern seed in enxt weekend's championship tournament (POST COMING SOON) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 21:30:40 -0500 From: Ryan G Stone Subject: AWCHA National Women's Club Championship Tourney The host team, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, announces the 1995 AWCHA National Club Women's Hockey Tournament. It will be held this weekend at the Knickerbacker Arena in Troy, NY (on 103rd Street). Last Year RPI defeated Maine in a thrilling 3-1 game in Albany to win the tournament. On Friday March 3rd, #2E University of Maine (7-2-0) vs #3W Colgate University (4-6-1) Game Time: 6:30pm #2W University of Minnesota vs #3E University of Vermont (6-2-1) Game Time: 9:00pm On Saturday March 4th, #1W Ohio State University vs Winner of Game #1 Game Time: 6:30pm #1E Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute vs Winner of Game #2 Game Time: 9:00pm ##########################BRACKETS TO FOLLOW################################# #1W Ohio State_ | (4) | #2E Maine______ Sat. Mar 4 |________________ | 6:30 pm | | (1) | | | Fri. Mar 3 |_______________| | 6:30 pm | (7) | | Sun. Mar 5 |_______________ #3W Colgate____| 2:30 pm | Champion | #1E Rensselaer_ | | | (5) | | #2W Minnesota__ Sat. Mar 4 |________________| | 9:00 pm | (2) | | Fri. Mar 3 |_______________| 9:00 pm | | #3E Vermont____| Loser Game 5___ | (6) | Sun. Mar 5 |_________________ 12:00 noon | 3rd Place | Loser Game 4___| Loser Game 1___ | (3) | Sat. Mar 4 |_______________ 4:00 pm | 5th Place | Loser Game 2___| ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 19:00:50 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Players-of-the-week From: ECAC Sports News - Feb 28 1995 ECAC Player-of-the-week: St. Lawrence: Ginny Murray The senior goaltender made 31 saves in the Saints huge win over Brown in the ECAC quarterfinals. Murray made 12 saves in the third period to help carry her team into the semifinals against UNH. ECAC Rookie-of-the-week: UNH: Brandy Fisher The first-year forward had 3 goals and an assist against Harvard in the quarterfinals. The talented Fisher now sets her sights on PC in the semifinals. Women's scoring leaders - ECAC league games Player/School GP G A PTS Issel/Princeton 14 13 29 42 Tatarouns/UNH 14 26 15 41 O'Sullivan/Providence 14 23 17 40 Sittler/Colby 14 19 16 35 Chernisky/Princeton 14 24 10 34 King/Brown 14 23 11 34 Women's goalie leaders - ECAC league games (min. 8 games) Player/School GP Min G Svs Pct GAA Hill/Princeton 8 417 11 130 .92 1.42 Solimini/UNH 12 566 16 176 .92 1.50 Witchger/Brown 10 504 16 208 .93 1.71 Tueting/Dartmouth 13 712 27 328 .92 2.05 Flatt/Northeastern 12 632 25 316 .93 2.13 ECAC Women's Ice Hockey Championship Brown University - Meehan Auditorium Sat 03/04 ECAC Semifinals at Brown #2 UNH __ - #8 St. Lawrence __ 12:00 pm #3 Princeton __ - #4 Providence __ 3:00 pm Sun 03/05 ECAC Final at Brown # __ - # __ 2:00 pm (Note these numbers are the ECAC's) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 17:02:51 -0500 From: Mike Greenberg Subject: Cornell Women's Hockey Season Wrap Whoops....forgot to put a subject on the first one... :) As promised....my season-end feature for the Cornell women's ice hockey team....now I move on to cover men's lacrosse. Head: Women Icers Look Back on Season By MICHAEL GREENBERG What do you get when you throw together 10 freshmen, a second-year coach and a program that won two games all of last season? A rebuilding year, of course. That's what the women's hockey team expected the 1994-95 campaign to be. And while a 7-15 (5-9 ECAC) record is far from exceptional, the women icers feel they have exceeded their expectations by achieving a number of goals -- not just the ones that go on the scoreboard. "We had a great season," junior Jennifer Wilson said. "We improved a lot -- not only in our stats. The team was playing better." By adhering to the concept that a team's performance is not always shown by its record, head coach Julie Andeberhan remained optimistic throughout the season and emphasized improving the team through performance goals. "When you start aiming at winning games, title and Players of the Year, you lose track of what's important," Andeberhan said. "You can't control the goals, but you can control playing good defense and attack." STARTING OFF HOT After closing a long preseason with an 8-0 exhibition victory over the RPI Lady Engineers, the icers were anxious to get on the ice and play a regular-season game. They opened against Boston College, taking the Eagles to overtime before sophomore Jessica Becker poked home the winning goal. Less than a week later, the Red entered the 1994 All American Girls'/Women's Ice Hockey Tournament in Minnesota. The icers defeated their first opponent, a club team from St. Cloud, by a score of 6-3. Although this win did not count on the record, the Red unofficially opened the season 2-0. "It was definitely an upbeat season, after winning the first two games," senior co-captain Christine Stewart said. "Being able to start on a couple of wins made people turn their heads." A SEASON OF STREAKS Unfortunately for the women icers, it would be nearly two months before they could record their second official win. The Red lost the next two games of the tournament, followed by a pair of contests at Brown and Providence and then three more at home. This seven-game skid came to an end over winter break, when the Red hosted Harvard. The game once again went into overtime, but this time, the winning goal was scored by freshman Janna Dewar. The Red then stayed hot for its next six games, compiling a 5-1 record over a period of three weeks. The final win of the streak came at Harvard, as the icers completed the season sweep of Andeberhan's alma mater. The icers' season took another turn for the worse as they then fell in their next six contests. They picked up a victory against Yale in the final weekend of the season, but lost to Princeton the next day, finishing with a 1-7 record over the last eight games of the year. When a team experiences such defined streaks, fans begin to wonder about the overall morale of the squad. Is the team's performance being affected by a string of tough rivals, or are the players going through periods of not giving 100 percent? "It was a little of both," Wilson offered. "The tough opponents seemed to be grouped together, so it had more to do with the opponents than with the team attitude." 'GREAT COACHING STAFF' The women icers had nothing but praise to offer to the coaching staff of Andeberhan and assistant coaches Carol Mullins and Kindra Correnti. "All the coaches are great," Wilson said. "Our lines really came together due to a combination of the coaches and players." In her first recruiting season, Andeberhan intoduced 10 new faces to the Red Lineup. With the freshmen came both talent and enthusiasm. "They were no just a talented group of freshmen," Andeberhan said. "The contributed to the character of the team." Right from the start, the new players were playing alongside the veterans. According to Andeberhan, "there was no segregation." Again, the players attributed this unity to the coaches. "We had a great coaching staff," junior Kelvey Richards said. "They read the team very well." Andeberhan returned some of the credit to the team itself. "It was the most unified team I've ever coached." Andeberhan said. "They made it a really fun season." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 01:22:40 -0500 From: Ryan G Stone Subject: AWCHA Women's Championships In the quarter-final round two exciting contests... Maine 2 - COLGATE 3 -- Colgate scored with 0:29 left in the 3rd to win. MINNESOTA 7 - Vermont 6 OT/Shootout -- After a scoreless 10 minute sudden death OverTime period Minnesota defeated Vermont in a 5 player shootout. BOX SCORES later... Maine will face Vermont at 4:00pm in the 5th place game Colgate will face Ohio State at 6:30pm in the first semi-final Minnesota will face Rensselaer at 9:00pm in the other semi-final ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 14:11:04 -0500 From: Ryan G Stone Subject: Re: AWCHA Women's Championships > MINNESOTA 7 - Vermont 6 OT/Shootout > -- After a scoreless 10 minute sudden death OverTime period Minnesota > defeated > Vermont in a 5 player shootout. Sorry, the above should have read... MINNESOTA 5 - Vermont 5 OT, Minnesota wins shootout 2-1 to advance to the semifinals versus RPI. (the overtime was 10 minutes) BTW, Minnesota scored with 21 seconds left to send it into overtime and trailed Vermont or was tied throughout the whole game. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Mar 1995 10:01:20 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: semifinal results Sat 02/25 ECAC Quarterfinals #1 Brown 1 - #8 St. Lawrence 2 2:00 pm #2 UNH 6 - #7 Harvard 1 7:30 pm (@Rochester) #3 Princeton 5 - #6 Dartmouth 3 7:30 pm #4 Providence 4 - #5 Northeastern 3 7:30 pm Sat 03/04 ECAC Semifinals at Brown #2 UNH 5 - #8 St. Lawrence 1 12:00 pm #3 Princeton 2 - #4 Providence 3 OT 3:00 pm Sun 03/05 ECAC Final at Brown #2 UNH __ - #4 Providence __ 2:00 pm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Mar 1995 18:01:11 EST From: "Robert A. Booth" <76375.264@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: PC Women Fourpeat The Providence College Lady Friars won their fourth consecutive (and sixth overall) ECAC women's hockey championship this afternoon at Brown's Meehan Auditorium, defeating arch-rival New Hampshire 2-1, in overtime. This was the second consecutive OT victory for PC, which defeated Princeton in the semi-finals, 3-2. The winning goal was scored by Alison Wheeler, who was voted MVP. Bob Booth ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Mar 1995 20:44:00 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: UNH 1 - PC 2 OT Sat 02/25 ECAC Quarterfinals #1 Brown 1 - #8 St. Lawrence 2 2:00 pm #2 UNH 6 - #7 Harvard 1 7:30 pm (@Rochester) #3 Princeton 5 - #6 Dartmouth 3 7:30 pm #4 Providence 4 - #5 Northeastern 3 7:30 pm Sat 03/04 ECAC Semifinals at Brown #2 UNH 5 - #8 St. Lawrence 1 12:00 pm #3 Princeton 2 - #4 Providence 3 OT 3:00 pm Sun 03/05 ECAC Final at Brown #2 UNH 1 - #4 Providence 2 OT 2:00 pm Dark clouds hung over Meehan Auditorium Sunday afternoon and a certain gloom was in the air. The ECAC Women's final was eventually won by Providence College, 1-2 in overtime, over UNH. Both sides looked tired from Saturday's semifinals. The game was certainly not a good show for ice hockey. There was no scoring in the first period, as fatigue and team defense dominated. In the second, UNH put on some pressure. Brandy Fisher (Tricia Dunn, Wendy Tatarouns) converted on the Wildcat's corner roll play. Fisher shot high near post for a 1-0 lead. In the final period, Melissa Mills (Alana Blahoski, Amy Carlson) tied the match on a wonderful shorthanded end to end solo rush. Mills broke through the entire UNH team before finishing high into the back of the net. In overtime, both teams put on some pressure, but the game winner came when Alison Wheeler took a break out feed up the gut. She controlled the puck at center ice and blew past the Wildcat defense. Wheeler went in on goal, stayed on her forehand, and drilled her shot home. UNH put on some pressure throughout the game, but were lethargic. Regina Renner was there best forward on the ice with her tenacious play. Her linemate Jennifer Turner also made some nice plays. Brandy Fisher was the other Wildcat striker that looked dangerous with her darting moves. In goal, Dina Solimini played extremely well. She held her team together throughout the match. It was fitting somehow that Alison Wheeler won the Championship for PC, because the Friars did not play Wheeler on the first line or power play. That was stupid. You have to get your best setup artist on the ice with the snipers. Stephanie O'Sullivan could have won the game many times, if she had passed the puck! Blahoski showed her usual speed and did tons of skating for the team, but lacked the finisher's edge. Karen McCabe, Catherine Hanson and Mills all played very tough defense, despite the team only using three defenders. In fact, the woman of the match had to be Melissa Mills. Her stunning solo goal, numerous rushes with UNH players hanging onto her, and steady defense powered her team to victory. Mills was the one ray of light in a dull affair. The Tournament MVP: Alison Wheeler (PC) The All-Tournament Team: Dina Solimini (UNH) - Melissa Mills (PC) - Alana Blahoski (PC) - Brandy Fisher (UNH) - Alison Wheeler (PC) - Kathy Issel (Princeton) Overall, the Championship reflected the 94-95 season in that the game was not as interesting as it should have been because of the lack of attacking ideas from the coaches. In past years more coaches have had coordinated offenses that worked to make a better total team and a much more exciting game to watch. Today's match and many this season have not had a sense of direction. That is very sad considering the skills of many of today's players. _____________ / good shooting rhun-hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 18:02:25 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: next season and beyond From reports I have heard from a number of sources, including the SportsChannel tape of the Brown-Harvard Women's match, it appears the ECAC will have two women's leagues next season. ECAC Women's League The current league will probably cut back to 12 teams. They will use the travel partner format and play home and away league games. That means 22 league games will count in the standings, just like the men. Athletic scholarships will also be allowed in the League. ECAC Women's Alliance A regional based league with an East and West division for teams with varsity squads or becoming varsity over a couple of years. The teams will have travel partners and play within their division, but have some crossover games that count. The Alliance will have its own play-off championship. It appears the Alliance may eventually evolve to a Div. III league, but for now gives schools a less robust option. There will probably be time in the schedules for League teams to play Alliance sides. A certain amount of flux between the two leagues will occur the first couple of years, as teams move up or down depending on how programs develop. To me, this idea sounds very attractive for women's ice hockey. It gives a real alternative for programs to grow within and if all goes well, keeps the courts out of it. I have heard a number of proposals ranging from 8-18 teams in the league, but the Alliance concept sounds like the best way to develop the game, provided AD's have some vision. I also hope that the ECAC shows more leadership and organization in running the two leagues. OK, so that's next season, but it got me to thinking about what may happen 5 years from now, the year 2000: ECAC Hockey East WCWHA Harvard Brown Northeastern BC Minnesota St. Cloud Cornell Colgate UNH Bowdoin Wisconsin WRiverFalls Princeton Yale Providence Wesleyan Ohio State Bowling Green Dartmouth RPI Maine Colby Minn Duluth Michigan Tech RIT StLawrence Each team within its league plays each other twice for the league standings. That leaves plenty of open dates for inter-conference play, which doesn't count in league standings. The NC$$ tournament takes the winner of each league, plus the winner of each league's play-off championship, plus the team with the next best record from each league. The Friday of the NC$$ quarterfinals weekend (campus sites-I love this part!) the two teams with the lowest winning percentage (includes games played against only the other 7 teams in the tournament) meet at the campus of the #1 seed to have a one game elimination round. On Saturday and Sunday teams #2 plays #7 ... in a two game total goal series (this gets better and better!!!). The seeds are determined just like the #8 & #9 teams (winning % against the other 7 teams in the tournament). The following weekend, the final four takes place with the semifinals (one game) on Saturday and the final on Sunday. I just realized the weakness of some of my plans and that soon we would need an RPICH for women's hockey! Right! The whole things off, unless we can get Fenwick out of retirement to make sense of it all!!! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 15:38:43 +0000 From: Jeff Przech Subject: BC and goodbyes Well, since our season is pretty much over, it's time for me to sign off the list. Just so noone thinks bad thoughts about BC, I was at the UMass game. Sparse as it was it was still an exciting game to watch. Congrats to UMass - they outplayed us. If anyone ever has any questions regarding any aspect of BC hockey, mens or womens (16-10-1 in 1st varsity year), feel free to e-mail and ask. I have to hit the books again now that the saeson is over. Take care all. -Jeff BC '96 UNH for Hockey East champs (they're the home team now) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:55:50 -0500 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Women's Hockey: University of Toronto vs. Concordia University Hello There! I just wanted to announce an exhibition game that's taking place at the University of Toronto's Varsity Arena (Bloor Street) on Saturday March 18th at 8:00 pm. This should be a very good game as there are a lot of former/current women's national team members on both teams. The University of Toronto is picking up 4 players (Sunohara (alumni), Boyd (alumni), Nystrom, and Schuler), but as far as I know Concordia will be going with their usual team. Here is a list of the current/former national team members who will be playing for each team on Saturday night... Concordia University has: Karyn Bye -- Team USA 92/94, Pacific Rim 95 Cammie Granato -- Team USA 90/92/95, Pacific Rim 95 Beth Beagan -- Team USA 90/92/95, Pacific Rim 95? Coach Les Lawton -- Team Canada 94 one player?? -- Pacific Rim 1995 (for Team Canada) University of Toronto has: Karen Nystrom -- Team Canada 92/94 Vicki Sunohara -- Team Canada 90 Stephanie Boyd -- Team USA 94, Pacific Rim 95 Andria Hunter -- Team Canada 92/94 Laura Schuler -- Team Canada 90/92, Pacific Rim 95 Nathalie Rivard -- Team Canada 92 Lori Dupuis -- Pacific Rim 95 (The above player info is from memory, so hopefully it's correct.) Should be a great game ... check it out if you're in the area! Also, I would like to add that if you are one of the 72 people who has sent me e-mail that I have not answered (I am sending this message to many of you), please forgive me for not answering ... I probably won't be able to answer my e-mail until the end of the summer when I get my thesis finished. I will however keep my women's hockey web pages up to date ... so before you send me mail asking me a question, please check there first. Thanks for being understanding ... I would love to answer all the email if I had the time ... and if I had no thesis deadline!!! :-( Andria Hunter P.S. I've added a goalie to my ".sig" ... brief comments/suggestions are welcome! (...should I keep her in or leave her out ... or fix her up big time? :-)) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 23:01:05 -0500 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Women's Hockey: Concordia University's Exhibition Games >Concordia's Road Trip >+++++++++++++++++++++ > >Concordia will play two more exhibition games in Ontario before returning >to Montreal. They play the Mississauga Chiefs Senior AA team (who won the >Ontario provincial championship, and will be representing Ontario at the >Canadian Nationals in PEI next weekend) on Sunday March 19th at 9:00 am. >Then at 5:00 pm the same day they have an exhibition game against the >Toronto Aeros Senior AA team at Fenside Arena in Toronto. Here are the results of Concordia's 3 games (over a 21 hour period!) ... I would guess that they were feeling a bit of fatigue by the third game! Sat @8pm : Concordia U 4 -- U of Toronto 3 (in overtime) Sun @9am : Mississauga Chiefs 2 -- Concordia U 1 Sun @5pm : North York Aeros 6 -- Concordia U 1 There are a few former/current national team members who play for the Mississauga Chiefs and the Aeros: Mississauga Chiefs: Cassie Campbell -- Team Canada 94, Pacific Rim 95 Margot Page -- Team Canada 90/92/94 Heather Ginzel -- Team Canada 90/92 North York Aeros: Geraldine Heaney -- Team Canada 90/92/94 Angela James -- Team Canada 90/92/94 (did not play today) Nathalie Rivard -- Team Canada 92 Marianne Grynak -- Team Canada 94 Andria ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 17:22:02 -0800 From: Mike Hatz Subject: Re: Web page announcement... > | http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~andria | WAY COOL PAGE! :-) Mike ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 13:25:11 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Team USA Women 95 I had been joking with people that USA Hockey and Karen Kay would pick the same team that played WWC 94 for PR 95. Now I see from information via the W-i-h group that my dark humor has come true! Somebody needs to cover me with a blanket. I thought last year that it was a nice idea to give the "old guard" one more chance at winning a gold medal at the World Championships. But what gives this year. WWC 97 in Kitchener and Nagano 98 are not far off. The younger players need the international experience. The only change from 94 is cutting back to 5 defenders (minus DiFonso), a bad idea since you need 6 defenders at this level, and adding an extra forward: AJ Mleczko! Excuse me?!!! OK AJM has wonderful kill instinct, but how is she going to do anything against a skating Team Canada? Where are: King, Johansson, Issel, Reece, Cheatham, Woog, Solari, Gorton, Devens ...? You look at what Team Canada Women are doing for the Pacific Rim, and it is extremely well thought out. They go with 5-6 young players from the previous WWC and try a bunch of new players. What a smart idea. They did the same thing back in 93. They get to see the new talent at international level and so find out who can really play. USA Hockey seems determined to just win something. What a pathetic joke. How is TUSAW going to be ready for WWC 97 and Nagano 98 if they don't start putting the team together now. Or is it possible that my sick joke is correct: that they are going to just play the same players again and again until somehow they get it right? I can't believe this. I don't want to do away with everyone on the 94 TUSAW, but I think its an intelligent idea to bring in some younger players. And to be honest, yes many players who are in the ECAC right now, or who have recently graduated, but are not on the team deserve a chance. They also need the experience. I don't want to go to Kitchener and only have TCW and TFW to pull for. USA Hockey needs to get its act together. They are tossing away the future. 1995 United States Women's National Team ---------------------------------------- Goalies: Kelly Dyer (NU) Erin Whitten (UNH) Defense: Chris Bailey (PC) Colleen Coyne (UNH) Shawna Davidson (UNH) Vicki Movsessian (PC) Kelly O'Leary (PC) Forwards: Beth Beagan (PC) Stephanie Boyd (UT) Lisa Brown (PC) Karyn Bye (UNH) Cindy Curley (PC) Cammi Granato (PC) Shelley Looney (NU) Sue Merz (UNH) AJ Mleczko (HU) Stephanie O'Sullivan (PC) Jeanine Sobek (NU) Gretchen Ulion (DU) Sandra Whyte (HU) _____________ / good shooting rhun _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 15:17:28 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: NE Writer's All-Stars Goal: Sarah Tueting (Dartmouth) Laurie Belliveau (Yale) Defenders: Heather Reinke (UNH) Barb Gordon (Colby) Melissa Mills (PC) Kelley Roberts (UNH) Attackers: Stephanie O'Sullivan (PC) Katie King (Brown) Wendy Tatarouns (UNH) AJ Mleczko (Harvard) Meaghan Sittler (Colby) Alison Wheeler (PC) Coach of the year: Jackie Barto (PC) I still have not seen any information on the ECAC Players of the Year, unless this is it in disguise?! Not having the league leading scorer (K. Issel), not to mention two of the best American defenders on this list suggests the writer's were told what to write. I have to also note that the coach of the year honor seems to transfigure to John Marchetti! _____________ / good shooting rhun _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 17:31:32 -0500 From: Sean Pickett Subject: Re: ECAC Women: NE Writer's All-Stars >I still have not seen any information on the ECAC Players of the Year, >unless this is it in disguise?! It was announced at least a week ago that Stephanie O'Sullivan (sister of BU sophmore Chris O'Sullivan) was the ECAC Player of the Year. Sean Pickett Go BU Terriers, 1995 Hockey East Champions BU Hockey: http://www.tiac.net/users/spickett/hockey.html E-mail: spickett@tiac.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 18:40:05 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: All-stars plus ECAC Women: All-Star Teams 1st team: G: Sarah Tueting (Dartmouth) D: Sue Reece (Princeton) - Heather Reinke (UNH) A: Katie King (Brown) - Wendy Tatarouns (UNH) - Stephanie O'Sullivan (PC) 2nd team: G: Laurie Belliveau (Yale) D: Barb Gordon (Colby) - Melissa Mills (PC) A: Meaghan Sittler (Colby) - Kathy Issel (Princeton) - AJ Mleczko (Harvard) Player-of-the-year: Stephanie O'Sullivan (PC) Rookie-of-the-year: Meaghan Sittler (Colby) ECAC 95-96 NEWS: Next year in the ECAC League 12 teams will not be playing each other twice, but "one and a half times". Meaning something like 16-17 games will count in the league. The problem of playing home and home games (22 games count) is that many ECAC teams already have commitments to tournaments. So they plan to phase in the 22 games counting over the next couple of years. I thought they might come to that as the schools were going to have to come up with several more weekends of ice time. In theory the ECAC and the schools will be putting together their composite schedule soon. I intend to put in online again (with WTS's support!) when I get it. As always, if anybody sees their team's individual schedule for next year, please feel free to email it to me. _____________ / good shooting rhun-hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 08:15:54 -0400 From: "Robert L. Dunn" Subject: Re: Pending Death of Div II (or would you like to start a hockey team?) On Wed, 5 Apr 1995, Eric J. Lentz wrote: >There has also been talk of UNLV and possible So. Cal. schools starting >teams from scratch. Currently, nine of the ten Pac 10 schools offer club hockey (I forget if it is Oregon State or Washington State that doesn't have a team). Arizona is the only school in ACHA's Div I, while the other eight schools are ACHA Div II. In fact, these eight teams agreed in the middle of this past season to form a "Pac 10 Hockey Conference". The thing to remember is that these are club sports that aren't officially sponsored by the intercollegiate athletic departments. > Anyone care to start from scratch? There is the need for an arena as well > as scholarships, coaches, equipment, and hockey fans. (Note: UW has > *NEVER* had its own rink owned by the university, this should change by > 2007, so don't let this stop you!) The biggest stopper here is probably > gender equity and Title IX requirements. Since most schools have atheletic > programs with proportionally more male to female atheletes than the general > student populations they are looking to add women's sports (if the have the > $$) or cut men's sports. The obvious answer here on Hockey-L is just to > add Women's hockey at the same time. But again there is the cost of start > up and the likelyhood that the team will have a net finacial cost for a > much longer period of time. There is also a much smaller pool of girls > playing hockey in HS. In general, I find it unlikely that more than one or > two new Division I men's ice hockey teams will be announced by the end of > century if there are any at all. Our best hope for expansion of Division I > is to rely on the upgrading of Division II/III programs. You're pretty close with your assessment here. In terms of the Pac 10 schools, I wouldn't hold your breath on seeing an NCAA Div I program get restarted (yes, there was Division I hockey on the west coast a couple generations ago). Even with Disney's support, I don't see how a school like UCLA that was forced to drop its very successful men's swimming program to meet Title IX, can justify the expense of starting a new program. Starting a women's program at the same time would not solve the problem, as schools are working to increase the opportunities to women in comparision to the opporuntities for men. Starting a women's program alone would help in terms of Title IX, but adding a men's program at the same time contributes to the problem. The recent ruling against Brown has thrown more problems into the way most atheltic departments view Title IX compliance. Add in the recent movement by the football coaches in Washington, DC to have football overlooked in the calculation of opportunities, and you see that Title IX is far from being clearly defined. We should only expect the growth of women's sports through the end of the decade. Women's soccer in the Big T1e1n and women's water polo and golf in the Pac 10 are beginning to grow as the universities see the way to Title IX compliance as being more opportunities for women. Cutting men's sports, while still being done, leads to a very uneasy feeling on campus. Robb Dunn |GO BEARS! The University of Michigan |rdunn@umich.edu Division of Kinesiology/Department of Athletics |W: 313-764-9429 Sport Facilities Research Laboratory | 313-764-4597 FAX ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 10:52:23 -0400 From: Ryan G Stone Subject: Re: Title IX and new hockey programs In message <199504061305.JAA24412@mail1.its.rpi.edu> Mike Machnik writes: >The discussion about Title IX preventing many schools from elevating >hockey from club to varsity status or starting a varsity team, led me >to ponder what new men's hockey programs have been added to the NC$$ >in recent years. These are the only ones I can come up with: > >UMass-Amherst (DivI) >Sacred Heart (DivII) >Buffalo State (DivIII) Mike, U-Mass Amherst has a Women's Club Program and I expect it will become a varsity program within 2 years. Sacred Heart announced recently that they have added a women's varsity hockey program for next season. This is surprising given that they never had a Women's Club Program and will be starting from scratch. As far as I know there is no women's prgram at Buffalo State, but someone else out there may have more info... Ryan Stone ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 11:40:11 -0400 From: Leigh Torbin Subject: Re: Title IX and new hockey programs > Can anyone (maybe Leigh Torbin at UMass?) explain how any of these > schools were able to add hockey in the face of Title IX? It does seem > unusual and certainly counters the trend. But if we investigate these > situations and find out how it was done, it may give an insight into > how other schools could find a way to start programs too. UMass added it's hockey team, while also increasing women's athletics. In the past two seasons, UMass has added women's lacrosse, women's water polo, women's tennis, women's volleyball, and women's crew, while only adding hockey and tennis on the men's side. The women's basketball team has recieved a boost as well. When adding a program like hockey, which requires added scholarship money, equipment expenses and travel fees, either one of two options must be preformed by the athletic department. Either A) cut men's sports or B) add women's sports to counteract the addition of a major revenue sport. Thanks to a bill signed by Governor Weld contributing money to UMass' athletic department for the purpose of Title IX complience, UMass was able to go the with the addition method instead of axing sucessful men's programs. Many of you Badger faithful out there might recall the fight over cutting the baseball team a few years back. This isn't the way to go. Thankfully the guys on Beacon Hill helped us out. Also the megabucks that the basketball team rakes in sure doesn't hurt. The problem with a smaller college stepping up to DI, is that without the kind of funding that UMass has, they would likely have to deprive sports to play hockey. Meanwhile, more than anyother school that I know of UMass is wholeheartedly comitted to its women's sports and non-revenue sports in general. The women's soccer team has never lost the Atlantic-10 title and went to the NCAA final four two years ago. The field hockey team missed the NCAAs this year for the first time EVER, a streak that dated back to the tournament's founding in 1981. The softball team went to the college world series in 1993 and ended up ranked #3 in the nation. The gymnastics team will compete in the NCAAs this weekend. Volleyball, in just its second season, finished up at 27-8 this year. Not too shabby! I see no reason why a BigTen or Pac-10 school couldn't start up a DI hockey proram. The income from football and basketball has many of those schools comfortably in the red, with large alumni support to draw on as well. They could start a hockey program, while maintaining solid non-revenue teams. Smaller schools would likely have a problem wih this, and although the hockey team would get noticed, the department as a whole would suffer and be weakened. Title IX is THE hot subject in the realm of college athletics these days. Especially as more court cases, like the recent Brown decision, support the female athletes, it will be increasing thrown into the fore front of athletic direction. Practically every single day Title IX is brought up in my Sports Management classes. It is going o shape the face of college athletics for the next few decades. Many schools barely comply now, let alone with the addition of a major men's sport, with heavy expenses and scholarship demands. It isn't feasible to add hockey at most schools today, but as UMass showed, it is clearly possible to not only add it, but to be competitive as well. All it takes is a little extra money and a whole lot of commitment to BOTH your struggling new hockey team, and women's athletics. Leigh torbin@student.umass.edu The above opions are not nessecarilly those of the UMass athletic department. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 12:23:01 -0400 From: Leigh Torbin Subject: More on what I just said about Title IX I just got my message back, and I forgot to mention a few things: --Mike asked about this being a pattern for other schools to follow. Someone out there mentioned the possibility of UConn stepping up. UConn has oodles of revenue from both an elite eight men's basketball program and a national champion women's one. No team has ever embodie the spirit of Title IX better than the week they were number 1 in both sports. All this revenue though will likely go to the football program, which has announced its intention to got DI-A and join the Big East in a few years. Now is not a good time for them to add hockey, at least until the football team gets its fet on th ground, and porducing revenue. --Merrimack College has also given much to its women's athletics, to counteract its sole DI team. SID Jim Seavey will talk all day about his D3 Softball championship. It is something that the school takes incredible pride in. --UMass women's hockey is something that I'm very unfamiliar with. I know they exist, but they get less press than they rugby and fencing clubs. I have no idea if there is possibility of it being elevated to Varsity status, but obviously I'd like to see it happen. Thanks largely to the success of the men's team, the women's basketball program has come out of the shadows lately. When the hockey team becomes more well situated, could increased attention to women's hockey accompany that? I did catch a few minutes of their game against BU's club. They drew about 150-200 for the game, played at the Mullins practice rink. Leigh torbin@student.umass.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 12:04:05 -0500 From: Mike Machnik Subject: Re: More on what I just said about Title IX Leigh Torbin writes: >--Merrimack College has also given much to its women's athletics, to >counteract its sole DI team. SID Jim Seavey will talk all day about his >D3 Softball championship. It is something that the school takes >incredible pride in. All true, except Jim would quickly point out that it was a DivII championship. :-) As Maine fans may recall, the softball team was honored in between periods of a Maine-Merrimack game this past December. All sports at Merrimack are DivII except hockey. Women's soccer has also enjoyed great success recently. Merrimack is working on the serious possibility of adding football very, very soon. This would be a DivII non-scholarship program, if what I have heard is correct. I'm not sure exactly how that relates to Title IX considerations, but I suspect that because some money would have to be spent, it needs to be countered in other ways. Perhaps in preparation for this, Merrimack has added several women's sports in recent years (field hockey and, I believe, lacrosse) and there is talk of adding women's ice hockey too, as well as track for men and women. I would note that this expansion of the overall athletic program and especially increased opportunities for women is due in large part to the efforts of AD Bob DeGregorio. He's doing a good job wearing both hats as Merrimack AD and HE commissioner - and getting things done at both jobs. Also from what I have heard, the success of the 1994 NC$$ champion softball team and the increased athletic opportunities for women have coincided with a boost in overall interest in the college for prospective applicants. It's a good example of the positive effect that athletics can have on a school. --- --- Mike Machnik machnik@ctron.com Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 15:00:29 -0400 From: Jen Bortz Penn State Subject: Re: Pending Death of Div II (or would you like to start a hockey team?) At 21:19 4/5/95 -0600, Eric J. Lentz wrote: >On a related topic, there are several posters who have indicated that their >club teams have a pretty good following (people attend fairly well the >games in their small rinks). What seem to be the posibility of starting >varsity teams at these schools. I am particularly interested in the BigTen >schools, as with a few more the conference could sponsor a hockey league >and championship. The BigTen added a championship in Women's Crew and a >Women's Soccer tourney this year as the number of schools participating in >those sports have recently grown. Here at Penn State, there has been some talk about hockey becoming a varsity program with no scholarships. It would still be a big outlay of cash by the university for travel, equipment, etc. The booster club pays for most of that now. The school foots the bill for ice time, the coach and that's about it; who knows if they're willing to take on the additional expense. There's also concern about taking a strong club program and dropping it into the D-1 world, where it wouldn't be successful for some time -- can you keep up the fan base when you aren't in the running for anything and who would we be able to schedule to come in and play us to pull in fans? There aren't too many women's sports to offset adding hockey -- we just added women's soccer this year and aren't at 60/40 yet, so unless another men's sport gets dropped, I don't see changes anytime soon. Jen Bortz jlb8@psu.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 21:45:31 GMT From: Brian Fisk Subject: Re: Title IX Question Deron Treadwell (dtread41@MAINE.MAINE.EDU) wrote: >I'd be very appreciative if someone could explain Title IX to me in detail >so I can better understand the current discussion, thanks! I can't help but plug the Title IX Library available on Heraldsphere, the online WWW service of The Brown Daily Herald. The Title IX Library features a timeline of all the action in the Brown case as well as every story ever written about the actual court case that has appeared in The Herald. Point your browser to: The following is an excerpt from _Title IX Case Q&A_, The Brown Daily Herald, April 4, 1995. ---Begin quoted part--- What is Title IX? Title IX, part of the 1972 Federal Education Amendments, prohibits gender-based discrimination in any program offered by an institution of higher education that receives federal funding. Athletics is one of these programs. What were the main issues in the [Brown] case, and what did the judge decide? The plaintiffs contended that Brown does not provide enough opportunities for women to participate in athletics. They cited an Office Of Civil Rights interpretation of Title IX which mandates that the ratio of male to female athletes must be "substantially proportionate" to the ratio of male to female undergraduates. The University centered its arguments on a different part of the same document, stating its athletic program "fully and effectively accommodated the [athletic] interests and abilities" of its students, thereby complying with Title IX. Judge Pettine ruled that because the University's ratio of athletes fails to "substantially mirror" its ratio of students, Brown violates Title IX. In addition, he ruled that Brown is not providing athletic opportunities for many interested women, also a breach of Title IX. ---End quoted part--- Hope this helps. If you want more info, and you don't have web access, feel free to mail me and I'll see what I can do. -Brian Fisk "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981 -- Brian Fisk * bfisk@brown.edu * -- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 01:24:16 -0600 From: "Eric J. Lentz" Subject: Re: Pending Death of Div II (or would you like to start a hockey team?) >Starting a women's program at the same time would not solve the problem, >as schools are working to increase the opportunities to women in >comparision to the opporuntities for men. Starting a women's program >alone would help in terms of Title IX, but adding a men's program at the >same time contributes to the problem. The recent ruling against Brown >has thrown more problems into the way most atheltic departments view >Title IX compliance. Add in the recent movement by the football coaches >in Washington, DC to have football overlooked in the calculation of >opportunities, and you see that Title IX is far from being clearly defined. > >We should only expect the growth of women's sports through the end of the >decade. Women's soccer in the Big T1e1n and women's water polo and golf >in the Pac 10 are beginning to grow as the universities see the way to >Title IX compliance as being more opportunities for women. Cutting men's >sports, while still being done, leads to a very uneasy feeling on campus. > >Robb Dunn |GO BEARS! >The University of Michigan |rdunn@umich.edu >Division of Kinesiology/Department of Athletics |W: 313-764-9429 >Sport Facilities Research Laboratory | 313-764-4597 FAX Starting both programs at the same time with the same number of players would move the ratio toward 50/50, however, cuting men's sports or adding women's sports go alot further toward narrowing the gap. Admittedly to properly correct the problem an larger amount of new female atheletes will have to be supported to counter the existing larger amount of supported male atheletes. Cutting *any* programs is painful and results in a lot of trouble. When Wisconsin cut 5 sports (M&W Gymnastics and Fencing, and Baseball) there was quite an uproar and a lot of bitterness and resentment, not exactly the best in alumni relations. They are adding Women's softball next year and Women's Lacrosse or field hockey (I forget which) the following year to even out at 10 sports each and about 55:45 participation (football is a major unbalancing act, but I love it!) The two new sports will not have men's counterparts and with Women's Volleyball counter the three men only sports of Hockey, Football, and reslin' (is this a real sport?). The thing with large programs is that they are usually driven by football attendance (each of the six games at Camp Randall should gross about $1.5 million in ticket sales.) --eric spring football game in *two* weeks! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 13:29:41 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Title IX Like many people, I too would like the courts to stay out of college athletic programs. Having watched the growth of women's ice hockey at the college level for the last eight years I am afraid the push that comes from Title IX is needed. Many AD's are doing just what they can get by with when it comes to the women's program, but are spending big time money on the men's programs. Since only a select group of college American football programs make any money for schools, it does seem about time that women too get a chance. Too often the attitude still seems to be: for men its a given, for women its a privledge to be earned. The attitude I hear about at Stanford seems about right. They are pressing forward with more women's athletic programs and raising money for recruiting women. The other attitudes I have heard recently: there are men athletes, women athletes and American football athletes, seems like the kind of backlash that normally happens, unfortunately. My hope would be that AD's start moving forward with women's sport with a good-faith effort. I do not believe any program needs some of the perks I have seen for college players. I do see women still getting the short end of the stick, and it needs to change. The ECAC Women's league should be moving to home and away games counting for all 12 teams in the league (22 games count), but that is not happening because too many schools don't want to put out the full effort. That doesn't happen with the ECAC Men. Right now I see the Women's game is facing some major problems with AD's doing just enough to get by, and the athletes too focused on one future event (Nagano 98). Next season should be great for the ECAC Women, if fun and financing kick into a higher gear. p.s. More later this week on why TUSAW lost the Pacific Rim 95 to TCW. _____________ / good shooting rhun-hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 20:24:08 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Pacific Rim 95 The recent Pacific Rim tournament in San Jose featured women's teams from Japan, China, Canada and the USA. Japan, who is getting an automatic seed for Nagano 98, again appears to be a weak team. China continues to improve since its fine performance in WWC94. I was impressed with some of their skating then, and I understand they have continued to develop. Unfortunately the Chinese have also continued their hacking game. If they concentrated more on the skills of the game, I think they have a chance to be a power. Team Canada featured only 7 players from WWC94, when they won the gold medal. Canada was intelligent in trying out a large group of new players. I understand TCW was led by Dan Goyette and Hayley Wickenheiser (Harvard/NU01 - please - "Wick needs a good education!"). They also had a new head coach in Shannon Miller. Miller was an assistant in WWC92,94. Her skill at pulling together TCW should make her a lock for WWC97. Team USA Women again used the same veteran team they skated last year. Against China in the Pacific Rim, they only won 3-2. TUSAW went on to cream Japan 14-0 and then pulled off a fine 5-2 victory over Canada. But in the finals they lost to Team Canada 2-1. The game ended as a 1-1 tie (Wick: Wilson, Goyette-Canada / Bye:Boyd,O'Sullivan pp-USA) and after one overtime, TCW won the shoot-out 3-2 (Goyette, Wick, Schuler (NU93) - Canada / O'Sullivan, Tatarouns - USA). Canadian goalie Lesley Reddon stoned Cammi Granato (PC93, USA90,92,94) on the final shot. The reports I hear again tell me how big and slow TUSAW are. Considering what wonderful skaters they have in Granato, Bye (UNH93, USA92,94), Looney (NU94, USA92,94), Ulion (Dartmouth94, USA94), Beagan (PC92, USA90,92,94) ... its hard to understand. USA Hockey seems committed to making the women's team an NHL-style big, slow team that "Does what it has to" to win. The point is, they have more than enough talent to be a skate and pass team. Right now, no they couldn't beat TCW in a run and gun game. But if they didn't win this PR big, what will they do against the real Team Canada? In addition playing China to a 3-2 win is not the mark of success. I feel to some extent the ECAC Women's league is also suffering because of this push to make the national side. Skilled intelligent play is being sacrificed to prove that you can play tough team defense. Yes you need a good defense, but its sad because we have some extremely gifted players coming through right now and they are not being used to the fullest level at either end of the ice. I heard a comment that TUSAW only has a small pool of players to make up the national side where TCW has a 60 player pool. I keep track of my own pool of USA players and I currently have 53 players. Yes I still think that at this point in time Canada has the edge. But if you don't use more of your players with more intelligent attacking plans, the chances of beating TCW are not getting better. _____________ / good shooting rhun-hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 10:28:09 EDT From: "Dr. Pamela J. Sweeney" Subject: Minnesota Needs a New Rink (?!?!?) No, we're not tired of the two-year-old Mariucci yet, but it's not a joke either. The rink would serve as home ice for (drum roll, please) the University of Minnesota WOMEN's hockey team. I'll quote bits of the Minnesota Daily article, but I've left off the comments of the legislators. Let's just say, they were none too happy about the Timberwolves arena buy-out last time round, so I wouldn't want to place any bets on this one. -Pam Headline: Jets deal may bring U rink Publish Date: 05/10/1995 Kevin Gerard Moe Staff Reporter State lawmakers may give the University roughly $2.5 million as part of an attempt to lure the Winnipeg Jets hockey team to Minnesota. The University would use the money to build a new ice arena for Jets practice and to house a women's hockey team. (snip) The University expects to transform women's hockey, now a club sport, into a varsity team within the next five years. Mark Dienhart, senior associate men's athletics director, said he didn't have details on the latest plan but that a new ice arena may be valuable in the future. ``Clearly, if we were going to have women's varsity (hockey) in the future, there would be a real crunch on ice time,'' he said. The Jets would use the University rink for practice but play games at Target Center. (end quote) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 10:50:18 EST From: Stephen E Roth Subject: A New Hockey Program Announced Momentous news from Niagara University in Western New York. Following are extracts from a news release issued yesterday: "Plans for construction of a $6-million hockey arena that would accommodate collegiate teams and community organizations were announced today by Niagara University." "Speaking at a press conference on the NU campus, the Rev. Brian J. O'Connell, C.M., president of the university, said construction of the 76,000-square-foot arena is expected to begin in early August and be completed by April of 1996." Niagara, which already has a club hockey team, will field a Division I hockey program for men in the fall of 1996. A women's team is expected to begin to compete at the club level in the fall of 1996 before entering Division I in 1997. The men's team will play in the ECAC/West and the women will play as independents. "The arena ... will contain two 85-by-200-foot ice pads. The main rink will include seating for 2,300 spectators, with the potential for an additional 500 seats. The auxiliary rink will include seating for approximately 200. In addition, the arena will contain 10 locker rooms, four meeting rooms, a concession stand and a pro shop." Dr. Stephen E. Roth ROTH@WEHLE.CANISIUS.EDU Dean of Student Services Canisius College (716) 888-2522 Buffalo, New York 14226 FAX (716) 888-3190 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 13:27:27 -0500 From: David Weinberg Subject: Re: Minnesota Needs a New Rink (?!?!?) Why can't a women's hockey team play in Mariucci. Do other schools have two rinks, one for each program? David ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 16:47:39 CDT From: Carol S White Subject: Re: Possible new rink at Minnesota Someone asked why the impending Women's Varsity Hockey team couldn't also use Mariucci Arena.... Well, as it is right now, Mariucci Arena is over-used. There have been many complaints about the ice being bad. The reason is that the ice is rented out *so* much that there isn't enough down time to give it the care that it should have. At least that's what I've heard anyway. So, if the U were to support another Varsity Hockey team, they sure could use another rink! Even if it was only a practice facility. The National Hockey Center in St. Cloud has two Olympic sized rinks. -Carol GO Gophers!!! Carol S. White BITNET: c-whit@uminn1 University of Minnesota internet:c-whit@vm1.spcs.umn.edu Office of the Registrar (612) 625-8517 GO Gophers!!! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 20:56:31 -0400 From: Leigh Torbin Subject: Re: Hockey East Tid-Bits& More UMass ***** As for the two rink deal, I say go for it. UMass' single greatest asset in recruiting is Mullins, with its two Olympic-sized rinks. It means that the hockey team never has to worry about ice time when there's a basketball game or concert in Mullins. It gives the University an opportunity to welcome the public, as Mullins hosts many pee-wee hockey tournaments and stuff like that. It also makes a women's team feasible, as they'd never get ice time without the second sheet. It also cuts down on the wear and tear on the ice in the main arena, which can take a beating with all the events held at Mullins. An annex to Mariucci will only benefit the Gophers. I say go for it! ***** Leigh torbin@student.umass.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 11:33:35 -0600 From: "John R. Nash" Subject: multiple rinks, womens' teams... Someone asked about multiple rinks at schools, so I thought I'd mention that Wisconsin has two: the Dane, where the games are played, and the 'shell', next to the football stadium. From the sounds of it, the new field house that is in the works (the so-called "Kohl"-iseum after our wealthy senator and benefactor) will have hockey facilities, making for three rinks. I'm pleased to hear that Minnesota's women's team may be moving up to varsity in the coming years. It would be a real shame if they didn't have a varsity Wisconsin team to play.... Based on the response to the UW women's basketball team this year (sold out games), I'd hazard they might even stand to make some money on it. This _is_ hockey country, after all.... Puck em up Jim Carey! ===== john nash == nash@chem.wisc.edu ===== ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 15:51:00 CDT From: mtilley@NSLSILUS.ORG Subject: Hockey camp info request Thanks to all who responded to my request for information about hockey camps. Here is the summary as promised. If the respondent gave a personal recommendation, I have annotated that also: -- Paul Vincents Dynamic Skating , New England. Try getting in touch with the camp @ 508-921-0943. (Personal recommendation: Respondent s sons have always attended the camp; a good camp, but strictly hockey, not for beginners.) -- Maine Hockey Camps, call Debbie Russell Courtney, 207/581-3054. Camps fill quickly. -- Penn State Sport Camps, 409 Keller Bldg., University Park, PA 16802, 814/865-0561 -- University of Wisconsin, Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, Men s Ice Hockey, Camp Randall Stadium, 1440 Monroe St, Madison, WI 53711, 608/262-1866 -- Bowling Green University, no address but highly recommended by respondent. -- UMass, hockey office 413/545-5173, sports camp office 413/545-CAMP; taught by Umass coaches. -- Vic's Hockey School, 1-800-500-VICS (Personal response from Vic LeMire, President. 21 years in business at locations throughout North America; specialized goalie schools as well as hockey schools for forwards and defensemen.) -- Michigan Technological Hockey Development School.. For more information contact Bruce Horsch. Please call (906) 487-2104 and ask for his number. This is the number to the Michigan Tech Hockey Offices. They will have Bruce's number on hand. (Personal recommendation: Respondent grew up attending the school and continues to be a part of it while serving as and outdoor instructor for the players.) -- The International Hockey Academy, IHA. (Personal recommendation by respondent: This camp is high speed skill training and improves your agility drastically. The drills run are the ones run for training the USA olympic and national teams. It is one of the few camps that I can really say is 100%succesful in improving your skills. The IHA is held all over the world and US, so you should have no problem finding a session.) -- Wildcat Hockey Camps, Norther Michigan University--1-800-553-7817 Print sources: -- USA Hockey monthly magazine/newsletter (part of USA Hockey membership) -- Hockey News, P.O. Box 904, Buffalo NY 14240 Marge Tilley Vernon Area Public Library mtilley@nslsilus.org ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 18:11:48 -0500 From: PASSING MYSELF ON THE INFO HIGHWAY Subject: New Youth Hockey List - PLEASE FORWARD Fellow Hockey-L'ers - PLEASE feel free to forward this announcement to any other lists, usenet newsgroups, or local redistributions you may know of. The larger the audience, the better the final product will be. Thanks for your help in advance...Karl ---------- message about the list --------------- Since you have to have a target market to be able to successfully promote a product, I am announcing the formation of the "Youth Hockey Discussion List". The list (to borrow a phrase) will be dedicated to the discussion of youth ice hockey primarily in the US and Canada. Youth Hockey is defined as any age level currently sanctioned by USA Hockey and the CHA. This includes all ages from 3 thru the Olympics and World Championships. The accent will be on the amateur section of the ice hockey world. This list is not intended to replace any existing list (as the ones that are already in existence do an excellent job of serving their specific audiences). My short-term goal is to collect subscribers for the list. I will then use that list of subscribers to try and persuade the national sanctioning organizations (USA Hockey and CHA) to help support this operation. To be a Charter Subscriber, please e-mail the following to kschmidt@qgraph.com: >"Subscribe Youth Hockey" >Internet Address >First and Last Name >City and State (or Province) ># of family members in Youth Hockey (None is OK!) (i.e. Player, Coach, Official) I will give an updates on the progress of this list as I am able to announce any. Karl Schmidt Saratoga Springs, NY ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 20:59:12 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women: 9596 schedule Harvard Women: 9596 schedule Here is the tentative schedule: * = ECAC League match Home team listed first Nov 95 - - - Thu 11/09 All-American Tournament @Minnesota, Harvard, UNH, ????? Fri 11/10 All-American Tournament @Minnesota, Harvard, UNH, ????? Sat 11/11 All-American Tournament @Minnesota, Harvard, UNH, ????? Sun 11/12 All-American Tournament @Minnesota, Harvard, UNH, ????? Sat 11/18 *Harvard __ - Princeton __ 1:00 pm Sun 11/19 *Harvard __ - Yale __ 1:00 pm Wed 11/29 *Harvard __ - Northeastern __ 7:00 pm Dec 95 - - - Sat 12/02 *Cornell __ - Harvard __ tba Sun 12/03 *St.Lawrence __ - Harvard __ tba Wed 12/06 Brown __ - Harvard __ tba Sat 12/09 Harvard __ - Middlebury __ 3:00 pm Sun 12/10 Harvard __ - Williams __ 2:00 pm Sat 12/16 Princeton __ - Harvard __ tba Jan 96 - - - Sat 01/06 Harvard __ - 3-Rivieres __ 1:00 pm Sun 01/07 Harvard __ - St.Laurent __ 1:00 pm Wed 01/10 *Northeastern __ - Harvard __ 7:00 pm Sat 01/13 *Harvard __ - Boston C. __ 1:00 pm Sun 01/14 *Harvard __ - Dartmouth __ 1:00 pm Sun 01/28 Yale __ - Harvard __ tba Wed 01/31 Harvard __ - Bowdoin __ 7:00 pm Feb 96 - - - Sat 02/03 *Dartmouth __ - Harvard __ tba Sun 02/04 *Boston C. __ _ Harvard __ tba Tue 02/06 at Women's Beanpot: BC, BU, NU, HU Sat 02/10 *Harvard __ - Brown __ 1:00 pm Sun 02/11 *Harvard __ - Providence __ 1:00 pm Tue 02/13 at Women's Beanpot Final: BC, BU, NU, HU Sat 02/17 *Colby __ - Harvard __ 1:00 pm Sun 02/18 *UNH __ - Harvard __ tba Sat 02/24 *Harvard __ - St.Lawrence ____ 1:00 pm Sun 02/25 *Harvard __ - Cornell __ 1:00 pm Mar 96 - - - Sat 03/02 ECAC Quarterfinals Sat 03/09 ECAC Semifinals Sun 03/10 ECAC Final Please send all corrections/additions to: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 21:16:20 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: 9596 composite schedule The 9596 tentative composite schedule is available in the H-L archives, but at this point only contain the matches for Cornell (merci Bill) and Harvard. I am attempting to get the complete composite from the ECAC, but that appears to be a few more weeks away. Anyone with access to other ECAC Women's league team schedules can send them my way and I will include the games in the archives. You can receive the 9596 composite from the archives by: EMAIL: send a message to: listserv@maine.maine.edu and in the body of the message say: GET 9596WCMP SCHEDULE WWW: using a web browser the URL is: gopher://maine.maine.edu/11//MISCINFO/LSTSERV/HOCKEY-L You will find youself in the H-L directory and you can click the archive you wish. Gopher: connect to: maine.maine.edu and follow the menu path listed in the WWW URL. If you have any problems, please email me (hungerf@husc.harvard.edu), and I will try to help you. Other Women's files available at Maine: WOMEN DIRINFO 9596WCNF STAND 9495WCNF STAND 9495WCMP SCHEDULE _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 12:45:07 -0400 From: Jim Love Subject: Re: Hall o' Fame CD Greetings from now slightly cooler Maryland :-) On Mon, 17 Jul 1995, Mike Machnik wrote: >>As I mentioned earlier, the HoF compilation disc of hockey-related songs >>is a real treat, and sports a snazzy picture disc to boot. If, like me, >>you're thinking wistfully of the frozen coolness of the Volpe Complex as >>an antidote to the oppressive heat, this CD will do the trick :-) > > Does this CD have "The Hockey Song" or whatever it's called on it? Last > year the guy who plays the music at MC would play this song - the one I'm > thinking of has its parts separated into "First Period", "Second Period", > and so on. Ken Connor writes: >Since I didn't see it mentioned by anyone -- I may have missed it -- there >is an excellent collection of pop music one can hear at a hockey game or >about hockey available from the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. It's called >"Contact!" and cannot be found anywhere in the US where I've looked. Mail >order firms in Canada handle it but delivery takes months. This CD includes >two "Hockey Songs" including a great one by Jughead. It's also readily available by mail-order direct from the Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame itself; I called 'em up, gave them my credit card number, and was listening to the disc (CAN$19.95 - that includes P/P) in less than a week :-) The CD itself is a gorgeous picture disc in red/blue of a hockey player in mid-stride, stick at the ready (almost - almost - as nice as the hockey player design that graces the HOCKEY-L buttons/T-shirts :-). While Don Cherry is (sadly :-) missing, other Arena announcements/chatter are in- cluded to accompany the pop song collection they've compiled to round out the disc. For anyone who's interested, here's a complete track list: 1) ... Introduction of Referee 2) Pat Benetar: "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" 3) ... Crowd Stomp Clip 4) Gary Glitter: "Rock 'n Roll Part II" 5) 2 Unlimited: "No Limit" 6) ... Go team Go Chant 7) Steppenwolf: "Born to be Wild" 8) 95 South: "Whoot, There It Is" 9) Crowbar: "Oh What a Feeling" 10) The Goods: "The Hockey Song" (originally by Tom Connors) 11) ... Momentum Clip 12) Technotronic "Move This (Shake That Body)" 13) Bachmann Turner Overdrive: "Takin' Care of Business" 14) Europe: "Final Countdown" 15) Jughead: "Hockey Song" 16) The Nylons: "(Na Na Hey Hey) Kiss Him Goodbye" 17) ... Play-by-Play Clip 18) The Shuffle Demons: "Hockey Night in Canada Theme" 19) Bob and Doug McKenzie: "Take Off" For anyone who might be interested in ordering a copy (makes a great gift), the general information number for the Hockey Hall of Fame is (416) 360-7765. They'll gladly accept phone orders, and will have a copy winging its way to you tout suite. If you'd rather write them, the HoF is located at: Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame BCE Place 30 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario, CANADA However, as much fun as parts of this disc certainly are, none of it can hold a candle to the glorious cheekiness of a disc I picked up in Stockholm while visiting Sweden in 1989. It's called HOCKEY 'N ROLL, and like CONTACT! is in part a compilation disc of various Swedish favorites played (evidently) in Swedish hockey arenas, and was sold as a fund-raiser for the upcoming World Championships that were to be held in Stockholm later that year. Believe me, you haven't lived until you've heard the members of the Swedish National Team singing _Nu Tar Vi Dom_ (their theme song) at the top of their lungs (in Swe- dish, of course :-) with multiple choruses of "hockey, hockey, hockey!" While most of Canada mourned as P. Kariya skated away from his final shot in the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics, I had visions of most of Sweden spontaneously breaking into a nation-wide chorus of _Nu Tar Vi Dom_, and I had to smile despite myself :-) :-) Other hockey-related titles I've skimmed off of rec.sport.hockey whenever it's been discussed include the following; if anyone knows the identities of either/both of the missing album names, I'd be grateful for any updates. Song Title Artist Album/Source ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Hockey" Jane Siberry Bound by the Beauty "I Want to Drive a Zamboni" The Gear Daddies Mighty Ducks 2 Soundtrack "Fifty Mission Cap" The Tragically Hip "Big League" Tom Cochrane "The Hockey Song" Tom Connors Contact! (Can. Hockey HoF) "Hockey Song" Jughead Contact! (Can. Hockey HoF) "Skatin' on Thin Ice" Kinky Friedman Under the Double Ego ============================================================================== Hope someone finds this useful .... Cheers from Maryland - Jim ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 13:06:28 -0400 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Re: Hall o' Fame >> Katie asked about hours for the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto ... >> Jim Love recently gave us the general information number: (416) 360-7765. > >They have also recently opened a web site as well. I don't recall the >URL off-hand, but a search (using whichever engine you prefer) on "Toronto" >will uncover the proper link. The URL for the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto (Yonge & Front St) is: http://www.hype.com/hhof/ For those of you who can't access the web, the hours are: Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Open until 9:30 pm on Thursdays and Fridays during the summer) And the cost is: Adults: $ 8.75 Children 13 & under: $5.75 Seniors: $5.75 Special group rates available It's such a great place ... make sure you set enough time aside ... you'll need it if you're a hockey addict like me! They have lots of fun things, like: you can take shots at a net which has target holes; you can play goalie against pucks which you see coming at your image on a large TV screen; they have radar timing of your shot; you can do play-by-plays for selected famous goals and listen to it afterwards; and, you can participate in trivia contests against others. I really liked the displays of the evolution of hockey equipment. It's amazing that they actually used to wear that stuff! ;-) Hey, and don't forget to check out the women's hockey display!! I'm third from the left on the top row! :-) Have fun! Andria Hunter ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 15:03:59 -0700 From: DENNIS CHIPMAN Subject: Hockey Hall of Fame Hours The hours/etc. of the Hockey HOF in Toronto are : MTW - 9 A.M. - 6 P.M. TH.F. - 9 A.M. - 9:30 P.M. SAT. - 9 A.M. - 6 P.M. SUN. - 10 A.M. - 6 P.M. Phone # 416 - 360-7765 Address - corner of Yonge & Front - Downtown Toronto Dennis. BTW - Re: Kingston HOF - I was there 15 years ago - it was small but interesting - ----------------------------- Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 15:13:32 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Sarah Devens-An End Too Soon The July 24th 1995 Sports Illustrated has an article on the sad suicide of Dartmouth's ice hockey player Sarah Devens. The text of that story can also be seen on Andria Hunter's web page under: Women's University Hockey / In memory of Sarah Devens, Dartmouth Ice Hockey '96. You can get to Andria's homepage by: ======================================================================== | For women's hockey info via the world wide web: | | http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~andria | ======================================================================== |You can also access this info via anonymous FTP to ftp.cs.toronto.edu.| |My files are in the pub/issac/test directory. (see the README file) | ========================================================================= Andria has also recently added a couple of articles to her Women's International Hockey / WWC90 section. If you haven't seen her pages, they are a great source of women's ice hockey information. Merci beau coup AH! _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 14:01:14 -0400 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Women's Adult Hockey Camp in Ontario I just posted this message to the women-in-hockey mailing list and it was suggested that there may also be some people here who are interested... What: Women's Adult Hockey Camp (MVP Hockey) Where: Columbia Ice Fields, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada When: August 27-31, 7:00-9:00 pm I am posting this message for a friend of mine, Margot (Verlaan) Page, who played for Team Canada at the World Championships in 1990, 1992, and 1994. She will be the head instructor at her adult hockey camp at the end of August. It will primarily be a developmental camp for players over 18 wanting to improve. If anyone is interested they can call MVP Hockey at (519)570-4605. She also holds Girls' Hockey Camps at the University of Waterloo during the summer. I think it's probably too late to register for this summer, but if you're interested in info for next summer, please phone the above number as well. The girls at the camp stay in the University of Waterloo's residence for the week so it makes it quite feasible for out-of-towners. Oh, "MVP" stands for Margot Verlaan-Page ... neat, eh! >The July 24th 1995 Sports Illustrated has an article on the sad suicide >of Dartmouth's ice hockey player Sarah Devens. The text of that story >can also be seen on Andria Hunter's web page under: Women's University >Hockey / In memory of Sarah Devens, Dartmouth Ice Hockey '96. If you had some trouble trying to access the Sarah Devens article from my homepage, try it again, because I just fixed a problem in my homepage html file. If you access the information from FTP, you'll need to go to the pub/issac/test/Text_files directory. Andria Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 01:05:41 -0100 From: Mike Machnik Subject: ADMIN: Info-Hockey-L & Hockey-L All we ask is that you send discussion to HOCKEY-L and information to INFO-HOCKEY-L. I expect there will be a period of people getting accustomed to what's new, but in the long run, a little bit of effort will pay off tenfold. INFO-HOCKEY-L is for information only; send any discussion of this article to HOCKEY-L@MAINE.MAINE.EDU, The College Hockey Discussion List. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 15:59:07 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Princeton Women's Ice Hockey Schedule 1995-96 Princeton Women's Ice Hockey Schedule Nov 9-12 at All-American Hockey Tournament Nov 18 at Harvard Nov 19 at Northeastern Nov 24-26 PRINCETON TOURNAMENT 24 PROVIDENCE 25 TBD 26 TBD Dec 2 at Colby Dec 3 at New Hampshire Dec 9 at Northeastern Dec 10 at Dartmouth Dec 13 at Yale Dec 16 HARVARD Jan 6 BROWN Jan 7 PROVIDENCE Jan 13 CORNELL Jan 31 YALE Feb 3 at Providence Feb 4 at Brown Feb 10 NEW HAMPSHIRE Feb 11 COLBY Feb 17 at Cornell Feb 18 at St. Lawrence Feb 24 BOSTON COLLEGE Feb 25 DARTMOUTH Mar 2-3 ECAC 1/4s Mar 9-10 ECAC Championships Thanks NAE! _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 12:17:56 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Politics and the women's game First off, I'd like to thank the parents and friends of all the women players. Without their dedication and support the women's game would not be nearly as entertaining as it is today. Merci! I would agree with the general view I've been reading that the top 10-12 women players do make the national side. Whether these players should be selected for every international tournament is a hard call. It is true that without playing in competitions like the Pacific Rim these players do not get to try their skills at a high enough level. However you must balance that need, with the need to bring in new talent and let those players have a go at the international level. Team Canada Women conducts many of its affairs in a smart way. They have numerous tryout camps and use small tournaments like the PR to give young talent a chance. They are also starting up this year in Calgary an elite training center for women to play year round in order to get players ready for WWC97 and Nagano98. Still, I have heard and seen the type of political problems that we have been discussing on H-L in the men's game, in the Canadian camp. In particular a couple of the defenders selected, and not selected for WWC94 was incredible. USA Hockey and its districts are doing a fair job of developing the women's game and the national team. The problems arise from lack of change. I think it is only right that people who have put body and soul into the game should be at the top decision making processes. But it is always important to remember the need to bring in new people and ideas. I agree it is an excellent idea to have the national team goals well established and to try to have as much continuity as possible. However if you do not step back and look at how those ideas are working, given the players and coaches you have, you can find yourself not progressing. The current TUSAW setup lacks that injection of new blood that brings out new ideas, players who can excel at the highest level, given a chance, and coaches who can cut and shape their plans to the skills of the players. I know of several players and parents who are very frustrated with the current "this is it" system. And frankly, having watched all but a few of the national team players for years, yes there should be changes. There are 4-5 women who have not been allowed on the national side and it is a crime. They lose and USA Hockey loses and women's hockey loses. That kind of politics that keeps the old guard in power is bad for the sport. I would add, there are another 10-15 women, some of whom if given a change in a real situation, with coaches with their eyes open, would be on the national side. This discussion of politics in USA hockey has brought up the one big problem facing women and men, the fact that hockey is a very small, close family. While that is good in the sense that most people know each other and there is a sense of togetherness, it can become a closed society. That is very dangerous as it discourages "outsiders." A good system brings new players and their parents in and welcomes new ideas. From what I have seen and read, USA Hockey needs to open up. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 14:05:31 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: TUSAW I have heard some positive news about the Women's National Team. Next week about 40 women will be attending a camp in Lake Placid. After training together for a week, 20 will be picked for a 10 day trip to Finland. It is a very smart move to develop players by taking them over to play the very strong Finns. Currently TUSAW, Finland and Canada are the top three in women's international ice hockey, and a 10 day visit sounds very intelligent. The coach for this event will be Northeastern Men's coach Ben Smith. He will be assisted by Cornell Women's coach Julie Andeberhan. For those of you keeping score, that's right, both are Harvard grads (so now it's Harvard fault!). I have to say that while I am happy that USA Hockey made a much needed coaching change, I can't agree with the selection. Bringing in a head coach that has not been apart of the women's game is crazy. The question has to be asked: Why not Heather Linstad (NU), or John Marchetti (formerly PC), or Laura Halldorson (Colby)? Those people have the experience in the women's game. I also have heard some of the names that did and did not make the camp, and while it's great to hear that some newer players are getting a shot, it is unbelieveable the women that haven't made it. Overall, this is a good move by USA Hockey. But I still wonder about the direction and amount of politics going on behind the scenes. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 09:52:05 -0500 From: Craig Cheslog Subject: Death of Bowdoin Women's Hockey Player Earlier this summer, Bowdoin women's ice hockey player Hannah Core '97 died in a drowning accident. Some of you asked me to post additional information once I had it. Following is a letter to the campus community from Acting Dean of Student Life Karen R. Tilbor: To Members of the Bowdoin College Community: With great sadness I write to inform you of the death of Hannah Whitmore Core, Bowdoin Class of 1997. Hannah died on July 13 as a result of a drowning while at a family gathering on the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington. Hannah, a neuroscience major, was a dean's list student and a member of the Bowdoin Women's Ice Hockey Team. She was also active in the recycling program and other environmental activities. She had planned to study away this semester at Harvard University. Contributions to the Bowdoin College Women's Ice Hockey Team will be accepted in Hannah's honor for the development of an annual award to the team member who best represents the enthusiasm, hard work, and commitment for which Hannah will be remembered. Checks should be made payable to Bowdoin College and mailed to Michael Woodruff, Women's Ice Hockey Coach, Athletics Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 04011. Hannah's friends have organized a memorial service to occur on September 4 at 3:00 p.m. in Dayton Arena. A reception in the Pub will follow. I have expressed to the Core family the sympathy of the Bowdoin Community and informed them of the service. I hope many of you will be able to attend. Sincerely, Karen R. Tilbor Acing Dean of Student Life (end of letter) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Craig Cheslog | Internet: ccheslog@polar.bowdoin.edu | | Bowdoin College | America Online: BowdoinSID@aol.com | | Sports Information Director | Voice: 207-725-3254 FAX: 207-725-3003 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 12:57:27 EDT From: Wayne Smith Subject: Two Colby women on U.S. hockey team (from today's Bangor Daily News...) WATERVILLE -- Meaghan Sittler and Barbara Gordon, students at Colby College, have been named to the USA Hockey's 1995 United States Women's Select Team. The team will compete in an exhibition series against Finland Aug.30-Sept.3 in Finland. Northeastern's Ben Smith is the team's coach. Sittler, a sophomore from East Amherst, N.Y., and Gordon, a junior from Glendale, Calif., were chosen from a pool of 38 players at the USA Hockey's 1995 U.S. Women's National Camp in Lake Placid, N.Y. (end of article) In other news from Waterville, the men's team has replaced coach Scott Borek (now LSSU asst) on an interim basis with Jim Tortorella, former Maine player and recently an assistant with UNH. cheers, Wayne Smith A College Hockey Lists administrator - Hockey-L/Info-Hockey-L/Hockey3 Systems Group - CAPS BITNET/CREN: wts@maine University of Maine System internet: wts@maine.maine.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 17:27:16 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Ivy League Women: 9596 composite schedule Below find the 1995-1996 Ivy League Women's schedule. The 9596WCMP SCHEDULE (ECAC Women's League) has been updated at the Maine archives. I now have the ECAC composite, plus several more team schedules (Cornell, Harvard, Dartmouth, PC, Princeton, Colby, Brown: merci beau coup!). All 96 ECAC league games are in the composite and marked with an *. To get the ECAC Women's schedule: 1. Via E-mail. Send a message to listserv@maine.maine.edu with a one-line message: get 9596WCMP SCHEDULE 2. WWW. Point your browser to the URL: gopher://maine.maine.edu/11/MISCINFO/LSTSERV/HOCKEY-L and look for the file: 9596WCMP SCHEDULE 3. Gopher. Burrow to maine.maine.edu and work through the following levels: misc info - listserv - hockey-l. Ivy League Women: 9596 composite schedule * = ECAC League match Home team listed first Nov 95 - - - Sat 11/18 *Brown __ - Cornell __ 2:00 pm *Harvard __ - Princeton __ 1:00 pm Sun 11/19 *Harvard __ - Yale __ 1:00 pm Dec 95 - - - Sat 12/02 *Cornell __ - Harvard __ 2:00 pm Wed 12/06 Brown __ - Harvard __ 7:00 pm Sat 12/09 Dartmouth __ - Yale __ 3:00 pm Sun 12/10 Dartmouth __ - Princeton __ 3:00 pm Wed 12/13 *Yale __ - Princeton __ 7:00 pm Sat 12/16 Princeton __ - Harvard __ 1:30 pm Jan 96 - - - Sat 01/06 *Princeton __ - Brown __ 1:30 pm Sun 01/07 *Dartmouth __ - Cornell __ 2:00 pm *Yale __ - Brown __ 2:00 pm Sat 01/13 Princeton __ - Cornell __ 1:30 pm Sun 01/14 *Harvard __ - Dartmouth __ 1:00 pm Yale __ - Cornell __ 2:00 pm Sat 01/20 Cornell __ - Brown __ 2:00 pm Sat 01/27 Brown __ - Dartmouth __ 2:00 pm Sun 01/28 Yale __ - Harvard __ 2:00 pm Wed 01/31 *Princeton __ - Yale __ 7:30 pm Feb 96 - - - Sat 02/03 *Brown __ - Yale __ 2:00 pm *Dartmouth __ - Harvard __ 3:00 pm Sun 02/04 *Brown __ - Princeton __ 2:00 pm Sat 02/10 *Cornell __ - Dartmouth __ 2:00 pm *Harvard __ - Brown __ 1:00 pm Sat 02/17 *Cornell __ - Princeton __ 2:00 pm Sun 02/18 *Cornell __ - Yale __ 2:00 pm *Dartmouth __ - Brown __ 3:00 pm Sat 02/24 *Yale __ - Dartmouth __ 2:00 pm Sun 02/25 *Harvard __ - Cornell __ 1:00 pm *Princeton __ - Dartmouth __ 1:30 pm Please send all corrections/additions to: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 10:51:44 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: TUSAW: Finland tour - summer 1995 Team USA WOMEN: Finland tour - summer 1995 Here is a list of players who went on the recent national team tour to Finland. I talked with Northeastern Men's coach Ben Smith, who was head coach for this tour, and he related that TUSAW played Team Finland Women four games. TUSAW won all four matches: 6-0 ; 4-2 ; 13-1 ; 2-0. The Finnnish team was without the super Riika Niemanen, but had many of its big guns on the team. There was no checking during these games, so the unfortunate attempt to bring back checking in the women's game has not gone through yet. I am trying to get a complete list of players who attended the Lake Placid camp prior to the Finland tour from USA Hockey. Player WWC Hometown School Grad Currently ________________________________________________________________________ GOALIES: Kelly Dyer x Boston, MA Northeastern 90 ??? Erin Whitten y Glens Falls, NY UNH 93 ??? DEFENDERS: Chris Bailey z Marcellus, NY Providence 94 Asst-PC Angela Ruggiero Choate-RH Colleen Coyne y Teaticket, MA UNH 93 Kelly O'Leary x N.Providence, RI Providence 90 Tara Monsey Concord, NH high school Vicki Movsessian z Lexington, MA Providence 94 Asst-NU FORWARDS: Cammi Granato x Downers Grove, IL Providence 93 Concordia Sandra Whyte y Saugus, MA Harvard 92 ??? Alana Blahoski St. Paul, MN Providence 96 (I love this line!) Karyn Bye y River Falls, WI UNH 93 Concordia Lisa Brown x W.Bloomfield, MI Providence 90 Coach-Pri Jeanine Sobek x Coon Rapids, MN Northeastern 94 Toronto RW (K. Bye was the team captain - (excellent choice)) Meaghan Sittler Buffalo, NY Colby 98 Shelly Looney y Trenton, MI Northeastern 94 ??? Sue Merz x Greenwich, CT UNH 94 ??? Beth Beagan x Falmouth, MA Providence 92 Concordia Steph O'Sullivan z Dorcester, MA Providence 95 ??? AJ Mleczko New Canaan, CT Harvard 97 Barbara Gordon Glendale, CA Colby 97 (B. Gordon filled in for B. Beagan after an injury) v = played on 1992 x = played on 1990, 1992 & 1994 y = played on 1992 & 1994 z = played on 1994 _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 12:04:55 -0400 From: Ryan G Stone Subject: Re: U.S. Women's hockey Two VARSITY Women's programs that I did not see onn David's list Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Troy, NY Coach: Ryan Stone (518) 276-6685 SID: Leigh Jackman (518) 276-2187 FAX (518) 276-8997 Amherst College - Amherst, MA Coach: Rob Abel (413) 542-2274 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 09:58:00 EDT From: "Tuthill, Richard" Subject: Women's Hockey at UConn I noticed in Richard's post that UConn's Women's team is at the club level this year. I think very shortly they will go to the varsity level for gender equity reasons. Couple that with the recent strong rumors about a new building in Storrs next year, and one might be tempted to make the next logical mental jump and conclude that perhaps HE might have another (men's team) member in a couple of years. Wow, would that be great -- or what? Well, choose the "what" option. The women's varsity hockey slots will probably all be used to balance the effect of the UConn football team going from 1-AA to 1-A instead of men's hockey going to a D-1 schedule with scholarships. They didn't get Skip Holtz here just to stand pat. But it is still very frustrating to those of us who like hockey. -- Dick Tuthill ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 19:06:57 -0500 From: Debbie Somers Subject: Women's Club Hockey This week's edition of "The Pointer" (campus newspaper) indicated that UW-Stevens Point will be starting a women's club hockey team in the near future. We evidently have a coach lined up and need more players and an assistant coach. More info (to Hockey3) as it becomes available. Debbie Debbie Somers NCAA Div III National Champs UW-Stevens Point 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91,1992-93 dsomers@worf.uwsp.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 15:14:37 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Andria Hunter - TCW92, 94 ; UNH90 Andria Hunter - Team Canada Women 1992, 1994 ; UNH 1990 Andria Hunter has recently decided not to tryout for TCW again due to an injury and I wanted to say a few words to thank her for her brilliant performance on the ice. I first saw Andria Hunter playing in the ECAC for the University of New Hampshire. Under the subtle guidance of coach Russ McCurdy, UNH had a wonderfully coordinated game which flowed all over the ice surface. Hunter was the perfect UNH player coupling tenacious back-checking skills that would get the puck back, with lovely passing to setup the ensuing attack. She was also a first-class sniper, leading the team in scoring for three years. On Team Canada Women Hunter was one of the catalysts that made the team click. I will never forget the tremendous cross-ice pass she made to AJ (Angela James) in the 1992 final in Finland. As Hunter broke in the left wing on Team USA's defense she dished off, through three defenders, the perfect feed to AJ on the right wing who was then able to easily walk in all alone and score. Brilliant stuff! The other detail that caught my eye was how fast Andria could turn. Often it would seem like she was everywhere and it was because she was executing these tight turns at speed. It was a great asset and probably one of the reasons that if there was a half a chance in front of net, Andria would put it home. She was the third leading scorer overall at WWC92. TCW and women's hockey in general will miss the stylish play, and effervescent personality of Andria Hunter at the International level. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 15:40:04 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Northeastern becoming club team What can I say? This season Northeastern's Women's team will have athletic scholarships for the first time in many years. Starting next year they are being demoted to a club sport. Evidently the brass at Northeastern believe "that in order to better fulfill gender equity" they are downsizing a number of sports and making a few others, like Women's soccer a varsity sport. I don't get it! Northeastern has been one of the powers in ice hockey for years. The Big Three of NU, UNH and PC have dominated the sport until recent years when they lost their scholarships. With scholarships coming back at UNH and NU, I was afraid the Big Three would again take over. Well you can say what you want about the courts coming up with odd plans, but this plan by the Northeastern Administration seems even odder to me. It means the ECAC League will have an opening next year. NU won't qualify for the ECAC Alliance either! _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 20:13:58 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Help NU stay varsity I've been able to talk with some people at Northeastern about their pending demotion to a club level team and they seem very positive that they may be able to keep NU at the varsity level. The problem Northeastern is facing is one of gender equity. The feeling is that the women's ice hockey team, particularly with a newly renovated Matthews Arena, is a big plus for the school, and should be kept a varsity level sport. I would like to encourage anybody who cares for the good of women's ice hockey, and especially NU alumni and other alums from schools with women's ice hockey, to write one or both of the people listed below with comments emphasizing the positive force Northeastern Women have been in ECAC hockey and women's hockey in general: Heather Linstad Barry Gallup Women's Ice Hockey Coach Athletic Director Matthews Arena Annex 219 Cabot Gym 238 St. Botolph St. 200 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 Boston, MA 02115 If you prefer, you can email your letter to me: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu and I will print out and mail your comments to the above people. With the Nagano 1998 Olympics drawing near, now is the time we need to help a still developing sport. The women's game has yet to reach the critical mass of teams it needs to become an accepted sport in the US. Your support is appreciated. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 01:08:29 -0400 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Re: ECAC Women: Help NU stay varsity Richard Hungerford (hungerf@husc.harvard.edu) writes: >I've been able to talk with some people at Northeastern about >their pending demotion to a club level team and they seem very >positive that they may be able to keep NU at the varsity level. >The problem Northeastern is facing is one of gender equity. The >feeling is that the women's ice hockey team, particularly with a >newly renovated Matthews Arena, is a big plus for the school, and >should be kept a varsity level sport. > >I would like to encourage anybody who cares for the good of >women's ice hockey, and especially NU alumni and other alums from >schools with women's ice hockey, to write one or both of the >people listed below with comments emphasizing the positive force >Northeastern Women have been in ECAC hockey and women's hockey in >general: > >Heather Linstad Barry Gallup >Women's Ice Hockey Coach Athletic Director >Matthews Arena Annex 219 Cabot Gym >238 St. Botolph St. 200 Huntington Ave. >Boston, MA 02115 Boston, MA 02115 > >If you prefer, you can email your letter to me: >hungerf@husc.harvard.edu >and I will print out and mail your comments to the above people. > >With the Nagano 1998 Olympics drawing near, now is the time we >need to help a still developing sport. The women's game has yet >to reach the critical mass of teams it needs to become an accepted >sport in the US. Your support is appreciated. This really comes as a shock when you consider the progress that women's hockey has made over the last decade. It seems like such a step back. Northeastern has produced a number of quality players over the last few years and has always had very competitive teams. I remember them being our biggest rival when I played for the University of New Hampshire. Some of the players that I can think of who came out of the NU hockey program that went on to play for the US or Canadian National team are: Tina Cardinale - Team USA 1990/92 Jeannine Sobek - Team USA 1990/92/94 Shelley Looney - Team USA 1992/94 Kelly Dyer - Team USA 1992/94 Vicky Sunohara - Team Canada 1990 Laura Schuler - Team Canada 1990/92 There may have been others that I'm missing as well. There are also numerous players who may not have made the National Team, but developed into very good players as a result of having the opportunity to play at Northeastern. The majority of players that go on to play for the women's US national team take the US college hockey route, so when you consider that women's hockey has just become an Olympic sport (1998 will be the first time), this really seems unfortunate. I sure hope that things will be resolved. Andria Hunter ============================================================================== | ... She shoots! ...... 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Evidently the brass at >Northeastern believe "that in order to better fulfill gender equity" they >are downsizing a number of sports and making a few others, like Women's >soccer a varsity sport. > >I don't get it! Northeastern has been one of the powers in ice hockey >for years. I was very sorry to hear about this. Northeastern has a rich tradition in women's hockey and it would be a shame for them to downsize the sport. I remember the great teams they had when I was there in the late 80s - many players have gone on to play for the US and Canadian national teams. The success and stature of the NU program over the years has played a key role in helping women's hockey grow worldwide. The conflict over women's hockey at NU dates back at least 4-5 years or so, as I remember a poll taken by the athletic department of what sports women on campus were interested in playing. Hockey came in something like 19th out of 20, behind many sports that were not offered, and it caused many to question the amount of money that was going into the sport - mainly the scholarships. People were upset over the fact that not only did the women's hockey team give scholarships, but they tended to give them to Canadians more than Americans. There was also pressure from outside the Big Three (NU, UNH, PC) to stop offering scholarships as most women's programs did/do not offer them. The result was that as Richard has said, the Big Three gave up their scholarships and then NU head coach Don MacLeod resigned. Fortunately NU women's hockey survived that situation, but this would be an even bigger blow. On the one hand, each of us who wants to see all forms of hockey thrive should support the NU program in its drive to remain varsity. On the other hand, it is difficult to argue against taking the money and using it to fund something like four additional women's sports - given gender equity and the amount of increased opportunities that would result. It is a difficult situation. But this is a hockey list, and I have to think most of us here want to see the NU program survive. I hope some sort of compromise can be worked out. I fear that other schools may follow suit and either downsize the sport to give the money to others, or else back off from elevating women's hockey to varsity. The sport is just beginning to gain a foothold, but this could severely hurt it - as Richard says, just at the time that women's hockey is about to enjoy its first-ever status as an Olympic gold medal sport in 1998. NU certainly has a better chance of sending women players to the Olympics than the men do, especially now that the NHL will be competing. I can't imagine that the school would not want the immense publicity that would come from having its student-athletes win medals in front of the entire world. I hope that those who are interested will contact Richard (hungerf@husc.harvard.edu) or send letters to the addresses he gave in his post to INFO-HOCKEY-L. I also hope that NU women's coach Heather Linstad can gain the assistance of men's coach Ben Smith, who has gained a lot of respect in and out of hockey circles and who has much international coaching experience including a stint as Team USA women's coach this summer. It certainly can't hurt. Just as Northeastern has finished expanding the ice surface at Matthews Arena from 187x87.5 to 200x90, it seems only right that the school should be able to ice top-notch men's and women's programs. It would be sad if this were not the case. A side note: I just remembered the Title IX case involving Colgate which was sued by women players for not providing the same opportunities they provided to men players (Colgate women were club). I believe the women won, although I'm not certain how the suit wound up in the end (I think there were appeals and possibly a settlement). If NU does lower women's hockey to club, would/could they be sued by women players a la Colgate and would the women have a case? --- --- Mike Machnik machnik@tiac.net *HMM* 11/13/93 >> Co-owner of the College Hockey Lists at University of Maine System << ***** Unofficial Merrimack Hockey home page under construction at: ***** ***** http://www.tiac.net/users/machnik/MChockey/MChockey.html ***** HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to INFO-HOCKEY-L@MAINE.MAINE.EDU, The College Hockey Information List. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 09:33:17 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: player's insight (Help NU stay varsity) I am a senior at Northeastern University and to think my last year will be the end of women's ice hockey, a tradition at NU, is ridiculous. NU's athletic deptartment has no idea about the growth of women's hockey and has made this decision purely based on the growth of women's soccer and softball. NU doesn't even have the facilities to host such teams. Our men's soccer team has to travel to New Hampshire to play some home games because Parsons feild is over crowded. Where are they going to put womens soccer and softball? What good competitive athletes are going to play at the Divison 1 level for a school that just turned a Division 1 top three very succussful sport into a club sport based on the supposed facts that it wasn't popular, but yet it's going to be a Gold Metal sport in the 1998 Olympics. Why come to NU when they can go to a known top 10 softball school where the program has been successful and there are no worries of being cut from the school. The New England area is known for hockey, Division 1 softball players are going to go down South to play ball year round. Why would NU stop such a successful program from which some players go on to a National level? The womens ice hockey team is in uproar over this decision and we need all the help we can in fighting it. If you have any information, facts, or figures please send it to NU's athletic deptartment in protest. There was 1.5 Million dollars donated to Matthews arena to be renovated for the men's and women's ice hockey teams. The arena has a 200 by 90 foot ice surface and new locker rooms but it will never host a women's sporting event. Please help!!!!!!!!!!! Michelle Werner [Please write your support to:] Heather Linstad Barry Gallup NU Women's Ice Hockey Coach NU Athletic Director Matthews Arena Annex 219 Cabot Gym 238 St. Botolph St. 200 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 Boston, MA 02115 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 09:51:02 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Team Canada Training Camp The following is a release from Phil Legault of the Canadian Hockey Association. Note former ECAC players trying out for Team Canada Women: Laura Schuler Northeastern '93 also played on TCW '90 & '92 Chantel Toth Cornell '93 another in the Big Red tradition of excellent goalies. I was a tad surprised to see that Beckey Kellar Brown '97 is not getting a look. Kellar seems like another ideal Canadian forward: fast, nice touch, excellent finishing and completes her checks all over the ice. And for the future, I am still hopeful that the Wick Harvard/Northeastern? '00 may play in the ECAC soon!!! [deleted ~/News/post_it/women/women58 article about camp] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 12:47:48 CDT From: Carol S White Subject: Women's hockey tournament >From the Star Tribune, Minnesota Scene column 10/17/95 Women's hockey tournament set ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The third annual All-American women's ice hockey tournament will be held Nov. 9-12 at various arenas in the Twin Cities and St. Cloud. Started as an eight-team collegiate tournament in 1993, the tournament has grown to become the largest girls' and women's hockey tournament in the United States. It has been expanded to include divisions for women's, high school and youth teams. More than 60 teams are expected to compete in this year's tournament. Harvard, New Hampshire, Dartmouth, Princeton, Minnesota, St. Cloud State, Augsburg, and Wisconsin-River Falls make up this year's field for the collegiate invitational. Collegiate games will be held at Mariucci Arena, Augsburg Arena, and the National Hockey Center at St. Cloud State. Preliminary-round games are scheduled for Nov. 9-10. The collegiate championship is scheduled for 4:45pm Nov. 11 at Mariucci Arena. Midget, squirt, pee wee, women and high school teams will play at Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, Burnsville, Cottage Grove, Braemar Arena in Edina and the Centennial Sports Arena in Circle Pines. Tickets are $15 for a full-tournament family pass, $10 for a full-tournament adult pass, $5 for an adult day pass, and $1 for a youth (6-17) pass. Seniors and children under 6 are admitted free. For ticket information, call (612) 785-5601. For information regarding venues and team registration, call tournament director Colleen Bourdon at (612) 785-5615. -Carol GO Gophers!!! Carol S. White *** PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS BELOW!*** University of Minnesota internet: c-whit@maroon.tc.umn.edu Office of the Registrar (612) 625-8517\/\/\/GOPHER HOCKEY...THE FASTEST GAME IN TOWN!!! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 09:29:02 -0500 From: Carol S White Subject: Women's Hockey Tourney-local info I have received several requests for information on the Twin Cities since my post yesterday announcing the tournament. I will try to post the names/phone numbers of the close hotels to the U of MN campus for those interested, here on HOckey-L. This is a really busy time for me in and out of the office, so if I don't get back to you, please forgive me. For those of you coming to town for the tournament...currently there is a bus strike on, this makes getting around impossible without a car, so you might want to consider renting one. It is possible to walk from Mariucci to Augsburg Arena, but it is about a mile and a half. The National Hockey Center in St. Cloud is an hour's drive from the Twin Cities. If the schedule of games is posted in the paper, I will post it here also. Thanks for understanding! -Carol ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 15:20:20 -0400 From: Tony Biscardi Subject: BU women vs. Holy Cross The BU women's hockey team started the season last night with a win at home over Holy Cross, 2-0. Although outshot 27-10, BU goaltender Laura Kellogg stopped all 27, one by diving across the net after losing her stick and taking the shot off her face-mask. BU's next game is at home vs. Maine at 1PM, Sat, Nov 11. Tony BU'92'93 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 09:05:18 -0600 From: Shari Durdin Subject: Women's hockey @ Minnesota Minnesota VP, and former AD Mackinley Boston, and Women's AD Chris Voelz were on the radio this morning announcing a 10:00 am press conference to announce the addition of women's hockey, to be started in two years. This is probably old news on the list here ( I haven't had time to sift through all the mail lately!). One of the questions asked was whether there would be a Big 10 conference for hockey. Mac Boston said there are people looking into restoring the Big 10 conference for men's play, but that most women's teams are out east. Boston said funding for the women's program at Minnesota will come out of the women's athletic budget, and from corporate sponsorship. They will share ice time at Mariucci with the men's team. Any other word out there on bringing the Big 10 back together for mens ice hockey? Off the top of my head this conference would include Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Illinois(?). I don't think this would be a good idea, as it would cut out UMD, and St. Cloud from the Gophers calendar which have gotten to be great rivalries. go go gophers... shari HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to INFO-HOCKEY-L@MAINE.MAINE.EDU, The College Hockey Information List. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 12:57:30 -0600 From: Ryan R Bowman Subject: Re: Women's hockey @ Minnesota A big 10 hockey conference would be interesting, but the only big 10 school's with division 1 hockey are: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State, and Ohio State. I know Penn State and Illinois play hockey, what is happening at those schools regarding moving to D-1? I've been to Illiois Arena and it is by no means a division 1 arena... So a school like that would need to build a new arena.. I think there are a lot of people down there in Champaign-Urbana that would like to witness division 1 caliber hockey. And what are the hockey situations at schools like Indiana, Purdue, Iowa, Northwestern. Do these schools have any kind of program going? HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to INFO-HOCKEY-L@MAINE.MAINE.EDU, The College Hockey Information List. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 09:07:34 EDT From: Stephen E Roth Subject: Re: Gender Equity & Misc. Dick Tuthill asked: > Suppose that a school, currently in gender compliance, with a 50-50 >split in its gender population, wanted to institute men's hockey and go D-1 >with the full compliment of scholarships. Now, let us assume that would >put this school out of gender compliance; so, they also start a women's >hockey team. Does the school also have to offer the same (or let's say >approximately the same) number of scholarships to women, or is the >establishment of the women's team enough? What I'm getting at here is the >"two for one" thing we keep hearing about. Is that really the effect of >the law? Federal regulations pertaining to Title IX consistently focus on "equity" between sports for men and women. Assuming a 50-50 gender split in a college's student population, simply having an equal number of sports for men and women isn't sufficient. If there are 10 men's sports totaling 250 student-athletes and 10 women's sports totaling 130 student-athletes, that's not equitable. If the men get 70% of the scholarships, that's not equitable. If the men get new uniforms every other year and all the sticks they want, while the women get new uniforms every 4 years and are rationed on sticks, that's not equitable. So, fielding a men's hockey team with full scholarships and a "bare-bones" women's hockey team is probably not going to help a school with Title IX compliance -- especially given that they are comparable sports (i.e., use the same facilities, same type of equipment, etc.). --------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Stephen E. Roth ROTH@WEHLE.CANISIUS.EDU Dean of Student Services Canisius College (716) 888-2522 Buffalo, New York 14226 FAX (716) 888-3190 --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 08:57:54 -0600 From: KATIE Subject: Not to be picky... Not to be picky, but it's a *Women's* varsity hockey team at Minnesota - not a girls hockey team. Katie ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 14:11:34 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: upcoming matches The ECAC Women lace it up this weekend as some teams get ready for the first big event of the year - the All-American Tournamnet in Minnesota. What with Augsburg and the University of Minnesota starting up varsity programs, it looks like we are closing in on a Women's National Final Four! * = ECAC League match Home team listed first Nov 95 - - - Sat 11/04 Cornell __ - Toronto __ 2:00 pm Dartmouth __ - Concordia __ 3:00 pm Tue 11/07 Harvard __ - USA Selects __ 7:00 pm Thu 11/09 All-American Tournament @Minnesota, Augsburg, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, St. Cloud, UNH, Wis River Falls: St. Cloud __ - Harvard __ 7:45 pm Fri 11/10 St. Laurent __ - Northeastern __ 8:00 pm All-American Tournament @Minnesota, Augsburg, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, St. Cloud, UNH, Wis River Falls Sat 11/11 *Cornell __ - St.Lawrence __ 2:00 pm 3-Rivieres __ - Northeastern __ 2:00 pm All-American Tournament @Minnesota, Augsburg, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, St. Cloud, UNH, Wis River Falls Sun 11/12 Boston C. __ - Maine __ 4:00 pm Concordia __ - Northeastern __ 12:30 pm *Cornell __ - St.Lawrence __ 2:00 pm All-American Tournament @Minnesota, Augsburg, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, St. Cloud, UNH, Wis River Falls Wed 11/15 Brown __ - Northeastern __ 7:00 pm Providence __ - Boston C. __ 7:00 pm _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 04:10:05 0600 From: Pam Sweeney Subject: Women's Hockey Coming to Univ. of Minn. in 1997 >From the Nov 1 Minnesota Daily. -Pam Sweeney sweeney@jagunet.com http://www.daily.umn.edu/~online/daily/11011995/sports/hock01/ > [Image] > > SPORTS > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > It's official: Women to have varsity status for ice hockey > > Scott Bradley - Staff Reporter > > Patty Rutz was offered scholarships to play varsity ice hockey at > Colby College in Maine and Providence College in Rhode Island, but > she decided to remain in Minnesota where she grew up playing the > sport. > > "I love Minnesota, and my family is all here," said the sophomore. > "My brother went to the U of M, and I don't think I could live > without watching Gopher hockey. That was probably the biggest > deciding factor in coming here." > > Rutz, who plays for the University's club ice hockey team, said she > always dreamed of playing collegiate varsity hockey. That dream > could still come true. > > McKinley Boston, vice president of student development and > athletics, announced Tuesday that women's ice hockey will gain > varsity status in 1997. > > "The addition of women's ice hockey affords us the opportunity to > continue strengthening men's programs," he said. "It will also > eliminate the politics of deciding what men's sport would have to be > eliminated so that we can expand opportunities for women." > > The men's department had considered eliminating one of its varsity > sports in order to meet a gender-equity mandate set by the Big Ten > in 1992. The conference said all member schools must comply with a > 60-40 ratio of male to female athletes by 1997. Currently, 35 > percent of the University's athletes are female. > > Boston said between adding women's hockey and scaling back the size > of some men's teams, the number of women athletes will increase to > 45 percent, which will exceed the Big Ten's goal. > > Director of women's athletics Chris Voelz, Gophers hockey coach Doug > Woog, University Regent Wendell Anderson and Boston made the > announcement Tuesday at center ice in Mariucci Arena. > > "The end result will be that the young girls out there will have an > opportunity to do what the guys have done," Woog said. "The most > exciting thing about this is that the girls who have wanted to > expand their hockey can do so here at Minnesota." > > Last year Minnesota became the first state to sanction girls high > school ice hockey as an official varsity sport. There were 24 teams > last year and 52 this year. Voelz said the state's interest in the > sport was one reason she chose to add it to her department. > > She said the University will hire a coach -- after a national search > in the spring or summer of next year -- to direct about 30 players. > > Although the team won't play its first game until the 1997-98 > season, Voelz has already selected the program's first recruit. > > Amber Hegland, a sophomore softball player at the University, skated > to center ice during the press conference when it was announced she > would be the first player on the new team. > > Hegland played softball and hockey on the boys' teams for Farmington > (Minn.) High School. She said hockey is her favorite sport and the > decision to play at a school that didn't offer hockey as a varsity > sport wasn't easy. > > "I decided to come here because I wanted to stay close to home, and > I loved softball too," she said. > > Hegland, who helped lead her high school team to the state > tournament her senior year, said she is glad the University added > the sport. > > "I didn't think I would get this chance while I was here," she said. > "I'm really excited." > > Starting the program will cost $200,000 and its annual budget will > be about $500,000. > > Women's athletics, which has an operating budget of $5 million, will > fund 20 percent of the hockey budget. Boston's office will fund the > rest through corporate sponsorship. > > Facility costs won't be a major issue in starting up the new > program. The team will play its games in Mariucci Arena, which is > where the men's team plays. The arena was built with enough locker > rooms and training facilities to accomodate both teams. > > "We're hoping to get in place two additional ice sheets," Boston > said. "One of the things we're excited about is that Mariucci was > built with expansion in mind." > > Woog said he is looking forward to seeing the men's and women's > teams work together. > > "This thing is just going to get bigger and bigger," he said. "We're > on a threshold right now where this thing is just going to blow. It > will be so great to look back five to 10 years from now to know what > we got started." > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > [Image] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > =A9The Minnesota Daily INFO-HOCKEY-L is for information only; send any discussion of this article to HOCKEY-L@MAINE.MAINE.EDU, The College Hockey Discussion List. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 21:09:51 -0500 From: John Patterson Subject: Liz Hill, Princeton Woment's Goalie If anyone out there has any info on how Liz Hill, goalie for the Princeton Women's Team, is doing, send me a post, please. I'm from the same town as Liz and worked with her for a while at the local rink. Now that I've moved out of the area, I don't ever see stats on her performance, which I like to follow. Thanks, John HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to INFO-HOCKEY-L@MAINE.MAINE.EDU, The College Hockey Information List. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 07:57:01 EST From: Todd Myrick Subject: Girls In response to the recent post from a Minnesota Hockey-Ler politely correcting another "poster" who referrred to *women's* hockey as *girls* hockey........ Looks like from Pam Sweeny's post of that Minnesota Daily article announcing varsity women's hockey, that "the Woogster" also needs to be be politically corrected....he referred to the upcoming program as *girls* 2 or 3 times. No offense to our women hockey-Lers, but I think the tendency to refer to them as girls stems from most women hockey players coming from, or excelling in high school, where the press and schools refer to them as *boys* and *girls* then, 6 months later, those same women are now *women* hockey players instead of girls....granted no one seems to "trip" making the transition from calling high school boys "men" 1 year later either; hmmmmm. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 10:42:47 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Team Canada Women: selected pool of players Here is the list of Team Canada Women players selected from 50 players who tryout the week of October 14th. This pool represents the core of players that Canada will use for upcoming tournaments: Pacific Rim '96 (Vancouver) - WWC '97 (Kitchener) - Nagano '98. College players picked: Laura Schuler (Northeastern '93, currently at University of Toronto) Nancy Deschamp (Concordia University) Lori Dupuis (University of Toronto) Cassie Campbell (University of Guelph) I do expect some changes to this pool. Somehow they managed not to pick Therese Brisson, who was one of the top three Canadian defenders at WWC '94. While that is odd, it is shocking that Margot Page, Canada's number one digger and face-off artist is not in the top 19. I would rank her as easily in the top six TCW attackers. I guess it sounds good for TUSAW! List of top 31 players selected from Camp ========================================= The top 19 players receive funding (about $450 per month) Forwards: Hayley Wickenheiser Defence: Judy Diduck France St. Louis Geraldine Heaney Karenn Nystrom Cassie Campbell Stacy Wilson Rebecca Fahey Dan Goyette Fiona Smith Marianne Grnak Nancy Deschamp Angela James Goalies: Danielle Dube Nancy Drolet Manon Rheaume Laura Schuler Luce Letendre Lori Dupuis Here are the next 12 players selected ... Forwards: Mel Haz Defence: Nathalie Rivard Somer West Carole Scheibel Martine Berube Bobbi Auger Amanda Benoit Cheryl Pounder Tracy Luhowy Laura Leslie Goalies: Lesley Reddon Brenda Deneaut Brenda Deneaut _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 11:14:28 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Gender equity Since I follow the Men's and Women's game fairly close, I feel while the situation overall is improving for women, things are still not very fair. I know if the Northeastern Men's program was being threatened with club status, there would be a tremendous uproar. Likewise if the ECAC Men's League was told they were only going to have 16 games count in the league instead of 22 (that is not total home and away series) the complaints would be never ending. But with the Women's game, that's just part of the setup. I don't want to see other programs cut because of gender equity. I do want to see a more level playing surface for all. I am sure all of us have seen big teams at a given school getting all sorts of perks that other athletes don't get, or pay for. The concept that some of these big teams pay off for the school is rarely true, but even when it is, it should mean that you than have the means to pay for other sports too. It is good to see people like the Wooger at Minnesota coming around to Women's Ice Hockey. Having a strong league in the mid-west would be great. I hope more schools can open their eyes and allow more athletes to particiapte. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 12:06:31 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women: roster '95-96 1995-96 HARVARD WOMEN'S HOCKEY ROSTER This and other documents on Harvard Hockey are available at the Harvard University Department of Athletics' web site: http://fas-www.harvard.edu/~athletic/ (note: the numbers may be off) No. Name Cl. Pos. Hometown/High School 1 Jen Bowdoin So. G Cumberland, RI/Cumberland 2 Ellen Frump Sr F Buffalo, MN/Buffalo 3 Christa Calagione Jr. D Montague, MA/Deerfield Academy 4 Holly Leitzes Sr. D Duxbury, MA/Milton Academy 5 Jen Landry Fr. F Lincoln, MA/Middlesex 6 Colleen Malek Jr. D Saginaw, MI/Nouvel Catholic 8 Jenny Duval Jr. F Winchester, MA/BB&N 9 Lauren Turner Jr. F Northport, NY/Northport 10 Melissa Milbert Fr. D South St.Paul, MN/South St.Paul 11 Olivia Nottebohm Fr. D Millbrook, NY/St. Paul's 14 Casi Walker So. F Newton, MA/Newton North 16 Catherine Kreindler Fr. F Morristown, NJ/Hotchkiss 18 Alice DuBois Fr. F Greenwich, CT/Milton Academy 19 Kyle Walsh Fr. F Buffalo, NY/Nichols 21 A. J. Mleczko Jr. F New Canaan, CT/Taft 22 Stacy Kellogg Sr. F Manchester, CT/Loomis Chaffee 23 Elizabeth Ganzenmuller Fr. F Sea Cliff, NY/Choate Rosemary Hall 24 Jen Gerometta Fr. F Manistique, MI/Manistique 30 Whitney Smith Jr. G Collinsville, CT/Westminster Head Coach: Katey Stone (New Hampshire '89), 2nd season Assistant Coach: Sandra Whyte '92 Trainer: T.K. Kennedy (Massachusetts-Amherst '77, '83) Co-Captains: Ellen Frump '96 & Holly Leitzes '96 _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 12:05:38 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women 1 - USA Selects 16 Tuesday night at a warm and cozy Bright Hockey Center, the USA Selects overwhelmed the Crimson of Harvard 1-16. The eleven players, from the Team USA Women's pool, who competed last evening looked pretty sharp under the direction of Assabet club coach Carl Grey. Harvard with a large number of first-year players got a baptism by fire that will hopefully teach them the importance of skating. Stephanie O'Sullivan [PC '95, USA '94] scored first for the USA when she broke past several defenders and deked the goalie out of position. Gretchen Ulion [Dartmouth '94, USA '94] (Wendy Tatarouns [UNH '95, USA '92]) slipped home a shorthanded goal off a nice feed a few minutes later. With the Selects still a player down, Chris Bailey [PC '94, USA '94] intercepted a break out play at the blue line and let rip with a powerful slap shot that found net, low between the netminder's legs. It was a great blast! TUSAW finished it's scoring in the opening period when Tatarouns faked to the middle, pulled left and tuck the puck right. Lovely goal! As the second period started you could see the USA Selects picking up the skating level and starting to concentrate more on team plays. The result was Sandra Whyte [Harvard '92, USA '92, '94, currently assistant coach at Harvard] (Shelley Looney [Northeastern '94, USA '92, '94]) tipping high into the net an excellent setup from Looney. Looney made the goal by intercepting a Harvard pass and then made room for the play with her excellent skating. On the ensuing face-off Ulion (Tatarouns) walked in on goal, pulled left and deposited the puck under the tender's pads. The Selects went ahead 0-7 when Tatarouns hit the jets and stickhandled her way past all Harvard opposition. O'Sullivan (Looney) poked home a rebound after Looney pulled off a brilliant oh-la-la break in play. O'Sullivan then performed a nice end to end rush that she clinically finished. Looney (Whyte, Michelle Amidon [St. Lawrence '94, USA '92]) concluded the scoring for the middle frame with a power play goal when she knocked in a rebound after a good setup from Amidon. The final period found TUSAW going for the direct approach right up the middle. O'Sullivan (Looney, Whyte) made it 0-12 when she tucked the puck between the goalie's legs. The play developed from a face-off and featured a quick series of puck flips to setup O'Sullivan. Looney (Whyte, O'Sullivan) shot home another goal as a trailer, after Whyte had picked the puck off a Harvard forward as she attempted to leave the zone. Joy Woog [Brown '95] (Ulion) scored after the waves of USA attackers had battered the Crimson backwards. The dig and pass game was in full flight for the Selects. Tatarouns hit the jets again and went up the gut before deking the puck into the net. AJ Mleczko scored Harvard's lone goal with a few minutes left in the game after the Crimson defense had weathered a storm and produced a fine break out pass. Ulion (Whyte) finished the scoring at 1-16 when she completed a nice 1-2 up the middle. It was a pleasure to see a group of Team USA Women skating so well! I think this plan of having a group from the pool go around and play some ECAC sides is a good idea for these players. Previously the Selects have beaten UNH and Northeastern by wide margins. It's good because these players are enjoying hockey, and with only ten skaters, they are all getting plenty of ice time. The resulting execution looks promising. In goal the Selects had Erin Villiotte [Harvard '95] who while not facing many shots, played her usual smart game of letting the puck hit her. Michele DiFronzo [UNH '89, USA '94] and Colleen Coyne [UNH '93, USA '92,'94] were one pair of defenders. While they provided some good passes, at times I felt they got out of position and did not dig back. It was the USA forwards that provided the better checking and digging. Bailey and Amidon were the other defensive set. Amidon also provided some good setups. Bailey was outstanding. It is so much fun to watch someone play with dynamic power. Bailey is all over the place and her surges forward are tremendous. On attack, Whyte, Looney and O'Sullivan were one line. Whyte provided some wonderful passes and played a very smart game. O'Sullivan showed off her sniper ability. Looney was the other outstanding player of the game. Her skating and stickhandling are just lovely! Looney seems to really enjoy herself on the ice, and the result is a treat for spectators. Merci beau coup! The other USA line was Ulion, Woog and Tatarouns. Woog looked a little sluggish last night. Ulion would periodically turn it on and totally blitz Harvard. Tatarouns played an excellent match. Her darting moves and dazzling stick let her dance around the Crimson all night. Tatarouns played big, always winning pucks from players much larger than herself. If you get a chance to see the USA Selects: go! I believe the team will change from time to time, but it is a great way to see how good women can play hockey. These players are extremely talented, fast, and strong. From what I saw last night, I feel a lot better about the USA Women's talent pool. Harvard should have learned much from last night's game. Even with the rapid attack of the USA Selects, you could see that coach Katey Stone has her troops organized. While it would be difficult to imagine an ECAC team skating with the Selects, I have to hope the concept that the Crimson needs better skating sunk in. You can install a ton of schemes, but you need mobility in ice hockey. In goal, Harvard played sophomore Jen Bowdoin. Despite all the scoring, Bowdoin actually looked very good. She faced the shooter well. On defense I thought co-captain Holly Leitzes and Colleen Malek looked strong. They both protected their zone well. Of the first-year defenders, #20 (Melissa Milbert? - sorry, no programs or announcements last night) was the most impressive. I thought she looked very good in closing off the area in front of her net. The attack featured four lines, with a few variations. First-year attackers #18 & 19 (Alice DuBois? & Kyle Walsh?) showed why they were on the first line as they skated their wings well. Overall I have to think last night will help Harvard be ready for the All-American tournament and league play. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 15:52:58 EST From: Bill Fenwick Subject: ECAC Women's Hockey League Coaches' Poll Coaches' poll for the 1995-96 ECAC Women's Hockey League, with first-place votes in parentheses: 1. New Hampshire, 141 points (9) 2. Brown, 123 points (1) 3. Providence, 122 points (2) 4. Northeastern, 108 points 5. Princeton, 90 points 6. Dartmouth, 88 points 7. St. Lawrence, 68 points 8. Harvard, 61 points 9. Colby, 46 points 10. Cornell, 43 points 11. Boston College, 32 points 12. Yale, 14 points -- Disclaimer -- Unless otherwise noted, all opinions expressed above are strictly those of: Bill Fenwick Cornell '86 and '95 LET'S GO RED!! Rebuild the Tradition DJF 5/27/94 "And now that you're a father, you have to clean up your act, 'cause you can't drink any more. You can't come home drunk and go, 'Hey, here's a little switch -- Daddy's gonna throw up on YOU!'" -- Robin Williams ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 15:10:24 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Canadian Women's Team Here's the official release from the CHA. Note T. Brisson did make the top 20 players. Laura Schuler (Northeastern '93) is the lone ECAC player on TCW. Still no Margot Page, which is a huge plus for TUSAW! From: plegault@hockey.cdnsport.ca (plegault) Subject: Canadian Women's Team Date: 10 Nov 1995 13:38:36 GMT Wednesday, November 8, 1995 CANADIAN WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM NAMED FOR 1996 PACIFIC RIM CHAMPIONSHIP OTTAWA - Canadian Hockey announced today the coaching staff and team that would represent Canada at the 1996 IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship next April in Vancouver. Head coach Shannon Miller of Calgary will lead the best 20 players in Canada today to the Women's Pacific Rim Championship along with assistants Mel Davidson, also of Calgary, and Karen Hughes of Agincourt, Ont. Canadian Hockey held a first evaluation camp for the national women's team program for 53 invited players just north of Toronto in mid-October. "The camp really showed us the depth of talent that Canada has in women's hockey," says Bob Nicholson, Canadian Hockey senior vice-president of hockey operations. "We had a tough time in cutting down the group to a roster of 20 players for the 1996 Pacific Women's Rim Championship. There were some very hard decisions that had to be made." Shannon Miller, five-year veteran of the national program, hopes she can provide the team with some of the leadership necessary to keep the Canadian national women's team moving forward. "I have been fortunate to work with the last two world championship teams, the last one as an assistant, but I believe my biggest test so far was at last year's Pacific Women's Rim Championship," says Miller. "With 16 rookies and two new assistant coaches, we still passed the test with a gold medal in the final against the United States." Looking to the future of the national women's team, Miller sees the need to move on. "For the past two years, we've been evaluating and initiating players at an introductory level," adds Miller. "We're now going to take these players to the next level of preparation for international games. "We've had the chance to decide on the type of team we want and which players we want to fill those roles." The type of player Miller looks for is one that combines size and strength with skating abilities for the international game, and its open-ice brand of hockey, and a player that can read and react to the flow of the game. The former Calgary police officer will oversee the whole plan for the 1996 team, but she has strong support from Mel Davidson providing player evaluation, scouting, and video, and Karen Hughes playing a strong technical role, and preparing the on ice practice plans. The 1996 Canadian Pacific Rim team includes goalkeeper Manon Rheaume, and three-time gold medalists Angela James, France St-Louis, Judy Diduck, Geraldine Heaney, and Stacy Wilson. Team Canada's 1996 roster is as follows: Goalkeepers (2) - Danielle Dube, Vancouver; Manon Rheaume, Charlesbourg, Que. Defence (6) - Therese Brisson, Fredericton, N.B.; Cassie Campbell, Brampton, Ont.; Judy Diduck, Sherwood Park, Alta.; Rebecca Fahey, Sackville, N.B.; Geraldine Heaney, Weston, Ont.; Fiona Smith, Edmonton. Forwards (12) -Nancy Deschamps, Montreal; Nancy Drolet, Drummondville, Que.; Lori Dupuis, Williamstown, Ont.; Danielle Goyette, St. Nazaire, Que.; Marianne Grnak, Richmond Hill, Ont.; Angela James, Thornhill, Ont.; Luce Letendre, Brossard, Que.; Karen Nystrom, Scarborough, Ont.; Laura Schuler, Scarborough, Ont.; France St. Louis, St. Hubert, Que.; Hayley Wickenheiser, Calgary; Stacy Wilson, Moncton, N.B. Coaching Staff - Head coach: Shannon Miller, Calgary; and, Asst. coaches: Melody Davidson, Castor, Alta.; Karen Hughes, Agincourt, Ont. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 01:59:12 -0100 From: Mike Machnik Subject: Thoughts on new UNH rink I'll look forward to hearing from some people who were actually there, but from what I saw on NESN, I have some thoughts. Basically, I am very much looking forward to seeing this place in person, as Merrimack will be at UNH next Friday night. (Nice that UNH has already won a game there so they have that out of the way. :-)) First, the building was dedicated Friday and is named Whittemore Arena, I believe. I do not know anything about the person it was named after other than that he gave a lot of money...a relative (son? grandson?) was shown presenting UNH with a check for $1 million as the first installment of their donation. The rink portion is named after a former UNH player (last name Towes? again, I defer to the UNH people) who played a part in helping the project happen. This place was built for hockey. Everything else falls into place from there. They will use it for other events, athletic and otherwise, but it seems clear that hockey was the prime consideration. It looks like all of the 6,000 or so seats are in one level (no upper level like at BC and UMass), all are angled towards the ice surface, and I didn't see any walkways in front of any of the seats like at some other rinks. The seating area completely surrounds the rink. There are bleacher-like seats behind both goals, apparently for students, and seats with backs in the rest of the stands. Looking at the place on tv, the closest comparison I could make was a split between Clarkson's Cheel Arena and Minnesota's Mariucci Arena. Whittemore Arena is in between both of those in terms of size. This may well be the best place to watch a game in HE. Of course, I haven't been in it yet. But even the farthest seats don't seem that far away, unlike BC, Maine and UMass. And what I liked the most is the roof. It's not too high like BC and UMass and not too low like Merrimack - just right, as the Three Bears would say. The result is that the place is LOUD, because of the roof and because the seats surround the ice surface. On NESN's "Front Row" nightly sports show just before the game, they cut to UNH for a preview from the two Bobs, and they could not hear the questions from back at the studio because the fans were so loud. Throughout the game, the crowd came across great and it made for an exciting atmosphere. And again, that's just from tv. There are some other issues I don't know about yet, like how is the ice holding up and how are the boards constructed - are they backed by cement like BC was at first (ouch) or is there padding behind them. And for those who care about some things, how is the press box...it tends to be far away at these modern arenas. Some of my favorite press box locations are at the older rinks like Lowell, Merrimack, Northeastern, and Providence - places where you are close and right on top of the action (granted, some of these press boxes are small and uncomfortable, but this is hockey and who cares about such things :-)). You need binoculars at BC and UMass, as well as Maine where an additional problem is that the press box is not only far away but not high enough. When the fans in front all stand up, you almost have to be Shaquille O'Neal to see over them and find out what they're yelling about. :-) It looks like the press box at UNH might be a nice compromise. I'll have a better idea next week. Hopefully, I can get down there early enough to get a good look before the doors open. I also have got to see what they've done with Snively - which was converted into a three floor recreation building with courts, a track and what looked like a couple of floor or roller hockey rinks. This certainly seems like a project that UNH can be proud of. If you see this message before the Prime re-broadcast of the game this weekend, I encourage you to tune in and get a look at the place. Oh, and the game wasn't a bad one either. :-) --- --- Mike Machnik machnik@tiac.net *HMM* 11/13/93 >> Co-owner of the College Hockey Lists at University of Maine System << ***** Unofficial Merrimack Hockey home page located at: ***** ***** http://www.tiac.net/users/machnik/MChockey/MChockey.html ***** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 09:22:34 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: BC Women 2 - Colby 3 Late Saturday afternoon at Kelley Rink the Colby White Mules edged the Boston College Eagles 2-3. It was a pulsating game with both teams giving it all they had. In the end the superior attacking concepts of Colby were the critical difference. There was no scoring in the first period. BC was busy boxing the Mules out from in front of their net, and while Colby broke well, the teams nullified each other. In the second the White Mule puck movement increased, but it was the Eagles who converted more of their chances. Claudia Asano (Tobin Dominick) opened the scoring for BC when she took a nice long break out pass, deked the goalie and tucked home. The Mules tied the match when Barb Gordon (Juliana Bontecou) stuffed the puck after some tremendous offensive pressure. The Eagles regained the lead with a power play goal when Erin Magee (Genevieve Missirlian) finished high stick side. There had been a scramble in front of the Colby net and Magee reacted quickly. As the final period started, things looked tough for the White Mules. BC goalie Kristin Gray and her defense were playing excessively well. However, Colby came out quick and netted two goals. First Gordon (Meaghan Sittler) put her backhand high into the net after a clinical 1-2. Then Sittler intercepted the puck from BC, used a defender as a screen and drove the puck in at the far low corner to give Colby a 2-3 lead. The rest of the third period was wild with both teams producing a number of excellent scoring chances. It was a great game to watch! Colby played a wonderfully entertaining match. Coach Laura Halldorson and new assistant Andrea Boudreau (Brown '95) have an engaging offensive plan. Clearly the coach believes in her players and they respond. The result is a team who uses the entire ice surface so well. Colby's passing and the use of the whole attacking zone to create chances is superb. The women of the match for the Mules have to be Gordon and Sittler. Both have exceptional skating, stickhandling and passing skills. Sittler is strong and never gives up no matter how hard it gets. Her moves are super. Gordon is ingenious. She uses space well to setup her mates. Gordon is also a first-class defender and can dominate the game from her blue line. Together they are a treat to watch! Rebecca Floor was the other Colby forward that caught my eye. Another smart player, she flowed exceedingly well. The Mules have a very small squad and for most of the game only used three defenders. Captain Sarah Gelman played a very bright match and provided good defensive coverage. Stacy Joslin was another tough defender. Goalie Marie Polichronopoulos came up big in the third. I'll have to say it's somewhat unfair to pick out individuals on this team, as the key is that they play so well together. Every Colby player executed their part very well. Sure there were errors, but it's just exciting to see a team play such a marvelous attacking style and be in touch with each other. Merci beau coup! Boston College played their hearts out. They use a very limiting style of play. Getting the confidence/skills ratio right is the hardest job for a coach. I feel BC could do much better using more of its squad, developing the skating, and showing trust in the players. The woman of the match for the Eagles had to be goalie Gray. She is the finest netminder I have seen this season. Captain Gray is a wall, stopping pucks in so many ways, and making it look easy. The defense was lead by Dominick who is a super strong player. The other BC captain is a fine team leader who pulls her team together on the ice. Beckie Duvall was the other defender that impressed me with her good reads. She reacted well to the flow of play. The attack was lead by first-year center Asano. She is a real sniper. Asano almost won the game for the Eagles with her numerous solo bursts. She should be a big scorer in the ECAC. Laura Traynham played a smart heads-up game. She did so many little things that helped make her team work. Overall BC looked pretty good. They will give many teams more than they are want this season. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 18:19:56 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women 3 - Yale 0 Sunday afternoon at Bright the Harvard Crimson played a good match on the way to a 3-0 win over ECAC and Ivy league rival Yale. The Bulldogs spent much of the game absorbing Crimson attacks. Harvard displayed better team work on their way to victory. The Crimson started quickly when Alice DuBois (Colleen Malek) tipped a point shot high stick side. Harvard had surged forward and was mounting pressure on the Eli net. At times the first period resembled a tip drill for the Crimson. Yale was somewhat tentative, but hung tough and did not allow any more goals. In the second period AJ Mleczko (DuBois, Holly Leitzes) stole the puck from a defender trying to clear, and slide her chance under the goalie's pads. The play was made by the perfect low shot from the point. Yale continued to soak up the Crimson attack and started some break outs of their own. Toward the end of the period Christa Calagione (DuBois, Mleczko) made it 3-0 Harvard when her power slap shot from the point found net inside the low near post. The Eli defense had collapsed in on the play. In the third period there was no scoring. Yale continued to thwart Crimson attacks and occasionally broke out. Harvard seemed to be working on a few play variations, some of which looked promising. Yale does well with an extremely small number of players. I was very glad to see former PC coach John Marchetti as an assistant with Yale. I for one would like to see him coaching Team USA Women in the '96 Pacific Rim. He is a very intelligent coach and it's good to have him back in the ECAC. The Yale woman of the match was goalie Laurie Belliveau. The sophomore keeper has a great glove, some fast leg pads and is difficult to score on. Belliveau made some amazing saves. Senior defender Emily Coven exhibited some good control in her own zone. She was tough to get by all afternoon. Amanda Adams was the Eli forward with the most zip. Her driving skating help the Bulldogs break out of their zone, and she came close to scoring a couple of time. Overall Yale has much work to do on the basics before it will be able to challenge in either league. Harvard strung together some respectable passes today. However the attack plan is so flat it makes it extremely difficult for many plays to come off. Some of the ideas were encouraging and perhaps time will produce better results. The woman of the match for Harvard was again co-captain Holly Leitzes. Operating from the blue line her fine skating and passing setup many plays. I particularly liked the way Leitzes could keep a play moving by rolling and feeding. That caused others to roll and the resulting fluidity looked good. Christa Calagione also was steady on defense and constructed a number of nice surges. First-year defender Olivia Nottebohm saw some action today and looked up to the task. On the attack I continue to be impressed with first-years DuBois and Kyle Walsh. The first line wings are making space for each other awfully well. The third line of Casi Walker, Lauren Turner and co-captain Ellen Frump showed the best team work today. Some of the dishes they made to each other were fab. First-year Jens Landry and Gerometta also had an excellent match of setting each other up. Landry pulled off a couple of nice rushes. Overall the Crimson put together a solid team effort. The next three league matches should tell much about the progress of the Harvard Women. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 15:27:29 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Karen Emma For those of you who noticed that Karen Emma seemed to be missing from my recent I-H-L post, BC Women 2 - Colby 3, the reason is she is now attending Brown. Emma is currently playing for the Brown Women's Ice Hockey Team. Evidently she doesn't have to sit out a year because of a NC$$ one time transfer rule, that doesn't apply to the men's game. So if you're counting, chalk up another power forward for Didge (the Brown coach). ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 15:03:59 EST From: "SEETRA.ENET.DEC.COM 21-Nov-1995 1444" Subject: Black Bears I recall reading some place that Maine will have two players who will be eligible soon. I'm not sure who they are or what's expected of them. Does anyone out there no the scoop, or did I just imagine this? Also while watching the BU game vs Maine back on Tuesday I was setting next to the Band which is near the BU player tunnel. Down by the gate was a guy with a Maine warm-up jacket on. He was watching the game from the door the BU team comes out of. He also went in the tunnel with the BU team and came out with the BU team at each period. I'm sure this guy was Barry Clukey. Did anyone else who was at the game notice him? Is Barry back with Maine and but now just a doorman, rr is Barry now at BU and working as a consultant? I'm sure this was Barry and a couple of other folks from Waterville thought for sure it was him as well. Anyone out there know where Barry is now and can he still play, but for another school? One last thing I was very impressed with the play of #19 Walsh for BU is guy looks great. Where's he from and what are his stat's. A very spunky player, not a big guy but a very good low to the ice type skater that creates a lot of chances. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 08:57:12 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Players of the week ECAC Player of the week: Danielle Solari (Brown '97) ECAC Rookie of the week: Carisa Zaban (UNH '99) _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 13:27:12 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Northeastern Women 0 - UNH 3 Tuesday evening at Matthews Arena, in a non-league game, the University of New Hampshire Wildcats hustled their way past the Northeastern Huskies 0-3. The renovated Matthews features a large ice surface (90x200), high glass around the boards and plenty of room behind the net. The match itself was extremely dull. UNH started the game aggressively and checked their way into the NU zone. The Huskies were tentative and all night lacked their skating legs. Brandy Fisher (Doris Catlin, Annie Camins) opened the scoring for the Wilcats when she knocked home the third rebound from a scramble in front of the net. UNH had pressed and Northeastern's defense had collapsed back on their net. Carisa Zaban pulled off a thrilling solo rush during a 4 on 4 situation that made the score 0-2. That was the highlight of the game. Zaban, the current ECAC Rookie of the week, took the puck in her own end, hit the jets up ice and then deked the goalie before stuffing the puck in. Excellent goal. There was no scoring in the second period. The pace of the game had picked up, but goalies and defenders withstood the challenge. In the final period, after much Wildcat hustle and some attacking ideas from NU, Fisher (Camins, Catlin) finished the scoring when she sent another rebound high into the net. Both teams had been pressing. Clearly UNH was in control of the match from start to finish. UNH has a huge squad of players. They do a great job of fore-checking. The Wildcats played with much energy, but I was left wishing for something resembling an attack. Hustle hockey and opportunism can win some games, but it's certainly not interesting to watch. The women of the match for UNH were Fisher, Catlin and Camins. The first line plays very well together. They skate good and find each other with passes. Zaban and Tricia Dunn also demonstrated some nice 1-2's. Dunn might be UNH's strongest skater. In goal, Dina Solimini looked very confident. She looked very strong and unlikely to give up any easy goals. Defender Lisa Widdecke read the play well and prevented any serious Huskie attacks. Heather Reinke had a super night on the blue line. She played a smart, heads-up game. Reinke made some of the best touch passes on the night. Overall UNH looked strong. Northeastern had too many of its players not show up. Their skating was disappointing. The Huskies let UNH dictate the flow, or lack of it, in the game. The woman of the match for NU was defender Bree Cheatham. Her skating is terrific. Cheatham's skills are first-class stuff. Why she is not on TUSAW I can not understand. Her only problem last night was trying to do too much. Cheatham tried to get her team going, but somehow her passes, rushing and support all over the ice didn't get her mates moving. First-year defender Jaime Totten looked real good. Her vision, skating and puck movement were great. First-year goalie Shannon Meyers at times looked good, but being a flopper scares me. Jessica Wagner and Danyel Howard were the two forwards who had fair skating games. Overall it was not a good showing by the Huskies. Northeastern has some interesting offensive ideas, but without the zip, all is lost. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:39:50 EST From: Mike Collingridge Subject: Re: ECAC Women: Karen Emma hungerf writes: > For those of you who noticed that Karen Emma seemed to be missing from my > recent I-H-L post, BC Women 2 - Colby 3, the reason is she is now attending > Brown. Emma is currently playing for the Brown Women's Ice Hockey Team. > Evidently she doesn't have to sit out a year because of a NC$$ one time > transfer rule, that doesn't apply to the men's game. So if you're > counting, chalk up another power forward for Didge (the Brown coach). I must admit I haven't seen too many college women games and not one in the ECAC but how can the concept of a "power forward" by definition exit? From what I've seen and understand, the very nature of the game does not accomodate such a style. This is not a knock on the players. Perhaps "power forward" takes on a new meaning in the women's game or back East they play the game differently. MC -- Mike Collingridge mcolli01@ype.gmpt.gmeds.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 14:56:52 -0500 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Re: ECAC Women: Karen Emma Mike Collingridge writes: >I must admit I haven't seen too many college women games and not one >in the ECAC but how can the concept of a "power forward" by definition >[exist]? From what I've seen and understand, the very nature of the game >does not accomodate such a style. This is not a knock on the players. >Perhaps "power forward" takes on a new meaning in the women's game >or back East they play the game differently. Yes, I think it's quite possible to have a "power forward" in the women's game. However, the definition may be somewhat different than the definition of a "power forward" in the men's game. I think of a power forward as a very strong skater who is able to drive hard on the outside, around the defenders, right to the net. A couple of players come to mind: Angela James - played for Senaca College (north of Toronto) - currently playing for the Toronto Red Wings of the Senior AA COWHL (Central Ontario Women's Hockey League) - Team Canada 1990, 92, 94, 96 Lori Dupuis - currently playing at the University of Toronto and also playing for the Toronto Red Wings Senior AA - Team Canada 1995, 96 The University of Toronto's women's team has a couple of exhibition games this weekend that you might be interested in. We play at Brown University at 7:00 pm on Sat Nov 25th, and we play at Yale at 10:00 am on Sun Nov 26th. I know the Yale game will be played at Yale, but I'm not sure if the Brown game will be played at Brown or at Yale. When I find out where it will be played, I'll post to hockey-l-info. Current Canadian National team members who play for the University of Toronto are Lori Dupuis (#66) and Laura Schuler (#14). The coach for the University of Toronto (Karen Hughes) is an assistant coach for Team Canada. Andria Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 17:10:29 +0001 From: Rick A McAdoo Subject: ECAC Women: Dartmouth 6 at BC 5, 11/22/95 (All info from my unofficial notes from observation, game program, rink announcements; arrived late 1st period; apologies for any mistakes): Women's ECAC Game Wednesday, 11/22/95 At Kelley Rink, Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, MA DARTMOUTH COLLEGE 1 4 1 - 6 ECAC 4-2-0 overall BOSTON COLLEGE 2 1 2 - 5 0-3-0 ECAC 0-4-0 overall Dartmouth: Forwards: #3 Ginger Kreitler, #5 Sarah Howald, #6 Jessica Clark, #7 Sarah Halsell, #8 Phoebe Manchester, #10 Malaika Little, #11 Sarah Hood, #13 Michelle Erickson, #16 Emilie Schnitman, #17 Erin Rath, #20 Kathleen O'Keefe Defense: #2 Amy Coelho, #4 Wendy Soutsos, #12 Michelyne Pinard, #14 Jen Lane, #18 Sara Nelson Goalkeepers: #1 Sarah Tueting, #30 Melissa Siegfried Boston College: Forwards: #2 Erin Magee, #7 Laura Traynham, #8 Amy Chase, #10 Claudia Asano, #26 Ryan MacLeod Defense: #3 Genevieve Missirlian, #12 Carroll McCaffrey, #14 Sarah Kearl, #19 Nicole DeBlois, #22 Tobin Dominick Goalkeepers: #33 Kristin Gray, #30 Claudine Pietrucha PERIOD ONE ---------- BC1 Laura Traynham (??) ?:?? DC1 ????? ?:?? BC - Asano (10 min. misconduct??) 16:?? BC2 Erin Magee (Traynham, MacLeod) 18:?? PERIOD TWO ---------- DC2 Sarah Halsell (Clark, ???) 1:00 DC3 Sarah Halsell (Nelson, ???) 5:25 DC4 Malaika Little (Sarah Howald) 7:16 DC - Howald (interference) 11:40 DC5 Sarah Hood (unassisted) SHG 12:38 BC3 Erin Magee (Missirlian, McCaffrey) PPG 12:48 PERIOD THREE ------------ BC - McCaffrey (interference) 0:49 DC - Kreitler (holding) 5:17 DC - Coelho (unsportsmanlike ??) 5:17 BC4 Laura Traynham (Magee, McCaffrey) 5x3 5:37 BC5 Erin Magee (Traynham, Dominick) 9:50 DC6 Sarah Halsell (Hood) 16:47 BC - Chase (hooking) 17:39 BC - timeout 18:57 BC - goalie Gray pulled 19:58 Goalies: DC - Sarah Tueting (60:00) BC - Kristin Gray (59:58) Attendance - my estimate 230 COMMENTS -------- A late goal by Dartmouth's Sarah Halsell thwarts a BC comeback and gives Dartmouth the 6-5 win. Halsell, a fast freshman sniper, had a hat trick in the game, as did her BC opposite, Erin Magee. Dartmouth appeared to have more speed, skill, and firepower, as well as a deeper bench, but was pushed to the limit by Boston College. As in many women's games, the better skating team had the advantage most of the time. I did not get the shots estimate, but Dartmouth clearly had more opportunities to score, and it was a strong effort by the BC defense and goaltender Kristin Gray to keep this close. I can't verify much of the first period except that BC's Claudia Asano was serving a 10-minute misconduct penalty when I arrived, and BC's Erin Magee got the first of her hat trick late in the period to give BC a 2-1 lead after one. The second period was dominated by Dartmouth, with Halsell getting a quick one through the 5-hole from the right circle. BC goalie Gray was forced to poke check the puck away from Little as she cruised in from the right corner at the 4:20 mark, then made a nice set of saves on a Halsell breakaway backhander and a subsequent Clark rebound shot. At 5:25, though, Halsell got another chance, got Gray down with a backhand fake, and lifted the puck in the net from the left side. Little continued the onslaught when she poked home a nice feed from Howald, left-to-right. BC's defense gave away the puck on a power play to Dartmouth's Sarah Hood, who came in unmolested and stuffed home the shorthanded goal, giving them a 5-2 lead. It looked like it might turn into a rout at this point. BC came back just 10 seconds later, however, and Magee got her 2nd of the night, a power play goal. Gray made another stop on a Halsell wraparound attempt at the 16:45 mark, and the period ended with Dartmouth ahead 5-3. BC started the third period in a hole, having to kill off an early penalty. Gray made a big pad save on a rebound on Dartmouth's best power play chance. Two Dartmouth players collided with a breaking BC forward at the 5:17 mark and a penalty was called. Though the holding penalty was on Kreitler, Coelho reported to the penalty box. When the referees conferred to correct the call and put Kreitler in the box, Coelho left and returned to the ice (without being told to by the refs.) Whether they had also called her for a penalty or assessed a penalty for leaving the box early was unclear, but the refs put both Dartmouth players in the box for a 5-on-3 BC opportunity. Traynham capitalized at 5:37 on a 2-on-1 break to pull BC within one. That goal seemed to give BC new life, and they skated much harder for the next few minutes. It paid off when Dominick fed the puck to a breaking Magee, who controlled with a nice deke at the blue line, then fed the puck to Traynham. She returned the puck to Magee on a nice give-and-go, and Magee tied the game with her 3rd goal. Continuing BC pressure gave Claudia Asano a chance when she skated around the defense on the right side and got the puck past the goalie, but it was cleared from the crease by the Dartmouth defense. Dartmouth's Coelho took another penalty on a similar Asano rush at 12:03, but it was Dartmouth who pressed the advantage short-handed. They poked in a rebound at 12:57 but the referees ruled it came after a whistle had stopped play (a correct call, it appeared.) BC's Missirlian got a long pass break a couple minutes later; Tueting came out to clear but knocked the puck right to Missirlian, who just missed outside the left post with her shot. Halsell got the game winner 2 minutes later when she hammered a hard shot from the right circle that just trickled through Gray's pads. BC's attempt to tie fell short after Amy Chase took an accidental and unfortunate hooking penalty, which prevented BC from getting any late pressure on Dartmouth. BC continues to look for their first win, and plays their next game at Brown at 2 P.M., Sunday, December 3. --------------- ---------------------- Rick McAdoo ramcadoo@world.std.com Read the FAQ!!! A patient BC fan. GO EAGLES! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 11:02:30 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: players of the week THE BAUER/ECAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK SARAH HALSELL, DARTMOUTH (Bridgeport, Conn.) - The freshman center was a key to Dartmouth's 6-5 victory over Boston College. She registered a hat trick, tying the game at two with her first goal, giving the Big Green a 3-2 lead with her second goal, and then earning the game-winner for Dartmouth with her third. THE COOPER/ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK ERIN MAGEE, BOSTON COLLEGE (Troy, N.Y.) - The second freshman, center honoree this week, Magee carried the Eagles' offense against Dartmouth. She figured in all five of BC's goals, tallying her second hat trick of the season and adding two assists. Her third goal knotted the game at five. Magee leads her team in scoring with totals of 6-3-9. ECAC HONOR ROLL Nan Gorton, Brown (Wellesley, MA) - The senior center recorded three goals and one assist in Brown's two games last week, including two goals against the highly regarded University of Toronto. Janna Dewar, Cornell (Regina, SASK) - The sophomore center was instrumental in the Big Red's 4-2 victory over Queen's University, netting two goals. She also tallied the game-winning goal over Dartmouth, just 12 seconds into the period. Annie Camins, New Hampshire (Chicago, IL) - Over four games, the senior center tallied four goals and two assists. She netted the game-winners against Northeastern and Princeton and picked up her 50th career goal and assist and her 100th point against Concordia. Carisa Zaban, New Hampshire (Glenview, IL) - The freshman center continued her scoring barrage, registering two goals and three assists over four games. She leads the Wildcats in scoring. Alana Blahoski, Providence (St. Paul, MN) - The senior forward tallied two goals and an assist, including the game winner, in an 8-5 win over Princeton. Laurie Baker, Providence (Concord, MA) - A freshman forward, Baker scored a game-high five points in an 8-5 win over Princeton, with two goals and three assists. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 23:25:07 -0500 From: Craig Cheslog Subject: Women: at Bowdoin 6, Maine 0 (11/29) BRUNSWICK, Maine -- First-year goaltenders Susan Bernard (Goffstown, N.H.) and Tron=E9 Bjorkedal (Buffalo, Minn.) combined for 15 saves to lead Bowdoin College to a 6-0 victory against the University of Maine in an ECAC Women's Ice Hockey Alliance game played Wednesday night. First-year Amy Steel (West Hartford, Conn.) scored two goals to pace the Bowdoin (2-1 overall, 2-1 ECAC Alliance) offense. First-year Caroline Chapin (Bath, Maine) and senior Michel Phaneuf (Hudson, N.H.) scored one goal and one assist, while first-year Emily Ewell (Meredith, N.H.) and senior Jane Kim (Andover, Mass.) added one goal apiece. Sophomore Amy Oliver (Orono, Maine) made 50 saves in goal for Maine (2- 2 overall, 1-1 ECAC Alliance). WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY SUMMARY Wednesday, November 29 at Brunswick, Maine University of Maine (2-2, 1-1 ECAC Alliance) 0 0 0 - 0 Bowdoin College (2-1, 2-1 ECAC Alliance) 4 1 1 - 6 FIRST PERIOD SCORING B - Emily Ewell 1 (Emily Hinman, Dee Spagnuolo) 5:52 B - Caroline Chapin 1 (unassisted) 10:56 (sh) B - Jane Kim 2 (Michel Phaneuf, Caroline Chapin) 16:30 (pp) B - Amy Steel 2 (Dee Spagnuolo) 16:51 PENALTIES M - Kim Hokanson (interference) 3:51 M - Dana Baerson (high-sticking) 7:01 B - Brietta Delmanzo (roughing) 9:23 M - Jessica Phelps (slashing) 15:12 B - Caroline Chapin (roughing) 17:10 SECOND PERIOD SCORING B - Michel Phaneuf 4 (Jane Kim, Jane MacLeod) 5:55 PENALTIES M - K.D. Dennison (interference) 8:23 M - Amy Oliver (slashing -- served by Amber Ceraldi) 12:44 THIRD PERIOD SCORING B - Amy Steel 3 (unassisted) 3:14 PENALTIES B - Dee Spagnuolo (slashing) 5:31 M - Kim Hokanson (roughing) 8:41 B - Erika Helmrath (interference) 17:44 M - Christina Hedges (tripping) 19:14 SHOTS ON GOAL Maine 5 4 6 =3D 15 Bowdoin 20 18 18 =3D 56 GOALTENDING: Bowdoin: Susan Bernard 9 (40 mins.), Tron=E9 Bjorkedal 6 = (20 mins.) Maine: Amy Oliver 50. POWER PLAY: Bowdoin 1 for 7. Maine 0 for 4. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 11:23:05 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women 0 - Northeastern 5 Wednesday evening's league match at Bright found the Northeastern Huskies passing their way around the Crimson of Harvard 0-5. The Huskies used good puck and player movement to control much of the game. Harvard looked tired and only had a few individuals show up to play. The opening period was scoreless. Both teams played tentatively. At the start of the second, Northeastern came out big. Sarah Smythe (Courtney King) put a rebound in, low near post, after NU had come out with several quick break in plays. At that point, the Huskies continued their energetic passing game, and Harvard was finding it hard to produce more than solo break out plays. In the last minute of the second period, with Harvard on the power play, NU's Danyel Howard (Kathryn Waldo, Dori Hoagland) scored to make it 0-2. The play developed from some fine Husky fore-checking and an excellent quick setup pass from Hoagland. As the third period started, Northeastern's movement, using all of the attacking zone, looked sharp. Howard (Kathryn Waldo, Jessica Wagner) tucked in a third goal for NU after a lovely cross-ice pass out of the corner by Waldo. Smythe (Jamie Totten, Angela Scerra) finished off a glorious series of passes when she deflected the puck in, low far post, to make it 0-4. The play was made by Scerra's interesting feed to the point, followed by Totten's low drill shot. Missi Werner (Waldo, Howard) closed out the scoring when she knocked home a rebound through a maze of players. Northeastern looked much better last night. They still need to work on team skating, but the energy level and execution were very good against Harvard. The woman of the match was first-year defender Jamie Totten. Her skating and stick skills are marvelous. Totten was intelligent in the way she made space for herself and her mates. It was fun to watch someone so in control of the action on the ice. Fellow defender Bree Cheatham had a strong match of breaking up Crimson attacks and providing good break out feeds. First-year forward Waldo impressed me the most last night with her clever passing. She also played extremely well on the penalty kill. Linemate Howard also had an excellent match, pulling off several telling rushes. Hoagland demonstrated some nice movement and King made several good rushes. Overall, if the Huskies can find better skating legs, they should be able to challenge for the league title. Harvard looked confused at times. There was some hustle, but there were too few players really moving last night to accomplish much. The woman of the match for Harvard was first-year wing Jen Gerometta. She played a super match. By the third period Gerometta had worked her way onto the second line, and she deserved it. She played with tons of intensity and not only back-checked well, but was always ready to skate the extra distance to try to produce a Crimson break in play. If more Harvard Women put out the energy Gerometta displayed, the team would be playing better. Classmates Kyle Walsh and Alice Dubois continued their developing skate and pass game. Stacy Kellogg played a strong hustle game. On defense, Holly Leitzes again show leadership in her own zone. First-year defender Melissa Milbert had an excellent match on the blue line. Her reads and quick reactions were very good. Overall, it was not a good effort, especially for a league match. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 09:50:49 -0500 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Women's Hockey Exhibition Scores, OWIAA standings The University of Toronto Varsity Blues travelled to Yale and Brown last weekend for a pair of exhibition games. This message provides the box scores for these two games. The University of Toronto plays in a 6-team league in Ontario called the OWIAA (Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association). The current league standings are listed at the end of this message. 1995 11 25 - Toronto Varsity Blues 5 at Brown University Bears 3 Period 1 15:56 BRO: Gorton ( Reid ) 8:07 TOR: Harris-Murray ( Etele ) 3:56 BRO: Gorton ( Kaakenson, Deering ) 1:30 TOR: Schuler Period 2 19:24 TOR: Dupuis ( Hunter ) Period 3 12:47 TOR: Schuler ( Dunn ) 12:20 TOR: Hunter ( Dupuis, Lauzon ) 9:31 BRO: Solari ( Deering ) 1995 11 26 - Toronto Varsity Blues 8 at Yale University 1 Period 1 11:48 TOR: Dupuis 2:47 TOR: Bondy ( Etele, Bates ) 0:03 TOR: Hunter Period 2 16:50 YAL: Adams ( Westgate ) Period 3 13:44 TOR: Bondy ( Challoner ) 7:31 TOR: Vance ( Collins ) 5:35 TOR: Hunter ( Etele ) 4:27 TOR: Randall ( Van Damme ) [PP] 3:39 TOR: Van Damme ( MacMillan, Randall ) 1995-96 OWIAA Current League Standings: PLACE TEAM GP W L T GF GA PT -------------------------------------------- 1 Toronto 5 5 0 0 33 2 10 2 Laurier 6 5 1 0 29 11 10 4 Guelph 6 3 2 1 21 7 7 5 York 5 2 2 1 13 17 5 3 Queen's 6 1 5 0 8 29 2 6 Windsor 6 0 6 0 8 46 0 I have quite a bit of Women's University (USA and Canada) hockey information at this URL: http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~andria/University_Hockey.html Andria Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 16:47:09 -0400 From: Rita-Ann Monde Subject: cornell-harvard women this afternoon at lynah rink, the big red hangs on to beat the crimson 3-2. [i don't have team rosters, so i apologize for the spelling errors] scoring recap: at the end of the first, 1-0 cornell on a goal by jenna dewar at the end of 2, 3-0 cornell goals: dana antal erin schmaltz harvard get 2 quick goals [within 10 sec of each other] from: stacy kellog and kyle walsh for cornell, alana [i can't remember her last name right now. i'm sorry] stopped 18 of 21 shots for the crimson jen bowdowin had a busy day facing 46 + shots. tomorrow cornell plays northeastern at 2 at lynah. one other note: this was the first of 3 cornell women's hockey games to be broadcast on wtko 1470 am radio. Its great that women's athletics are finally getting some air time on radio and tv!!!! Rita-Ann Monde Trinity College '91 Cornell University '9? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 22:47:15 -0500 From: Craig Cheslog Subject: Women (12/2) -- Bowdoin 15, at Amherst 0 In an ECAC Women's Ice Hockey Alliance game played on Saturday, December 2, Bowdoin defeated Amherst by a 15-0 score. Twelve different Bowdoin players scored goals today, and 17 players had at least one point as the Polar Bears outshoot Amherst by an 81-7 margin. Michel Phaneuf became the third player in Polar Bear history to score 100 career points with her one goal, one assist performance today. She needs one more assist to tie Carol Thomas '93 for the career record (60). Sarah Mazur scored three goals and Jane Kim added two tallies. Phaneuf, Emily Ewell, Emily Hinman, Brietta Delmanzo, Dee Spagnuolo, Erika Helmrath, Kacy White, Jane MacLeod, Amy Steel, and Heather Knowles each scored one goal apiece. I'll try to post the official boxscore when it becomes available. Bowdoin plays at Williams on Sunday in an ECAC Alliance matchup. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Craig Cheslog | Internet: ccheslog@polar.bowdoin.edu | | Bowdoin College | America Online: ccheslog@aol.com | | Sports Information Director | Voice: 207-725-3254 FAX: 207-725-3003 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 15:40:08 -0500 From: David B Reusch Subject: UNH Women vs. Yale In their home opener at the new Towse Rink, the UNH women's team defeated Yale 12-0. The only other stat I have is that Yale's Laurie Belliveau had *66* saves vs. UNH's 5 (didn't get the UNH goalies name). This was my first ECAC women's game and it was, to say the least, not a very close match. Still a lot of fun, though. In a brief "what were they thinking" mode: the glass at each corner of the new building (not the glass on the boards, but in the building itself) must have played at least some role in this game. It was a nice sunny day out and that sun came beaming in right on the goal areas. Maybe everyone involved can handle that kind of distraction, but then again, maybe not. Dave Reusch UMaine '86, UNH G *really* soon ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 22:16:29 -0500 From: William Jay Lustgarten Subject: Cornell 5 Princeton 5 (12/2) Cornell tied Princeton tonite 5-5 at Lynah Rink in Ithaca, NY. The game went back and forth and was tied 4-4 after 2. In the 3rd, Princeton struck first taking a 5-4 lead. Cornell tied the game with several minutes to go on a goal by Jason Dailey. Cornell had several chances to win the game and many scrambles around the front of the net, however failed to put the puck in the net. The Cornell defense played quite sloppy at times, contributing to several of the goals. Princeton had quite a few breakaways and walk-in shots. Despite giving up 5 goals, Eddie Skazyk looked pretty sharp in net, making 31 saves (I think). Princeton switched goalies after the 2nd period pulling Erasmo Saltarelli for James Konte. Konte stopped 14 of 15 shots I believe. The Cornell power play continued to sparkle with 2 power play goals. The Big Red had 4 power play goals last nite against Yale. For the second time this season, Cornell had 2 short handed goals (the first time was against Harvard). Once again Cornell outshot their opponents, this time 41-36 I think. Cornell moves to 4-2-2 and 4-0-2 in ECAC play while Princeton is now 2-6-2 and 1-5-1 in league play. Billy Lustgarten Cornell '98 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 22:25:55 -0500 From: James Clippinger Subject: Yale-Colgate box Yale vs. Colgate ECAC League Game Starr Rink Hamilton, NY Dec. 2, 1995 SCORING BY PERIOD Yale 1 0 0 X - 1 Colgate 2 0 6 X - 8 First Period C 6:44 Harder (DeProfio, Debusschere) Y 11:45 Giroux (Silvennoinen, Turco) PPG C 18:27 Cronan (McIntosh, Lewis) Second Period No scoring Thrid Period C 4:07 Garzone (DeProfio) PPG C 7:01 DeProfio C 7:12 Debusschere (DeProfio) C 10:34 Harder (DeProfio, Murphy) C 12:33 Debusschere (Harder, DeProfio) PPG C 17:05 DeProfio (Garzone, Dexter) PPG PENALTIES First Period Y 1:22 Turco (hooking) C 11:13 Burgess (interference) Second Period Y 0:46 Brierley (interference) C 8:30 Owens (cross-checking) Y 11:58 Doyle (tripping) C 16:13 DeProfio (interference) Y 16:13 Rabjohns (interference) Third Period Y 4:01 Silvennoinen (slashing) C 5:01 Dance (roughing) C 7:16 Owens (elbowing) Y 11:01 Dunlap (checking from behind) Y 12:44 Logan (misconduct) 10:00 C 12:49 Owens (roughing) Y 15:02 Cumming (misconduct) 10:00 Y 16:11 McCullough (hitting from behind) C 18:28 Cronan (slashing) Totals Yale 9 penalties / 34 minutes Colgate 7 penalties / 14 minutes POWER PLAYS Yale 1/6 Colgate 3/6 SAVES BY PERIOD Min 1 2 3 OT TOT Y Choquette 60:00 4 15 8 X 27 C Brenzavich 60:00 6 4 12 X 22 ATTENDANCE: 2,242 NOTE: Senior C Chris DeProfio tied the Colgate record for points in a game with 7, and set a new Colgate record for points in a period with 6 in the third. Now off to take advantage of the local pizza joint's "25-cents-off- for-each-Colgate-goal" promotion. :-) --------- James Clippinger jclip@cs.colgate.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 00:54:57 -0500 From: Deron Treadwell Subject: WCHA Scores Here's the WCHA Scores from the web page: Denver 3 Alaska Anchorage 2 (OT) Michigan Tech 4 Wisconsin 2 Minn-Duluth 5 St. Cloud State 4 North Dakota 4 Northern Michigan 1 --- Deron Treadwell-dtread41@maine.maine.edu --> University of Maine Hockey (11-3-2) --> http://maine.maine.edu/~dtread41/mehockey.html --> Owner/GM: Maine Mariners (EHH Fantasy League) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 22:31:45 -0500 From: Steven Bartley Univ Of Michigan Subject: UM 8 BGSU 1 In a one-sided game played at BGSU, UM won by a score of 8 - 1. Goals scored by UM were Herr (2), Madden, Legg, Halko, Botterill, Hayes, Luhning. I could not pick up the name of the goal scored by the BGSU. TV announcer was not clear. Petrie in goal for first 30 minutes and then Savard for last 30. Turco in goal for first 2 periods for UM and then Malicke in the third. No goals were scored on Malicke and only one against Savard. All other goals scored against starters. by period UM: 05-02-01 BGSU:00-01-00 after two periods: Shots on goal after 2 periods, 36-18 for UM. UM was 4/6 on power play BGSU was 1/4 8 penalty minutes UM 11 for BGSU 4 tough saves for UM 13 for BGSU 5,021 attendance set BGSU record ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 02:04:15 -0500 From: lynn burke Subject: Saturday scores SATURDAY Saturday's college ice hockey scores from various sources. Updates and corrections are welcomed. HOCKEY EAST ----------- Boston University 6, Mass Amherst 2 Northeastern 7, New Hampshire 3 Maine 6, Merrimack 2 Mass Lowell 8, Boston College 3 ECAC ---- Harvard 6, Brown 4 Clarkson 4, Union 1 Colgate 8, Yale 1 Princeton 5, Cornell 5, tie St. Lawrence 2, Rensselaer 1 CCHA ---- Michigan State 5, Ohio State 1 Michigan 8, Bowling Green 1 Ferris State 5, Illinois-Chicago 1 Lake Superior 6, Notre Dame 3 Western Michigan 5, Miami 2 WCHA ---- Michigan Tech 4, Wisconsin 2 Denver 3, Alaska-Anchorage 2, OT Minnesota-Duluth 5, St Cloud 4 North Dakota 4, Northern Michigan 1 ECAC EAST --------- Middlebury 9, American International 1 Bowdoin 6, Holy Cross 1 Connecticut College at Colby Williams 3, North Adams 1 Babson 5, Salem State 4, OT New England at Trinity St. Anselm 13, Wesleyan 2 UConn 9, Norwich 4 Mass-Boston at Southern Maine Hamilton at Amherst SUNYAC ------ Oswego 7, Fredonia 1 Cortland 9, Buffalo State 2 Potsdam 5, Brockport 4 Plattsburgh 8, Geneseo 3 ECAC WEST --------- Mercyhurst at Canisius NCHA ---- Bemidji State 6, UW-Eau Claire 4 UW-Stevens Point 5, St. Norbert's 2 Lake Forest at UW-River Falls UW-Superior at St. Scholastica MIAC ---- Concordia at St. Thomas Gustavus Adolphus at St. John's Bethel at Hamline ECAC NORTH ---------- Roger Williams at Nichols Fitchburg at Plymouth State Curry 6, Worcester State 2 ECAC CENTRAL ------------ Mass Dartmouth at Suffolk St. Michael's at New Hampshire College Assumption at Tufts ECAC SOUTH ---------- Iona at Wentworth Skidmore at Sacred Heart NON-CONFERENCE -------------- Vermont 9, Ottawa 2 Framingham at Bentley Alabama-Huntsville 13, Augsburg 2 St. Mary's 4, Mankato State 3 Army 6, Fairfield 1 Scranton at Villanova St. Olaf at Minn-Crookston RIT 2, Air Force 0 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ + Lynn Burke - Newport News, Va. + + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + ``When the seagull follows the trawler, it is because it expects sardines + + to be thrown into the sea'' -- Eric Cantona + +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 02:03:29 EST From: Kevin Todd Subject: SLU Just to clarify: 1) It is not the SLU Larries, it is the SLU Skating Saints. 2) The final call did not seem at all questionable to my greatly biased eyes. And it certainly sould not be surprising if you had seen the call that set up the extended 5-3 power- for RPI in the first period. *Blech*:-) -both of these are in response to Brian Morris' note. 3) As Scott Ayen said, and I must agree, the reffing was horrid. The game was *close* to out of control and I was glad that it ended in such a timely manner. 4) For Sara....this is from the top of my head and is hardly a box score for the Union/SLU game...but it is at least close: SLU - 6 (Goals scored by- B. Murphy (1); S. Stevens (2) M. McGrath (2); D. McLaughlin (1)) Union - 3 The thrid string goalie Eric Heffler started this game...it was an interesting move by Coach Marsh, but didn't work very well as Heffler was replaced by J. Bracco to start the second period. Shots were something like 35-13. The saints did well against two scrappy teams this weekend to take the sweep at home (Still undefeated in Appleton!!). Defense was the best it has been and the penalty kill was fabulous. Hopefully this trend will continue at least through next weekend as Harvard and Brown venture northward:-) Kevin Todd '96 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 02:19:14 -0500 From: Kurt Stutt Subject: Box: St. Lawrence 2, RPI 1 (12/2/95) RPI vs. St. Lawrence Saturday, December 2, 1995 Appleton Arena (Canton, New York) Attendance: 2,600 Referees: John Gallagher, Rich Zanetti Linesman: Dan Boyer RPI 0-1-0=1 St. Lawrence 0-1-1=2 FIRST PERIOD Scoring- none Penalties- 5:56 SLU S. Murphy (holding) 6:27 SLU Prpic (high sticking) 9:37 RPI Tapper (interference) 12:08 RPI Maye (interference) 12:08 SLU B. Murphy (cross-checking) 13:20 SLU Poapst (high sticking) 14:36 RPI Bench minor (too many men, served by James) 17:25 SLU S. Murphy (charging) 19:47 SLU Kungle (delay of game) SECOND PERIOD Scoring- :15 RPI(1) Rochon (Richardson, O'Connor) pp 13:59 SLU(1) Stevens (Ladouceur, McLaughlin) Penalties- 11:06 SLU DiFrancesco (interference) 15:21 SLU Cullen (roughing) 15:21 RPI Maye (roughing) 18:57 RPI Murphy (interference) 18:57 SLU B. Murphy (roughing) THIRD PERIODS Scoring- 19:44 SLU(2) Kungle (Ladouceur, DiFrancesco) pp Penalties- 2:53 RPI Tapper (tripping) 3:00 SLU Kungle (holding) 4:41 RPI O'Connor (interference) 7:50 SLU Cullen (cross-checking) 9:18 RPI Gosselin (hooking) 14:20 SLU Creurer (holding) 18:36 RPI Richardson (slashing) 18:36 SLU Dennehy (elbowing) 19:23 RPI O'Connor (hooking) Saves: RPI Tamburro 8-18-15=41 SLU Owen 10-13- 6=29 Power Plays: RPI 1 for 8 St. Lawrence 1 for 6 Submitted from the happy confines of WRPI by Kurt Stutt stuttk@rpi.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 17:04:15 -0400 From: Rita-Ann Monde Subject: cornell-northeastern women this afternoon at lynah rink northeastern barely hangs on to beat cornell 5-4. Alana hayes was in goal again today for cornell and meyers in net for the huskies. cornell was down 5-3 with about 1min 20 sec left to go when the huskies got called for a trip and a bench minor.. so with the 5-3 advantage cornell scores one, and almost gets the game tying goal with the 5-4 [actually 6-4 since they pulled hayes] advantage. meyers came up big several times for the huskies.. since cornell NEVER quit during the game. It was most exciting to watch. sorry i don't have goal scores or assists... it was hard to hear the PA announcer. btw, some of the big red pep band was there trying to get the crowd into the game [and to heckle the huskie goalie.. but they didn't quiet get her off her game!] Rita-Ann Monde Trinity College '91 Cornell University '9? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 08:46:02 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: players-of-the-week 03 Dec 1995 ECAC Women's Hockey Release #3, December 3, 1995 THE BAUER/ECAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK KATIE KING, BROWN (Salem, NH) - The junior forward scored a dramatic game-winning goal with 20 seconds left to lead Brown to a 4-3 come-from-behind win over cross-town rival Providence. She also registered two goals and two assists for the Bears in a victory over Boston College. Against the Eagles King registered the 100th point of her career in only her 51st game and moved into 7th place on Brown's all-time scoring list. THE COOPER/ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK LAURIE BAKER, PROVIDENCE (Concord, Mass.) - The freshman forward tallied her first career hat trick this week in a victory over Dartmouth. Her three goals and one assist paced the Friar offense to a 5-0 victory. She also chipped in with one goal in a disappointing 4-3 loss to Brown. Baker leads Providence in scoring with totals of 10-6-16. ECAC HONOR ROLL Brandy Fisher, UNH (Potsdam, NY) - The sophomore forward moved from left wing to right wing against Yale and recorded a natural hat trick and two assists in a 12-0 win. Against Princeton she tacked on two assists to keep her ten game scoring streak alive. Dana Antal, Cornell (Esterhazy, SASK) - Despite being only a freshman, Antal was invaluable to the Big Red this week as she played a part in six of Cornell's seven goals. She scored two power-play goals, one each against Harvard and Northeastern, and dished out four assists. Carisa Zaban, New Hampshire (Glenview, IL) - The freshman center took over the league scoring lead, registering four goals and three assists as New Hampshire remained undefeated in league play. Danielle Solari, Brown (Rockland, MA) - The junior forward paced the Bears' attack with two goals against Providence and two goals and an assist against Boston College as Brown posted two victories. Erin Schmalz, Cornell (Wilcox, SASK) - The sophomore forward netted the game-winning goal against Harvard and added two goals in a loss to Northeastern. Ali Coughlin, Princeton (Lincoln, MA) - The freshman forward tallied five goals (two PPG, one ENG) against Colby for her first career hat trick. She is second on the team in scoring with 7-4-11 totals. NORTHEASTERN TAKES SOLE POSSESSION OF FIRST WITH THREE LEAGUE VICTORIES In a busy week of league play, Northeastern took sole possession of first place as the Huskies rolled to wins over Harvard and St. Lawrence and survived a close call against Cornell, prevailing 5-4. New Hampshire trails Northeastern by only two points in league play. The Wildcats completely dominated opponents this week posting shutout wins over Yale and Princeton. In other league action, Brown and St. Lawrence both came up with last second goals in their games against Providence and Harvard. For Brown Katie King scored with 20 seconds left to down the Friars, 4-3. In Canton, NY, Julie Barnett scored for St. Lawrence with only one tick left on the clock to salvage a 1-1 tie for the Saints. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 11:29:24 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Alliance players of the week 06 Dec 1995 ECAC Women's Alliance player of the week: Sarah Mazur, Bowdoin ECAC Women's Alliance rookie of the week: Lara Goff, Middlebury Standings => 04 Dec 1995 Alliance games Overall W L T W L T Bowdoin 4 1 0 4 1 0 Middlebury 3 0 0 4 0 0 Williams 3 1 0 3 2 0 RIT 2 0 1 2 0 1 Hamilton 2 3 0 2 3 0 Maine 2 3 0 3 4 0 Colgate 2 3 0 2 3 0 Wesleyan 1 0 1 2 1 1 RPI 1 2 0 3 2 0 Vermont 0 3 0 0 3 0 Amherst 0 4 0 0 4 0 Scoring GP G A PT Mazur, Bowdoin 5 8 5 13 Phaneuf, Bowdoin 5 7 3 10 Hefner, Middlebury 3 3 6 9 Spagnuolo, Bowdoin 5 3 6 9 Goaltending GP % Avg. Middlebrook, Wesleyan 2 .929 0.96 Sturm, RIT 3 .964 1.00 Bernard, Bowdoin 5 .927 1.63 _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 21:39:26 -0500 From: Craig Cheslog Subject: WOMEN: 12/6 -- Boston College 7, at Bowdoin 1 Junior Laura Traynham scored three goals and assisted on one other to lead Boston College (1-5) to a 7-1 victory over Bowdoin College (4-2) in a women's ice hockey game played Wednesday night. Freshman Erin Magee scored two goals and two assists to help the Eagle cause. Sophomore Ryan MacLeod and freshman Claudia Asano scored the other Boston College goals. Bowdoin senior Michel Phaneuf scored Bowdoin's lone goal off an assist from fellow senior co-captain Dee Spagnuolo. Senior Kristin Gray made 11 saves to earn the victory in goal for Boston College. First-year Susan Bernard made 41 saves for the Polar Bears. Boston College has won eight straight meetings with Bowdoin dating back to the 1992-93 season. Bowdoin leads the all-time series by a 12-8-1 margin. COLLEGE WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY SUMMARY December 6, 1995 at Dayton Arena, Brunswick, Maine Boston College (1-5) 1 2 4 = 7 Bowdoin College (4-2) 1 0 0 = 1 FIRST PERIOD SCORING BC - Ryan MacLeod 1 (Genevieve Missirlian) 9:00 BOW - Michel Phaneuf 8 (Dee Spagnuolo) 9:53 PENALTIES: NONE SECOND PERIOD SCORING: BC - Claudia Asano 3 (Caroline Miller) 8:09 BC - Laura Traynham 4 (Erin Magee) 12:41 PENALTIES: BOW - Brietta Delmanzo (roughing) 0:58 BOW - Brietta Delmanzo (tripping) 4:14 BOW - bench (too many players on the ice--served by C. O'Connor) 14:16 THIRD PERIOD SCORING: BC - Laura Traynham 5 (unassisted) 4:05 BC - Erin Magee 7 (Laura Traynham, Carroll McCaffrey) 8:57 (pp) BC - Laura Traynham 6 (Erin Magee, Sarah Kearl) 11:10 BC - Erin Magee 8 (unassisted) 18:22 PENALTIES: BOW - Amy Steel (roughing) 7:01 BC - Ryan MacLeod (slashing) 13:39 BC - Genevieve Missirlian (roughing) 17:57 BOW - Jane Kim (high-sticking) 17:57 BC - Carroll McCaffrey (tripping) 18:39 SHOTS ON GOAL Boston College 14 19 15 = 48 Bowdoin College 3 3 6 = 12 GOALTENDING: Boston College, Kristin Gray 11 saves. Bowdoin, Susan Bernard 41 saves. POWER PLAY Bowdoin 0 for 2. Boston College 1 for 4. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 19:20:46 -0500 From: Craig Cheslog Subject: WOMEN: 12/9 -- at Bowdoin 10, Wesleyan 9 Senior Jane Kim (Andover, Mass.) scored five goals and one assist and senior Michel Phaneuf (Hudson, N.H.) added one goal and four assists to lead Bowdoin College to a 10-1 victory against Wesleyan University in an ECAC Women's Ice Hockey Alliance game played Saturday afternoon. Phaneuf broke the Bowdoin career assist record with her assist on a goal scored by first-year Jane MacLeod (Deerfield, Mass.) at 5:10 of the second period. Phaneuf, who nowhas 63 career assists, broke the record of 60 set by Carol Thomas '93. Phaneuf also moved into second place on the Bowdoin career scoring list with that assist. She now has 108 career points, moving past the 104 career points recorded by Nan Gorton '96 (who transferred to Brown University after her sophomore season). Kim tied the Bowdoin single-game record with five goals today and her six points tie her for the second-best single-game performance in Bowdoin history. The other Bowdoin players to score five goals in a game were: Jill Bermingham '86 (vs. the University of Connecticut on January 31, 1986), Thomas (vs. Middlebury on January 26, 1991 and vs. Yale on January 24, 1993), and Gorton (vs. the University of Maine on December 1, 1993). MacLeod finished the game with one goal and three assists, while first-year Emily Hinman (Westborough, Mass.) and sophomore Kacy White (Edgartown, Mass.) recorded one goal and one assist apiece. First-year Emily Ewell (Meredith, N.H.) scored the other Polar Bear goal. Freshman Susie Bellizzi (Great Barrington, Mass.) helped the Cardinals avoid the shutout with a goal that was assisted by senior Anna Estes (Peterborough, N.H.) at 0:58 of the third period. First-year Susan Bernard (Goffstown, N.H.) made 15 saves to record the victory in goal for the Polar Bears (5-2-0 overall, 5-1-0 ECAC Alliance). Sophomore Sophie Middlebrook (San Francisco, Calif.) made 31 saves for Wesleyan (3-2-1 overall, 1-1-1 ECAC Alliance). COLLEGE WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY SUMMARY December 9, 1995 at Dayton Arena, Brunswick, Maine Wesleyan (3-2-1 overall, 1-1-1 ECAC Alliance) 0 0 1 = 1 Bowdoin (5-2-0 overall, 5-1-0 ECAC Alliance) 3 3 4 = 10 FIRST PERIOD SCORING B - Emily Hinman 3 (unassisted) 8:09 (4-on-4) B - Jane Kim 5 (Michel Phaneuf) 8:40 (pp) B - Kacy White 2 (Jessica Keating, Sarah Mazur) 10:01 PENALTIES B - Dee Spagnuolo (checking) 6:29 W - Margaret Metz (elbowing) 7:23 W - Susie Bellizzi (checking) 15:27 SECOND PERIOD B - Jane MacLeod 3 (Michel Phaneuf, Jane Kim) 0:58 B - Jane Kim 6 (Sarah Mazur, Kacy White) 7:34 (pp) B - Jane Kim 7 (Jane MacLeod) 12:05 PENALTIES W - Anna Estes (interference) 5:43 W - Kate Whitman (tripping) 12:17 THIRD PERIOD W - Susie Bellizzi 6 (Anna Estes) 0:58 B - Michel Phaneuf 9 (Jane MacLeod) 9:53 B - Jane Kim 8 (Michel Phaneuf) 14:41 B - Emily Ewell 3 (Amy Steel, Emily Hinman) 17:34 B - Jane Kim 9 (Michel Phaneuf, Jane MacLeod) 19:40 PENALTIES NONE SHOTS ON GOAL Wesleyan 5 6 5 = 16 Bowdoin 9 13 19 = 41 GOALTENDING Wesleyan: Sophie Middlebrook 31 saves. Bowdoin: Susan Bernard 15 saves. POWER PLAY: Bowdoin 2 for 4. Wesleyan 0 for 1. ------------- Craig Cheslog Bowdoin College Sports Information Director ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Dec 1995 21:04:46 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women 8 - Middlebury 1 Saturday afternoon at Bright the Harvard Crimson beat the Middlebury Panthers 8-1. The match was a disappointing effort by the Crimson who could have developed their new lines and tried out a needed backup defender. Middlebury looked tired from yesterday's close contest with BC. The first period found Harvard pinning the Panthers back in their own end. AJ Mleczko (Colleen Malek, Catherine Kreindler) gave the Crimson the early lead when she deflected a point shot high into the net. At that point Middlebury was able to pick up their game and hold Harvard to the one goal. At the start of the second, the Crimson came out and scored three quick goals that took the life out of the Panthers. Mleczko (Stacy Kellogg) scored on a fine setup from Kellogg when she was left totally unmarked. Alice DuBois (Casi Walker, Holly Leitzes) finished off a rapid 1-2 passing play from the left slot. The played was made by the excellent pass from behind the net by Walker. Ellen Frump (Kyle Walsh, Jenny Duval) made it 4-0 Harvard when she lifted home her shot from the right slot. During a four on four situation Mleczko (Kellogg) found net with a slap shot from just inside the blue line. Mleczko (Kellogg, Christa Calagione) scored again on a 3 on 2 break in play. Middlebury pulled one back when Janice O'Neil (Whitney Parks) concluded a nice break in play with a well placed shot. Harvard had just replaced starting goalie Jen Bowdoin with Whitney Smith. The Crimson closed out the scoring for the period when Kreindler (Mleczko) knocked it a rebound. In the final period the Panthers were able to raise their defenses again and only allowed one more goal. Harvard's Mleczko (Calagione) hit another slap shot from just inside the blue line that managed its way through the goalies' pads. Rude Parents: For those parents and friends who persist in standing in front of people who want to watch the game - Sit down please! Middlebury has an interesting team. They need to work on their skating. They need to develop more poise. I wish the Panthers could all watch a player like the USA Selects' Wendy Tatarouns play. A small forward, she leaves big players in her wake with her excellent skills. The woman of the match for Middlebury was Jennifer Hefner. A strong, cool defender she played a very smart match. Hefner faced a tough challenge extremely well. First-year defender Heidi Howard also acquitted herself well. She played some solid defense. Lara Goff and linemates O'Neil and Parks played awfully well together. I was most impressed with the amount of energy first-year Goff put into the match. Overall I think the Panthers weathered the storm pretty well and will continue to excel in the ECAC Alliance. I always feel a well-coached team uses games against easier opponents to prepare themselves for the tough competition. Harvard unfortunately spent the day between "diving school" and acting out the "we're better than them" attitude. The result was a wasted opportunity filled with individual heroics that won't cut it against the better sides. The woman of the match for Harvard was first-year forward Walsh. She showed some good skating today. Walsh's bursting moves were the bright spot of the afternoon. I thought Kreindler and Kellogg had a good outing on the first line. They both produced some fine passes today. Walker displayed some strong play on the third line. I thought it ominous that first-years DuBois and Walsh are not currently playing together. Together they had demonstrated some lovely teamwork that the Crimson desperately needs. Overall it was not a good performance. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 19:19:52 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women 7 - Williams 0 Sunday afternoon at Bright Hockey Center the Crimson of Harvard defeated the Williams Ephs 7-0. Harvard came up with a much better team effort today. Williams was overpowered but did show some good back-checking skills. The opening period found the Crimson pushing the Ephs back into their own zone. Jenny Duval (Christa Calagione, Holly Leitzes) got the final touch on Harvard's first goal. The Crimson pressure had forced the situation. Williams was guilty of watching and not skating. After that first goal the Ephs picked it up and prevented any other scoring in the first. At the start of the second, Stacy Kellogg (AJ Mleczko) knocked home the puck after multiple exchanges with her linemate. Alice DuBois (Jen Gerometta, Casi Walker) made it three nil. The play was made from a series of quick, short passes by the third line. Calagione (Walker, Gerometta) scored the final goal of the middle stanza with a slap shot from the point. The situation was engineered by working the puck around the boards. In the final period, Mleczko (Catherine Kreindler) tipped in a lovely centering pass from Kreindler during a fast break in play. Kyle Walsh (Leitzes) tallied a short time later when her slot shot found net inside the low near post. The Crimson completed the scoring in the match when Calagione (Elizabeth Ganzenmuller) slipped her wide-angle shot in at the near post. Williams has a developing program. If their skating was better, I don't think they would be as blown away by a team like Harvard. The Ephs did a fair job of breaking up Crimson attacks and getting loose pucks out of their end. The woman of the match for Williams was goalie Kate Niederhoffer. The scoreboard had the shots on goal count at over 90 for Harvard. Niederhoffer faced the shooter well and prevented the score from being much higher. On defense Julie Rusczek read the plays well and provided some excellent break ups. Forward Emmy Starr illustrated some very good back-checking. Overall it looks like Williams is on its way to producing a good program in the ECAC Alliance. Harvard had a better attitude today. The waves of attackers showed some purpose. The corner rolls and cross-ice dishes looked fairly good. The attack is still way too flat which makes it extremely difficult to complete a pass. I think it happens because there isn't enough movement. That is a consequence of the lack of skating development. All four lines played well as units from time to time. The Harvard woman of the match was the third line of Walker, DuBois and Gerometta. They exhibited the best movement and passing today. First-year forward Walsh continued to show her strong skating. Defender Leitzes was easily the outstanding blue liner with her soft passes and heads-up play. Overall the Crimson played a much smarter game today. Some needed team and line learning happened today in a very positive way. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 08:59:43 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: players of the week 11 Dec 1995 ECAC Women's Hockey Release #4, December 11, 1995 Due to the Christmas Break, the next ECAC Women's Hockey Release will be issued on Tuesday, January 2. THE BAUER/ECAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK A.J. Mleczko, Harvard (New Canaan, CT) - A junior forward, A.J. Mleczko recorded five goals in an 8-1 win over Middlebury, tying a Harvard record for most goals in a game. She also had an assist in this game. In a 7-0 blanking of Williams, she tallied a goal and an assist to move into second-place on the career scoring list. THE COOPER/ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Ali Coughlin, Princeton (Lincoln, MA) - A freshman center, Ali Couglin scored four goals to lead the Tigers to a 7-3 victory over league-leading Northeastern. One tally was on the power play and the other was the game-winning goal. It was her second hat trick of the season, and it came naturally. ECAC HONOR ROLL Andrea Blakely, St. Lawrence (Nepean, ONT) - In an offensive outpouring against RPI, this junior forward tallied four goals and two assists to lead her team to a 17-0 rout of the Engineers, an ECAC Alliance team. Karen Chernisky, Princeton (Maple Heights, OH) - The junior forward had an impressive week, totaling four goals and two assists in a 7-3 victory over Northeastern and a 5-3 loss to Dartmouth. Melisa Heitzman, New Hampshire (Bloomington, MN) - A rookie left wing, Heitzman accounted for half of her team's scoring in a 6-1 league win over Colby. She scored her first collegiate hat trick and added an assist. One goal came on the power play and another was the game-winner. Erin Magee, Boston College (Troy, NY) - This team-leading rookie center recorded five goals and three assists in a 2-0-1 week for the Eagles. Marie Polichronopoulos, Colby (Manchester, NH) - A junior netminder, Polichronopoulos braved the potent UNH attack in the only league game of the week and made 61 saves in a losing effort. She faced this assault with the support of just three total defensemen and seven forwards. Laura Traynham, Boston College (Billerica, MA) - A junior forward, Traynham led BC to a three-game unbeaten string with five goals and two assists. She netted 3-1-4 against Bowdoin. Sarah Vogler, Dartmouth (Birmingham, MI) - In her first game back since an early season injury, the senior defensman had a goal and two assists in the Big Green's two victories. Her defensive play helped set the tempo and establish Dartmouth's presence. Jessica Wagner, Northeastern (Ramsey, MN) - A junior forward, Wagner led her team in a 4-2 victory over Providence with two goals and one assist. NEW HAMPSHIRE PREVAILS IN ONLY ECAC GAME; BOSTON COLLEGE RECORDS FIRST TWO VICTORIES With just one ECAC league game on tap last week, it was New Hampshire who moved into a first-place tie with Northeastern after its 6-1 defeat of Colby. Freshman Melisa Heitzman led the attack for the Wildcats with her first career hat trick and an assist. Boston College got into the win column with two non-league victories against Bowdoin, 7-1, and Middlebury, 4-3. The Eagles also tied Yale, 2-2. Team-leading scorer Erin Magee registered five goals and three assists in this stretch. Princeton came up with a big 7-3 win over Northeastern in another non-league tilt, but then turned around and dropped a 5-3 decision to Ivy foe Dartmouth, 5-3. Ali Coughlin, another one of this year's sensational ECAC rookies, led the Tigers in their NU victory, scoring four goals. This was Princeton's first win against the Huskies since the 1982-83 season. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 11:49:24 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: the new release I wanted to express my pleasure with the new expanded ECAC Women's weekly release. The people at Brown and the ECAC are doing a great job. The added detail of the Honor Roll and the short game summaries are very enjoyable. Merci! I have suggested to the people who put out the release that they consider adding a Defensive player of the week award, like the WCHA. Now I love offense more than most people, but I feel defenders and defensive forwards deserve some credit, and not just when they get a couple of points. To me stats do not tell the whole story. Having attended both Harvard Women's games last weekend, I find it hard to believe that AJ Mleczko is player of the week. Padding one's stats against a non-league side can hardly be much of an achievement. Throw in a few cross-checks and I really don't get it. Someone on UNH had to have a heck of game in defeating Colby in a league match and holding the USA Selects to only a 3-5 loss. My point is, what with Info-Hockey-L and various web sites, I feel a more informed choice could be made. Using stats is not always the best concept. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 20:26:39 -0500 From: Greg Hanson Subject: Re: ECAC Women: the news release I can only concur with Richard that it's great to see more information about ECAC Womens' Ice Hockey. As a parent who's daughter is playing womens' ice hockey 1200 miles away from home I am eager to obtain all the information that is available. I encourage more schools and their SIDs to input Hockey-L. when it comes to womens' ice hockey. Keep the women's weekly release coming ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 11:18:02 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford ECAC League => 18 December 1995 ECAC League Overall Team W L T PT GF GA W L T PT Northeastern 5 0 0 10 28 9 7 4 1 15 UNH 5 0 0 10 35 5 11 3 0 22 Princeton 3 2 0 6 18 21 5 9 0 10 Brown 2 0 1 5 16 7 5 2 1 11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornell 1 2 2 4 .16 18 3 3 2 8 Dartmouth 2 1 0 4 12 9 7 5 0 14 Providence 2 1 0 4 11 8 5 4 0 10 Colby 1 3 1 3 10 19 1 3 1 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvard 1 3 1 3 7 14 6 6 1 13 St. Lawrence 0 3 2 2 8 21 1 3 2 4 Yale 0 4 1 1 1 24 0 6 2 2 Boston C. 0 3 0 0 9 16 3 5 1 7 Please send any corrections to: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu ECAC Alliance (provided by Ryan Stone) standings as of 12/8/95: EASTERN DIVISION ECAC ALLIANCE GAMES | OVERALL Team W L T PCT GF GA | W L T PCT ----------------------------------------------|--------------- Bowdoin College 5 1 0 .833 22 8 | 5 1 0 .833 Williams College 3 1 0 .750 0 0 | 3 3 0 .500 Wesleyan University 1 1 1 .500 6 12 | 2 2 1 .500 University of Maine 2 3 0 .400 6 9 | 3 4 0 .429 Amherst College 0 4 0 .000 0 0 | 0 4 0 .000 WESTERN DIVISION ECAC ALLIANCE GAMES | OVERALL Team W L T PCT GF GA | W L T PCT ----------------------------------------------|--------------- Middlebury College 3 0 0 1.000 11 4 | 4 2 0 .667 R. I. T. 3 0 1 .875 19 4 | 3 0 1 .875 Hamilton College 2 3 0 .400 0 0 | 2 3 0 .400 Colgate University 2 3 0 .400 0 0 | 2 3 0 .400 Rensselaer 1 3 0 .250 10 12 | 3 4 0 .429 University of Vermont 0 3 0 .000 5 14 | 0 3 0 .000 * = ECAC League match Home team listed first & = ECAC Alliance match Results: Wed 12/13 *Yale 0 - Princeton 4 7:00 pm Sat 12/16 Princeton 2 - Harvard 5 1:30 pm Upcoming matches: Fri 12/29 Auld Lang Syne Tournament @Dartmouth: Cornell __ - Northeastern __ 9:00 am Dartmouth __ - Queen's __ 11:30 am Dartmouth __ - Cornell __ 5:30 pm Northeastern __ - Queen's __ 8:00 pm Sat 12/30 Auld Lang Syne Tournament @Dartmouth: Cornell __ - Queen's __ 9:00 am Dartmouth __ - Northeastern __ 11:30 am Jan 96 - - - Sat 01/06 *Boston C. __ - Cornell __ 3:00 pm *Dartmouth __ - St.Lawrence __ 3:00 pm Harvard __ - 3-Rivieres __ 1:00 pm Northeastern __ - St. Laurent __ 7:00 pm *Princeton __ - Brown __ 1:30 pm *Yale __ - Providence __ 2:00 pm Sun 01/07 *Boston C. __ - St.Lawrence __ 4:00 pm *Dartmouth __ - Cornell __ 2:00 pm Harvard __ - St. Laurent __ 1:00 pm Northeastern __ - 3-Rivieres __ 1:00 pm *Princeton __ - Providence __ 1:30 pm *UNH __ - Colby __ 2:00 pm *Yale __ - Brown __ 2:00 pm Wed 01/10 Colby __ - Boston C. __ 4:00 pm *Northeastern __ - Harvard __ 7:00 pm St.Lawrence __ - Middlebury __ 2:30 pm Thu 01/11 UNH __ - USA Selects __ 7:00 pm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 08:56:54 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Ivy League Women: standings + => 18 Dec 1995 Ivy League Women => 18 Dec 1995 Team W L T PT GF GA Dartmouth 2 0 0 4 12 3 Harvard 2 3 0 4 13 16 Princeton 2 2 0 4 14 11 Brown 1 0 1 3 10 6 Cornell 1 0 1 3 7 6 Yale 0 3 0 0 0 14 Ivy League Women: 9596 composite schedule * = ECAC League match Home team listed first Nov 95 - - - Sat 11/18 *Brown 4 - Cornell 4 2:00 pm *Harvard 1 - Princeton 5 1:00 pm Sun 11/19 *Harvard 3 - Yale 0 1:00 pm Dec 95 - - - Sat 12/02 *Cornell 3 - Harvard 2 2:00 pm Wed 12/06 Brown 6 - Harvard 2 7:00 pm Sat 12/09 Dartmouth 7 - Yale 0 3:00 pm Sun 12/10 Dartmouth 5 - Princeton 3 3:00 pm Wed 12/13 *Yale 0 - Princeton 4 7:00 pm Sat 12/16 Princeton 2 - Harvard 5 1:30 pm Please send all corrections to: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:53:11 -0500 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Forwarded article: WOMEN'S HOCKEY CUP FOUND AT U OF MN Here is a message that the Minnesota Girls' & Women's Hockey Association sent to the women-in-hockey mailing list, and asked me to pass along to the college hockey mailing list: >How old is women's hockey in Minnesota? We knew it dated back long >ago, but recently the University of MN found a trophy from the U of M >Women's Athletic Association Ice Hockey Cup dated February 27, 1917, >when the class of 1919 won the first Women's Ice Hockey Cup. Wonder >who else had women's college hockey back then? >[...] all Alumni from the U of M are invited to play in a >scrimmage (& invited to dinner) during this year's (20th year!) >U of M tournament. Contact Amy Woodcock at 612-626-0553. Also >looking for alumni (family) from the 1919 and earlier teams at the U! Andria Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 09:49:17 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Canadian Hockey on WWW Another link for those of us who can not seem to get enough! See Women's article from this new site below. From: Phil Legault Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey Friday, December 22, 1995 CANADIAN HOCKEY GETS ON THE INTERNET HIGHWAY OTTAWA - Canadian Hockey announced today that is launching its World Wide Web internet site today at the following address, http://www.canadianhockey.ca . Canadian Hockey's site will offer a range of information from its development programs such as coaching and officiating, to its news releases, and results and rosters on all the national teams. Canadian Hockey will up-date the site with results during the 1996 World Junior Championship in Massachusetts, which opens on boxing day, Tuesday, December 26, 1995. "We want to get on line with the rest of the corporate world," said Canadian Hockey board chairman Frank Lento. "We want to be on the information highway. We're looking towards the future. We've always been on the cutting edge of all developments in hockey, and now we're adding another approach to the package that we offer to our membership." Canadian Hockey has always kept pace and led in areas of player, coaching and officiating development, and with the latest trends in technology and communications the national body plans to stay at the forefront of the world's hockey community. Other information available includes Canadian Hockey's organization and structure, and, ultimately, discussions and information on major issues, and forums that would allow on-line discussions with hockey officials like national team coach Tom Renney are just some of the possibilities for the future. The internet will also be used as a marketing tool for Canadian Hockey through which consumers can order our Hockey Resource Centre catalogue and see what products are available. - END - Women's Hockey Program The Women's hockey program in Canada is the fastest growing segment of CANADIAN HOCKEY membership. Since the first World Championship in 1990 in Ottawa, registration has more than doubled to the 30,000 players today. CANADIAN HOCKEY's women's program promotes and develops all areas of the game and works to increase opportunities for girls and women to play the game. The Female Hockey Council coordinates annual leadership seminars across the country each year and sets of the policies and direction of women's hockey in Canada. The Canadian National Women's Team has won three consecutive World Championship gold medals in 1990, 1992 and 1994, a gold at the 1995 Pacific Rim Women's Championship and is looking towards its inaugural participation in the Olympic Games in 1998 in Japan. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 15:46:38 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Ivy League Women: players of the week 19 Dec 1995 Ivy Player of the Week Karen Chernisky Princeton 19 Dec 95 AJ Mleczko Harvard 12 Dec 95 Katie King Brown 05 Dec 95 Janna Dewar Cornell 28 Nov 95 Danielle Solari Brown 21 Nov 95 Ivy Rookie of the Week Jen Gerometta Harvard 19 Dec 95 Ali Coughlin Princeton 12 Dec 95 Ali Coughlin Princeton 05 Dec 95 Sarah Halsell Dartmouth 28 Nov 95 Dana Antal Cornell 21 Nov 95 Ivy League Honor Roll 19 Dec 95 Casi Walker Harvard Ali Coughlin Princeton _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 10:23:40 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women 1 - Quebec Trois-Riviere 6 Saturday afternoon at frigid Bright, the Universite de Quebec Trois-Riviere Patriots beat the Harvard Crimson 1-6. The Crimson, with a couple of injured players, played only 2.5 defenders. The resulting configuration was tres ineffectual. Trois-Riviere did not start quickly, but when they did get their skate and pass game together, they took it to the Crimson. In the opening period, AJ Mleczko (Olivia Nottebohm, Jen Gerometta) got Harvard on the board first. Her long blast from the left wing found the lower far post netting. Quebec tied the match at one on a nice three-way passing play that Lisa-Marie Breton (May-Lan Lee, Caroline Gelinas) finished off at the far post. The play was made when the Patriots break out left a Harvard defender pinching in. In the second, Valerie Hamel (Virginie Bilodeau, Gelinas) gave Trois-Riviere the lead when she took a drop pass and was allowed to walk in on goal before drilling her low slap shot into the back of the net. The drop pass break in play was simple, but with all the Crimson defenders following the puckless lead attacker, vast amounts of ice were open for the trailer. Gelinas (Lee, Marie-Claude St-Pierre) made the score 1-3 Quebec. The Patriots had stolen the puck deep in the Harvard defensive zone and when the Crimson goalie was unable to cover up a loose rebound Gelinas was able to get a final touch. In the final period, with Harvard's defense looking extremely tired, Quebec started to pass and score at will. Anne Boucher (Hamel, Jessica Daneau) was setup with a quick 1-2 out of the corner. St-Pierre (Hamel, Daneau) made it 1-5 after a ton of pressure. Trois-Riviere was using a series of short chip passes to work the puck around the sprawling Crimson defense. Isabelle Bourbonnais (Lee, Gelinas) finished the scoring after being left alone in front of net following another bombardment by the Patriots. Quebec Trois-Riviere played with a lot of style. Their skate and pass game is fun to watch. While other teams may concentrate on various defensive schemes, the Patriots' attacking ideas will win them many games, as they will always be able to score. The woman of the match was defender Breton. She showed excellent anticipation and played with a spirit that inspired her mates. Cindy Francoeur was the other defender who read and reacted exceedingly well. On the attack, Gelinas caught my eye with her smart moves and intelligent playmaking. Daneau was also a fun forward to view with her heads-up plays. She made a number of engaging passes. To be honest though, what makes UQTR is the fact that many of the forwards and defenders are skating well and playing for each other. Lee, Sylvain, Boivin, Boucher, Bourbonnais, Laflamme, Bilodeau ... all moved so well for the team, and in the end, that's what makes hockey so attractive. Harvard Women, like Harvard Men always look tired. I think that is because of two factors. First they practice and condition way too much. The result is a body that is ripe for injury, and certainly not ready for sixty minutes of action. The other factor has to be the amount of "stuff" these players have in their heads. Tactics are extremely important, but enough is enough. I believe some coaches I have seen in the past, who don't want weight lifters, and "waste" practice time with too much talk are the smart ones. Their teams were ready to play the game. Sometimes simple is best. The Crimson played a weary, tentative match. Not developing any additional defenders is a poor concept. Going with 2.5 defenders is a tragedy. First-year performers Gerometta, Kyle Walsh and Alice DuBois were the only Harvard skaters today. On their own they demonstrated some fine hustle. They might even make an interesting line! I felt sorry for goalie Jen Bowdoin who played well in goal despite the lack of any tangible support. Overall not a good start to the new year. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 13:36:26 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: standings + => 08 Jan 1996 ECAC League Overall Team W L T PT GF GA W L T PT UNH 6 0 0 12 41 8 12 3 0 24 Northeastern 5 0 0 10 28 9 9 7 1 19 Brown 4 0 1 9 26 10 7 2 1 15 Dartmouth 4 1 0 8 23 13 11 6 0 22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Princeton 4 3 0 8 26 29 6 10 0 12 Providence 3 2 0 6 19 14 6 5 0 12 Cornell 2 3 2 6 24 26 6 5 2 14 Colby 1 4 1 3 13 25 1 4 1 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvard 1 3 1 3 7 14 6 8 1 13 Boston C. 1 4 0 2 22 26 4 6 1 9 St. Lawrence 0 5 2 2 14 37 1 5 2 4 Yale 0 6 1 1 2 34 0 8 2 2 Please send any corrections to: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu * = ECAC League match Home team listed first & = ECAC Alliance match Results: Sat 01/06 *Boston C. 3 - Cornell 5 3:00 pm *Dartmouth 6 - St.Lawrence 1 3:00 pm Harvard 1 - 3-Rivieres 6 1:00 pm Northeastern 2 - St. Laurent 4 7:00 pm *Princeton 3 - Brown 4 OT 1:30 pm *Yale 1 - Providence 4 2:00 pm Sun 01/07 *Boston C. 10 - St.Lawrence 5 4:00 pm *Dartmouth 5 - Cornell 3 2:00 pm Harvard 3 - St. Laurent 6 1:00 pm Northeastern 0 - 3-Rivieres 3 1:00 pm *Princeton 5 - Providence 4 OT 1:30 pm *UNH 6 - Colby 3 2:00 pm *Yale 0 - Brown 6 2:00 pm Upcoming matches Wed 01/10 Colby __ - Boston C. __ 4:00 pm *Northeastern __ - Harvard __ 7:00 pm St.Lawrence __ - Middlebury __ 2:30 pm Thu 01/11 UNH __ - USA Selects __ 7:00 pm Fri 01/12 Yale __ - Williams __ 6:00 pm Sat 01/13 *Colby __ - Brown __ 1:00 pm *Harvard __ - Boston C. __ 1:00 pm *Northeastern __ - Dartmouth __ 1:00 pm Princeton __ - Cornell __ 1:30 pm &Rensselaer __ - Middlebury __ 2:00 pm &RIT __ - Vermont __ 11:30 am St.Lawrence __ - Queen's __ 1:00 pm *UNH __ - Providence __ 1:00 pm Sun 01/14 *Colby __ - Providence __ 1:00 pm *Harvard __ - Dartmouth __ 1:00 pm *Northeastern __ - Boston C. __ 1:00 pm &Rensselaer __ - Vermont __ 2:00 pm *UNH __ - Brown __ 1:00 pm Yale __ - Cornell __ 2:00 pm Thu 01/18 &Maine __ - Bowdoin __ 7:20 pm _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 20:05:10 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: players of the week 09 Jan 96 ECAC League: Hockey Release #6, January 9, 1996 THE BAUER/ECAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK Mandy Pfeiffer, Princeton (Davison, MI) - A junior center, Pfeiffer sparked her team to a 5-4 victory over Providence with two goals, including the game-winner with just 10 seconds left in regulation. The day prior against Brown, she recorded her second hat trick of the season in a 4-3 overtime loss. THE COOPER/ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Erin Magee, Boston College (Troy, NY) - A freshman center, Magee is this year's first repeat honoree, as she tallied four goals and four assists in two games. She recorded four goals and two assists in BC's first ECAC victory, a 10-5 win over St. Lawrence. ECAC HONOR ROLL Sarah Howald, Dartmouth (Kincardine, ONT) - A senior forward, Howald put together a five-point weekend in two victories, including a 2-1-3 outing against St. Lawrence. Katie King, Brown (Salem, NH) - King continued her team-leading ways with a 3-1-4 point weekend. She scored two goals and assisted the overtime game-winner versus Princeton. Jen Wilson, Cornell (Dartmouth, N.S.) - A senior center, Wilson scored two power play goals in a 5-3 loss to Dartmouth and added a goal in win over Boston College. Ann Mortenson, Colby (Mora, MN) - A sophomore defenseman, Mortenson had a three-point game versus league-leading New Hampshire with two goals and one assist. Ali Coughlin, Princeton (Lincoln, MA) - Coughlin scored two goals from her forward position in a 5-4 win over Providence. One of them came on the power play. Julie, Iler, Brown (St. Ann, MO) - A defenseman, Iler made the difference against Princeton, scoring the game-winning goal at 4:55 of overtime to give Brown a 4-3 victory. It was her first career goal. She also added an assist in a 6-0 victory over Yale. A.J. Mleczko, Harvard (New Canaan, CT) - A junior forward, Mleczko was involved in every Harvard goal last weekend, scoring the team's lone goal versus Quebec and adding two goals and an assist against St. Laurent. BROWN AND DARTMOUTH COLLECT TWO ECAC WINS; BOSTON COLLEGE SNARES FIRST ECAC VICTORY In a busy weekend of action, it was Brown and Dartmouth who recorded league sweeps. The Brown Bears stole a 4-3 overtime victory over Princeton on freshman Julie Iler's goal at 4:55 of overtime. It was Iler's first career goal. Brown also beat Yale, 6-0. The Dartmouth Big Green dropped St. Lawrence, 6-1, and then silenced Cornell for the second time this season, 5-3. Dartmouth came from behind with four third period goals. The Big Green's Sarah Howald had two goals in that victory. For Boston College, a 10-5 victory over SLU marked the Eagles first ECAC victory of the season. Freshman sensation Eric Magee led BC with 4-2-6 totals against the Saints. In other league action, New Hampshire remained undefeated with a hard-fought, 6-3 victory over Colby. The Wildcats are undefeated at 3-0 in their new rink, the Whittemore Center. Princeton, Providence and Cornell all recorded one ECAC victory to keep pace. ECAC LEAGUE SCORING LEADERS Name GP G-A-P Erin Magee, BC 5 9-7-16 Carisa Zaban, UNH 6 8-7-15 Mandy Pfeiffer, PU 7 10-3-13 Dana Antal, CU 6 3-9-12 Brandy Fisher, UNH 6 8-4-12 Annie Camins, UNH 6 3-8-11 Danyel Howard, NU 4 7-4-11 Danielle Solari, BR 5 8-3-11 Laura Traynham, BC 5 5-6-11 Ali Coughlin, PU 7 8-2-10 Kathryn Waldo, NU 5 4-6-10 Katie King, BR 5 5-5-10 Karen Chernisky, PU 7 3-7-10 Melisa Heitzman, UNH 6 5-5-10 Erin Schmalz, CU 7 6-4-10 Janna Dewar, CU 7 6-3-9 Sarah Howald, DC 5 7-2-9 Michelyne Pinard, DC 5 4-5-9 Jessica Wagner, NU 5 3-6-9 OVERALL SCORING LEADERS Name GP G -A -P Mandy Pfeiffer, PU 15 17-13-30 Sarah Howald, DC 16 17-10-27 Erin Magee, BC 10 15-10-25 Carisa Zaban, UNH 12 12-13-25 Kathryn Waldo, NU 17 7-15-22 Brandy Fisher, UNH 12 13- 8-21 Jessica Wagner, NU 17 8-13-21 Karen Chernisky, PU 15 10-11-21 Katie King, BR 10 9-11-20 Danyel Howard, NU 13 12- 7-19 Laura Traynham, BC 10 11- 8-19 Laurie Baker, PC 11 12- 6-18 Annie Camins, UNH 12 8-10-18 A.J. Mleczko, HU 13 11- 7-18 Ali Coughlin, PU 15 13- 4-17 Dana Antal, CU 11 5-11-16 Melisa Heitzman, UNH 12 7- 8-15 Danielle Solari, BR 10 11- 4-15 Erin Schmalz, CU 12 8- 7-15 Janna Dewar, CU 12 10- 4-14 Becky Kellar, BR 10 6- 8-14 ECAC LEAGUE GOALTENDING LEADERS (must have played in 33% of teams mins.) Name GP Mins. W-L-T Svs GA S/Pct. GAA Dina Solimini, UNH 5 300 5-0-0 72 5 .935 1.00 Cora-Lynn Alvar, NU 2 100 2-0-0 37 2 .949 1.20 Natasha Fine, PC 1 60 1-0-0 31 2 .939 2.00 Shannon Meyers, NU 4 200 3-0-0 87 7 .926 2.10 Michele Mortensen, BR 4 169 3-0-1 49 7 .890 2.48 Jen Bowdoin, HU 5 299 1-3-1 140 14 .909 2.53 Sarah Tueting, DC 5 300 4-1-0 150 13 .920 2.60 OVERALL GOALTENDING LEADERS Name GP Mins. W-L-T Svs GA S/Pct. GAA Dina Solimini, UNH 9 513 8-1-0 131 12 .916 1.40 Michele Mortensen, BR 7 349 4-2-1 117 11 .910 1.89 Natasha Fine, PC 5 258 3-2-0 121 10 .924 2.29 Sarah Tueting, DC 12 720 7-5-0 295 29 .910 2.42 Shannon Meyers, NU 15 769 6-6-0 357 35 .911 2.73 Alanna Hayes, CU 8 473 2-4-2 222 26 .895 3.30 Jen Bowdoin, HU 12 664 4-7-1 285 38 .882 3.43 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 21:33:06 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Re: Harvard analysis I enjoyed reading Geoff "Drop the Puck" Howell's comments on Harvard. I felt I had to respond to some of his thoughts, so here it goes. FORWARDS: I've heard this jazz that the current talent isn't what it was in the '85-'91 era, and I don't agree. No Harvard does not have a Lane MacDonald or Albie Bourbeau or Peter Ciavaglia or the Fuscos, but I look at the overall talent and it is very strong. Under a coach like Bill Cleary, I believe the current players would be much more confident and have a far superior attacking system. As it stands they have too many other commitments on the ice, and heaven help them if they aren't in their checking pattern. I've seen enough forwards and defenders on the bench after they dared to get the offense moving. Even the student newspaper has figured out that the senior's first line of Nielson-Konik-Holmes isn't cutting it. Only the first-year line of Bent-Adams-MacDonald has impressed me. They look good together as they compliment each other on the ice. The rest of the lines don't really produce the mix you need on the ice to score goals. You don't need two playmakers on one line or two long-ball threats on another. The forwards are not doing as well as their skill would let them because the combinations are poor. DEFENSE: I agree with GH that they are a talented group of defenders. Overall they have done their job well, and it doesn't seem to make much difference who you plug in on a given night, they all have come through well. Harvard's defensive style has been to turn the puck around quickly and start the attack going. Mobility and smarts is the key, and again I think the guys are doing fine. I remember seeing Mark Fusco play defense at an alumni/varsity game a few years ago, and it was a treat seeing this small blue liner control his zone with his brain and skates - ooh-la-la!!! GOAL: I agree that Tracy has had a fair year. I would like, and it would be smart to play Zakowich more. He seems a fine tender. POWER PLAY: Pathetic. Obviously RonnT didn't opt for the PP clinic last summer?!?!?!?! Everybody else seems to like Clarkson's star formation!?!?! PENALTY KILL: If Holmes could play the whole game as he plays PK ... PK is a traditional strength that is one of the few remaining. Working too hard in practice: It appears to me that most athletes train too much these days. I see what they do in hockey and footer and it is way too much. The guys look very tired from the third period of the first night on. Cleary teams always seemed to almost wait for the third period when the other team would be tiring of chasing them. RonnT = BillyC: I think not! Cleary hockey was magic. Anyone who saw Cleary's teams will remember how all the players seemed to always turn up ice as one. When I was at the alumni game a few years ago, it was so obvious watching all the former players all on the same page. It was wonderful to see again. IMHO, RonnT hockey reminds me a lot of RPI (but Rensselaer does it much more effectively!). Cleary hockey was skate and pass at it's best. The only teams that I have seen as good would be the Badger Bob days at Wisconsin, the Herb Brooks days at Minnesota (which was really a different form of skate and pass ...) and Team Canada Women at WWC94. I will say this for RonnT: he is a heck of a recruiter. I only wish he knew what to do with C. Adams, MacDonald, Bent, Konik, Halfnight, Storey, McCarthy ... These are superb players who are not getting what they, as a team, deserve. My hope is that Konik ... can pull a Sean McCann and lift the current Crimson squad to a higher playing level. With a little confidence the Harvard players could play much better. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 13:52:23 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: TUSAW: Dec '96 camp at Lake Placid The following is a list of Team USA Women players who were at the Lake Placid training camp from Dec 26, 1995 - Jan 01, 1996. These players, and hopefully a few others, will be the ones selected for the Pacific Rim Tournament from April 1-6 in Vancouver, BC. The team for that event will be named in early March and have a training camp in Colorado Springs on March 23-30. I like seeing the new names. It is smart to look for new talent now. I am more dubious about the coaching. The women coaches who know the women's game are not there. Bad idea. I am also concerned to again not see goalies: Solimini, M. Smith, Tueting and Villiotte ; defenders: Cheatham (probably the strongest defender in the ECAC), Johansson and Reece ; and forwards: Chernisky, Gorton, Issel, King (a major force on the ice), Little, and Solari. I know you can only tryout so many, but if you can miss talent like that, than USA Hockey can dream on. Player WWC Hometown School/Team Grad Currently ________________________________________________________________________ GOALIES: Laurie Belliveau Manchester, MA Yale 98 Sara DeCosta Warwick, RI high school Toll Gate HS Kelly Dyer x Boston, MA Northeastern 90 ??? Lauren Goldstein Milton, MA ???? DEFENDERS: Michele Amidon v Portland, CT St.Lawrence 94 Chris Bailey z Marcellus, NY Providence 94 Asst-PC Colleen Coyne y Teaticket, MA UNH 93 Jaime DeGriselles Lakeville, MN ???? Catherine Hanson Marquette, MI Providence 98 Courtney Kennedy Woburn, MA ???? Danielle Lennox Canton, NY ???? Tara Mounsey Concord, NH high school Vicki Movsessian z Lexington, MA Providence 94 Asst-NU Kelly O'Leary x N.Providence, RI Providence 90 Angela Ruggiero Simi Valley, CA Choate-RH Jamie Totten Stafford, NY Northeastern 99 FORWARDS: Laurie Baker Concord, MA Providence 99 Beth Beagan x Falmouth, MA Providence 92 Concordia Alana Blahoski St. Paul, MN Providence 96 Steph Boyd z Kilworthy, ONT UToronto 94 Toronto RW Lisa Brown-Miller x W.Bloomfield, MI Providence 90 Coach-Pri Karyn Bye y River Falls, WI UNH 93 ???? Brandy Fisher Potsdam, NY UNH 98 Barbara Gordon Glendale, CA Colby 97 Cammi Granato x Downers Grove, IL Providence 93 Concordia Andrea Kilbourne Saranac Lake, NY ???? Shelley Looney y Trenton, MI Northeastern 94 ??? Sue Merz x Greenwich, CT UNH 94 ??? AJ Mleczko New Canaan, CT Harvard 97 Steph O'Sullivan z Dorcester, MA Providence 95 ??? Jenny Schmidgall Edina, MN ???? Meaghan Sittler Buffalo, NY Colby 98 Jeanine Sobek x Coon Rapids, MN Northeastern 94 Toronto RW Sandra Whyte y Saugus, MA Harvard 92 ??? Carisa Zaban Glenview, IL UNH 99 v = played on 1992 x = played on 1990, 1992 & 1994 y = played on 1992 & 1994 z = played on 1994 Head coach: Tim Gerrish, Saranac Lake, NY Asst Coach: Steve Cedorchuk, Boston, MA _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 21:07:03 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Northeastern Women 5 - Harvard 2 Wednesday evening at Matthews Arena the Northeastern Huskies beat the Harvard Crimson 5-2. The trivializing of sport with loud pop music at every stoppage of play was unfortunately in vogue at NU. It was not a pleasant experience. Northeastern used improved skating and delightful passing to overcome the Crimson. Harvard started slow, but played aggressively in the final two periods. The Huskies opened the scoring when Bree Cheatham's shot from the point found net through much traffic in front of goal. NU made it 2-0 when a series of Harvard defensive errors let Courtney King (Emily Pemrick) drill her shot home from close in. Pemrick capitalized on the Crimson mistakes with a terrific pass from behind the net. With less than half the first period gone, Northeastern went further ahead when Dori Hoagland (King) tipped high into the net a lovely cross-ice feed. King capped off a nice left wing break with the telling pass. At that point Harvard called a time-out and the Crimson troops regained their composure. In the second period, the Crimson made it 3-1 when Alice DuBois (Jen Gerometta, AJ Mleczko) drilled her chance after an excellent drop pass from Gerometta. The goal was created during a four on four situation. Catherine Kreindler (AJ Mleczko, Stacy Kellogg) pulled Harvard within one, at the end of the period. Kreindler's slot shot concluded a spell where the NU defense was at 6's & 7's. Going into the final frame I was thinking that even though Harvard was on a power play, somehow Northeastern would come out big and score a quick killer goal. Pemrick proved my forecast correct when her shorthanded break to the net put the Huskies up 4-2. Her backhander was able to beat the Harvard goalie to the far post. The Huskies completed the scoring for the night with a power play goal by Catherine Cataldo (Danyel Howard, Jessica Wagner). The out of the corner play was stabbed home from right in front of the net. Harvard finally decided to tryout a new defender last night. Playing with 3.5 defenders is still not great, but a step in the right direction. Olivia Nottebohm played very well on her debut back on the blue line. She cleared her zone well with a number of fine passes. Christa Calagione played some tough defense against the Huskies. She clearly held her team together at the back. Jen Bowdoin had a fair match in goal for the Crimson. She faced the shooter well, but with NU's changing point of attack, things can get complicated. The attack was lead by speedy first-year wing Kyle Walsh. The Harvard forward also made a number of exquisite dishes. Gerometta again impressed with both her skill to hold onto the puck and make the fine pass. She also back-checked extremely well. Overall Harvard seems to be building for the opening round Beanpot game against NU in four weeks time. It could be an amazing match! Northeastern's head coach Heather Linstad is very smart. The renovated Matthews with it's larger ice surface has corner boards that pinch in. The Huskies were using that to their advantage by sending the puck around the end boards quickly to defuse the Crimson fore-check. The result was a number of superbly quick break out plays. The woman of the match was Pemrick. She had her dig and pass game looking great. Pemrick was a force at both ends of the ice last night. The line of Hoagland, King and Pemrick was on song. King's passing and poise were wonderful. In goal, first-year keeper Shannon Meyers displayed a sharp glove. Cheatham lead the defense with her strong performance. She must be one of the most powerful blue liners in the league. First-year defender Jamie Totten excelled with her touch passes. She also uses the space she creates with her skating so well. Overall, the key to the NU victory was the vision and passing the team possessed last evening. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 19:15:51 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Team Canada & USA Women Fresh from the Canadian Hockey web site, here is some additional information about the American and Canadian Women's National Teams. It looks like this weekend's USA Select games with ECAC teams (Harvard, Northeastern and Brown) is a tune-up for the Concordia event. Tuesday, January 23, 1996 WORLD'S BEST WOMEN'S TEAMS COMING TO VANCOUVER VANCOUVER - Three of the top four women's national teams, along with the host country for the 1998 Winter Olympics Games in Nagano, Japan, will be in Vancouver for the Pacific Women's Hockey Championship at the Richmond Minoru Arena from April 1 to 6, 1996. Canada will play host to the second annual official International Ice Hockey Federation championship featuring China, Japan and the United States. Canada opens against Japan, and China faces the United States on April 1, with the medal games being played on April 6. The inaugural event was played in April 1995 in San Jose, California, with Canada defeating the United States in a shoot-out in the gold medal game. The three-time world defending champion, Canada, and the three-time world silver medalists, USA, played to a 1-1 draw after 60 minutes of play, and 10 minutes of overtime. The Canadians out-scored the Americans 3-2 in the shoot-out to win. China, with a fourth place finish at the 1994 World Championship, shut-out Japan 5-0 to take the bronze medal at the 1995 Pacific Women's Championship. "We will certainly be lining-up with our strongest team possible," said Bob Nicholson, Canadian Hockey senior vice-president, hockey operations. "We named our 20-player roster last November following an intense evaluation camp for over 50 players. "With the 1997 World Women's Championship in Kitchener, Ontario, just over 13 months away, and 1998 Nagano Olympics in 24 months, the upcoming Pacific Women's Championship will serves as a key benchmark for all four squads,' adds Nicholson. Head coach Shannon Miller of Calgary will lead the best 20 players in Canada today to the championship along with assistants Mel Davidson, also of Calgary, and Karen Hughes of Agincourt, Ontario. Miller will have a squad that will be game-fit ready when it arrives in Richmond on March 28 for a pre-competition camp. It is expected that between 10 and 15 players on the Canadian team will be competing at the 1996 Esso Women's Nationals in Moncton. The national event runs from March 21 to 24 in Moncton, New Brunswick. The other teams are also into their final preparation stage. Japan is coming to Canada the week before to train and play exhibition games in the Calgary area. The camp was set up by Rick Polutnik of Hockey Alberta, who was also Japan's assistant coach at the 1995 Pacific Women's in San Jose, and coached Canada to a gold medal at the 1992 Women's World Championship. The USA will tune-up at a tournament at Concordia University in Montreal from February 2-4. Canadian team head coach Miller will be there to scout the United States and her our own players. The teams competing are the Toronto Aeros, Les Quatre-Glaces from Montreal, Team New Brunswick, Concordia University, University de Quebec a Trois-Rivieres and Team USA. Both Japan and the USA will arrive early in Richmond for pre-competition training and exhibition games. Ticket packages for the 1996 Pacific Women's Championship come in three variations: Family Packs, Twin Packs, and Tournament Packs. The Family Paks price includes tickets for two adults and three children twelve years of age and under: $20 for round-robin and semi-finals; $50 for bronze and gold medal games; and $100 for tournament package. The Twin Paks price includes one ticket for both games of the day: $8 for adults; $5 for students (13-17 years); and $4 for youths (12 years and under). Tournament Paks are individual packages for all games, including medal games: $40 for adults; $27 for students; and, $22 for youths. The 1996 Pacific Women's Championship schedule is as follows: April 1, 1996 - USA vs China, 6 p.m.; Canada vs Japan, 9 p.m. April 2, 1996 - China vs Canada, 6 p.m.; USA vs Japan, 9 p.m. April 3, 1996 - Japan vs China, 6 p.m.; Canada vs USA, 9 p.m. April 5, 1996 - Semi-Finals: 1 versus 4, 6 p.m.; 2 versus 3, 9 p.m. April 6, 1996 - Bronze medal game, 1 p.m.; Gold medal game, 4 p.m. Team Canada's 1996 roster is as follows: Goalkeepers (2) - Danielle Dube, Vancouver; Manon Rheaume, Charlesbourg, Que. Defenders (6) - Therese Brisson, Fredericton, N.B.; Cassie Campbell, Brampton, Ont.; Judy Diduck, Sherwood Park, Alta.; Rebecca Fahey, Sackville, N.B.; Geraldine Heaney, Weston, Ont.; Fiona Smith, Edmonton. Forwards (12) -Nancy Deschamps, Montreal; Nancy Drolet, Drummondville, Que.; Lori Dupuis, Williamstown, Ont.; Danielle Goyette, St. Nazaire, Que.; Marianne Grnak, Richmond Hill, Ont.; Angela James, Thornhill, Ont.; Luce Letendre, Brossard, Que.; Karen Nystrom, Scarborough, Ont.; Laura Schuler, Scarborough, Ont.; France St. Louis, St. Hubert, Que.; Hayley Wickenheiser, Calgary; Stacy Wilson, Moncton, N.B. Coaching Staff - Head coach: Shannon Miller, Calgary; and, Assistant coaches: Melody Davidson, Castor, Alta.; Karen Hughes, Agincourt, Ont. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 17:20:40 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women 0 - USA 13 Friday evening at Bright the USA Selects crushed the Harvard Crimson 0-13. The Harvard Women received another in a series of lessons on the importance of skating. The Selects, gearing up for next weekend's tourney at Concordia, displayed some excellent passing. The game started slow with the Americans looking like they had just gotten out of their cars. The Crimson, coming off exams, were trying to prepare for Yale on Sunday and seemed to have their checking schemes in fair order. Toward the end of the first, Gretchen Ulion [DC '94] (Wendy Tatarouns [UNH '95]) stuffed home a chance at the side of the net. Cindy Curley [PC '87] (Shelley Looney [NU '94], Sandra Whyte [HU '92]) got the final poke, on a play that went right up the gut, to make it 0-2 Selects. In the opening minute of the second period, Whyte (Curley) scored a power play goal. The solo move developed when Whyte rolled out of the corner and drilled her shot in at the far post. Looney (Ulion) made it 0-4 when she rolled out of the opposite corner into the high slot and ripped her shot. Tatarouns (Michele Amidon [STLU '94], Ulion) continued the wave of USA attackers. The 1-2-3-4-5-6 play was a lovely series of sharp passes right in front of net. Stephanie O'Sullivan [PC '95] (Ulion, Tatarouns) slide the puck under the goalie's pads after a good set-up pass. The play was made by the strong corner work of the Americans. Ulion (Joy Woog [Brown '95]) pulled off a delicious ooh-la-la play when she snaked her way past the Crimson defenders and deked the netminder. Lovely goal! Curley (Looney) finished the scoring for the middle stanza when she dropped the puck back to the point. Looney drilled her shot, and Curley knifed in front to knock in the rebound. In the third, Tatarouns used the old roll-out-of-the-corner play to find herself space right in front of net, and scored to make it 0-9. O'Sullivan (Tatarouns) next hit home with a nice 1-2 play that caught the tired Harvard defense watching. Amidon (Curley, Colleen Coyne [UNH '93]) finished off a point shot and a dig for a rebound with the easy tuck. Looney (Tatarouns) scored a power play goal when she collected the perfect pass from Tatarouns and dumped it in the net. Whyte (Looney) concluded the scoring when she completed a quick rush by Looney. We all owe Carl Gray of Assabet a huge thank you for all he is doing for the USA Women's program. By helping these talented players find ice time and matches Team USA Women will be in much better shape for this year's Pacific Championship, next year's WWC, and Nagano '98. Merci beau coup coach! The Selects did not look as sharp last night as they did in November. Still they gave a clinic on how to defeat a tight checking team. TUSAW used a roll and go game to pass and skate their way around and through the Harvard Women. I also liked the manner in which the Selects spread their attack in the zone. Erin Villiotte [HU '95] was in goal for the USA and looked steady despite the lack of work. Michele DiFronzo [UNH '89], Coyne, Nicole Luongo [UNH --], and Amidon or Woog shared the duties on the blue line. The woman of the match was DiFronzo. Her breakup plays and touch passes her marvelous. Last night demonstrated a much improved DiFronzo whose sharp skating was fun to watch. Woog played half the match on defense and looked better there. Her vision is better employed from a deeper position. Amidon looked better up front where she more often found herself in the right place at the right time. On the attack, Whyte, Looney, Curley with Woog or Amidon shuffling in were one line. O'Sullivan, Tatarouns and Ulion were the other line. Curley looked real good. The passes and movement she displayed were super. Curley plays with so much desire. It's great to see. Whyte had a fairly strong skating game. Looney was darting around periodically and is one of the forces that holds the team together. Tatarouns was the ultimate hold and roll player. Her skating and stickhandling were first class. O'Sullivan also had an excellent evening of controlling the puck. Ulion was huge with her sleek moves and dominating style. Overall it was a fun night of hockey. Someone at Harvard did not study hard enough over exam break, as the overuse of some players and lack of ice time for others is not making it. Shades of Harvard Women's hockey past are creeping back into the program. The Crimson played much better this time against the Selects. Their tight checking game let's them be the "feisty opponent." However it is difficult to see how they can improve their game unless the skating is addressed. First-year players Jen Gerometta, Kyle Walsh and Alice DuBois continue to impress me with good skating and tough play. I believe they could make a fabulous line. Gerometta in particular let it all hang out against TUSAW, and acquitted herself very well. Jen Bowdoin had some wonderful moments in goal, but was facing superior firepower. Holly Leitzes showed her skills well with some hard-nosed defense. First-year blue liner Olivia Nottebohm stayed with it and provided some good coverage in her own zone. She also was able to produce a few breakout moves. I think this game was a smart tune-up for the Harvard Women. They should be ready for the second half of the season. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 17:23:20 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Northeastern Women 1 - USA 6 Saturday afternoon at Matthews Arena the USA Selects beat the Huskies of Northeastern 1-6 in a sleeper of a match. Both teams were extremely lethargic. In the first period, after some early pressure by the Select Women, Gretchen Ulion [DC '94] (Stephanie O'Sullivan [PC '95], Yvonne Percy [Assabet]) whacked the puck into the net. Wendy Tatarouns [UNH '95] (Ulion, O'Sullivan) made it 0-2 USA. A length of the ice breakout play caught the Northeastern defense all chasing the player with the puck. Ulion's lovely dish left Tatarouns all on her own. In the second, Shelley Looney [NU '94] scored a shorthanded goal for the Americans. Looney stole the puck from an NU player and raced in on goal before deking the netminder and tucking home. The Huskies pulled one back on a power play when Jessica Wagner (Bree Cheatham, Danyel Howard) took an excellent pass from the point and stuffed it high into the net. In the final interval, O'Sullivan (Ulion) made it 1-4 when she drilled home her own rebound. Cindy Curley [PC '87] (Colleen Coyne [UNH '93]) scored a superb solo goal when she took the puck end to end and deposited her backhander into the net from a wide-angle. Looney (Sandra Whyte [HU '92]) finished the scoring when she knocked in the perfect return pass from Whyte at the back door. The USA Selects were very slow today. They never got moving. In goal, Erin Villiotte [HU '95] was solid in facing some good shots from NU. Ulion made a number of splendid passes and showed some good team defensive play. Tatarouns also back-checked well and had spells of distinguished skating. Coyne proved to me again that she should be a wing. Some of her passes today were choice. Looney had some fine speed going for her today, but like the rest of the team just couldn't quite get it together. Overall, a disappointing outing. Northeastern was very intelligent. They played both their goaltenders, five defenders and four lines. If they have injury problems, they will have players with experience ready to go. Both Shannon Meyers and Cora Lynn Alvar played well in net and came up with some big saves. Missi Werner led the way on defense with her strong marking. Keri-Anne Allan also made some quality breakup plays on the blue line. Up front the only player that stood out was first-year center Kathryn Waldo. Her vision and touch are sublime. If she could add some better skating to her game, she could be something else. While I think the Huskies used the game well, they should have pushed the Selects a lot more. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 17:59:40 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Women's Beanpot: 1st round Tue 02/06 Women's Beanpot @Northeastern: Boston C. 10 - Boston U. 0 5:30 pm Northeastern 4 - Harvard 0 8:00 pm Tue 02/13 Women's Beanpot @Northeastern: 3rdPl: Harvard __ - Boston U. __ 5:30 pm Champ: NU __ - Boston C. __ 8:00 pm Game One: The Boston College Eagles beat the Terriers of Boston University 10-0. BC showed a lot of class by making a game of it with BU's developing club side. The Eagles were lead on defense by Genevieve Missirlian. She seemed to be having a good time while demonstrating some puck control skills. Caroline Miller was the BC forward most often in the right place at the right time. The line that played the best as a unit featured Laura Traynham, Erin Magee and Claudia Asano. It was good to see Boston University with such a large squad of players. Clearly women's ice hockey is slowly catching on at Terrierland. Goalie Laura Kellogg faced a ton of shots and responded with a strong performance. Defenders Stacy Vasil and Marie Isenburg did a fair job of boxing out the Eagles in their own zone. BU's outstanding player was Shana Osler. She has a very good all-around game and covered a large amount of the ice with her rushes and back-checking. Game Two: The Northeastern Huskies conquered the Harvard Crimson 4-0. Harvard, with their leading scorer out with an injury, had an attitude that smelled of defeat. The Huskies did not play a grand game with too much individual play getting in the way of the team effort. In the opening minute of play, NU's Danyel Howard (Kathryn Waldo) stole the puck and knocked her shot in off both posts. Harvard withstood the Husky surge and at the start of the second period put on some of their own pressure. Northeastern managed to keep the puck out of their net, and slowly regained control of the game. Angela Scerra (Bree Cheatham) banged her shot home after receiving an excellent set-up in the high slot. As the third period started, the Crimson looked tired and NU started to get their passing game going. Courtney King (Jaime Totten) scored on a long-ball breakaway pass. That goal proved to be the killer. Missi Werner (Howard) finished the Husky scoring when she drilled her point shot. Harvard set themselves up for the position they are in. Overplaying a few players, and not training additional defenders makes a large squad of players meaningless. All the Crimson forwards did not show up last night. I was very surprised that a couple of them did not rise to the occasion! On the other hand, the defensive corp acquitted themselves in a fine manner. In goal Jen Bowdoin showed a quick glove. Holly Leitzes lead the blue liners with a strong performance. The senior co-captain lead by example. Christa Calagione was the Harvard player most likely to score with her numerous rushes. She was also solid in her own end. Olivia Nottebohm saw a lot of ice time and played very well in the defensive zone. I would not suggest anyone should go to Northeastern for a hockey game, unless they want to be blasted by loud obnoxious pop music at every stoppage of play. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 21:05:05 +0600 From: Anthony Frolik Subject: UMD Women's club The UMD Women's club team begins a 3 game homestand with Gustavus Adolphus this Friday at 7PM. The Bulldogs will play a two game series with Wisconsin-River Falls at 7PM Saturday and 12N on Sunday. There was a nice write-up about them in today's paper (02/07/96) The team is 2-1-1, and are led in scoring by Rachel Hasbargen with 8-2-10. Hasbargen also stars on the UMD volleyball team. Rec Sports gave the club team $500 and the women raised $220 on their own, all of which went for jerseys. Rec Sports also pays for the ice time at the Sports and Health Center on campus, but the women have to pay for scorers and referees on their own. Christina Engholm organized the team and got evryone together for dry-land training in October, and on-ice training in November. The women would like to see the program go to a varsity sport in 1997-98, the same year as the Twin Cities campus, but UMD women's athletic coordinator Linda Larson has some doubts. Larson notes that the UMTC team will be flown out east for games, since the Twin Cities campus has more revenue from other sports. Larson is very supportive, however, and is talking with UMD athletic director Bruce McLeod, who also seems supportive. Go Dogs! Tony -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony J. Frolik University of Minnesota Duluth Go Bulldogs! Women's Club: 2-1-1 Men: 14-13-1 WCHA, 18-13-1 Overall My views are not representative of the University. Home Page: http://www.d.umn.edu:80/~afrolik/ PFFL Home Page: http://www.d.umn.edu:80/~afrolik/pffl.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:04:18 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Ivy League Women: players of the week Ivy Player of the Week Feb 6th Katie King, Brown Jan 30th Mara McAdams, Yale Jan 23rd Dana Antal, Cornell Jan 16th Sarah Tueting, Dartmouth Jan 9th Sarah Howald, Dartmouth Ivy Rookie of the Week Feb 6th Ali Coughlin, Princeton Jan 30th Marcia Deering, Brown Jan 23rd Dana Antal, Cornell Jan 16th Alanna Hayes, Cornell Jan 9th Julie Iler, Brown ; Robin Thompson, Cornell _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 18:35:56 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women 1 - Brown 7 Saturday afternoon at Bright the Brown Bears overpowered the Crimson of Harvard 1-7. I always look forward to the Brown match as they have the most talented squad of players in the ECAC. Harvard played a heck of a match and was able to stay in the game until the third period. The game opened with the Bears powering forward and the Crimson back-checking like crazy. Becky Kellar (Nicole Haakenson, Katie King) opened the scoring for Brown when her backhander found net during a power play. The 1-2-3 pass play featured a set to the point, a pass to the slot and a redirection for the goal. The Bears went up 0-2 when King (Nan Gorton) was allowed to roll herself free in front of net. King's backhand slid between the goalies legs. In the second, Harvard put on some pressure but got caught for too much "demi- hooking." That tactic seems to be the sin of choice these days for many teams. While it is regarded by some as "smart hockey," today the Harvard Women paid the price with a number of Brown power play goals. The Bear's optional sin was crashing the net. They were fortunate to not serve time for the infraction. Meanwhile, Marcie Deering (Haakenson) put Brown further ahead. The play was the ever-popular point pass to the slot for redirection. The Crimson pulled one back right after that goal when Jen Gerometta (Christa Calagione, Alice DuBois) knocked home a rebound at the near post. The Brown defense had been sloppy in their own zone on that goal. Harvard started to look fatigued in the final period. Brown started to time their passes better and the result was a power play goal by Deering (Danielle Solari, King). The play featured the point pass to the left slot and a touch on to the right slot for the clinical finish. Lovely play! With the Crimson on a power play, King filched the puck, drove down the left wing and release a tremendous slap shot that exploded into the upper net off the far post and crossbar. Wow!!! Gorton (Solari, King) made it 1-6 Bears during a four on three power play. It was the first Brown power play to effectively spread the attack and then hit the weak side sniper. Kellar (Gorton, Solari) concluded the scoring when she was allowed to walk in from the point and drill her shot off the far post. The play occurred during a spell of four on four play. Brown has wonderful players. I feel they don't play that well as a team. They seem to be too emotional about everything. For example, they stand the whole game. I believe these skillful women need more direction and attacking variations if they are to develop into the kind of powerhouse they should be. The woman of the match was King. She is the dominate player in the ECAC. King plays a power game that is dazzling to watch as she flows past the other team. Ooh-la-la! The Brown woman of the match was Gorton. She gives body and soul to the team and has become the number one digger. Gorton's skating and stick skills are fabulous. That both of these players are not on the women's national team is a tragedy for USA Hockey. The Bears' commanding first line features King, Gorton and the gifted Solari. The second line is held together by the presence of former BC player Karen Emma. She carries the puck and skates so well. Her first-year mates are Deering and Carly Regnier. Both showed some fine moves and clever touch. First-year defender Jamie Abel was outstanding. A stabilizing force on the blue line Abel has excellent skating and the ability to settle things down in her own end. Kellar was using her superb skills as a defender today. Her movement and touch are first class. While Kellar has fine vision, the jury is still out on how effectual she will be as a blue liner. Libby Witchger did not face a ton of shots, but looked solid in goal. Overall it was nice to see so much talent. Both teams share two major flaws. Though they use different styles of play, both coaches limit their players. Neither uses enough variation to bring out the best skills. It is also sad that so many players are left on the bench. The overplaying of some women leads to an unprepared team. The result is that Harvard will probably not make the play-offs and that Brown will find it harder than it need be. Harvard's strong checking game made them the difficult opponent today. It was great to see them hang in there with Brown for as long as they did. Harvard's woman of the match was first-year forward Gerometta. She came very close to scoring a few more goals, and was the Crimson's best attacker. Gerometta and linemates Casi Walker and DuBois put together a good skating game. I was also impressed with the efforts of Ellen Frump, Jenny Duval and Kyle Walsh. They back-checked well all afternoon. The other forward who covered very hard for the team was Stacy Kellogg. In goal, Jen Bowdoin faced the barrage and made a number of super saves. Olivia Nottebohm displayed a lot of poise. Her breakup plays were very good. If Nottebohm developed her skating she could be a fine defender. Holly Leitzes demonstrated her strength by holding off the Bear attackers. Calagione, once she got her act together, blended vigorous defense with quick offensive burst. Overall it was an excellent team effort by the Crimson and their best performance I have seen this year. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 19:18:14 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women 0 - PC 6 Sunday afternoon at Bright, the Providence College Friars defeated the Harvard Crimson 0-6. It was not the best of matches as both teams looked weary from the previous day's battles. In the first period there was no scoring. The game had started with some up and down hockey, but gradually PC put on the pressure. As the second started, Harvard began watching more and skating less. The Friars were having trouble getting the puck in the net primarily because their flat attack left them with so few options. Finally first-year sensation Laurie Baker (Alana Blahoski) made a solo dash that she finished off with a drilled shot high off the far post. Myia Yates (Baker, Jennifer Wagner) made it 0-2 when she knocked her chance in. At this point it was all Providence College and they were actually rolling out of the corners! Yates (Wagner) added another goal when she completed a good break-in play. Alison Wheeler (Karen McCabe) finished the scoring for the middle frame when she twirled and fired low to the far post. In the final period, Baker scored a lovely shorthanded goal. She snatched the puck from a Harvard player and drove in on net. Baker held on to the puck until the goalie went down at which point she shot high into the netting. Wagner (Baker, McCabe) completed the scoring with a power play goal. A PC point shot produced a rebound that trickled toward the goal line. Wagner provided the final nudge. Providence College has some wonderful talent. They are not the exciting team that John Marchetti coached a few years ago. Gone are the days of the marvelous swarm attack. PC looks like they are on a roll heading into the play-offs, so maybe the players can pull out one more huge effort. The woman of the match was Baker. She is a fast skater with a certain drive that finds her closing in on the net all the time. Baker looks to be a sniper and is a real presence on the ice. Team USA Women could use a stellar power forward like Baker. Baker plays on the first line with Yates and Wagner. Together they play a potent skate and pass game. Wheeler demonstrated her refined passing and took her goal well. In goal Meghan Smith did not face many shots, but looked solid. Catherine Hanson played a good game on the blue line. Her intelligent passing helped her team move. And saving my favorite for last, the wing-footed Blahoski was again a treat to watch. She has to be the quickest player on ice I have seen this year. Currently the senior co-captain is playing defense and she made a number of good breakup plays in her own zone. Blahoski's puck movement is sublime. However for me it is a splendid time to just watch her skate. Overall, PC could use a more interesting attack, but they seem ready for the task at hand. Harvard did not look very good today. They looked fatigued. The Crimson did generate a few rushes but were mostly pinned back in their own zone. Stacy Kellogg had another good game of back-checking. She also managed some good breakout plays. Playing with Kellogg was first-year forward Elizabeth Ganzenmuller. She also put together an impressive checking game today. In goal Jen Bowdoin faced the pressure well and came up with a number of good saves. Holly Leitzes had another strong game on defense. Her mobility lets her help her mates in so many ways. Leitzes was the most positive force on the ice for the Crimson. Overall, Harvard's play-off chances look slim. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 19:19:03 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Ivy League Women: the drive for the title! The Women's Ivy League title race heated up considerably this weekend when Cornell beat Dartmouth 4-2. This coming Saturday and Sunday may feature the key games that decide who wins the title. On Sunday Dartmouth hosts Brown, and the winner will be in great shape for the Ivy title. However, if they should tie again (01/27: Brown 2 - Dartmouth 2), Cornell will be the team with the inside edge. Cornell has a huge game at home Saturday with Princeton. That match is also significant in regards the ECAC League standings. As you can see below, both Cornell and Dartmouth have three games left. Brown has only one game left, and will be pulling for Princeton to beat both Cornell and Dartmouth. Ivy League Women: standings => 12 Feb 1996 Team W L T PT GF GA Brown 6 1 2 14 38 18 Cornell 5 1 1 11 26 15 Dartmouth 5 1 1 11 30 18 Princeton 3 5 0 6 26 26 Harvard 3 6 0 6 23 32 Yale 0 8 0 0 1 35 Sat 02/10 *Cornell 4 - Dartmouth 2 2:00 pm *Harvard 1 - Brown 7 1:00 pm Sat 02/17 *Cornell __ - Princeton __ 2:00 pm Sun 02/18 *Cornell __ - Yale __ 2:00 pm *Dartmouth __ - Brown __ 3:00 pm Sat 02/24 *Yale __ - Dartmouth __ 2:00 pm Sun 02/25 *Harvard __ - Cornell __ 1:00 pm *Princeton __ - Dartmouth __ 1:30 pm _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 13:26:12 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: standings + => 12 Feb 1996 ECAC League Overall Team W L T PT GF GA W L T PT UNH 11 0 1 23 81 16 20 6 2 42 Brown 9 0 3 21 54 23 12 4 4 28 Dartmouth 9 2 1 19 50 34 17 8 2 36 Northeastern 7 2 3 17 48 25 12 12 5 29 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Providence 7 5 0 14 49 38 11 12 0 22 Cornell 5 5 2 12 41 42 12 7 2 26 Princeton 6 6 0 12 46 54 8 14 0 16 Colby 5 6 1 11 51 53 10 6 1 21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvard 3 8 1 7 25 46 10 15 1 21 Boston C. 2 9 1 5 40 54 9 12 2 20 St. Lawrence 0 10 2 2 31 71 4 12 2 10 Yale 0 11 1 1 5 65 2 16 3 7 Please send any corrections to: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu ECAC Alliance (provided by Ryan Stone) standings as of 2/7/96 EASTERN DIVISION ECAC ALLIANCE GAMES | OVERALL Team W L T PCT GF GA | W L T ----------------------------------------------|----------- Bowdoin College 8 2 0 .800 80 18 | 9 4 1 Williams College 6 2 0 .750 31 18 | 9 6 0 Wesleyan University 4 3 1 .563 38 28 | 10 6 1 University of Maine 2 6 1 .333 20 39 | 4 8 1 Amherst College 0 8 0 .000 5 71 | 4 9 0 WESTERN DIVISION ECAC ALLIANCE GAMES | OVERALL Team W L T PCT GF GA | W L T ----------------------------------------------|----------- Middlebury College 10 0 0 1.000 66 9 | 11 6 0 R. I. T. 9 1 1 .864 54 16 | 9 2 1 Hamilton College 3 3 0 .500 18 22 | 4 3 0 University of Vermont 4 6 0 .400 26 44 | 5 6 0 Rensselaer 2 8 1 .227 24 46 | 5 11 1 Colgate University 2 7 0 .222 16 45 | 3 7 0 * = ECAC League match Home team listed first & = ECAC Alliance match Results: Tue 02/06 Women's Beanpot @Northeastern: Boston C. 10 - Boston U. 0 5:30 pm Northeastern 4 - Harvard 0 8:00 pm Wed 02/07 UNH 6 - Dartmouth 2 7:00 pm Yale 1 - Middlebury 5 7:00 pm Sat 02/10 &Bowdoin __ - Amherst __ 4:00 pm *Cornell 4 - Dartmouth 2 2:00 pm *Harvard 1 - Brown 7 1:00 pm &Middlebury 9 - Rensselaer 0 12:30 pm *Northeastern 2 - Providence 3 1:00 pm *Princeton 3 - UNH 9 1:30 pm *St.Lawrence 3 - Boston C. 4 1:00 pm &Vermont __ - RIT __ 1:00 pm *Yale 1 - Colby 6 2:00 pm Sun 02/11 &Bowdoin __ - Williams __ 1:00 pm *Cornell 3 - Boston C. 1 2:00 pm *Harvard 0 - Providence 6 1:00 pm *Northeastern 2 - Brown 2 1:00 pm *Princeton 9 - Colby 4 1:30 pm *St.Lawrence 5 - Dartmouth 7 1:00 pm &Vermont __ - Rensselaer __ 1:00 pm *Yale 0 - UNH 10 2:00 pm Upcoming matches: Tue 02/13 Women's Beanpot @Northeastern: 3rdPl: Harvard __ - Boston U. __ 5:30 pm Champ: NU __ - Boston C. __ 8:00 pm Sat 02/17 *Boston C. __ - Brown __ 7:00 pm *Colby __ - Harvard __ 1:00 pm &Colgate __ - Bowdoin __ 12:30 pm *Cornell __ - Princeton __ 2:00 pm *Dartmouth __ - Providence __ 3:30 pm &Rensselaer __ - Amherst __ 2:00 pm *St.Lawrence __ - Yale __ 1:00 pm *UNH __ - Northeastern __ 1:00 pm Sun 02/18 *Boston C. __ - Providence __ 4:00 pm *Colby __ - Northeastern __ 1:00 pm *Cornell __ - Yale __ 2:00 pm *Dartmouth __ - Brown __ 3:00 pm &Hamilton __ - Bowdoin __ 1:00 pm &Rensselaer __ - Williams __ 2:00 pm *St.Lawrence __ - Princeton __ 1:00 pm *UNH __ - Harvard __ 1:00 pm &Wesleyan __ - Vermont __ 1:00 pm _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 19:49:23 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: League crunch time! With two weekends and eight points of league play left the quest for the ECAC Women's League title and play-off spots gets hot. From what I have seen, UNH has a lock on the title. It could get tough when they venture down to Brown and PC the last weekend, but the Wildcats should win the title. Brown needs to win all their games, including the huge showdown with UNH Saturday 02/04 if they are to win the crown. A little help from other teams would be useful too. It appears the Bears have home ice for the first round. Dartmouth needs two wins to be sure of the home advantage. Their vital home match this Sunday with Brown will help decided the ECAC and Ivy league races. Northeastern and Providence College are the two teams most likely to gain the final home slot for the tournament. PC needs to make up just three points. Last year the Huskies lost to the Friars at PC in the opening round. Cornell and Princeton play Saturday in what will be another immense battle for the ECAC standings and Ivy title. Both look like they will make the play- offs, but are unlikely to achieve home ice. Colby is very close to making the final eight. A win over Harvard on Saturday clinches it. If Harvard wins and Colby looses the rest of their games, the Crimson would need one more win to make the cut. Boston College needs to win all of its games and needs help from others to make the tourney. ECAC Women: standings => 12 Feb 1996 ECAC League Overall Team W L T PT GF GA W L T PT UNH 11 0 1 23 81 16 20 6 2 42 Brown 9 0 3 21 54 23 12 4 4 28 Dartmouth 9 2 1 19 50 34 17 8 2 36 Northeastern 7 2 3 17 48 25 12 12 5 29 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Providence 7 5 0 14 49 38 11 12 0 22 Cornell 5 5 2 12 41 42 12 7 2 26 Princeton 6 6 0 12 46 54 8 14 0 16 Colby 5 6 1 11 51 53 10 6 1 21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvard 3 8 1 7 25 46 10 15 1 21 Boston C. 2 9 1 5 40 54 9 12 2 20 St. Lawrence 0 10 2 2 31 71 4 12 2 10 Yale 0 11 1 1 5 65 2 16 3 7 Sat 02/17 *Boston C. __ - Brown __ 7:00 pm *Colby __ - Harvard __ 1:00 pm *Cornell __ - Princeton __ 2:00 pm *Dartmouth __ - Providence __ 3:30 pm *St.Lawrence __ - Yale __ 1:00 pm *UNH __ - Northeastern __ 1:00 pm Sun 02/18 *Boston C. __ - Providence __ 4:00 pm *Colby __ - Northeastern __ 1:00 pm *Cornell __ - Yale __ 2:00 pm *Dartmouth __ - Brown __ 3:00 pm *St.Lawrence __ - Princeton __ 1:00 pm *UNH __ - Harvard __ 1:00 pm Sat 02/24 *Brown __ - UNH __ 2:00 pm *Harvard __ - St.Lawrence __ 1:00 pm *Northeastern __ - Cornell __ 1:00 pm *Princeton __ - Boston C. __ 1:30 pm *Providence __ - Colby __ 12:30 pm *Yale __ - Dartmouth __ 2:00 pm Sun 02/25 *Brown __ - Colby __ 2:00 pm *Harvard __ - Cornell __ 1:00 pm *Northeastern __ - St.Lawrence __ 1:00 pm *Princeton __ - Dartmouth __ 1:30 pm *Providence __ - UNH __ 12:30 pm *Yale __ - Boston C. __ 2:00 pm _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 20:07:16 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: players of the week 12 Feb 1996 ECAC Women's Hockey Release #11, February 12, 1996 THE BAUER/ECAC CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Meaghan Sittler, Colby (Buffalo, NY) - For the second time this season, the White Mules sophomore center claims POW Honors. Sittler scored her seventh consecutive hat trick and added three assists in a win over Yale. She also netted the game-winner. Against Princeton, Sittler registered two goals and an assist, involving her in nine of Colby's ten goals on the weekend. Meghan Smith, Providence (Bangor, ME) - The sophomore goalie backboned the Lady Friars to two big ECAC victories over Northeastern and Harvard, to propel PC to fifth in the standings. She made 60 saves in total, shutout Harvard and allowed just two goals versus NU. This gave her a .968 save percentage and 1.00 gaa for the weekend. THE COOPER/ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Kim Knox, UNH (Littleton, MA) - A right wing, Knox scored her first collegiate hat trick in a win over Dartmouth and then added a goal and an assist against Princeton and two assists versus Yale, to give her eight points on the week. Her totals aided New Hampshire's three-win week. ECAC HONOR ROLL Laurie Baker, Providence (Concord, MA) - The rookie forward tallied 3-1-4 totals in two PC victories, including two game-winning goals. Bree Cheatham, Northeastern (Dearborn, MI) - A junior defenseman, Cheatham had two assists in a win and a loss, before switching to forward versus Brown. The move proved profitable, as she notched two third period goals just 13 seconds apart to salvage a 2-2 tie. Janna Dewar, Cornell (Regina, SASK) - A sophomore center, Dewar tallied two game-winning goals to help Cornell take four points in the ECAC standings. She also assisted another in a 3-1 win over Cornell, a crucial victory in determining the Ivy League standings. Tricia Dunn, UNH (Derry, NY) - A senior forward, Dunn buoyed UNH to three wins with three goals and five assists. Her biggest outing was a 1-3-4 effort versus Princeton. Sarah Hood, Dartmouth (Pelkie, MI) - The sophomore forward energized the Big Green in a win over St. Lawrence with 3-2-5 totals, and then added two more assists in losing efforts against Cornell and UNH. Katie King, Brown (Salem, NH) - A junior center, King put up two goals and three assists against Harvard and then tallied one goal versus Northeastern. Amy Macklin, Princeton (Plymouth, MA) - A sophomore forward, Macklin put up 2-3-5 totals in a win over Colby and a loss to UNH. UNH, PROVIDENCE and CORNELL RECORD DOUBLE VICTORIES Nothing has seemed to slow down the New Hampshire Wildcats, as they posted another undefeated week of play to remain two points ahead of Brown in the standings. A showdown between UNH and Brown, the only two undefeated teams, looms large on the horizon. Providence continued its turn-around, now winning four straight games after weekend victories over NU and Harvard. Cornell was the other big mover last week, downing Dartmouth and Boston College. NU recorded a shocker, with two late goals 13 seconds apart to salvage a 2-2 tie with Brown. Each ECAC team has played 12 league games to this point and has just four games left to make its move for a playoff berth. The quarterfinals take place on March 2-3, while the ECAC Championship is set for March 9-10 at UNH's Whittemore Center. Providence is the four-time defending champion. Players/Rookies of the Week 11/20 Solari, BR/Zaban, UNH 11/27 Halsell, DC/Magee, BC 12/3 King, BR/Baker, PC 12/11 Mleczko, HU/Coughlin, PU 1/3 McPherson, CU/Waldo, NU 1/9 Pfeiffer, PU/Magee, BC 1/16 Tueting, DC/Hayes, CU Gordon, CC 1/22 Wheeler, PC/Antal, CU 1/29 Sittler, CC/Magee, BC 2/5 Mleczko, HU/Magee, BC 2/12 Sittler, CC/Knox, UNH Smith, PC _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 18:26:53 -0700 From: Arthur Berman Subject: Women's hockey attendance As I watched the UNH/Maine game Sunday (which was the best game I've seen this year) I noticed that there was a symbol for the ECAC women as well as hockey east under the ice. Since there has been a lot of talk about Title IX on this list, I was wondering if there are any schools at which women's hockey draws comparable crowds to the men. I know of one example in basketball where this is true. My cousins travel to UCONN basketball women's road games because they can't get tickets to the home games. Arthur Berman aberman@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca GO BU!!! NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!! NAYIM FROM THE HALFWAY LINE!!! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 12:04:33 -0500 From: William Jay Lustgarten Subject: Re: Women's hockey attendance On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, Arthur Berman wrote: > As I watched the UNH/Maine game Sunday (which was the best game I've seen > this year) I noticed that there was a symbol for the ECAC women as well > as hockey east under the ice. Since there has been a lot of talk about > Title IX on this list, I was wondering if there are any schools at which > women's hockey draws comparable crowds to the men. Funny timing for this question since on Saturday I attended my first Cornell women's hockey game ever. Even though the game between Cornell and Dartmouth was crucial as far as Ivy League title possibilities and ECAC seeding, there were probably around 100 people there, maybe a little bit more. Men's games here draw around 2000-3000 I think. When I told friends on campus about the game, I was met largely with the answer "women play hockey?". Even though women's hockey here is free while men's hockey is $6 for undergrads and $9 for others, it seems like the women fail to draw a crowd. This is truly a shame because the game I saw was quite enjoyable. Both teams were skillful and played an intense game. Action was alot faster than I expected it to be. Some fellow members of the men's hockey Lynah Faithful were there and took part in taunting the opponent (the "sieve" chant was prevalent). Overall, the women's hockey game was very enjoyable. I plan on attending some more in the future and I'll try to bring some friends along. It's free after all. And it's hockey. Billy Lustgarten Cornell '98 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:44:54 -0500 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Women's Hockey: OWIAA finals, University of Toronto 1995-96 OWIAA Championship: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Queen's University will host the 1995-96 OWIAA (Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association) hockey finals this coming weekend. The top 4 teams in the OWIAA league qualify for this final tournament. Here is this weekend's schedule: Saturday Feb 17th, 1996: (Semi-Finals) 12:00 pm Toronto vs York 2:00 pm Guelph vs Laurier Sunday Feb 18th, 1996: (Finals) 12:00 pm Bronze Medal Game 2:00 pm Gold Medal Game 1995-96 OWIAA Current League Standings ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PLACE TEAM GP W L T GF GA PT -------------------------------------------- 1 Toronto 15 14 1 0 103 5 28 2 Guelph 15 10 3 2 47 22 22 3 Laurier 14 7 6 1 44 35 15 4 York 14 4 5 5 31 46 13 5 Queen's 13 2 9 2 16 47 6 6 Windsor 13 0 13 0 14 100 0 Since I play for the University of Toronto Women's team, I'll post a copy of our game results. We have played a few exhibition games against teams in the ECAC (Cornell, Brown, and Yale). Unlike in the ECAC, in Canadian women's university hockey, there is no limit of eligibility for the players. This is because there is currently no national title (CIAU) as there is in men's Canadian university hockey. However, a national title for women's hockey (CIAU) is expected to be incorportated within the next two seasons. At that time the 5 year eligibility rule will be in effect for women hockey players at Canadian universities. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ 95/96 University of Toronto Varsity Blues - OWIAA +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ DATE OPPONENT TIME H/A SCORE __________________________________________________________________ SEPTEMBER 29 EXHIBITION VS MCMASTER UNIV. 7:00 (H) W 13-1 OCTOBER 13 EXHIBITION VS KINGSTON KODIAKS 7:00 (H) W 6-2 14 EXHIBITION VS KINGSTON KODIAKS 5:00 (H) W 7-1 24 EXHIBITION VS MISSISSAUGA JR 7:00 (H) W 7-1 27 MARION HILLIARD (VS KINGSTON) 4:30 (H) W 7-4 28 TOURNAMENT (VS CONCORDIA) 3:00 (H) L 1-5 29 (VS NEWTONBROOKE) 7:00 (H) W 2-1 31 EXHIBITION VS TORONTO REDWINGS AA 7:00 (H) T 3-3 NOVEMBER 3 *Queen's 7:30 (A) W 9-0 4 Exhibition vs Cornell 2:00 (A) W 7-1 5 Exhibition vs Kingston 1:30 (A) W 6-3 8 *York 7:30 (A) W 5-0 12 *WINDSOR 4:00 (H) W 15-1 19 *Laurier 7:45 (A) W 3-1 22 *GUELPH 7:30 (H) W 1-0 25 Exhibition vs Brown 7:00 (A) W 5-3 26 Exhibition vs Yale 10:00a (A) W 8-1 DECEMBER 1 *Guelph 7:45 (A) W 8-1 5 *York 7:30 (A) W 9-0 12 UofT ALUMNI 7:00 (H) L 8-12 JANUARY 4 EXHIBITION VS JR MISSISSAUGA 7:00 (H) W 3-2 6 Exhibition vs Concordia 11:30 (A) L 0-5 6 Exhibition vs Les Quatre Glaces 5:30 (A) L 3-6 7 Exhibition vs Kingston 1:30 (A) W 7-0 9 EXHIBITION VS PETERBOROUGH AA 7:00 (H) W 4-2 13 *Windsor 4:00 (A) W 13-0 14 *Windsor 4:00 (A) W 12-0 19 *QUEEN'S 7:30 (H) W 4-0 20 *QUEEN'S 4:00 (H) W 5-0 23 EXHIBITION VS JR AEROS 7:00 (H) W 5-2 26 *YORK 7:30 (H) W 6-0 30 *LAURIER 7:30 (H) W 4-1 FEBRUARY 3 Exhibition vs McMaster 12:00 (A) W 17-1 4 *Laurier 7:45 (A) W 9-0 8 *GUELPH 7:30 (H) L 0-1 17 OWIAA Championship (vs York) 12:00 (A) 18 (held at Queen's) 12:00 or 2:00 (A) NOTE: Home games are indicated by capitals letters and are played at Varsity Arena on Bloor Street. "*" indicates regular season league games. Practices are at Varsity Arena at the following times: Monday: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Tuesday: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Wednesday: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Thursday: 7:00 am - 9:00 am Friday: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm There is now an admission charge for regular season home games. The price is $3 for Students and $5 for others. More information on the Varsity Blues team: http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~andria/Varsity_Blues.html More information on women's University Hockey (USA and Canada): http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~andria/University_Hockey.html Andria Hunter ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 08:51:16 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Women's Beanpot: 2nd round Tue 02/06 Women's Beanpot @Northeastern: Boston C. 10 - Boston U. 0 5:30 pm Northeastern 4 - Harvard 0 8:00 pm Tue 02/13 Women's Beanpot @Northeastern: 3rdPl: Harvard 8 - Boston U. 0 5:30 pm Champ: NU 4 - Boston C. 3 OT 8:00 pm _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 16:59:15 -0400 From: Rita-Ann Monde Subject: cornell-princeton women the cornell big red skated to an 8-3 win over the tigers. princeton had a 1-0 lead at the end of the first, but cornell kept pressuring princeton and scored 4 in the 2nd. goalie alana haynes picks up the win for cornell.. cornell now has 13 points towards the ivy league title with 2 ivy league games left. dartmouth had 11 points going into this weekend and brown had 14 [but the bears have only 1 ivy league game left]. tomorrow cornell plays yale at 2pm at lynah... the game will also be broadcast on WTKO 1470 am for those of you in the ithaca area who can't make the game. Rita-Ann Monde Trinity College '91 Cornell University '9? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 12:02:38 -0500 From: Mike Machnik Subject: Boston Globe article about NU women's Kathryn Waldo There is an excellent article that appeared in yesterday's (2/16/96) Boston Globe about Northeastern women's team member Kathryn Waldo. Waldo is a freshman forward from Cross Plains, Wisconsin, and she has 13 goals and 21 assists for 34 points this season. She had three assists in NU's Beanpot win over BC Tuesday night, including setting up the overtime game winner. The article is written by Michael Madden, one of the better Globe columnists, and covers her battle against cystic fibrosis while playing hockey. She hopes to play for the USA in the 1998 Winter Olympics - quite an accomplishment for someone with a disease that, according to the article, usually results in a life expectancy ranging from the teens to the early 20s. To see the article online, go to the Globe's sports section web page - http://www.boston.com/globe/cgi-bin/globe.cgi?spt/glshome.htm and look for the article titled, Where's Waldo?: On the Ice _ and That's Where This NU Women's Hockey Star Wants to Be, Despite Cystic Fibrosis It's definitely worth reading. Take a look before it disappears... --- --- Mike Machnik machnik@ctron.com machnik@tiac.net Cabletron Systems, Inc. *HMM* 11/13/93 ***** Unofficial Merrimack Hockey home page located at: ***** ***** http://www.tiac.net/users/machnik/MChockey/MChockey.html ***** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 16:26:59 -0400 From: Rita-Ann Monde Subject: cornell-yale women the cornell women beat yale 4-0 this afternoon at lynah. the win puts the big red atop the ivy league pending the outcome of the brown-dartmouth game. dana antal led the big red with 2 goals and an assist on morag macpherson's goal. jenna dewar also scored for cornell. melissa junkala picked up the shut out. yale's goalie, laura belliveau [sp?] face 44 shots and kept the game from being a blowout. Rita-Ann Monde Trinity College '91 Cornell University '9? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 11:23:14 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: standings + => 19 Feb 1996 ECAC League Overall Team W L T PT GF GA W L T PT UNH 13 0 1 27 91 19 22 6 2 46 Brown 10 0 4 24 60 28 13 4 5 31 Dartmouth 9 3 2 20 54 40 17 9 3 37 Providence 9 5 0 18 57 39 13 12 0 26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northeastern 7 4 3 17 52 33 13 14 5 31 Cornell 7 5 2 16 53 45 14 7 2 30 Colby 7 6 1 15 62 60 12 6 1 25 Princeton 7 7 0 14 54 65 9 15 0 18 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvard 3 10 1 7 31 59 11 17 1 23 Boston C. 2 11 1 5 42 62 9 15 2 20 St. Lawrence 1 11 2 4 45 78 5 13 2 12 Yale 0 13 1 1 7 80 2 18 3 7 Please send any corrections to: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu ECAC Alliance (provided by Ryan Stone) standings as of 2/14/96 EASTERN DIVISION ECAC ALLIANCE GAMES | OVERALL Team W L T PCT GF GA | W L T ----------------------------------------------|----------- Bowdoin College 10 2 0 .833 94 20 | 11 5 1 Williams College 7 3 0 .700 35 22 | 11 7 0 Wesleyan University 6 4 1 .591 51 40 | 12 7 1 University of Maine 3 7 1 .318 27 48 | 5 9 1 Amherst College 0 10 0 .000 9 87 | 5 11 0 WESTERN DIVISION ECAC ALLIANCE GAMES | OVERALL Team W L T PCT GF GA | W L T ----------------------------------------------|----------- Middlebury College 13 0 0 1.000 90 10 | 15 6 0 R. I. T. 10 2 1 .808 63 23 | 10 2 1 Hamilton College 4 7 0 .363 42 42 | 6 7 0 University of Vermont 4 8 0 .333 30 56 | 5 8 0 Rensselaer 3 9 1 .269 28 59 | 6 12 1 Colgate University 2 10 0 .166 38 48 | 3 10 0 * = ECAC League match Home team listed first & = ECAC Alliance match Results: Tue 02/13 Women's Beanpot @Northeastern: 3rdPl: Harvard 8 - Boston U. 0 5:30 pm Champ: NU 4 - Boston C. 3 OT 8:00 pm Sat 02/17 *Boston C. 2 - Brown 3 7:00 pm *Colby 6 - Harvard 5 OT 1:00 pm &Colgate __ - Bowdoin __ 12:30 pm *Cornell 8 - Princeton 3 2:00 pm *Dartmouth 1 - Providence 3 3:30 pm &Rensselaer __ - Amherst __ 2:00 pm *St.Lawrence 11 - Yale 2 1:00 pm *UNH 3 - Northeastern 2 1:00 pm Sun 02/18 *Boston C. 0 - Providence 5 4:00 pm *Colby 5 - Northeastern 2 1:00 pm *Cornell 4 - Yale 0 2:00 pm *Dartmouth 3 - Brown 3 3:00 pm &Hamilton __ - Bowdoin __ 1:00 pm &Rensselaer 1 - Williams 3 2:00 pm *St.Lawrence 3 - Princeton 5 1:00 pm *UNH 7 - Harvard 1 1:00 pm &Wesleyan 3 - Vermont 3 1:00 pm Upcoming matches: Thu 02/22 Boston C. __ - Bowdoin __ 7:00 pm Fri 02/23 Rensselaer __ - Skidmore __ 5:00 pm Sat 02/24 Bowdoin __ - UNB-Fredton __ 7:00 pm *Brown __ - UNH __ 2:00 pm &Hamilton __ - Vermont __ 4:00 pm *Harvard __ - St.Lawrence __ 1:00 pm *Northeastern __ - Cornell __ 1:00 pm *Princeton __ - Boston C. __ 1:30 pm *Providence __ - Colby __ 12:30 pm Rensselaer __ - MIT __ 2:00 pm *Yale __ - Dartmouth __ 2:00 pm Sun 02/25 Bowdoin __ - UNB-StJohn __ 1:00 pm *Brown __ - Colby __ 2:00 pm &Colgate __ - Vermont __ 1:15 pm *Harvard __ - Cornell __ 1:00 pm *Northeastern __ - St.Lawrence __ 1:00 pm *Princeton __ - Dartmouth __ 1:30 pm *Providence __ - UNH __ 12:30 pm *Yale __ - Boston C. __ 2:00 pm _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 12:44:21 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Extra crunchy - League & Ivy final weekend We're down to the last two games and four points for the ECAC Women's League. At this point, the top eight teams in the League table have made the play-offs (see below). It is great to see so many teams, including a few new ones, produce such an exciting ending to the season. UNH only needs one win for the title. The Wildcats have the most impressive record. Brown has home ice for the first round, but will need to beat UNH on Saturday and hope that PC continues on its roll on Sunday if the Bears are to win the league. Dartmouth, Providence and Northeastern are locked in a battle for the last two home ice slots. PC is the hottest team in the ECAC right now and two home wins would assure them of the home advantage, and make other teams very happy. DC and NU had tough weekends with Big Green getting the sole point. Both need sweeps this week to get them ready for the play-offs. Cornell and Colby have an outside chance of home ice. It is more probable that they and Princeton will be looking for better placement in the standings so they don't have to make the trek to UNH for the first round. In the Ivy League Cornell can wrap-up the title with a win at Harvard. If they win on Sunday they will do an Ivy double with the Cornell Men! Darmouth and Brown all but took themselves out of the race by tying on Sunday. If Dartmouth wins its two games and Cornell looses, Big Green wins the title. If DC wins both matches and CU ties, they share the Ivy crown. Brown could share the title with Cornell if CU looses. DC could make it a three-way tie with a win and a draw. Sat 02/24 *Brown __ - UNH __ 2:00 pm *Harvard __ - St.Lawrence __ 1:00 pm *Northeastern __ - Cornell __ 1:00 pm *Princeton __ - Boston C. __ 1:30 pm *Providence __ - Colby __ 12:30 pm *Yale __ - Dartmouth __ 2:00 pm Sun 02/25 *Brown __ - Colby __ 2:00 pm *Harvard __ - Cornell __ 1:00 pm *Northeastern __ - St.Lawrence __ 1:00 pm *Princeton __ - Dartmouth __ 1:30 pm *Providence __ - UNH __ 12:30 pm *Yale __ - Boston C. __ 2:00 pm ECAC Women: standings => 19 Feb 1996 ECAC League Overall Team W L T PT GF GA W L T PT UNH 13 0 1 27 91 19 22 6 2 46 Brown 10 0 4 24 60 28 13 4 5 31 Dartmouth 9 3 2 20 54 40 17 9 3 37 Providence 9 5 0 18 57 39 13 12 0 26 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northeastern 7 4 3 17 52 33 13 14 5 31 Cornell 7 5 2 16 53 45 14 7 2 30 Colby 7 6 1 15 62 60 12 6 1 25 Princeton 7 7 0 14 54 65 9 15 0 18 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvard 3 10 1 7 31 59 11 17 1 23 Boston C. 2 11 1 5 42 62 9 15 2 20 St. Lawrence 1 11 2 4 45 78 5 13 2 12 Yale 0 13 1 1 7 80 2 18 3 7 Ivy League Women: standings => 19 Feb 1996 Team W L T PT GF GA Cornell 7 1 1 15 38 18 Brown 6 1 3 15 41 21 Dartmouth 5 1 2 12 33 21 Princeton 3 6 0 6 29 34 Harvard 3 6 0 6 23 32 Yale 0 9 0 0 1 39 _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 20:53:56 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Players of the week 19 Feb 1996 ECAC Women's Hockey Release #12, February 19, 1996 THE BAUER/ECAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK Meaghan Sittler, Colby (Buffalo, NY) - A repeat performer, Meaghan Sittler claims her third ECAC POW honor. Once again she dominated for Colby, involving herself in nine of 10 goals. She had 2-4-6 totals against Harvard, sending the game into overtime with the tying goal with 1:13 left in the third. In an upset of Northeastern, she scored four of Colby's five goals. Meghan Smith, Providence (Bangor, ME) - Goalie Meghan Smith bettered her performance from last week, and thus claims ECAC POW honors for the second consecutive week. She registered a 3-1 victory over Dartmouth and then notched her third shutout in the last five games with a 5-0 blanking of Boston College. She had a .978 save percentage and 0.50 GAA for the weekend. Smith also improved to second in the league in GAA, with a 1.63. THE COOPER/ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Dana Antal, Cornell (Esterhazy, SASK) - This week the rookie right wing racked up six points , as she powered Cornell to two victories. Antal had 1-2-3 against Princeton, and then totaled 2-1-3 in a shutout of Yale, including a SHG. ECAC HONOR ROLL Jessica Wagner, Northeastern (Ramsey, MN) - The junior forward was named the Beanpot MVP after scoring two goals against BC, including the GWG in overtime. She also had one goal and one assist versus UNH. Danielle Solari, Brown (Rockland, MA) - The junior forward netted two in a one-goal victory over Boston College and then came back with a goal and two assists in a tie versus Dartmouth. Andrea Blakely, St. Lawrence, (Nepean, ONT) - A junior forward, Blakely made a good run for POW honors with 2-4-6 totals versus Yale, and two goals against Princeton. Carisa Zaban, New Hampshire (Glenview, IL) - The rookie center scored the first four goals of the game for UNH in a 7-1 defeat of Harvard and grabbed a natural hat trick. Erin Magee, Boston College (Troy, NY) - A freshman center, Magee picked up three goals and two assists to push her season totals to 32-22-54, establishing a new school single season record. Laurie Baker, Providence (Concord, MA) - The freshman forward scored the GWG versus Dartmouth and then tallied three goals in a win over BC, including the game-winner. It was her second hat trick and fourth consecutive GWG. Melisa Heitzman, New Hampshire (Bloomington, MN) - A freshman left wing, Heitzman scored two goals, including the game-winner, in a 3-2 win over NU. She also added two assists against Harvard. Amy Coelho, Dartmouth (N. Truro, MA) -- The junior defender had one assist versus Providence, and then tallied two goals and one assist in a 3-3 tie with Brown. Barb Gordon, Colby (Glendale, CA) - The junior wing registered 3-5-8 totals on the week, including the GWG in OT vs. Harvard. LEAGUE TITLE STILL UNDECIDED IN FINAL WEEKEND; TOP EIGHT TEAMS ARE LOCKED INTO ECAC TOURNAMENT With just two league games remaining for each team, the regular season title is still in doubt. New Hampshire only has to win one of its remaining games to be declared champion, but it will not have an easy time of it. The Wildcats face big showdowns with second-place Brown, who still has a chance to catch them, and fourth-place Providence. The top eight teams are currently locked into the playoffs, but no one position is set, as each team has a chance to improve its playoff standing. Cornell and Colby made it clear they would be around for the post-season, as both teams came through with two big wins last weekend. Cornell outscored its two Ivy League opponents 12-3, while Colby continues to stun the upper half of the league. The White Mules defeated a pesky Harvard team, 6-5, and then knocked off Northeastern, 5-2. St. Lawrence Head Coach Bernie McKinnon coached his final game at Appleton Arena last Sunday. After over 30 years of involvement with the University (he also coached the men's team for six seasons), McKinnon will retire at the end of the season. Players/Rookies of the Week 11/20 Solari, BR/Zaban, UNH 11/27 Halsell, DC/Magee, BC 12/3 King, BR/Baker, PC 12/11 Mleczko, HU/Coughlin, PU 1/3 McPherson, CU/Waldo, NU 1/9 Pfeiffer, PU/Magee, BC 1/16 Tueting, DC/Hayes, CU Gordon, CC 1/22 Wheeler, PC/Antal, CU 1/29 Sittler, CC/Magee, BC 2/5 Mleczko, HU/Magee, BC 2/12 Sittler, CC/Knox, UNH Smith, PC 2/19 Sittler, CC/Antal, CU Smith, PC _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 19:45:22 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: WOMEN DIRINFO Thanks to the efforts of a number of people there are now addresses and often phone numbers for additional Women's College Ice Hockey Teams: Augsburg, Bates, Clarkson, McGill, UMass-Amherst, Michigan, Michigan State, Mt. Holyoke, Sacred Heart and Wheaton. These are available by way of the Maine Hockey-L archives under the file: WOMEN DIRINFO . You can get this file by email or gopher or a web browser. If you have any problems, let me know. Merci beau coup to all who have helped create and update this file! _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 04:18:59 -0500 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Re: OWIAA Championship (Ontario Women's University Hockey) There were a few typos in the scores in my previous article. It should have read: Sunday Feb 19th, 1995: (Finals) BRONZE MEDAL GAME 12:00 pm Wilfred Laurier University 3 --- York University 2 (in 2nd overtime period) game MVPs: Cheryl Pounder, ? GOLD MEDAL GAME 2:00 pm University of Toronto 2 --- University of Guelph 1 (in 3rd overtime period) game MVPs: Lori Dupuis, Jenn Dewar Also, Julie Walker was missing from the first all-star team: OWIAA First All-Star Team Forward: Katie Quinn [YU], Andria Hunter [UT], Amy Turek [WL] Defense: Cassie Campbell [GU], Julie Walker [QU] Goalie: Michelle Clayton [YU] OWIAA Second All-Star Team Forward: Lori Dupuis [UT], Laura Schuler [UT], Sarah Applegarth [GU] Defense: Cheryl Pounder [WL], Allyson Fox [YU] Goalie: Jennifer Dewar [GU] Sorry about the confusion. Andria ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 17:43:34 -0500 From: paula weston Subject: OSU 4, BGSU 2 Please allow me to just say, "Weeeee!!!!" for a moment. This has been a great hockey ride for OSU fans. No offense to BGSU fans, but the win in Bowling Green was particurly sweet, since it was the PRIME game of the week, and Commissioner Beagan was there. Do you realize that means 3 wins in a row--3 CCHA wins in a row--for OSU? Again, I say, "Weeeee!!" The February 25 OSU-Miami game is the battle for the Ohio Cup, as well as the battle for sixth place (6th place!!!). Beagan himself will be on hand to award the cup, first awarded in 1982, which was also the last time OSU won the cup. As I write, OSU is 1 point behind Miami, and although I am very fond of Miami hockey--nice players, nice coach, nice SID--it would be a nice "so there" for OSU to climb as high as 6th in the CCHA. Do I hear any nominations for John Markll for Coach of the Year? Also watched good women's hockey today--U. of Minn. at OSU. The game ended in a tie 3-3. U. of Minn. has some impressive skaters and puck-handlers. OSU has a pretty good goalie. The Buckeyes in the playoffs....Craig Paterson with fewer than 50 penalty minutes....Tom Askey may have a .500 season....what's next, the Four Horseman? Paula C. Weston Girl Reporter ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 08:38:35 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women 3 - St. Lawrence 4 The afternoon half of St. Lawrence Saturday found the Saints defeating the Harvard Crimson 3-4. St. Lawrence seemed to be very up for the match and perhaps last season's game that ended with some dubious penalties gave the Saints a revenge motive. Harvard played well, but by again overplaying some players, others were left on the bench which resulted in fatigue at critical moments. The first period opened with SLU's Andrea Blakeley breaking up the gut, cutting to the left slot and firing home. Both teams were putting pressure on the other's net and the tempo of the game was excellent. Julie Barnett (Blakeley, Danielle Neal) put the Saints up 0-2 when she tipped in a drive from the point. Harvard came back when Stacy Kellogg (AJ Mleczko, Catherine Kreindler) poked in a rebound. The played developed from a face-off. In the second, play was more rough. The Crimson tied the match on a power play goal by Alice DuBois (Christa Calagione). Calagione had carried the puck into the zone before releasing Dubois with a nice pass. Dubois deked the defense and roofed her shot. The goal was lovely, but probably should not have occurred as Harvard's leading goal scorer had given an SLU player a vicious cross-check to the head. It was not the only incident by this player today and it deserved at least a five minute major. Harvard took the lead on another power play goal when Mleczko (Kellogg) circled the net and saw her shot bounce in off the goalie. St. Lawrence was playing patience defense and producing good breaks, but was not getting rewarded. In the final period Harvard had some exhausted defenders. Barnett (Kathryn Kotary) tied the game at three after a nice end to end rush was concluded with a left wing shot that found net. Harvard and St. Lawrence were exchanging spells of pressure. The Saints won the match when Jodie Bard (Rhonda Mitchell, Blakeley) stuffed home a rebound after the initial shot from the point. St. Lawrence has a pretty talented team. They played solid defense and their passing game created some interesting rushes. The woman of the match was Blakeley. A wonderful skater she plays with explosive energy. Blakeley's attacking skills are exquisite and she even blocks shots expertly! Her linemate Barnett carried the puck very well and kept her head up looking for the open player. All four of the Saints defenders played very well. Kelly Mahncke dished off some lovely passes and read the play well. Mitchell was a tough defender who was very difficult to get by. Kyla McKee and Neal rounded out the defense with strong work in their own end and the ability to join the rush. Overall I was very impressed with the game the Saints put together today. I have to wonder in what direction the Harvard Women's program is headed. It is inexplicable to me why some players are not seeing ice time. Olivia Nottebohm did not look injured in warmup and has played very well on defense, but saw no time on the blue line. Meanwhile Harvard played two and a half defenders for the whole game. Add to that the amount of stick holding and diving to draw penalties and the demi-hook to stop other teams and I am left distressed. Jen Bowdoin played very well in goal. She faced the shooter and made many saves look easy. Holly Leitzes was a force on defense, but was looking awfully weary in the third. The line of Casi Walker, Dubois and Jen Gerometta played very well. Their passing and skating looked good. Kyle Walsh and Kellogg showed a ton of hustle at both ends of the ice. Overall it was a fair performance by some of the players considering the attitude of others. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 13:55:20 -0400 From: Rita-Ann Monde Subject: cornell-northeastern women on saturday 2/24 the big red women beat northeastern 3-0 in boston. sorry, no other details. Rita-Ann Monde Trinity College '91 Cornell University '9? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 17:47:53 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women 0 - Cornell 5 Sunday afternoon at Bright the Cornell Big Red won the Ivy League title in style by whipping the Harvard Crimson 0-5. Cornell played an excellent match that featured strong skating, good clean checking at both ends of the ice and exceptional team play. The first period started slow. Harvard looked the more lively with periods of pressure in the Big Red zone. However I felt the control game of Cornell would take over. Robin Thompson (Dana Antal) gave Big Red the lead when she took the puck up the gut on an end to end rush and finished the play by stuffing it past the Harvard goalie. Thompson seized the moment which was smart, but also had fine spread support from her mates. In the second Harvard's defenders looked drained from too much ice time and not enough bodies being employed by the coach. Janna Dewar (Leanna House, Heather Davidson) finished off a lovely 1-2 break to give Cornell a 0-2 lead. Big Red was back-checking superbly and when they got the puck they were turning up ice for the quick break. In the final period Erin Schmalz (Dewar, House) knocked home a lovely centering pass from the corner. Antal (Thompson, Morag McPherson) made it 0-4 Cornell when Thompson missed her breakaway attempt. Antal was left to pick up the rebound in the slot where she twirled and fired home. Big Red was flying high now and concluded the scoring with a power play goal. Thompson (McPherson, Antal) drove in her try when she was set-up at the back door. It was a fine power play that featured an intelligent set and good passing. Cornell played a marvelous game today to win the Ivy League crown and get ready for next week's ECAC first round play-offs. Full marks to coach Julie Andeberhan for how well she has developed the Big Red Women's team. She is one of a few coaches in the league that works on skating, and it shows. Cornell are not all great skaters yet, but the improvement is good. The traditional Big Red checking game was clean and effective. The attack shows signs of an interesting future. The sets and the ability of players to move to open space looked real good. The woman of the match was the line of Thompson, McPherson and Antal. Thompson showed a lot of desire and some fine passing. Antal was also a clever passer and a very creative force on the ice. If she improves her skating, she could be something else. McPherson checked all over the ice. What impressed me the most about her was her talent to turn and go. McPherson is a great defensive forward, but if she ever starts to like scoring goals, look out! Tracey Cornell held her line together and is one of the reasons the rest of the team could accomplish what it did. Dewar is such a strong player on the ice and yet has fabulous touch. Her skating paid off big time for the team effort. On defense Stacey Hutton played a very good heads-up game. Overall I am very happy for Cornell as they won the Ivy title and did it with a flourish. Harvard's three seniors, Ellen Frump, Stacy Kellogg and Holly Leitzes played their final game today. Frump performed admirably as a checking wing. Her efforts helped make her line play that much better. Kellogg was a hustling forward who marked her opponent well and was ever the opportunist in front of net. Leitzes was Harvard's best skater and the outstanding defender during her four years. Her strength and determination will be greatly missed. In today's match, Leitzes was excellent. She broke up a couple of three on one breaks. I can't say the rest of the team played that well today. Next season has some interesting possibilities. Will this year's first-year class (Walsh, Dubois, Gerometta, Kreindler, Ganzenmuller, Landry, Nottebohm and Milbert) be able to raise their game to better compete in the ECAC League? The skating will need to improve, but the prospects look good with this strong core of young players. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 08:18:13 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Brown wins league - play-offs set With Brown's 5-4 win over UNH on Saturday and 8-3 win over Colby on Sunday, coupled with PC's 5-3 win over UNH on Sunday, Brown wins the ECAC Women's League title! Wow! What a finish. The first round of the play-offs will feature: #1 Brown - #8 Colby #2 UNH - #7 Princeton #3 Dartmouth - #6 Northeastern #4 Providence - #5 Cornell Final standings, scores and first round play-off times later. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 11:36:37 -0500 From: Greg Berge Subject: Cornell weekend; Gretzky trade complete Second part first: ESPNet just verified that the Big-G is a Blue. One player in the trade was Patrice Tardif, who I believe went to Maine, hence the college hockey suitability :-) Now, on to real hockey: Well, that was entertaining. Cornell came within an eyelash of what at least would tie an all-time record, as the women's team shut out both weekend opponents and the men's team gave up just a single goal Friday before blanking RPI Saturday. Reminds me of the quote attributed to Dizzy Dean, when he tossed a one-hitter in the first game of a DH and his brother Paul pitched a no-hitter in the nightcap: "if I'd a knowed Paul was gonna throw one I'd a throwed one too." Congratulations to the women, who complete The Big Red's Daily Double of Ivy League Championships! The women finished the ECAC RS slate with their best conference record and standing ever, and travel to Providence for the QF next weekend. They shut out their final *three* league opponents and are in as good a position as they could hope to pull off what would admittedly be a big upset against the (Lady?) Friars. Julie Andeberhan, much like Mike Schafer, deserves full credit for the remarkable resurgence of a proud but once troubled program. The future's so bright... well, nobody wears shades in Ithaca but you know what I mean. The men controlled both the Union and RPI games with tremendous goaltending and defense. The penalty kill was merciless (the two opponents were a combined -1 on their advantages). While Cornell did not pick up any ground on the other Big Four (again), neither did they lose any, running their NCAA-best undefeated string to 10 (9-0-1, 8-0-1 in ECAC). Now the screaming starts (obscure bad movie reference for a thousand, Alex), as Cornell (30 pts) and Colgate (28) pack their bags for the North Country and Clarkson (31) and SLU (32) to complete the regular season. AND WHAT A WAY TO END THE REGULAR SEASON! Finally, if Colgate gets two points on the coming weekend the ECAC will have produced *five* 30-point teams. Last year, 28 points was enough for second place. The league has staged miosis (or mitosis, I always get them mixed up) with the top and bottom five squads pulling away from each other as fast as possible. Indeed, as of today 7 of the 12 league teams have losing records. Weird. Greg R. Berge Let's Go Red! 1995-96 Women's Ivy League Champions 1995-96 Men's Ivy League Champions Mike Schafer for Rookie Deity of the Year! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 13:31:48 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Ivy League Women: final standings Ivy League Women: final standings Team W L T PT GF GA Cornell 8 1 1 17 43 18 Dartmouth 7 1 2 16 37 22 Brown 6 1 3 15 41 21 Princeton 3 7 0 6 30 36 Harvard 3 7 0 6 23 37 Yale 0 10 0 0 1 41 Ivy League Women: 9596 composite schedule * = ECAC League match Home team listed first Nov 95 - - - Sat 11/18 *Brown 4 - Cornell 4 2:00 pm *Harvard 1 - Princeton 5 1:00 pm Sun 11/19 *Harvard 3 - Yale 0 1:00 pm Dec 95 - - - Sat 12/02 *Cornell 3 - Harvard 2 2:00 pm Wed 12/06 Brown 6 - Harvard 2 7:00 pm Sat 12/09 Dartmouth 7 - Yale 0 3:00 pm Sun 12/10 Dartmouth 5 - Princeton 3 3:00 pm Wed 12/13 *Yale 0 - Princeton 4 7:00 pm Sat 12/16 Princeton 2 - Harvard 5 1:30 pm Jan 96 - - - Sat 01/06 *Princeton 3 - Brown 4 OT 1:30 pm Sun 01/07 *Dartmouth 5 - Cornell 3 2:00 pm *Yale 0 - Brown 6 2:00 pm Sat 01/13 Princeton 1 - Cornell 5 1:30 pm Sun 01/14 *Harvard 2 - Dartmouth 4 1:00 pm Yale 0 - Cornell 3 2:00 pm Sat 01/20 Cornell 4 - Brown 1 2:00 pm Sat 01/27 Brown 2 - Dartmouth 2 2:00 pm Sun 01/28 Yale 0 - Harvard 3 2:00 pm Wed 01/31 *Princeton 6 - Yale 1 7:30 pm Feb 96 - - - Sat 02/03 *Brown 3 - Yale 0 2:00 pm *Dartmouth 5 - Harvard 4 3:00 pm Sun 02/04 *Brown 5 - Princeton 2 2:00 pm Sat 02/10 *Cornell 4 - Dartmouth 2 2:00 pm *Harvard 1 - Brown 7 1:00 pm Sat 02/17 *Cornell 8 - Princeton 3 2:00 pm Sun 02/18 *Cornell 4 - Yale 0 2:00 pm *Dartmouth 3 - Brown 3 3:00 pm Sat 02/24 *Yale 0 - Dartmouth 2 2:00 pm Sun 02/25 *Harvard 0 - Cornell 5 1:00 pm *Princeton 1 - Dartmouth 2 1:30 pm Please send corrections to: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 13:34:03 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: final standings + ECAC Women: final standings ECAC League Overall Team W L T PT GF GA W L T PT Brown 12 0 4 28 73 35 15 4 5 35 UNH 13 2 1 27 98 29 22 8 2 46 Dartmouth 11 3 2 24 58 41 19 9 3 41 Providence 11 5 0 22 66 43 15 12 0 30 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornell 9 5 2 20 61 45 16 7 2 34 Northeastern 8 5 3 19 57 39 14 15 5 33 Princeton 8 8 0 16 61 71 10 16 0 20 Colby 7 8 1 15 66 72 12 8 1 25 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvard 3 12 1 7 34 68 11 19 1 23 Boston C. 3 12 1 7 49 68 11 16 2 24 St. Lawrence 2 12 2 6 52 86 6 14 2 14 Yale 0 15 1 1 7 85 2 20 3 7 Please send corrections to: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu * = ECAC League match Home team listed first & = ECAC Alliance match Results: Thu 02/22 Boston C. 8 - Bowdoin 1 7:00 pm Fri 02/23 Rensselaer __ - Skidmore __ 5:00 pm Sat 02/24 Bowdoin __ - UNB-Fredton __ 7:00 pm *Brown 5 - UNH 4 2:00 pm &Hamilton __ - Vermont __ 4:00 pm *Harvard 3 - St.Lawrence 4 1:00 pm *Northeastern 0 - Cornell 3 1:00 pm *Princeton 6 - Boston C. 4 1:30 pm *Providence 4 - Colby 1 12:30 pm Rensselaer __ - MIT __ 2:00 pm *Yale 0 - Dartmouth 2 2:00 pm Sun 02/25 Bowdoin __ - UNB-StJohn __ 1:00 pm *Brown 8 - Colby 3 2:00 pm &Colgate __ - Vermont __ 1:15 pm *Harvard 0 - Cornell 5 1:00 pm *Northeastern 5 - St.Lawrence 3 1:00 pm *Princeton 1 - Dartmouth 2 1:30 pm *Providence 5 - UNH 3 12:30 pm *Yale 0 - Boston C. 3 2:00 pm Upcoming matches: Sat 03/02 ECAC Alliance Tournament (Middlebury, Bowdoin, RIT, Williams) ECAC League Quarterfinals (campus sites) #1 Brown __ - #8 Colby __ 2:00 pm #2 UNH __ - #7 Princeton __ tba #3 Dartmouth __ - #6 NU __ tba #4 Providence __ - #5 Cornell __ tba Sun 03/03 ECAC Alliance Tournament (Middlebury, Bowdoin, RIT, Williams) ECAC League Quarterfinals (campus sites) Some quarterfinal games may be on Sunday. Sat 03/09 ECAC League Semifinals @UNH: Seed #1 __ - Seed #4 __ 1:00 pm Seed #2 __ - Seed #3 __ 4:00 pm Sun 03/10 ECAC League Final @UNH: Winner g1 __ - Winner g2 __ 2:00 pm _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 17:37:21 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: League play-offs ECAC League Quarterfinals (campus sites) Home team listed first #1 Brown __ - #8 Colby __ 2:00 pm #2 UNH __ - #7 Princeton __ 1:00 pm #3 Dartmouth __ - #6 NU __ 12:30 pm #4 Providence __ - #5 Cornell __ 1:00 pm Now that the wild endings to the ECAC Women's League and Ivy League have concluded with Brown repeating as ECAC title holders and Cornell claiming the Ivy crown, it is time for the ECAC Women's Championship (finals at UNH March 9-10). The first round is this Saturday at campus sites and features a one game elimination match. It's the Ivies versus the Big Three plus Colby! Considering the way the league season finished, I can only ponder who might win this weekend! #1 Brown over #8 Colby The Brown Bears have the most attacking talent in the League. If they start scoring goals like they can, Brown is one of the squads that could walk away with the Championship. The Colby White Mules have a great offense and are a lot of fun to watch. If they get a couple of early goals, anything could happen. This is my dream match! You have to give Brown the advantage, but I expect a high scoring game decided in the closing minutes. Yesssss!!!! #2 UNH over #7 Princeton The New Hampshire Wildcats slipped up on the last weekend in Providence. I still believe, with home ice advantage for the entire play-offs, that they are the team to beat in the League Championship. They are the most confident team I have seen this year. I believe this will be the year UNH wins the tournament, and in style. The Princeton Tigers have had an up and down year and will need a big effort to advance. They have a well-balanced team and could surprise a few people. I anticipate a UNH blowout. #3 Dartmouth over #6 Northeastern The Dartmouth Big Green is the other team that could get it together and blow everyone else away. They are extremely tough in their own end, have a lovely attack. I would not be amazed to see them in the final. The Northeastern Huskies have the strongest defensive pairings in the league. If they can get their passing game moving they could shock Big Green and make the final four. I think the key element is how much respect Dartmouth gives NU. Too much could spell disaster for DC. #5 Cornell over #4 Providence College The defending champion Providence College Friars can not be counted out. They are the hottest team in the league and I think will win any close match. The Ivy Champion Cornell Big Red are one of the most improved teams and will be a difficult opponent to put away in the play-offs. It would be a fine run for them to make it to Durham. I thought I'd take a chance and pick Big Red to surprise the heavily favored Friars! _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 19:16:19 -0600 From: Pam Sweeney Subject: College Hockey Notebook URL/Topics http://www.pioneerplanet.com/sports/hockey/docs/022854.htm Gregg Wong's College Hockey Notebook Topics: Home ice vital during playoffs Guentzel a candidate? (for UAA vacancy) Around the WCHA WCHA POTWs Bonin wins consecutive league scoring titles Colorado College's Judd Lambert and Ryan Bach lead goalies Pride on Ice on ESPN's ``NCAA Today'' Around the country 4 teams still in CCHA race BU has clinched at least a tie for HE title 4 teams in ECAC race Brown wins ECAC women's title Dartmouth ties Yale. BU still No. 1 in PWR Around the area St. John's and St. Thomas to meet in MIAC playoffs NCHA Playoffs Pam Sweeney Go Gophers!!! Ski-U-Mah!!! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 16:00:07 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women's League Championship From USA Today's Web site (with a few corrections): The University of New Hampshire will play host to the 1996 Eastern College Athletic Conference women's hockey tournament March 9 and 10 at Towse Rink in Durham, N.H. The championship game will be televised on a tape-delayed basis by WNDS (Ch. 50) of Derry, N.H. The single-elimination tournament will begin with the top four teams in the ECAC standings playing host to first-round games Saturday, March 2nd. Tickets for the 1996 ECAC women's hockey playoff semifinals and championship are on sale through the New Hampshire ticket office by calling (603) 862-2287. Prices are $5 for adults and $2 for students and children. First-Round, Saturday, March 2 #8 Colby at #1 Brown, 2 p.m. #7 Princeton at #2 New Hampshire, 1 p.m. #6 Northeastern at #3 Dartmouth, 12:30 p.m. #5 Cornell at #4 Providence, 1 p.m. Semifinals, Saturday, March 9 Highest remaining seed versus lowest remaining seed: 12:00 pm Other two seeds: 3:00 pm ECAC Championship, Sunday, March 10, 2 p.m. Past ECAC Tournament Champions 1995 Providence 1994 Providence 1993 Providence 1992 Providence 1991 New Hampshire 1990 New Hampshire 1989 Northeastern 1988 Northeastern 1987 New Hampshire 1986 New Hampshire 1985 Providence 1984 Providence _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 19:46:05 -0500 From: "" Subject: Re: ECAC Women PICKS PICKS & Mo' PICKS >ECAC League Quarterfinals (campus sites) Home team listed first >#1 Brown __ - #8 Colby __ 2:00 pm >#2 UNH __ - #7 Princeton __ 1:00 pm >#3 Dartmouth __ - #6 NU __ 12:30 pm >#4 Providence __ - #5 Cornell __ 1:00 pm #1 & #8 I agree, Bruno needs to hold Colby's offense to a trickle. I pick the BEARS. #2 & #7 Princeton is too inconsistent to pose a sustained threat to the Wildcats, UNH all the way. #3 & #6 NU showed huge potential, especially with that 2-1 win over Brownseason opener, but the Big Green is a stingy team, I pick DARTMOUTH #4 & #5 Probably the most exciting match up in this first round.... hard to say...my guess is that the game will be decided by the netminder that shows up freshest.......CORNELL (but barely). SEMIFINALS #1 & #5 This is going to be THE game....based on performances of late..(and forgetting about the BC/COLBY weekend) I have to go with BRUNO once more....but only if BROWN stiffles the BIG RED forwards, and can stay out of the box. #2 & #3 UNH has been skiddish at the season's end...but I pick them over DARTMOUTH FINALS BROWN/UNH - The wildcats are looking at home ice........based on recent offensive output....I feel sooo biased....the BEARS....this is considering Mortenson in net, a healthy Nan Gorton, and a psyched Katie King - if not it could be a long ride home for the Bears. a n y t a k e r s ? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 23:20:35 -0900 From: "Robert B. Downes" Subject: Women's hockey on ABC Saturday This was posted to the women-in-hockey list, and I believe it will be of interest to those who follow women's hockey here. It will be nice to see the sport get some national exposure. >Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 20:03:52 -0500 >From: BLACKTHORN@aol.com >To: Women-in-hockey@plaidworks.com >Subject: ABC Wide World of Sports >Message-ID: <960207200349_315659856@mail04.mail.aol.com> > >This Saturday women's ice hockey will get a well deserved boost. ABC's Wide >World of Sports is starting a new segment entitled "Women in the Game." The >first installment will be about women's ice hockey. This Wednesday they are >coming to film the Dartmouth-UNH game. On February 10, 1995 at some time >between 4:30-6:00 p.m. et. the segment will air along with hopefully, some >interviews with the players. > >With the Pacific Rim, World Championships and Olympics in the future this >should be the start of some serious publicity for the sport. We can all show >our support for women's hockey by writing to ABC regarding this segment. --- --- Mike Machnik machnik@tiac.net *HMM* 11/13/93 >> Co-owner of the College Hockey Lists at University of Maine System << ***** Unofficial Merrimack Hockey home page located at: ***** ***** http://www.tiac.net/users/machnik/MChockey/MChockey.html ***** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 11:08:59 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Alliance play-offs? So does anyone know what's up with the Alliance Championship? Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Alliance playoffs RIT, Middlebury, Bowdoin, and Wesleyan are in the Alliance playoffs. The games will be held at Middlebury this weekend, but I don't know exactly when. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 18:58:44 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: League 1st round results Sat 03/02 ECAC League Quarterfinals (campus sites) #1 Brown 7 - #8 Colby 2 2:00 pm #2 UNH 7 - #7 Princeton 2 1:00 pm #3 Dartmouth 3 - #6 NU 2 2OT 12:30 pm #4 Providence 5 - #5 Cornell 2 1:00 pm Sat 03/09 ECAC League Semifinals @UNH: #1 Brown __ - #4 Providence __ 12:00 pm #2 UNH __ - #3 Dartmouth __ 3:00 pm Sun 03/10 ECAC League Final @UNH: (Tape delayed-Ch.50 (WNDS) at 8:00 pm) Winner g1 __ - Winner g2 __ 2:00 pm _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 10:07:21 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Brown Women 7 - Colby 2 It was a great day for hockey. Falling snow coated the landscape as winter's return frightened New Englanders. Unfortunately Saturday afternoon's ECAC League quarterfinal game found the Brown Bears playing an ineffectual game while beating the Colby White Mules 7-2. Colby seemed tense much of the match and rarely established their flow. The game started tight and slow. Both teams were letting the occasion overcome them. Brown was the first to break out of it when Katie King (Becky Kellar) took a long pass, broke in all alone on goal and deked her way past the Colby netminder. Danielle Solari continued the individual efforts of the Bears when she followed her own shot in on net, dug the puck and tucked the rebound in. In the second period, Solari shot high into the netting to make it 3-0 Brown. The play developed after the White Mules had given the puck away three times consecutively in their own end. Colby had finished the first period with a flourish and had their skate and pass game essentially online. Barb Gordon (Meaghan Sittler) opened the scoring for Colby when she provided the final touch at the side of the net. The one-two play featured an end to end break. On a Mule power play, half way through the second, Stacy Joslin (Gordon) shot home after some excellent puck movement. Colby was looking better, but with too few players on the ice they were also looking tired. Carly Regnier scored a shorthanded goal for Brown to make it 4-2 Bears. Regnier's length of the ice rush beat the weary Mule defenders and was a fine solo effort. During the entire game I thought the referees were calling a homer. A number of Brown players were getting away with some pretty disgusting behavior, while their Colby counterparts were being sent off regularly. In the final interval, Brown's King (Marcie Deering) put the puck in after a spell of Bear pressure. Karen Emma (Nan Gorton) circled the net and scored during a power play. Emma (Kellar) tipped in a point shot during another power play to close out the scoring. It was a pity that Brown wasted this game with little team play. A stronger opponent would have blown the Bears off the ice. Colby did not play well Saturday. I think being in the play-offs for the first time had an impact. The White Mules have a lovely attacking style that we only got flashes of. If Colby can get more players on the ice they could be a contender in the ECAC. Most other teams appear clueless when they start their sweeping style. The woman of the match for Colby was Gordon. Her sublime passing to the atypical area was wonderful. Gordon's movement is one of the key elements in the Mule's arsenal. Sittler had a quiet day for her. The powerful forward displayed some elegant moves. Sarah Gelman was the other Colby forward that stood out. She provided a quick skating game that did a ton for the team. Blue liner Joslin was on her game. Her tough defensive style featured many superior breakup plays. She was joined by Ann Mortenson and Heather McVicar and together they provided a strong defensive unit. Overall the experience should make Colby a more demanding rival in the future. The trivializing of sport with loud pop music at every stoppage of play was unfortunately in vogue at Brown. It was not a pleasant experience. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 18:15:12 -0500 From: Sandy Smith Subject: Women's Quarter Final -- PC 5, Cornell 2 Don't have any details but wanted to post this quarter final score. Sandy Smith ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 21:58:54 -0500 From: Sandy Smith Subject: Women's -PC 5, Cornell 2 Don't have any details but, PC advances to the semi-final where they will most likely face Brown, next Saturday at the Whittemore Center. Does anybody have the other Quarter final scores? Sandy Smith ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 18:09:21 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: League final four Sat 03/09 ECAC League Semifinals @UNH: #1 Brown __ - #4 Providence __ 12:00 pm #2 UNH __ - #3 Dartmouth __ 3:00 pm Sun 03/10 ECAC League Final @UNH: (Tape delayed-Ch.50 (WNDS) at 8:00 pm) Winner g1 __ - Winner g2 __ 2:00 pm With no upsets in the quarterfinals we move into the ECAC Women's League finals with the Rhode Island and New Hampshire derbies. It's the Ivies versus the Big Three. Will this be the year an Ivy team finally wins the ECAC League Championship? #1 Brown over #4 Providence Brown won both league matches 4-3 this season. The Brown Bears will have to be firing together this weekend if they want to beat the four-time defending champion PC Friars. Providence has an excellent goaltender and remains the hottest team in the ECAC. I expect a close match with several lead changes before the talented Bears deliver the telling blow. If PC makes it to the final, it's lights out. The Friars will then have established "target lock" and will find a way to win their fifth championship in a row. #2 UNH over #3 Dartmouth The UNH Wildcats won the lone league game 2-3 at Hanover. Recently at Durham, New Hampshire again beat the DC Big Green 6-2. Playing at home I think UNH will be too tough for anyone to stop. They have the most confident team play I have seen this year. Dartmouth could pull out a victory if they start scoring. Big Green has the players and tactics to defeat any team. I look for the Wildcats to come out with an early score and unless DC answers quickly, UNH could run away with this match. #2 UNH over #1 Brown The Wildcats and Bears played a 1-1 tie in a shortened game at Durham. On the last weekend of the season, Brown beat UNH 5-4 in Providence to win the League title. There is no doubt in my mind that the Bears have more firepower than New Hampshire. Brown's problem lies in their emotional baggage and the lack of a coherent offensive plan. I believe UNH will exploit these areas of weakness and win the championship, with their superior team play, in a close match. The Brown attack could turn it on and devastate the Wildcats, but I think the tense nature of the final will give UNH the edge. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 08:57:51 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Ivy League Women: All-Ivy teams Reposted with permission: From: "Nathan A. Ewell" Subject: All-Ivy League The All-Ivy team was released today: Co-Players of the Year: Laurie Belliveau, Yale G Katie King, Brown F Rookie of the Year: Dana Antal, Cornell F First-Team: Mandy Pfeiffer, Princeton F Katie King, Brown F Sarah Howald, Dartmouth F AJ Mleczko, Harvard F Holly Leitzes, Harvard D Amy Coehlo, Dartmouth D Laurie Belliveau, Yale G Second-Team: Dana Antal, Cornell F Janna Dewar, Cornell F Nan Gorton, Brown F Becky Kellar, Brown D Vicki Urbas, Princeton D Alanna Hayes, Cornell G Sarah Tueting, Dartmouth G Honorable Mention: Forwards: Danielle Solari (Brown), Erin Schmalz (Cornell), Sarah Hood (Dartmouth), Karen Chernisky (Princeton). Defense: Nicole Haakenson (Brown), Heather Davidson (Cornell), Stacey Hutton (Cornell), Sara Vogler (Dartmouth). _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 08:50:36 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: final four projections Reposted with permission: From: "Nathan A. Ewell" Subject: ECAC final four This looks to be a great weekend for women's hockey: four excellent teams that should produce close games with the final on TV. #1 BROWN vs. #4 PROVIDENCE - This should be an absolute battle. The matchup to watch is whether Brown's defense can hold up against the Providence forwards. If they can, Brown will make the finals. But like last year, Providence is playing its best hockey right now, and they look strong. I'd lean towards the Lady Friars, perhaps in OT, but this could go either way. #2 UNH vs. #3 DARTMOUTH - UNH doesn't have the best goalie, the best defenders, or the best forwards. But they clearly have the best combination of what it takes to win, and I don't expect to see them lose, especially at home. Dartmouth has impressed me to make it this far -- remember, it was only five years ago that Ivy teams were included in the final four just because the top seed of the Big Three had to play someone in the semifinals. Expect Sarah Tueting to have a great game to keep it close, but UNH will advance. As for Sunday, I expect my tape of WNDS's broadcast will end with UNH celebrating the ECAC championship. Nate Ewell _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 23:00:02 EST From: "Jeffrey M. Beyer" Subject: Women's Final Four Anyone out there know the final of the Dartmouth-UNH women's contest from this afternoon? I have been waiting with baded breath for Richard Hungerford to post the final but thus far haven't been able to track down the score. I know Providence beat Brown in the first game and I know Dartmouth and UNH were headed to sudden-death OT, but does anyone out there have the score? Thanks! Jeff ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 01:12:52 -0100 From: Mike Machnik Subject: Re: Women's Final Four At 11:00 PM 3/9/96, Jeffrey M. Beyer wrote: >Anyone out there know the final of the Dartmouth-UNH women's contest from this >afternoon? >I have been waiting with baded breath for Richard Hungerford to post the final >but thus far haven't been able to track down the score. >I know Providence beat Brown in the first game and I know Dartmouth and UNH >were headed to sudden-death OT, but does anyone out there have the score? According to WMUR-9 in Manchester, NH, UNH defeated Dartmouth in OT. Score unknown. PC and UNH meet Sunday afternoon at UNH at 2 pm ET for the ECAC Women's Championship, a rematch of last year's final won by PC in OT. PC has won the last four titles. --- --- Mike Machnik machnik@tiac.net *HMM* 11/13/93 >> Co-owner of the College Hockey Lists at University of Maine System << ***** Unofficial Merrimack Hockey home page located at: ***** ***** http://www.tiac.net/users/machnik/MChockey/MChockey.html ***** ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:12:13 -0100 From: Mike Machnik Subject: ECAC Women's Final: History made I feel kind of honored to be the first one to post this. Heather & I just returned from UNH. ECAC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Providence Friars (17-13-0) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 New Hampshire Wildcats (24-5-2) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 In the longest game ever played in collegiate ice hockey history, UNH defeated Providence, 3-2, to win the 13th ECAC Women's Championship. The game was played at UNH's Towse Rink/Whittemore Center in Durham, NH. UNH sophomore forward Brandy Fisher (Potsdam, NY; 24-20--44 entering this weekend) scored off a rebound at 5:35 of the fifth 20-minute overtime to give the Wildcats the victory. The game lasted 145:35 and is a new record for both men's and women's college hockey. The longest game in men's history was more than forty minutes shorter than today's PC-UNH battle. In 1968, North Dakota defeated Minnesota, 5-4, scoring in the fifth 10-minute overtime to take the Minnesota Holiday Classic Championship. That game lasted 102:09 and spanned two days from December 21 to 22, 1968. It took place at the Met Center in Bloomington, MN. Also picking up assists on UNH's GWG were senior right wing Doris Catlin (Greenwich, CT) and junior defenseman Heather Reinke (Madison, WI). The game began at 2:00 pm ET and did not end until Fisher's goal at 7:30 pm ET. Fisher was named the tournament MVP. In a breaking of tradition, both goalies, senior Dina Solimini (South Weymouth, MA) of UNH and sophomore Meghan Smith (Bangor, ME) of PC, were named to the All-Tournament Team. Smith recorded close to 60 saves. Ironically, PC and UNH had also gone to overtime in last year's ECAC Women's final, won by PC. That game ended in the first overtime period. With tonight's win, UNH breaks a four-year stronghold that the Friars have had on the title and wins its first championship since 1991. This was also the first ECAC Women's Championship ever televised, as WNDS-50 out of Derry, NH, taped the game and began a delayed broadcast of it at 8:00 pm this evening. Needless to say, this was quite an experience. Both teams have a lot to be proud of. It was not something I will soon forget. Mike Machnik machnik@tiac.net *HMM* 11/13/93 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 21:39:26 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: 1996 Championship results Sat 03/09 ECAC League Semifinals @UNH: #1 Brown 2 - #4 Providence 4 12:00 pm #2 UNH 2 - #3 Dartmouth 1 OT 3:00 pm Sun 03/10 ECAC League Final @UNH: (Tape delayed-Ch.50 (WNDS) at 8:00 pm) #2 UNH 3 - #4 Providence 2 5OT 2:00 pm The first semifinal match at Durham, NH found Providence College beating the number one seed Brown 2-4. PC had a fairly easy match and did just enough to win. Brown, for unknown reasons, did not show up for this game. The second semifinal was the best game of the weekend and found host UNH edging Dartmouth 2-1 in overtime. The game revolved around the incredible goaltending of DC's Sarah Tueting. Her play made that game a memorable event. The final was a rather slow affair that only got going in the third period. Eventually UNH won the match in the fifth overtime (thanks MM). I will write more comments about each game as this week progresses. I wanted to say what a lovely building UNH has in the new Towse Rink. It has excellent sight lines. The large Olympic (100' x 200') ice surface was great for some of the fastest women. The food and restrooms were also very impressive. The only problematic area is light. They almost have the sunlight spelling onto the ice obstacle solved. The array of lights, on the sides of the somewhat low ceiling, make a rather bad glare for the fan. Overall though it is a superb place to watch a hockey game. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 19:57:52 -0500 From: Dave Reusch Subject: UNH - Providence (Women) The University of New Hampshire Women's Ice Hockey Team has just defeated Providence College, 3-2, for the ECAC Women's Championship. Hold on to your hats, the winning goal was scored at 4:35 of the fifth overtime! Yes, the *fifth* overtime. There was no scoring (I believe) from sometime in the 2nd period until the game winner. This is a new longest NCAA game, men or women. I'll leave it to others that were there to provide details. It was a great game all around and I salute both teams for their extraordinary efforts! Our very own Mike and Heather Machnik also became the proud owners of one of the gift certificates raffled today. Way to go Mike! ------------------------------------------------------------------- David B. Reusch Great spirits have always Glacier Research Group encountered violent opposition 357 Morse Hall from mediocre minds Univ. of New Hampshire - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) (603) 862-1897 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 08:48:56 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: NU to stay varsity! I talked with Northeastern's head coach Heather Linstad at the ECAC Women's final on Sunday, and the excellent news is that the Northeastern Women's program will remain a varsity sport! Evidently there was a lot of hard work done by many people at Northeastern to keep the fine tradition the Huskies have established. I wanted to thank everyone who sent in letters to the NU Athletic Department. It did help. Merci beau coup! _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 11:09:14 -0500 From: Blackthorn Zaban Subject: QUINTUPLE OVERTIME I was also at the game, but I didn't win anything. To summarize how long the game was, after the game we met a fan who related the following story: He left during the first overtime to pick up his kids. He took them home and made them dinner. While he was eating he turned on the radio and discovered the game was still on. He then returned to see the end of the fourth overtime and the game winner. Among the unheralded accomplishments were that this was also probably the first game in women's hockey history were the concession stand ran out of food, the souvenior stand sold out and the players hoped to get hit so they could lie down. If you get to watch a tape of the game you can truly appreciate how far women's hockey has come. The players looked good on television. Contrary to popular belief there are no ankle benders. If you like European style hockey, you will truly enjoy women's hockey. Of course I was pleased with the result, but I think that the publicity that this game has received is not only good for the women but any attention to hockey in other parts of the country is good for the game. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 12:47:24 -0500 From: Russell Jaslow Subject: Re: Quintuple Overtime?!?! Mike Machnik wrote: > * I am told that ESPN showed the highlight of the GWG. This may be the > first time that women's college hockey in the US has ever made it onto > ESPN. Not only did ESPN show this highlight on Sunday's SportsCenter show, but they did so as their "Moment of the Day" clip. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Russell Jaslow | Potsdam College Bears Hockey |My employer Eastman Kodak Company | **** 1996 SUNYAC Champions **** |has nothing Rochester, New York |Publisher and Editor - SUNYAC Newsletter |to do with jaslow@ekfido.kodak.com|1981, 1986 NCAA D-III National BB Champs.|my drivel. **** Free The Indy 500 -- Ban The IRL **** ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:02:02 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Brown Women 2 - PC 4 Saturday afternoon's first ECAC Women's semifinal at UNH's Towse Rink found the Providence College Friars defeating the Brown Bears 2-4. The league champion and number one seeded Bears did not show up. I have never seen them skate so poorly. PC played only ten skaters but played with just enough drive to coast to victory. The game started with Brown looking tense. The Friars started slow, but gradually put on the pressure. Sheila Killion (Karen McCabe, Alison Wheeler) opened the scoring for Providence when she put in a rebound after a series of shots. I had hoped that once PC scored the Bears would snap out of it, but that was not the case. Instead, Laurie Baker pulled off a wonderful ooh-la-la break down the left wing. Baker cut in on net and deked the Brown goalie to make it 0-2 Friars. In the second, PC seemed to be resting. Maybe they were getting ready for an onslaught by Brown that never really came. Katie King (Karen Emma, Danielle Solari) got the Bears on the scoreboard when she roofed a cross-ice pass. Despite the fact that the superb pass left King wide-open, the way the play was executed, in a stiff manner, made me worry more for Brown. There were very few Bears skating like they could. In the final period, Becky Kellar (Marcie Deering, Emma) tied the game at two when she shot her own rebound high glove side. Immediately after the Brown goal, McCabe (Myia Yates, Katie Lachapelle) regained the Friar lead. PC had broken in, circled the net and set up their shot. It was a clinical play. It also took the rest of the life out of the Bears. At the end of the game, Baker scored an empty-net goal after Brown gave the puck away at center ice. Providence College did what they had to, to win the game. I'm sure they were thrilled that Brown never found their skating legs. The team play of the Friars was very good. The woman of the match was first-year center Baker. She is a tremendous talent. Baker's moves and speed are great. With the proper coaching she could be the next sensational Team USA Women's player. Her linemate and classmate Yates had a good passing game. If she can improve her skating, she could be a big player in the ECAC. Wheeler played her usual smart game at both ends of the ice. She is another PC player who could be on the national side if she brought up the level of her skating. In goal, Meaghan Smith played a strong stand-up style that did not give the other team much shooting room. Catherine Hanson played an intelligent game featuring many splendid reads. McCabe was a blue liner who played very well in her own zone and was able to join the attack. One of the nice features at UNH's Towse Rink is the Olympic size (100' x 200') ice surface. Getting to watch PC's Alana Blahoski burn up that huge surface was fun. She would get the puck in her defender's role and speed over to the one of the deep corners. The chasing opponent would be weary just getting there while Blahoski would be hitting the jets to lead the attack up the boards. It was amazing to watch! Blahoski made a number of perceptive passes off her numerous forays. Overall it was a good effort and a big win by PC and one that did not wear them out for the final. Brown must have played the semifinal two days before the contest. I guess the event proved too big for the emotional Bears. Only three players had it together. Kellar was a very effective defender. She seemed to always be cool and on top of the situation. Nan Gorton played her exquisite skate and pass game and tried to get her line moving. First-year defender Julie Iler was all over the ice. She played a very strong, positive game on Saturday. Overall it was sad that the extremely talented Brown team was unable to play. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:07:52 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: players of the week 11 March 1996 ECAC Women's Hockey Release #15, March 11, 1996 ECAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Tricia Dunn, F New Hampshire Sheila Killion, F Providence Sarah Howald, F Dartmouth Becky Kellar, D Brown Heather Reinke, D New Hampshire Meghan Smith, G Providence Dina Solimini, G New Hampshire TOURNAMENT MVP Brandy Fisher, F New Hampshire THE BAUER/ECAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK Brandy Fisher, UNH (Potsdam, NY) - Sophomore forward Brandy Fisher ended the longest game in NCAA men's and women's ice hockey history by snapping a rebound high over the goalie's shoulder at 5:35 of the fifth overtime. Her effort gave UNH its fifth ECAC Championship title and earned her tournament MVP honors. THE COOPER/ECAC ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Laurie Baker, Providence (Concord, MA) - Baker led the Lady Friars past Brown in the semifinals, tallying two goals and one assist. Her assist came on the game-winning goal at 15:15 of the third period. This is Baker's second ECAC Rookie of the Week honor. ECAC HONOR ROLL Becky Kellar, Brown (Hagersville, ONT) - A junior defensman, Kellar was named to the ECAC All-Tournament team for her one goal-one assist effort in the loss to Providence. Karen McCabe, Providence (Quincy, MA) - A senior defenseman, McCabe scored the game-winning goal at 15:15 of the third period versus Brown, thus catapulting Providence into the title game. She also had an assist on the first goal in this game. Dina Solimini, UNH (S. Weymouth, MA) - A total of 55 saves and two victories go to this senior netminder's credit in the final weekend of play. Twenty-three of her saves came in the six overtime stanzas she played. She was named to the all-tournament team. Sarah Tueting, Dartmouth (Winnetka, IL) - This sophomore netminder did all she could to keep her team in the game against UNH, making 41 saves through 67:55 of play until the game-winner by Kim Knox snuck by. Alison Wheeler, Providence (Waterbury, VT) - A junior forward, Wheeler had an assist in the win over Brown, and then she added a goal and an assist against UNH. Carisa Zaban, UNH (Glenview, IL) - The rookie center sent the game with Dartmouth into overtime with her tying goal at 00:21. She then added two assists on the first two goals in the championship game. UNH CLAIMS FIFTH ECAC TITLE WITH 3-2 WIN OVER PC; RECORD-BREAKING GAME LASTS NEARLY FIVE OVERTIMES It was a game for the record books, literally, as it took 145:35 to decide the 1996 ECAC Women's Ice Hockey Champion. Never before had a men's or women's ice hockey game gone beyond 102:19, something that happened in 1968 between North Dakota and Minnesota. When all was said and done, however, it was the New Hampshire Wildcats that prevailed with a 3-2 victory. Sophomore Brandy Fisher made the memory of a lifetime, when she collected a rebound off a Dottie Catlin shot and flipped it high over goalie Meghan Smith's shoulder to give UNH its fifth ECAC title at 5:35 of the fifth OT segment. Heather Reinke also assisted on the play. The Wildcat victory stopped Providence College's bid for its fifth consecutive title and seventh overall. PC also had a 10-game winning streak on the line. In the 13-year history of the championship, UNH and PC have met six times, with PC winning four of those battles. UNH advanced to the title game by prevailing 2-1 over Dartmouth on a goal by Kim Knox at 7:65 of the first overtime. Providence stopped top-seeded Brown with a 4-2 victory. The game was tied until Karen McCabe tallied the game-winner at 15:15 of the third period. Laurie Baker added an empty-net goal to complete the scoring. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:17:31 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: NU to stay varsity! (fwd) I wanted also thank anybody who just reads Hockey-L: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- I talked with Northeastern's head coach Heather Linstad at the ECAC Women's final on Sunday, and the excellent news is that the Northeastern Women's program will remain a varsity sport! Evidently there was a lot of hard work done by many people at Northeastern to keep the fine tradition the Huskies have established. I wanted to thank everyone who sent in letters to the NU Athletic Department. It did help. Merci beau coup! _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:54:12 -0500 From: Andrew Brecher Subject: Quintuple Overtime?!?! This is to anyone who was at the women's final...I'm really curious now, was the hockey playing still solid through all the overtimes or were they all dead on their skates? I remember last year's Princeton-Brown's double OT last year, and it felt like they were just going around in circles until someone got a breakaway. Of course all the clutching and grabbing may have tired them out... |:^) Any more details would be greatly enjoyed. Andrew Brecher (andrew_brecher@brown.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 22:17:30 -0500 From: Chris Craig Subject: Re: Quintuple Overtime?!?! Andrew Brecher writes: >This is to anyone who was at the women's final...I'm really curious now, was >the hockey playing still solid through all the overtimes or were they all >dead on their skates? I wasn't there, but I did watch the last couple of overtime periods on tape-delay. There were a lot of tie-ups on the boards, and the goaltenders were very quick to freeze the puck at almost every opportunity. I'd say they were certainly a little slower than usual, but when the heat was on, they picked it up a notch. In particular, Brandy Fisher scored the winning goal by doing what every hockey coach preaches -- skating hard to the net. When she crossed the blue line, she was two strides behind the PC defender who was covering her. But she continued to drive hard to the net and got around the PC player to get into position to get the rebound. If anyone gets the chance to watch the replay, watch how she never stopped moving her legs, even as she took the shot. I've seen a lot of UNH men put in a lot less effort than that... Chris Craig ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 01:30:59 -0100 From: Mike Machnik Subject: Re: Quintuple Overtime?!?! At 10:17 PM 3/11/96, Chris Craig wrote: >Andrew Brecher writes: >>This is to anyone who was at the women's final...I'm really curious now, was >>the hockey playing still solid through all the overtimes or were they all >>dead on their skates? > >I wasn't there, but I did watch the last couple of overtime periods on >tape-delay. There were a lot of tie-ups on the boards, and the >goaltenders were very quick to freeze the puck at almost every opportunity. >I'd say they were certainly a little slower than usual, but when the heat was >on, they picked it up a notch. The 3rd through 5th overtimes were rather slow. That's to be expected, however. By that time, teams are more worried about giving up the GWG than scoring it. Play good defense and stop play whenever you can, and wait for a chance. That chance seemed to have come a few times, but only Fisher could capitalize on it. Richard Hungerford noted that the first two periods were slow and that the pace didn't pick up until the third. I agree; I thought this was because PC deliberately tried to slow it down (quite a feat on the big ice surface), knowing that UNH was deeper and more talented. After all, UNH had blown out PC in one other game on that surface, 11-3 (1/13/96). This game could have been over early if not for Meghan Smith and the PC defense. Also, PC skated only two lines and two sets of defense all game. The Friars only have four defensemen listed on their roster and ten forwards (six played). UNH has six Ds and 16 Fs (not sure how many played, probably not all). Both teams had stretches of dominating play in the third. There was a lot of up and down action, and this carried over into most of the first two overtimes. >In particular, Brandy Fisher scored the >winning goal by doing what every hockey coach preaches -- skating hard to the >net. When she crossed the blue line, she was two strides behind the PC >defender who was covering her. But she continued to >drive hard to the net and got around the PC player to get into position to >get the rebound. If anyone gets the chance to watch the replay, watch how >she never stopped moving her legs, even as she took the shot. I've seen a >lot of UNH men put in a lot less effort than that... Exactly my thought - although it was not UNH I was thinking of. :-) On a play like this, PC's lack of depth really hurt. The player she beat was Catherine Hanson, a D who I really liked and who played pretty well. She just could not get close enough in time to contain Fisher for the rebound, and Fisher roofed it on a shot that Smith had little chance of stopping after having made the first save. Tough to blame Hanson since she had probably seen about 90 minutes of ice time or more on the night! Ray Bourque, my foot. :-) After this game, I could definitely appreciate Richard's women's commentaries more. :-) I could visualize the players he talked about and found myself nodding in agreement. Clearly he does a fine job and deserves a pat on the back for a job well done in promoting the women's game on here! I can't help but add a few more thoughts: * First, major kudos to WNDS-50 (Derry, NH) for running the game in its entirety on delayed broadcast - including all five overtimes. They just cut out the intermissions starting with the end of regulation. It took 4 1/2 hours to show a 5 1/2 hour game and the broadcast lasted from 8 pm to 12:30 am, running over the time slot by an hour and a half. And they pre-empted paid infomercial programming, too - not Baywatch or whatever. (nothing against DaveH and other Baywatch fans) * If you could get by the less than stellar WNDS cameras (nowhere near the quality of WABU or NESN) and the color work of Bob Gamere, then it was great that WNDS broadcast this game. Gamere had the best line of the night, though, during the third overtime (I think): "These women are getting more tv time than Steve Forbes!" * I am told that ESPN showed the highlight of the GWG. This may be the first time that women's college hockey in the US has ever made it onto ESPN. * The game started at 2 pm and ended at 7:30. If there had been a third game in the NU-Lowell men's Hockey East series (7:00 start in Lowell, over an hour away), I had planned to go to it...but I would have had to miss it, because I sure wasn't going to leave this game. * Dave Reusch wrote: >Our very own Mike and Heather Machnik also became the proud owners >of one of the gift certificates raffled today. Way to go Mike! Yes, this was a surprise. I guess anyone listening to the PA had to know we were there. Credit Heather, she fills out anything and everything that gives you a free chance to win something. Lost the 50-50, though - what else is new. * Believe it or not, several penalties were called in OT - about 4 on PC and 2-3 on UNH. All were killed, including a major for slashing after the whistle to PC's Hanson late in the fourth OT that carried over to the fifth OT. (Slap Shot fans will undoubtedly draw a name connection, but it isn't fair. :-)) Most of the calls were good penalties as either team foiled a good scoring attempt by the other. But one or two left me shaking my head, as the referees had established that they were not going to call anything (no calls in the third and in the 1st & 2nd OTs) and then made incidental calls away from the play. Fortunately they did not decide the game. * Both teams had players of the star variety. Laurie Baker and Alison Wheeler of PC were marvelous and so were Carisa Zaban and Annie Camins of UNH. Camins has the ability to turn it up a notch when she gets the puck and make it tough for the defenders to stay with her. And Zaban is a crafty forward who leads UNH in scoring. She and Baker are only freshman and lead their teams in scoring - wow. * Both teams also had excellent defensemen. I mentioned PC's Hanson, but her partner, Alana Blahoski, also caught my eye with her two-way play. UNH's Heather Reinke, who assisted on the winner after starting the play, often stepped up into the offense. Although the women's game purports to not allow checking, the physical play is still very important...as Blahoski showed by boxing out in front of the net on the penalty kill and not allowing UNH forwards near rebounds. * Both goalies were spectacular and earned their spots as co-goalies on the All Tourney Team. PC's Meghan Smith stopped 57 of 60 shots and did not allow a goal for about 100 minutes through the third period and overtimes. Many of those saves were huge, including one when a UNH forward broke through the defense and nearly ended it with two seconds left in the third or fourth OT. And UNH's Dina Solimini faced numerous stretches where PC carried the play and threatened to win it, ending with 40-plus saves herself. She was quick to cover the puck when she had to and didn't leave many rebounds. * Thirty seconds before the game winning goal, I finally said out loud what I had been thinking for a while: "It doesn't look like this game is going to end for a long time." I should have known better. * Finally, a thought from someone who has spent a lot of time watching the men's game and very little watching the women's game. Back in 1987 or so, former NU men's scoring leader Rod Isbister was an assistant coach for the NU women's team. He told me that it is so much easier coaching women then men because "they do what you ask them to, and they don't have ego problems like the guys do." That was very evident in this game and it made the game enjoyable to watch. There were no confrontations after the whistle, the positional play was superb, and the role players were as important as the stars. And everyone gave everything they had until the end. I can think of a few men's players who could stand to watch this game and learn something. UNH won the game, but there were no losers. Women's hockey was the big winner. There were a lot of great playoff games in men's DivI-II-III hockey this weekend, but the women unquestionably stole the show. Dick Lutsk closed the WNDS broadcast by saying, "Years from now, 50,000 people will say they were here," and he may be right. But the thousand or so fans and the two teams were involved in something they will never forget. I consider myself lucky and privileged to have been there, and I cannot say that about more than a handful of men's games I have seen. Mike Machnik machnik@tiac.net *HMM* 11/13/93 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 19:52:50 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: UNH Women 2 - Dartmouth 1 OT Saturday afternoon's second ECAC Women's semifinal featured the host University of New Hampshire Wildcats edging the Dartmouth Big Green 2-1 in overtime. This was the best game of the weekend because of the incredible performance of Dartmouth's goalie Sarah Tueting. Fans, coaches and players were left amazed by one awesome save after another. UNH ultimately won the match with its forceful attack. The game opened with waves of Wildcats breaking into the Big Green zone. If it hadn't been for the heroics of Tueting the score could have been many to none early in the game. As the match unfolded though there was no scoring in the first two periods. UNH was getting frustrated as the game wore on. Dartmouth was looking for the quick break and you had to guess that if they could get one goal, they might win the game. In the final period, Sarah Howald (Sarah Hood) put DC up 0-1. The play happened at the start of the third from a face-off in the UNH end. On the ensuing center ice face-off the Wildcat's first-year sensation Carisa Zaban took the puck right up the gut and roofed her shot. It was like lightning had struck close by, and before you could get set the thunder clash shook you. Wow! From that point on UNH and DC played very tight hockey. I thought the Wildcats were particularly good off the puck, but not nearly as good when they were in possession. Big Green was still hoping for a break. They got one when, with two minutes left in the third, UNH was given a penalty! Dartmouth produced a lot of pressure during that time and even rang a shot off the post. The Wildcats looked thrilled to be going into overtime. At the start of the extra time again it was the Sarah Tueting show. However the UNH pressure proved too much. Kimberly Knox (Melisa Heitzman) scored the winner after the two players had closed in on the net and fired until the final rebound went in. Dartmouth, like Brown, did not play as well as they could have. It appears the Ivy teams are not ready yet for the huge play-off games. I think it is a matter of time and experience, but this weekend both teams were psyched-out. Big Green's first line of Hood, Howald and Emilie Schnitman was fairly effective. Hood made some nice passes and Schnitman put in a ton of skating for the team. Kathleen O'Keefe and Phoebe Manchester played strong games at both ends of the ice. Blue liner Amy Coelho used her fast reads to produce a strong, tough defensive game. Sara Vogler was the other potent defender with her fine skating. I love goal scoring more than most people, but a performance like Tueting's was scintillating. It stands out because of the number of quality shots from close in that she stopped. The woman of the match, and the woman of the weekend was Tueting. UNH played a very smart game. They knew Dartmouth had a hot goaltender and so they took the game to Big Green from the opening face-off. I can not say the Wildcat concept of an attack inspires, but if there was a loose puck, UNH had it. Heather Reinke and Lisa Widdecke had solid games on defense. Both broke up plays and engineered counterattacks. Knox, Annie Camins and Tricia Dunn were the leaders up front. However the key to the Wildcats is their super team play. Of the four teams in the finals, New Hampshire had the best teamwork. All the squads had good team defenses, but UNH seemed to have the most energy to attack. The woman of the match for the Wildcats was Zaban. Without her individual creativity and drive, I think UNH would have lost this match. It is a pity so few teams try to enhance the artistry of goal scoring. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 13:20:17 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: UNH Women 3 - PC 2 5OT Sunday afternoon's final at Towse Rink in Durham, NH saw the University of New Hampshire Wildcats defeat the Providence College Friars in five overtimes. Not being a fan of endless overtimes or teams overly concerned with stopping the other team, I found this match the least attractive of the weekend. It was a typical final in that both teams were tense and not willing to risk much on attack. The game started slow. UNH displayed the better team play, but had limited offensive ideas. PC seemed tentative. Melisa Heitzman (Carisa Zaban, Sara Cross) opened the scoring for the Wildcats at the end of the first. During a UNH break in play the Friar defense was guilty of backing in on their own net. The goal resulted when a defender deflected the UNH shot over her own goalie. In the second, Providence continued to conserve its energy and UNH despite playing three lines to PC's two started to look tired. The Friars tied the score when Laurie Baker broke into the New Hampshire zone and her centering pass was deflected in off a group of defenders. In the third, play pick up. Both teams seemed ready to go for it. Tricia Dunn (Zaban, Cheri Pickles) made it 2-1 UNH. Zaban had led the rush and her last second dish was the perfect set-up. Lovely goal! It looked like PC was deceased as the Wildcats had the momentum. At that point the Friar's Sheila Killion (Alison Wheeler, Catherine Hanson) finished off a rare 1-2 break from close in. In the first five minutes of the first overtime both teams tried to win the game with some good pressure. After that, players started looking too tired, and were only out there to prevent the other team from scoring. I want to thank Mike Machnik for sticking it out and giving his insights into the final. As he reported, eventually UNH's Brandy Fisher won the Championship in the fifth overtime. Undoubtedly this was a great game for women's hockey. However I can't get too excited about a match where so little time was spent trying to score goals. Providence College was not able to sneak out one more victory. They played their team defense game very well, but had very little left to attack with. First-year center Baker again looked good. She also looked tired. Baker's rushes and passes were first class. Wheeler played her heart out for the team. Karen McCabe provided strong defensive coverage. Hanson used the boards expertly with her passing, but had an on and off game in her own zone. Alana Blahoski used her speed well. Meaghan Smith was stellar in goal. Her stand-up style kept PC in the game. Overall I think the limited tactics used by the Friars finished them off. New Hampshire had a much tougher semifinal. They did not look as sharp on Sunday. Still, the Wildcat team play was superior, and they produced more of the scoring chances. The line of Dunn, Zaban and Pickles was their best line. Zaban's rushes and the timing of her passes were superb. Annie Camins was a major force on the ice with her smart play. Brandy Fisher was the other forward who demonstrated driving to the net. On the blue line Heather Reinke and Lisa Widdecke led the way. Reinke played with a ton of poise and always seemed to be in the right place. Widdecke played a tough defensive style that made it very difficult to get by her. Overall I was happy to see UNH win the Championship. Their confident team play and desire to attack deserved the victory. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: League All-Let-it-rip teams (1995-1996) All-Let-it-rip teams (1995-1996) I felt the following players were the most thrilling during the 1995-1996 ECAC Women's League season. They know how to let-it-rip! 1st team: G: Sarah Tueting (Dartmouth) D: Bree Cheatham (Northeastern) - Heather Reinke (UNH) A: Meaghan Sittler (Colby) - Katie King (Brown) - Barb Gordon (Colby) 2nd team: G: Meghan Smith (PC) D: Amy Coelho (Dartmouth) - Alana Blahoski (PC) A: Laurie Baker (PC) - Nan Gorton (Brown) - Karen Chernisky (Princeton) Power play unit: G: Dina Solimini (UNH) Pts: Becky Kellar (Brown) - Mandy Pfeiffer (Princeton) Low: Sarah Hood (Dartmouth) - Andrea Blakeley (SLU) - Janna Dewar (Cornell) Rookies: D: Jaime Totten (Northeastern) - Jaime Abel (Brown) A: Ali Coughlin (Princeton) - Carisa Zaban (UNH) - Morag McPherson (Cornell) MVP: Meaghan Sittler (Colby) Defensive MVP: Bree Cheatham (Northeastern) Rookie MVP: Laurie Baker (PC) Coach of the year: Laura Halldorson (Colby) MLir: Alana Blahoski (PC) _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 08:45:28 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: All-time All-Let-it-rip All-time All-Let-it-rip (1988-1996) I felt the following players were the most thrilling from 1988-1996 in the ECAC Women's League. They know how to let-it-rip! GOAL: Erin Whitten (UNH 93) Erin Villiotte (Harvard 95) DEFENSE: Char Joslin (Harvard 90) Chris Bailey (PC 94) Wow! Michelle Johansson (PC 93) Sue Reece (Princeton 95) Ellen Weinberg (UNH 91) Bree Cheatham (NU 97) ATTACK: Andria Hunter (UNH 90) Beth Beagan (PC 92) Cammi Granato (PC 93) Gretchen Ulion (Dartmouth 94) Julie Sasner Andeberhan (Harvard 88) Barb Gordon (Colby 97) Alana Blahoski (PC 96) Shelley Looney (NU 94) Nan Gorton (Brown 96) I love this line!!! Karen Bye (UNH 93) Katie King (Brown 97) Meaghan Sittler (Colby 98) COACH: Russ McCurdy (UNH) Laura Halldorson (Colby) _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 10:45:53 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: WWC 97 tickets The 1997 Women's World Championship will be held in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada from March 31 - April 6, 1997. Six satellite games are scheduled in the following cities within Ontario: Brampton, Brantford, Hamilton, London, Mississauga, and North York. A complete tournament schedule is not available yet. Ticket Information The Kitchener Box Office is open selling tickets now. Ticket prices are $119.50 for "VIP" seating (first 8 rows, center sections) and $79.50 for all other seats. The price includes a reserved seat for all 14 games played at Kitchener. Those 14 games (out of 20) include the semifinals and final. Call 1-519-745-0303 or toll-free 1-800-265-6368 (though the 1-800 number does not appear to work in the states). Tickets will not be mailed out until January 1997, but they expect them to move. Team Information I believe the following teams will compete at WWC 97: Canada (with a couple of American & Canadian college players), USA (featuring mostly former, current and future ECAC Women's League players), Finland, China, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Russia. The Big Three will remain: TCW, TUSAW and TFW, but I anticipate China (who finished 4th at WWC 94) and Russia to start pushing. The top five teams from WWC 97, along with the host team from Japan will compete at Nagano 98. Winter Olympics: 1998 Winter Olympics (Nagano, Japan) 6 countries will compete. 2002 Winter Olympics (Salt Lake City, USA) 8 countries will compete. TUSAW potential players: Player WWC Hometown School/Team Grad Currently ________________________________________________________________________ GOALIES: (10) Laurie Belliveau Manchester, MA Yale 98 Sara DeCosta Warwick, RI high school Toll Gate HS Kelly Dyer x Boston, MA Northeastern 90 Lauren Goldstein Milton, MA Milton Academy Jennifer Hanley v Bloomington, MN St. Thomas 95 Meghan Smith Bangor, ME PC 98 Dina Solimini South Weymouth, MA UNH 96 Sarah Tueting Winnetka, IL Dartmouth 98 Erin Villiotte Shrewsbury, MA Harvard 95 mSA Selects Erin Whitten y Glens Falls, NY UNH 93 DEFENDERS: (25) Jaime Abel Fairmont, MN Brown 99 Michele Amidon v Portland, CT St.Lawrence 94 Asst Bowdoin Chris Bailey z Marcellus, NY Providence 94 Asst PC Bree Cheatham Dearborn, MI Northeastern 97 Amy Coelho North Truro, MA Dartmouth 97 Colleen Coyne y Teaticket, MA UNH 93 USA Selects Shawna Davidson x Duluth, MN UNH 92 Jaime DeGriselles Lakeville, MN Michele DiFronzo z Chelmsford, MA UNH 89 USA Selects Catherine Hanson Marquette, MI Providence 98 Michelle Johansson Walnut Creek, CA Providence 93 Concordia Courtney Kennedy Woburn, MA BBN/Chelmsford Holly Leitzes Duxbury, MA Harvard 96 Danielle Lennox Canton, NY Karen McCabe Quincy, MA Providence 96 Lisa Mendelsohn Tara Mounsey Concord, NH high school Vicki Movsessian z Lexington, MA Providence 94 Asst NU Kelly O'Leary x N.Providence, RI Providence 90 Suisse Susan Reece Durham, NH Princeton 95 Suisse Heather Reinke Madison, WI UNH 97 Kelley Roberts Plymouth, MA UNH 95 Angela Ruggiero Simi Valley, CA Choate-RH/CT Polar Bears Jamie Totten Stafford, NY Northeastern 99 Sara Vogler Birmingham, MI Dartmouth 96 FORWARDS: (35) Laurie Baker Concord, MA Providence 99 Beth Beagan x Falmouth, MA Providence 92 Concordia Alana Blahoski St. Paul, MN Providence 96 Steph Boyd z Kilworthy, ONT Toronto 94 Toronto RW Lisa Brown-Miller x W.Bloomfield, MI Providence 90 Coach Pri Karyn Bye y River Falls, WI UNH 93 Karen Chernisky Maple Heights, OH Princeton 97 Ali Coughlin Lincoln, MA Princeton 99 Cindy Curley x Stow, MA Providence 87 USA Selects Karen Emma Cranston, RI Brown 97 Brandy Fisher Potsdam, NY UNH 98 Barbara Gordon Glendale, CA Colby 97 Nan Gorton Wellesley, MA Brown 96 Cammi Granato x Downers Grove, IL Providence 93 Concordia Sarah Hood Pelkie, MI Dartmouth 98 Kathy Issel v Ann Arbor, MI Princeton 95 Andrea Kilbourne Saranac Lake, NY Northwoods Katie King Salem, NH Brown 97 Malaika Little Hartland, VT Dartmouth 97 Shelley Looney y Trenton, MI Northeastern 94 USA Selects Sue Merz x Greenwich, CT UNH 94 AJ Mleczko New Canaan, CT Harvard 97 Mandy Pfeiffer Davison, MI Princeton 97 Jenny Schmidgall Edina, MN Meaghan Sittler Buffalo, NY Colby 98 Jeanine Sobek x Coon Rapids, MN Northeastern 94 Toronto RW Danielle Solari Rockland, MA Brown 97 Steph O'Sullivan z Dorcester, MA Providence 95 USA Selects Wendy Tatarouns v Billerica, MA UNH 95 Asst UNH Laura Traynham Billerica, MA Boston C. 97 Gretchen Ulion z Marlborough, CT Dartmouth 94 USA Selects Alison Wheeler Waterbury, VT Providence 97 Sandra Whyte y Saugus, MA Harvard 92 Asst Harvard Joy Woog Shorewood, MN Brown 95 Asst Brown Carisa Zaban Glenview, IL UNH 99 v = played on 1992 x = played on 1990, 1992 & 1994 y = played on 1992 & 1994 z = played on 1994 COACHES: Julie Andeberhan (Cornell) Laura Halldorson (Colby) Heather Linstad (Northeastern) John Marchetti (Yale/formerly PC) Lisa Brown-Miller (Princeton) _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:58:19 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Women's Directory: email addresses added Thanks to the generous support of Wayne Smith and the University of Maine System, the Hockey-L archives contains the Women's College Ice Hockey Directory. I am currently adding email addresses to the directory, so if any coaches/team contacts want their addresses added please let me know at: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu . -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- There are currently 24 college varsity teams listed and 25 clubs. In addition there is information for 9 Canadian schools. You can access the file via: email: send to: listserv@maine.maine.edu and in the body: GET WOMEN DIRINFO or by gopher or web browser: URL: gopher://MAINE.maine.edu/11/MISCINFO/LSTSERV/HOCKEY-L That will put you in the Hockey-L archives. Look for: (FILE) WOMEN DIRINFO - 244 96/03/17 ... Women's College Ice Hockey Directory _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 17:59:31 -0500 From: Blackthorn Zaban Subject: Women's ECAC Let me start off by saying that I have a daughter who plays on a women's ECAC team so that everything I say will be totally biased and slanted to prove that I am correct. After all the furor is over I would like to make some observations on the condition of women's hockey and why it is still not yet a major sport. The championship week-end say some great games and play and provided much needed publicity for the venue. However, now that they are on their feet and walking will they walk into a wall? I can only use the contrast between the way men's and women's hockey is handled. For example most teams are class (pun intended) oriented in that seniors receive the most ice and publicity. Women are unique in that as an emerging sport the younger players tend to be the better more skilled players. The proof of this is that of the top ten leading scorers this year only one was a senior. The ECAC completely ignored this fact in the recent tournament. Most men coaches, at least the good ones, keep track of plus and minuses as a determination of how well a player is performing, not just how many goals are scored against weaker teams. I have not seen one listing of the plus or minus of any women players. Further, I continue to see the adoration of players who dominate the statistics with points against teams in the weaker divisions. Most Division I men's teams would be embarassed if their major points were scored against weak Division III. In fact a candidate for rookie of the year would have their points weighted based upon the opponents. To me a player who scores two goals in a game against UNH or Brown is worth more than a player who scores five against an Alliance opponent. The idea is quality not quantity. To illustrate look at the scoring leaders in the games that counted these past two weeks. In the big games you can tell who the big players are. How come the two leading scorers in the tournament were left off the all tournament team? Answer because they were freshmen. This would never happen to the men. As to the most valuable player in the tournament, although she is an excellent player, the rule should be that you have to have at least two points in the tournament to be the most valuable. Women's hockey is too loaded with sentimentality. It is a sport that should reward excellence not friendship. Next year the ECAC plans some changes to hopefully rectify these injustices. If the past is any indication they'll find a way around it. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 17:29:26 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: League All-Stars (1995-1996) All-ECAC Women's League (1995-1996) G: Laurie Belliveau (Yale) D: Heather Reinke (UNH) - Alana Blahoski (PC) A: Katie King (Brown) - Meaghan Sittler (Colby) - Laurie Baker (PC) Player of the year: Meaghan Sittler (Colby) - Alana Blahoski (PC) Rookie of the year: Laurie Baker (PC) Coach of the year: Laura Halldorson (Colby) - George Crowe (Dartmouth) _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 17:09:40 -0500 From: Blackthorn Zaban Subject: ECAC Women's All-Stars Once again the Women's ECAC has shown why they lack the necessary vision to lead this sport from the depths of obscurity. I may be old fashioned but I was of the opinion that the rewards should go to those players who exhibit the skills and abilities that most benefit their teams and themselves in that order. Although Laurie Belliveau is an excellent goalie who unfortunately is on a team that gives her no support, the real goalie who turned their team around was Megan Smith. Providence was merely an also ran until Smith took over in the nets. She lifted her team from mediocrity to the finals. Being the subject of target practice should not be the ultimate criteria. I am at a loss to figure out the total love that the East has with Laurie Baker. While I also agree that she is an excellent player and a dynamic force on the ice she is also supported by unlimited ice time and two excellent wings who feed her like a suckling. How does a player who has a 3:1 goals to assist ratio in ECAC play and a 2:1 goals to assist ratio in overall qualify as an all-star. Laurie Baker was the same player when Providence was a mediocre team and they still couldn't win with her. The league overlooked Barbara Gordon, (who also boosted her team upon her return and catapulted Meghan Sittler and herself to the scoring leadership), Andrea Blakely and Mandy Pfeifer and others who not had only better numbers but contributed more to their teams. The same can be said of rookie of the year honors, overlooking Erin Magee, Carisa Zaban and Dana Antal who also outscored Laurie Baker. Although I think Laura Halderson is a great coach and George Crowe did an admirable job for Dartmouth under the circumstances, the true surprise this year was Cornell. Taking a team that was supposed to finish 10th and placing them 4th in league play is a feat worth of Gary Barnett. Colby finished only one spot better than last year and lower than predicted. Dartmouth moved up but finished in approximately the same spot. There was only one real surprise in the league that was Cornell, by overlooking Julie you have created two. I have sat back and watched the awards given out week after week. I have even openly criticized the selection process as being not based in reality. Apparently the people in the ECAC have taken to heart the messages sent to the digest on the internet. But people, reality is down not up. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 11:03:35 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: NC$$ regionals / Ellen Weinberg Ellen Weinberg was a wonderful defender at UNH. She graduated in 1991 and was the captain of the team. Weinberg went on to play for the USA national team in WWC 92 in Finland. She was a very intelligent defender, and her refined skating and passing let her set-up numerous counter-attacks. Weinberg was also an assistant coach with the UNH Women for a couple of years. I agree with the people who have been saying drop back to 8 teams or go up to 16. This regional format with the first night byes is not making it. Why not go with 16 teams and have 4 regionals, one hosted by each conference. You could have two games night one, and the final night two. The situation would be much fairer to the teams involved. Of course you could go back to campus sites!!! and which would give the four top seeds a big edge. My only big complaint about the TV coverage (besides Norton=mute button) would be that they kept telling us how great the Michigan/Minnesota game was, but only gave the score once, and we got zero highlights. Dull interviews with nervous committee members is silly at best. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 14:45:29 -0500 From: Daniel R Ouellet Subject: Re: ECAC women's all-stars (Laurie Baker) IMHO Baker was selected as rookie of the year and to the all star team for the exact criteria that Blackthorn Zaban gave: "exhibits the skills and abilities that most benifits their team and themselves." My arguement deals with the rookie of the year selection. First off Baker carried the major part of the offensive all season for PC. She was the leading scorer on the team and often had very timely and needed goals. These stats sound very much like Zaban from UNH. Who lead her team in scoring. Also while providing huge goals. I think that at least for the rookie of the year selection the difference would be the depth of the team these players acomplished their feets on. Baker played on team that is basically three people deep in consistant goal scoring. Zaban on the other hand came from a team where if she didn't score there was a larger number of talented players behind her who could. So as for the criteria of who contributed more to their team, the case could easily be made for Baker who might not of scored as many overall points as other rookie candidates but contributed more to her team because she provided something they absolutely needed. For if Baker was scoring for PC then only two other players that were. But that leads to the classic arguement what is more important cold hard numbers or the little intangibles. It is all a matter of opinion. Dan Ouellet UNH '97 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:54:39 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: All-ECAC selections (1995-1996) I have received several email messages, besides the Hockey-L posts, concerning the selection process of this year's All-ECAC Women's team. I find myself in an odd position. For once I mostly agree with the ECAC! But since there have been some questions raised, let's do the card. G: Laurie Belliveau (Yale) I absolutely agree with everyone else, that this is not the best selection by the ECAC. Sarah Tueting (DC) and Meghan Smith (PC) were the outstanding goaltenders this season. Dina Solimini (UNH) is a third goalie who played extremely well. The stats go with Smith and Solimini, but from what I saw, Tueting deserved the honor. The bigger question to me is why these three are not trying out for the USA national team, and Belliveau is? Seems like the behind the scenes movers and shakers are at it again! D: Heather Reinke (UNH) - Alana Blahoski (PC) Reinke is an excellent defender. Blahoski skates like the wind, but had some problems on the blue line. If the ECAC only goes with one All-ECAC team, then I would agree, Blahoski has to be on it. Becky Kellar (Brown) was the best converted defender I saw. Amy Coelho and Sara Vogler at Dartmouth were both superior at breaking up the attack. Catherine Hanson (PC) was one of the more intelligent blue liners. And Bree Cheatham (NU) continued to play incredible, but seldom was mentioned by the league. Overall, I think the ECAC's picks were good. A: Katie King (Brown) - Meaghan Sittler (Colby) - Laurie Baker (PC) King and Sittler both lead their teams with their dynamic scoring abilities. They were the two best forwards I saw this year. Baker reminded me a lot of a Team Canada Women's striker in that she has that edge that takes her to the net for the score. There are areas of her game that need attention, but the proper coach could give the USA Women its next great attacker! Barb Gordon (Colby) is a tremendous forward, with gifted vision and passing. Karen Chernisky and Mandy Pfeiffer at Princeton can really cook up a great offensive attack. Nan Gorton (Brown) and Morag McPherson (Cornell) were great two-way players. They did so much for their teams. Still, I think the ECAC picked the top three attackers. Player of the year: Meaghan Sittler (Colby) - Alana Blahoski (PC) Sittler was the leading scorer in the league and helped her team make the play-offs. In my mind, Sittler and King were the tough pick for MVP. I made Blahoski Most Let-it-rip because like the ECAC I felt she merited special recognition. It has been a superb four years getting to watch Blahoski skate. Rookie of the year: Laurie Baker (PC) When I saw Baker play I thought she was incredible. She has a dynamic quality and poise that makes her stand out. Carisa Zaban (UNH), Ali Coughlin (Princeton) and Jaime Totten (NU) were the other first-years that I thought could have won the award. Zaban was the closest from what I saw because like Baker she has an explosive edge that can win games. I would agree with the ECAC that Baker was tops. Coach of the year: Laura Halldorson (Colby) - George Crowe (Dartmouth) Halldorson has the most interesting attack to watch in the ECAC. With a very small squad she gets the most out of her players and creates an attack that many teams have trouble dealing with. Crowe pulled his team together to finish third in the League and made the final four. I always enjoy seeing what DC is up to. Julie Andeberhan did great things with Cornell. She is the current USA national team coach for the Pacific Championship. I thought the ECAC might give her the award. I find her Big Red team interesting, but I am still waiting to see how they will develop. Andeberhan has made a good start, but there is much more to do. Again I agree with the ECAC. The other points I have heard against the honors is that they don't take into account enough the stats or the Player of the week awards. Stats can be helpful, but they can be very misleading. I am very happy that some of the indiscreet Player of the week awards did not get counted heavily in the final awards. I saw players all year long play so-so during the week and end up getting a prize for it. I think the coaches, SID's and ECAC staff came up with a pretty good list this year. Having first, second and rookie All-ECAC teams might make some people happier. All of this stuff is subjective. Face it, the stats are too. I have seen many players get credit for a goal or an assist which they did not deserve. I think what makes me the happiest for the ECAC Women is that some teams cleaned up their acts this year and the overall talent level increased this season. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:25:07 -0500 From: Leigh M Torbin Subject: Re: ECAC Women's All-Stars (Laurie Belliveau) On Sat, 23 Mar 1996, Blackthorn Zaban wrote: > Once again the Women's ECAC has shown why they lack the necessary vision to > lead this sport from the depths of obscurity. I may be old fashioned but I > was of the opinion that the rewards should go to those players who exhibit > the skills and abilities that most benefit their teams and themselves in that > order. > > Although Laurie Belliveau is an excellent goalie who unfortunately is on a > team that gives her no support, the real goalie who turned their team around > was Megan Smith. Providence was merely an also ran until Smith took over in > the nets. She lifted her team from mediocrity to the finals. Being the > subject of target practice should not be the ultimate criteria. Sorry, I have to interject here. When selecting the ECAC's Most VALUABLE goaltender their amount of the team's weight that they haul in tow IS one of the foremost considerations. BUT, when selecting the All-ECAC team, you are not looking for the most valuable players, but simply the BEST players, regardless of their worth to their particular team, and how that team placed in the standings. I've seen Belliveau play and am convinced that she is the best women's goaltender that I've seen. You have to look beyond the dismal record and consider what she has in front of her. Yale's defense, and whole team for that matter, isn't merely porus, they're abismal. Swiss cheese is too much credit. The Beatles sang about 4,000 holes in Blackburn-Lancashire, and there's 5,000 holes in the Whale. Belliveau's prep team at St. Mark's (which featured BC's Erin Magee and Genivieve Missirlian, and PU's Alexis Scott to name a few) would absolutely anialate her current Yale team. Her HS GAA was somewhere around 0.70, and in three years she won 3 ISL titles and only lost something like six games (most of which came to either Tabor or Lawrence Academy and Laurie Baker). She proved herself at that level and has done likewise at the college. Yes her team sucks, but being at UMass I see a similar sitaution every Friday and Saturday night. It will never show up in a stat sheet, but I believe that Brian Regan is the best goaltender in Hockey East. He stops pucks that he has no business stopping on a nightly basis and is a joy to watch. I'm convinced that if you put him on any other HE team that his numbers would be better than that team's incumbant. Jack Parker always turns to numbers to explain why Tom Noble is the best goalie in HE, but unlike with forwards, you can't rely on stats to prove a goaltender's worth. Their numbers, GAA in particular, is more a reflection of overall team D than theirs on many occasions. The ultimate question is who's better at stopping pucks, and I think that Regan has more skill at that than Noble despite the numbers. What is true with Regan and Noble is true with Belliveau as well. Take her out of the net and their 4-0 and 5-1 losses become 15-0 aniliations. While she could turn any pretener into a contender. Belliveau makes tremendous saved regularly and in huge amounts, while many of her goals against are the sort of goals that a Patrick Roy couldn't stop. Goals against Yale are generally the break-aways and pretty one-timers that are perserved for highlight reels. Because of Belliveau you have to work for a goal against the league's worst team and this should be to her credit, just like with Regan, Marty Legault and all the other tremendous goalies who don't play for top teams. Leigh torbin@student.umass.edu Who unfortunatley isn't off to Cincy, there's some other tourney that's got this school's attention this weekend. But, they'll have to drag me out of Rafters before I miss the BU-Michigan game Thursday night. Hope there's no golf! Oh, and a proud St. Mark's ('94, like LB) alum to boot. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 21:00:38 -0500 From: Blackthorn Zaban Subject: ECAC WOMEN'S ALL-STARS (LAURIE BELLIVEAU) Finally I have been able to strike a nerve. I have received two letters in a short time in response to my criticism of the All-Star selections. Unfortunately they do not address my comments but instead point out why their friend was deserving of the honor they received. Look any argument could be made for any one of the selections, as I said before they are totally subjective. But my point is that they are totally subjective in some instances. I like Laurie Belliveau, I think she is one of the nicest kindest people I have ever met. I also think that she is an excellent goalie, but the thing that people have not addressed is where is the pressure. I was really surprised (and pleasantly I might add) at the over all high quality of the goalies on the women's hockey teams. All of the goalies were extremely talented. However, the true test is how do they perform under pressure, I don't mean just the pressure of volume but when the game is on the line. Unfortunately, Laurie Belliveau because of the nature of her team was never afforded the opportunity to show what if anything she could do. What Laurie did at St. Mark's is irrelevant in making the years ECAC selections. The award is for the year not for a lifetime. I agree that as was pointed out to me that if Laurie was one of the leaders in save percentage, then based upon the number of shots she was the logical choice, but that is not the case. Before I end are there any Barbara Gordon fans out there, I think she is the true tragedy of this whole senario. Will somebody explain to me how the leading scorer is the player of the year and 1st line player and her line mate who has equally great statistics in fewer games is totally ignored. Taint fair McGee. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 12:27:43 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: more All-Stars! Reposted with permission: From: "Nathan A. Ewell" Subject: ECAC All-Stars ECAC co-Players of the Year: Meaghan Sittler (Colby) and Alana Blahoski (Providence) Rookie of the Year: Laurie Baker (Providence) Co-Coaches of the Year: Laura Halldorson (Colby), George Crowe (Dartmouth) First Team: Katie King (Brown) Meaghan Sittler (Colby) Laurie Baker (Providence) Heather Reinke (UNH) Alana Blahoski (Providence) Laurie Belliveau (Yale) Second Team: Sarah Howald (Dartmouth) Brandy Fisher (UNH) Carisa Zaban (UNH Vicki Urbas (Princeton) Karen McCabe (Providence) Sarah Tueting (Dartmouth) _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 10:33:57 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: TUSAW 1996 TUSAW: 1996 Pacific Championship Roster Player WWC Hometown School/Team Grad Currently ________________________________________________________________________ GOALIES: Sara DeCosta Warwick, RI high school Toll Gate HS Erin Whitten y Glens Falls, NY UNH 93 DEFENDERS: Chris Bailey z Marcellus, NY Providence 94 Asst PC Colleen Coyne y Teaticket, MA UNH 93 USA Selects Tara Mounsey Concord, NH high school Vicki Movsessian z Lexington, MA Providence 94 Asst NU Kelly O'Leary x N.Providence, RI Providence 90 Suisse? Angela Ruggiero Simi Valley, CA Choate-RH/CT Polar Bears FORWARDS: Beth Beagan x Falmouth, MA Providence 92 Concordia Alana Blahoski St. Paul, MN Providence 96 Lisa Brown-Miller x W.Bloomfield, MI Providence 90 Coach Pri Karyn Bye y River Falls, WI UNH 93 Cammi Granato x Downers Grove, IL Providence 93 Concordia Shelley Looney y Trenton, MI Northeastern 94 USA Selects Sue Merz x Greenwich, CT UNH 94 AJ Mleczko New Canaan, CT Harvard 97 Meaghan Sittler Buffalo, NY Colby 98 Jeanine Sobek x Coon Rapids, MN Northeastern 94 Toronto RW Steph O'Sullivan z Dorcester, MA Providence 95 USA Selects Sandra Whyte y Saugus, MA Harvard 92 Asst Harvard v = played on 1992 x = played on 1990, 1992 & 1994 y = played on 1992 & 1994 z = played on 1994 COACH: Julie Andeberhan (Cornell) _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 08:59:39 -0500 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Re: 96-97 schedules Yes, I too plan to keep the 1996-97 Women's Composite schedule up to day in the Hockey-L archives again this year, and would love to have people send me schedules. Please contact me at: hungerf@husc.harvard.edu . Please note that if your school is not part of the ECAC League, but you want your schedule and scores in the Women's Composite I will be happy to put them there provided I get the schedule before the season starts, and someone agrees to get me scores in a timely manner. The standings for the ECAC League and Ivy League Women will also be in the Hockey-L archives, and I again I would be happy to include other standings, provided I can get the information. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 08:20:17 CDT From: "Philip R. Baumann" Subject: New arena for Gopher Women I haven't seen this posted yet. The Minnesota legislature has passed a bonding bill that includes $7 million to fund a new arena for the Gopher women's hockey team. Philip R. Baumann Phone: (218) 236-2943 Department of Political Science Fax: (218) 236-3945 Moorhead State University Moorhead, Minnesota 56563 E-mail: Baumann@MHDMA.Moorhead.MSUS.EDU ------------------------------ Women's international ice hockey, which features many former, current and future college players, just completed the qualifying rounds for next year's Women's World Championship in Kitchener. WWC 97 will feature eight teams. 1996 Women's Pacific Championship (Vancouver, B.C. : April 1-6, 1996) April 1, 1996 USA 4 - China 2 Canada 12 - Japan 0 April 2, 1996 Canada 1 - China 0 USA 16 - Japan 0 April 3, 1996 China 4 - Japan 1 Canada 3 - USA 2 Round robin standings: GP W L T GF GA PTS Canada 3 3 0 0 16 2 6 USA 3 2 1 0 22 5 4 China 3 1 2 0 6 6 2 Japan 3 0 3 0 1 32 0 April 5, 1996 : Semifinals Canada 18 - Japan 0 USA 5 - China 0 April 6, 1996 : Finals Bronze medal: China 5 - Japan 1 Gold medal: Canada 4 - USA 1 THE NORTH AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES (2) Team Canada remains the team to beat. They have the largest talent pool, and if they attack, they can blow anyone off the ice. It appears they are having some problems getting the best out of their players right now. Next year might be a golden opportunity for TUSAW, if Canada continues tight. Team USA seems improved under new head coach Julie Andeberhan (Cornell head coach, Harvard 88). If USA Hockey can get her a team that has less political choices and more skillful players, they could do it. They don't need a miracle, but a program that supports the players. THE ASIAN REPRESENTATIVE (1) The Chinese again acquitted themselves very well in this year's Pacific Championship. All of the Chinese players are stationed in Harbin where they are able to practice on a daily basis. While they may not have the talent pool of Canada, the USA or some European nations, clearly they have a strong well thought out program. In preparation for the 1996 Pacific Women's Championship, China claimed another Asian Games title at the beginning of February defeating Kazakhstan 13-0 and Japan 9-3. They should make another impressive run at WWC 97. 1996 European Pool A Championships (Yaroslavl, Russia : March 23-29 1996) Final standings Team G W T L GF:GA Pts 1. Sweden 5 4 1 0 20:11 9 2. Russia 5 4 0 1 17:15 8 3. Finland 5 3 0 2 26: 5 6 4. Norway 5 2 0 3 14:21 4 5. Switzerland 5 1 0 4 11:23 2 6. Germany 5 0 1 4 7:20 1 23.03.1996 Norway-Sweden 3:6 26.03.1996 Russia-Norway 5:4 23.03.1996 Germany-Switzerland 2:3 27.03.1996 Switzerland-Finland 0:8 23.03.1996 Finland-Russia 2:3 27.03.1996 Norway-Germany 4:1 24.03.1996 Sweden-Germany 2:2 27.03.1996 Sweden-Russia 4:2 24.03.1996 Finland-Norway 7:0 29.03.1996 Switzerland-Norway 2:3 24.03.1996 Switzerland-Russia 3:4 29.03.1996 Finland-Sweden 1:2 26.03.1996 Germany-Finland 0:8 29.03.1996 Russia-Germany 3:2 26.03.1996 Sweden-Switzerland 6:3 Sweden is the 1996 European Champion Germany is relegated to ECC Pool B Denmark is promoted from ECC Pool B Sweden, Russia, Finland, Norway and Switzerland qualify for 1997 World Championships in Kitchener. THE EUROPEAN REPRESENTATIVES (5) It is good to see Team Sweden doing well and winning Pool A. I look forward to seeing their progress next year. The Russian team seems to have a ways to go, as all of their games were very close. Like the Chinese they have a strong program in place. If they can continue to improve their skating, they will be a power. Team Finland was without three of it's top six scorers at the 1996 Championship. I believe with the talented players they have, Finland will be the other force at WWC 97. Norway and Switzerland produced some good results in Pool A. They could surprise a few teams next year. 1997 Women's World Championship Kitchener, Ontario, Canada March 31st to April 6th 1997 Pool potential given qualifying results: POOL A POOL B Canada United States China Sweden Finland Russia Norway Switzerland That would make it very interesting to try to finish second, and make the medal round, in group A. It would also give Canada some tough opening round matches. I believe the Finns past record may change these seedings. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 09:32:46 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: ECAC Women: Alliance All-Stars (1995-1996) 1995-1996 ECAC Alliance All-Stars G: Lisa Sturm (RIT) D: Shelley Moore (RIT) Margaret Metz (Wesleyan) A: Michel Phaneuf (Bowdoin) Jennifer Hefner (Middlebury) Maria Lewis (RIT) Player of the year: Jennifer Hefner (Middlebury) Rookie of the year: Maria Lewis (RIT) Coach of the year: Bill Mandigo (Middlebury) _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 15:32:28 -0400 From: Deron Treadwell Subject: UNH to name new AD According to both the Bangor Daily News and WZON radio the University of New Hampshire was to name Judy Ray Athletic Director this morning. Ray was the Women's Athletic Director at UNH previously. --- --- Deron Treadwell dtread41@maine.maine.edu Orono, Maine GO BRUINS! GO DUCKS!! >>>>>>> UMaine Hockey: http://www.eklektia.com/~treads/mehockey/ <<<<<<< --- --- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 16:52:14 -0400 From: Marcus Subject: Re: UNH to name new AD On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Deron Treadwell wrote: > According to both the Bangor Daily News and WZON radio the University of New > Hampshire was to name Judy Ray Athletic Director this morning. Ray was the > Women's Athletic Director at UNH previously. This is part of the University's attempt at "restructuring" the athletic Department. Previously there was a Men's and Women's Athletic Director. Part of the restructuring was to mold both positions into one. As for what happened to Gib Chapman, I would be curios to find out. There was also talk to create and/or eliminate club sports and Division I teams. I believe this won't affect UNH Hockey in the slightest. The only thing which may relate to the hockey team is maintaning their Title IX complaince. (ie- there may be a change in the number of scholariships given to the Men's and Women's teams over the next few years.) Marcus UNH '96 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 20:16:37 -0400 From: Richard Hungerford Subject: Harvard Women: Awards & Captains-elect The Harvard Women's 1995-1996 Awards MVP Award Holly Leitzes Joe Bretagna Award (Most improved) Jen Gerometta John Dooley Award (Leadership and dedication) Holly Leitzes 1996-1997 Co-Captain Colleen Malek and Allison Mleczko _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 15:01:22 -0400 From: Bruce E Spencer Subject: CONGRATULATIONS ANDRIA HUNTER!!! My congratualations to Andria Hunter who will be inducted into the UNH Women's Athletics' Wilcat Winners Circle Hall of Honor this Sunday. Andria was a member of the UNH women's ice hockey team from 1986-90. She led her team in scoring three of her four years and was team captain in 1990. Her teams won two ECAC championships and was runner-up the other two years. She was awarded the Jane Blalock Rookie of the Year Award, the Wildcat Winners Circle Scholar-Athlete Award, and the UNH Alumni Association Student Athlete Award. She also played for Team Canada which in 1992 and 1994 won the Women's World Ice Hockey Championship. Andria is a contributor to Hockey-L as well. Congratulations, Andria! ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 13:25:22 EDT From: JFORSY41@MAINE.MAINE.EDU Subject: Travis Roy info In next week's Sports Illustrated there is a nice article about Travis and his return home, including a picture of Effie, the family dog licking his face. The article mentions the BU end of season gathering and his appearance at a Boston Red Sox game. He is now home, if you drive through Yarmouth you won't be able to miss it with all the signs, banners and flags his neighbors have put up to welcome him home. Wednesday was Travis' birthday, and he received a very special gift from NASCAR driver Rickey Craven: Yesterday, Craven won the pole of this week's NASCAR race (his first pole position on the NASCAR circuit) and dedicated it to Travis. For updates on Travis' condition, Sean Pickett has been maintaining an excellent page with the latest news, medical and non-medical. The location is: http://challenge.tiac.net/users/spickett/roy-cond.html I'll also be posting info to my page, which also has a direct link to Sean's page. To access my page: http://maine.maine.edu:80/~jforsy41/ John Forsyth -Join the Blue Ribbon Campaign: http://www.eff.org -Stop Censorship on the Net. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 19:04:45 -0400 From: "Andria L. Hunter" Subject: Re: CONGRATULATIONS ANDRIA HUNTER!!! >My congratualations to Andria Hunter who will be inducted into the UNH >Women's Athletics' Wildcat Winners Circle Hall of Honor this Sunday. > >Andria was a member of the UNH women's ice hockey team from 1986-90. She >led her team in scoring three of her four years and was team captain in >1990. Her teams won two ECAC championships and was runner-up the other >two years. She was awarded the Jane Blalock Rookie of the Year Award, >the Wildcat Winners Circle Scholar-Athlete Award, and the UNH Alumni >Association Student Athlete Award. She also played for Team Canada which >in 1992 and 1994 won the Women's World Ice Hockey Championship. > >Andria is a contributor to Hockey-L as well. > >Congratulations, Andria! Thanks! I just returned from New Hampshire today. It was so much fun to go back to UNH for 4 days! The new Whittemore centre is excellent! I hardly recognized the old Snively arena! :-) It's incredible what they have done to it. I thought it was amazing how much they were able to squeeze into the old Snively arena, but as it turns out, I missed the 3 basketball courts on the top level!! :-) The Hall of Honour event was really nice. It was held at Yokens in Portsmouth, NH. The other inductees were: Anita Kichline Caswell '52 Sharon Stepanian Dirubio '48 Harriet B Forkey '54 Jean Robbins Mangino '75 Jean Rilling (coach) Patty Ross-Tran '82 Karen Wenmark '89 Andria ------------------------------