Women's College Hockey Report
New Year's Eve Girls Cross-Ice Classic
2017 AHAI Coach of the Year Nominations
Metro Girls League
Girls Take Center Stage in St. Paul
Sting Succeed Through Olympian Guidance
Coaches, Stop 'Dealing with Parents' and Start Engaging Them
The Most Dangerous Four-Letter Word in Girls' Hockey
Despite Its Troubles NWHL Inspiring Growth in Women's Hockey
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Volume 1 Issue 7
January 10, 2017
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As we compiled the list of Illinois Women playing college hockey, we knew the number was high, but over 160?!. Those numbers are a testament to the hard work these young women put into their craft and their desire to continue to play the greatest game on earth. The
102 Women playing
NCAA College Hockey and 61 playing ACHA College Club Hockey shows the extraordinary opportunity that exists to keep playing beyond their high school years.
The buttons below represent the ACHA Women's Club teams across the country. The young women rostered
* to these teams compete in leagues across the country at two different levels: Women's Division I and II.
It is from the ACHA ranks that USA Hockey selects its USA representatives for the
Women's World University Games. While ACHA may not get as much publicity as NCAA Division I and Division III, rest assured the level of hockey played is outstanding. Click
HERE to learn more about American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Hockey.
*The lists above were compiled from the American College Hockey Association website rosters. In some cases hometowns/states were not listed. If you or someone you know plays on an ACHA team and was not listed, please contact AHAI Communications Manager, Gretchen Cockey at gretchen@ahai2.org.
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On Saturday, Dec 31st, 10 girls' teams converged on Seven Bridges Ice Arena for a fun day of cross-ice hockey. The competition was fierce, the fun was contagious, and comradery was in the air. Six 10U teams (Sabres 1, Sabres 2, Vipers, St Jude, Franklin Park 1 and Franklin Park 2) and four 12U teams (Sabres, Vipers, Admirals, and Hawks) jammed out at The Bridges playing 17 games in total. Each participant received a special SWAG bag with items provided by AHAI and the Chicago Blackhawks. The Admirals 16 and 19U girls manned a face painting station and a hockey sock hat craft station for the girls to hang out at between games.
The winners of each division received a Blackhawks Winter Classic knit hat and plenty of smiles for a job well done.
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10U CHAMPIONS
Sabres #1
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10U RUNNERS-UP
Sabres #2
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12U CHAMPIONS
Vipers
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12U RUNNERS-UP
Sabres
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AHAI would like to thank the 3 referees who covered each game, Joe and Drew Bresingham and Bradley Buh, all the clock keepers for a job well done, and especially the parents for understanding what the day was about - the girls competing hard and having fun. Finally, thank you to all the girls for some inspiring hockey. We hope to be back at the United Center next year and look forward to another great event.
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AHAI'S COACH OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS
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AHAI recognizes that Illinois Hockey is comprised not only of incredible players, but also of great Boys'/Girls' High School and Youth/Girls' Hockey Coaches that guide our teams both on and off the ice. Candidates for AHAI's Boys'/Girls' High School and Youth/Girls' Hockey Coach of the Year Awards should embody good sportsmanship and respect toward teams, parents and officials while providing a positive High School or Youth/Girls' Hockey experience. Candidates should also teach positive life skills while demonstrating dedication, passion and commitment to community. Deadline to nominate is Saturday, February 18, 2017.
NOMINATE NOW>>
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METRO GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE NEWS
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 By Pam Flores ~ The second half of the season is set to kick off with teams in the Scholastic Cup and Founders Cup battling for a top position to advance to the league playoffs that wrap-up the Metro Girls League season. At the conclusion on the tiering round, only Glenbrook remains undefeated with 11 wins. Loyola and Latin with 8 wins each and Fenwick and New Trier Gold with their 7 wins each round out the top 5 teams heading into the regular season. Maddie Shea of Fenwick (19 points) is the league's top scorer, while top goaltender, Jojo Choback of Glenbrook boasts an impressive 98% save percentage. Click
HERE for more tiering round stats and
lots of pictures from Fenwick's Alumni Game, Latin's Toy Drive and the Unterseher sisters, Emma (Latin) and Kate (Evanston) battling it out in a head-to-head game on December 20th!
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Fenwick Alumni Game
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Fenwick Alumni Game
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Latin Toy Drive
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GIRLS' HOCKEY ACROSS AMERICA
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GIRLS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN ST. PAUL
By Greg Bates ~ The smiles on their faces said it all.
The 180 girls and women who participated in the first Minnesota Wild Girls Hockey Weekend enjoyed their chance to get on the ice, hone their skills, and receive hands-on instruction from some of the sport's top players. The Minnesota Wild, Minnesota Hockey, Minnesota Whitecaps, Schwan's and USA Hockey all collaborated to put on the event at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Dec. 16-18.
"It was awesome; it was really awesome," said Jess Christopherson, who helped lead the clinic portions of the event and is the Wayzata (Minn.) High School girls' hockey coach. FULL ARTICLE>>
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STING SUCCEED THROUGH OLYMPIAN GUIDANCE
By Mike Scandura ~ The Rhode Island Sting may be an answer to a trivia question: Can you name a girls youth hockey association that has two former United States Olympic hockey players as co-directors?
The players in question here are Vicki Movsessian Lamoriello and Sara DeCosta Hayes, who played on the 1998 U.S. Women's Olympic Team that captured the gold medal. DeCosta Hayes also played on the 2002 U.S. Women's Olympic Team that skated off with silver.
But there isn't anything trivial about what Movsessian Lamoriello and DeCosta Hayes are doing: developing an all-girls program that's continuing to grow. FULL ARTICLE>>
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COACHES, STOP 'DEALING WITH PARENTS' AND START ENGAGING THEM!
This article was written by Nate Sanderson,
coach of the Iowa State Champion Springville Girls Basketball Team, and
originally appeared on Breakthrough Basketball. We highly encourage every coach and parent to read this and institute this in your team.
For the past 14 years I have began every basketball season by conducting a parent meeting. Every one of those meetings had one goal in mind - to insulate myself from parent complaints. I've used all the standard approaches to communicate our policies and expectations verbally and in writing for players and parents prior to the season.
FULL ARTICLE>>
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THE MOST DANGEROUS FOUR-LETTER WORD IN GIRLS' HOCKEY
By Kim McCullough, MSc, YCS ~
I'm already seeing a disturbing pattern emerge with many of the girls' hockey players I am working with this season - and the regular season has just started. Whether during practices, games or off-ice training, every single day I hear players saying the most dangerous four-letter word in girls hockey - "can't."
"I can't crossover that way".
"I can't shoot a backhand".
"I can't do push-ups".
To be honest, "can't" is one of the most frustrating words to a coach. It's not that the players can't do the skills at all; they just can't do them as well as they would like to be able to quite yet. As soon as a player uses the word "can't," they are giving themselves permission to underachieve. After all, if they already know they can't do it, why even try? FULL ARTICLE>>
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NATIONAL WOMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE
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DESPITE ITS STRUGGLES, PRO LEAGUE INSPIRING GROWTH IN WOMEN'S HOCKEY
By Tony Callens ~ Women's ice hockey is in an entirely different place than it was only a decade ago. Across the country, leagues have formed at youth levels and more girls are playing the sport than ever.
"Over the course of the last couple of years, we've had pretty steady growth. In general, our girls are increasing," said New York State Director/Girls & Women's Hockey Coordinator and USA Hockey board member Joe Eppolito. "Girls under the age of 18, for example from 14 to 15, 16 group grew at a rate of about 2 to 3 percent. Our biggest increase in that age group (under 18) is primarily in girls that are 6 and under." FULL ARTICLE>>
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