TGHA Update
April 11, 2007
TGHA Annual Meeting
Ithaca College Welcomes Girls April 15
She Skates Hard
USA Takes Silver, On TV Tape Delay
TGHA Annual Meeting
Tuesday May 1
7:00 p.m. Official Annual Meeting of Tompkins Girls Athletic
Association
7:15 p.m. Board Meeting of Tompkins Girls Hockey Association
Cayuga Heights Fire Station at Community Corners
Summer Hockey, Next Season Planning, Upcoming Elections
TGHA Board Meetings occur through the spring and summer
as plans need to be made for next season. Stay tuned for news of coach
selection, team formation, fees, etc. and for TGHA's summer hockey program.
Parents and other adults (even 19U players qualify!) are
needed for the TGHA Board and for the other volunteer roles with TGHA.
Contact Carol (342-1475) or any board member to learn more
The Ithaca College Athletic Department is hosting Girls
and Women in Sports Day on Sunday April 15th.
We welcome all girls grades 3 through 6 to attend this FREE, non-competitive
event!
Come join us to celebrate girls and women in sports and enjoy an afternoon of
fun and physical activity!
Activities will include basketball skills, track and field skills, team
building, team work and obstacle courses.
The day will be overseen by some of Ithaca College's women's varsity student
athletes and coaches.
On April 15th, registration begins at 11:45 am in the Hill Center Lobby
outside the Ben Light Gymnasium. Activities will take place from 12 pm - 2 pm.
All girls should be picked up by 2:30 pm.
You are welcome to finish the day off by taking your daughter, niece or
granddaughter and friends to attend our women's softball game at Kostrinsky
Field or our women's lacrosse game at Wood field.
A participation waiver must be signed by a parent or leagal guardian for
permission to engage in the days activities.
Please contact Andrea McClatchie for a waiver or with any questions; 274-3793
or amcclatchie@ithaca.edu
She Skates Hard
Check out the latest update at this website which tries to
cover female hockey in the US and Canada. The new feature is on the history
of women's ice hockey!
USA Takes Silver, On TV Tape Delay
If you have access to ESPNU:
Air times for the 10th gold-medal showdown
between Team USA and its Canadian rivals are as follows (all times are EDT):
April 11 at 4:30 p.m., April 12 at 7:30 p.m. and April 17 at 8 p.m.
2007 IIHF Women's World Championship
April 10, 2007
Team USA Earns Silver Medal at Women’s World Championship; U.S. Women’s
National Team Falls to Canada, 5-1, in Gold Medal Game
WINNIPEG -- The 2007 U.S. Women’s National Team earned the
silver medal at the 2007 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World
Championship, posting a 5-1 loss to Canada in the Gold Medal game at the MTS
Centre tonight. Team USA finished the nine-team tournament with a 3-0-1-1 (W-OTW-L-OTL)
record.
“I want to congratulate my team on the commitment they made for
the last three weeks,” said Mark Johnson, head coach of Team USA. “They gave
themselves an opportunity to win a gold medal and we came up a little bit
short tonight, but I am very proud of their effort.”
Despite the teams trading penalties early in the opening frame,
both were successful on the penalty kill to keep the game scoreless. The best
chance for Team USA came in the waning seconds of the period when Natalie
Darwitz’s (Eagan, Minn.) shot from the left faceoff circle hit the post behind
Canadian netminder Kim St-Pierre.
Canada’s Jennifer Botterill broke the scoring drought less than
a minute in to Period 2, as she put a wrister over Team USA netminder Chanda
Gunn’s (Huntington Beach, Calif.) glove at :58.
Canada tallied twice more in the latter half of the frame to
take a 3-0 lead. Jayna Hefford scored at 11:33, shoving the puck under Gunn’s
extended left leg after the initial save had been made. The goal was reviewed,
but stood as called. Hayley Wickenheiser then put a high wrister in the
far-side's top corner, from the left faceoff dot at 16:27, to close out
second-period scoring.
After Danielle Goyette gave Canada a 4-0 lead at 9:22 of the
third period, United States captain Krissy Wendell (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) put
Team USA on the scoreboard. Darwitz wrapped around the back of Canada’s net
and dumped the puck in front of the goal. Erika Lawler (Fitchburg, Mass.)
tipped it to Wendell, who put a backhander in from the left post at 10:08.
Canada closed out the game's scoring with a breakaway goal at
17:16 to account for the 5-1 final.
Team USA was 0-for-6 on the power play while killing off all
seven of Canada’s man-advantage opportunities.
NOTES: Wendell was named the U.S. Player of the Game ... Molly
Engstrom (Siren, Wis.) earned the Directorate Award as the Top Defenseman of
the tournament ... Angela Ruggiero (Harper Woods, Mich.), Darwitz and Wendell
all made the All-Star Team, as voted on by the media ... Wendell finished as
the scoring leader for Team USA with 12 points (5-7) in five games ... Team
USA has won one gold medal and eight silvers in the nine previous IIHF Women’s
World Championships … Hilary Witt, head women’s ice hockey coach at Yale
University, and Erin Whitten Hamlen, associate head women’s ice hockey coach
at the University of New Hampshire, are serving as assistant coaches for Team
USA.
GAME SUMMARY
Scoring By Period
USA 0-0-1 -- 1
CAN 0-3-2 -- 5
First Period – Scoring: None. Penalties: CAN, Botterill
(kneeing), 1:06; USA, Marvin (hooking), 3:31; CAN, Agosta (cross checking),
4:08; USA, Resor (interference), 7:47.
Second Period – Scoring: 1, CAN, Botterill (Ouellette, Macleod), :58; 2, CAN,
Hefford (Sunohara), 11:33; 3, CAN, Wickenheiser (Collins, Sostorics), 16:27.
Penalties: CAN, Sunohara (tripping), 5:53; USA, Darwitz (interference),
6:23; USA, King (interference), 13:04; CAN, Hefford (slashing), 17:46.
Third Period – Scoring: 4, CAN, Goyette (Vaillancourt, Ouellete),
9:22; 5, USA, Wendell (Lawler, Darwitz), 10:08; 6, CAN, Vaillancourt
(unassisted), 17: 16. Penalties: CAN, Apps (hooking), :14; USA, Wendell
(cross checking), 7:06; USA, Knight (hooking), 11:36; USA, Wendell (high
sticking), 13:31; CAN, Vaillancourt (interference), 15: 07.
Shots By Period 1 2 3 Total
USA 8 6 8 22
CAN 10 14 10 34
Goaltending (SH-SV) 1 2 3 Total
USA, Gunn, 60:00 10-10 14-11 10-8 34-29
CAN, St-Pierre, 60:00 8-8 6-6 8-7 22-21
Power Play: USA 0-6; CAN 0-7
Penalties: USA 7-14; CAN 6-12
Officials: Referee-Joy Tottman; Linesmen-Sanna Mattila, Heather
Richardson
Attendance: 15,003
Team USA 2007 IIHF Women’s World Championship Schedule
April 3-10 • Winnipeg & Selkirk, Man.
Date Opponent Location Time (CDT)/Result
March 30 Sweden (ex.) Grand Forks, N.D. W, 7-1
April 1 Sweden (ex.) Warroad, Minn. W, 5-0
April 3 Kazakhstan Selkirk W, 9-0
April 5 China Selkirk W, 9-1
April 7 Canada* Winnipeg L, 4-5 (SO)
April 8 Finland* Winnipeg W, 4-0
April 10 Canada^ Winnipeg L, 1-5
*Qualifying Round ^Gold-Medal Game
Mary M. Grainger
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