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Cheryl

Cheryl,
She's in the front right yellow jersey, NO????


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On 1/23/04 5:35 PM, in article 8lhQb.135595$na.210910@attbi_s04, "Queen City
Cross Stitcher" wrote:

Cheryl,
She's in the front right yellow jersey, NO????


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Right next to the goalie!

Cheryl

The girls must have be thrilled to get a chance to play between periods of
the ladies game! Which is your daughter...the taller blond or the gal with
the nice long dark hair?

This March, Halifax is hosting the Ladies Worlds and in conjunction with it
there is going to be a tournament of girls All-star teams. There is a
controversy going on as eligible players were to be limited to those playing
on exclusively girls not mixed teams. Since our province is small, with a
low population, a lot of girls opt to play on boys teams for the stronger
competition...these girls would therefore not be eligible to play. I'm not
sure it they sorted it out yet or not but it was starting to get nasty as
parents of the girls from mixed teams were really up in arms that their
girls wouldn't get the opportunity to play in this tournament.

Mavia...who was never a 'hockey mom' but spent many hours freezing as a
'ringette mom'!
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Cheryl,

You must be so proud! I bet you all had a blast! They are all so cute,
with their big jerseys and skates. I can't believe they make goalie pads
that small!
My DD only wants to play roller hockey so I have signed her up for the
spring. We'll see how it goes.

Seaspray

DD is one of those shining faces! And check out the Star Power page!

Always thrills me to see the UNH Wildcat logo...That's some big ice at the Whit
for those girls to play on.

PS Last night I nearly got beaned by the puck at Army vs. Quinnipiac.
Fortunately the puck got caught in my hair. And never touched my skin. Then I
turned around to find the puck had dropped in DH's lap. Close call. Phew.

Donna @ West Point

From: Cheryl Isaak

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DD is one of those shining faces! And check out the Star Power page!

Bottom row, third from the right, first one in the yellow jersey??? CiaoMeow
^;;^
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PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!

On 1/24/04 11:17 AM,"Majmoxie" posted:

DD is one of those shining faces! And check out the Star Power page!

Always thrills me to see the UNH Wildcat logo...That's some big ice at the
Whit
for those girls to play on.

What a great women's hockey program.

PS Last night I nearly got beaned by the puck at Army vs. Quinnipiac.
Fortunately the puck got caught in my hair. And never touched my skin. Then I
turned around to find the puck had dropped in DH's lap. Close call. Phew.

Lucky you - not getting beaned, and getting the lovely souvenir. We have a
friend who played at Quinnipiac - Academic All-Star - he's a great coach -
had some of the USAH select teams (part of the National Team Devel Program).
But, I hardly ever hear the name of Quinnipiac without doing a double take
;^)

Ellice

On 1/23/04 7:28 PM,"Mavia Beaulieu" posted:

This March, Halifax is hosting the Ladies Worlds and in conjunction with it

What fun - have some acquaintance/friends who'll be working those games (in
stripes).

there is going to be a tournament of girls All-star teams. There is a
controversy going on as eligible players were to be limited to those playing
on exclusively girls not mixed teams. Since our province is small, with a
low population, a lot of girls opt to play on boys teams for the stronger
competition...these girls would therefore not be eligible to play. I'm not

This is a big thing in both USAHockey and CAHA. The Canadian rules are even
more specific than the USAH ones. Essentially, to play in the
national/international tournaments you have to be rostered on a team and
declared as your intent to go forward with that girls team. The girls can be
dual rostered on a youth team, but if they intend to go forward as an
eligible girls team player, they must declare that they will not go forward
to national (regional, districts, etc) tournament with the youth
(boys/mixed) team. The intent of letting them dual roster is so that girls
who don't have the opportunity to play girls hockey enough can still
develop. Example being say a girl is on a team that plays out of Ottawa -
but she lives 2 hours away, and can't make it there for all the practices,
etc. But, she will play in the majority of the games. She can roster onto a
youth team that plays locally, so that gives her the opportunity to skate,
practice, develop - but essentially that youth team is her secondary team -
and if they go forward in the provincial/national tournament path - she
recuses herself. But she does go forward with the girls team.

What has happened of late is some folks are abusing the system - dual
entering a girls team as a youth team - supposedly for better competition -
but really to double the number of games the girls play. This year I had to
do a bunch of research on this for a local issue (in my ref and women's
development hat).

sure it they sorted it out yet or not but it was starting to get nasty as
parents of the girls from mixed teams were really up in arms that their
girls wouldn't get the opportunity to play in this tournament.

I can imagine. It's a shame. For the most part - as the girls get older -
it's much better for their skill development to continue on the womens track
- rather than getting potentially hurt when the boys are physically
outgrowing them. Sadly, if the good girls all go to play with the boys for
"competition" then the level of the local girls programs stagnates - it's a
chicken/egg thing. I like playing with guys - it makes you use your
physicallity - but, the girls game makes you be physical without egregious
hitting, and you have to play more skills, more speed.

I'd imagine that if these girls were not rostered by the deadline onto a
girl's team, then it's just too bad. They're considered youth players by
CAHA, and that's the way it goes. I know several girls who play the required
10 games minimum (to be on the roster for nationals) with a girls team, but
spend a lot of time with their youth teams which are local to them. Well, a
couple of these girls play most of their girls' team schedule - poor parents
driving a lot.

With young kids, the parents don't often know all these rules, regulations,
etc. But, as they get older - IMHO - they usually know - just ignore them
until it effects them directly in some negative way.

Mavia...who was never a 'hockey mom' but spent many hours freezing as a
'ringette mom'!

OOOH - ringette - something that I guess is being replaced more and more
with the growth of girls hockey. It's a fun game. We've had a couple of
transplanted girls/women on some local teams (one on my women's team years
ago) who were ringette players. One of them - the woman - man- was she
vicious - talk about someone hitting you with a stick in the gut, head,
face, slashing behind the knees - at any opportunity. Good skaters.

ellice

I REALLY want to know?? Is that a fersure, or a guess???? Wow, Cheryl needs
to be enjoying her cruise, because I certainly miss her posts!! You have met
her, and I will next fall!!

Gillian


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DD is one of those shining faces! And check out the Star Power page!

Bottom row, third from the right, first one in the yellow jersey???
CiaoMeow
^;;^
.
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!