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Women-in-Hockey Digest Thursday, October 9 1997 Volume 01 : Number 030
In this issue:
Hockey News on pro leagues
'the Eliminator' support/protector
Re: Hockey News on pro leagues
Seeking Seattle tournament information
Midget
Polar Bears Tournament
women's hockey on lifetime
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Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 04:38:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: email@hidden
Subject: Hockey News on pro leagues
In the current edition of The Hockey News (Oct. 17, Avs on cover), there's an
article about the three proposed women's pro hockey leagues. Page 5, bottom
right corner.
It's short, gives a little info about the proposals and three reasons why
they think it's the wrong time. But I'm curious about an unexplained remark
at the end of the article and am hoping someone on the list has details:
[Reason 3] "The skill level is improving all the time, but before you start
lining up for season tickets in Biloxi, you'd better realize what you're
getting. Canada's Olympic team, which has some of the best players in the
world, played a collection of midget Triple-A boys from Calgary recently and
lost 7-2."
That's the end of the article. Does anybody have any details on this game _
when, was it the full Canada roster, a real game or short-period exhibition,
some handicap set? Seems pretty hard to believe unless there were some
mitigating circumstances.
Thanks
Margaret
#49, Brooklyn Blades
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Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 08:07:39 -0700
From: Judi Stevens
Subject: 'the Eliminator' support/protector
Hi all,
I have to get Bree a new pelvic protector, and garter. I was thinking
about the new 'Eliminator'. Any info would be appreciated. She wants the
'everything' in one.
- --
Thank you,
Judi Stevens
MITS-CSD Help Desk
phone: 619/618-3921
fax: 619/618-1460
E-Mail: email@hidden
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Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 18:12:55 +0200
From: Nick Heim
Subject: Re: Hockey News on pro leagues
At 04:38 09.10.97 -0400, you wrote:
>In the current edition of The Hockey News (Oct. 17, Avs on cover), there's an
>article about the three proposed women's pro hockey leagues. Page 5, bottom
>right corner.
>
>It's short, gives a little info about the proposals and three reasons why
>they think it's the wrong time. But I'm curious about an unexplained remark
>at the end of the article and am hoping someone on the list has details:
>
>[Reason 3] "The skill level is improving all the time, but before you start
>lining up for season tickets in Biloxi, you'd better realize what you're
>getting. Canada's Olympic team, which has some of the best players in the
>world, played a collection of midget Triple-A boys from Calgary recently and
>lost 7-2."
>
>That's the end of the article. Does anybody have any details on this game _
>when, was it the full Canada roster, a real game or short-period exhibition,
>some handicap set? Seems pretty hard to believe unless there were some
>mitigating circumstances.
Hi Margaret
How old are "midget boys"? I'm from Switzerland and don't know the age
levels in Canada. However, i'm assuming midget is 16 and older, they are
already at the end of the puberal phase and therefore have developed muscle
power wich women never can reach, naturally. So, it's a bad thing matching
such two teams. They play sipmply different styles of hockey.
regards, Nick
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Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:45:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nancy Mah
Subject: Seeking Seattle tournament information
Hi everybody,
Would someone please post information on the Seattle tournament to be held
at the end of the 1997/98 hockey season? My team has traditionally ended
every year at this fun tournament and we'd like to go again after this
season.
Thank you,
Nancy Mah
Killarney Icebreakers
Vancouver, BC
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Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 19:11:48 EDT
From: Kittencat3
Subject: Midget
A Midget AAA team would be fifteen and sixteen year old boys with enough
talent and skill to be chosen in the major junior draft - in short, we're
talking a bunch of kids with pro potential. And I know I'm going to get
creamed for this one, but I could very easily see an all-star team of this
nature beating a good women's team.
I didn't want to admit it even as late as a few months ago, but right women
are *not* playing at anywhere near the skill or speed level of men (or older
teens). I saw Northeastern, the eventual ECAC champ, play Dartmouth back in
March, and both Bob and I agreed that the Cathedral hockey team in Springfield
could have easily taken them on speed alone. The passing wasn't crisp, much
of the skating could have benefitted from a Laura Stamm seminar, and it was
very clear that women's hockey has a long, long way to go before it attracts
more than a token hundred or so spectators.
Now, I've also seen Erin Whitten play in the AHL, and it *is* possible for the
women to ratchet up their speed and skill - Whitten looked perfectly at home
against the men, and her reflexes and glove hand were every bit as good as
Kevin Hodson's (the other Adirondack goalie). I also know that Tara Mounsey
of the US national team played on a boys' team all through high school and was
so fast and so good that the Brown *men's* coach tried very hard to talk her
into a tryout. I'm not sure why there's this discrepancy (maybe the fast
players deliberately slow down to accomodate the converted field hockey
players?), and I'd love to have someone else's thoughts on this.
But I completely agree with THN on this one. It is disastrously premature to
talk about a women's pro league when there isn't even an NCAA championship.
It took twenty years between the first Olympic women's basketball game and the
first successful American pro league (the ABL, about to enter its second
season), and I would not be shocked to see a similar gap between Olympic
women's hockey and a decent women's pro league. Right now I think the sport
should concentrate on building up the talent pool by attracting schoolgirl
athletes of the caliber of, say, Rebecca Lobo or Mia Hamm or Jackie Joyner-
Kersee to play hockey. A decade or so of elite youngsters coming along,
*just like in the men's game*, and suddenly there won't be nearly as
noticeable a difference between the men's and women's game.
Lisa Evans
Easthampton, MA
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Date: Thu, 09 Oct 1997 19:41:51 -0400
From: Elmer Laydon
Subject: Polar Bears Tournament
The field for the Connecticut Polar Bears Annual Holiday Tournament is
almost full.
There are some teams that attended last year that we have not heard from
yet. Up to today, a spot was being automatically held for those teams. Due
to the high demand for spots in the tournament, we cannot hold those spots
any longer. If your teams would like to attend the tournament but are
unsure if your spot is secured, please review our team listing. This
listing is as of late this afternoon. If your teams name is not listed and
you would like to attend, please contact me immediately.
The page for the team listing is:
http://www.ctpolarbears.com/97teams.htm
If you have already sent in your application, I would ask that you please
review the list to be sure your team is listed.
Thanks
Elmer Laydon
Connecticut Polar Bears
email@hidden
http://www.ctpolarbears.com
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Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 22:24:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: email@hidden
Subject: women's hockey on lifetime
yea I know its been on this mailing list a million times but I either didn't
read it or I forgot, but when are they playing that women's hockey game on
lifetime?
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