TGHA Update

January 24, 2008

Home Games

Parents--Code Reminders

Parent Education on Monday

Ithaca Sports Hall of Fame Friday

Pink at the Rink

Patty Kaz Watch

Grippin is Oswego's Now

Home Games

Sat Jan.26 Ithaca Recreation/House and Binghamton 12:45 p.m. Cass

Sat Jan. 26 Ithaca 16U vs.Troy 16U 4:00 p.m. Cortland

Sun Jan. 27 Ithaca 14U vs. Skaneateles 14U 12:45 p.m Cass

Sun Jan. 27 Ithaca 13U vs. Binghamton 12U 1:15 p.m. RINK

Parents--Code Reminders

Parents and caregivers annually sign a Code of Conduct when the girls register to play ice hockey. TGHA is affirming the Code by posting sections on our rink bulletin boards and in TGHA All messages:

"I recognize the importance of volunteer coaches and their impact on the development of my child and to the sport of hockey. By providing a positive example of treating all coaches with respect, I will encourage my child to treat her coach with respect."

Parent Education on Monday

Monday January 28 is Parent Education Night for Initiation, House and Recreation players' adults at The RINK. Every family is strongly encouraged to send a representative to Rick's Room where a DVD will be playing starting at 6:00 p.m. About 6:15 p.m. a panel discussion will begin. The DVD will be shown again after the live presentation by TGHA coaches and board members. The focus will be on entry level girls hockey rather than issues of travel teams, etc. We hope it will be worthy of your attention and time.

Ithaca Sports Hall of Fame Friday

Last January TGHA and Cornell alumna Leanna House was the first hockey player inducted in the Ithaca Sports Hall of Fame (as hockey wasn't a school sport until 1999 she was recognized for other sports). This Friday Melissa Gambrell will be inducted. She was also TGHA and Cornell hockey...read The Ithaca Journal for more about her sports career!

Pink at the Rink

Cornell Women's Ice Hockey has a very special weekend coming up on February 8th and 9th when they play Clarkson and St. Lawrence. That weekend they will be wearing pink Cornell jerseys to be auctioned off for Cancer. "Pink at the Rink" is an ECAC hockey league program. The league has joined with American Cancer society to create a new variation of a traditional Coaches vs. Cancer program that provides critical outreach, while raising funds in support of the American Cancer Society's lifesaving cancer research, education, advocacy, and community service efforts. ECAC hockey women's teams will be wearing pink jerseys for their home games February 8, 9 and February 15, 16.

All of the Pink jerseys will be auctioned off for a minimum bid of $150 starting January 22 at 9 am and ending February 20 at 9 am. The cost of the production of the jerseys was small and the difference between the cost of the jersey and the price sold will all go to the Pink at the Rink fundraiser. There is also a buy it now feature to guarantee the jersey for $250. The website for the auction is www.ecachockeycoachesvscancer.com (please check after January 22) or www.ecachockey.com. It would be great to have all of the jerseys of the 12 teams auctioned off by the closing date. Please tell your family and friends about the jerseys.

If anyone would just like to donate to the cause itself. Please make a check to the ECAC Hockey/CVC and all of the money will be pooled and a big check will be given to the American Cancer Society after the auction date is over, February 20.

We would love to see you at those games ( dressed in pink of course : ) to support both cancer and women's ice hockey.

Cornell Head Coach Doug Derraugh (and dad of 13U player Bridget!)

Patty Kaz

The USA Hockey Foundation recently unveiled a new website for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, which can be found at PattyKaz.com. Frequently updated with information on the award ceremony and other Kazmaier happenings, PattyKaz.com is your home for all things Patty Kazmaier. Also be sure to check out the PKMA on MySpace at myspace.com/pattykaz!

Grippin is Oswego's Now

Emily Grippin is a freshman at Oswego this year and playing on the Lakers' second ever women's D3 NCAA hockey team! Below is a news release about a recent game when she scored two goals! She had an assist last weekend vs. Chatham and earlier in the season was leading the country in shorthanded goals! Hooray for Emily who grew up in IYHA and TGHA as well as played with IHS, the Empire State Games and one season with the Syracuse Stars.

Emily (and her coach, former Cornell assistant Diane Dillon) would love to have some Ithaca fans when they are at Cortland next weekend for two games at the Cortland rink at 2:00 p.m. Saturday and 2:00 p.m. Sunday!

http://www.oswego.edu/athletics/news_story.html?id=3325_0_6_0_C

Oswego State Athletics News

Women's Ice Hockey

Lakers back in win column with 4-1 victory at St. Benedict

The Oswego State women's ice hockey team got two goals from Emily Grippin and 37 saves from Hilary Hitchman in a 4-1 win over St. Benedict on Tuesday night in St. Cloud, Minn.

The Lakers are now 4-9-1 on the season and return home for two ECAC Women's West games this weekend against Chatham at the Campus Center Ice Arena on Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.

Grippin opened the scoring for the Lakers midway through the first period with an unassisted goal. St. Benedict answered three minutes later on a tally by Michelle Eberhard.

Oswego State went on to score the last three goals of the contest. Tiffany Duquette scored her first of the season on an assist from Mackenzie May in the second period, and Ashley Meyers and Grippin added third-period goals for the Lakers.

BOX SCORE

(Posted Jan 15, 08 | 11:27 pm)

Mary
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