TGHA Update

April 11, 2008

TGHA Teams for 2008-09

Summer Skates with TGHA

Spring Women's Hockey

USA Plays for Gold

TGHA Teams for 2008-09

At the recent TGHA Board Meeting, two votes were taken. First the board voted to support a 19U tournament bound team for 2008--09, and secondly the board voted to announce the intent to have travel teams at the 12U, 14U and 16U age levels, too. These teams are in addition to our plan to offer Initiation, House and Recreation hockey for girls of all ages, too.

In the near future, there will be news of coaches for the travel teams. Coach Education courses are advisable for all who are interested in helping with any of TGHA programs. Watch here for news of courses for Level 1-4 coaches; TGHA pays for coaches to participate.

Summer Skates with TGHA

Registration for TGHA Summer Skates will occur this spring, but we want everyone to know the plan includes younger girls on the ice for appropriate activities followed by older girls and travel team members. We have RINK ice on Mondays from July 21 through August 25 starting at 6:00 p.m. More details and fees will be announced soon by David Herrick who has offered to be 'registrar'. All skaters and coaches need to be USA Hockey registered players but they do not need to be regular TGHA members. Spread the word!

Spring Women's Hockey

The Ithaca Women's Hockey League season has begun and they encourage all girls and women aged 14 and older to participate as full time, part time or sub members. Games are Sunday (8:30) and Wednesday (9:15) evenings at The RINK. Do not just show up as there are rosters and team captains who know when subs are needed ($13.00 per game). Please contact either Myra Hubbell@ mhubbell@hotmail.com or Karen Bennett @ broganbennett@yahoo.com if you have any additional questions.

USA Plays for Gold

www.usahockey.com

Saturday night will feature the NCAA D1 men's championship game between Boston College and Notre Dame, but the women's Worlds will be online at 7:00 am EDT since they are occurring in China! NHL Network may or may not be accessible by your television, but here is the information!

NHL Network to Broadcast World Women's Championship Gold-Medal Game Between U.S. and Canada Live in the United States

April 10, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- USA Hockey announced today that, for viewers in the United States, the NHL Network will broadcast live the gold-medal game between the U.S. and Canada Saturday (April 12) in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Women¹s Championship currently being played in Harbin, China.

The contest will be televised at 7 a.m. EDT on Saturday (April 12). Team USA advanced to the gold-medal game by defeating Canada, 4-2, in its final qualifying match-up Thursday (April 10).

The USA-Canada game will re-air on NHL Network in the U.S. at 4:30 p.m. EDT Saturday (April 12) and Tuesday (April 15) at 8:30 p.m. EDT.

NOTES: Thursday's qualifying-round game between the U.S. and Canada, in which Team USA earned a 4-2 victory to advance to the gold-medal game, will re-air on the NHL Network Friday (April 11) at 7 p.m. EDT.

U.S. Women’s National Team Beats Canada, 4-2, to Advance to Gold-Medal Game

April 10, 2008

HARBIN, China – Using a trio of power-play tallies, the U.S. Women's National Team posted a 4-2 victory over Canada to advance to the gold-medal game of the 2008 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championship here today at the Baqu Arena. The United States and Canada will rematch for the championship on Saturday, April 12, at 7 a.m. EDT, which will air live on the NHL Network for viewers in the United States.

After Canada went up 2-1 in the first period, Team USA tied it up in the second frame and added the game-winner midway through the final stanza to secure its first world-championship victory over the Canadians since 2005.

"We're very proud of our team's effort this afternoon," said Jackie Barto, head coach for Team USA. "We stuck to our game plan and executed extremely well. We were able to apply a lot of pressure on the forecheck and generate energy off that. The difference today was the execution of our power play and penalty kill and we came up big with key blocked shots. We had our backs against the wall and we were able to get the job done. We look forward to Saturday's rematch in the gold-medal game."

The Canadians jumped on the board first in the opening frame, using their first power-play chance to take an early 1-0 lead. After U.S. netminder Jessie Vetter (Cottage Grove, Wis.) made the initial save on a Gina Kingsbury shot, Jayna Hefford put the rebound high into the net at 4:21.

Just over ten minutes later, at 15:34, Team USA converted on its own power play to knot the score at 1-1. Julie Chu (Fairfield, Conn.) sent a pass to Natalie Darwitz (Eagan, Minn.), who skated the puck into the Canadian zone and put it between Charline Labonte's legs with a low wrister from the goalmouth at 15:34. The tie did not last long, as Kelly Bechard wristed a shot just inside the far post from the right faceoff circle at 16:08 to give Canada a 2-1 advantage.

While up a man in the second period, the United States tied the game at 2-2. Rachael Drazan (Orono, Minn.) took a shot from the left point that deflected off Gigi Marvin (Warroad, Minn.) to Caitlin Cahow (Branford, Conn.) in the right faceoff circle. Cahow one-timed it past Labonte at 6:33.

Team USA capitalized again on the power play in the third stanza to take its first lead of the game. Jenny Potter (Edina, Minn.) passed to Darwitz in the right corner and Darwitz fed it to Meghan Duggan (Danvers, Mass.), who slapped it in it from the bottom of the slot at 8:24 for a 3-2 score.

The U.S. lead lasted through the remainder of the frame and Darwitz added an empty-net insurance goal at 19:36 with Labonte pulled in favor of an extra attacker.

Labonte made 16 saves in net for Canada, while Vetter stopped 14 for the United States.

NOTES: Natalie Darwitz was named U.S. Player of the Game ... Team USA outshot Canada by a 20-16 margin ... Team USA was 3-for-10 on the power play, while holding Canada to 1-for-9 ... Julie Chu played at forward during the game ... The last time Team USA beat Canada in world-championship play came in the gold-medal game in 2005, when the United States posted a 1-0 shootout win ... All Team USA games are being audiocast live via usahockey.com, and are later archived with video in the same location ... Team USA has won one gold medal and nine silver medals in the 10 previous IIHF World Women’s Championships … Joining Jackie Barto on the coaching staff as assistant coaches are Paul Flanagan, head women’s ice hockey coach at Syracuse University, and Kevin Houle, head women’s ice hockey coach at SUNY-Plattsburgh. Dave Flint, head women's ice hockey coach at Saint Anselm College, is serving as the goaltending coach.

GAME SUMMARY

Scoring By Period

USA112 --4

CAN200 --2

First Period - Scoring: 1, CAN, Hefford (Kingsbury, Wickenheiser), 4:21 (pp); 2, USA, Darwitz (Chu, Lawler), 15:34 (pp); 3, CAN, Bechard (Mikkelson, Apps), 16:08. Penalties: CAN, Vaillancourt (hooking), :56; USA, Parsons (tripping), 2:44; USA, Faber (interference), 6:37; CAN, Weatherston (body-checking), 9:05; CAN, Team (too many players), 13:18; CAN, Sostorics (holding), 14:42; USA, Bellamy (hooking), 17:05.

Second Period - Scoring: 4, USA, Cahow (Marvin, Drazan), 6:33 (pp). Penalties: USA, Stack (tripping), :46; CAN, Vaillancourt (hooking), 5:26; CAN, Botterill (hooking), 7:35; USA, Potter (hooking), 8:54; USA, Parsons (holding), 12:00; CAN, Ouellette (body-checking), 15:44; CAN, Collins (hooking), 17:43.

Third Period - Scoring: 5, USA, Duggan (Darwitz, Potter), 8:24 (pp); 6, USA, Darwitz (Chu), 19:36 (en). Penalties: USA, Bellamy (elbowing), :47; CAN, Apps (body-checking), 2:19; CAN, Vaillancourt (interference), 6:17; USA, Thatcher (interference), 8:46; USA, Drazan (holding), 13:06.

Shots by Period123Total

USA 78520

CAN 75416

Goaltenders (SH/SV) 123Total

USA, Vetter, 60:00 7-55-54-416-14

CAN, Labonte, 60:00 7-68-74-319-16

Power Play: USA 3-10; CAN 1-9

Penalties: USA 9-18; CAN 10-20

Officials: Referee-Nicole Hertrich (GER); Linesmen-Sanna Pauliina Haapalahti (FIN),

Miyuki Nakayama (JPN)

Attendance: 1,096

Team USA 2008 IIHF World Women’s Championship Schedule & Results

April 4-12 • Harbin, China • Baqu Arena

DateOpponentTime (Local/EDT)/Result

Fri., April 4GermanyW, 8-1

Sun., April 6SwitzerlandW, 7-1

Tues., April 8Finland*L, 0-1 (OT)

Thurs., April 10Canada*W, 4-2

Sat., April 12Canada^7 p.m./7 a.m.

*Qualifying Round^Gold-Medal Game

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