IN THIS ISSUE
5 Traits of Toughness in Girls' Hockey

Vermont Recruit Caldwell Has Immense Love for Hockey

Garcia & Gagliano Rostered to U.S. Women's Deaf Team


First All-Girls Program in Washington Keeps Growing

Bruins Get 400 Participants for Girls Hockey Day

Patty Kazmaier: Who Is She and Why Should We Know

Clarkson Blanks Wisconsin for DI National Championship

Plattsburgh Wins 4th Consecutive DIII National Championship

A New Champion Has Been Crowned in the NWHL


Volume 1 Issue 10
April 6, 2017
5 TRAITS OF TOUGHNESS IN GIRLS' HOCKEY

By Jess Hinrichs, Minnesota Hockey ~  Hockey is a tough sport, made for tough people. All the elements that go into the greatest game on ice-skating, stick skills, body contact, mental toughness-breed strong and sturdy athletes, and people.
Girls' hockey is no exception.
 
"Guys or girls, you have to be a tough and competitive type of person to become a hockey player to begin with," said Kristen Wright, USA Hockey's manager of girls' development. "If you watch any female hockey game, from the youth level all the way up to the women's national team, you're going to see a team full of tough and gritty players, battling in a physical game." But what does it mean to be "tough?" Wright examines five ways girls' hockey players exemplify toughness.

Attitude
Do you show up to the rink with a smile on your face, even after a rough day or a bad game? Do you give 100 percent every time you hit the ice?  "At the end of the day, toughness really comes down to the attitude of the player and what they're willing to put in to get better in their game," said Wright, a Minnesota native and Connecticut College hockey alum. "A player with the right attitude, they can face anything that comes at them on or off the ice. To me, that's a sign of how tough a player or person is." FULL ARTICLE>>
ILLINOIS GIRLS' NEWS
VERMONT RECRUIT CALDWELL HAS IMMENSE LOVE FOR HOCKEY
By Jon J. Kerr ~ Valerie Caldwell was not going to go out without a fight.  The senior was playing her final game with the Loyola girls hockey team in the AHAI state finals on March 17 at the United Center in Chicago.  Caldwell possessed the puck and skated into the Glenbrook zone. Just outside the crease, she fired a high shot that eluded Glenbrook goaltender Jojo Chobak with 3:02 left in the game.  "That was a pretty sick goal. I watched it go, top shelf," Caldwell said. "It was nice to score at the United Center." READ MORE>>
GARCIA & GAGLIANO ROSTERED TO U.S. WOMEN'S DEAF TEAM
AHIHA has released the 17 woman roster that will compete in the World Deaf Ice Hockey Championships to be held in April of 2017 in Amherst, New York. The roster includes Illinois'  Hannah Garci a (Sabre Girls 19U) of Naperville and  Madison Gagliano  (Chicago Mission 14U) of Elgin. The U.S. National Women's Deaf Ice Hockey Team also includes 4 Team Staff members from Illinois: Assistant Coach, Susie Spector (Buffalo Grove), Medical Trainer, Jenny Janczak (Schaumburg), Team Physician, James Leonard, MD (Western Springs), and Team Manager, Cheryl Hager  (Oak Lawn). READ MORE>>
GIRLS' HOCKEY ACROSS AMERICA
BRUINS GET 400 PARTICIPANTS FOR GIRLS HOCKEY DAY
By Amalie Benjamin ~  The girls formed a half circle, the skaters in the inner rings, the goaltenders following at the edges. They kneeled around Roger Grillo, USA Hockey regional manager of the American Development Model, as he led them in instructions. Around them skated a dozen professional players from the Boston Pride and the Boston Blades. The girls clearly took the coaching to heart. Not long after they were engaged in drills all over the ice, learning from the professional players they could perhaps one day be, enhancing their skills as parents and friends watched. It was all a part of a new initiative for the Boston Bruins, the team's first-ever Girls Hockey Day at TD Garden, which drew about 400 participants from around New England on Friday. READ MORE>>
FIRST ALL-GIRLS PROGRAM IN WASHINGTON KEEPS GROWING
By Mike Scandura ~  As girls hockey continues to grow in the state of Washington, one organization will be remembered as the first to show it could be done. The Washington Wild, established in 2002 as the Western Washington Female Hockey Association, is the only all-female hockey organization in the state. The Wild fielded three teams for more than a decade, but in the last two years, the number of teams has grown by 133 percent. The reasons are twofold: the allocation of more ice time from High Ice Arena in Shoreline, and the initiation of the Wild's try-hockey-for-free opportunities. READ MORE>>
PATTY KAZMAIER AWARD
This year the award for the best female college hockey player went to Ann-Renee Desbiens, Goaltender, University of Wisconsin.
An award of The USA Hockey Foundation, the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is presented annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey. Other selection criteria include outstanding individual and team skills, sportsmanship, performance in the clutch, personal character, competitiveness and a love of hockey. Consideration is also given to academic achievement and civic involvement.


KAZMAIER LEGACY LIVES ON IN
20TH CENTURY

At the 20th Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Ceremony, former teammate Laura Halldorson, USA Hockey President Jim Smith and Wisconsin Head Coach Mark Johnson talk about the legacy of Patty Kazmaier and her story.
KAZMAIER: WHO IS SHE & WHY SHOULD WE KNOW


Patty Kazmaier represented the spirit, character and on- and off-ice excellence upon which The USA Hockey Foundation national women's ice hockey award is based. A gifted scholar-athlete, Patty battled a rare blood disease for more than a year before passing away in 1990 at the age of 28. A loving mother and wife, she left behind her husband, Mark J. Sandt and an infant daughter, Serena. 
THE NEXT LEVEL
Clarkson Blanks Wisconsin for Women's D-I National Championship

Plattsburgh Wins 4th Consecutive D-III National Championship

Buffalo Beauts Take Down the Boston Pride to Win the 2017 Isobel Cup


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