Jan. 15 2007 Headlines
P.E.I. earns exhibition win over UCB Capers...
BY PAT HEALEY
Borden-Carleton - The P.E.I. Canada Games female hockey team sent 64 shots on the Cape Breton University Capers club team's net, scoring on four them in a 4-1 win Sunday afternoon at Gateway Arena in Borden-Carleton.
The Capers opened the scoring in the first on the power play, before P.E.I. took control.
Hannah Roche of Charlottetown (1-1), Jenelle MacKenzie of North Wiltshire, Amber Gaudette of Alberton and Keirstin Visser of Crapaud scored. Nicole Mooney of Vernon River, Laura Mooney of Vernon River, Sam Doyle of Charlottetown, Megan Collings of Montague, Katherine Taylor of Stratford, Jaleesa Villard of Kinkora and Tanya Martin of Tignish had helpers.
Cape Breton goals came from Emily Dingwell and Garlene Somerton. Joanna Weatherbie of Stratford played goal for the Capers, stopping 60 shots. Katie McKenna earned the win, blocking 21 of the 22 pucks she saw.
Jan. 13 2007 Headlines
Quebec Jr. College spoils P.E.I. Canada Games ‘party’...
BY PAT HEALEY
ALBERTON - The P.E.I. Canada Games female hockey team almost pulled off an upset over the weary-legged Titan du College Lafleche of Trois Riveries, a Quebec Junior College female hockey team, Friday night before a full house at Jacques Cartier Arena.
The Titan only arrived at the rink at 30 minutes before game time, after spending the previous 12 hours on their bus en route to the first of three games they are playing this weekend. They left their homes at 5 a.m. Friday morning.
"It took us a period to adapt to their style of play, but then when we did it made for a very fast paced, entertaining game," Coach Bruce Donaldson said. "Our lateral movement was good and our offense was good we had plenty of time in their end, but we just couldn’t make good. Quebec’s Sara Laliberte quieted the crowd as she opened the games scoring 17:22 into the opening period. Veronique Robert assisted on the goal.
Alberton’s Amber Gaudette goal at 9:55 into the final frame to knot the game up was enough to allow the fans to explode into cheers. Hannah Roche of Charlottetown fed Gaudette the puck then she went in all alone untouched.
Kelsie O’Donnell of Souris added to the frenzy when she popped in the go ahead goal five minutes later. Veronica Keefe of North Winsloe had the helper.
But then the Titan’s Jessica Gagne spoiled what was setting up to be a party atmosphere if P.E.I. were to hold on. Gagne walked out from the corner and whiffed it by Jenna Gaudet with 32 seconds left.
"We did what we had to," Gagne said. "It was a hard game with the travel and we were tired."
"When we heard the crowd cheer for them (P.E.I.) When they went up on us, we knew we wanted to spoil their party."
Gaudette said the outcome of the game despite giving up the tying goal late is a step in the right direction.
"We didn’t know exactly what to expect from them so it took us a period to get things going," the PEI captain said. "In our last game in Connecticut tourney, we didn’t get a lot of shots, so that is what we wanted to work on and we did that here."
That they did as Titan goalie Stephanie Peck face 44 shots, turning away 42 of them. Gaudet blocked 28 of 30 she faced.
Gaudette said the crowd was the team’s "seventh" man. "The crowd really helped us out, especially after their first goal. The crowd was awesome."
Quebec and P.E.I. meet again Saturday this time in Belfast at 7 p.m., before they will face the UdeM in Borden-Carleton at Gateway Arena Sunday at 2 p.m.
Jan. 5 2007 Headlines
P.E.I. Canada Games female hockey squad welcomes Quebec college team in Belfast, Alberton...
BY PAT HEALEY
BELFAST -Fresh off a confidence building eighth place finish at the Polar Bear Girls Hockey tournament in Connecticut, the P.E.I. Canada Games female hockey squad sets its sights on the Titan du College Lafleche.
The Trois Rivieres, Que.-based Junior women’s hockey team is heading to Atlantic Canada for two exhibition games against the Canada Games and the Univeristie de Moncton Aigles-Bleus.
"Not sure what to expect but assume they can skate fairly well," P.E.I. coach Bruce Donaldson of Charlottetown said. "Lots of strong female hockey players in Que. so this should be a great test for our young team." It’s second eexhibtiion game is Saturday niight when the two meet at Belfast Arena at 7 p.m.
The first game between the two squads will be Friday night when they will play the Canada Games team, and it’s seven Prince County members at Jacques Cartier Arena in Alberton. Game time is 8 p.m. There is no charge for admission at either game and there wll be 50/50 tickets on sale.
Kelsie O'Donnell of Souris, Charley Johnston of Montague, Megan Collings of Montague, Nicole Mooney of Vernon River and Laura Mooney of Vernon River are the five from Eastern P.E.I. who will be playiing before family and friends in the Belfast game.
Seven players from Prince County will get to do the same in the Alberton game. Those include team captain Amber Gaudette of Alberton, Tanya Martin of Tignish; Brittany Kinch of Tignish; goalie Jenna Gaudet of Tignish; Jalessa Villard of Kinkora; Ashley Praught of Summerside and Keirstin Visser of Crapaud.
Monique Gallant, Hanna Roche, Jaime Lynn Donaldson, Sam Doyle, goalie Katie McKenna, all of Charlottetown; Veronica Keefe of North Winsloe, Jenelle MacKenzie of Nortth Wiltshire and Katherine Taylor of Stratford are the others that make up the 20-player lineup.
Fans are encouraged to come and out and watch what will be some great hockey action by the best female hockey players on P.,E.I. against some fast skating, great passing Quebec female players where some of Canada’s best female hockey players come from.
The Titan will also be in Moncton for a tilt with the Aigles-Bleu on Sunday afternoon before heading back home.
Jan. 2 2007 Headlines
Connecticut Tournament deemed success despite quarterfinal loss by P.E.I. Canada Games...
BY PAT HEALEY
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. - The P.E.I. Canada Games female hockey squad was blanked 2-0 by Buffalo, N.Y. Bison’s in the quarterfinal game at the Polar Bear Christmas tournament here and eliminated from further play.
Earlier Friday, P.E.I. secured a quarterfinal position with an unblemished 4-0 (won-lost) record after beating Seacoast Lightning from New Hampshire 3-2.
P.E.I., coached by Bruce Donaldson of Charlottetown, was in tough when they took on Buffalo as the Bisons have compiled a 34-2-2 league record.
"We're easily the team with the youngest population and the girls played really well," an upbeat Donaldson said. "To lose 2-0 to this Buffalo team that has a very good chance to win this tournament, it's nothing to hang our heads about.....but this tournament was a great character builder."
The Island entry was one of eight teams of the 40 teams in the, eight-division 17-year old 'AA' girls category to make the quarterfinals. Doing this was an "accomplishment," Donaldson said. "It helps build toward the process when we play top notch teams like Ontario," he added. "Our Canada Games objective is to move up in rankings. "We think the experience from here will help us when we play the big teams."
Jenna Gaudet of Tignish suffered the loss in the quarterfinal game. Team captain Amber Gaudette said prior to the game against Buffalo if the team lost the tournament would still be a success in her books. "Going 4-1 for a team like ours, is still great."
Earlier Friday, Gaudette of Alberton continued to showcase her scoring touch netting the winner for P.E.I. Laura Mooney of Vernon River and Jaleesa Villard of Kinkora were the other goal scorers against Seacoast.
Katie McKenna of Charlottetown earned the goaltending win.
"We're playing extremely good," Villard said during a pre-game meal Friday. "All lines are contributing and that has really been key for us." "I'm glad to be on a winning team like this and to be contributing offensively as much as I have here, it's just phenomenal."
Dec.54 Headlines
PEI enjoy Whitby trip
The Winter Games Program traveling 3800 kms over the weekend to participate in the Whitby Tournament.
Game 1 saw PEI vs. Niagara Falls with the Island team falling 3-0. Game 2 saw PEI lose to Belleville 5-1 In their final game PEI scored twice on PP's but ended up losing 5-2 to the host team. Game three was their best game, thus they left with something to build from.
Overall the weekend was a great learning experience for all those involved. The big take away was that it confirmed that we have some work to do, especially in our defensive zone coverage.
Amber Gaudette led the way offensively with 3 assists, Kelsey O'Donnell & Janelle Mackenzie 1 Goal & 1 Assist each, Sam Doyle 1 Goal and Hanna Roche 1 Assist.
Highlights for the team centered around our special teams play. We gave up no short handed goals and scored 2 with the man advantage.
Special thanks goes out to Mike Doyle and Kevin Praught for driving and Ray Cooke for his managerial duties. Whitby, we will return!
Dec.2 Headlines
PEI Looses First game 3-0 to Niagra Falls
Nov. 24 Headlines
Whitby Tournament Info
Whitby Schedule is Out...
| Midget AA (16 Teams) | |||||||||
| Pool A: Cobourg, Waterloo, Durham West 31, Stratford | |||||||||
| Pool B: Cornwall, Kanata, Durham West 61, Cold Creek | |||||||||
| Pool C: Whitby, Niagara Falls, Belleville, PEI | |||||||||
| Pool D: Hamilton, Perth, Burlington, Kingston | |||||||||
| DAY | ARENA | PAD# | TIME | Game # | Team# | Away | VS | Team# | Home |
Thu |
McKinney Centre |
2 |
7:30pm |
MAA01 |
331 |
Durham West 31 |
vs |
5352 |
Cobourg |
Thu |
McKinney Centre |
1 |
8:15pm |
MAA02 |
3810 |
Whitby |
vs |
2077 |
Belleville |
Thu |
McKinney Centre |
1 |
9:45pm |
MAA03 |
5417 |
Cold Creek |
vs |
366 |
Durham West 61 |
Fri |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
5 |
10:30am |
MAA04 |
2954 |
Niagara Falls |
vs |
PEI |
|
Fri |
McKinney Centre |
1 |
11:15am |
MAA05 |
520 |
Hamilton |
vs |
2153 |
Burlington |
Fri |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
6 |
11:15am |
MAA06 |
1562 |
Waterloo |
vs |
3610 |
Stratford |
Fri |
McKinney Centre |
1 |
12:45pm |
MAA07 |
2655 |
Kingston |
vs |
6386 |
Perth |
Fri |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
3 |
1:00pm |
MAA08 |
2554 |
Kanata |
vs |
2306 |
Cornwall |
Fri |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
4 |
3:15pm |
MAA09 |
2077 |
Belleville |
vs |
PEI |
|
Fri |
McKinney Centre |
2 |
3:30pm |
MAA10 |
2954 |
Niagara Falls |
vs |
3810 |
Whitby |
Fri |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
4 |
4:45pm |
MAA11 |
5352 |
Cobourg |
vs |
1562 |
Waterloo |
Fri |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
6 |
4:45pm |
MAA12 |
3610 |
Stratford |
vs |
331 |
Durham West 31 |
Fri |
McKinney Centre |
2 |
6:00pm |
MAA13 |
5417 |
Cold Creek |
vs |
2554 |
Kanata |
Fri |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
4 |
6:15pm |
MAA14 |
6386 |
Perth |
vs |
520 |
Hamilton |
Fri |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
6 |
6:15pm |
MAA15 |
366 |
Durham West 61 |
vs |
2306 |
Cornwall |
Fri |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
5 |
7:00pm |
MAA16 |
2153 |
Burlington |
vs |
2655 |
Kingston |
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
1 |
9:00am |
MAA17 |
PEI |
vs |
3810 |
Whitby |
|
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
2 |
9:15am |
MAA18 |
3610 |
Stratford |
vs |
5352 |
Cobourg |
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
6 |
9:15am |
MAA19 |
2655 |
Kingston |
vs |
520 |
Hamilton |
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
3 |
10:00am |
MAA20 |
2153 |
Burlington |
vs |
6386 |
Perth |
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
4 |
10:15am |
MAA21 |
1562 |
Waterloo |
vs |
331 |
Durham West 31 |
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
2 |
10:45am |
MAA22 |
2077 |
Belleville |
vs |
2954 |
Niagara Falls |
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
3 |
11:30am |
MAA23 |
366 |
Durham West 61 |
vs |
2554 |
Kanata |
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
4 |
11:45am |
MAA24 |
2306 |
Cornwall |
vs |
5417 |
Cold Creek |
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
3 |
6:00pm |
MAAQtr1 |
2nd Pool B |
vs |
1st Pool A |
||
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
2 |
6:15pm |
MAAQtr2 |
2nd Pool A |
vs |
1st Pool B |
||
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
1 |
7:00pm |
MAAQtr3 |
2nd Pool D |
vs |
1st Pool C |
||
Sat |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
3 |
7:30pm |
MAAQtr4 |
2nd Pool C |
vs |
1st Pool D |
||
Sun |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
3 |
8:15am |
MAASemi1 |
MAAQtr1 winner |
vs |
MAAQtr2 winner |
||
Sun |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
4 |
8:30am |
MAASemi2 |
MAAQtr3 winner |
vs |
MAAQtr4 winner |
||
Sun |
Iroquois Park Sports Complex |
3 |
3:15pm |
MAAFinal |
MAASemi1 winner |
vs |
MAASemi2 winner |
||
Nov. 1 Headlines
CWG loose first exhibition game to IceKatz...
The CWG East squad dropped a 3-0 decision to the defending champ Charlottetown IceKatz on Wednesday Night. The game featured some very entertaining hockey.
The IceKatz were lead by Charla Currie with 3 goals. Both teams played very well and this will prove to be a very good training aid for the CWG team. The CWG plays their first league exhibition game Wed. nov. 2 6:30pm in Crapaud. CWG West will take on the Holland College Hurricanes.
Oct. 18 Headlines
*************************************************************************
First Fall Practice
Friday 6:30 - 7:45 Oct 21 in Crapaud
*************************************************************************CWG Training Team has been allowed entry into the IWHL League
The Canada Games Training Team has entered a team in the IWHL. They will be replacing UPEI as the Panthers have regained their Varsity Status and are again playing in the University Loop. The IWHL is suppose to start the week of Oct 24th
This is very good news as the Panther team gives our girls something more to strive for. Hopefully with some hard work we can turn the Panthers into an Atlantic PowerHouse like the male teams of the late 80's and early 90's... GO PANTHERS GO....
ON-ICE ASSISTANCE:
The CWG Staff and Training team would like to extend our thanks to those that helped with the on-ice sessions. A big thanks goes out to the following: Ambyr Gallant, Mary Jane Webster, Kayla Coady, Kristen Cameron, Kate Gaudet and John Keefe. Many hands make less work....
| Players | ||
| Tanya Martin, Tignish | Sarah Wedge, Summerside | Miriah McIsaac, Vernon River |
| Amber Gaudette, Alberton | Kelsey O'Donnell, Souris River | Meghan Clark, Summerside |
| Laura Mooney, Vernon River | Charley Johnston, Lower Montague | Dana Lavers, Montague |
| Danielle Kok, Morell | Jessica Pineau, Summerside | Sarah Jane MacDonald, Mt Stewart |
| Brittany Kinch, Tignish | Amber Stewart, Belle River | Jenna Gaudet, Tignish |
| Meaghan Flynn, Kingsboro | Ashley Praught, Summerside | Megan Collings, Montague |
| Megan Gallant, Tignish | Nicole Mooney, Vernon River | Jenna Glover, Kensington |
| Jaleesa Villard, Kinkora | Monique Gallant, Charlottetown | Katherine Taylor, Bunbury |
| Hannah Roche, Pownal | Sam Doyle, Charlottetown | Keirsten Visser, Victoria |
| Veronica Keefe, North Winsloe | Erin Quinn, Southport | Dayle Carmondy, Charlottetown |
| Jaime Lynn Donaldson, Charlottetown | Katie McKenna, Charlottetown | Katie Perry, North Rustico |
| Grace Cooke, Charlottetown | Jenelle MacKenzie, North Wiltshire | Meredith McIvor, Kinkora |
| Coaches | ||
| Bruce Donaldson, Charlottetown | Robyn MacDonald, Charlottetown | Charla Currie, Charlottetown |
| Linda Irving, Summerside | ||
QUOTES & POINTS TO PONDER:
... Everyone likes to work on their strengths, but winners work on their weaknesses until they become
there strengths.
... The only difference between a God Day and a Bad Day ... is your ATTITUDE !!
BIRTHDAYS, Happy Birthday to you...
Veronica Keefe - (July 5th) Linda Irving - (July 9th) Meredith McIver - (August 1st)
Sarah Wedge - (August 8th) Charla Currie - (August 16th)