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Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Hockey on 11 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Ice Time for Women’s Hockey Limited

It’s 2009. Canada puts on ice one of the finest international women’s hockey teams in the world. It is inexplicable that women are having difficulty securing ice time in Toronto: “… Miller was responding to the 900-member Toronto Leaside Girls Hockey Association, which threatened...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Hockey on 11 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Catawba Ends Field Hockey Program

Citing economic reasons, Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C. will no longer have a field hockey team: “… The Division II school cited scheduling problems and rising travel costs Tuesday as reasons why it dropped its oldest women’s sport, effective immediately. Catawba had just three...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Hockey on 11 7th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Canada Wins Four Nations Cup

The Four Nations Cup was played in Finland. It is a tune-up for the women’s hockey teams in preparation for the Vancouver Olympics. Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States participated. Canada played the U.S. Women’s Team in the final: “Canada rallied from a goal down to beat...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Hockey on 11 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Kim Martin Finally Pain Free

For Kim Martin, it has been a long battle with knee pain. She is one of the finest goalies in women’s international hockey: “… The goaltender is well-remembered for backstopping Team Sweden to the biggest upset in women’s hockey history. At the 2006 Turin Olympics, Martin was...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Hockey on 11 4th, 2009 | No Comments

Sarah Vaillancourt Scores Twice for Canada

In Finland, at the Four Nations Cup, the Canadian women’s national team won their game over Finland: 4 – 2. This is the third game for the Canadians in four nights and there was some concerns about how physically taxing this international tournament might be: “… “This...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Hockey on 11 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Canada Registers a Win Over Sweden at the Four Nations Cup

Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland are participating in the Four Nations Cup. It is preparation for the women’s hockey teams as they polish their play for Olympic competition: “Jayna Hefford continued her hot scoring spell of late, tallying two goals to help the Canadian women’s...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Hockey on 10 28th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Canada’s National Hockey Team Takes Some Bumps

The Canadian Women’s National Hockey Team is preparing for the Vancouver Winter Olympics by playing some men’s teams. To even the advantage that the men would have, body checking is not allowed. This follows the rules by which women’s hockey is played. Nevertheless, there are some...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Hockey on 10 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Canadian National Women’s Hockey Team Notches A Win

The game, an exhibition match between the Canadian and the American women’s hockey teams, was supposed to part of a continuing exhibition series leading to the Vancouver Winter Olympics. However, it is part of the prologue of the forthcoming Olympic competition: “Canada’s women’s...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Hockey on 10 6th, 2009 | No Comments

Canada Win in Exhibition Hockey Against the U.S. Nationals

It is exhibition hockey leading up to the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Team Canada knows the U.S. Women’s National Team well. They have a contentious rivalry. It is predictable what the winner and losers of these exhibition games will say. The winner will down-play the victory and say that it...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Hockey on 10 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment

More Than Exhibition Games for Women’s Hockey

The U.S. National team will be playing Team Canada in women’s exhibition hockey in preparation for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Although purportedly preparation for Olympic competition, there is far more at stake here. The U.S. women’s team have been dominating the games with the...

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