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For The Love Of The Game
by The First Line
posted November 21, 2010 at 10:57am

Now here’s a paragraph that would never appear in Sports Illustrated: [Toronto Head Coach Patrick Rankine] also blames a poorly attended team practice on Wednesday for the lack of cohesion. “It was a low turnout because a lot of players had conflic...more

Saturday Morning Scoreboard: Revenge Edition
by The First Line
posted November 20, 2010 at 10:44pm

There are really only two scores of particular note from last night, but they’re doozies, to use a quaint cliche. Harvard decided that it didn’t like all the talk about Dartmouth winning the ECAC this year, and roared back with a 5-3 victory in fron...more

Daron Richardson: Ottawa Senators Mourn
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 18, 2010 at 10:14pm

Daron Richardson was a child you’ve never heard of. Daron was 14. She played hockey, she had friends, she got good grades, she had a bright smile. Last weekend, Daron was at her home when something caused her to go in to the basement, put a rope aro...more

Kacey Bellamy Is OK
by The First Line
posted November 18, 2010 at 12:51pm

USA Hockey is reporting her injury is a mild concussion. Concussions are serious business, but it’s still a relief, given that it looked for a bit like she’d maybe injured her spine in some way at the Four Nations final. ...more

Why I Love The Verizon Center
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 18, 2010 at 12:28pm

I’ve been going to the Verizon Center for over 10 years, primarily to watch the Washington Capitals. I’ve been to countless arenas around the country and in Canada, and the Verizon Center is one of my favorite places for sporting events and concert...more

OSU *Really* Misses Natalie Spooner And Other College Notes
by The First Line
posted November 16, 2010 at 10:11am

You know what’s embarrassing? Losing twice in a row to Minnesota State when you’re a ranked team. The Mavericks took advantage of the Spooner-less Buckeyes (also missing Finnish and Swedish internationals) to the tune of 5-3 and 4-3 wins, which wi...more

Performances of the Weekend: Sasha Nanji and Kelly Babstock
by The First Line
posted November 15, 2010 at 9:07pm

Mississaugans, rejoice! Two of your own (ish) had standout weekends on the ice. Former Mississauga Chief and current Dartmouth defenseman Sasha Nanji garnered a hat trick against Princeton, including the game tying goal with only 1:36 to go and the ov...more

Canada allegedly wins Four Nations Gold
by The First Line
posted November 15, 2010 at 3:32pm

I say allegedly because that’s what the internet tells me. The video feed which I paid for became extremely choppy in the third period, and so bad by the middle of overtime that I risked trying to restart it. That turned out to be a big mistake, as ...more

Yale comes through for Schwartz
by The First Line
posted November 14, 2010 at 11:19pm

A few weeks ago I posted about the ‘white-out’ game being played to benefit Mandi Schwartz’s medical fund at Yale. It succeeded in a big way, raising more than $9,000 and breaking attendance records for Ingalls rink. Opponent RPI donated $1000 t...more

Sportswriting, libraries and possibilities
by Byline to Finish Line
posted November 13, 2010 at 1:11pm

When asked what my favorite sport is, often my response is college basketball. That’s mostly out of sportswriter habit. It’s the genre I cover most often, the game I know most intimately and the place where, as a journalist, I’m most comfortable. B...more

Four Nations: U.S. 4 Finland 0
by The First Line
posted November 12, 2010 at 3:02pm

As expected, Schaus got the start between the pipes and came up big for the U.S., blanking Finland. Jocelyn Lamoureux and and Brianna Decker opened the scoring, and Meghan Duggan tallied two goals in the second. Finland is carrying three goaltenders, ...more

The NHL All-Star Game: What could possibly go wrong?
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 12, 2010 at 1:02am

Oh, this is going to be hilarious. The NHL All-Star Game has, like all professional all-star games, gotten predictably tedious. It’s a weekend off for most of the NHL except about 10 percent of the players, the fan favourites who schlep to whatever des...more

U.S. 3 Canada 2 In A Shoot-Out Victory
by The First Line
posted November 11, 2010 at 10:28am

The United States record against Canada is now 8-21-1 in the Four Nations cup so I suppose that’s progress, even if we needed help from some screwy boards. Jesse Vetter absolutely stood on her head and received player of the match honors, and Mikkelso...more

LiveBlog: U.S. Versus Canada (Four Nations Cup)
by The First Line
posted November 10, 2010 at 10:11am

  Four Nations Cup: U.S. Versus CanadaWatch Replay   ...more

A study in contrasts: Race, gender, and sport
by The First Line
posted November 9, 2010 at 7:44pm

Watching the TSN highlight videos and excerpts from the Hall of Fame acceptance speeches by the first two women selected, it is striking how each provides a completely different model of women’s reactions to their slow acceptance in sport. In the vide...more

First female hockey players to be inducted into Hall of Fame tonight
by Sports Girls Play
posted November 8, 2010 at 5:46pm

< p> Hockey Hall of Fame's First Female Inductees - Angela James and Cammi Granato Tomorrow the hallowed halls of the Hockey Hall of Fame will be graced by two amazing women, USA’s Cammi Granato and Canada’s Angela James, along side the “G...more

Top Dog/Underdog
by The First Line
posted November 7, 2010 at 11:39pm

This was a weekend to love the longshot, as Bemidji State upset perennial powerhouse Minnesota-Duluth on the same night as Minnesota set off an offensive explosion against unbeaten number one Wisconsin. Emily Erickson scored a late power-play goal for t...more

Granato and James to be first women in Hall Of Fame
by The First Line
posted November 7, 2010 at 3:44pm

Tomorrow’s induction ceremony marks the long overdue introduction of women into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. First in the class are American Cammi Granato and Canadian Angela James. Illinois native Granato spent her youth prior to the rise of...more

Ads on the glass?!
by The First Line
posted November 4, 2010 at 5:04pm

Was watching the highlights this morning as I am wont to do, and at first was mightily confused by the presence of a Robert Morris University sign on the glass at the Blackhawks game. Surely they were playing at the United Center? Then I realized it w...more

Big Red-Laker clash doesn’t disappoint
by The First Line
posted November 3, 2010 at 7:27pm

Cornell scored first but Mercyhurst answered, a pattern that continued throughout what must have been a tense confrontation until Jesse Scanzano scored a short-handed game-winner at 1:06 of overtime. The Lakers held the Cornell power play to 1 of 5 and go...more

Oh Yeah, Boston swept its opening weekend
by The First Line
posted November 3, 2010 at 4:15pm

With so much happening on the college scene, it’s still a bit too easy to forget the nascent pro league. The Blades defeated Burlington twice, 3-0 and 6-4, behind four goals from Jess Koizumi. Montreal also remained unbeaten with a 5-3 victory over ...more

U.S. opens training camp for Four Nations; Events for the public abound
by The First Line
posted November 2, 2010 at 5:47pm

The U.S. national team is training at Bowdoin College for the upcoming Four Nations Tournament to be held in Newfoundland. Angela Ruggiero enthuses via Twitter that both the campus and the state of Maine are “beautiful.” The U.S. brought 11 extra ...more

On The Docket: Bragging Rights
by The First Line
posted October 30, 2010 at 3:10pm

Minnesota and UMD face off twice this weekend in what will surely be a physical (dare we say ugly) battle for the Gopher State. The Golden Gophers have not won a game in this series since 2009, including losses in last year’s WCHA tournament and Froze...more

Boston Blades Open Their Season
by The First Line
posted October 29, 2010 at 3:56pm

The American addition to the CWHL plays its first games October 30th and 31st against Burlington. Game one will take place at Harvard’s Bright Hockey Center at noon and game two at the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore center at 11:00 a.m. ...more

‘Mandi’s March’ November 6th
by The First Line
posted October 28, 2010 at 6:34pm

Yale and Quinnipiac have banded together to support former Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz in her battle against leukemia. The march will be from Quinnipiac’s sports center to Yale’s rink on Farmington Rails-to-Trails, and it will be followed that...more

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