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A not so good day for women’s hockey: What were the Canadian women thinking?
by One Sport Voice
posted February 26, 2010 at 6:15pm

Canada's Meghan Agosta (2) and Jayna Hefford (16) celebrate with cigars after Canada beat USA 2-0 to win the gold medal. So I woke up this morning still thinking about the gold medal women’s hockey game between USA and Canada. What a great game! Befo...more

Canadians are sore losers
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 24, 2010 at 9:52pm

This photograph was taken in Vancouver after the United States beat Canada 5 – 3 in men’s hockey on Sunday. Is this a sore loser or is she just trying to look on the bright side of things? I can’t tell. I’m too busy gloating. I hope the Swiss ...more

Olympic Hockey: Luckiest. Win. Ever.
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 23, 2010 at 2:28pm

As surprised as I was to find exclamations such as "Come on, Patty" rolling from my lips during the thrilling men's hockey game against Canada,* along with spontaneous shrieks, screams, curses, and excited clapping...the Canadians kicked our asses in that...more

Olympic Miracle(s) On Ice
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 22, 2010 at 10:15am

Today is the 30th anniversary of the 1980 USA men’s hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice” win over the top-ranked then-USSR in Lake Placid that paved their way to beat Finland in the finals and win the gold medal. So I enjoyed Team USA 2010’s 5-3 wi...more

How to watch women’s Olympic ice hockey with your three-year-old daughter (and why it matters)
by Fair Game News
posted February 18, 2010 at 12:11pm

Team USA faces off this afternoon against Finland in the final day of preliminary round play. Medals rounds ahead! By Emilie Liebhoff I recently took my three-year-old daughter ice-skating for the first time. I skated a few laps, did some quick crosso...more

Women's Hockey: The price of dominance
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 17, 2010 at 12:45pm

Ah yes, those of us in the women’s sports world knew this was coming. From a mile away. The call to drop women’s hockey as an Olympic sport. Yes, the Canadian and American women’s hockey teams may be crossing the line from dominating to humiliati...more

Drunk on Women’s Hockey
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 17, 2010 at 11:37am

Two periods into the USA v. Russia women’s hockey matchup (I’m assuming this will be the only one), I have a few observations to add to my post from Saturday: OMGSOMUCHWOMENSHOCKEY!!1!!!11!!1 It’s so awesome, I kinda can’t believe it. The US tea...more

Olympic Hockey: Like I didn't see this criticism coming...
by After Atalanta
posted February 16, 2010 at 12:25pm

...from about an Olympic ice rink length away. I missed but definitely heard about Canada's 18-0 win over Slovakia. I saw the US's 12-1 win over China. I watched most of Canada's 10-1 win over Switzerland.And then I saw all the critiques. (And there were ...more

Player profile: Angela Ruggiero
by After Atalanta
posted February 14, 2010 at 6:47pm

I am sitting here watching the US women's hockey team cream China. It's 5-0 at the end of the first period and China has only had one shot on goal. Four-time Olympian Angela Ruggiero scored the first goal. It was a pretty offensive-looking move for a defe...more

There’s a shark in the pool, and its name is Canada
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 14, 2010 at 1:51pm

Caroline Oulette of Team Canada (Photo by Tyler Ingram) I’m writing this post at the second intermission of the Canada vs. Slovakia women’s hockey game, and it’s already 12-0 Canada. I think Canada was kind of slacking in the second period, actua...more

Dudes, the Olympics are coming!
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 11, 2010 at 12:15pm

Yep, believe it or not, the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia (that’s in Western Canada, if you’re map-challenged) start this Friday with the qualifying round of individual ski jumping in the morning, and the opening ceremony in...more

Olympic gift for you (12 days of women’s hockey)
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted February 8, 2010 at 6:23pm

The Olympics start this Friday, and I can’t wait to watch the best female players in the world battle it out for the gold. For 12 days in February, our sport will finally get the visibility and recognition it deserves. To help you celebrate, I’m g...more

A gay son and a father's love
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 8, 2010 at 3:43pm

Shortly after having launched a league-wide conversation about homophobia and changing the perception of his dad, Toronto GM Brian Burke, Brendan Burke was killed in a car crash while driving in Indiana this past weekend. What a senseless tragedy. ...more

The politics of girls’ hockey (this must be said)
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted February 6, 2010 at 12:12pm

We’ve started the playoffs here in Ontario, which means that tryouts for next year’s teams are just around the corner. And that means that the “politics” of girls’ hockey are about to wreak havoc on all of us. The mixture of playoffs and imp...more

GameOn Podcast: Angela Ruggiero and John Shuster
by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl
posted February 2, 2010 at 10:41pm

Olympic fever continues as Angela Ruggiero, member of the USA Ice Hockey Team, and John Shuster, our new favorite Curler, chat with the ladies about how they are preparing for Vancouver. Plus, Erica talks about her trip to the Pro Bowl and workout wit...more

Why you need a new hockey stick
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted February 2, 2010 at 10:41pm

I apologize in advance for this. Reading this post could cost you between $100-300… But it might be the little difference between getting to the next level or not. I have been on a little bit of a rampage with my players lately about their choice ...more

Haley Wickenheiser is a Badass
by Women's Sports Blog
posted January 31, 2010 at 8:29pm

As soon as the Olympics start we Americans can go back to hating her, but now: an appreciation. In the clip below from last November, she gets checked going behind the net by Dion Phaneuf's little brother (no, he doesn't get a name). This isn't suppos...more

Happy Hockey Day, Canada – and Irene Bryson, MVP
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 31, 2010 at 12:53am

Today Canada celebrates National Hockey Day, based in Stratford, Ontario and featuring several hours of community activities and in-country NHL action. So it’s pretty perfect (although admittedly unplanned) that we featured two great hockey guest posts ...more

4 more skills girl hockey players must improve on
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted January 28, 2010 at 12:44pm

I took pages of notes when I was watching women’s college hockey games between the University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota-Duluth last week. And while I was thinking about drills to run at this week’s practices with my team, I looked b...more

Karen Sugarpants Gets All Canadian on Your Asses: A Guest Post
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 27, 2010 at 4:39pm

Watch this (it’s going to anger you.) Disgusting right? I’m FURIOUS. Cormier, the kid with the vicious elbow, is 19. Tam, who remains in hospital with a brain injury, is 18. This isn’t the first time for Cormier. He has done this before. My que...more

Hockey’s Stubborn Sunbelt Stand
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 25, 2010 at 4:54pm

With teams like the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes and the Tampa Bay Lightning – who in spite of a 2004 Stanley Cup win are reportedly borrowing from themselves to pay their players – it seems a good time to check on the health of so-called sunbelt hockey...more

7 Things All Players Must Work On (and Why)
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted January 21, 2010 at 12:18pm

This past weekend I was at a girls’ hockey tournament in Duluth, Minnesota where I had the opportunity to watch two of the best women’s college hockey teams in the States - University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota-Duluth - face-off agai...more

Sporting events I watched over the weekend
by After Atalanta
posted January 18, 2010 at 6:39pm

I went to a hockey game! My first collegiate women's game of the season. Yea! My team lost. Boo! Also irksome was that it was the "Stick it to cancer" event which meant that everything was pink. Pink shirts and shorts and pj bottoms for sale. Pink program...more

Meet Team Visa
by Athletic Women Blog
posted January 12, 2010 at 4:11pm

Another look—this time thanks to Visa—at some of the world's best female athletes preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics, three members of "Team Visa": Julia Mancuso Lindsey Jacobellis Angela Ruggiero Something else Visa wa...more

Coach's Corner: Three Questions You Must Ask Yourself
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted January 5, 2010 at 12:18pm

My question for you today is simple - Do You Want To Be The Best? If you answered "Yes", then you have to ask yourself these 3 questions. Don’t get me wrong - there’s nothing wrong with playing for the “love of the game”. But that isn’t wha...more

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