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What Happened To Women’s Hockey?
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 11, 2009 at 10:43pm

It’s really cool to see how much women’s hockey has grown in the last 10 years since we first made our debut as an Olympic sport back at the 1998 Games in Nagano. Back when I first started playing women’s college hockey in 1998, the sport was reall...more

Canada and US To Meet In Hockey World Championship Final
by Women's Sports Blog
posted April 11, 2009 at 12:22pm

This anticipated match-up becomes even more interesting since the two teams also clashed in group play, with Canada pulling out a 2-1 win. The programs, which lose no love for each other, will play on Sunday at noon eastern time for the title. The gam...more

The Saugus versus The Swedish: The Frozen Four Battle No One Is Talking About
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted April 9, 2009 at 11:59am

Of all the storylines heading into tonight’s Boston University versus University of Vermont Frozen Four semifinal matchup, one has been overwhelmingly ignored: the fact that UVM’s Viktor Stalberg and BU’s Jason Lawrence are currently tied for fourth...more

A Brief Break from Frozen Four Mania to Watch Bruins Cut Their Hair
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted April 9, 2009 at 11:58am

My dear Twitter friend and fellow Boston hockey blogger @cameronfrye and I had the opportunity to attend and cover WBCN and Aaron Ward’s Cuts for a Cure event on Wednesday afternoon. While she is the far better photographer than I - it helps that she ha...more

#1 Way To Become A Faster Skater
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 8, 2009 at 10:04am

Rebecca Johnston, 19, is a winger with the Canadian national team at the women’s world championships being played in Finland right now. Rebecca also put up 25 goals and 45 points in 26 games with Cornell University this season, and was one of 10 final...more

The Secret To Girls Hockey Speed
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 7, 2009 at 8:48pm

On Easter weekend, I am running Speed Secrets Seminars at the Brampton Tournament (which I’ve been going to since I was 15 and is the biggest girls hockey tournament in the world). There are going to be 300+ players at those seminars who are going to f...more

The Grand Frozen Four TweetUp
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted April 6, 2009 at 3:31pm

Because I always must take charge and plan things, I took it upon myself (after a Twitter discussion with my fave Bemidji State fan @kellyschultz) to plan an informal Frozen Four TweetUp (a meeting of Twitter users.) Hockey Twitterers who will be at the...more

Womens Hockey Workout Rocky Style
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 5, 2009 at 1:33am

I was in Philadelphia this week and I thought it would be awesome to go run up the “Rocky” steps. I used to do running and jumping drills up the stairs all the time back when I was playing at the elite levels of women’s hockey. You’ll find a lit...more

Girls Hockey Players Gone Wild
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 1, 2009 at 11:34am

Two weeks ago, 70 motivated and energetic girls hockey players participated in the first ever Total Female Hockey Speed Camp. To see what happened when we put that many players in one room to participate in high-intensity off-ice training, watch the vide...more

Shooting Too Low With Your Goals?
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 31, 2009 at 12:31am

What goals do you want to achieve as a female hockey player? Are you shooting high enough? Watch this video to see exactly what I mean. My favorite line from this speech deserves repeating (and bold letters): Most people don’t fail in life because t...more

5 BIG Girls Hockey Training Mistakes
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 26, 2009 at 3:43pm

You’ve heard me say time and time again that my main goal as a coach of girls hockey players is to help them to avoid making the same off-ice training mistakes I made as an young player looking to play at the highest levels of women’s hockey. But I n...more

Don’t Make This Girls Hockey Training Mistake
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 25, 2009 at 11:18am

Today is the 4 year anniversary of my back exploding. I could barely walk, I couldn’t skate and teaching my girls hockey training program was completely out of the question. But it wasn’t just a sneeze that made my back explode. It was over 10 years...more

Best Women’s Hockey Team In The World?
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 24, 2009 at 2:13am

Over the course of this past weekend, all of the elite women’s hockey leagues in North America awarded their championship trophy. Three of the best women’s hockey teams in the world, with rosters jam-packed with Olympians and national team members, w...more

Women Talk Sports Blogderby: Round 3
by Sports Girls Play
posted March 23, 2009 at 12:50am

Welcome to the Women Talk Sports (WTS) Blogderby, Round 3. Every few weeks, we’ll “pass the torch” to a different blogger in our community who will be responsible for rounding up the best blog posts about women’s sports. If you’re interested i...more

Epic College Hockey Headline Fail
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 23, 2009 at 12:45am

I Tweeted about this earlier tonight, but I took a screen capture to save the mistake for perpetuity: "BC top seed in NCAA hockey tournament" Epic headline fail. Yes, someone messed up or purposely changed the headline while taking a story off the wir...more

Well, I Can Honestly Say It Was Better Than the Championship Game - the 2009 Hockey East Annual Mascot Game
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 22, 2009 at 11:02pm

It’s the post you’ve all been waiting for - my pictures from the cheap seats of the Annual Hockey East Mascot Broomball Game, held during the first intermission of the Boston University - Boston College semifinal game. And they are off! Sam the Mi...more

There’s a lot to like about Lowell, but hopefully more to like about BU - 2009 Hockey East Championship Live Blog
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 21, 2009 at 6:48pm

Your Crackberry addicted reporter reporting from the Garden last night with AWESOME HAIR. We are back for Night #2 of the Hockey East Championship, where Boston University will be taking on the Riverhawks of UMass Lowell, the most improbable of opponen...more

Hanging Out in the Cheap Seats - The Hockey East Semifinal Liveblog
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 20, 2009 at 3:04pm

I hate Duke. Darn dominant college basketball power…you know, Duke, you’ve had enough wins and titles and all of that. Why not just share the wealth? Let a team like Binghamton win once. Really, Coach K, don’t you want to like, take a vacation or so...more

The Road To Success In Elite Women’s Hockey
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 19, 2009 at 10:25pm

Today is a great day for elite women’s hockey in North America. I am in Kingston, Ontario, watching the superstars from the Canadian Women’s Hockey League and the Western Women’s Hockey League battle it for the title of the best women’s hockey te...more

#1 Reason I Don’t Play Elite Women’s Hockey Anymore
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 17, 2009 at 10:24am

Although I retired from playing in the best women’s hockey league in the world last season (called Senior AAA here in Canada), I am still playing one level below the elite players in the Senior AA league. Our team played in a tournament this past weeke...more

3 Keys To Beating The Best Team in Female Hockey
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 13, 2009 at 10:14am

Girls and women’s hockey teams across North America are getting ready for their biggest games of the season in the next few weeks. My former college team, Dartmouth, is taking on the #1 team in women’s college hockey tomorrow in the first round of th...more

Ask Experts Anything About Female Hockey
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 11, 2009 at 10:12pm

Do you have a burning question that you absolutely need to ask about girls or women’s hockey? Here’s your chance. Where are you going to be tomorrow at 1pm EST? The CBC has a new site called “Our Game” where the entire minor hockey community ac...more

A Big Green Celebration In Women’s Hockey
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 9, 2009 at 10:12pm

Yesterday was a great day for women’s hockey - at least for me. My former college team, Dartmouth, won the ECAC Hockey Championship (see picture). I was so pumped after hearing about their big win, that I had the one of the best training session I’v...more

How Female Hockey Players Can Stay Focused
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 7, 2009 at 12:49am

I am just in the middle of re-reading “In Pursuit of Excellence”, and it has one story in particular that I wanted to share with you that really helped me to understand the importance of having a laser-like focus in order to reach your goal....more

The McDiet for Girls Hockey Nutrition?
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 3, 2009 at 10:11am

I have something a little embarrassing to admit. Back when I first started playing girls hockey at the age of 13, I was about 6 inches shorter than I am now and weighed 10 pounds more (I am 5 foot 9 and 160 pounds). To be honest, I was a fat little squa...more

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