Women 2011-12 Main Thread

[Ben]

Since there isn't one, and I figured there ought to be...here it is.

Plug for something I wrote about the line combinations this weekend. Feel free to ignore or to criticize.

[mattj711]

I agree with keeping the second line together (Campbell, White, Karpenko).  I don't think we'll see cook at center.  I think she's more likely to play defense if Paulson is not yet ready to play.  I would probably try to get Fulton and Saulnier on the same line.

[mattj711]

Canada's U-22 Team has been named for the 2012 MECO Cup which will be held from January 6-8.

http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php...23/la_id/1.htm

CANADA ROSTER - 2012 MECO CUP

Name P S/C Ht Wt Born Hometown Club Team

Goaltenders
Genevieve Lacasse G L/G 5'9" 148 09/24/86 Kingston, Ont. Providence College (Hockey East)
Amanda Mazzotta G L/G 5'5" 155 03/20/90 London, Ont. Cornell University (ECAC)

Defence
Hayleigh Cudmore D R/D 5'4" 146 05/25/92 Oakville, Ont. Cornell University (ECAC)
Mellissa Channell D L/G 5'5" 130 12/16/94 Oakville, Ont. Burlington (PWHL)
Sarah Edney D L/G 5'5" 133 09/02/93 Mississauga, Ont. Harvard University (Hockey East)
Brittany Haverstock D L/G 5'6.5" 138 05/03/90 Hammonds Plains, N.S./N.-É. University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Saige Pacholok D R/D 5'5" 140 04/05/91 Edmonton, Alta./Alb. University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Tara Watchorn D L/G 5'10" 176 05/30/90 Newcastle, Ont. Boston University (Hockey East)
Jessica Wong D L/G 5'6" 142 03/29/91 Baddeck, N.S./N.-É. University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)

Forwards
Bailey Bram F/A L/G 5'7" 163 09/05/90 Ste. Anne, Man. Mercyhurst College (CHA)
Jessica Campbell F/A L/G 5'4.5" 137 06/24/92 Melville, Sask. Cornell University (ECAC)
Sarah Davis F/A L/G 5'4" 168 06/23/92 Paradise, N.L./T.-N.-L. University of Minnesota (WCHA)
Chelsea Karpenko F/A R/D 5'5" 158 04/27/90 Winnipeg, Man. Cornell University (ECAC)
Jenelle Kohanchuk F/A L/G 5'7" 143 10/03/90 Winnipeg, Man. Boston University (Hockey East)
Nicole Kosta F/A R/D 5'5" 142 02/27/93 Mississauga, Ont. Quinnipiac University (ECAC)
Laura McIntosh F/A L/G 5'5" 152 01/21/90 Waterloo, Ont. Ohio State University (WCHA)
Isabel Ménard F/A L/G 5'6" 159 05/21/91 Ottawa, Ont. Boston University (Hockey East)
Marie-Philip Poulin F/A L/G 5'6" 160 03/28/91 Beauceville, Que./Qc Boston University (Hockey East)
Carolyne Prévost F/A L/G 5'4" 143 01/06/90 Sarnia, Ont. University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Jamie Lee Rattray F/A L/G 5'6" 172 09/30/92 Kanata, Ont. Clarkson University (ECAC)
Jillian Saulnier F/A L/G 5'5" 144 03/07/92 Halifax, N.S./N.-É. Cornell University (ECAC)
Catherine White F/A L/G 5'10" 159 02/05/90 Brampton, Ont. Cornell University (ECAC)

Congratulations to Jessica Campbell, Hayleigh Cudmore, Chelsea Karpenko, Amanda Mazzotta, Jillian Saulnier and Catherine White on being named to the 2012 Canadian U-22 team.

It looks like Cornell will be down 6 players for the early January series against RPI and Union. Not sure if they'll be available for the January 2 game against St. Lawrence.

[Ben]

The Athletics website says the tournament is January 3-8, so I can't imagine they'd play against St. Lawrence.

Jenner had an assist in Canada's 5-0 Four Nations Cup win over Finland today.

[slh10]

Women up 2-1 start of 2nd period.

[Weder]

Broadcast today said Mazzotta was injured against Dartmouth but stayed in the game. No word on how long she'll be out.

[slh10]

3-2 CU end of 2nd

[Trotsky]

Salnier just blocked a shot in a way that Schafer or Ratushny would have been proud of.

[Trotsky]

Harvard ties it 3-3, then Salnier scores 8 seconds later and Fulton makes it 5-3.

[Trotsky]

Final: Cornell 5 Harvard 3.

[Ben]

It'll be interesting to see if we drop in the rankings after this weekend. I was very impressed by the way the team performed, in difficult circumstances against two quality opponents.

[Josh '99]

Meanwhile, in Sweden, five Cornellians (Laura Fortino, Brianne Jenner, Rebecca Johnston, Lauriane Rougeau and assistant coach Doug Derraugh) earned silver medals with Canada in the Four Nations.  Canada swept the round-robin against Finland, the USA and Sweden, but lost to the USA in a shootout after the gold-medal game ended in a 3-3 tie.  None of the Cornellians figured much in the scoring; Johnston and Jenner each had an assist in Canada's 5-0 win over Finland last Wednesday, and Fortino had an assist and a hooking minor in their 3-1 win over Sweden on Saturday.

[Thomas Larson]

Anyone know what to expect from Princeton/Quinn on the women's side now that the four Sweden girls are back? Should it be back to 9-0 blowouts?

[mattj711]

I hope so.  With that said, Princeton and Quinnipiac should both be better than most of the competition we faced to date with the exceptions of Dartmouth and Harvard. However, I think it's quite possible that Cornell would have scored 9 goals against both Harvard and Dartmouth with the full team on the ice.  The biggest issue against Dartmouth was a fair amount of confusion in Cornell's defensive end, which is understandable given who was missing.

[Al DeFlorio]

Anyone know what to expect from Princeton/Quinn on the women's side now that the four Sweden girls are back? Should it be back to 9-0 blowouts?

3-1 final over Princeton with a last-minute ENG.  Shots 39-18 Cornell, but goals were hard to come by.