White Inter-Team Challenge Cup
(As of 2/21)

SEASON RECAPS:

2/2-2/4 NCCP Jr. Raiders Tournament, Ottawa
NAHA White traveled north of the border this weekend and their first game was against the Mississauga Chiefs. The defensive battle ended in a 1-1 tie. Mississauga started the scoring in the first period and the game remained a 1-0 game in favor of Mississauga until late in the second period. Shannon Coffey netted the Winter-Hawks only goal, assisted by Courtney Hanlon and Chelsea Fillingim. Kelsey Neumann exhibited great poise and positioning throughout the game in net for the Winter Hawks.

The second Game for the Winter Hawks was against the Syracuse Stars. Lauren Dahm, goalie for the Syracuse Stars, made magnificent save after save in a game that was territorially dominated by the Winter-Hawks. Teal Bishop scored the only goal for the Winter-Hawks and the game ended in a 1-1 tie.

The Winter-Hawks took the ice for the final round robin game knowing that if the won they would advance and if they tied they would go home. The winter-hawks came out flying and Brooke Ammerman scored the first goal of the game in a scrum in front of the Oakville net-minder. Oakville answered early in the second and the game remained tied until Mary Restuccia was hauled down giving the Winter-Hawks a penalty shot. The shot was taken and stuffed home by Brooke Ammerman. Ammerman added a second goal in the second period and the Winter-Hawks took a 3-1 lead into the third period. Oakville wasn’t finished yet and they scored first in the third period to make the score a tense 3-2 margin. With minutes remaining Hannah Milan danced through the defenders and slid the puck brilliantly through the goalies legs to make the score 4-2 in favor of the Winter-Hawks. Kelsey Neumann played brilliantly making several dashing glove saves in the NAHA victory.

The quarterfinal match-up was the Connecticut Polar Bears. Kelsey Neumann played brilliantly for the Winter-hawks as the Connecticut Polar Bears played half the game on the power play including several 5-3’s. The game ended in a 2-2 tie, the goal scorers for the Winter-Hawks were Shannon Coffey and Mary Restuccia. The Polar Bears were victorious in a shoot out that went to the sixth shooter. Kelsey Neumann was fantastic in net for NAHA stopping several breakaways adding to her solid play on the weekend for NAHA.

1/20 White v Cushing Academy

NAHA White traveled down to Cushing Academy to play a fast skating Cushing team.  NAHA took an early lead when Mary Restuccia received a brilliant pass through the crease from Brooke Ammerman.  Restuccia knocked it home for the first goal of the game.  Cushing responded with two unanswered goals to take a 2-1 lead with under 4 minutes remaining in the game.  With less than 2 minutes remaining Ammerman flipped a pass over the head of Cushing’s defense to a speeding Brittany Skudder.  Skudder took the pass in on a break-away and fired a laser into the upper left corner of the net, knotting the game at 2-2.  In overtime Brooke Ammerman, assisted by Teddy Fortin, netted the game winner with a wrap around goal.  The winning goaltender in net for the Winter-Hawks was Kelsey Neumann.

1/21 White v CT Polar Bears

The next day NAHA squared off against the Connecticut Polar Bears in a matinee game.   Leading the way with two first period goals was Brooke Ammerman and Kasey Boucher also fired a ripping snap shot that found the back of the net in the first giving the Winter-Hawks a 3-0 lead.   Early in the second period Hannah Milan danced through the defense to score a break away goal making the score 4-0.  Ammerman added a goal in the third period to give the Winter-Hawks a 5-0 lead.  Nikki Parks, weathering an early storm,  was the winning goaltender as she posted yet another shut out for the Winter-Hawks.

1/12/07 NAHA White @ St. Laurent College
The White team traveled up to St. Laurent to challenge the Patriots to a mid-winter home and home series. The game was a tight defensive battle and the solid goaltending by sophomore Kelsey Neumann weathered the early storm by the Patriots.  The defense lead the winter-hawks with the only two goals of the game.  Kasey Boucher snapped a blister shot from the left wing to score the first goal of the game, assisted by Mary Restuccia.  Teal Bishop followed up with her own rush that resulted in the final goal of the game in the second period.  The game ended with a 2-0 victory for the winter-hawks.  The girls will have a re-match in Vermont on Sunday January 14.

1/2/07 Northwood School Tournament
White went 4-0 in the tournament before losing to Shattuck St. Mary's in the Championship

SSM game period 2 video link