The September meeting of the Mound High School boys hockey boosters will be held Monday, September 11, at 7:00pm at the Mound VFW. The meeting has been postponed one week because of the Labor Day Holiday. The boosters normally meet the first Monday of each month.

September 11, 2006

Time: 7:00pm
Where: VFW, Mound MN

MWHA Board Meeting

What: Mound Westonka Hockey Association Board Meeting
When: Monday, August 28
Where: The Depot, 7:00pm

College Hockey News

The Hockey News featured an article by Ryan Kennedy about the ongoing dispute between the NCAA and the University of North Dakota over their name, mascot, and logos. Read it here.

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“Our biggest problem is the NCAA is calling us ‘hostile and abusive,’ but not Florida State (Seminoles), Central Michigan (Chippewas) or Utah (Utes),” Kojich said. “We don’t understand the criteria.”

… “They [the Florida Seminoles] have a white guy dressed up as an Indian riding a spotted horse and carrying a flaming spear,” he said. “We don’t have a mascot.”

Threat of abuse still exists in junior hockey, say parents, experts

Author Laura Robinson, who coaches sports herself, said coaches can hold great sway over players – an authority that’s magnified when young people are away from their parents.

“When it comes to hockey you have to make a decision: do you put your child first and do what’s right?…or do (you) shut up and just let it continue to go on?”

Read the full article here.

Five Minnesota skaters were selected as members of the USA Women’s Under-22 Select team. The team was announced after the 2006 U.S. National Festival in Lake Placid last week.

Selections include Gopher incoming UMD transfer Rachel Drazen of Orono.

Minnesota skaters include:

• Gigi Marvin (Warroad, MN — U of Minnesota)
• Erica McKenzie (Hastings, MN — U of Minnesota)
• Brittni Kuyper (Eden Prairie, MN — St. Cloud State)
• Anya Miller (Elk River, MN — U of Minnesota)
• Rachel Drazen (Orono, MN — U of Minnesota – Duluth)

Find the full story here.

Rochester Century Athletic Director Mark Kuisle announced Thursday night that Century High School will field a girl’s hockey team for the 2006-2007 season. Seventeen Panther girls are ready to take the ice, and the search is on to find games for the girls.

After last season, Rochester John Marshall, Rochester Century, and Rochester Mayo were forced to end their co-op hockey and form separate teams. In April, it was believed only Rochester John Marshall and Rochester Mayo could field teams in 2006-2007.

Good luck Panthers!

After the recent loss of Gopher Phil Kessel to Boston, the U of M hockey program wasted no time filling the open spot, announcing that Jay Barriball from Prior Lake will join the maroon-and-gold for the 2006-2007 season.

Barriball, finished his hockey career at Academy of Holy Angels last year, and then joined the USHL’s Sioux Falls Stampede for the remainder of their season. Barriball scored five goals and seven assists in thirteen USHL games. He was drafted 203rd overall in the 2006 NHL draft by the San Jose Sharks.

In his senior season at Holy Angels, Barriball had 28 goals and 38 assists in 25 games, finished 18th in the state in scoring, and was a candidate for Minnesota’s Mr. Hockey honors.

During his junior season with the Stars, he added 32 goals and 49 assists, and helped Holy Angels win the Minnesota State Class AA title.

Gophers Mike Carman, Jeff Frazee, and Eric Johnson are also Holy Angels alumni.