{"id":29683,"date":"2008-02-14T22:02:37","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T04:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2008\/02\/14\/this-week-in-di-womens-hockey-feb-14-2008\/"},"modified":"2010-08-17T19:57:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:57:10","slug":"this-week-in-di-womens-hockey-feb-14-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2008\/02\/14\/this-week-in-di-womens-hockey-feb-14-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in D-I Women’s Hockey: Feb. 14, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay. By now last week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bench clearing brawl involving the RIT and Canisius College mens teams have made the YouTube rounds. One clip has had nearly 19,000 viewings to date (and rising daily).<\/p>\n

But last week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s action produced a few YouTube-worthy clips of its own.<\/p>\n

Take the goal scored by North Dakota junior Casie Hanson in the Sioux\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2-1 loss to St. Cloud State, .<\/p>\n

It, too, is posted on “the Tube”<\/a>, but with a slightly smaller view count than the brawl clip.<\/p>\n

About 18,800 fewer views, as a matter of fact.<\/p>\n

Which is a shame, because Hanson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s full extension lunge is well worth the watching.<\/p>\n

It might even remind you of a similar goal scored by Bobby Orr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That won a Stanley Cup for the Boston Bruins, back in 1970, a full 17 years before Hanson was born.<\/p>\n

Thus it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a surprise that she was unaware that her feat rivaled Orr\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, in its athleticism if not its importance.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seen that goal,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n

Then again, she didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see her own eye popper, either.<\/p>\n

That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because she had already crashed into the boards by the time the puck got past St. Cloud goalie Kendall Newell.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see it go in,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When everybody started cheering, it was like, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcholy cow. It actually went in.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The play unfolded in the NoDak end, then proceeded up the right boards, where Hanson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s linemate Melissa Jaques took over near the red line.<\/p>\n

That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when Hanson began to accelerate.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was yelling to her,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hanson said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I knew she was on her back hand, because she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lefty. She was getting dragged down, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just yelling \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcpass it over, pass it over\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcoh, crap it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a little farther than I thought.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

By this time, Hanson was already barreling down the slot. Rather than let the scoring opportunity slide past her, she heard the little voice inside her head. And it was yelling, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153lunge\u00e2\u20ac\u009d!<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153When I saw it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I knew I wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be able to skate to it, if I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t dive for it. So it was like, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcgotta go. Get a goal. Basically it was a lucky goal.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Then again, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153luck,\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 as legendary baseball man Branch Rickey is believed to have said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153is the residue of design.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

You won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find that on YouTube, though.<\/p>\n

Nor will you find the goal scored last week by Vermont goaltender Kristen Olychuck. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right, a goal by a goaltender.<\/p>\n

It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one of hockey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rarest feats, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s believed to be the first ever netted by a women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s college netminder.<\/p>\n

In this case, Olychuck saw the goal. She just didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know she was it was her goal.<\/p>\n

In fact it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t officially her goal until a few hours after the end of Vermont\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 3-1 loss to Boston University, Friday.<\/p>\n

It was awarded to her after a video review of an errant pass by a BU forward while awaiting a delayed penalty called to Vermont.<\/p>\n

That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when it was discovered that Olychuck was the last Catamount to touch the puck before it slid the length of the ice and into the BU cage, which had been vacated by goalie Allyse Wilcox.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I saw that they were getting a penalty,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Olychuck, who transferred this year to UVM from Sacred Heart. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And I was yelling for one of my players to touch the puck. The girl from BU who had the puck, shot it, and I made a stick save into the corner. She went to pick it up and tried passing it to her point man. But it was a little off, and it trickled all the way down the ice.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Initially awarded to freshman defenseman Hannah Westbrook, Olychuck had no inkling that she would end up on the score sheet, herself.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even think about it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was too excited that we had scored. It was pretty funny.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The goal sent Bruce Bosley, UVM\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s womens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 hockey contact, scurrying for the record books. Thus far, he hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t come up with a precedent.<\/p>\n

So far now, at least, Olychuck is alone in the goalie scoring race.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cool,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even know we (goaltenders) would be on the stat sheet as having goals and assists. Just the goalie stats. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think that we would be on there. Now they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re talking about putting me on the forward line.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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