Bobbi just sent these over to me from our game against the Lady Lightning. Thanks Bobbi!
We’ve got some exciting news! First, the 2012 Goal Digger Women’s hockey tournament will be December 7th – 9th next year. Second, we will be hosting the entire tournament out of the Salt Lake City Sports Complex!
Here are some reasons this is going to be so exciting:
- No more driving from one rink to another for your games! In some years that is a death wish coming through the canyon. . .
- SLC has two rinks at the same location so better ice times = no 11:30 pm games
- If you bring more than one team you don’t have to worry about splitting up into two locations, you get to be together
- You don’t have to wait up until all hours of the night Saturday wondering where you are going to be playing in the morning
- More options for food and lodging – and we promise to have information out earlier for 2012!
- You’ll get to watch more of the tournament, often teams in the B and C division never get to watch the A games because they are in SLC – but not for 2012 (and these games are lots of fun to watch!)
- Local teams won’t have to get hotels to stay up in Park City, they can get hotels in SLC, but most will be able to commute.
- Because we’ll only have one rink to run the Ice Vixen will be around even more to answer questions, take more pictures, update scores, and just be around in case you need us!
As you can see we are really excited for the 2012 Goal Digger tournament already. We are starting early and getting ready to make next years’ tournament the best one yet! Also keep in mind SLC is still only ½ hour away from great skiing and other outdoor activities!
Have some extra time off during the holidays?
Come out and get some extra practice (maybe burn off those Christmas goodies!). Here are the Stick n’ Puck and Drop In ice times for both the South Davis Recreation Center in Bountiful and the Ice Sheet in Ogden. (All these times are just the adult times, if you have kiddos that play there are even more times listed on their websites) ***This is as of 12/21/11, if I hear of any changes I update this but it’s always good to call if you want to make sure none of the times changed***
Happy Holidays!
SDRC (Bountiful)
12/21
5:15-7:30 pm Stick & Puck
8:15-9:45 pm Drop In
12/23
9:15-10:45 Drop In
12/24
6:00-7:15 am Stick & Puck
8:45-945 am Stick & Puck
12/26
8:30-9:45 pm Stick & Puck
12/28
6:30-8:00 pm Stick & Puck
8:15-9:45 pm Drop In
12/30
9:15-10:45 pm Drop In
12/31
6:00-7:15 am Stick & Puck
11:00-12:15 am Drop In
4:30-6:00 pm Stick & Puck
Ice Sheet (Ogden)
12/23
10:45-11:45 am Stick & Puck
12/26
3:45-5:00 pm Power Skating – Beginning/Intermediate (need to be able to skate both forwards and backwards comfortable, this is more conditioning than learning how to skate) need to email rink to save a spot as the classes can fill up
12/27
3:30-4:45 pm Stick & Puck
12/28
3:30-4:45 pm Stick & Puck
12/30
10:45-11:45 am Power Skating – Intermediate/Advanced, need to email rink to save a spot as the classes can fill up.
Black Stars beat Freeze in OT to take Gold in the C Division
Posted: December 12, 2011 in UncategorizedCongratulations to the Black Stars on taking first place in the C divisions by beating the Freeze 2-1 in the championship game. This was the last game played in the entire 2011 Goal Digger Tournament and it was a great game to end with. With the Black Stars first place win in this division the Black Stars C team made sure all three Black Stars teams went home with a medal. Their A team took gold, their Ba team took bronze and then of course the C also took gold.
The Black Stars had a great run in the C division with a win in their first game, tie in their second and wins in their third and fourth games. Their defense and goalie showed just how strong they were as they allowed only 3 goals to be scored on them the entire tournament.
The Freeze also had a great run as they had two wins, one tie and then the championship loss in overtime. The game they did tie was also against the Black Stars which shows just how close the teams were matched up. The Freeze goalie also showed just how good she was by allowing only 1 goal through the first 3 games in the tournament by getting shut outs versus the Blades and Twisted Sisters and only allowing 1 goal in the first match-up between these two teams.
We hope everyone travels home safe and hopefully can come out again next year!
Congratulations to the Five Stars from Ketchum, Idaho for taking home the gold in the Bb division by beating the Park City Predators 2-1! The Five Stars were the only team in the Bb division to go home without a loss this weekend. They tied their first game of the tournament 0-0 and then finished strong by winning their next three. After being shut out in their first game they went on to score 16 goals in their next three games!
The Predators also played great this weekend suffering their only loss in the Bb Championship game to the Five Stars. Their goalie proved she was top-notch by allowing only 1 goal in their first 3 games combined and a total of only 3 goals for the whole tournament.
Great job to both of you and we can’t wait to see you again next year!
Congrats to the Riveters from Boise, Idaho for taking home the gold in the Ba division by beating the Hellcats from Colorado in a shoot out 2-1. The Riveters were the only team in the Ba division to play all four of their games this weekend without a loss. They won their first game, tied the next two and were able to pull out one more win to finish out the weekend. The Hellcats and Riveters actually played the last Ba night game Saturday and it ended it a tie so we know they just wanted to come out today to finish it!
We really enjoyed being able to separate the B division into Ba and Bb. The Ba division was the best balanced too. Aside from the first game where the Riveters beat the Diamonds 5-1, all the other games in this division were decided by 2 goals or less.
See you next year ladies!
Black Stars edge out Thunder for 1st place in the A division.
Posted: December 11, 2011 in UncategorizedCongrats to the Lady Black Stars who were able to beat the Thunder 5-4 after a sudden death shoot out. It was a hard fought and close game and it looked like the Black Stars were going to win in regulation when A. Dunn of the Black Stars scored with 3:27 left on the clock. But the Thunder wouldn’t give and M. Marietti was able to tie the game up with just 35 seconds left. They played a 5 minute overtime period but the score was still tied so the game went into penalty shots. The Black Stars were able to get the win but there were some great shots and some great saves made by the goalies B. Limb (Black Stars) and K. Macbean (Thunder).
Hopefully lots of people got to see the A division play because the games were very good and just a lot of fun to watch. I know some of us Vixen that were able to see some of the games were talking about how fast and good the games were. Hopefully we’ll see all 3 of these teams back next year (along with a 4th A team)!
12/10/11 – 12:45
C Division
1st () vs 2nd () @ 12:30 am in Park City – 11:30 game just ended Blackstars and Freeze are 1st or 2nd no matter what but we have to figure out who is which spot but no matter what those teams will play this game
3rd () vs 4th () @ 8:15 am in Park City - 11:30 game just ended Blades and Vixen are 3rd and 4th no matter what but we have to figure out who is which spot but no matter what those teams will play this game
5th (Wings) vs. 6th (Twisted Sisters) – @ 7:30 am in SLC on the East rink.
12/10/11 – 11:55 pm
Bb Division
1st (5 Stars) vs. 2nd (Predators) @11:00 am in Park City
3rd (Blades) vs. 4th (Jackson) @ 7:00 am in Park City
5th (Wings) vs. 6th (Vixen) @ 7:45 am in SLC on the West rink
12/10/11 – 11:45 pm
Ba Division
1st (Riveters) vs. 2nd (Hellcats) @ 9:30 am in Park City
3rd (Blackstars) vs 4th (Diamonds) @ 8:45 am in SLC on the East Rink
12/10/11 – 11:30 pm
A Division – Thunder are first place playing in tomorrow’s championship game at 9:00 am. The Jackson A team and Blackstars play tomorrow morning at 7:00 am, the winner of that game will play the Thunder at 9:00.
12/10/11 – 11:15 pm If you are wondering when you play tomorrow sorry the games are just still running! We’ve just about wrapped up all the A, Ba and Bb games and we have one more C game to go. We will have the A, Ba, and Bb information up in about 20 minutes but the C we’ll get you as much as we can but the last C game starts at 11:30. Thanks!
Today is finally the day we get to kick off our GOAL DIGGER tournament. The first puck drops tonight at 6:00 in Park City. We are so excited! I’ve posted a spreadsheet of tournament standings below. We’ll update it as often as we can. ***This has been updated with all the games up to and including the 12:15 pm game Saturday.***
| GOAL DIGGER TOURNAMENT STANDINGS | |||||||||
| Div. | Team | Win | Loss | Tie | Pts | GF | GA | GD | Place |
| A | Lady Blk Stars | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -2 | |
| A | Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -4 | |
| A | Thunder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Ba | Black Diamonds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | |
| Ba | Hellcats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ba | Lady Blk Stars | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | |
| Ba | Riveters | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Bb | Blades | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | |
| Bb | Five Stars | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Bb | Ice Vixen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -8 | |
| Bb | Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Bb | Predators | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bb | Wings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| C | Blades | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | |
| C | Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| C | Ice Vixen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| C | Lady Blk Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| C | Twisted Sisters | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -6 | |
| C | Wings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
Wow, can you believe it our Goal Digger Tournament is only 9 days away! Be sure to keep checking the tournament updates page because we’ll keep updating it up to and throughout the tournament. Also Ice Vixen be sure to check out the section called “Vixen Team Information for GD” for all of the information for our team for the tournament. This page has the B and C rosters listed and information for each day of the tournament, also this is where the score keeping schedule will be posted tomorrow (12/01). Also don’t forget we have practice tomorrow and next week as well.
The latest news about the tournament is posted below just in case you missed it on the “2011 Updates” page. Can’t wait to see everyone out there!
The schedule is complete and you can find it under the 2011 Schedule tab. Please remember games in blue are in SLC and the games in black are in Park City. The Salt Lake City rink has two sheets of ice (East and West) but all of the SLC games are at the same rink.
Doolan’s in Park City, located on Main Street, is offering 10% off of food purchases to anyone in town for our tournament so if you are looking for a place to grab a drink and grab some food be sure to stop by. They are a sports bar and restaurant open for lunch and dinner.
The Yarrow in Park City which is offering a discounted hotel rate for the tournament is also offering 15% off of food purchases at their bar and grill. If you are staying at The Yarrow they should be giving you a coupon at check in, if you aren’t staying at there that’s okay let us know and we can get you a coupon as well. Some of the Vixen will be hanging out Saturday night having some drinks and grabbing some food and we’d love to see any or all of you out there.
Can you believe it – our GOAL DIGGER TOURNAMENT IS ONLY 22 DAYS AWAY! We are so excited for another great tournament this year. The 2011 tournament updates page has been updated with the teams that will be coming to the tournament so go check it out. Looks like we are going to have a lot of great teams!
Under the Park City Information page you’ll see information has been added to the hotel section. The Yarrow has offered us a great deal for rooms during the tournament that is available to all players, coaches and family from all teams.
Keep checking back often because we will keep updating information as we get it.
Thanks!
