2017 U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team Named
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2017 U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team Named
Congrats to all nine Minnesota high school girls on making the USA U18's!
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On-ice schedule: http://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/2989556
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Roster: http://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/ ... 017-roster#
On-ice schedule: http://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/2989556
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Thanks, looks like I missed both Elizabeth Norton who plays for Orono (the USA roster shows "Jr. Whitecaps") and Gracie Ostertag of Shakopee, who plays for Shattuck St. Mary's.InigoMontoya wrote:I count 11; what am I missing?
So the complete list of the eleven Minnesotans - half the team! - is:
1. Taylor Heise - Red Wing
2. Natalie Heising - Wayzata
3. Gabrielle Hughes - Centennial
4. Anneke Linser - Centennial
5. Elizabeth Norton - Orono
6. Emily Oden - Edina
7. Gracie Ostertag - SSM
8. Catherine Skaja - New Prague
9. Taylor Wente - Maple Grove
10. Madeline Wethington - Blake
11. Grace Zumwinkle - Breck
Best of luck to all of these girls.
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USA wins their opening game over Russia, 6-1. Natalie Heising (Wayzata), Anneke Linser (Centennial) and Taylor Wente (Maple Grove) were all strong contributors offensively with a goal and an assist each.
Game two vs. Sweden will be played and streamed live tomorrow (Sunday) at 12:30 our time. If you want to watch click on the "Sweden - USA" game at this site:
http://u18worldwomen2017.iihf.com/en/live-stream/
Game two vs. Sweden will be played and streamed live tomorrow (Sunday) at 12:30 our time. If you want to watch click on the "Sweden - USA" game at this site:
http://u18worldwomen2017.iihf.com/en/live-stream/
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Watch Sweden today to get a better sense of how a team like Edina (with Emily Oden) would stack up. Edina probably has the most depth of any MN high school team, and I think you would need a pretty strong 3rd line and D pair to hang with Sweden or Russia.alcloseshaver wrote:Wouldn't the top Minny HS team finish 3rd in this tourney?
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The US and Canadian women's development programs have really separated themselves from the rest of the world. Unfortunately that doesn't bode for a very competitive tourney, the talent disparity is quite evident ihmo.MNHockeyFan wrote:Watch Sweden today to get a better sense of how a team like Edina (with Emily Oden) would stack up. Edina probably has the most depth of any MN high school team, and I think you would need a pretty strong 3rd line and D pair to hang with Sweden or Russia.alcloseshaver wrote:Wouldn't the top Minny HS team finish 3rd in this tourney?
Keep in mind with the Sweden litmus test, that Oden is the arguably 3 - 4 best player on a deep Edina team.
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After watching the Sweden-USA game yesterday I don't think a single MN team (including Edina) would beat the Swedes, certainly not in a series. With all their talent the Americans were only up 1-0 halfway through the game, before pulling away by adding three more in the second half of the game.
Just my opinion, of course. We'll never know the real answer because the game will never happen.
Just my opinion, of course. We'll never know the real answer because the game will never happen.
rascalbrock wrote:Silly statement about Oden...MNHockeyFan wrote:alcloseshaver wrote:Wouldn't the top Minny HS team finish 3rd in this tourney?
Keep in mind with the Sweden litmus test, that Oden is the arguably 3 - 4 best player on a deep Edina team.
The high school teams would struggle because of depth,the Elite League teams would fare much better as would the top Tier 1 teams ( SSM & Mission)
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nu2hockey wrote:The statement isn't a knock on Oden, she's a great player. It was about the depth of Edina, simply using Oden as a reference point.rascalbrock wrote:Silly statement about Oden...MNHockeyFan wrote:alcloseshaver wrote:Wouldn't the top Minny HS team finish 3rd in this tourney?
Keep in mind with the Sweden litmus test, that Oden is the arguably 3 - 4 best player on a deep Edina team.
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rascalbrock wrote:nu2hockey wrote:Um.... the statement wasn't about Oden..... It was about the depth of Edina, simply using Oden as a reference point.rascalbrock wrote:Silly statement about Oden...MNHockeyFan wrote:alcloseshaver wrote:Wouldn't the top Minny HS team finish 3rd in this tourney?
Keep in mind with the Sweden litmus test, that Oden is the arguably 3 - 4 best player on a deep Edina team.
Um....there are not 2-3 players on Edina that are better...
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U18
Was able to stay home from work this morning and catch the live stream USA vs Canada game. Love coach Johnson but his girls were cluless in the 3-3 session. The ice was tilted the whole overtime period and team USA was skating around in circles. The game winner was scored on a terrible line change that the USA coach called for. Again love the coach but his team was not prepared for a 3-3 situation and the line change was the wrong choice. Hope they have a chalk talk and get it corrected before the Gold medal game. Go USA
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I agree, it looked like the USA had no idea how to play the 3 on 3 OT. Pure chaos, and the Canadians took advantage. They either better study up, or make sure they win all their remaining games in regulation.knights14 wrote:Was able to stay home from work this morning and catch the live stream USA vs Canada game. Love coach Johnson but his girls were cluless in the 3-3 session. The ice was tilted the whole overtime period and team USA was skating around in circles. The game winner was scored on a terrible line change that the USA coach called for. Again love the coach but his team was not prepared for a 3-3 situation and the line change was the wrong choice. Hope they have a chalk talk and get it corrected before the Gold medal game. Go USA
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The U.S. shuts out Russia today 6-0, advancing to tomorrow's championship game against Canada (noon, our time). Minnesota girls scored all the goals today, with Grace Zumwinkle leading the way with a hat trick. Taylor Wente, Catherine Skaja and Natalie Heising also scored.
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Team MN vs the rest of the country, who wins?MNHockeyFan wrote:The U.S. shuts out Russia today 6-0, advancing to tomorrow's championship game against Canada (noon, our time). Minnesota girls scored all the goals today, with Grace Zumwinkle leading the way with a hat trick. Taylor Wente, Catherine Skaja and Natalie Heising also scored.
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Would have to say Team MN, and decisively if selected Shattuck girls go to Team MN!Mavs wrote:Team MN vs the rest of the country, who wins?MNHockeyFan wrote:The U.S. shuts out Russia today 6-0, advancing to tomorrow's championship game against Canada (noon, our time). Minnesota girls scored all the goals today, with Grace Zumwinkle leading the way with a hat trick. Taylor Wente, Catherine Skaja and Natalie Heising also scored.
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USA leading Canada 1-0 after two periods. You can catch the third by going here:
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