Great Goalie Performances

[MNHockeyFan]

I truly mean no offense to this player or team, but is making 14 saves a game in shutting out two sub-500 teams this newsworthy? In the other game noted that SSP lost, also to a lower-ranked team, the SPA goalie had a 28 save shutout. I'm honestly not trying to criticize the SSP goalie, she has had an excellent career and bigger performances than the ones cited. Just wondering what the Strib is looking at here?

I wondered the same thing when I saw it in this morning's paper. I guess they must have looked at the cumulative results - stopping 46 of 47 over three games is a pretty good week. I'm sure most coaches wouldn't mind seeing this from their goalie, no matter which three teams they were playing.

[hockeya1a]

Heck our goalie would be estatic if she only saw 15-16 shots agame.
My guess is they were probably not all quality shots either
SSP has a Pretty good D.

[keepitreal]

My guess is they were probably not all quality shots either
SSP has a Pretty good D.

Hard to say unless one was there. Perhaps the Strib writer saw all three games and she stood on her head in each. I don't know. But again, my intention was not to disparage the SSP goalie's performance, but question the criteria. It seems a bit underwhelming next to some of the performances that have been listed here and many others that have gone unnoticed. You could probably make a case for Lauren Herzog, the senior Visitation/SPA goalie who got the 28 shot shutout in the upset 1-0 win over South St. Paul, just as well

Either way, not a big deal. The kid probably deserves some props...

[hockeya1a]

My guess is they were probably not all quality shots either
SSP has a Pretty good D.

Hard to say unless one was there. Perhaps the Strib writer saw all three games and she stood on her head in each. I don't know. But again, my intention was not to disparage the SSP goalie's performance, but question the criteria. It seems a bit underwhelming next to some of the performances that have been listed here and many others that have gone unnoticed. You could probably make a case for Lauren Herzog, the senior Visitation/SPA goalie who got the 28 shot shutout in the upset 1-0 win over South St. Paul, just as well

Either way, not a big deal. The kid probably deserves some props...

This is true,

I have seen many a great goalie performances this year.
and just knowing SSP play, Herzog probably earned that one.

[MNHockeyFan]

1/29/08
Richfield's Claire Richards stopped 49 of 50 shots, but it wasn't quite enough as her team dropped a 1-0 decision to Hill Murray. Liz Wenzel made 11 saves for the shutout.

[boblee]

Betsy Miller was awesome tonight for Moorhead. She stopped 40/41 and her squad beat Bemidji 2-1. She made several very fine saves in the contest.

[defensedad]

Kari Hunter 2-4-08 vs Woodbury. 61 saves in a 2-1 loss.

[MNHockeyFan]

StarTribune Athletes of the Week 2/5/08

CLAIRE RICHARDS
Richfield, hockey

The senior goalie has started since seventh grade and recently surpassed the 5,000-minute mark in her career. Last week, she stopped 82 of 83 shots, making 49 saves in a 1-0 loss to Hill-Murray and 33 in a 3-0 victory over Tartan.

[pondhockey]

This thread may be reserved for great varsity goalie performances, but an honorable mention for Alexandria's JV goalie, Jess Larum, last night against Elk River with 45 shots on goal. The game ended in a 3-3 OT tie. Did I mention she's in 7th grade?! The legend will continue...

[RSI]

JM/L goalie is superb
In her coach's words, Michelle Bonapace-Potvin "put on a clinic" but John Marshall/Lourdes fell to visiting Albert Lea 3-0 on Tuesday at Graham Arena in the final game of the regular season.

Bonapace-Potvin, a sophomore, stopped 59 of 62 shots she faced and held 13th-ranked Albert Lea in check most of the night.

Albert Lea led 2-0 after one period and scored its final goal in the third.

http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanage ... 2&a=326887

[kalciumxx30]

hey wat about the Tartan goalies jv and varsity?
arent they good since the team necessarily isnt?

[MNHockeyFan]

Section final games are high-pressure affairs, and congrats go out to these goaltenders who all had big games in helping their teams pull off upsets and win their sections:

Courtney Nygaard of Breck - made 34 saves to shut out Blake 2-0.

Amanda Nagel of BSM - posted a 22 save performance and closed the door on Hopkin's snipers 4-0.

Lea Jondal of CDH - gave up only 1 in a 36 save performance to beat Stillwater, 2-1.

Fantastic games by all three.

[vapor30hcky]

Section final games are high-pressure affairs, and congrats go out to these goaltenders who all had big games in helping their teams pull off upsets and win their sections:

Courtney Nygaard of Breck - made 34 saves to shut out Blake 2-0.

Amanda Nagel of BSM - posted a 22 save performance and closed the door on Hopkin's snipers 4-0.

Lea Jondal of CDH - gave up only 1 in a 36 save performance to beat Stillwater, 2-1.

Fantastic games by all three.

I was at both the breck/blake game and bsm/hopkins.

AMAZING goalie performances. Congrats to BSM and Breck, both 2nd seeded teams!!

[NE14HKY]

I was at St. Thomas last week and saw some good goaltending.
SSP goalie did a good job getting them back into the tourney.
She made some key stops against TG.

The only other note was the performance of the Mahtomedi
goalie in the semi's. 40+ saves. A highly overmatched game
and she kept them in it.

I only wish I would have been at a few of the [/i]UPSETS last
week I read about.

[holyhockey]

how about the 8th grade farmington goalie and her 36 save shut out tonight against eagan! waht a stud...i cant wait to watch her as a senior!

[GoTigers]

Yeah that was her 7th shut out since Christmas when she moved up from JV to Varsity.

[scarface]

Danielle Justice' performance in the State Semi-final game vs. Roseau would have to qualify. All the knocks on her on this board are about how the quality of shots she faces doesn't deserve much credence due to the competition that Alex faces. Well she allowed 1 goal and made 30 some saves against a team most thought would vie for the title vs Breck.

Way to go Danielle!

[Ole the Goalie]

Danielle Justice' performance in the State Semi-final game vs. Roseau would have to qualify. All the knocks on her on this board are about how the quality of shots she faces doesn't deserve much credence due to the competition that Alex faces. Well she allowed 1 goal and made 30 some saves against a team most thought would vie for the title vs Breck.

Way to go Danielle!

I believe the shots were 41-22 in Favor of Roseau. Without her this team would be average at best and would get smoked by most teams in this tournament.

[scarface]

Danielle Justice' performance in the State Semi-final game vs. Roseau would have to qualify. All the knocks on her on this board are about how the quality of shots she faces doesn't deserve much credence due to the competition that Alex faces. Well she allowed 1 goal and made 30 some saves against a team most thought would vie for the title vs Breck.

Way to go Danielle!

I believe the shots were 41-22 in Favor of Roseau. Without her this team would be average at best and would get smoked by most teams in this tournament.

Thanks for the updated stats, Ole. I beg to differ with your overall assessment of the strength of the Alex team. Granted they were outplayed for most of the game, especially in the first and second periods but their record this year against the STRONGEST teams on their schedule would indicate differently. They have only lost 1 game all year and that was to Grand Rapids.

[SECoach]

Danielle Justice' performance in the State Semi-final game vs. Roseau would have to qualify. All the knocks on her on this board are about how the quality of shots she faces doesn't deserve much credence due to the competition that Alex faces. Well she allowed 1 goal and made 30 some saves against a team most thought would vie for the title vs Breck.

Way to go Danielle!

I don't know if her performance vs Roseau truly qualifies under great goalie performances, only because it looked pretty routine for her. Although i've seen her only this one time, she clearly is one of the few that gets talked up and then when you see her she lives up to your expectations. Lots of goalies in girl's hocky end up stopping lots of shots, She acutally looks like she knows what she's doing, has great skills and is well trained. Very nice goaltender.

[scarface]

Danielle Justice' performance in the State Semi-final game vs. Roseau would have to qualify. All the knocks on her on this board are about how the quality of shots she faces doesn't deserve much credence due to the competition that Alex faces. Well she allowed 1 goal and made 30 some saves against a team most thought would vie for the title vs Breck.

Way to go Danielle!

I don't know if her performance vs Roseau truly qualifies under great goalie performances, only because it looked pretty routine for her. Although i've seen her only this one time, she clearly is one of the few that gets talked up and then when you see her she lives up to your expectations. Lots of goalies in girl's hocky end up stopping lots of shots, She acutally looks like she knows what she's doing, has great skills and is well trained. Very nice goaltender.

Wow, that's high praise Coach! Consider the fact that she is still unsigned to play college hockey!! Not due to grades either, she is a National Honor Society member. If she hasn't impressed college coaches yet, what is it going to take??

[Hansonbrother]

Danielle Justice' performance in the State Semi-final game vs. Roseau would have to qualify. All the knocks on her on this board are about how the quality of shots she faces doesn't deserve much credence due to the competition that Alex faces.


Wow, that's high praise Coach! Consider the fact that she is still unsigned to play college hockey!! Not due to grades either, she is a National Honor Society member. If she hasn't impressed college coaches yet, what is it going to take??

there lies the #1 question of any parent and or coach, "What does it take?" I've been around one of the strongest programs out there and year after year, our top kids get one school to give them a look, when 2 or 3 really deserve a look and some serious consideration. But, that's the way it goes. Apparently all the D-1 schools focus on NDP and nothing else. And even if they do well there, they sometimes don't get a look. Talk about frustrating.

[QuinUD1]

D-1 Schools have to look at more than NDP, because otherwise Nikki Kaasa wouldn't be playing for Mark Johnson and the Badgers next season. Kaasa only made it past Phase I once out of the three years she tried out. Also, if they only look at NDP, why do the coaches show up to events like Junior Fest and Senior Showcase? It's definatly more than NDP. Kids have to constantly be promoting themselves to college coaches, it's another off ice part of the recruiting process. NDP isn't everything.

[scarface]

D-1 Schools have to look at more than NDP, because otherwise Nikki Kaasa wouldn't be playing for Mark Johnson and the Badgers next season. Kaasa only made it past Phase I once out of the three years she tried out. Also, if they only look at NDP, why do the coaches show up to events like Junior Fest and Senior Showcase? It's definatly more than NDP. Kids have to constantly be promoting themselves to college coaches, it's another off ice part of the recruiting process. NDP isn't everything.

I don't have any kids that play hockey but I think you make an excellent point about promoting yourself to get the attention of college recruiters. I have a daughter who was ranked 2nd in the state in class AA golf and only got sparing D1 looks in her Junior year. If you don't promote, you don't get noticed. Sad that in "The State of Hockey" a player of Danielle Justice' ability hasn't been signed to play college hockey. Maybe after her performance at State she will get some calls.

[scarface]

there lies the #1 question of any parent and or coach, "What does it take?" I've been around one of the strongest programs out there and year after year, our top kids get one school to give them a look, when 2 or 3 really deserve a look and some serious consideration. But, that's the way it goes. Apparently all the D-1 schools focus on NDP and nothing else. And even if they do well there, they sometimes don't get a look. Talk about frustrating.

I agree Hansonbrother, the college recruiting game is a nebulous thing at best. If you figure it out, PM me cause I've still got a ways to go to get a leg up in that game.