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Rebels Play Well Against Sharks by Richard Martorello The Valenti Rebels participated in the San Jose Sharks and Hockey WorkOut's co-sponsored Christmas 3-on-3 Tournament held over the January 2, 1999 weekend at Hockey WorkOut in San Jose. The all- women Rebels (yes, that was Roger between the pipes in game #5 giving Wendy a needed rest) faced the challenge of two all-men teams and a male dominated co-ed team.
Game 1 - Rebels vs Holocher (12:30pm) The event started with the Rebels hosting the all-male team Holocher. Holocher established a very quick pace for the short 15-minute game by jumping out in front and claiming a 5-0 victory over the Rebels. A heart-pounding, adrenaline-rushing start felt good to get the new 1999 year off and running for the Rebels' team. The Rebels' second game, against the male dominated co-ed team of Tsumani, was filled with an offensive outburst. Mary Beth started the game's scoring as the Rebels were moving right to left up the ice. Later, Tsunami tied up the score only to fall behind on a Lina goal. Mary Beth contributed another goal while Lina's second goal of the period proved to be the game winner as strong team defense and goaltending preserved the Rebels' 4-3 win. The Rebels' third game was up against the all-male power house team known as Guiness. With the Rebels' down 0-3, Amber broke into the scoring column to be the second Rebel to score in multiple tournaments (scoring previously in Seattle). However, Guiness was too big and strong to allow the Rebels to close the gap. Guiness proceeded to control the flow of the game through sharp passing and fast skating to win 6-1. Game 4 provided a second chance to play against Holocher. The Rebels felt confident going into this game yet whole sale line changes did in the team as Holocher took advantage by jumping out to a quick 6-0 lead. A few moments later found the Rebels more settled down and playing better hockey. Lorraine contributed well to the defense going down the stretch (first tournament since coming off of the Injured Reserves list) as Wendy's goaltending over the second half of the period yielded only two goals making the scoring much closer than it could have been considering the rocky start (Rebels 0, Holocher 8). Kristine, subbing for Lorraine in the fifth game of the tournament, scored the first Rebels' goal in the second meeting between Tsumani and the Rebels. Roger subbed in net to give Wendy a rest to prepare for her next game (Rebels were scheduled to play back to back in their games 5 and game 6). Mary Beth later scored the game winning goal to give the Rebels their second victory of the tournament and a 2-1 win. After playing five periods/games of intense preliminary round ice hockey, was there enough in the tank for one more? Carol thought there was as Leslie took the place of Kristine and Wendy re-joined the Rebels back in net against Guiness. The Guiness' men had other plans as their fresh legs outskated the tired Rebels. A loud scream of pain could be heard throughout Hockey WorkOut as Leslie blocked a slapshot off her ankle/shinpad. In the end, an ego-driven male team tried to humiliate a tired women's hockey team with a 11-0 defeat. However, our Lady Rebels took it in stride with the attitude of "hey, they're just guys" and were proud of how they had represented themselves throughout the tournament. The next game up was a playoff game between the second place Holocher and the third place Rebels. The Rebels wanted to prove they were better than the score of their last game indicated. Kristine joined the lineup while Leslie placed ice on her sore ankle. Wendy's strong play in net aided the defense as the Rebels wanted to end the tournament on a positive note. Holocher may have won the game 5-0 but the Rebels were happy to get back on track by playing a solid game.
What Did We Learn? To the credit of the Rebels, a proud team of hockey players were able to walk away feeling good about themselves and what was accomplished in the preliminary and playoff rounds. The Rebels recorded the most victories (2) and goals (7) in their short tournament team play history. Also, this tournament presented an opportunity to get back in the competitive mindset from the holidays and to get ready for the challenge of Las Vegas in February. Watch out Las Vegas. The Rebels are coming!
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