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thumbnail Canada    5th Annual Ladies Recreational Hockey Tournament
   April 5-7, 2002

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Game 1
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This year's tournament had a television cooking show based theme as the four pools were named Food 911, Iron Chef, Emeril Live and Good Eats. The Rebels were placed in the Food 911 pool with the Lightning from Forestburg, Alberta and the Babes on Blades from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Each of the twelve teams were scheduled to play the two teams in its pool to determine the playoff division ranking and game schedule. The Rebels first two games of pool play were scheduled on Friday at 8:15pm and Saturday at 11:00am.

Game 1, April 5, 2002 - 8:15pm

The Rebels' opening game opponent of the 5th Annual Ladies Recreational Hockey Tournament was the returning team Lightning from Forestburg, Alberta.

Wearing their home white uniforms for the first game, the Rebels began the game slowly trying to get a feel for the game's flow. The Rebels' second line out on the ice started the scoring as Carole made a pass over to Liz who in turn went coast to coast to give the Rebels an early 1-0 lead. A minute later, the Lightning scored to tie the game 1-1. Nearly ten minutes later, the Lightning scored again to take a 2-1 lead into the break.

The second period featured a defensive battle as both teams were held scoreless but the Rebels continued to trail 2-1.

The Lightning scored the first two goals of the third period to take a three goal lead. However, the Rebels countered to make the score 4-2 with a late goal by Carole as she had banked the puck in on a Lina setup pass. The period ended with no additional scoring even though the Lightning did provide opportunities with several penalties late in the game.

  Game 1 box score -- Go to top of page

Game 2, April 6, 2002 - 11:00am

The Rebels' second game opponent of the 5th Annual Ladies Recreational Hockey Tournament was the Babes on Blades from Regina, Saskatchewan.

The Rebels, wearing their road teal uniforms, greeted the newcomers from Regina with tighter play than in the previous game. The more physical play included a tripping penalty by Julie near her goal crease. The Rebels' penalty killing unit did not allow a score but would be tested three more times before the end of the game.

Meanwhile, Lina drove to the net late in the first period to start a scoring chance. A quick series of passes between Elise, Shann and Angela allowed Lina to get into position to score the Rebels' first goal of the game.

Nearly the same time in the second period as to when the first goal was scored, the Rebels scored again. This time, a nifty breakout pass to Lina had the puck moving. Lina continued to skate through the defense and wristed the puck over the goalie's stickside from the right circle to give the Rebels a 2-0 lead at the end of two periods of play.

Third period scoring featured a breakout pass to Elise. Similiar to Lina last score, Elise skated through the defense but had a trailing Angela. A quick pass from Elise and a shot on goal from the right faceoff circle by Angela gave the Rebels a 3-0 lead. Penalties given to both teams in the final minutes preserved the score for the Rebels' victory of the tournament.

  Game 2 box score -- Go to top of page

Our Pool ended with a three-way tie at 2-pts as each team won and lost a game. A tie breaker rule of Goals For minus Goal Against (GF-GA) was used to set the ranking for our pool.


                      Tie Breaker
Team ---- Record PTS  GF-GA =Diff
San Jose     L-W   2   5  4   +1
Forestburg   W-L   2   5  5    0
Regina       W-L   2   3  4   -1
Based on the tie breaker ranking, we made the A Division for the top 4 qualifying teams in the tournament. (One division higher than in the previous two years!)

The A Division consisted of the Red Deer (2-0), Swift Current (2-0), the hosting Airdrie Nutty Housewife League (2-0) and the Rebels (1-1).

Game 3, April 6, 2002 - 5:15pm

The Rebels began the playoff round play as the home team. Our third game opponent offered a second new team to the tournament from Swift Current, Saskatchewan.

Unlike the first two games, the Rebels did not score the first goal of the game. Swift Current, like their name, moved up and down the ice very quickly. Their first goal of the game was on a 3 on 2 break. The shot hit Julie while defending the crease but trickled in for the early 1-0 Swift Current lead. Swift Current scored later in the period to take a 2-0 lead into the break.

The second period had both team scoreless but the Rebels' were trying to fend for themselves to stay in the game as the penalties killers had to come out three times to stop Swift Current's power play action.

The Rebels lost the game 3-0 on a late score by Swift Current. Even with the loss, the Rebels were already assured no worse than three postions better than the previous years' seventh place tournament finish.

  Game 3 box score -- Go to top of page

Game 4, April 7, 2002 - 1:00pm

The Rebels entered the A Division consolation game against the host team, the Nutty Housewife League from Airdrie.

The Rebels skated onto the ice as the visitors with the road teal uniforms for the team's final game of the tournament. As in the previous game, the Rebels quickly fell behind trailing 3-0 at the end of the first period. A breakaway and an odd man rush were responsible for creating the home team's second and third goals.

After successfully killing off eight power plays through three games, the Rebels gave up an early power play goal in the second period on a holding penalty. The Rebels did not allow another goal for the remainder of the period but trailed 4-0 after two periods.

The Rebels were held scoreless in the third period as Airdrie collected two more scores for a 6-0 victory final. The first on a one on one play with the shooter deeking the defense to turn out while turning in on net. The final score was a power play goal created on a tripping penalty by the Rebels' defense.

For their efforts, the Rebels returned home to San Jose with their first A Division - B Runnerup award and a fourth place overall tournament finish. The Airdrie tournment has continued its reputation to be enjoyable, fun and competitive.

  Game 4 box score -- Go to top of page


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