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Worlds and NCAA
Worlds and NCAA
Interesting article on the IIHF site WRT worlds as it is happening.
Discussion around the role of the NCAA to help grow the game internationally...
http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/ww...html?tx_ttnews[backPid]=4419&cHash=ac8a20faee
A few excerpts:
"For men who aspire to play in the NHL, the road is so very well mapped out it’s impossible to get lost. ....
.....For women, there is no well-paved road. It’s a donkey path and bramble bush full of potholes and obstacles. The one sure road is NCAA hockey"
"Look on any current NCAA roster and you’ll not only see the finest young Americans but many top Canadians and now some of the best Europeans"
“In the last year, since Vancouver, there’s been a lot of talk with all countries, and especially in Europe, about what they can do to improve women’s hockey globally, especially for teams five through ten. I think a lot of it has been done. There’s a lot of technical expertise in Canada and the U.S. that’s being shared. And a lot of it has been happening in the college system in the United States because the NCAA programs are becoming more and more international. There’s really nothing like it anywhere else in the world.”
“Obviously, there are more Americans than anyone else in NCAA, but there have been a lot of Canadians in the last 25 years in college programs, more now than ever."
"in the last ten years, we’ve seen more players from outside North America showing up on women’s rosters.” .....
.....Nowhere has this been more evident than at University of Minnesota-Duluth where Shannon Miller coaches. The former head of Canada’s program, she has built a hugely successful women’s program at UMD, and this year she boasts players from five countries – U.S. and Canada, of course, as well as Finland, Sweden, and Germany.
“Shannon has been the primary champion of that,” Ogrean suggested. “In fact, in their arena, she had a plaque from post-Turin that had all of the players participating in that Olympic tournament from UMD and there were six or seven countries on that list"
"In general, what is most impressive is the list of goalies from around the world who are in NCAA programs right now. Incredibly, five of the eight countries here in Switzerland for 2011 WW have their best goalie in U.S. college, starting with American Molly Schaus at Boston College. As well, Finland’s Noora Räty and Sweden’s Kim Martin are with Miller at UMD; Switzerland’s Florence Schelling, the main reason the team has advanced to the quarter-finals, is at Northeastern; and, Slovak sensation Zuzana Tomcikova, who just might single-handedly keep the team from being relegated, is at Bemidji State University"
Worlds and NCAA
Interesting article on the IIHF site WRT worlds as it is happening.
Discussion around the role of the NCAA to help grow the game internationally...
http://www.iihf.com/channels1011/ww...html?tx_ttnews[backPid]=4419&cHash=ac8a20faee
A few excerpts:
"For men who aspire to play in the NHL, the road is so very well mapped out it’s impossible to get lost. ....
.....For women, there is no well-paved road. It’s a donkey path and bramble bush full of potholes and obstacles. The one sure road is NCAA hockey"
"Look on any current NCAA roster and you’ll not only see the finest young Americans but many top Canadians and now some of the best Europeans"
“In the last year, since Vancouver, there’s been a lot of talk with all countries, and especially in Europe, about what they can do to improve women’s hockey globally, especially for teams five through ten. I think a lot of it has been done. There’s a lot of technical expertise in Canada and the U.S. that’s being shared. And a lot of it has been happening in the college system in the United States because the NCAA programs are becoming more and more international. There’s really nothing like it anywhere else in the world.”
“Obviously, there are more Americans than anyone else in NCAA, but there have been a lot of Canadians in the last 25 years in college programs, more now than ever."
"in the last ten years, we’ve seen more players from outside North America showing up on women’s rosters.” .....
.....Nowhere has this been more evident than at University of Minnesota-Duluth where Shannon Miller coaches. The former head of Canada’s program, she has built a hugely successful women’s program at UMD, and this year she boasts players from five countries – U.S. and Canada, of course, as well as Finland, Sweden, and Germany.
“Shannon has been the primary champion of that,” Ogrean suggested. “In fact, in their arena, she had a plaque from post-Turin that had all of the players participating in that Olympic tournament from UMD and there were six or seven countries on that list"
"In general, what is most impressive is the list of goalies from around the world who are in NCAA programs right now. Incredibly, five of the eight countries here in Switzerland for 2011 WW have their best goalie in U.S. college, starting with American Molly Schaus at Boston College. As well, Finland’s Noora Räty and Sweden’s Kim Martin are with Miller at UMD; Switzerland’s Florence Schelling, the main reason the team has advanced to the quarter-finals, is at Northeastern; and, Slovak sensation Zuzana Tomcikova, who just might single-handedly keep the team from being relegated, is at Bemidji State University"
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