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Archive for February 23, 2008
On the End to a Great Season
February 23, 2008 by maureen.ulrich.
I’ve been putting off writing this blog for nearly a week.
Sigh.
After a six-game winning streak, the Huskies were swept by the University of Manitoba Bisons last weekend.
The Huskies looked absolutely intimidated and shell-shocked in the first game – losing 3-1.
They played much better in Game 2. After killing a 5 on 3 in the second period, the Huskies began outworking the Bisons along the boards. They played an outstanding third period, dominated the first five minutes of overtime, then lost to Manitoba 2-1. A crushing blow for the girls, their coaches, and their fans.
We had such high hopes for our girls, but – with a third place finish in CanWest and a CIS Top Ten ranking, their future looks very bright.
The Huskies will have a full-time coach next year. Also the girls now know just how hard they have to work to “play with the big dogs.” Watch out Pandas and Bisons!
Despite their elimination from playoffs – and the opportunity to go on to the national tournament in Ottawa — what a marvelous season it has been. Randy and I weren’t really looking forward to it – having lost some of our good friends along the way. As girls graduate or move on to other programs, their parents go too. We really missed Mike McKay and Janice and Ross Collins at the beginning of the season – and then we met the new crop of parents. What super people.
For Robin, this has been the best year of CIS hockey. And that’s saying a lot. She loved her first year.
And there was some icing on the cake for the Huskies this week.
Steve Kook and Wayne Grund have received CanWest Coach of the Year honours for leading the Huskies to a 12-9-3 season.
And Robin was named to the First Team CanWest Allstars. Goaltender Vanessa Friedrick was named to the Second Team. Robin is also CanWest’s nominee for the Marion Hilliard Award, an award given out at the CIS national championship to a CIS female hockey player for community involvement. As near as we can figure there will be three other nominees, one from Ontario, one from Quebec, and one from the Martimes.
Needless to say, we are very proud of Robin.
And next season – Robin’s last season with the Huskies – is only six months away.
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