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| CIS Women Put On A Show At Nationals |
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By Mike Beasley /
For those who think women’s university hockey is not exciting or lacks the physicality of the men’s game, I beg to differ.
After watching the gold medal game at the 2008 CIS women’s national championship between the McGill Martlets and Laurier Golden Hawks, I now fully appreciate the skills, effort and passion they bring to the sport.
Obviously, they don’t bang and crash like the guys do but these girls definitely like to mix it up.
The Martlets won the game 2-0 with the winning goal coming off a great slap shot from tournament MVP Cathy Chartrand near the end of the first period.
The McGill freshman and member of Canada’s National women’s team unleashed a cannon from the point that Laurier ‘tender Liz Knox didn’t move on.
The game had everything that a hockey fan could possibly wish for in a championship match.
There was end-to-end action, plenty of scoring opportunities, emotion, drama and stellar goaltending by Charlene Labonte, the all-world netminder for McGill and Canada’s national team along with Laurier’s Knox.
The diminutive Hawks goalie was exceptional for the entire game as she was peppered with 43 Martlets shots. If not for Knox’s heroics, the score would have been considerably higher for McGill.
Ever since their humble beginnings in hockey, the girls could always skate. Shooting was always one of the knocks on the women’s game. It was said they couldn’t shoot hard or quickly enough to be considered as having all the necessary tools to be elite players.
I’ll tell you one thing that has changed. I was really impressed with the way some of the girls can fire the puck.
It’s not just the guys who snap the puck upstairs or make a loud noise when it goes high off the glass or the iron. These girls have got game.
As far as the physical part of the game, the women didn’t hold back on a single shift. Five body contact penalties were called during the game as well as infractions for roughing and boarding.
And I’m not talking about coincidental contact either. The calls were for full-blown bodychecks with players bouncing off of each other and landing in a pile on the ice.
But in a true display of sportsmanship, the girls from both teams lined up and shook hands, some even hugging each other when it was all over.
Congratulations to McGill and the rest of the participants at the 2008 CIS women’s national championships. |
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