Hockey Happenings for 2-11-18

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Team USA Women Winners at Olympics

The United States got off to a successful start Sunday morning in the Olympic tournament. The Americans overcame an early 1-0 deficit to post a 3-1 win over Finland.

Monique Lamoureux-Morando and Kendall Coyne scored goals in the second period to give the Americans the lead. Dani Cameranesi scored into an empty net to a count for the final margin.

In another Sunday game, Canada beat Russia 5-0.

The U.S. will play Russia Tuesday morning U.S. time (7:10 face-off). Their last group gam against Canada will be very early Thursday morning (2:40 a.m.

The mens’ tournament begins Wednesday. The U.S. will play Solvenia at 7:10 Eastern Time Wednesday morning.

GA Ready for IIHL Playoffs

Germantown Academy closed its regular season on Tuesday with a 4-0 win over Episcopal Academy. The Patriots (11-1) are the top seed in the Independence League playoffs which commence on Tuesday.

The lineup features balanced scoring. Mark Dobson leads the team with 13 goals and nine assists for 22 points. Tyler Dolan (10 goals, six assists), Andrew Miao (five goals, 11 assists), and Moseley Schwartz (five goals, 11 assists, are next).

GA will host a semifinal game Tuesday afternoon at Oaks (4 p.m. start) against Springside Chestnut Hill

Tuesday’s winner advances to the championship game on Thursday afternoon at 3:50 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Class of 1923 Rink against either second-seeded Episcopal or third seed Springside-Pennington.

That game will conclude their season. IIHL teams do not participate in the Flyers Cup

 

Published by Rick Woelfel

Rick has worked in print and broadcast journalism for more than 35 years. He's covered golf in one medium or another for more than 30. He is the co-author of the book So You Want to Play Golf with PGA professional Kim Verrecchio and the host of the Women's Golf Report podcast. Most recently, Rick served as an associate editor for The Mulligan Magazine. He also served as an associate editor for Philadelphia Golf Magazine and New Jersey State Golf from 2004-07. Rick covered his first LPGA Tour event in 1986 and continues to cover women's golf for various media outlets. High on his bucket list is having the opportunity to one day play in an LPGA Tour pro am. Rick is also a longtime correspondent for two suburban Philadelphia daily newspapers, the Intelligencer and the Bucks County Courier Times in Doylestown, PA. Over the course of his career he has coverzed a wide variety of sporting events. He is also a veteran play by play and public address announcer, and handles the PA mic for the nationally ranked Delaware Valley University football program. Rick is also a longtime contributor to Referee, a magazine devoted to sports officiating. He called his first baseball game at age 13 and continues to umpire softball and baseball today.

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