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  • NWHL Game Recap – 10/19/2019 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Boston Pride

    NWHL Game Recap – 10/19/2019 – Minnesota Whitecaps v. Boston Pride

    Minnesota Whitecaps (1-0-1 3pts) v. Boston Pride (3-0-0 6pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    Coming into the weekend the undefeated Boston Pride play host to the 2019 Isobel Cup Champion Minnesota Whitecaps, and in this highly anticipated matchup it would not disappoint as both teams would play a very even game against eachother early on as both teams would trade chances. However, it would be Alyssa Wohlfeiler breaking the scoreless tie with a beautiful shot that would beat Whitecaps goaltender Amanda Leveille to give the Pride the 1-0 lead. The rest of the period it would be Leveille and Lovisa Selander playing aggressively in their respective nets and keeping the game close as both teams generated quality scoring chances. At the end of the period Leveille would have stopped 12 out of 13 shots faced while Selander stopped at 14 shots she faced in the first.

     

    In the second period the physicality would pick up as this period would see a total of five penalties with three involving either roughing or body checking. However, when it came to the powerplay the Whitecaps were unable to convert on both of their opportunities, while the Pride woulkd not convert on their lone chance of the period. The Pride would strike once again as McKenna Brand would score her fifth of the season as Jillian Dempsey would feed Brand with a beautiful pass as she would bury it past Leveille to give the Pride the 2-0 lead heading into the second period. For the shots, the Pride would get 18 shots on goal for a total of 31 through 40 minutes while the Whitecaps had 16 shots in the second for a total of 30through 40 minutes.

     

    In the third period it would be Kaleigh Fratkin extending the Pride’s lead to three as she would score from the point in the first 73 seconds of the period. However, the Whitecaps would respond with a couple of solid chances to try to get on the board and cut the deficit, but it would be Selander standing tall for the Pride between the pipes. near the midway mark of the period Lexi Bender would be called for roughing, and while on the powerplay the Whitecaps would give up a few quality shorthanded chances to the Pride but Leveille was up to the task, and then Allie Thunstrom would get a spectacular breakaway opportunity, but Selander would rob her with an even more spectacular save to keep the Pride’s lead at three. Late in the period Thunstrom would get another opportunity and this time she would drill it home as she would score her third of the season and cut the Pride’s lead to two. With the hopes to mount a comeback the Whitecaps would pull Leveille for the extra attacker, but it would not amount to anything as the Boston Pride would defeat the Minnesota Whitecaps 3-1 and remain undefeated with a 4-0-0 record.

     

    Lineups:

    Minnesota Whitecaps:

    Jonna Curtis – Nicole Schammel – Meaghan Pezon

    Audra Richards – Lauren Barnes – Allie Thunstrom

    Megan Lorence – Halea Schmid – Stephanie Anderson

    Kalli Funk –  –

    Sydney Baldwin – Amanda Boulier

    Emma Stauber – Chelsey Rosenthal

    Kelsey Cline –

    Amanda Leveille*

    Allie Morse

     

    Boston Pride:

    McKenna Brand – Jillian Dempsey – Christina Putigna

    Emily Fluke – Mary Parker – Alyssa Wohlfeiler

    Carlee Toews – Lexie Laing – Tori Sullivan

    Kaleigh Fratkin – Briana Mastel

    Lauren Kelly – Lexi Bender

    Mallory Souliotis – Jenna Rheault

    Whitney Renn

    Lovisa Selander*

    Victoria Hanson

     

    First Period:

    BOS Goal – 6:04 – Alyssa Wohlfeiler (2) from Mary Parker (2)

     

    End of 1st – MIN – 0       BOS – 1

    Shots              14                 13

    PP                 0/0                  0/0

     

    Second Period:

    BOS Penalty – 3:01 – Kaleigh Fratkin 2 minutes for Body Checking

    MIN Penalty – 3:41 – Amanda Boulier 2 minutes for Holding

    BOS Penalty – 8:42 – Jillian Dempsey 2 minutes for Roughing

    MIN Penalty – 8:42 – Emma Stauber 2 minutes for Roughing

    BOS Goal – 13:00 – McKenna Brand (5) from Jillian Dempsey (4) and Mallory Souliotis (3)

    BOS Penalty – 13:20 – Carlee Toews 2 minutes for Hooking

     

    End of 2nd – MIN – 0       BOS – 2

    Shots              30                 31

    PP                   0/2                0/1

     

    Third Period:

    BOS Goal – 1:13 – Kaleigh Fratkin (1) from Mallory Souliotis (4)

    BOS Penalty – 9:05 – Lexi Bender 2 minutes for Roughing

    MIN Goal – 17:29 – Allie Thunstrom (3)

     

    End of 3rd – MIN – 0       BOS – 3

    Shots              48                 42

    PP                   0/3                0/1

     

    Next Up:

    Minnesota (1-1-1 3pts) v. Boston (4-0-0 8pts) October 20th

     

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  • NWHL Announces First Two Signings for 2019-20 Season

    NWHL Announces First Two Signings for 2019-20 Season

    Today the National Women’s Hockey League announced their forst two player signings for the 2019-20 NWHL season.

     

    First signing announced at 1030a was that Kaleigh Fratkin resigned with the Boston Pride.

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    Fratkin signed a one year contract for $11,000.

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    Then at 1130a today it was announced that Madison Packer resigned with the Metropolitan Riveters.

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    Packer’s contract is for one year and $12,000.

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    Also per the NWHL:

    “Players competing in the 2019-20 season will also receive a 50 percent cut of all revenue from league-level sponsorship and media deals. Players also receive 15 percent of the revenue from apparel sold with their names on them.”

     

    TXHT will continue to provide NWHL coverage as more signings are announced.

     

    *Graphics courtesy of the NWHL.

  • Women’s Hockey News – 200 Women to Boycott for a Viable Long Term Hockey League

    Women’s Hockey News – 200 Women to Boycott for a Viable Long Term Hockey League

    A little before noon today over 200 professional female hockey players announced that they will be boycotting this upcoming season until the get a “Long-Term Viable” Professional Women’s Hockey League.

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    In the statement above that was released by around 200 professional female hockey players it states that it is time to create a sustainable league for Women’s hockey that will give them the abilities to have health insurance, have the ability to train adequately for games, and most importantly, making a livable wage playing hockey.

     

    A couple hours after the #ForTheGame announcement was made, NWHL put out the following statement:

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    In this statement from the NWHL, the biggest takeaway is that they have all intentions moving forward with the 2019-20 season, and that they will be offering increased salaries, and a 50-50 in revenue from sponsorships and media rights deals after long constructive and positive conversations with the NWHL Player’s Association over the past month.

     

    In regards to the NWHLPA, Director Anya Battaglino had the following statement when reached for comment on the news:

    “In the off season the NWHLPA has been working hard to continue to drive the betterment of our professional athletes every day. This announcement halts our ability to finally have the best players on one stage, and unfortunately sets the Women’s Hockey game backward. With the powerful opportunity we have this year to drive unprecedented growth, this new fragmentation will only slow that growth.”

     

    While examining Mrs. Battaglino’s statement here, we have to agree with her assessment on this situation. While yesterday, May 1st, marked the official end of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) as they closed their doors, the NWHL acted swiftly and added two more teams to their league with the prospects of a third team to make it an 8 team league when the initial announcement was made in an effort to give more women an opportunity to play professionally in the NWHL.

     

    Also, look at the growth of Women’s hockey in these last two years specifically. From the US Olympic Hockey Team winning the gold medal against Team Canada, to setting a US attendance record for a Women’s hockey game at the NWHL All Star Game in Nashville, to having Kendall Coyne Schofield becoming the first woman to participate in the NHL All Star Skills Competition. These women have made great gains only to halt it’s momentum to a near dead halt, and it’s a damn shame.

     

    Do these women deserve to play professionally, and make a living wage doing so? Oh hell yes they do. They deserve it, and most importantly they’ve earned it, but what they are doing does not seem like the way to go about it. While we don’t have the answers here ourselves, we do believe that there has to be a better way to accomplish the ultimate goal, and that is to have the ultimate professional Women’s hockey league that brings great stability and a long term viable option for women to play the game.

     

    We do know that one player has spoken out against the #ForTheGame movement as reported by The Ice Garden, and that is Boston Pride player Kaleigh Fratkin.

     

    We will have more here on TXHT as everything unfolds, but to quote our Connecticut Whale writer Christopher Vasilas ( @shaggy901516 ):

    “We’re definitely at the crossroads, every decision by the league and players is gonna have huge impact on future generations”

  • TXHT Podcast – 2/20/2019 – Kaleigh Fratkin

    TXHT Podcast – 2/20/2019 – Kaleigh Fratkin

    The TXHT podcast is back with Serious Hockey Talk for Serious Hockey Fans!

     

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    This week on TXHT, Michael Lindenbaum is joined by Kaleigh Fratkin of the Boston Pride.

     

    Michael and Kaleigh talk about Fratkin’s childhood growing up in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, how she got into hockey, who her favorite NHL team was, and so much more.

     

    Plus Michael and Kaleigh take a look back at her career that started at Boston University all the way to where she is now with the Boston Pride in the NWHL. They both also discuss the upcoming playoffs in the NWHL.

     

    This week’s episode was recorded on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

    Opening Music: “Human Chess” by Crimson Orchid

     

    Have a question you want answered on the show? Ask us! Comment on here or on one of our Social Media outlets, and we’ll answer it.

  • Game Recap – 2/18/2019 – Boston Pride vs. Metropolitan Riveters

    Game Recap – 2/18/2019 – Boston Pride vs. Metropolitan Riveters

    Boston Pride (9-4-0 18pts) v. Metropolitan Riveters (3-10-0 6pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Boston Pride and the Metropolitan Riveters face off for a President’s Day matinee, which is also their makeup game from January 20th when it was postponed due to a snow storm, and it would be the Pride to strike early as Mary Parker would knock in a rebound from a Kaleigh Fratkin point shot three minutes into the game. The Pride would keep on pushing the game in their favor as McKenna Brand would score on the wraparound to give the Pride a 2-0 lead. The Riveters would generate some offense, but it has been all Boston so far. Then to add on to their lead, Czech forward Denisa Krizova would score her fourth of the season to give the Pride a 3-0 lead.

     

    In what would be considered an “even” back and forth period, it would be the Pride who would be dominant over the Riveters. Katie Burt stood on her head making miraculous save after save, and then in the minutes of the second period the Riveters would take a bench minor for too many women on the ice to which the Pride made them pay for quickly as Gigi Marvin would score seconds into the powerplay, and then 23 seconds later score her second of the game giving the Pride a 5-0 lead over the Riveters.

     

    To start the third period, the Riveters would switch their goalie as Maria Sorokina would come in to replace Kimberly Sass, but it would not matter as less than three minutes into the third period Mary Parker would score her second of the game from a tight angle. Then it would be Rockville, MD native Haley Skarupa getting feed a pass in the slot and she would just skate in unopposed to make it 7-0 for the Pride with her 5th of the season. The Pride would not let up however as Jillian Dempsey would score an NWHL record 34th career goal as the Pride would go up 8-0. The Riveters would end the Katie Burt’s shutout bid as Amanda Kessel would not quit as she would score her second goal of the season to get the Riveters on the board.

     

    First Period:

    Pride Goal – 3:00 – Mary Parker (1) from Emily Field (3) and Kaleigh Fratkin (4)

    Pride Goal – 7:39 – McKenna Brand (6) from Jordan Smelker (4)

    Pride Goal – 11:14 – Denisa Krizova (4) from Mallory Souliotis (2) and Kaleigh Fratkin (5)

     

    End of 1st – BOS – 3       MET – 0

    Shots              12                07

    Faceoffs         08                06

    PP                 0/0                 0/0

     

    Riveters Penalty – 18:51 – Bench (Rebecca Morse) 2 minutes for Too Many Women

    Pride PPG – 19:04 – Gigi Marvin (7) from Kaleigh Fratkin (6) and Mallory Souliotis (3)

    Pride Goal – 19:27 – Gigi Marvin (8) from Amanda Pelkey (5) and Lexi Bender (6)

     

    End of 2nd – BOS – 5        MET – 0

    Shots               20                 20

    Faceoffs          19                 10

    PP                   1/1                  0/0

     

    Third Period:

    Riveters Goalie Change – Kimberly Sass pulled for Maria Sorokina

    Pride Goal – 2:37 – Mary Parker (2) from Kaleigh Fratkin (7) and Jordan Smelker (5)

    Pride Goal – 5:19 – Haley Skarupa (5) from Gigi Marvin (5)

    Pride Goal – 8:00 – Jillian Dempsey (10) from McKenna Brand (8) and Denisa Krizova (7)

    Riveters Goal – 9:58 – Amanda Kessel (2) from Miye D’Oench (5) from Madison Packer (5)

    Pride Penalty – 17:24 – Amanda Pelkey 2 minutes for Tripping

    Pride Penalty – 19:25 – Kaleigh Fratkin 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 3rd – BOS – 8         MET – 1

    Shots              28                   33

    Faceoffs        31                    14

    PP                 1/1                    0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Boston (10-4-0 20pts) @ Connecticut (2-9-2 6pts)

    Metropolitan (3-11-0 6pts) @ Buffalo (9-4-0 18pts)