Images from 5-2 victory

Terry gets congrats from the team at the end of the game.

Amy gets congrats after scoring in the third.

Wendy and Carol celebrate a third period goal.

As usual the dog pound was in rare form.

Carol and Vee hold down the competition.

Julie does some fore checking.

Terry a makes a big save.

Dog's Cruise Into Final 5-2

The score in this one was not what you would think. It was a tight affair even though Cathy Silva scored only 16 sec. into the game. Tight play was this games mantra for most of the way through. The third period brought on a scoring frenzy that iced it for the Dog's. The whole team was solid throughout. Well played Dog's!

I should have the final stats up with photos after the Bruin's game.

Dog's Eat Squirrels Win Game2 3-1

The Dog's finally got on track in this one but are still a bit from the form they have seen in the past. Midway through the second period things started to click a little better. With the score tied the Dog's mounted a charge and were able to bring the score to 2-1 with a nice backhander over the goalie by Cathy Silva. A calling out by the coach between the 2nd and third period got the team fired up and the play continued to get better into the third. Amy Mulvey scored goal number three to ice the game. The Devine's had some nice team work to score the first goal on a tip in by Julie on a shot by Trish.

Congrats after the game for Paula from Diane.

Julie tries to break out past the Squirrels.

Vee tries to get her stick clear of a falling Squirrel.

Silva slides to the right on goal #2.

To the backhand side .....

for the goal!!!

Coach had some words of encouragement

Alicia takes a shot.

Dog's Win First Game 2-1

Game one was a tough one but the Dog's were able to pull it off. The team was not on their game but when you have Cathy Silva to pop in two goals it gets easier. The task gets harder today with the game starting at around 2:00 PM. Check in around 3:30 for the game highlights.

The Dog pound kept things going with the wave.

Trish Keaney breaks past the defense.

Sue Mead makes a save.

Amy reaches in on a check to break up a play.

Wendy breaks up ice.

Trish Devine watches the puck go wide of goalie Sue Mead.

Cathy Silva celebrates goal number one with team mates.

Trish Devine gives the team a holler during a break in the action.

First Game at 5:30 PM

Stay tuned for first game coverage starting at 5:30 PM. The dog's are playing North of Nowhere. We should have sporadic coverage with photos throughout the game.

STAY TUNED !!!!!

Bruin's Win in OT and the Dogs are Watching

Good Morning from sunny Florida! The Black Dog's were mostly in attendance at the palace (Paula Casey's rental) to watch the Bruin's win in OT. A number of players were not however! The were stuck in Baltimore due to poor weather in North Carolina. Amy Mulvey showed up at 3:30 in the morning.

Here are some photos of the crowd watching the game and the house some of the players are staying at.

Thanks to Fran for providing the photos of the house and the party

Denise, Carol and Janet enjoy a fine morning in FL.

The Black Dog's enjoy the Bruin's winning in OT

Sue was rooting for the Habs with her classic Hab's hockey glove coosie

The fridge was stocked with beer.

The back of Paula's castle.

They have a real nice pool at the house.

The front of the house.

The flight down on Southwest was great!

15th Annual Norwich Women's Hockey Tournament

Here is a synopsis of the Norwich tournament.

It has been a long time since the dogs have been together - last time was Vermont in November. And to be honest, we played like we haven't been together. Fortunately for us, we dominated the first team we played, even if we had trouble putting the puck in the net early. That was our Friday game and we won 5-0. We played with 2 lines of forwards and one person rotating through, then we had 4 defensemen. No Amy Mulvey, but in her place Paula got Dani Aud - a real youngster (26). Nice player but more importantly just a classy person. With Sheila and Fran missing from the defense, Paula recruited Diane DeMello.

Our lines were as follows:

First line: Dani Aud, Cathy Silva, Julie Devine-Theodore

Second line: Needles, Paula Casey, first 2 games Alicia, last 2 games Carol

Spare: Vee (I rotated through)

Defense pairs: Laurie and Leslie

Tricia and DeMello

Goalie: Teri

Although our on-ice play was a little rusty, the locker room camaraderie was not. Poor Silva had been sick, so she was even quieter than usual, but with Needles and all the rest of us, we made up for it.

Although we dominated the first game (playing Norwich) and won 5-0 we still had trouble putting the puck in the net. The team had a good goalie - she seemed to always be in the right position. After our game we watched the team we would be playing at 8 am on Saturday and they looked good. When we looked at the program we realized that it was basically the Bears. Ugghhh.

Saturday morning we just did not click. The things we were able to do against the team Friday night just did not fly on Saturday morning. The Space Dog team has quite a bit of speed and strength. We had some chances, but didn't bury them. Fortunately for us Dani got a breakaway and managed to prevent a shut out. We lost the game 4-1.

We were confident going into our Saturday night game as they had lost to the team we beat Friday night. But again, we didn't seem to be clicking when the game started. But slowly we came around and ended up winning the game 6-0.

For the finals on Sunday Billy told us we could win. We needed to play our game and play as a team. I was hoping for a couple of things. First, maybe they went out drinking Saturday night. We've had good luck in the past with teams playing in the finals with a hangover. Or perhaps they'd come into the game over confident and we could jump on them right away. I don't know if either of those things happened, but what I do know is the Dogs played their best game of the tournament - by far. Each and every player was playing better and smarter. During the first period Silva kinda got rubbed out against the boards. No penalty was called, but the refs did blow the whistle because she was slow to get up. Because they blew the whistle, she had to get off the ice. With the face off on the far side of the rink just outside the other team's blue line, instead of sending Needles all the way over to the face off dot, we kept her by our bench. The ref dropped the puck, Needles stepped off the ice and Silva stepped on and proceeded to score with a slap shot to the upper corner. That was really cool.

The game remained 1-0 until the second period when Dani scored our second goal. To be honest, I don't remember much about it except it was in pretty close and I think she roofed it. I scored from the slot off a gorgeous pass from Paula Casey to make the score 3-0. Unfortunately we let the other team score with less than 20 seconds left in the second period (I think with something like 5 or 6 seconds left). We entered the third period up 3-1 and that's how the game stayed. But there was tremendous effort to keep them out of our end. I have this picture of Leslie sprawling on the ice to poke the puck away from the other team in the neutral zone. And when they did get into our zone and manage to take a shot on net, Teri was all over it. She played awesome all weekend.

I'll put some more thoughts into the details as I don't want to slight anyone. Alicia was awesome in the two games she played, and was a real trooper to drive the hour from her house to be at the 8 am game so Carol wouldn't have to drive 2 hours to get there. She was funny though. Commenting on how she came to the wrong game (against the tough team). And as luck would have it, Carol did score 2 goals Saturday night - and hit the cross-bar on a third attempt. She probably would have had a hat trick as the shift I subbed for her, I scored.

The other funny thing Saturday night was a puck squirting out just past the hash marks in the slot and Leslie skating in a taking a slap shot. CLANG off the post. Thank goodness it was the post and not a person. Billy on the bench says "doesn't Lester have a wrist shot?".

I can't remember what game it was, but two of our defensemen ran into each other (I think it was Tricia and DeMello) and there was talk of calling a penalty on your own teammate.

Paula had a few major collisions - at least 2 in the finals. One she got a penalty for, the other she didn't. She shouldn't have gotten a penalty either time. I'm thinking that girl won't be skating with her head down for a while.

VeeAnn Cross

CROWLEY WINS TOURNEY MVP AS DOGS WIN

Carol Crowley shows off her MVP trophy after the tournament in CT. The Dog's took the championship with a 3-1 win. It must have been the hard night at the casino!

Scores from the CT Tourney

Amy N. via Facebook

Gm 1: 5-0 win

Gm 2: 4-1 loss

Gm 3: 6-0 win

Finals today at 10 am GO DOGS!

Dog's in Finals

Paula has just let me know the Dog's are in the finals tomorrow at the tournament in CT. Good Luck Dogs! Woof!

Dogs in Connecticut for Tourney

The Black Dogs are in CT for a tournament. We are waiting for an update. We heard that they are 1-1. With a victory tomorrow AM they play in the final against the team they lost to. This is second hand from Mark so I'm not sure if I got it right. I'm waiting to here from Paula for the straight scoop. I'll keep you all posted.

GOOD NEWS - COVER IT LIVE FOR NATIONALS

It looks like I can do Cover It Live with my Blackberry! This means I can shoot and blog while the action is on. I will post photos during periods if time allows. The periods are so short it may be difficult. Maybe after the games. Can't wait getting cranked up!

The Williamson Media Team to Attend over 40/50 Nationals

Janet and I will be attending the wild party and some hockey playing down in Ellenton FL April 28-May1. The airfare has been paid and the room about to be. Stay tuned for updates as we get closer to the competition.

I am not sure if we will do Cover it Live or not. It was a bit of a stretch the last time we did it in Rochester. I am tending to do updates to the blog on my Blackberry and take more photos. We'll see what I can dream up for coverage. On this blog I can give scoring and some updates via email but you will have to refresh the screen your self. I'll see what works better. I hope to have more photos up here on the blog.

Final from Vt.

Hi Folks,

Sorry we could not make it to the last game! We did some site seeing around the Gorge, Quechee and Woodstock. Would have loved to do more. The Simon Pierce glass factory was really great and the driving around was pretty cool as well. I will post some photos tonight.

The Dog's lost to another twenty something all star Vt. team and did not make it into the final on goal differential. But if they had won they would have had to play at 3:30 PM. Uggh.

Thanks to all who came up to play and especially Alicia for the use of her house. The Saturday night pork dinner at the community house in Barnard was a real treat. Thanks again to Alicia for getting us in. It was great fun.

Game's 2&3 wrap up

Day two was a good Black Dog day with a win in the morning 5-1 and a tough battle with the twenty somethings of the Valley Cats (the home travel team) a 2-1 loss. The rough part is if the Dog's win this morning they will play the Cats again this afternoon in the final. I'll be back with an update tonight for the final result.

Silva in action against the Valley Cats

Denise takes on the defense

Alicia breaks out

Some of the beautiful colors left in VT.

Silva pops one in.

Amy works the corner.

Vee tries to break out

Sheila breaks down the left side.

Sue stares down the opponent

Photos from Game 1

Denise scores her first.

Kristen is abused by the goalie.

Vee makes a nice move to score a goal.

Carol gets the sandwich.

Kathy moves around the defense.

Quechee Tournament Update

Good Morning folks,

The Black Dog Women's hockey team has struck the first blow in this one with a solid 5-1 victory over a team from Ottawa. The Dog's outshot the opposition 28-11. Terry played well in net despite giving up the shutout in the last two minutes of play.

Now for the big news! Denise Davis received the #1 star for pumping in a hat trick. That's right 3 goals and was a force for the Dog's.

Hope to be back with photos from both games some time today or tonight.

Black Dog's Take 4th Straight Darcy Title

The Dog's do it again. The Raven's were a tough match for the Dog's keeping the score close for most of the game. Cathy Silva popped in two mid third period goals to seal the victory. After the game all the Dog's were in agreement that the Raven's were a good team and gave them a run for their money. Photos from the tourney should be up by tomorrow. A great weekend with the girls and we should be joining them for the Woodstock Vt. blast in November.

Dogs win another

The addition of Julie Theodore and Amy Mulvey gave the Dogs a little bit more as they beat the Storm 5-0. Their passing was crisp and their position play was excellent throughout this one. They are waiting on the score of the Newt's vs MIT game to find out if they go on to the championship game. When we left it was 1-0 Newt's. MIT and the Dog's are tied in points and MIT needs to score 5 or more goals to make into the championship game.

We'll let you know!

Darcy Tournament Update

The Black Dog's are on the prowl!!! With a different cast of players on the roster than in past years the Dog's are playing pretty good. They won the first game against the Newt's 2-1 and tied MIT in the second 2-2. Today they play the Storm at 9:00 AM and then into the playoff for the overall. It could get tricky because they are tied with MIT on points.

Log on tonight for photos and the final result.

Take Care.