Krissy Wendell - the USA women's hockey captain. We lived kind of close together and we played softball & volleyball on the same team for a year or two in Jr. High & High School. My Sophmore year of high school was the first year for women's hockey at my school... I wanted to play soooooo bad, but alas I wasn't able to try out. My folks would have rathered me play basketball during the winter season (which I refused out of spite) and said hockey was too expensive - not to mention that I couldn't ice skate very well! But how COOL would it have been to play with an olympian?!
I think she moved back to men's hockey after a year or so of women's anyways though - mens was just more skilled and faster paced (she grew up playing baseball & hockey with the guys).
I went to the olympics in salt lake and got to see her play - it's just so fun & neat to actually know someone (not that we're 'friends' now - but, you know...)
Here's hoping we get the gold - but it'll be tight against canada!
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Post by: Fewlio on February 13, 2006, 02:56:40 PM
Yeah hockey is an expensive sport, not being able to skate never got in my way though :D.
Always fun to know someone who went somewhere with whatever it is that they were doing, wonder if they remember you?
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Post by: SwiftSpear on February 13, 2006, 11:54:37 PM
We beat italy 16-0 and then we beat russia by some other ungodly ammount (it was 9-0 at the end of the first period)... This canadian team will decimate anything.
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Post by: 2_of_8 on February 14, 2006, 03:21:49 PM
Canada - Russia 12-0 Yeah but it's women's hockey, and women doing such "manly" things like playing hockey has a lot more of a stigma in Russia than here in Canada. That's why there isn't a large enough pool of players to select from, and create a good team.
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Post by: Fewlio on February 15, 2006, 02:27:50 PM
IN SOVIET CANADA, RUSSIA PLAYS YOU! Wait a minute...
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Post by: GrayDuck on February 19, 2006, 12:34:32 PM
Yeah, so we’re out of the gold running. Lost in a shootout to Sweden on Friday. I was sad to see US lose, but it was heartwarming to see the underdog win (everyone just assumed Sweden wouldn’t stand a chance against US).
Here’s hoping we get Bronze, and I’m cheering on Canada for the Gold!
BTW fool – I found Krissy in the cyber world and emailed her…. We’ll see if she DOES remember :)
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Post by: That Annoying Kid on March 03, 2006, 07:13:19 PM
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IN SOVIET CANADA, RUSSIA PLAYS YOU! Wait a minute...