Thursday, March 8, 2012

Commit Cycle: March 6 (Women)

Jeanette Bateman

Forward
Colorado Select 19U
5'6", 125 pounds
Greeley, CO
Class of 2012
DOB 5/1/1994


Colorado will attempt to turn around a rough season (8-26-5) at the JWHL playoffs, which they host in Littleton, CO, beginning Friday...they'll attempt to upset the third-seeded Warner Hockey Academy to advance past the preliminary round.



Jill Holdcroft

Forward
Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 19U
5'1", 121 pounds
Pennsylvania Furnace, PA
Class of 2012
DOB 1/29/1994



Darby Kern

Forward
Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 19U
5'11", 145 pounds
Venetia, PA
Class of 2012
DOB 8/28/1994



Stephanie Walkom

Defender
Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 19U
5'7", 130 pounds
Moon Township, PA
Class of 2012
DOB 6/21/1994


The Pens Elite girls will be headed to Malborough, MA from March 28th through April 1st for the USA Hockey Tier I U19 national championships thanks to their win at the Mid-Am District Tournament last weekend...en route to the nationals bid, Pittsburgh beat Gilmour Academy 4-0 and the Ohio Flames 3-0.



Emily Laurenzi

Forward
National Sports Academy (Prep)
5'5", 125 pounds
Townsend, DE
Class of 2012
DOB 1993


Ahead of the JWHL playoffs this weekend, NSA stayed sharp with a 4-0 win over Northwood School last Wednesday ... Laurenzi had a goal and an assist in the victory ... the seventh-seeded Mountaineers open the league tournament with the Washington Pride on Friday.



Celine Whitlinger

Goalie
Gilmour Academy (Prep)
5'10"
Garden Grove, CA
Class of 2012
DOB 5/20/1994



Micayla Catanzariti

Forward
Gilmour Academy (Prep)
5'6"
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Class of 2012
DOB 5/22/1994



Katie Zinn

Forward
Gilmour Academy (Prep)
5'7"
Coquitlam, BC
Class of 2012
DOB 1993


Gilmour's season came to a close with 4-0 and 3-1 losses to the Penguins Elite and Ohio Flames, respectively, at the Mid-Am District Tournament...the Lancers finish with a 28-21-9 mark.



Hannah Hoenshell

Forward
Alliance Bulldogs 19U
5'3", 119 pounds
Plano, TX
Class of 2012
DOB 12/30/1993


The Bulldogs have had only practices in the last two weeks...they will host the USA Hockey Tier II girls' national championships beginning on March 28th.



Paige Jahnke

Defender
Roseville (MN) High School
Height/weight unknown
Oakdale, MN
Class of 2012
DOB unknown


Date  Opponent                Score  G   A Pts PIM
--------------------------------------------------------------

2/23  vs. Gr. Rapids/Greenway W 3-1  0   0   0   0 [box score]
2/24  vs. Edina               W 4-1  0   0   0   0 [box score]
2/25  vs. Minnetonka          L 0-3  0   0   0   0 [box score]

Roseville, the Section 4AA champs, fell one win short of the Minnesota Class AA state title with a loss to Minnetonka in the championship game at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

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Taylor McGee

Defender
Connecticut Polar Bears 19U / Taft School (Prep)
Height/weight unknown
Pearl River, NY
Class of 2012
DOB 2/8/1994


Taft finished a rough 6-15-1 season with two losses - 4-0 vs. Berkshire on February 22nd and 2-1 vs. Hotchkiss on February 25th...McGee's club team, the Connecticut Polar Bears, will play at nationals as the host team.



Jordin Pardoski

Defender
Detroit Honeybaked 19U
5'5", 145 pounds
Rochester Hills, MI
Class of 2012
DOB 1/4/1994


Date  Opponent                Score  G   A Pts PIM
--------------------------------------------------------------

2/28  vs. Belle Tire          W 10-2 0   1   1   0 [box score]
3/1   vs. Little Caesars      W 1-0  0   0   0   2 [box score]
3/3   vs. Victory Honda       W 4-1  1   0   1   8 [box score]
3/4   vs. Little Caesars      W 3-1  0   0   0   0 [box score]


Birdie Shaw

Forward
Detroit Honeybaked 19U
5'2", 124 pounds
Troy, MI
Class of 2012
DOB 9/14/1992


Date  Opponent                Score  G   A Pts PIM
--------------------------------------------------------------

2/28  vs. Belle Tire          W 10-2 0   0   0   0 [box score]
3/1   vs. Little Caesars      W 1-0  1   0   1   0 [box score]
3/3   vs. Victory Honda       W 4-1  1   0   1   2 [box score]
3/4   vs. Little Caesars      W 3-1  0   1   1   0 [box score]

Honeybaked will join the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite and the Connecticut Polar Bears at nationals March 28th through April 1st, thanks to their plowing through the MAHA playoffs...Pardoski and Shaw were both outstanding, with the latter bagging game-winning goals in consecutive games and the former chipping in offense along with her usual physical presence on the back end.



Amy Petersen

Forward
Minnetonka (MN) High School
Height/weight unknown
Minnetonka, MN
Class of 2013
DOB unknown


Date  Opponent                Score  G   A Pts PIM
--------------------------------------------------------------

2/23  vs. Eagan               W 4-1  1   1   2   0 [box score]
2/24  vs. Lakeville North     W 2-1  1   0   1   0 [box score]
2/25  vs. Roseville           W 3-0  0   2   2   2 [box score]

In what is easily the most successful debut in the history of Commit Cycle, news of Petersen's commitment leaked out shortly after she helped lead her Minnetonka team to the Minnesota AA state title for the second year in a row, defeating Jahnke's Roseville in the championship game...as she is only a junior, Petersen becomes the first known member of Josh Brandwene's 2013 recruiting class...she notched nine goals and 32 assists during the regular season, good for second on the team in scoring...look for a full post introducing what looks to be a huge get for the program on TYT shortly.




Sarah Wilkie

Defender
Mass. Spitfires 19U / Williston Northampton School (Prep)
Height/weight unknown
Ashby, MA
Class of 2012
DOB 2/26/1993


Williston's season came to a disappointing end at 16-10-3 with a 2-1 overtime loss to Lawrence Academy in the New England prep Division I semifinals on Saturday...previous to that, the Wildcats beat Winchendon 6-0 in the tournament opener...in that game, Wilkie collected an assist when her shot was tipped in for a 2-0 lead and contributed her usual strong defensive efforts to the shutout...she scored in Williston's 6-2 win over Deerfield on February 22nd: "At 13:21 [of the third period], Captain Sarah Wilkie got the puck in the neutral zone and carried the puck down the ice as her teammates were changing. She beat one defensemen and then was pressured by another. When she was pressured she put a low shot on the net that beat the DA goaltender on the far side" ... following that win, the Wildcats closed the regular season with a pair of losses, 2-0 against Winchendon and 3-1 against Buckingham, Browne & Nichols on Wilkie's senior night.



Shannon Yoxheimer

Forward
North American Hockey Academy - White
5'7", 147 pounds
Jackson, MI
Class of 2012
DOB 12/23/1993


Date  Opponent                Score  G   A Pts PIM
--------------------------------------------------------------

3/2   vs. Slavia Praha        W 5-1  1   0   1   2 [box score]
3/3   vs. Slavia Praha        W 6-4  0   0   0   0 [box score]

Much like Laurenzi's NSA team, NAHA played exhibition games to prepare for this weekend's JWHL playoffs...the Winterhawks open with the cellar-dwelling Minnesota Thoroughbreds.

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