Weekly Calendar - November 28th, 2007
2008 Jackson Hole Women’s Hockey Calendar release party, 7 p.m. at Davies Reid on the Town Square. Silent auction of individual calendar photographs, calendar sales, Trio-catered nibbles and free wine and beer. Calendar photographer Heidi Davies hosts. Half of door proceeds benefits Women’s Health Care Fund at St. John’s Medical Center Foundation. $10 at the door.
Them on Us - November 14, 2007
By Jake Nichols
Jackson Hole’s women’s hockey teams fared well at the fifth annual Women’s Harvest Classic tournament at Boise’s Ice World. The Idaho Mountain Express and Guide reported their Sun Valley girls were all but manhandled throughout the tournament by Jackson squads.
The same newspaper also said Sun Valley enjoyed “Lost and Found,” the latest film offering from Jackson Hole’s Teton Gravity Research. The sick flick screened at Apple’s Bar & Grill in Warm Springs and was well-attended because it featured Hailey’s Lynsey Dyer along with some of the world’s top sliders and riders.
Jackson Chuters win, led by local teen - January 31, 2007
By Brigid Mander
Fourteen-year-old Hayden Shea played a large part in helping the Jackson Chuters clinch the Debra Doom Cup for the second season in a row last weekend at Snow King Ice Arena during the annual women's hockey tournament.
The talent of their youngest player lit a fire under the B-Level Chuters, who came together as a team throughout the entire tournament, according to coach T.J. Thomas.
They defeated Utah's Wasatch Wings in a 3-0 shutout on Sunday for the tournament's B championship. While all the team members stepped up to the plate to make the championship happen, "it was amazing how [Shea] brought excitement to the team," said Thomas.
The high school aged forward also plays with other 14-year old girls on Team Wyoming, competing in surrounding states such as Colorado and Utah.
The Chuters showed outstanding teamwork over the weekend, putting together three out of four shutout games throughout the tournament, with the lone goal deflected off a Chuter stick rather than scored by the opposing team. Thomas commended goalie Amy Lyons for her phenomenal play.
The B-Level of the women's hockey league is the most competitive level, since the rising popularity of women's hockey has led to the largest increase of teams in the middle level of play. There were eight B-Level teams vying for the Debra Doom Cup, versus four teams in the A and C divisions.
The A-Level Passers and the C-Level Venom made it to the championship round as well, but could not manage to come out on top, preventing a Jackson sweep. The Passers have been having a fairly good season, but hopefully hard work will pay off in the next tournament in Sun Valley, Idaho as they shoot for a championship.
Although the Passers tied the Aspen Mother Puckers 1-1 earlier in the tournament, they let down their guard in the final game on Sunday and the Mother Puckers seized the opportunity to score multiple goals. The Passers could not regain momentum, and lost 5-0 against what Coach Thomas calls the toughest team he's seen so far.
The Colorado Northern Lights defeated the Jackson Venom in the final game for the C-Level teams, leaving the Chuters as the sole hometown victors.
The women's version of the game differs from the men's only in that checking is not allowed. "The girls get better and better every year, so the hockey game gets better," said Thomas, a Moose forward and one of three coaches for the women's teams. Also coaching are Moose forward John Frechette and Frank Lyons. Of course, if the play of Hayden Shea is any indication, the women's game is about to see some big changes in the future.
The season will continue for the women's team when they travel to Sun Valley for a tournament on March 10 and 11. Sun Valley and Jackson have a great rivalry, as in the men's hockey league, so good competition is expected in March as well.
Photo by Neal Henderson. Kathleen Roe of the Teton Passers. Friday night's game vs. Aspen Mother Puckers ended in a tie.
