December 23, 2011
Posted in Alberta Edition, Female
By Laurence Heinen /
After an extended break, the University of Calgary Dinos women’s hockey team will return to the ice for a home-and-home series against the Alberta Golden Bears on the weekend of Jan. 6-7.
The Dinos haven’t played a Canada West league game since suffering a disappointing 3-2 loss at home to the Manitoba Bisons.
“We’re definitely going to have to make sure that everyone’s ready to go after Christmas and make sure that they’re working out and doing whatever they can to do what’s best for the team,” said forward Tanya Morgan, who is co-captain of the squad along with defender Casey Irving. “We just have to keep working hard and improving and make sure that we’re consistent in practice and in every game that we play.”
Despite the setback to the Bisons, the Dinos finished the first half of the season with an impressive 9-3 record.
Although they have the best winning percentage in the conference, the Dinos enter the second half of the campaign in fourth spot behind the Saskatchewan Huskies (10-4), the Lethbridge Pronghorns (10-4) and Alberta (7-2-5).
The Dinos started off their campaign with back-to-back wins over the Golden Bears and they’re hoping to duplicate that feat by beating their Alberta rivals in Edmonton on Jan. 6 and then at home at Father David Bauer Arena the next evening.
“I feel like now the team is starting to believe that we are a good team and if we play as a team we can be successful,” said Dinos coach Danielle Goyette. “Right now I would say the players are feeling pretty comfortable that if they play well as a team, we can beat them.”
With 11 goals and six assists through 12 games, forward Elana Lovell has been the offensive catalyst for the Dinos so far this season along with Russian import Iya Gavrilova, who has also scored 11 times to go with five helpers.
Veteran goalie Amanda Tapp has received the bulk of the workload in net and has compiled an 8-3 record to go with a 1.35 goals against average and a .929 save percentage.
“She’s gives so much confidence to the players,” Goyette said. “She covers a lot of net. To have a solid goalie like that, it just gives more confidence to the players to be more aggressive.”
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