Posts About "Noora Raty"
PyeongChang Women's Tournament Award Winners Recap
February 24th, 2018 We didn't get enough. The women's hockey tournament of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games was one that you wish could have lasted just one more round - just one more week, tops. The hockey was agonizingly thrilling and captured the attention of seemingly a few million more fans than before. Even the most casual sport spectators took...
Finland's Noora Räty: A HHoF Worthy Goalie
February 22nd, 2018 There are not enough women in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Period. Cammi Granato (USA), Angela James (Canada), Geraldine Heaney (Canada), Angela Ruggiero (USA), Danielle Goyette (Canada), and that is it. It will be a slow process - too slow - but eventually Jennifer Botterill (Canda) and Hayley Wickenheiser (Canada) will be inducted too....
Team Finland Women’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
January 29th, 2018 Finland's women's Olympic team is truly an extraordinary blend. Incredible goaltending that is among the best (if not the best) at the Games, a few fresh faces representing the upcoming generation, a player in her 40s, and the usual sprinkling of top-end talent. Plain and simple, this will be an enjoyable hockey team to watch, at the...
Five Takeaways From U.S. Gold at Four Nations Cup
November 7th, 2016 For the second straight year, the U.S. women's team took first at the Four Nations Cup. Though they dropped a decision to Canada in the round-robin stage, they turned it on when it mattered most and grabbed a 5-3 decision over Team Canada in the gold medal match. In Friday's loss to Canada, a warm-up for the main event, it was a power...
National Women's Hockey League Welcomes International Players
April 1st, 2015 In an interview with WNPR's Ray Hardman Monday, National Women's Hockey League founder and future commissioner Dani Rylan confirmed that the NWHL would offer international visas to non-United States citizens who were drafted into the league or joined as free agents. This means that the CWHL could see players that intended to join them...
NCAA Women's Hockey Weekly Round-Up: November 13th, 2013
November 13th, 2013 Rankings: Minnesota North Dakota Boston College Clarkson Wisconsin Cornell Harvard Boston University Mercyhurst Quinnipiac The Round-Up It took a late rally on the Gophers' part, but Minnesota escaped their series against St. Cloud State with their NCAA-record win streak still intact. The Gophers handled the...
A Four Nations to Remember for the Women's Hockey World
November 11th, 2013 It would only take nine seconds for Finland to change the dynamic of a game, a tournament, and an entire sport. It was, in reality, much more than just nine seconds. It was 58 saves from Noora Räty, many of them jaw-dropping, all of them a necessity. It was 60 minutes of an exhausting defensive effort by a Finnish team hell-bent on...
NCAA Women's Hockey: Why the 2012-2013 Gophers Are the Best Team in History
June 13th, 2013 Expectations were high for the Minnesota Gophers heading into the 2012-2013 season. Fresh off convincing WCHA and national championship titles, the Gophers were popular favorites to repeat this year. They didn't just meet those expectations, however; they far exceeded them, and in the process became the best team the women's college...
NCAA Women's Hockey: Farewell to the Class of 2013
May 9th, 2013 There are a countless number of seniors every year who deserve plenty of acclaim and recognition. Here's a look at ten of the best players that this year's class has to offer. Blake Bolden, Defense, Boston College 138 games played, 27 goals, 56 assists, 83 points Over her four-year career with the Eagles, Bolden has made a name for...
Five Reasons to Love the Women's World Championships
April 16th, 2013 There are plenty of reasons to love hockey in general, and women's hockey specifically. Here are five great reasons for fans to tune into the latter, from the recently-concluded 2013 Women's World Championships. 5. The Canadian Crowds of 18,000-Strong In a sport with as much room to grow as women's hockey, it's not just the players who...
Women's World Championships: On to the Medal Round
April 9th, 2013 Semifinals Recap USA 3, Finland 0 After one of the most exciting non-US vs Canada games in the history of this tournament, the U.S. is moving on to the gold medal game. No one besides those two North American teams have ever played for gold at the IIHF World Championships, but Finland came very, very close to making history. Led by...
NCAA Women's Hockey: 2013 National Championship Game Preview
March 23rd, 2013 The Terriers are the final hurdle standing in the way of Minnesota's perfect season, but can they do enough to hand them their first loss of the year? The Gophers have faced plenty of adversity on their way through the NCAA Tournament. Throughout the year they had their way with most teams, but it took everything they had to gut out wins...
NCAA Women's Hockey: Conference Championships Preview: Part One
March 8th, 2013 Current PairWise Rankings, via USCHO (as of Thursday, 3/7): 1. Minnesota 2. Cornell 3. Boston College T-4. Harvard T-4. Boston University T-4. Clarkson 7. Mercyhurst T-8. North Dakota T-8. Wisconsin T-8. Northeastern 11. St. Lawrence 12. Quinnipiac WCHA Final Face-off Semifinals (Friday, March 8th): #1...
